PAXLAIR - June 16, 1999 - RainStorm

Last eve something strange happened in Pax Lair.

I was in the Ladies of the Lair this fine eve attending the bar keep ( It always seems like its my shift ) and listening to the sounds of Jhym pluck the harp. Along with the merry band of drunk adventures who were sitting around bragging stories of the latest dragon they had just slayed or the vile murder they brought to justice.

Yes, all was fine this night when Lady Cylitheria the newest member of the Ladies of the Lair walked in. The doors opened and everyone stopped to turn there gaze upon the beauty but something was amiss, normally Cylitheria the quiet shy person I have become to known returned everyone's gaze back upon them. She had seemed like she was in a foul mood indeed. "Cylitheria is something wrong ?" Penthor asked her.
She replied that nothing was wrong only to ask Jhym to sing his beautiful new song that he had wrote. 

PAXLAIR -June 16, 1999 -  Cyndra Kolthos

This past Sunday the "Ladies of the Lair" gave Lady Rhyssand of Paxlair a very warm and wild wedding shower! Many of the Ladies of the Lair prepared the tavern and food ahead of time with the tavern being decorated just for this fine event.

As the time approached for the guest of honor to arrive the excitement and talk was overwhelming... The air was filled with laughter and much merriment as the Ladies and many others from PaxLair and the lands gathered to give their blessings to Lady Rhyssand. Seer Magdalena graced the tavern and the shower with her presence also and arrived right on time. Then the tension mounted as they all awaited Lady Rhyssand's arrival. The men of Paxlair were gathered outside wishing they could get a small glimpse of what was to come for this event was "Ladies only" ! Soon there after Lady Rhyssand graced our presence and entered the tavern dressed in her nicest pink attire. ...and so the merriment began...food, drink and much laughter were heard throughout the walls of the tavern as the ladies talked of Rhyssand's up coming marriage to "Frodo of Paxlair" after a bit of conversation and greetings to all a mysterious gentleman appeared and was escorted inside the tavern by the Lady Kyleria Dawn. The room became quiet as a "Man" entered the abode which was to be "Ladies Only" ! With Lady Rhyssand sitting in the throne of honor the man began to speak....
with a quiet soft voice he said ...." Lady Rhyssand , art thou sure you wish to be married?" and then....he grinned!

VARIOUS LOCATIONS - June 17, 1999 - Sir Zanthor

"Hail, visitor. Nice to see you," said the knight as he pulled out a bottle of wine and a loaf of bread.

I am Sir Zanthor, Knight of PaxLair, and you?

A small breeze blows through the mage tower.

Me? I am fine a bit tired I suppose, It has been a long couple of days. Why you ask?

A large grin is revealed as the man sets his helm down next to his dinner.

"Well, let me start at the beginning, I do love to tell stories.

PAXLAIR - June 18, 1999 - Winfield

Squire Fin at the Knighting Ceremony

The cool night air streamed across PaxLair while Knights, officials, visitors, and people of PaxLair assembled on the mage tower roof. The glow of the candles lit the tower roof as the Knights took their places and others sat in ornately carved wooden chairs. A radiant mystical sword rested upon a table next to Mayor Winfield: a mystical sword of Knights of long ago. Senior Counselor Boots arrived with a glowing staff and stood quietly at the head of the ceremony, knowing this day would mark days to come where virtue would guide the Knights of PaxLair. The ceremony got underway with Sir Kyle, Knight of PaxLair, announcing his respect and admiration for his squire, Fin of Minoc.

Kyle: Today we've come to honor Sir Fin. He has been serving as a squire to me for the last serveral weeks. In this time other knights and I have witnessed him prove his honor and reliablity time and time again.

PAXLAIR - June 20, 1999 - Winfield

Sshanshos enters the Mage Tower

In the early Sunday evening, an old man walked aimlessly into and through the town of PaxLair, eventually stopping in front of the Mage Tower. He admired the newly planted flowers that framed the doors when one of the people of PaxLair climbed the front steps.

Greetings there, can you help me? I need to talk to the people of the town.

Kitty Hawk answered that it would be best to talk to the mayor first and proceeded to lead the old man inside. There, Mayor Winfield and Rhyssand, Healer of PaxLair were chatting about town issues. They welcomed the old man warmly and listened closely as he greeted them with the words:

May the Great Serpents watch over you!

