The journal of the Atrilian Campaign
Issue #5

Being a summary of the events which took place in SE Atrilia during the 3rd and the 4th months of Peret in the 1st year of Lalibêa's reign (Ndogo reckoning).

Editorial

Several players complained about the awful ascii map I've drawn. It is true that, since play has become quite detailed now, a more accurate map is needed. I know this, of course, and I am trying to have a more detailed map available on the internet. I hope it'll be there by Christmas (what a nice present for everybody!)

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PEACE IN THE SIREN SEA
Admiral Yoram and the Ómukama have signed an agreement between Pheacia and Dogobar which should bring peace to the Siren Sea.
Most of the agreement is being kept secret at the moment, but some parts of it have leaked to our investigators.
Here follows what we can print for sure:

a) Pheacia must recognise that the islands of the Siren Sea (Pemba, Mâfia, Mombaza, Serendíb, the Nzuzei Isles) are Ndogo land, under the suzerainty of the kingdom of Dogobar.

b) The Pheacians will be allowed to keep one colony on each island, a walled city under Pheacian rule. The existence of Pheacian military units is to be accepted. No action against these units shall occur, and it will be understood that he movement of these forces is not an implied threat to the Bandogo. The Pheacian military is entitled to pursuit of other military goals.

c) The Pheacians will be allowed to build a walled city on the coast of Dogobar. This city will be the exclusive centre of trade between Dogobar and other lands. The Pheacian fleet shall have a monopoly on that trade.
Trade laws and customs will be enforced by the Pheacians. Pheacian traders will be allowed in Ndogo cities to conduct business.

d) Peaceful Pheacian citizens will be allowed access to business or pleasure in Ndogo cities, and are subject to the local laws of the lands they visit. The Bandogo shall notify Admiral Yoram before execution of punishment against Pheacian criminals. This does not mean that Pheacian criminals are not to be punished for their crimes against the Bandogo, only that Pheacia should be made aware. Pheacian legal representatives shall be admitted to defend Pheacians accused of serious crimes.

e) The Laws and Rules of the Pheacian Colonies will only extend to the towns (one by island, one only for the Nzuzei) and one mile outside the walls of any town.
The Xolas and Bandogo who live in these towns are entirely under Pheacian laws, but the inhabitants of the rest of the island will be under the Ómukama's direct authority.

f) An important ceremony of passing of power, in which submission of the islands (and, symbolically, the Pheacians) to the Ómukama will be displayed, is to take place in Dôgu. The Ómukama will then grant the lands for the colonies, and the rights of the Pheacians will be formulated aloud in front of the people. This on Pemba, Mâfia, Mombaza and Serendíb; a naval tour of the Nzuzei will be done. Security shall be enforced by Pheacian ships.

THE RED COAST
A new trouble has arisen in Punt.
A splinter clan of the Camel Xolas called the Hump denounced the Camel Sheikh's alliance with Gyptos, and proclaimed, in the name of Hammon, that Punt be freed from Gyptian oppression.

A 'Hump' commando has attacked a Gyptian caravan coming from Gyptos. Since the caravan wasn't carrying any goods, they had little protection.
However, the merchant leading the caravan, one Djyi, is a well-known member of the Gyptian aristocracy, and the kidnapping annoys Sebekemhat, the Gyptian governor in Shedet.
Rumour has it the commando has joined the 'Hump''s charismatic leader, Drahcir Skoorb, who is hiding somewhere in the dry valleys between the Gyptian settlements and the lands of the Coastal Xolas.

SOUTHERN PUNT
The harbour Imám Abú Djâfar (leader of the Coastal Xolas) said was being built with a peaceful intent has seen many Meshuesh ships brought to anchor.
Spies from neighbouring Xola sultanates reported that the usually peaceful Coastal Xolas were under heavy military training, some of them having become efficient fighters.

On the 11th day of the 4th month of Peret, Meshuesh troops stationed in the harbour arrested a Xola alchemist (allegedly a Pheacian spy) and dragged him to their fortified headquarters.
Infuriated Xola troops tried to prevent the arrest, but they were no match to the elite Meshuesh.
The Xola fighters are now deployed around the Meshuesh headquarters... the air is thick with mistrust...

SLAYERS STRIKE AGAIN
The new sect called 'the Slayers' which has recently attacked Pheacian property in Dár al-Hamra on Mâfia (during the 2nd month of Peret) struck again.
On the night between the 8th and the 9th days of the 4th month of Peret, 'Slayer' raiders attacked the poorly-defended island of Pemba and killed the soldiers of the Pheacian garrison to the last man. 'Slayer' militants on Mâfia left a parchment claiming the attack in the name of Baal Hammon.

SERIOUS TROUBLE ON SERENDÍB
After a tranquil 3rd month of Peret, violence resumed in the north of the island of Serendíb during the 4th month.
Two large galleys carrying troops and weapons from Mâfia arrived in the harbour of Qart 'Attíq. They were met by a friendly crowd offering them food and wine. The wine was actually drugged and the crowd captured the soldiers and took their weapons.
The captains of the galleys had distrusted the crowd and ordered their vessels out of the harbour; the galleys are now patrolling half a kilometre off the coast of Serendíb.
The armed populace controls now the city of Qart 'Attíq. Governor Benba al-Khardun is besieged in his palace with 100 loyal guards.

News of the revolt have reached Qart Khadash, about 30 km south of Qart 'Attíq. The Pheacian colonists there have proclaimed their loyalty to Governor Benba, and a column of soldiers from Qart Khadash is heading north to crush the revolt.

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