The Ireem Chronicles

Dear Ireem,

Today I ask for your support in becoming Ireems next physician. A long time passed since I came to Ireem and was able to learn a lot about all the wonderful species in and around Ireem. Getting swept up in all those fights I learned quickly to heal a lot of wounds.

For a long time I was a loyal knight to our beloved sultana. In this time I learned that prejudices are the enemies of everyone, not only the knights. I tried to be there for the people that asked for help. I didn’t care for rumors against my family and friends and keep it that way. I am one of the few that doesn’t ask if you are from same “tribe” or “clan” I don’t ask if you feed on blood or bread. I am just me.

If you need help, whatsoever, I am here. I do not only bandage your wounds. I also listen to you and maybe my experience in the law can also heal your soul from doubts. I am not trained in any kind of magic. My personal magic is a warm smile and a strong hand to reset a dislocated arm. Perhaps the best magic needed in a combative city like ours.

Come and find out that you can trust someone in this city doubtless. Someone that won’t let you bleed to unconsciousness and don’t ask for your money and wont sell you to your enemies.

Best regards
Lady Caya

Good day to you, I am Inara Sands, Bedouin of the sands of Ireem.

I will keep this short and simple, after having been braught here by slavers years ago, I came to study many skills that the city offers her people. Among these was a position at the clinic learning medicine and treatment.  Now more than ever with the unrest that prevails within and without the city walls, healers are in dire need..it is our duty to see to all whom may come to us injured, sick and in need.

I have placed myself in the position to help all I can, a testiment to this occured two nights past when the Knight hall was attacked and a battle broke out between those who protect the city and the Djinn.
Having placed myself in the frey, I preceeded to aid the injured Knights, bandaging their wounds and healing injuries so that they could continue to fight and end the disturbance in the streets.

I wish to continue my oath to aid those in need, be it within the walls of the city, the Palace or the sands..call up on me and I will do my best. Should I be elected to the status of owner at the Phsyicians office, I will propose meetings once a month to teach proper medical procedures to the healers of Ireem, and basic classes on healing and how best to utilize what the clinic offers the people.

Salaam and good health!
~Inara Sands~

My name is Eve, and most of you know me i think, but for those who dont, i would like to tell you a bit about myself.

  Since i came to Ireem, i saw many bloody fights, cruel punishments with whips on slaves for example and all forms of wounds. I always felt the urge to help.
This is what made me learn how to use special herbs to cure illnesses or treat wounds. There has been a lot of knowledge about this in my bedouin family, as we often had to take care of our wounds on our own. Now i would like to share this knowledge with those in need and hope i can become the new owner of the hospital.

To achieve this, i need your help and hope for your votes.

My plans for the hospital would be, to find new ways to take care of wounds and heal more effectively. Therefor i plan to get more people to work there and i will be looking for some sexy nurses for the male patients and also some handsome male doctors for the ladies.
Also, i hope i can get some slaves involved, who can take care of the minor duties there.
Magi and Djinn power is an essential part of healing so i hope we can find a way to work together and create some new healing potions together. Test persons fort he potions will be needed too ;)
The stay at the hospital should be safe and also somehow comfortable.
Perhaps we can even get some new beds and i promise i will not let any harmed person, who enterst he hospital, be attacked.
As i am also the Bedouin Co leader some of you might certainly think i wont take so much care of the wounds of my enemies. But if you come to me with a sheathed weapon, i will help you, no matter which race or clan you are in.

Another point which you might be concerned about is that i fight a lot to protect my family, but this means also that im always close to the battles and can take care directly of peoples wounds. I see this as an advantage and being a physican and helping people wont stop at the physicans door or at the gates for me. If i see a hurt person on the battle grounds i will do my best to help out with some bandages, potions or whatever is needed.

