The Chronicles, Vol.26A

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| Vol. 26A           + +   THE CHRONICLES   + +          Collector's |
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| THE EMPIRE, CAOMHNOIRI, MIRUVHOR, KING PART I [Spring 1943]        |
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| |   \ uke Leothyre Corimak, Sir Tarsonis Meridius, Ralin, and Taeg |
| |   | Greenheart attended a Moot recently in which controversial   |
| |   | topics were briefed and discussed in great depth.  For many  |
| |___/ years, the Castle and the Watchers have been at odds despite |
|       a more dangerous and common foe, the Nexus and the Family    |
| which rules the underbellies of the East.  While the Empire is     |
| fully convinced of maintaining an established rule in Miruvhor,    |
| what with the Maxim posted on every gate, both the Castle and Taeg |
| agree that matters are out of Marshall Belderon's hands.  While    |
| the Marshall has been extremely successful in the day to day       |
| application of the Law in case-by-case scenes, the assembled were  |
| not convinced that removing the White Wolf presence, including     |
| banners and graffiti, would be possible until the Marshall spear-  |
| heads a formal campaign against the Syndicate Family and drives    |
| them out of Miruvhor completely.                                   |
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| The Duke, however, was not fully capable in reconciling the will   |
| of the Castle to the will of the Watchers, as Taeg repeatedly      |
| made claims to destroy Val Miran and allow Gaia to take back what  |
| is hers -- completely ignoring the fact, of course, that in Taeg's |
| own doctrine, Val Miran's inhabitants would all be natural, living |
| children of Gaia themselves since the time the Val Miran officials |
| removed its presence of guilds practicing dark magic.  While a     |
| truce was informally arrived at, the Duke and Taeg could not come  |
| to a visible agreement on a means of peace for Val Miran, and the  |
| subject was repeatedly steered back to the problem of Drkshtyre    |
| forest.                                                            |
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| Disgust for Zoichan was voiced openly by all parties.              |
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| Lykiss's signature appeared on a contract which would end the war  |
| between the Knights and the Syndicate, but it was obvious by the   |
| nature of the meeting that the Duke will only seek peace with the  |
| Family when they evacuate Miruvhor and stop "tainting the city".   |
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|                             Continued in The Chronicles, Vol. 26B  |
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