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<p>Our lands lie close to the Durncrag Range and at night you can sometimes hear Giaks calling one another in the hills. They are horrible creatures. Once they raided our village and killed our livestock; a cottage was burned down and Vinas the blacksmith was blinded in one eye. We lived in fear of them until the King built the watchtower at Shadow Pass, and Knight Hobar made the villagers train with bows so that they could defend themselves if the Giaks ever returned., I trained every day until I could split a plank at four hundred paces, and I learned to fledge my own arrows with goose feathers.</p>
-<p>On my Oathday of Fehmarn, I was sent into service in the household of Knight Hobar. I was taught how to fight with a sword and a mace, but all I really wanted was to use a bow. Eventually, I got my chance. It was mid-summer and a tournament was being held at Thornfalcon market. Knight Hobar granted us permission to attend but ordered: 'All boys must conduct themselves in a manner as befits Sommlending warriors.'</p>
+<p>On my Oathday of Fehmarn, I was sent into service in the household of Knight Hobar. I was taught how to fight with a sword and a mace, but all I really wanted was to use a bow. Eventually, I got my chance. It was midsummer and a tournament was being held at Thornfalcon market. Knight Hobar granted us permission to attend but ordered: 'All boys must conduct themselves in a manner as befits Sommlending warriors.'</p>
<p>We wore our best white tunics and coats of mail, and held our heads high as we marched into the tournament stands. We had barely taken our seats when my eye fell upon a distant corner of the field. There, beyond the jousters and the tents, was an archery range. The targets were bales of twigs, stacked and cut to look like Giaks, with stunted arms and bow legs. A contest was set to commence. As my brothers shouted and cheered the joust, I sat in silence with my thoughts focused upon that distant range. The temptation was too great; I had to slip away and enter the archery contest myself. I wriggled beneath my seat and jumped down below the stand where I hid my surcoat and mail in a barrel. My shirt was quite plain and with my sleeves rolled up I easily passed for a stable lad or trades boy.</p>
<h3>Game Rounds</h3>
-<p>The game is conducted in rounds, each consisting of four quarters - Movement Quarter, Missile Quarter, Combat Quarter, Gaming Quarter. Play in the first round takes place in a clockwise direction, alternating anti-clockwise and clockwise every subsequent round. Actions are completed by each player in turn before moving on to the next Quarter.</p>
+<p>The game is conducted in rounds, each consisting of four quarters - Movement Quarter, Missile Quarter, Combat Quarter, Gaming Quarter. Play in the first round takes place in a clockwise direction, alternating anticlockwise and clockwise every subsequent round. Actions are completed by each player in turn before moving on to the next Quarter.</p>
<h4>Movement Quarter</h4>
<h4>The Kingdom of Lencia</h4>
-<p>Ruler: King Sarnac <span class="caps">III</span>
-<br />Capital: Heimstorm
-<br />Population: 92,000 +
+<p>Ruler: King Sarnac <span class="caps">III</span>
+<br />Capital: Heimstorm
+<br />Population: 92,000 +
<br />Resources: Copper, silver, tin, agriculture, fish, shipbuilding
<br />Currency: Lune (4 Lune = 1 Gold Crown)</p>
<h4>The Kingdom of Magador</h4>
-<p>Ruler: King Vanagrom <span class="caps">VI</span>
-<br />Capital: Helgor
-<br />Population: 82,000 +
+<p>Ruler: King Vanagrom <span class="caps">VI</span>
+<br />Capital: Helgor
+<br />Population: 82,000 +
<br />Resources: Iron ore, copper, bronin, gold, silver, furs
<br />Currency: Gold Crown</p>
-<p>The peoples who settled in this territory at the source of the River Storn were mixed groups of Vaderish and Aluvian origin. The ore-rich mountains of its northern provinces were extensively mined, and brought great wealth to its people. However, the treasures of Magador soon attracted outlaw bands and robber barons who fought for possession of the land. In <span class="caps">MS</span> 3657, the royal household was murdered, and the pretender Prince Dolgorn acceded to the throne. It is rumoured that the present ruler, King Vanagrom <span class="caps">VI</span>, is a puppet of the Darklords.</p>
+<p>The peoples who settled in this territory at the source of the River Storn were mixed groups of Vaderish and Aluvian origin. The ore-rich mountains of its northern provinces were extensively mined, and brought great wealth to its people. However, the treasures of Magador soon attracted outlaw bands and robber-barons who fought for possession of the land. In <span class="caps">MS</span> 3657, the royal household was murdered, and the pretender Prince Dolgorn acceded to the throne. It is rumoured that the present ruler, King Vanagrom <span class="caps">VI</span>, is a puppet of the Darklords.</p>
