KOGH Newsletters

[sieshuku]

Alot of people have been asking me to post the newsletters. So here They are!

[sieshuku]

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It has come to my attention that many of you are refusing the messages I have sent to you (deleting mail). The messengers are doing their job and the items I send out are for you to read. This is true of myself, Wren, who is my heir (and SiC), and Lupe, who is Third in Command. Sometimes the content is not altogether important, but there are times when it is vital. You will be responsible for knowing this information, whether you read it or not. If you refuse mail, I have no choice but to think you find Horn correspondence unimportant and therefore the kingdom is not important either. I will give three chances, I know sometimes someone might not be home.. ( sometimes we may be deleting quickly and make a mistake.. I can over look that once.) Also... I want to see more people being active. If you did not wish to be a part of the kingdom, why did you come in the first place? If you are not sure where the gatherings are.. ask someone. We are a kingdom and a family. I want to see that being demonstrated. You may need that cohesion one day. Support each other, get to know the others here, and make friends... that is what this kingdom is all about. Don't sulk in the corner, get out and greet people. This is everyone's responsibility. Lets make Horn a kingdom of hospitality again.





I have looked into the gallery and find many people do not have portraits there. If you wish your image to hang on the walls, please see an artist to have a likeness rendered and delivered to the gallery.


((Please check the KoGH gallery to see if your picture is listed (there are several pages). If it is not there, and you wish it to be, please send me the picture you want on the web page. If you already have a pic there, and wish to change it, also send me the new pic you want listed. If you do *not* want your char pic on the web page, please let me know that as well. ))


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On Jan 7, the Valdrake Collegium ( School ) will officially open for students. All those wanting to learn, ages 13 and above, are welcome. Some of the classes to be taught, and their instructors, include the following:
Survival - Lupe Proudwalk
Hand to hand Combat - Tavo Destrotic
Court Etiquette - Ellian Liam
Archery - Aurora Liam

Others will be approached to ask their willingness to teach.If you wish to learn, or to teach, contact me. (ueiiianliamu)


Sieshuku & Silk would like to wish their son Stellan and their Daughter Cavah a very happy first birthday on Janurary 31st and a very happy third birthday to their daughter Estrella. Also they ask for prayers to be said for the one year anniversary of the death of their first born son who shall remained anonymous by request.

Congratulations to Baron James MacGregor and Lady Stardancer K'Treva On their Marriage! (December 29th 2007) As the rose blooms, so shall their love.

Congratulations to Mage Commander Cyrus Majere Liam and Hertasi Geri on their joining! (December 26th 2007)Love knows not race, bounds or restrictions, true love is limitless and blind. Long as the heart is full, the rest doesn't matter.

Congratulations to Lupe and Destiny Proud walker on their up coming anniversary( January 3rd)


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Due to Rayna Mun not having admin rights to the old board, we now have a new one. All the old posts are being transferred over and it is open so anyone can join. Please start using this board now. Thank you. Here is the link.
goldenhornforum.proboards99.com/index.cgi?

Congratulations to Sinclair mun and Kaileigh Mun on their wedding (December 15th 2007)




Happy New Year,

And with the new year comes a couple of changes for the kingdom.

Fist change might not effect many of you. The first change is simple. Anyone who reaches d90 will have to attend classes in Ellian's school and obtain the next amount of experience to advance to d91. This change will also mean that every time you want to advance your dice in the d90 range another class will have to be taken. The instructor of that class will have to email me and the queen that you have taken and completed the class, reguardless of how long that class might be, and that you have past it.