PAXLAIR - June 20, 1999 - Winfield

Fin of Minoc was knighted as a new Knight of PaxLair during a ceremony atop the PaxLair mage tower. Senior Counselor Boots observed the ceremony knowing this day would mark days to come where virtue would guide the Knights of PaxLair. Sir Kyle, a Knight of PaxLair, described how his squire, Fin, had served with courage and virtue over the past several weeks. In a wonderful ceremony, Mayor Winfield recited the Codex of the PaxLair Knights and Fin swore reverently to each phrase. The Mayor then knighted Fin using a mystical sword of Knights of long ago.

PAXLAIR - June 20, 1999 - Azazel  

When I interviewed Cyndra Kolthos before the establishment opened there were aspects of adventure and determination. I had a notion in my head the establishment would be very successful. The Grand Opening of the Ladies of the Lair was far more then successful, it was unbelievable. The number of people that showed up to greet the ladies was amazing. 

Now we take a look at the Ladies of the Lair after they have been around for a good long time. The establishment has lived up to everything it claimed it would, and more (which usually isn't the case for a player run shop). On any day, at any time, there will most likely be someone in side the Ladies of the Lair, to not find someone in this establishment would be odd. If you'll take a look at the picture on the bottom; that was shot in 3:00AM EST. There were seven people in the Ladies of the Lair at three in the morning! You try to find me another building that has seven people in it at three in the morning!

PAXLAIR - June 21, 1999 - Nightstorm 

Submitted by Nightstorm:
The Time: Saturday July 3rd year of 99 2pm by the Eastern Sky
The Place: Paxlair Arena
The Event: Boxed Lunch and Lady Auction

Hear Ye , Hear Ye.....
On the Afternoon of this Grand event the "Ladies of the Lair" invite all the citizens of Britannia and Paxlair to attend our "Boxed Lunch and Lady Auction". This event will be held inside the "Paxlair Arena". Each Lady of the Lair will have prepared there "very own" boxed "Lunch" and will stand with this lunch to be "auctioned" off to the highest bidder for a private picnic.
During the auction each Lady will be auctioned separately one at a time. To the highest bidder goes an afternoon picnic with the Lady of your choice and bidding. Each Lady will have their own Location, Boxed Lunch and Picnic planned. No gold will be needed during the event! All final bidders (winners of each lady) will meet at the Trinsic Bank to pay there winning bids to the "Auctioneer" IMMEDIATELY after the close of the auction! Each lady will set a prescribed time for there "Picnic" with their "Winning Bidder"

PAXLAIR - June 22, 1999 - Don Martin de Leon

Submitted by Don Martin de Leon:
 

The P.S.S. is now under new management. I am the Proprietor/Bartender.

My guild, the V*A, has placed our stone in the shop. We are back, based in PaxLair, where we began. We are a little short staffed at the moment but I try to come in a couple of hours a night so that there is a person behind the bar, as it once was.

The Knights of PaxLair have been good about keeping a eye on the place.

Please stop by and visit the P.S.S.

PAXLAIR - June 22, 1999 - Gayde Rylock

Submitted by Gayde Rylock:

Interesting news out of PaxLair. 

Amidst a night of drama, human kindness, and general strangeness, I was approached by a group of adventurers coming out of the Ladies of the Lair Tavern. 

"Come Gayde," they said as they ran by, "There is a strange ghost at the tower!" 

My friend Artemis and I decided to see how we could help, confused as we were to the situation.  We thought we ran to a fight. 

Instead, we were greeted by the group (and, forgive me if I don't remember all who were in attendance) which included Shael Giddeon and Rhyssand of Pax. 