And for my enemies, if im busy at the hospital, i wouldnt have time to hunt you, so consider it is also an advantage for you ;)
I would be very happy about your vote for me!
Good health and warm breezes everyone,
Eve Forgraine

BEDOUIN LEADER ANTAR REBUTS RECENT ALLEGATIONS!  PROCLAIMS... THE TRUTH IS HIS SWORD!

It's come to the Chronicles attention that Antar, leader of the Bedouins, has taken umbrage with recent articles published, that, in his perspective cast aspersions on the Bedouins.  While validation of Antar's side of the dispute cannot be confirmed, the Chronicles has decided to at least give him the opportunity to state his take on the situation.

 Antar's statement follows (For the benefit of our readers, our writing team had spent several hard working nights to make sure the statement is at least now understandable)



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 Since the history of this land, the Knights and the Bedouins have a background of helping each other.  This has been well documented and is truthful, although there has never been any favor granted to the Bedouins for this aliance.  In fact, they were treated like any other race.  If a Bedouin committed a crime, that Bedouin faces the justice of this land.

I will admit that I, myself,  went to trial for the crime of fighting in the city.  However, in my case I must ask, since when is it a crime to defend your family from harm at the hands of the Undead and the Slavers?   

There was another incident where I was forced to defend myself against a slaver and then against an Undead posing as a Knight.   In that situation, I calmed a sister Bedouin, who was ready to attack the 'so called' Knight,  in order to respect our agreement with the Knights. I chose instead to insult him, calling him names, rather than attack him.   This to honor the alliance we've enjoyed for centuries with the Knights.

Let let it be known, that the Undead have infiltrated the Knights and the Knights are powerless to do anything about it.  In aforementioned situation, the 'Undead' turned  Knight sided with the Undead and Slavers during the battle and arrested me, despite my protests of injustice,  when he observed me capturing two of his Undead brothers. 

As Bedouin we haven't started most of the fighting and the allegation that we incite trouble in the city is unfounded.  I, Antar, never told my Brother Brad to burn the Knight's headquarters nor did I approve the deed! Many of the Knights are my friends.  It's not our honorable way, as Bedouins, to do anything of that kind.  Never in my life have I tried to hurt a Knight. It is the rodent-like Knight, a former Undead, who carries the vendetta against the Bedouin.  The Knights are the guardians of the innocent of this city while the Undead and Slavers have a history of trying to control the city.  Recently, they are trying the approach of misleading the newer, less experienced Knights. 

In conclusion, I don't  need trouble makers spreading malicious and fabricated stories about the Bedouins and in particular disrespecting me as the leader of the Bedouin.  I ask that anyone seeking information to come directly to me and ask me personally for the truth.  The truth is my sword! 

The Chronicles reports that during the trial of Bradflea vs People last night, Knight Nino was accused of protecting his friend or paymaster by lying to other knights.

  Citizens of Ireem would recall that a few days ago the Knight HQ was burnt down.  A suspect was arrested and it was Bradflea from the Desert Guards, henchman of the Bedouin's co-leader Eve.  According to insider's source, Bradflea was order by the Bedouins leadership to burn down the HQ in revenge for the knights arresting Eve and several other well known Bedouin criminals. 

  However, when the crime was reported, curiously Knight Nino dismissed the report out of hand, claiming that Bradflea didn't do it despite a number of independent witnesses.  Some witnesses claimed that the Bedouin Leader Antar had been talking to Nino and suggested to dismiss the reports before the formal investigation took place. 
 
  Despite the fact that the initial case had been dismissed, Bradflea's conscience got the better of him and he confessed to the crime.  During the trial, when asked who was protecting him from being accused of the crime, Bradflea very clearly said Nino was the one who lied to protect the Bedouin arsonist.  He was quoted as saying, " Nino lied to people that I actually did set the fire but I have a conscience and want to clear it by coming clean."

  It seems that there are much deeper issues existing within the knights.  How much longer can this favoritism continue? Imagine yourself if you are not a friend of the powerful knights.  We, the Chronicles, are proud to be the voice for the voiceless in the city and we strongly condemn this corrupt practice by the people who are supposedly here to protect the citizens!

