High Seas, Skara Brae, Trammel, Chesapeake (PaxLair Times) – February 24, 2012 – by Winfield – Pirates on the High Seas retreated quickly from the Skara Brae sea on Friday night. Dragons Watch sailors destroyed three pirate ships and killed the pirate captains. The sailors gave the collected booty to the people of Skara Brae.
The sailors on Dragons Watch’s ship were Fruit Loop, Sushi, Badger, Winmere, Winfield, and Piker McManig.

Dragons Watch Sailors attack a Dread Pirate Ship

This naval assistance to Skara Brae came less than a week after the PaxLair Statehood vowed to defend and aid the city.

“PaxLair is certainly keeping it’s promises to Skara,” said a butcher hacking on a pig carcass. “Merchant ships with fresh fruit from the southern seas have been few lately. Maybe we’ll get more now. A person can’t live on meat alone unfortunately.”

Skara residents reported they see many PaxLair Statehood and Alliance people helping them. More aid workers and defenders also come from other townships and guilds.

The PaxLair Statehood decreed to help Skara Brae on February 21, 2012. It is holding its future Tuesday evening meetings in the Skara Brae Community Center (Trammel) at 9 PM ET.

Repairing and Restocking the Ship

Plundering another Pirate Ship

Three Dead Pirate Deeds – at the Skara Pub

Community Center, Skara Brae, Trammel, Chesapeake (PaxLair Times) – February 21, 2012– by Winfield – During PaxLair’s weekly meeting, Governor Winfield announced his intention for the PaxLair Statehood and Alliance to aid and defend Skara Brae during the recent crisis. This crisis started a few weeks ago with protesters, rioters, and raiders disrupting the peace in Skara Brae and other cities in the Realm. The people in the meeting supported the governor’s plan.

The PaxLair Statehood consists of the cities of PaxLair City, Dragons Watch, PaxOku, and Nidaros. The PaxLair Alliance adds the cities of Gyldenfeld, Pitmuck, and Aryslan.

“We will have a three dimension approach to defending and aiding Skara Brae,” Winfield said to the growing crowd in the Community Center. “First, this will include aid to the people here who need food, clothing, and goods. Second, we will defend Skara Brae’s land, shores, ports, and nearby seas. Third, we will assist the Skara Brae government as desired by its mayor.”

PaxLair Meeting discussing Aid to Skara Brae

Winfield appointed Mayor Zanku of Nidaros to be the emissary to Skara Brae. Zanku is charged with keeping the Statehood and Alliance informed of trouble or brewing plans for trouble, keeping the Skara Brae government informed of relief and assistance efforts, and help lead efforts for the three dimension approach.

PaxLair plans to hold its future weekly meetings at the Skara Brae Community Center on Tuesdays at 9 PM ET, possibly for the duration of the crisis. The PaxLair Alliance will also hold events and activities in Skara Brae to increase public morale, patrol the high seas, bring individuals to justice, and set up aid stations. Lady Phoenix of Dragons Watch outlined several event ideas. The first planned events are Friday (Feb 24) at 8 PM ET at the Community Center to defend the seas and take other actions in Skara Brae as needed. Then, a fund raising and morale event will take place in the Skara Brae pub on Tuesday (Feb 28) at 8 PM ET before the PaxLair meeting.

Governor Winfield also made it clear that law and order must remain intact in Skara Brae, thus implying that the PaxLair Statehood would help the Skara Brae government arrest, try in court, and if needed convict and execute punishment on usurpers. Detectives will be needed to help follow the trails of such usurpers and bring them to the Skara Brae court.

Governor Winfield meets with Mayor of Skara Brae

In a brief interview after the meeting, Winfield said Skara Brae held strategic importance to PaxLair, it’s Statehood, and the Alliance. “Skara Brae and its surrounding waters, ports, and farms are vital to Nidaros and Gyldenfeld nearby to the east. It is also very important in protecting the high seas in the area. Skara Brae has long been a shining star in the Realm promoting Spirtuality which is derived from truth, love, and courage. The rangers of Skara Brae have always helped us on the roads and in the forests. Skara Brae deserves our help now.”

Immediately after the meeting, Governor Winfield returned to his office in the Mage Tower in PaxLair City. He then signed an official PaxLair Statehood decree to form a Sister City relationship with Skara Brae. This is printed here: PaxLair Decree Regarding Crisis in Skara Brae | PaxLair Times.

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This is a very long and detailed static quest with 6 different paths. Books are located in game at the HoC building that have the following information.

Each path in this quest has it’s own story and it’s own information and solutions. While a few paths may share some NPC’s these paths are still vastly different. Each path has a differing level of difficulty, with the first path being the easiest and the 6th being very difficult.
The only common hint for all paths is to remember what you’ve done in the past, remember what you’ve done on Chesapeake, and remember what you’ve seen.
Also, Greetings is a common Britannian form of hello!

Path 1 begins with David the Jailor at Trinsic Jail, Trammel.

