TEXT: Campaign
  167
  Commander Dirk Strom’s son, 
   
  My orderly has learned from Arisawe that Sagoyaga of the Wolf is preparing for 
  war.  Schondara is in immediate danger.  This will not be a mere raid.  The involvement of 
  thousands of Picts is the suggestion we have received.  Rouse the rangers and get the people 
  inside the fort.  Machk is supposedly brewing up some sort of magic but keep that to yourself.  
  Some of the men actually believe those barbarians can truly speak to spirits.  Diviatix does not 
  appear to be among the Ligureans, but word has reached us through a Mitran priest that the 
  druid is returning.  Expect reinforcements from Thenitea by the dawn of the second day.
  This dispatch is official and sealed.
  Odar Thorinn’s son, Commandant of Thenitea
  Player Handout one: An Official Dispatch
  Player Handout two: A Personal Letter
  Sir Grim Brock’s son of Aethelsward,
   
  I regret to be the bearer of ill tidings.  Your noble patron, Lady Coelia, 
  daughter of Dionysia, has fallen prey to the worst of fates.  Convinced she could 
  stop the war lord Sagoyaga and Machk with a certain staff being brought to 
  her from the wilderness, our Lady, with a small armed escort, departed into 
  the Pictish wild lands to meet with the bearer of this supposed holy artefact.  
  I believe it was her intention, thereupon, to go to the Wolf village of Osekowa 
  to trade with Sagoyaga; the staff for the disbanding of his savage army.  Her 
  escort was found slain in the most gruesome of methods.  Decency forbids me from 
  describing the wholesale slaughter.  Our lady was not found among the dead, so 
  she is presumed to either be captured or lost in the wilderness.  A ransom is being 
  offered to the Picts for her return, and, of course, a reward posted for her 
  rescue.  However, I do not hold out much hope.  You have our sympathies 
  and our sorrows for your loss.
  Sir Gasparus, son of Gaspar, Knight of the Barrie Grange
  
  Campaign
  174
  Lord Arrigus Barrabus, Governor,
   
  Oriskonie is suffering greatly from attacks by the Bear, Owl and Snake tribes, who are 
  being pushed into our rightful lands by those of the Wolf tribe.  Our beloved King is unable to send 
  more troops at this time because of incursions by Nemedia, who are treacherously taking advantage 
  of Aquilonia’s dire emergencies in the Westermarck.  I have even heard rumours that the King 
  is not even in Tarantia; he may be to the south of some fabled land called Zembabwei with a large 
  force of arms we desperately need.  Trocero and Pallantides are reputed to be with him.  I heard this 
  rumour from a correspondent of mine who claims to have seen Diviatix, sodden with wine, at the great 
  Mitraeum in Tarantia.  Regardless, the black heathen, Sagoyaga, must be dealt with; however, 
  he is proving difficult to find.  If he is assassinated, then the tribes will again fall apart.  Plagues, 
  such as those that devastated Schohira and your own lands, have begun to hit us here.  We have 
  heard nothing of the fate of Thandara.  We are also being overrun by Bossonians, who, in the guise 
  of helping us fight Picts, have been helping themselves to our settlers, rations and lands.  We are 
  sending troops into the Karihton Valley to bolster it against Raven reprisals.  I ask for any advice 
  or news.  
  This dispatch is official and sealed.
  Lord Glyco, Governor of Oriskonie
  Player Handout three: An Official Dispatch
  Commander Styr Dagny’s son,
   
   
  We have been hard beset by Wildcats.  After the beating our fort took from the Wolves we 
  did not have enough men to maintain the fort.  We have abandoned the frontier and are marching with 
  due haste toward the Bossonian Marches.  We intend to join forces with Baron Borgar at his castle 
  to defend the Bossonian border.  The Westermarck is lost.  We must defend Bossonia and Greater 
  Aquilonia.  Toward that end, you need to retreat your Rangers toward Borgar Castle.  The battle you are 
  waging is fruitless, especially with the King in absentia from his throne.  I pray he returns in time.
  This dispatch is official and sealed.
  Volund Odd’s son, Commandant of Fort Ohnerohkwa
  Player Handout Four: Bad News
  
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