The Chronicles was told that Knight Ehson, once a Beduoin clan Leader and found guilty of rape, was back to his old ways of attacking women again.  Our source revealed that a lady was being beaten and whipped by Ehson.   When she fought back in self defense, Ehson allegedly used his power as a knight to charge her with murder.

  What's more was when the victim of the crime hired a lawyer, Ehson decided to attack the lawyer too, brutally assaulting her and leaving the lawyer for dead.  After the lawyer recovered from the attack, Ehson was seen by eyewitnesses insulting and attacking the lawyer again repeatedly, and threatening to drag her to the dungeon to show her "what a real man is" as her punishment.

  As the news of the lawyer being attacked by Knight Ehson in broad daylight reached outside, friends of the victim gathered to help.  However, knight Ehson got help from an unexpected source, his former leader Antar and his gang.  A wild fight then took place in the city where Antar and his fighters ganged up and out numbered the innocent victim's friends.  

  What we are concerned with about this incident is that, while Antar has been on the case of the knights recently, it seems that he and his people are only against the knights who arrest bedouin criminals.  Further more, we would like to question as to why the reported crime perpetrated by Ehson (for attacking an innocent woman and her lawyer and incite a riot in the city) was never investigated despite the fact that was reported over a week ago!

The Chronicles will bring you more on this news when we have more details.

A letter was passed on to the Chronicles office a few days ago.....

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I've heard a lot about the recent struggle between the bedus and the knights. Today I've been a witness to an outstanding event which I would like to tell about. A bedu named Bradflea came to the knight's headquarter and ignited it on fire, luckilly, noone was inside at the time. He did that at daylight, me and three more people have seen it.

  By the way, only one of the witnesses belonged to the undead race, so don't tell me about undeads and knights plotting together against bedus! Definitely not in that case. Four of us tried to stop the firestarter for questioning, but the insolent bedu just stated he is innocent and did nothing. He started to insult us and we had to explain him he was wrong. So is that male one of the glorious bedu freedom fighters who opposes the corrupt knight reign? If so, I am dissapointed. He's no rebel, just a small crook, pyromaniac who puts the fires on and then cowardly lies he didn't do it.

  The second disappointing thing was that bedu leader, Antar, took the side of the criminal. He protects his men even when they obviously don't deserve it. I expected more sence and more wisdom from someone who leads so many people. Instead of teaching Bradflea the right way, he took his side! How are we to treat bedus after that! I am no knight, I'm just a citizen who wants to walk streets safe, without a need to watch my back for bandits coming from the desert. Maybe if bedu leader starts viewing his own people more critical, there would finally be peace in Ireem.


  There are many outlaws amongst desert folks. And there are many honorable bedu people who suffer, being judged by the actions of those few troublemakers. What a shame! And Antar, that shame is on you!

Signed:"The voice of truth."

The Chronicles office today received a scroll which contain a message from one of our knight, Sir Noctis of Ordo Nox.  It was written on a leather parchment with some dark red ink......

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Chaos takes over the city, disorder came into the rows of knights. Seeing that happen, I felt the urge to explain
my actions and my principles and to make them known to the people of Ireem.

1) I follow no codes, I don't discuss the aspects of morals. I doubt it is my duty. However, I respect the Law of Ireem and I defend it. Not knowing the law gives no excuse to those who break it. The book of Law can be found by the knights' office. Take a time to read and understand it. Obey it and I would never come to bother You. I never touched anyone who was innocent.

2) I am a simple knight, I don't approve the crime reports. I do make reports and sometimes I do investigate them. But only the leaders of knight clans have the power to approve the reports. I respect their judgement and their authority and I would not discuss those ever. If a crime report on You was approved, that, by Ireem law, means you are guilty untill proven innocent. If you are guilty, I would come and arrest you. Obey the law and that won't happen.

