The Ireem Chronicles

It seems a mysterious ship as crashed along the shore. The passengers mysteriously died of something. Wreckage it's self reaked of rotting flesh! Only live things seen "escape" were a nasty little hoard of rats. Yes, that is right Ireem! This is another plague warning!

  Please look out for the following plague symptoms:

- A nasty cough with bright green mucus.

- The urge to cough on others.

- Urge to run around nude.

- Fierce muscle cramps.

- Increased hunger for wine, drugs... and sex

- Gangrene... just watch your toes, fingers, lips and tip of the nose... they could rot and fall off, hopefully not while having sex.

- Sudden cold sensations throughout your body.

- General ill feeling, like you toss two days worth of food.

- And lastly.... well you might drop to the ground and start to spazz!

- And lastly death.

  Do your part Ireem! Seek out a friendly Alchemist for a reasonably priced It will last you 30 days once taken.  I will personal do my part by offering antidote for 5g... heh, if you can find me and if my supplies hold out.

Written by Sayuri.... who also adds: for the love of cheese stop calling her Liang!

Hi Citizens!

Want to have someone new in the game? Think it might be fun to have some new blood running a business here? Someone who likes to shake things up a bit?

If so..then VOTE for me , Dianna Davies (aka Dez Al Sharifa) for the owner of the Blue Lagoon Cafe.

I'd love to be able to run the cafe, get some events going to get some more traffic on both KOS and KOS2. Would be great seeing folks wandering around over by the cafe enjoying the entertainment and getting to know each other a little better.

My slave boy will be serving and he does have just the cutest butt *laughing*.


Thanks for your support!

A stranger in town

Some of you may have noticed a stranger character hobbling around the town, dressed in black and frequently stopping for a rest.  A wizened old man, stooped over his walking stick he seems quite polite and friendly.  But who is he?

  His name is Philodemus and he has only recently arrived.  He is very old and seems at death's door, indeed, he has been heard to say that Ireem will be his final home.  He is a Magi but professes little interest in the fighting and politics of town and palace.  When watching the bickering and fighting he sighs and sadly turns away . . . .

  He becomes more animated if you ask him about the deeper mysteries of life.  His eyes will gleam and he sounds almost youthful in his speech and he will happily speak, if he deems the listener ready,  of what he has learned over a very very long life.  Because he is grateful to be in Ireem for his final days, he has created a Meditation room that all can visit.  It is a pleasant place for just sitting quietly, or, for practicing Meditation and can be found near the Lawyers Office.  There are helpful notes on the walls.

  But who is he, where is he from?  He does not talk much but it seems he was originally a Ceasarian who nearly died when a nearby volcano killed all his family.  He was nursed back to health by a passing Shaman and then followed her, learning her craft.  He traveled many years in the desert with the Bedu and seems comfortable talking to any folk but does not like to see others being cruel or contemptuous.

Once again, I had managed to fall asleep in the Chronicles office.  But instead of lurking the office, I decided to take a walk. My random travel through the city soon took me to one of my favourite spots. Nothing special, just the small balcony over the city gates. I was then approached by the dark knight Eve (or was it Blair now?  Not sure, since she keeps changing her name to aviod being arrest), and given a small bit of rum to give to the editor, specifically suggesting him to drink it.  She also handed me a scroll containing information of a strange virus.

  "A new enemy has risen in the lands of Samhara,
a creation of pale skinned Dark Knight hands,
 one who cant be fought with blades,
  one who cant be seen or heard,
  one so small, yet strong enough to kill the mightiest fighter
  sneaky as an assassin, faster than the best horse
  flowing with the wind over the sands to conquer them
   beware citizens and creatures, you'll be next.

  Once the seed is planted in one's body it will spread, contagious filling Ireem and the sands with madness and pain.

  The symptoms vary, most seen is fury and rage to attack anything in sight, lose of eyesight, red and black dots on the skin and feeling of coldness.

  The antidote is to most people unknown, though randoms occur the dark knight have it in their possession."


