Week of Nov. 22 2004 [Vol. 2, Issue 1]
Published Thursday November 25th 2004
Welcome
to the first issue of the PaxLair Weekly News. This news letter will
attempt to inform you, the reader, of the currents in PaxLair, Dragons
Watch and PaxTokuno. Through Top Stories and Other News, including
weekly recaps of the Monday meetings, the PaxLair Weekly News will
bring you all the news you need to stay up to date in the PaxLair
Community!
Top PaxLair News Stories:
PaxLair Expands to Tokuno!
Reported by Winfield, Chancellor
The Tokuno Tea House
| PAXLAIR OUTPOST, HOMARE-JIMA, TOKUNO
ISLANDS - PaxLair, one of the oldest player-towns on Chesapeake,
recently expanded into the Tokuno Islands with an outpost open to the
public. PaxLair's Chancellor Winfield stated this was done to continue
PaxLair's long history of cooperation in the Realm. PaxLair's outpost
is located on Homare-jima southwest of the dangerous Kitsune Woods
along the road. It sports a Tea House as its main gathering location, a
Garden, and a Training Academy. PaxLair was established on January 19,
1998 in Felucca by guildmembers of The Band and built up by guilds like
Sillyhood, the Olag Hai Orcs, and many individuals. For years it was a
primary place of activity, events, and quests drawing interest by
hundreds of people including seers, counselors, and at times the gods.
Even Lord British [confirmed to be Richard Garriott] visited PaxLair.
When the new facet of Trammel was created, many people migrated to
those safer lands. PaxLair remained somewhat active for those who
sought to defend and attack areas in and around PaxLair. In August
2004, Dragons Watch-Felucca was placed under the leadership of
PaxLair.... For the full article, please see here.
First Snowfall in PaxLair
Reported by Neo Of Lothlore
I
awoke this cold November morning at my Inn in PaxLair, put on my
slippers and warm robe, and headed up to the roof level to stretch and
have a look down the street toward the Order Tower. But as soon as I
reached the roof, to my delight, there was a light dusting of snow on
the roof, the plants and two giant icicles had formed near the stairs!
Parts of Wizzie's roof next door were also covered with snow, and I
noticed some plants outside the town hall had a light dusting too. I
guess this means the winter season is upon us. Time to light our
Hearths of the Home Fire, and keep wood burning all day 'round. The
weather students at the alchemy shoppe in Vesper have predicted a
bitter and snowy season, and given PaxLair's closeness to Eternal Bay
and the North Ocean, I wouldn't doubt their forecast for an instant!
Thankfully this year we can seal the tops of our homes with roofs.
*thanks the gods* Let's hope for an early spring?
Town Hall Decorated for Orcmas
Reported by Neo Of Lothlore
Looks
like the jolly red Orc came early this year. Sunta Clompz was spotted
inside the Town Hall last night, decorating I hope! Several of the
potted plants were replaced by Orcish Festive Cacti, and a snowy
topiary was brought into the main hallway from the cold. The Orc Santa
also set up an Orcmas tree in the auditorium, and attempted to decorate
it with elf body parts before the Lady Xanthippe and I stopped him! The
angry orc then turned to Lady Xanthippe, pushed her under the mistletoe
and gave her a big orcish kiss. Ugh! I attempted to place some of the
more "traditional" decorations, like a wreath without the blood
and a candle on top of the piano. Fortunately Mr. Clompz took no notice
of them, so I guess they'll stay put. And now the Town Hall is all
ready for another year or Orcmas: Orcmas Sungz, humie sacrifices and of
course, lumps of kual.
Other News:
Minutes of the November 22nd, 2004 PaxLair Weekly Meeting
Reported by Neo Of Lothlore
At
this Monday's Weekly PaxLair Meeting in Dragons Watch, the question of
Zog the Fishmonger coming back to the town came up. As some of you
know, the ebil necromancer has been stranded in the other realm because
of a faulty arcane box, however Minsk raised the point that he may have
been split into hundreds of undead pieces here in the Britannia realm!