3) It's true that I don't arrest just every criminal. Some of them are powerfull fighters to whom I am no match on alone. I am just a simple knight and I arrest those criminals whom I can handle. That is reasonable. Only with our efforts combined we, knights, can purge the city from the criminal filth. So I speak to you, sirs and ladies. We are to lay our inner struggles aside. We serve the city, we serve Sultana, we enforce the law. That is our duty and our goal. Unity would make us strong. Inner struggles would make us weak.

4) When I come to a criminal to perform an arrest, I always suggest to just come to the office peacefully and sign the arrest papers. Don't bother explaining me that you are innocent - it's not for me to decide. If I come for you, it means you are guilty (see pt.2). I would not discuss your crimes - that is not my duty. If you indeed are innocent, the trial would show it. If you refuse to come peacefully, I am allowed to use force on you and I would use that privilege. You are warned. Obey the knight and that would not happen.

5) Assault on a knight who arrests a criminal is a crime. If your friend, your leader, your servant or whoever else is arrested, step aside and don't make it worse for yourself. Use your own judgement. You are warned. Obey the law and you would have nothing to fear in Ireem.

6) If you are a criminal who refuses to pay for his crimes, the knights aren't obliged to treat you with respect. The knights aren't obliged to show any compassion to a criminal. We are no saints. We just do our work, and it is a hard one. Don't anger the knights, you are warned.

Signed:"Sir Noctis of Ordo Nox, a.k.a. The Rat King."

Bedouins Riot in the City?

According to eye witness reports, a large number of Bedouins, who were led by their leader Antar, were seen attacking an unknown man in the middle of the city.  It was then that one of our honorable knights came to the aid of the man and tried to diffuse the situation, reminding the Bedouins armed gang about the no weapon law in the city.  Antar was seen turning to the knight and threatening to beat and rape him.  Several citizens came to the aid of the lone knight but they were threatened with all kinds of nasty retribution as well.   

 When the Chronicles tried to reach out to the Bedouins leadership to comment on the matter, it was met with a flat refusal.  Whether this is due to the lack of money Chronicles was offering up front or the fact that our reporter was too well dressed, was not immediately clear.  However, despite the refusal to talk to our reporter, we have managed to speak to several high ranking members of the Bedouin Community, who will remain anonymous for the time being.  When they were speaking to our reporter, they all displayed a serious degree of concern about their leadership. 

It seemed that, despite winning the election, the leader of Bedouins is having a hard time of winning over the heart and soul of his people, especially the elders who have recently been very opinionated about the direction of the leadership.  Some of the complaints involved the manner Antar was leading his people in to various wars for the smallest of reasons, yet openly tolerating and even helping to cover up some of his commanders’ crimes. An example of that was to flood the court with the Bedouins when one of his commanders was tried for rape and trying to intimidate the jury and influence the decision (which ultimately failed as the said commander, who is now a knight, was found guilty of the rape). 

In the next week, the Chronicles will carry out a survey among the Bedouin people and ask if they approve of the current leadership and direction of the Bedouins.  Once the poll results are in, the Chronicles will publish the results and ask some of the Bedouin members to comment on that. 

(P.S. The Chronicles would like to extend out thanks to the secret donor from the Najdi Clan for sponsoring the opinion poll)

Return of the Fishes

Day had broken when soon enough we hear the cry of Mer, yet this time, strangely, was not a cry for help from their beloved nemesis pirate-slavers, it was a rather melodic invitation to all for a gathering of sorts at the Isle of Mers.  With the words "Curiosity Killed The Cat" nagging me at the back of my mind, i decided to make my way there in human form.

Upon arrival, i was greeted by a mix of joyful chatter and playful giggling from a small party of Mer folks, a rare sight for a while now.  Albeit friendly welcomes from most, standing knee-deep in water(not exactly my favourite element) and surrounded by this small army of fishy beings i hardly ever encounter and at such close proximity too, i was panic-stricken until a few other non-Mers arrived.