  I viewed this act with slight suspicion. After all, Dark Knights have been upset with the merfolk sinse the alliance fell. Then there were the random attacks on the merfok... and the list of reasons why this all seemed fishy grows from there.  Yet, I decided to take the bottle back to the office. Perhaps Kito could hire a magi to test?

  As I turned away from the bottom for a moment, the quiet peace of the office was broken by back the sound of shattering glass! I quickly looked and it seemed one of the office cats had knocked over the bottle or rum! But, before I could wipe up the mess... one of those freakishly large guard rats jumped out from the donation till.  The little hungry creature quickly licked the floor clean!

  "Oh no! Kito's going to be upset with me! I know how much he enjoys a good rum"  I muttered.

  That is when I noticed something odd. The rat started to display a few odd symptoms. First, it was floating in the air like a piece of fish.... not the first rat like creature that perform this trick in the city, of course.  It then suddenly attacked the leg of the chair with it's claws! I avoided its odd rage by moving toward the nearby bookshelf with the office cats!  The rat's brown fur began to fall off in chunks, and skin turned an odd sickly pale shade. Just then, some idiot tried to steal from the till. Before I could warn the thief, the engaged rat suddenly hovered in the air, let out a loud cat like hiss before biting the thief's neck!

  The thief fled, but the rat stayed behind. I finally remembered the dagger I had on my person... jumped down from the case. I took aim at the creatures belly... cutting it open.

  "Oh gods! That thief is now a carrier! Heh... I will need to take this rat to the alchemist to have an antidote made. But.... will it be in time to save the city?!"

  Looks like there is a nasty bug running around Ireem. Might be best to avoid all thieves or any strange people who try to give you free rum!

~ written by Sayuri (Edited by the annoyed Editor who have to clean up the broken glasses on the floor)

The day found me... doing what I do best, napping on the the office over one of Kito's books. I suddenly awoke to the sound of these words shouted across the city "Anyone with the palace will die!" Greatly confused I soon rushed out of the office... to the sound of more shouting!

 "... I will... put the captives in a barrel of acid sending them to the 2nd death without enough of anything to bring them back so you need to stop this attack. Return the prisoners or you know I will do it ... Return also Ironhides body" called the voice of the irate princess.

" How about we just feast from your flesh instead and make the sultana['s blood?] our bath water" called the voice of someone I did not recognize. There were mentions of certain people being held for ransom. Yet much of what was said only made me feel more confussed. Was this something between the palace and the Undead? Or was it Merfolk again the palace? Could there be more groups or races involved? 

It soon turned into a shouting match between Gavi and Page.

 "you make no sense you who sit in judgement over me who has never raised her weapon against a Mer but has sought out to protect the mer you young one who knows little of what has happened in the Mers own past here"

 "...Page, you know little of the real mer past, you are too clouded by this past leader Sun, who lead the mer's completely wrong treating them as victims...we will be strong! Sun is a false leader Iani and myself are the true mer leads!"

Once the shouting died down, I headed to the mer temple to see if I could find the truth about what started this madness. It turns out it all started when a gift from the mer people... a comb, was burned. Taking this as an insult, the mer-folk turned to their true allies...

 "Chan and I were accepted into the palace for a good will meeting, I brought her a gift, a mermaid comb made of gold and blessed by Lalita. Then the sultana and princess page attacked us verbally, insulting our choice of allies and asking why we wouldn't throw in with the palace." explains Gavriella.

 "I found our true allies...  together with the Dark Knights, Djinn and some Bedu we stormed the palace taking a knight, Ponzio and a pirate woman captive as they cowered in the palace like the cowards they are! ...The palace has paid us great insult! That is what happened, our allies rose up against them to defend our honor...and i'm sure there were some other motives in there!" said the current co mer leader, Gavriella.

It seems the city will be plunged into another war. Yet, mention of a past mer, who was never an official mer leader ones prove how out of touch the palace is with the current mer clans.  As a former palace lady I don't have much to say in way of the palace's defense. Yet, I was truly saddened by some of Princess Page's comments shouted oh so carelessly through Ireem.