Second Change: MB, I would personnally like to thank Brad Aldermyne mun for becoming the asst dice master. Brad is in charge of giving out the expereince on the message board. Message board posts are one of the best ways to gain XP. Detailed posts garner more XP than simple ones. Due to this, XP attainment can be subjective based on the interpretation of the MB Overseer. The following formula’s will be used when looking at awarding XP for board postings. Remember, we assume that a paragraph= 25-40 words or more. OOC Posts will not gain XP unless they are of an educational nature.
1 paragraphs = 50-100 XP
2 paragraphs = 100-150 XP
3 paragraphs = 150-250 XP
4 paragraphs = 250-500 XP
5 paragraphs = 500-1000 XP

Paragraphs above five = 750 XP Base plus 100-500 XP Bonus per paragraph above 5 based on content.

and finally the last change in the kingdom, the system of titles in the kingdom. with each dice level one is awarded, a bonus of a bit of land will be given. what does this mean? Lets say that you are brand new and you manage to increase your dice to say d25, well every level you gain would grant you a bit of land (1 to 10 arces, to be determined by the queen). Now with each grant of land you become one step closer to obtaining a title. At certain milestones a title will be granted to you:

d30 Thane

d40 Baron

d50 Viscount

d60 Count

d70 Marquis

d80 Duke

d90 Archduke/Grandduke

How does this work? First if you wish to take a title you need to find a Duke or Archduke to base the land you have been given in their province. Then with there premission you will have to ask the queen herself to grant you the title. Then at each level of advancement your land in that province is increased. Keep in mind that once you pick were your land is going to be that is were it is for here on out, unless another duke allows you to have land in their province. Advancement in titles is simple just gain enough experience to get to the next milestone, with the exception of the title of Duke and above, which will require the queen, princes and myself to agree to give you that title since you will basically have the mount of land to start yoru own province. Who are the current Dukes of the land? Well check your roster as they are listed there, but I know certain DC's are NOT sending them out to their divisions so here they are an which lands they are in charge of.

Fleet Admiral Lupe Proudwalker (sn mesickitten) Isle de Mora

Avaiannah Aragaon (sn avariannah) Kencha

Aislan Liam (sn: aislanliam) Valoria

Ellian Lian (sn ueiiianliam) Valdrake

Chupo (sn: yamakinggray) Argenta

Kaykao Brimstone (sn: kaykao) Kabal

Queen Rayna Goldenbloom (sn wqueenraynaw) Valeska.

Lastly i would personnally like to thank Brad mun for making the new roster and having it web based. this way I know that if a DC does not send out the monthly roster at least everyone will have access to it. So there will be no excuse now for people saying I don't know what my dice are unless you need them exactly up to the minute. KoGH Roster | I will try and keep this as up-to-date as possible, but bare with me as RL always comes first.

I thank everyone for their time in reading this. I know it is a little long winded but it will clear up a few things that we have been missing over the past years. Lets make 2008 as exciting as 2007 was and yes there will be a few more changes in the year to come including hopefully a money system in Horn. And if you haven't done it yet add the kingdoms name and your dice to your profile (hint: I will be making my rounds again soon, and I point out one of the rules of the kingdom that they need to be in there.)



Thank you

Lupe Mun


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# Birthday Wishes and announcements
If you have a Birthday Wish or anniversary wish or just want to say I love you send a scroll to Sieshuku (sieshukuelf) by the end of the month ((January 31st)) to be included in the next issue.

# Suggestions Comments Adding in
If you would like to suggest or even put in your two copper pieces send a scroll to Sieshuku ((sieshukuelf)) by the end of the month ((January 31st)) to be included in the next issue.

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Kingdom of Golden Horn Newsletter

February Issue

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The Queen's words

((OOC MESSAGE TO EVERY ONE))

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I have been doing some asking.. and I have found one of the reasons for the ... decline somewhat... of Horn. We have, as a group, gotten a bit lazy. Now I know there are those this does not pertain to, so dont come at me with 'but I dont do that'. Posts are short, and grammar, punctuation and capitalization are bad. I know this is for fun, but lets use it to improve our talents as well. Please remember, this is a text rp and description is important..Now I am NOT saying to write and 8 post entry every time you post, but lets try to make it more than one line. I know, I am as guilty as any lately, but when I have 8 people trying to talk to me at one time, my responses are short of necessity. Things that will help? Patience on your part for one, just wait till Rayna is free to speak. If I had a true herald, not Herald, that would help. Someone to take names and present to the queen in their turn. Second, talk to people. Everyone wants to feel welcome and wanted. Get to know people, that is what I have done, and it has made a world of difference to me ooc and ic. I have many friends due to this. So lets give it an effort ok? And one more thing.. PLEASE no scrolling. There are many who have older connections and this totally locks them up. Also makes it very hard for those of us who are getting a little older and are a bit slower reading. I know this is a young person's game, but there are a few of us old timers. It would help me a lot. I want everyone to have fun, but I want the game to be interesting and not lose what we have. I am asking nicely please. Thank you
Pat, mun of Rayna