PAXLAIR - June 22, 1999 - Shino Inozuka, Squire to Sir Zanthor

At the Knights Headquarters

As the sun set in the eastern sky I made my way to the guardhouse on the main road in PaxLair. I was to attend my first meeting of the Knights of PaxLair. Me being a squire I was very interested in learning how the knights worked and made their decisions. When I arrived at the meeting Sir Zanthor, Sir Kyle, the newly knighted Sir Fin the Smithy, squire Garzaia and Lady Aurora were there. I took my seat and began to listen to the business at hand. Zanthor began by informing us of a new threat to the town. They are known as wraiths. Little is known of these creatures. Zanthor, having fought one of them to earn the tears of the Forest Oracle has the most, knowledge of them. It seems they have obtained the tower of the V*A in Corwyn and have now been seen in PaxLair wandering around. We know not of their intentions and if they mean to harm the people or to study us. The only thing we can do until this information can be obtained is to keep an open eye out for their actions. The knights to ask that any one having information on these wraiths do inform us so that we can decide on a course of action.

PAXLAIR - June 24, 1999 - Shino-Squire to Sir Zanthor

As the sun set in the eastern sky I made my way to the guardhouse on the main road in Paxlair. I was to attend my first meeting of the Knights of Paxlair. Me being a squire I was very interested in learning how the knights worked and made their decisions. When I arrived at the meeting Sir Zanthor, Sir Kyle, the newly knighted Sir Fin the Smithy, squire Garzia and Lady Aurora were there. I took my seat and began to listen to the business at hand. Zanthor began by informing us of a new threat to the town. They are known as wraiths. Little is known of these creatures. Zanthor, having fought one of them to earn the tears of the Forest Oracle has the most, knowledge of them. It seems they have obtained the tower of the V*A in Corwyn and have now been seen in Paxlair wandering around. We know not of their intentions and if they mean to harm the people or to study us. The only thing we can do until this information can be obtained is to keep an open eye out for their actions. The knights to ask that any one having information on these wraiths do inform us so that we can decide on a course of action.

PAXLAIR - June 25, 1999 - Ooshet

From Ooshet:
 

The following message was received, written in a red liquid on some sort of hide (common decency prevents me from investigating the hide's source):

Ugh!

Orcs hab new Chief! Ugluk now War Boss. Wi gonna makum big war on da Paxlanders. clomp allda smelly hummies!

Ooshet

PAXLAIR - June 25, 1999 - Gabrielle Lore

This coming Wednesday (the 30th) at 8pm by the eastern sun The Grand Master blacksmith for the V*A , Jobe, will return to Pax lair. For this event there will be a party to celebrate his homecoming, and a new twist on things.

Jobe will be on the patio all night (8-12pm EST) to make GM armor for any that bring their own ingots. I am told it takes close to 600 of any color to make a full set of GM armor. There will be NO cost and you will get all the armor from your ingots Gm stamped or not. So you are guaranteed to leave with at least some GM armor and some to sell.

So, Come one! Come all! Bring your friends and their ingots. Jobe will be waiting.

PAXLAIR - June 27, 1999 - Winfield, Mayor of PaxLair

PAXLAIR AND WESTERN OCEAN, Sunday, June 20th

It was a bright but cool Sunday afternoon when an old man named Sshanshos came into PaxLair saying the phrase "May the Great Serpents watch over you!" Little did the people of PaxLair know that that single phrase would lead them on a most intriguing and thoughtful quest ranked among the best in PaxLair's history.

The old man Sshanshos was one of the last followers of the Great Earth Serpent from the War of Imbalance. He told his tale in the Ladies of the Lair Tavern and a party of 12 people journeyed far on the western ocean seeking Sshanshos' lost Holy Books of the Ophidians. The journey took the party to the Serpent Pillar west of Jhelom and then farther to a buried treasure in the sea. The books were found inside an old and ornate sea chest where Sshanshos' boat had sunk.

PAXLAIR - June 27, 1999 - Ore Hound

It was a grand night in PaxLair the ale was flowen', the stories were a telling and of course the beautiful ladies of the lair! I think I might have had too much to drink for what I saw next next was truly a vision. A woman; the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.

She had long brown hair and a gown of silk green. I knew this woman from before ( having seen her walk around Pax Lair ) but never knew her name. " Who is she, that woman in green? " I asked Nightstorm as I leaned over the bar. "Cylitheria, my fellow sister and rose of the lair. She is a quiet one and tends to keep to herself ever since she found out..." Nightstorm paused and went about his daily business.

I began to wonder what Cylitheria was hiding but I let it pass and I went on drinking and having a good time. Hours passed and many had gone and come and once again it might have been the ale I drank or even one to many shots to the head but what I saw next was unreal.....