- reported by Sayuri

KOS Lawyer Office Event

Hey All..... We have a wonderful opporunity for you to get that well needed cash to help a friend or loved one or just to get something from an auction.... At the Ireem Law Office we are having an exciting event that could be worth G$ 1500.... I know we could all use a lil extra and all this will take is a short amount of your time but it would be a great opporunity to show all of Ireem what your RP is about....

Here are the requirements:
1. Has to be a written RP trial with only aliases
2. Must make sense and trial start to finish
3. Send notecard to Rya Asalia titled Law Office Trial Event Oct. 22 (if not titled this it will not be accepted, if you need help on how to rename your nc please im Rya)
4. Event starts immediately Friday Sept. 28, 2012 and will continue to Oct.22, 2012. All notecards will be due no later then 11:59pm of Oct. 22, 2012
5. Be sure to include your name so we know who to reward
6. Have fun!!!

Here is the best part the rewards:
  1st place: G$ 1000
  2nd place: G$ 500
  3rd place: G$ 100

All of the winners will be at the discretion and final decision of the owner and co-owner of the Law Office. The stories will be shared in order to decide on the best ones.

If there are any questions please feel free to contact Rya Asalia....

Please do have fun with this!

VOTE KAYA BLINKER  new BLACKSMITH owner


The Time has come to vote for new owners in Ireems Businesses.

The Blacksmiths is an important part of life in Ireem , we all know the amount of battles , chases and fights that go on here each day ..The people in Ireem deserve the Best Quality shields for their protection.

The Treasure Hammer also important in our everyday life  to help give us extra supplies to use and trade with.  I will only use the best iron for these Hammers used to smash the treasure jars throughout the city  we all know how strong these jars are and only the strongest Iron will smash them allowing us all to collect the rewards hidden in them.

  I promise as the new owner to continue with the High quality you have all come to expect .. Joris hudson  ran the smithy  before and as a fellow palace member and good friend he has divulged  to me the source of the high quality steel and metal he used ..So by voting me to be owner you will get the same heavy duty shields you have all been used to .. Only  the palace has the means and funds to transport these  metal from the mines to Ireem, would you want  anything but the best  none of you deserve to settle for any thing less.

  So vote for Kaya Blinker to run the  Blacksmiths, to keep you all shielded from your enemies.

The passing of another.....

A keening wail can be heard echoing through the dunes and walls of ireem, a mournful, broken sound that is subtle yet strong...reaching even the hardest of hearts.  As the cry of abject pain fails, a soft, rolling dirge takes its place, sung in a language long forgotten but almost understood as the tone conveys it's meaning...the Queen has passed into shadow and a lone Fae sings her mournful praise in the lonely sands, using the winds to carry it to all corners of the kindgom. 

  Her form is pale and slight, almost wasting away, her normal composure shattered into a thousand pieces...even more odd are her garments, clothed from head to toe in the black of mourning as she makes her way to the realm for the final time.  As she slips through the portal, she whispers good byes to the wind to carry to the friends and loved ones she will leave behind...with the Queen sleeping so deeply, she is released....freed from her service of so many years.

  Once in the realm, she scrawls a quick note for the young djinn, full of affection and encouragement...as well as instructions on how to reach her should the need be dire.  This world is theirs now, though she may return in the future when Ireem has had a chance to mature past it's infancy.  She surveys her home for one final time, before her form fades into the mists of the djinn world.  The magic that had kept her here faded with the conciousness of the Queen and now she returns to her homelands to wander the forests in the shadows of the trees that will echo her mourning for years to come.

Safe Paths & Fair Winds,  Nova Caerndow, Fae Elder, Djinn General, Healer

KOS djinn the queen is dead  long live the queen

 The djinn queen lays comatose, stuck in the world of dreams she will not wake. She been in this state for several days, nigh a week.  Healers have attended to her body attempted to diagnose what's wrong with her . But alas, they have failed.

  What started as a burn mark on her left hand has spread her hand becoming like the crystal she touched her fingers lay curled as they transform into the stone like substance. Her face has been wiped clean it would seem that the ghoul known for her addictive nature had  experimented with the crystals by crushing them into a fine powder and snorting it, sending her into some kind of overdose when by freak accident she touched the stones to defend herself.