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Announcements (IC)

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We welcome with the gift of love
our gift from above
Celina Sahara
Jan 19th 571 A.D at 10:57pm
Proud parents Sir Bradley and Lady Emory Aldermyne






"Forgiveness a word meaning to forgive one for the things the have
done I have forgiven many thing in the time that has come to pass.
Forgiven many things others have done. But there is one that a man
can never forgive that is himself. Every man has there flaws things
that he does that sets him apart from all others makes him
realize how much of a fool he has been in past and present
and we try to live with out doing these things again. For
some of us however it is a endless cycle that never ceases.
Love the description of emotion undeniable as to the level
it finds. Love a word used in many ways by many people Every
language knows this sole word. An yet how does one come to describe
it. It is a bane a thing that can not be forgiven or forgotten
lost in the ways of emotion it is always there even when it hurts
us most. I Know love as a two edged sword always cutting.
Pain another emotion brought by love describing hurt in
many ways. I know this always for every time I see love it hurts.
A cold reminder of what life was a smile upon child's lips the laugh
that warmed the heart, some thing as simple as "I love you" can
bring that pain that hurt back in more ways then one knows.
I have known them all and they know me best. Still
the question of why we do these things in endless cycle do I not
understand. I do understand that Love requires Forgiveness and
Pain is a reminder of our undieing love. An a guarantee that we will
always love. "


By Sir Erickson ( Sir E Sparhawk)





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Valdrake Collegium Class Schedule

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Monday Night

9 pm (est) - KOGH History *



Tuesday Night

9 pm (est) - Herald Orientation



Wednesday Night

8pm (est) - Survival *

9pm (est) - Herald Definition

10 pm (est) - Knighthood and Combat



Thursday Night

8pm (est) - Racial Instincts

9pm (est) - Dark Arts



Friday Night

10 pm (est) - Heraldic Combat





Saturday Night

8pm (est) - Cooking

10 pm (est) - Mounted Combat

For More information see Ellian (ueiiianliamu)



* Mandatory classes.....must be taken







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Member of the Month

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Starting this month, We will be interviewing random people from the kingdom and putting their interview here so that you can find out about those who live in the same kingdom you do! The member of this month is Queen Rayna!



The Basics:

Name: Rayna Goldenbloom

Age: Over 500

Height: 5'5

Eye Color: Green

Favorite Food: Salad and Steak

Favorite Pastime: Spending time with family and friends

Favorite Song: The Cost of the Crown

Marital Status: married to our First Knight, Gekko

Current Occupation: Queen of golden horn




The Tidbits:



1. What's one thing that you've accomplished and feel great about?

Actually.. keeping Golden Horn together.. I think that this kingdom is my crowning achievement.




2. Name something funny that has happened to you:

Once, during a scavenger hunt, one of the 'feats' was to run naked thru a tavern... I did.. my adopted FATHER's. And the prank wars with Kavanagh are always funny."



3. What are some of your goals in life?

First to make sure my kingdom remains strong. To have my people happy and my family stay together




4.. What is an important thing you have learned in life?

That no matter how much you want to... you cant help everyone. Some people wont be helped, and resent you if you do

5. Who is one of your closest friends?

Gekko



6. Can you tell us an embarrassing story?

"When this kingdom was fairly new.. well under Flaar and I... the kingdom we left thought us traitors, and planned to destroy the young kingdom, and Flaar and myself with it. I went to my knees before the man, offering my own head and begging for the safety of the citizens of the land, then known as Hyjinx. It was one of two times I humbled myself for this land."



