PAXLAIR STATEHOOD - January 17, 2007

The PaxLair 9th Anniversary Runebooks were delayed in production due to a slight rift in the magical powers of the ether last week.  The first copy of the Runebook is on display and for use at the Governor's Tea House in PaxOku.  It is open to be used by the public.  Mages are gathering their resources to create additional rune books.  Many will hopefully be prepared for the 9th Anniversary Final Celebration Day on Friday, January 19th.

The Final Celebration Day will be in PaxOku, Homare-jima, Tokuno starting at 8:30 PM ET at the Silent Rose Library.  The PaxLair Theatre Company will be putting on a play at the Library.  After the play, at roughly 10:00 PM ET, Governor Winfield is hosting a dinner at the Museum of the Virtues: PaxOku Annex.  All are invited.

The Tea House and Silent Rose Library are both located at the extreme end of the PaxOku housing area to the northeast.  Go to the Homare-jima moongate on Tokuno and head straight up Monks Crossing Road.  The Silent Rose Library is on the right (east); the Tea House is on the left (west).  The Museum of the Virtues: PaxOku Annex is a few houses back down the road from the Library on the east side.

PAXLAIR - January 9, 2007 [UPDATED January 17, 2007]

PaxLair is in the midst of its week-long 9th Anniversary Celebration.  Each day from January 14-18 is nominally earmarked for a particular city.  Each city has events and tours.  January 19th is the official PaxLair Anniversary date and will conclude with a speech from the Governor of the PaxLair Statehood.

The current schedule is:

ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN U.S. TIME 

Sunday, January 14 - PaxLane

2:30 PM ET - 9th Anniversary Start - Official signing of PaxLair into Statehood
-- Location: PaxLair Mage Tower, PaxLair City
-- Host: Winfield
-- Mayor Winfield takes on the title of Governor of PaxLair.
-- Appointment of Viceroys to Mayors at this time, or throughout the week.

3:00 PM ET - "Favorite Moments in Britannia/Sosaria"
-- Location: PaxLane Tavern, PaxLane
-- Host: Sibelius
-- Come and talk about your favorite moments in the Realm!! All are invited!! Any kind of "moments" are welcome, no matter how evil or good. Become noted for your experiences! It's VERY informal, so come and have a laugh and drink plenty of ale with others!
-- Appointment of Viceroy Sibelius to Mayor Sibelius of PaxLane.

Monday, January 15 - PaxLair City

2:00 PM ET all afternoon - Casual gatherings
-- Location: Luigi's Pizzeria Outdoor Cafe, PaxLair Survival Shop, all around the city
-- Come meet people in PaxLair City

3:00 PM ET - Arena Fight
-- Location: North Arena, PaxLair City
-- Host: DutchessVanHorn
-- Fight Rules: Wear only clothes (No robes or clothes that cover where a suit might be. No resist armor. No looted weapons. Your weapon will be made before the tournament. You may pick what type of ingots and wood your weapon will be made of. This fight will go against pure skill and experience. This will be a double elimination tournament.
-- If we have time, we may do some pet fights for the tamers.

Tuesday, January 16 - Port Baldmor (1st Anniversary)

4:00 PM - 12:00 AM ET -
-- Location: Soggy Barnacle, Port Baldmor
-- Host: Port Baldmor
-- 1) Drinking contests and gambling
-- 2) Net Toss & T-Maps on Bald Isle
-- 3) Regatta (boat race)
-- 4) "Takes from the High Seas"


Wednesday, January 17 - Dragons Watch

9:30 - 11:00 PM ET - Multi-level Treasure Hunts
-- Location: Dragons Watch Tavern
-- Host: Evadne Howard


Thursday, January 18 - PaxOku

7:30 - 9:00 PM - Jeopardy
-- Location: Silent Rose Library, PaxOku
-- Host: Tatania Karthina

9:00 - 10:00 PM - PaxOku Adventure
-- Location: PaxOku Dueling Arena and Hunting Hall located at: 91-21N 67-30W on Homare-jima, Tokuno
-- Host: Visago
-- Will be a VERY interesting adventure


Friday, January 19 - PaxLair (9th Anniversary)

8:30 PM ET - PaxLair Theatre Company Play
-- Location: Silent Rose Library, PaxOku
-- Host: Tatania Karthina

10:00 PM ET - 9th Anniversary Grand Ball !!
-- Location: Museum of the Virtues: PaxOku Annex
-- Host: Winfield
-- Speech by the Mayor
-- Other speeches
-- A festival of races at this Grand Ball (good, evil, neutral, mages, necros, archers, tamers/pets, etc.)
-- Usher in the "Age of Enlightenment"

The planning thread for the 9th anniversary is here.

MAGE TOWER, PAXLAIR CITY (FELUCCA), PAXLAIR - January 14, 2007

The PaxLair Statehood was officially established on January 14, 2007 in a grand ceremony atop the historic Mage Tower in PaxLair City.  Winfield signed the Book of Statehood in front of leaders of the PaxLair cities along with notable citizens and friends in the Realm.

Winfield read the book aloud before he signed and sealed it.  He stood in front of the original PaxLair [Pax] guildstone supporting the symbol of PaxLair -- a balance scale.  This particular balance scale was given to PaxLair by the Gatekeeper, a resident of the Underworld.

Holding Golden Rod in his hand, Winfield burned the text into the Book of Statehood for all eternity using ancient flames representing the lives and memories of past Counselors, Seers, and Companions.

Since Winfield leads the Statehood of several cities with their own mayors, he now has the title Governor of PaxLair.