She has rare fits of lucidity where she's been known to mutter, "Hello darkness…" and other phrases perhaps the rantings of one long past sanity or perhaps a message so cryptic few will ever understand it.... Those who have known her may end up humming some strange tune.. or loosing there ability to talk at all, for the djinn queen may never wake again. Her dreams will fade into nothing and silence will reign once more.

  Some have visited her in her slumber, the lucky few have taken fragments of her song, a keepsake or a bone from her necklace. One for each element, perhaps one day her spirit can be recalled to this place by those trained in magic or committed to her return, though its more likely theses treasures will be lost to time and become mere legends.

  What will become of the djinn its hard to say i doubt there will ever be a Queen like Indigo. Her crown is broken. The scattered remains of her people the once mighty djinn will remain the keepers of balance, the guardians of the fire of zin. Their Queen forever trapped in the dream world lost to her people lost to the world.

  Mourn , celebrate or dream. The choice has always been yours.

I was going to spend another "exciting" evening in the Chronicle's office... when I lovely announcement reached my desk. It was by Leah... the current Dolphin Bath owner.

"Come and join me for a steamy afternoon in the Dolphin baths..."




The water will be warm and inviting, there will be gorgeous merfolk to attend to you and even a prize for the steamiest bath outfit!"

I couldn't ignore the chance for a nice steamy bath... or the chance to hopefully see a few nice forms! Once there my eyes were greeted by a wonderful sight, Leah and a few other beautiful mer ladies, and a handsome merman.






Pretty soon the event kicked off... were were even joined by a rather nicely dressed legger! One thing came to mind... were were the other land dwellers? I couldn't help but wonder if the steam scared most away. Surely a large group of nude merfolk couldn't be considered as scary as the original terrors of the sands.... the Undead... right? Or many the sight of nude shiny scales kept most shy leggers away...

Oh well! We still managed to have a good time any way! The brave land dweller, Andalinae even won some nice coin for her lovely gown!






Lets hope there will be more lovely baths events in the future, and that the leggers won't be so shy about... well getting nude.

~ Story and images by Sayuri

The royal messengers announced an invitation to everyone who seek an audience with our Sultana Zanlu Heron, Sun of Ireem, and that five would be allowed the opportunity to speak with her majesty.  The throne room was soon packed with an audience of all kinds, among whom present were a few noted leaders of our Kingdom. 

Standing tall in respectful demeanor, clad in decorous coat of luxurious velvet was the Magi Leader, Azriel

Mer Leader, Ianira, beautiful and ever graceful with an aura of strength and ineffable magnetism, truly celestial

  Prince Rexie and Lord Cow were overheard whispering to stay alert and keep Sultana safe as there were many Dark Knights present, and wise move indeed for we all know their nature to be unpredictable.  The return of Princess Lillie brought a warm smile to our Sultana's beautiful visage as they embrace for a moment.  The royal family and trusted servants were ordered to remain close by the throne as the crowd settles in, while a talented flutist, petite Bedouin lady by the name of Melasina, was favoured by our Sultana to entertain with her music.  The General Audience began with our Sultana inviting five people to freely express themselves with her succinct royal statement "Freedom and respect are the basis of my Kingdom."

Our Sultana

  The first name was called forth, Sir Strazio, a Dark Knight.  His concern was the absence of a royal harem, to which Sultana explained that the harem is being rebuilt and asked if he is interested to work in the harem.  He promptly offered his expertise and self-proclaimed great purveyor of women, and that he is co-owner of the House of Pleasure.  Stifled giggles relieved to a burst of laughter in the room as our Sultana answered with humour "well.. the harem is very different from the house of pleasure.. coughs.. in the harem we want eunuchs..if you are.."  Another attempt to explain what is a Harem was lost to the suggestive reactions of the perverted Dark Knights, but Sultana very kindly offered Strazio a private meeting on a future date.

  The second name called was Sir Azriel, the Magi Leader, who stepped forward and with proper decorum, bow to Sultana and knelt before her as he made a request, "..I would ask the Sultana to take into consideration. Many of the Magi seek to serve the palace and strengthen our relations. I would ask that the royal family seek us out for our services and never be hesitant in doing so."  Sultana was delighted to hear this, citing there are some problems that only a great magi can solve.