7. Where do you reside in the kingdom?


At the palace



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# Birthday Wishes and announcements
If you have a Birthday Wish or anniversary wish or just want to say I love you send a scroll to Sieshuku (sieshukuelf) by the end of the month ((February 20th)) to be included in the next issue.

# Suggestions Comments Adding in
If you would like to suggest or even put in your two copper pieces send a scroll to Sieshuku ((sieshukuelf)) by the end of the month ((February 20th)) to be included in the next issue.

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Kingdom of Golden Horn
March Newsletter
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Congratulations to Amira and Sinclair March 7th
Congratulations to Ninde and Astaroth who are getting married on March 8
Congratulations to Wren and Anduin are engaged to be wed.


Birth Announcements
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Announcing the birth of Lancaeron Proudwalker. Born 2-22-08 to Destiny and Lupe.
Announcing the birth of Hope Proudwalker. Born 2-13-08 to Destiny and Lupe.

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Other Announcements
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Fox Mating Season?

Golden horn healer Sly was ran over by a northbound cargo carriage while on the way to find a vixen he caught sent of. Blinded by lust and need for procreation the fox puts aside all caution and self-preservation instinct while in rut. The smell of female foxy pheromones eradicates all but one thought in the mind of the male fox...So while traveling beware those pesky foxes!

You and your kingdom, have cordially been invited i the celebration of Lily Maxson next birthday. In her request,she wishes to hold a tournament. All Fighters across the realms have been invited to participate in the following events..
Sword fighting
Archery
One on One Combat.
Prizes will be named at the time of the Event.
As our newest heir, she has made us proud, with her request.
This is also an event for all the nobles to meet each other, we hope you can attend.
A date will be set for sometime next week.
Thank you.
-Ryan Alexander-
Prince of Snow Mystic



Valdrake Collegium Class Schedule
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Monday night
MUSIC - 8pm
History - 9pm

Tuesday
Archery - 8pm
Herald orientation - 9pm

Wednesday
survival - 8pm
Herald Definition - 9
Thursday
Races 8pm ,
Dark arts - 9pm

Friday
Basic Magic- 8pm ,
Mundane healing - 9pm ,
Heraldic conduct 10

Saturday
cooking - 8pm
mounted combat - 10pm
There will be many changes upcoming in the
school schedule. Watch the message board for
Details.




Member of the Month
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The member of the month this month is Aegis of Kencha!

The Basics:
Name: Aegis Aaron Aragon

Age: Unknown

Height: six feet tall

Eye Color: Mine eyes are normally pure white. Kind of an ivory white. But they doth change with mood or with the type of power that hast been drawn upon

Favorite Food: I hath ne'er had a favorite food. Though I doth enjoy the different textures and flavors of different foods. Tis nae really necessary fer us...me ta eat. Tis nae a necessity ta our survival. But ifin I didst have ta choose which wouldst nae be easy. I wouldst have ta say tis a tie between the different fruits, meats of this realm and yer cookies

((Interviewers note - Dear Aegis, Shuku's cookies love you too))

Favorite Pastime: I doth have several different pasttimes that art enjoyable. I love being able ta spend time with Ava. Most wouldst nae be able ta handle the difficulties of being mated and a ranger. fer it doth require that ye and yer mate art nae always tagether. I doth also enjoy spending time with those that art part of mine family. Like ye, silk, silma and Dev.. But the one thing that didst and still doth hold a great deal of attraction ta me is fighting. I doth love ta fight, weather it doth be arcane or simple hand ta hand or armed combat. Fighting is fighting. Though I doth nae know enough that wouldst or art willing ta want ta match"
Favorite Song: I hath ne'er had a favorite song before I didst get tagether with ava. After I hath found several that doth seem ta speak my feelings rather eloquently. Such as open arms Crush, Everything I do. Just ta name a few"