PAXLAIR- June 28, 1999 - Jhym

The lady Goldmoon and lord Kyle of the guard were wed this day, attended by many of Paxlair and other farther-flung areas; while the ceremony was beautiful as I understand, the bride was killed after the ceremony by one or more ruffians. Sir Kyle dealt with the fellow that I saw, though I do not know the full outcome of their duel. The fellow(s) made several new enemies this day, as folk friendly to the couple were at the ceremony and were not pleased at the interruption.

The CBR/Corwyn had attempted to bring refreshments for the reception, however they had taken the goodies to the Survival shop, and thus there was some confusion about where the reception was actually to be held. It seems one of the gods laid a table by Luigi's for folk to eat and drink as well, thus enhancing the confusion. Tis my understanding the lady SortsAngel was a bit upset as she'd looked forward to this for some time, and part of the food and tables laid out was stolen as well.

PAXLAIR - June 30, 1999 - Jhym

*several crumpled sheets of paper lay on the floor in the Paxlair inn. One has the bard Jhym's signature on it. Curious, you pick them up and read*

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6/28

It started a nice day. I went to the Ladies' tavern to sing a while, waiting for a friend to show up. hm never did show, oh well. I came across many folk that night, all seemed to have been warned of something. I sang my Forest Oracle song, which the folks seemed to like; need to remember to give a copy to Drake. I was going to sing my Ork song, but... then Harmort came by again, pushing his 'meteor detectors'. And talking about how he needed so many Dragon hides... must find out what Skorr has to do with that.

Anyway, he put a detector out, then talked with the pirate fellow about it, as well as the patrons. I think he really confused a bunch of folks. I thought he was talking of wisps or gates at first, but that wasn't it.

PAXLAIR - July 5, 1999 - Winfield

On this day, over a year since the PaxLair Library was first constructed, Mayor Winfield and Dene re-dedicated the library. The library currently holds nearly 200 books of various authors, most written by people who walk the lands and give their books to the librarians within PaxLair. Below is an account of the re-dedication ceremony.

PAXLAIR - July 6, 1999 - Winfield, Mayor of PaxLair

PAXLAIR, 5 July 1999--On this day, over a year since the PaxLair Library was first constructed, Mayor Winfield and Dene re-dedicated the library. The library currently holds nearly 200 books of various authors, most written by people who walk the lands and give their books to the librarians within PaxLair.

The PaxLair library serves as a place for all to visit, study, and share their collected works. Now, a new searchable ethereal archive has been added so all books may be researched at one's leisure. However, books are best studied with others since the solution of many quests and happenings require the combined knowledge of many folk.

PAXLAIR - July 8, 1999 - Azazel, UOSS

Azazel did a great job putting recent events together. This is a great read for all of us!

Aurora, lady of the lair, much is centered around this gal. So much has already happened, I don't know where to start. Aurora is a Dryad. Dryads live in the forests, as such, Aurora has her own tree there that she must be near. [For a better understanding of what a Dryad is, go to  The Encyclopedia Mythica. When Aurora came to the city of PaxLair, to become apart of the Ladies of the Lair, a problem arose. Because she was a Dryad, and being in PaxLair kept her away from her tree, she was falling victim of amnesia. Aurora had been trying to combat this by frequently returning to her tree for short periods of time, but it was to no avail.

"She was forgetting everything, and preparing to return to her tree for longer time. I sought out the Oracle." Sir Zanthor, a Knight of PaxLair, stated.

Sir Zanthor is speaking of the Oracle of the Forest or rather, the Forest Oracle. The Forest Oracle is an ancient wise one, who has a vast knowledge of many things. When someone is in need they may go to her for advise. Sir Zanthor is also the man who seeks Aurora's hand in marriage.

PAXLAIR - July 8, 1999 - Razillian

Continued from the book:
for those of you not accustomed to the underworld would loosely translate to True Death.

Over the past few months, I have met with and spoken to Matron Chknae, leader of the Xun Verin and a renegade drow. Through our negotiations it has come forth that it is high time for the drow to take their place among us surface folk, claiming their divine rights as the supreme race.