Azriel

  While Sultana continued to chat with Sir Azriel with interest, a voice was heard reprimanding a couple of women, including a female Dark Knight, that they were too scantily dressed for this occasion.  He made his way to the front, smoking up the room with the tobacco roll between his lips as he speaks.

  The smoker, Sir Andrea, pleaded with relentless enthusiasm to speak with Sultana, almost like he would throw a tantrum if not accorded some attention.  It must mean a lot to him to get to talk with Sultana, and hence he was the third.  Upon hearing his plea for a family, that he was lonely and cannot live not belonging to a family, one cannot help but feel sorry for the pirate slaver.  Perhaps his ship sunk and he was the lone survivor..we do not know, but it is very touching to see that he placed utmost importance on family.  Our dearest Sultana was taken aback when he suggested to be by her side.  Others laughed but the Dark Knight Strazio was glaring at the competition.  Her grace very tactfully requested that he send in his background for proper consideration.

There were a few others insignificant characters who asked for random things like more meat in the butcher and more sexual partners for them.  Of course, our Sultana treated all those strange requests with good humour, as she would do to poor senseless animals.  It's so nice and grand to have a ruler who love instead of hate!

  This General Audience come to a close and Sultana announced that everyone could stay for an event that follows and after which all are welcomed to tea in the garden with the royal family.  At this point we must give credit to Hakim Khan, the palace guard who had a busy day keeping the crowd at a safe distance from our dear Sultana.  He stayed alert throughout the entire session and his stern voice was heard several times "HALT! Keep your distance!"

  We took a little break before the surprise events and mingled.  Princess Page, now a mother of twins, was positively glowing and looking gorgeous.  Smiling ear to ear as she stood by her husband Prince Rexie.  The crowd was soon getting restless, becoming a little loud and raucous.  Perhaps it's the excitment of seeing our Sultana, or unease by the sight of random floaty creatures.  Regardless, it was time for the surprise!

Sultana asked Lord Cow to kneel before her!  “Lord Cow...is with great pleasure that I nominate you Prince of Ireem .."  The surprise on the face of the newly crowned Prince Cow was priceless.

Cow

  Sultana went on to relate she watched this Prince's growth in the Kingdom and was glad he made his way back to the service of the Palace.  He traveled the world and his business grew and made him a rich man, and returned to Sultana with gifts and knowledge to share.  Sultana then named him Lord of Court, and expressed that his advice and friendship was very much appreciated.  "From today you're a Prince .. Prince of Ireem! "

  By this time most of the Dark Knights had left the throne room, and some were heard grumbling about not getting a surprise gift..others said "bored..let's go hunt!..". Guess they were not happy that the Palace didn't give them more toys to throw out of their pram.... or more prams for that matter. Our beautiful Sultana beaming with joy then announced yet another surprise!

  During her visit to her distant family, Sultana learn of a secret in the family from her dying old aunt.  She was told in her childhood, her oldest cousin gave birth to a girl but the labours of childbirth took her life.  At two months old, the baby girl was abducted from her crib and a letter warned to never search for Serena, the baby, or it will be the end of their dynasty.  Attached to the letter were the cut ear of a child and two little fingers..This whole incident was kept secret for fear of Serena's life and also their dynasty's survival.  Serena should be 19 year old now and there were birthmarks on her hand and another on her shoulder that is a star-shaped.  It was last reported that the girl was in Ireem.  And there, the old aunt took her last breath.

  Back in Ireem with the secret of her niece who could be alive, Sultana was greeted by her lovely servant Seren.  The welcoming sight struck a chord and the girl with similar name and age had a small mark on her left hand!  And on her back was the star-shaped birthmark!  Seren's past was the same as what the old aunt related.  Tears of joy streaming, the Sultana placed the diamant crown on Royal Princess Seren.

Princess Seren possessed a most adorable visage of pure innocence.  No doubt a royalty, such beauty and poise

Princess Page and babies

A Royal Tea