PaxLair cities' leaders at the ceremony included Deputy Viceroy Phoenix of Dragons Watch, Viceroy Sibelius of PaxLane, Viceroy Tatania Karthina of PaxOku, and Viceroy Kerrs Holley of Port Baldmor.  More witnesses were Queen Mum of UOForums, Darth Oni, Lady Katherine, Lady Winmere, and the Gatekeeper.

The Book of Statehood is on display at the Mage Tower with copies being given to each of the PaxLair cities when their Viceroys take their oaths of Mayorship from the Governor.  Each city mayor will also receive one of the Balances (scales) crafted in the Underworld.

The text of the Book of PaxLair Statehood is copied below: 

DRAGONS WATCH (FELUCCA), PAXLAIR - January 10, 2007

UOForums conducted a wonderful interview of the PaxLair Community on January 10, 2007.  The interview talked about the history of PaxLair and its future.

The interview is now published on the great UOForums service.  The interview was conducted in the Realm where several people came from UOForums to visit Dragons Watch Tavern.  At the Tavern, PaxLair had Mayor Winfield, Viceroy NANOC and Deputy Viceroy Phoenix (Dragons Watch), Viceroy DutchessVanHorn (PaxLair City), Knight Monk, Tempest of Skye, and John Duke.  From UOForums or other visitors were Queen Mum, Se'an Silvergoot, Eowyna, George, Snuggs, Rabith Vishad, Cabe Bedlam, and Rascal.

The UOForums Interview is here. 

MUNICIPAL BUILDING, PAXLAIR CITY (FELLUCA), PAXLAIR - January 9, 2007

PaxLair held it last weekly PaxLair-wide meeting tonight.  This ends a tradition of weekly meetings that have been consistently held for the last almost 9 years.  In a brief interview after the meeting, Mayor Winfield, soon to be Governor, explained that in their place, General Assembly meetings of the PaxLair Statehood will occur about every month, but not on a fixed schedule.  Cities are encouraged to hold weekly meetings if they see fit to keep people informed.  Cities may also have regular inter-city meetings to gather larger audiences and inform more citizens and visitors.  It is obvious the soon-to-be-Mayors of the PaxLair cities will be able to specifically control their own information methods and continue to pursue their own cities' destinies.

This last weekly PaxLair-wide meeting had a good number of people in attendance hearing the latest cities' developments and reports on quests.  Several old friends appeared to include John Duke, Se'an Silverfoot and others.  After the meeting, Mayor Winfield also told reporters, "it is very refreshing to see old friends back and  wandering through PaxLair like in the old days.  Old and new friends are what make communities in this Realm worth our time and effort."

MAGE TOWER, PAXLAIR CITY (FELUCCA), PAXLAIR - January 7, 2007

Craftsmen and carpenters worked through the night refurnishing the Mage Tower roof.  The end result was a simple, functional, and symbolic area.  With minimum audience seating capacity of 30, the area will be used for major Statehood functions.  The PaxLair Mage Tower is the capital building of the PaxLair Statehood; the Statehood will go into effect on January 14, 2007.

The original PaxLair [Pax] guildstone supports a balance at the north side of the tower roof.  The balance has been the symbolic nature of PaxLair since its beginnings nine years ago.  The balance represents the constant struggle between evil and good, chaos and order, necromancer and mage, anti-virtue and virtue.

The PaxLair Mage Tower, one of the most famous towers in the Realm, is a Twin Tower of PaxLair.  The roof is connected to the other Twin Tower, called the Necromancer Tower.  A permanent moongate takes a person to the first floor to quickly greet visitors.

The tower also contains the offices of the Ministers of PaxLair and the soon-to-be-titled Governor of PaxLair.

MAGE TOWER, PAXLAIR CITY (FELUCCA), PAXLAIR - January 4, 2007

Mayor Winfield ordered the PaxLair Cartographers back to work immediately.  Many maps of PaxLair cities need improving and creation.  The goal is to have all maps up to date by PaxLair's 9th Anniversary week starting on January 14, 2007.

Map of PaxLair City (July 2006)

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Significant cartography is needed for PaxLair City (to include the East Meadow) and Dragons Watch as outlined below.

PORT BALDMOR (TRAMMEL), PAXLAIR - January 2, 2007.

Mayor Winfield officially announced tonight at the PaxLair-wide meeting in Port Baldmor that all the City Viceroys would be granted titles of Mayors during the 9th Anniversary of PaxLair, January 14-19, 2007.  In his prepared speech, Winfield also said that PaxLair would become a Statehood consisting of the five cities of Dragons Watch, PaxLair City, PaxLane, PaxOku, and Port Baldmor.  In addition, Winfield will remove his title as Mayor of PaxLair and become the Governor of PaxLair, the newly formed Statehood.  PaxLair will also enter an Age of Enlightenment, involving an in-depth immersion into the Realm.

These announcements do not come as a complete surprise since PaxLair has been in an Age of Cities since August 9, 2006.  During that Age, there was a focus on development of cities, governments, establishments, citizenry, and activities.

Mayor Winfield announced that the PaxLair Statehood would be entering an Age of Enlightenment during PaxLair's upcoming 9th Anniversary.  He said, "Our stage has thus been built [refering to the Age of Cities].  The cities are organized and prosper.  We will turn the pages to an Age that will test each and every one of us through immersion in this Realm well beyond the 'mechanics' of our existence."

Winfield envisioned an upcoming Age where "quests, plots, evil and good schemes, court cases, diplomacy, combat, adventures, calls to arms, and a lot of new comraderie" will exist.

Mayor Winfield's full speech follows: