May Marginalia

<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#C0C0C0" LINK="#FFFF00" VLINK="#808080"> <TABLE WIDTH="400" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR> <TD> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="../../images/mhb1.jpg" ALT="Magic Horizons Title Graphic" ALIGN="BOTTOM" WIDTH="398" HEIGHT="162"></P> <H2>Port Mahon Marginalia </H2> <H4>Assassination Attempt Foiled</H4> <P>Members of the Cuisinart Corps prevented the assassination of the visiting scholar Montgomery Cato. The attack occurred in town, near the area where Katie the Alchemist had set up her bar. </P> <P>The attacker was subdued, restrained, and returned to consciousness for questioning when Allister of the Black Company usurped control of the prisoner. The would be murderer was a former member of the Black Company's old regiment, and had been presumed dead for several years. </P> <P>The assassin had been mind controlled by an enemy of Cato's, the man responsible for the murder of Cornelius Cato, Montgomery's father, and the theft of a valuable Hellenic artifact. According to Montgomery Cato, this artifact would allow the user to do or become whatever he wished. The murderer has apparently gone into hiding within a days march of Port Mahon, and he is working on gaining full use of his stolen possession. As the Hellenes worked their magics in groups, he may need a sizable number of people assisting him. </P> <HR> <TABLE BORDER="BORDER"> <TR> <TD> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG><FONT SIZE="+2">Tertullian Monocles, Engineer</FONT></STRONG> <BR><EM><FONT SIZE="+1">"Building the Future of Port Mahon"</FONT></EM> <BR> Contracting, Labor Saving Devices, and Fortifications<BR> Other Projects Upon Request </P> </TD></TR></TABLE> <HR> <H4>Raiders Flee Port Mahon</H4> <P>On the evening of the April Mad Moon, the last of the Skallavarian raiders escaped to sea. They had been stranded here for a month after failing to escape aboard the disabled ship during the March Mad Moon. During that month, they had occupied a farm house, felled timber, and constructed the longboat that they used in their retreat</P> <P>Of the four hundred raiders that landed, perhaps forty survived to make good their flight. If regular Imperial troops are half as successful as the Port Mahon citizen adventurers, the war with Skallavir is over already, and we are just waiting on the news from the Empire. </P> <HR> <TABLE BORDER="BORDER"> <TR> <TD> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+2">Darial the Spellbinder</FONT><BR> Enchanter, Papermaker, and Scholar,<BR>Will return later this summer.</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <HR> <H4>Ancient Arena Discovered</H4> <P>A goblin entered town and offered to guide people to an underground arena in exchange for food. The arena appeared much as it must have a thousand years ago. It was populated by shadowy figures dressed as Ancient Hellenes, who addressed the adventurers as "warriors from the future." Gladiator style combat occurred, and the participants were rewarded in silver for victories. All of the battles were evenly matched, recent arrivals in Port Mahon fared as well against their opponents as the long time residents.</P> <H4>Margin Notes: An Editorial</H4> <H4><EM>Building Port Mahon</EM></H4> <P>Port Mahon's building boom continues, a promising sign for the future of this town. This month groundbreaking begins on one of the largest non-Imperial buildings, a cooperative crafthall that will include a forge, an enchanters' lab large enough for several workers, and an alchemist's lab, among other things.</P> <P>The people of Port Mahon need to consider the future of the town. Right now, growth and construction are haphazard. Anyone who has walked downwind of a forge or soapmaker knows why they are built only in one quarter of most cities, and the rest of the city is upwind.</P> <P>Consider -- do you want a tannery or stockyards to be built next door to your inn? It's time to plan, before that happens.</P> <HR> <TABLE BORDER="BORDER"> <TR> <TD> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="+1">Advertise your Goods and Services<BR> in Port Mahon's premier newspaper,</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE="+3">The Port Mahon Marginalia</FONT> <BR>Single issue, seasonal, or yearly rates</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <HR> <H4>Out of Game </H4> <P>New safety ruling -- If a PC or NPC intentionally enters an area where it would be dangerous to run, (such as dense underbrush, uneven footing, or steep slopes) they are considered to have escaped.</P> <P> Starting with the May game day, split-daying (PCing and then NPCing) will be allowed only at the discretion of the game committee.</P> <P>Summer game dates: June 21st, July 19th, August 16th, September 20th, and October 18th. <BR> All games are held at Camp Wowitan, check-in opens at 10:30am. The game starts at noon, and ends at 6:00pm. </P> <P><STRONG>DIRECTIONS TO YMCA CAMP WOWITAN</STRONG>: Take US 45 north from Milwaukee (or come down south from the north, whatever). Exit East Pleasant Valley Road (about 10 miles north of Milwaukee, 3 miles south of West Bend) and go east. At the stop sign (County Hwy P) turn left. Go one mile and turn right on County Highway NN (also known as Hwy 143). Go about 4 miles to Church road, then turn left on Church Road (going north) and stay on Church road until it dead ends. The building at the end of the road is Grede Lodge, where check-in is located. </P> <P>I will not be in town the week prior to the next game. If you have any information that you want in the June Marginalia, you must get it to me by June 7. If I have insufficient material, there will not be a June issue as I will not have time to call people and get submissions from them. 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