Marital Status: Happily taken by Ava


The Tidbits:
1. What's one thing that you've accomplished and feel great about? " I feel that what I hath been able ta do fer the Kingdom of Golden Horn and its people. Before I hadst come here I wouldst nae have given much of a care ifin the folks of this realm hadst lived or died. But since I hath been here I have come ta understand a few of the peoples of this realm better. Tis the people of Golden horn that I wouldst lay mine life down for. I hadst nae thought that I wouldst have ever found a family as great as the one that I hath here. I hath found friends and a love that means more ta me then my life eve hast meant. And tis that, that I doth feel great about. That I doth have a new family that I wouldst give mine life for"
2. Name something funny that has happened to you: " There hath been a few snowball fights. I guess that thou couldst say that getting tagged in the back of the head on numerous occasions couldst be called funny"
3. What are some of your goals in life? Ta be the best mate ta ava that I canst be. Ta never let her down. Ta be of service ta the people and Kingdom of Golden Horn in any way that they doth need. Ta be a good father ta Alex"
4.. What is an important thing you have learned in life? I Hath learned ta be tolerant of other races, other peoples and their beliefs. of their differning ways of living. I hath learned that even though there art different races, different speicies on this realm that there are those that doth seem ta share the same views and desires that they doth wish ta get from their time here. That jus because they may hold different values and ideals then ones own, this doth nae make them any less valid or important. That even though they may appear ta be different and have differnt languages or be culturally diverse that they canst be of the same mind as thee"
5. Who is one of your closest friends?"" Thou art one of mine closest friends"
((Interviewers Notes - Dear Aegis, you're one of my closest friends too!))
6. Can you tell us an embarrassing story? One of mine most embarrassing things that hast happened ta me. Was whenst I first hadst come ta the horn. I hadst nae been here long and was just starting ta get ta know some of the people. I was standing in the throne room of the castle. I didst nae know anyone really other then rayna. She didst have other visitors come in and Nae knowing better whenst one didst get ta close ta her. I doth nae recall whom it was. But I didst react before thinking, a habit I doth seem ta have more often then nae. I wouldst have done serious harm and might have even killed them ifin Rayna hast nae have stopped me"
7. Where do you reside in the kingdom? I doth reside in the Kencha mountain range, in Kencha keep with Ava. Sometimes we doth reside jus in the Kencha Mountains"


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# Birthday Wishes and announcements
If you have a Birthday Wish or anniversary wish or just want to say I love you send a scroll to Sieshuku (sieshukuelf) by the end of the month ((march 20th)) to be included in the next issue.

# Suggestions Comments Adding in
If you would like to suggest or even put in your two copper pieces send a scroll to Sieshuku ((sieshukuelf)) by the end of the month ((March 20th)) to be included in the next issue.

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KOGH April Newsletter
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Congratulations to Silma and Devolth who are to be wed on March 30th 2008

AIM Room Link: KoGHKrisstonPlass

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Birth Announcements
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* Happy Birthday to Sieshuku who sees her 23rd turn of the season on the 4th day of April*

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HERE YE HERE YE HERE YE

By order of the Queen of Golden horn, The clerics division has reformed. The clerics will be responsible for the following:

All Rezzs
All Marriages
All Orphans and orphanages
All Memorials and Funerals
All temples, Cathedrals, Churches and Caerns
Exorcisms
Curse removal
Baptisms, blessing, and all rites
Counselings (of a mental and spiritual nature)

A member of the Clerics division must be present when one of the above areas are entered or preformed.
Any questions please contact the following clerics: Sinclair Whitewolf (DC), amina Whitewolf (SDC), Ainsley Whitewolf, Damali Whitewolf


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((Incase you can't read the words:
The Spring Festival begins Saturday April 12th and ends Sunday April 27th. And will be hosted on the Isles De Mora. The games will start from 9:30pm . The Games include special ones from each division such as Tracking, archery, Jousting and much more! If you have any ideas, PLEASE e-mail [e-mail] AND [e-mail]. We would be more then happy to change anything to suite your division. We want this to be fun, which is the most important thing. We will also be bringing back the greased pig, swim race, bathing suite contest, Obstacle course, bard contest. The last day of the festival we will be having a beach party, including a bonfire and lots of dancing. More details are to come soon! ))
HELLO KINGDOM!