<h4>The Kingdom of Lyris</h4>
-<p>Ruler: King Konral <span class="caps">XI</span>
-<br />Capital: Varetta
-<br />Population: 40,000 +
-<br />Resources: Agriculture, iron ore, mercenaries
+<p>Ruler: King Konral <span class="caps">XI</span>
+<br />Capital: Varetta
+<br />Population: 40,000 +
+<br />Resources: Agriculture, iron ore, mercenaries
<br />Currency: Gold Crown</p>
<p>With the founding of the city state of Varetta (<span class="caps">MS</span> 1270), reputedly upon the site of the ancient realm of Cynx, the migration of the Vaderish peoples slowed to a halt and gradually the precincts of the city expanded to encompass the lands bordering the River Storn. During the War of the Lorestone, the power of the King was usurped by his sons, each claiming an equal right to his throne. Their greed led to civil war and conflicts with neighbouring states eager to exploit this disunity. The current ruler has little control over the warmongering princes of Lyris.</p>
<h4>The Freelands of Talestria</h4>
-<p>Ruler: Queen Evaine
-<br />Capital: Garthen
-<br />Population: 53,000 +
-<br />Resources: Timber, fish, agriculture
+<p>Ruler: Queen Evaine
+<br />Capital: Garthen
+<br />Population: 53,000 +
+<br />Resources: Timber, fish, agriculture
<br />Currency: Lune (4 Lune = 1 Gold Crown)</p>
<p>The river valleys of Talestria were wrested from the Agarashi during the Wars of Restitution (<span class="caps">MS</span> 1660). Under the banner of King Varnos <span class="caps">II</span>, the Talestrians pushed the creatures of darkness back into the stagnant swamps of the Danarg and built border forts to defend their new realm. Strong alliances with Bor and Palmyrion ensured peace, but with the coming of the Drakkarim this peace was shattered. Persistent raids and incursions from Ogia have decimated the once-fertile northland, and the Talestrians are now hard pressed to defend their homeland from the Ogian aggressors.</p>
<h4>The Protectorate of Cincoria</h4>
-<p>Ruler: Margrave Vactor <span class="caps">XXIV</span>
-<br />Capital: Quilla
-<br />Population: 68,000
-<br />Resources: Timber, agriculture, shipbuilding, silver
+<p>Ruler: Margrave Vactor <span class="caps">XXIV</span>
+<br />Capital: Quilla
+<br />Population: 68,000
+<br />Resources: Timber, agriculture, shipbuilding, silver
<br />Currency: Lune (4 Lune = 1 Gold Crown)</p>
<h4>The Kingdom of Delden</h4>
-<p>Ruler: King Naumon <span class="caps">III</span>
-<br />Capital: Luyen
-<br />Population: 65,000 +
-<br />Resources: Agriculture, timber, shipbuilding, ore
+<p>Ruler: King Naumon <span class="caps">III</span>
+<br />Capital: Luyen
+<br />Population: 65,000 +
+<br />Resources: Agriculture, timber, shipbuilding, ore
<br />Currency: Gold Crown</p>
<h4>The Unified Principalites of Eldenora</h4>
-<p>Ruler: Prince Cillan of Tyssek
-<br />Capital: Duadon
-<br />Population: 137,000 +
-<br />Resources: Timber, agriculture, silver, shipbuilding
+<p>Ruler: Prince Cillan of Tyssek
+<br />Capital: Duadon
+<br />Population: 137,000 +
+<br />Resources: Timber, agriculture, silver, shipbuilding
<br />Currency: Gold Crown</p>
<h4>The Principality of Eru</h4>
-<p>Ruler: Prince Graygor
-<br />Capital: Humbold
-<br />Population: 13,000
-<br />Resources: Iron ore, copper, tin, gold, gems
+<p>Ruler: Prince Graygor
+<br />Capital: Humbold
+<br />Population: 13,000
+<br />Resources: Iron ore, copper, tin, gold, gems
<br />Currency: Lune (4 Lune = 1 Gold Crown)</p>
<h4>The Dukedom of Malia</h4>
-<p>Ruler: Duke Isak, Freelordain of Halia
-<br />Capital: Saidor
-<br />Population: 12,000
-<br />Resources: Timber, tin, copper
+<p>Ruler: Duke Isak, Freelordain of Halia
+<br />Capital: Saidor
+<br />Population: 12,000
+<br />Resources: Timber, tin, copper
<br />Currency: Lune (4 Lune = 1 Gold Crown)</p>
<h4>The Leaguelands of Ilion</h4>
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<p>You leave all you carry (except for your Crystal Star Pendant and Guildmaster's Envelope) on this side of the lake, for fear of drowning.</p>
- <p>After fifteen minutes you reach the far side and stumble ashore, cold and bedraggled. However, if you possess the spell of Mend, you may restore 5 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to your current total, for you were able to cast the spell whilst swimming across the lake,</p>
+ <p>After fifteen minutes you reach the far side and stumble ashore, cold and bedraggled. However, if you possess the spell of Mend, you may restore 5 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to your current total, for you were able to cast the spell whilst swimming across the lake.</p>
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