In exchange for your allegiance and obedience, Matron Chknae offers you continued life and the dawn of a new leadership in this land of Britannia. Oppose the Xun Verin and thou shall meet with certain death.

PAXLAIR - July 8, 1999 - Author Unknown

Well, I know many of you are asking what and why and how much gold was spent at the recent "Ladies of the Lair" auction. so with great pride I give you this list:

Kyleria Dawn's lunch went to Tycho Veg for 105,000 gold
Nightzangel's lunch went to Merry for 100,000 gold
Desjie's lunch went to Gavin for 50,000 gold
Cyndra Kolthos's lunch went to Blacklin for 50,000 gold
Cylitheria's lunch went to Ore Hound for 42,000 gold
Rainstorm's lunch went to Gohan for 36,000 gold
Arielle Litewing's lunch went to Bane for 22,000 gold
Pain's lunch went to Scruffy Rumbelly for 15,000 gold
Trix's lunch went to Milky the Great for 15,000 gold
Vixxen Goldmoon's lunch went to Jeg for 15,000 gold
Winter's lunch went to Nevilar Que-tar for 14,000 gold
Bronwyn's lunch went to Milky the Great for 12,000 gold
Aurora's lunch went to Blith Darkhand for 10,000 gold
for a grand total of......486,000 gold!

VARIOUS LOCATIONS - July 10, 1999 -  Shugster of LOt

Murder Mystery Quest: Kalendrien History

Following is a brief history leading up to the events at present.

Dumas is the youngest brother of a clan known as the Kalendriens. They, with other evil minded individuals formed The Brethren, now disbanded. The Brethren roamed the lands as freelance assassins. They worked for other Evils of the land to contribute to the chaos and anarchy witnessed already throughout Sosaria.

A group of Paladins, who pursued the mythical Oracle, formed a tightly organized guild (The Paladins of the Oracle), to combat the dreaded forces of the Followers of Armageddon(FOA), and the then sect guild,The Brethren.

PAXLAIR - July 10, 1999 -  Tycho Veg, Chancellor

PaxLair Citizens Initiates Stone

PaxLair Citizens Stone

Tycho, Chancellor of PaxLair

This article was authored by Tycho Veg, Chancellor of PaxLair, with additions by Winfield, Mayor of PaxLair, and Shen, Chancellor of PaxLair.

We are proposing a restructuring of the PaxLair citizen stone. The restructuring will involve the creation of two stones: One for those wishing to become a citizen of PaxLair and another for the accepted citizens. The intent of these changes is to enhance the role-playing in the town of PaxLair, give the people dedicated to role-playing recognition in other towns and throughout the realm, and still allow those interested in PaxLair to become a part of it in as natural a way as we can.

OLAG HAI ORC FORT - July 11, 1999 -  Azazel

The beginning of the end.

The Xun Verin are on their way! Grab thine shields, sharpen thine swords, and mount thine horses, the attack begins promptly at 5:00PM EST today(Sunday)! Reports show that Xun Verin have shown up in PaxLair, mainly Razillian, and have been in fights with some of the folk there.

I had a little chat with Murbog today and it seems the Orc are now the Ork. Murbog is the new leader of the former Olag Hai Clan. He has created a new orc clan called the Snub'Gruk Clan. I am told that a lot of new orcs, and some old orcs will be joining their ranks. This is just in time for the attack tomorrow, I pray they are ready.

PAXLAIR - July 16, 1999 -  Lisa of LaFrance

Recently I, Lisa of LaFrance, sat down with the acting leader of the Xun Verin, Valuk Razillian, to hear his tale on how a human came to be with the Drow, as well as what information he had to offer on the Xun Verin and their intentions. This is his story as told by himself, and may very well contain clues into the heart of the Xun Verin.

Surely one must understand that no tale has a set beginning, or end for that matter. Perhaps I will begin this tale with mine first meeting. Alas, no, for what reasons had I to be there? People must know and understand this as well. Very well, let this be not only a history of Xun Verin, but of the occurences that led me to them.

You may be surprised to know, once upon a time I was a great warrior for the causes of the Kingdom of Britannia. Tis true, once I fought for the beliefs which Lord British has bestowed upon his subjects. At one time, Justice was my heart of hearts and the law flowed through mine blood.