The meeting started off with a call unity of all Mers for more effort to protect the waters and to organise more activities to bring life back to it, including non-Mers, although one cannot help but wonder if the intention is all amiable, for there are tales of sirens feasting on humans and flaunting their vicious nature with pride.  However, the Mers deserve to be given the benefit of doubt for what follows is an excited discussion of various fun activities including possibly a Dance Ball in the waters for the entire Kingdom!  We shall all have to wait til concrete plans are put into place before revealing more details in this discussion, and then surely a proper announcement would be advertised in the Kingdom's most reliable newspaper, The Ireem Chronicles.

The next heavily discussed agenda was food, or the need for more food within reach for the Mer folks.  Their hungry eyes got me all nervous again, and i was ever so glad to hear the timely chorus of greetings to our dearest Sultana who arrived along with her palace escorts.  It is our fortune to have a kind Sultana who would so generously lend her support with her presence at this meeting.  It is also reassuring to know our kingdom's ruler is keeping in check of such gatherings.  The meeting resumed but a sudden loud splash and we heard our Sultana calling for help, and immediately she was brought safely back on land by swift reaction of the few Mers splashing about with their pretty tails.  We'd like to think our Grace was 'testing the waters', and hopefullly satisfied of the outcome.

As the meeting continued, more curious non-Mers appeared including Princess Page who seemed to be safe or momentarily free from her recent accidental brush with an ancient spirit.  The Mer King Yayoo's magical charm had
everyone dancing hours after the meeting, and it was late evening that we all started making our way home.  Walking away from the Mer Isles with pruned toes, i morphed into kitty form in order to take the short cut and get to my dinner soonest possible and to report my findings to dear ole boss editor Lord Kito.

We shall all look forward to what the Mer Folks have to offer in the near future!

Written by Roaming Raving Reporter Moon


P.S. Editor note: Remember, fishes are friends, not food.

The Palace and Princess Page Siegel with Djinn Misfit Sonoran wish to send their gratitude for all who participated in the hunt for the 4 Elemental Cases and the Jade Heart.

In speacial recognition for their valiant efforts in the search are:
 Random woman who found the Jade Heart and Earth Elemental.
 Mebo Grut found the Water and Fire Elemental
 &  Jakub Despres found the Air elemental... Even though he tried to hold out for a higher amount as  he wanted of 2000 dinar... Jakub after some scolding from some random woman relented and settled for the agreed upon price of 1000 Dinar for the last Elemental Scroll Case

Each person returned the Elemental Scroll Cases with their Scrolls intact.

Now these items will be given to Indi Queen of the Djinn and Kai Leader of the Magi to see if they can work their Magic and break the Curse off Princess Page and Djinn Misfit Sonoran.

Sincerely,
Princess Page

Am Demina shamed the slavers again!

It was the last straw for Antar, the Beduoin leader,  when another Bedu sister was captured by the slaver Am, mistreated by him, as is the norm for Am and sold at auction.  Antar led his brothers and sisters in an attack that resulted in Am being cornered and captured by the bedu sister Eve.

Dragging his sorry butt to the Bedu camp, Am was stripped naked, bound and tossed in a cage where the bedu brothers and sisters mocked him and caused him great humiliation as he richly deserved.

Antar allowed the bedu sisters, Eve, Sharina and Alli, who was the sister last abused by Am,  to take the lead on the interrogation and humiliation of the prisoner.   Gagging him with a pink gag, stopping short although threatening to dress him in pink silks,  and calling him names, the women continued the humiliation forcing him to agree to say that the Bedu were the best fighters. Finally giving into the abuse and humiliation, Am conceeds that "the Bedus are superior!"   With that admission by the prisoner, the bedu women agreed and Antar approved that Am would ramsom himself to gain his freedom and that he did..  a ramsom commensurate with the thousands in coin that he earned from the sale of the many bedu sisters he wrongfully captured.     

Am got cappted