Putting Zog back together would be no easy task, especially since the
last time when he was in 206 pieces, the mayor remarked. Hopefully
though he'll return to us in one ebil piece.
Monday's meeting lasted about an hour, and in attendance were: Eli,
Marc Lug'son, John Duke, Winfield, Monk, Mayor Minsk, Snoopy and Neo Of
Lothlore.
Ideas for Council Reforms
The idea of dissolving the PaxLair Council came up at this Monday's
meeting. Because of inactivity and an absence of necessity, Minsk
proposed disbanding the Ministry in hopes of creating a stronger
Chancellory. However the point was made that the council serves to
advise the mayor on the long-term, though this is rarely the case.
Winfield suggested a new council be formed -- a council of guilds --
where each PaxLair guild would appoint one or two representatives to
report to the mayor. The new idea is much more practical, and would
actually function in the daily atmosphere. Mayor Minsk and
Caretaker/Chancellor Winfield are reviewing these ideas currently.
Winfield Gives Weekly Chancellor Report
Lead Chancellor Winfield gave his weekly chancellor report on Monday. Here is a summary:
- PaxLair Teahouse Makes Stratics Headlines -- the creation of the new teahouse was reported to Stratics this week. Many visitors have been around it lately.
- PaxLair History Completed -- Winfield has competed the first draft of an essay on PaxLair's History. It should be available to the public soon.
- Chancellors Returning to Old PaxLair -- the PaxLair
Chancellory will be returning its focus to Felucca PaxLair in the
coming weeks, after a brief time spent in TokunoPax.
- Festival in the Coming Months? -- a quick idea for a party or festival for Paxlair was put forth. An Orcmas Party is planned too.
CHAMPS Disbanding?
Snoopy announced that the CHAMPS guild might be disbanding due to
internal issues. Before this becomes a rumour however, other sources
say that the guildstone was just cleared of members to see who was
inactive, then active members were re-added. CHAMPS is often known as
the most feared and most notorious guild on the shard, at present time.
Events in Concordia
PaxLair citizens have been attenting events in Concordia as of late.
These include the Miranda Quest, the pub opening and the bazaar.
Concordia is located in the forests of Yew, near the Crypts.
PaxLair's Participation in KSS Hunts
Snoopy invited PaxLair citizens to work with the KSS guild during their
hunts on Saturdays. More information on this can be found on the
PaxLair forums. And that wrapped up the PaxLair meeting for this week.
Gatekeeper Quest in Honesty
Information and image provided by John Duke, Reported by Neo Of Lothlore
After
Mondays meeting the legendary entity known as The Gatekeeper appeared
with his counterpart a Gatekeeper, and summoned folks to Skara Brae
where a man named Orike Munra was found. Lord Munra asked the group of
citizens to retrieve a missing part of his family's history, a Daemon
slayer bow. Quick thinking was done, and the party decided to travel to
the Titan spawn near Honesty in Ilshenar. After much battling, a daemon
slayer spear was found, and Orike said that would do fine. The
Gatekeeper then had everyone go to the Underworld Gate, where the spear
was locked down for future use. Thanks to John "the llama" Duke for
providing information for this report.
ATD Adventure Night Successes
Reported by Neo Of Lothlore
This Wednesday's Oden's Day ATD paragon Hunt was a great success!
The team of adventurers including Lady Winmere, Victor Knightley, John
Duke, kane, Alicin Chains, Thelrond and Giant fought paragons for about
two hours, and collected three minor artifacts: Heart of the Lion
(Alicin), Night's Kiss (Thelrond), and the Pixie Swatter (Victor).
Thanks to ATD for hosting this great hunt!
Thanks for reading this first issue of the PaxLair
Weekly News. This news paper will be reported on Tuesday Mornings from
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