PAXLAIR - July 17, 1999 -  Lisa of LaFrance

Attack of the Innocents of PaxLair

As I returned to PaxLair in anticipation of a Tower wedding, after spending much time at the great auction, I soon found myself in a dismaying situation. I had just landed in front of the Mage Tower, soon after Mayor Winfield joined me. As we spoke just a few words, an army appeared and started an attack. Mayor Winfield barely escaped as I was sending my spell of healing in his direction. Soon I found I had become the next target.

As news of the battle spread to the Innocents of PaxLair, many turned out only to fall to the army. You may ask who was this army?--Razillian, better known as the leader of the Xun Verin, Human of the Drow, and his army, along with Murbog and his followers, the Snub'Gruk Clan of orcs. Have the two armies joined. Well I believe it has come to pass.

As each PaxLair defender was slain, more came. Not as a joint effort which may have been their downfall. The army of Drow and Orc were slain. The battle was a good one, both sides with losses and gains. And there were the normal thieves who prey upon the dead, looting and thieving from others' misfortunes.

ANOTHER WORLD - July 17, 1999 - UO NEWSLETTER 

From July Newsletter: 

We are delighted to announce the winners of The Lord British Award for Excellence in the Community for the month of July.

Mayor Winfield - Achievement in Community Building Mayor Winfield is the leader of the player-run city of PaxLair, located on the Chesapeake Shard.

Kita Talith - Achievement in Community Event Coordination Kita is the Director of the Baja Golden Bew Players who have Run such productions as “A Christmas Carol” and “Alice: Through The Looking Glass”. Also watch the spotlight section of the uo.com site in the Near future for a spotlight on the Golden Brew Players.

VARIOUS LOCATIONS - July 19, 1999 - Azazel

The following was written by yours truly for UO Chesapeake. Yesterday Seer Kristos visited the Black Rose Brewery in Corwyn. It seemed he was there to talk of the quest for his past. He did a good job of summoning up what's happened so far, and many clues on where to go next were provided. [Bolding not copied from original UOSS article. See the original article for the bolded "clues".]

Seer Kristos tells the tale of his quest, "I fear my mood is dark, for Dragar has 4 of the 6 pieces of the armor. If he acquires all the pieces, I fear there will be no stopping him.

In my foolish search for my past, we followed the map to a building on the Isle of Fire. There we spoke to an ankh and gather three seals to open a gateway to a vault. When the gate was opened a man step out of it; Dragar.

PAXLAIR - July 20, 1999 - Azazel

"Oooooooohhhhhhhhhhh"
"Uuuuuuuuugggggg"

"Aaaayiiiiiiiieeeeeee"
 

No, Bill Clinton didn't find another intern. This was the sound heard at PaxLair this past Sunday night. What started out as a nice calm quiet day in the city of PaxLair, ended up being.......... a not calm quiet day in the city of PaxLair.

PAXLAIR - July 21, 1999 - Lisa of LaFrance

Recently a book appeared at my feet as I strolled about the city of Pax Lair. It appears to be the writings of one Ixle Grunton of the Xun Verin, claimed House Assassin. The following is the writings found contained within the tomb, take note as he details some interesting aspects of the Drow.
 

PAXLAIR - July 24, 1999 -  Chief Wurg

Wurg, Chief of the Kobolds

Dis bok issa for dos who wantin make kobold. it contains kobold names, profession, behavior, and characteristics. -- Chief Wurg

PAXLAIR - July 25, 1999 - Mystus

I write this still trembling from the nights events, and I tremble for fear of what I have done. You see, tonight I killed a Soulslave.

It started last night while my friend Cinderella was on a tour of her new home Pax Lair. Soulslave appeared with a force of grey robed figures and immediately attacked her and her escort Hipocretes. She was able to escape and later told me the tale. Which leads to tonight. I was with some friends of mine in the guild Church of Steel at our tavern and tower, when Sir Dev Masters was attacked. by a dark shadowy character, I looked closely and it was the Soulslave.

I had never seen anything so horrible in my life. His dark skin and aura of pure evil gave me chills. Sir Dev ran to the safety of the inn not knowing what was after him. Realizing there were others inside, the Soulslave fled, and we quickly chased after him to no avail. The group of us decided to split up and maybe try to find the creature and put a stop to him. I was teamed with Nivlac Sebboh also of CoS and we were off to Arsylan to see if he was there.