Path 2 begins with Miranda the Noblewoman in East Britain

Path 3 begins with Haku the Guard in Zento

Path 4 begins with Cornelius the Broker in Buc’s Den

Path 5 begins with Cornelius the Broker in Buc’s Den

Path 6 is only given a riddle as the starting point.
It’s going to cost you more than you think to check this out. Begin again where you once were, at a place where little causes a stir.

It is highly recommended that you complete paths 1-5 before attempting path 6.

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“You have the arrogance to show yourself here after failing at your mission? You’d best not expect to get paid you piece of scum.” The ronin sneered towards the diminutive shrouded figure that had slipped past his outer guards before interrupting him during his meal. “If I’d known you’d just bungle the job I’d have assailed her with my own men to make sure the job got done! Now they’re on alert and it’s impossible to get near her!”

Though the shrouded figure spoke at a somewhat soft volume her tone was lilting and lyrical, lending it an almost inhuman quality that unnerved even these battle-hardened men. “It was not my fault that we were betrayed, it is with you that blame shall be laid, have you found out where there was a leak, or will I need to force you to speak?” Despite the way she spoke in almost musical rhymes her demeanor was one of a barely leashed predator, and she seemed to constantly be making minute adjustments to her stance.

The ronin leader stood from the pilfered throne he’d obviously stolen and laughed loudly. “So the little killer has a backbone? Do you think that I’m afraid of you? I’ve got five of my best men here and fifty more outside. You may be good, but remember that you’re an assassin; You don’t have it in you to fight a real battle. I think you should apologize and beg for forgiveness for threatening me this way.” As he spoke he approached to just outside of the assassins reach before pausing and looking expectantly to her.

For a moment her body tensed as if to spring, but she seemed to obey as she knelt onto a single knee and bent her arms at the elbow and brought her hands together in front of her. As the guards laughed at the pathetic display the assassin put forth, their attentiveness slipped for a moment…and she struck.

In a single motion she kicked off with her feet and flung both arms straight out, a poisoned dagger hurtling at the closest guards on either side; one took a dagger to the throat while the other seemed to suddenly sprout a daggers hilt from the bridge of his nose, and they both slumped down as they spasmed from the poison. Continuing the motion she twirled as the ronin leader went to draw his katana, and any identifiable parts of her seemed to vanish into her whirling cloak as if swallowed by a wave. The bandit swung at her on his draw but she deftly sidestepped, and as if in a magic trick her hands came out of the cloak wielding a kryss with a pulsating red crystal embedded in the center of it. The whorl of fabric kept the ronin leader from being able to anticipate her next move, and as he swung once more she parried his blow and slipped behind him, kryss pressed against his throat. The entire encounter had occurred in the span of a brief few seconds, and she held the kryss tight enough to draw blood as the two other guards stopped in their tracks just a few paces away.

“I think now you should no longer hold out, and tell us why we were sold out. Of course it’s still up to you… if you’re willing to accept your due.” On this last word she pressed her kryss harder and blood seeped slowly from his neck down its blade.

“It wasn’t us! There’s nothing to tell! We wanted you to succeed so we could usurp power in the Empress’ death!”

“What you say does sound true…more is the pity for you, and that through all your abuse, you no longer hold any use…” With the same songlike quality to her voice, she grinned widely and drew the sharpened kryss across the ronin leader’s throat, causing a spray of blood to gush and cascade outwards even as she seemingly danced behind the throne and drew a dagger in her offhand, holding it in a reverse grip as she crouched low to the ground. With a menacing and predatory grin she waited for the two other guards to make their move…

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With a deliberate hand she finished writing the note carefully, rolling it up and sealing it with wax and her signet ring before handing it off to the messenger. “You best make sure it gets there, boyo, or you and I’ll be havin’ some words!” As the messenger ran off she turned around and headed back inside to her own small private room, making her way to the duffel on the bed with the majority of her belongings in it. She took a brief moment to look at the heavily padlocked chest, and after a few moments of indecision she pulled the key from her pocket and removed the lock. The padlock fell onto the thin bit of carpet with a soft thump as she discarded it, hefting open the cedar lid and looking inside.

The armor was well kept and flawless, and she admired the way it seemed not to catch the light at all. She removed the armor from the chest and packed it into her bag, and then let her gaze rest on the final two objects inside fondly before gathering them up, attaching one to each side of her belt. Letting the lid fall closed with a hefty noise she took a breath with closed eyes and assumed a ready stance. She held her breath for some moments before drawing both kryss and cutlass simultaneously, whirling them both through a series of cuts and slashes. She swiftly ended the little performance by sheathing both blades to the satisfying herald of oiled metal against leather. Kneeling down she checked the cleaver hidden in a special holster at her boot, and after ensuring its presence pulled on her traveling cloak. Pulling it around so that it hid the sheathed blades at each hip from view, she hefted the bag over her shoulder and made her way out into the Papuan night…but not before letting her gaze linger on the Inn for a moment. It was going to be a long walk, Lauren thought to herself, as she turned and made her way towards the road.