PAXLAIR - July 25, 1999 - Author Unknown

I hear about it all the time, but have never been able to experience it for myself. Actually, I have seen it once, but that was only the aftermath, and I didn't get to stay for a long period of time. You're obviously wondering what the hell I'm talking about. Decaying houses, that's what I'm referring to, houses that are about to collapse. For some reason this sort of thing always stirs up a lot of attention when it's noticed. Perhaps it's the lust for house-placeable land, or perhaps it's the greed for whatever will be up for grabs when the house decays, and perhaps it's a combination or both of those things. Whatever the reason, a house which is about to collapse, and is noticed for that, only means three things: crowds, death, and boredom.

Crowds, and plenty of them. For example, person A in guild A notices a house about to collapse. Person A informs the rest of guild A, so now guild A is waiting by the house for it to fall down. Then person B in guild A informs person C in guild B (still with me? good), person C is now telling the entire population at bank A about the house. So, everyone at the bank now knows about the house, and proceed to wait along with guild A. If you have absolutely no idea what I just said, think of it this way. One person or persons find the house, they tell their friends, their friends tell their friends' friends, their friends' friends tell their friends' friends' friends, and so on and so forth. This all comes down to one basic idea, sooner or later a whole lot of people are going to know about the house, and everyone will join in the celebration when it falls.

PAXLAIR - August 2, 1999 -  Nightstorm / DoomFyre

Two accounts of encountering one of the 'lost ones', which were last known to deal with the Order of the Blue Skull I believe. The first is from Nightstorm, the second from DoomFyre. Soulslaves and lost ones reappearing.... sounds like the dark ones are up to something!

This eve I was strolling paxlair and low and behold outta the choas tower walks a strange figure. A "blue skeleton" with the name " a lost one " with a few others behind him...

I asked him, "I will take ye where ye need to go" He briskly walked off. He passed the fire pillar and then turned and walked towards the order tower walking right past the chaos tower this time. With several pax citizens following I asked again. "I will take ye where ye need to go"

PAXLAIR - August 7, 1999 - Winfield

At any time, I encourage people to email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it with ideas or also discuss ideas on the messageboard. I will try to respond to all messages, but sometimes must forward them to other people in PaxLair to respond on my behalf.

PAXLAIR - August 8, 1999 - Azazel

The Ladies of the Lair are a very popular player run tavern in the player run city of PaxLair. The Lair is one of the extremely few taverns open just about ALL hours of the day (I'm not kidding, there's always someone in there). When I visited them yesterday, I was surprised to see a man in the back holding a colorful looking staff. My one-of-a-kind detective skills told me he was a God, and it's not just because he could walk through walls.

GM GB, the God's name, was in the Lair's back room, conversing with Nightstorm, the head of the Lair. He didn't seem to be too worried that everyone in the Lair could see him. There were other problems however. Nightstorm, was showing GM GB that some of the magical features of the Lair were not working correctly. For instance, when Nightstorm recited the words "Remove thyself," instead of the targeted person being bumped outside, they were bumped into the back room of the Lair. I also noticed another problem myself, I was in the  wall. That's right, I had come awake from my slumber, and was right dab smack in the middle of the wall (sorry no pic:). After I came out from hiding, GM GB used his powers to remove me from the wall.

I wish to assure everyone that I have been discussing the McManus Fiefdom over the past week, on and off, with Ed McManus and Marilla as this topic started to come up. My contact with them has been Out-of-Character (OOC) as I started to look into the "possibilities" of a Fiefdom neighboring PaxLair. We have not delved into many details and nuances of relations between PaxLair and the McManus Fiefdom yet, but plan to do that shortly.

The Declaration by Ed McManus

I believe Ed McManus, who is the owner of a castle northeast of PaxLair and is a Player-Killer in KOC, made this declaration to add some story behind PvP and that region of land near PaxLair. His declaration stated he would protect the Labyrinth Woods between PaxLair and his castle against poachers and also protect the area around his castle from trespassers. These are the basic "facts" of the in-game, in-character scenario as presented to us.