Kimuchi (Slayer5665) wishes to send a big hello to all those in the kingdom. Kimuchi(Slayer5665) is the newest member of the dragon riders and resides in Kencha.



Quick Tips on Growing Your Own Herbal Garden
By: Master Healer Sieshuku

Recently a lot of people have come to me asking about advice for herbs and herbal gardens. Tending to herbs takes time and patients; it just doesn't grow over night. It takes proper care and love much like a puppy or a baby.

First decide where to locate your garden. You could redesign a section of your existing garden or create a whole new one from scratch!
1. Find a Level Site - it is important to find a place with good drainage try to avoid hills or where soil is compacted stay away from pockets of low laying land where poor drainage and inadequate air circulations could encourage plant disease and pest problems. If you have your garden on a slope consider planting your garden across the hill to help prevent erosion.
2. Time Requirements - When deciding the size of your herb garden, consider the time you have to tend to it. Time and garden needs vary depending on season and climate.
3. Matching Resources – If soil moisture is limited, due to climate or soil type, you will have to devise a way to supply water. A large garden will require more water than a small one. Mulching is an excellent way to control unwanted plants, some call them weeds, and save moisture.

Next, Decide the type of style you want your garden. Regardless of style, size and shape of your lgarden. It is style that reflects the owners tastes. The number of possible herb gardens are limited only by your imagination and creativity. You can plan one or more theme gardens in a particular spot.

1. Simple Shapes - The easiest to manage are square and rectangles.
2. Creative Shapes – Squares and Rectangles aren’t the only shapes, If you really want to be creative, choose a garden that has unusual boundries, like circles or stars.
3. Blooming Times – You can add style to your garden by adding flowers that bloom at the same time or share the same color. It is easy to create lavender or blue-green themes for herbs. You can also do blue-green with silver looking foliage plants with dark green for good contrasting colors.

Last is deciding what herbs you want in your garden. To figure this out, ask yourself why you want to grow herbs. Is it for cooking, teas, potpourri, fragrance, or a combination of all these? Whatever reason you decide you're growing herbs for will help you decide which herbs to grow. If it's for cooking, which herbs do you currently use? You could grow these, plus others that have caught your interest in the past. If it's for any of the other reasons, do some research first to find out what herbs are good for that interest. Make a list of the herbs you will be using, leaving a space for its description of height, foliage and/or flower color, and spacing requirements. To find these requirements, look these plants up in a gardening reference book, or ask a professional gardener or herbalist.
Pant your herbs and follow the instructions on watering and shading.
You'll have your own herbal garden in no time!



Here are some popular herbs grown in gardens:
Name of Herb Uses
Chamomile Treats anxiety, cramping, muscle pain, insomnia. Good tasting teas.
Echinacea Fends off Fevers
St. Johns Wort Depression, burns, sleep disorders.
Lavender Perfume, Oils, used to calms nerves
Hyssop Perfume, cooking, treats upsetstomach
Lovage Cooking
Peppermint Cooking, helps calms stomach, nerves, treats light colds.





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Valdrake Collegium Class Schedule
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Monday night
MUSIC - 8pm
History - 9pm
Tuesday
Archery - 8pm
Herald orientation - 9pm

Wednesday
survival - 8pm
Herald Definition - 9
Thursday
Races 8pm ,
Dark arts - 9pm

Friday
Basic Magic- 8pm ,
Mundane healing - 9pm ,
Heraldic conduct 10

Saturday
cooking - 8pm
mounted combat - 10pm



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Member of the Month
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The member of the month this month is Silk of Kencha!

((This interview has been edited for younger audiences as well as for Brevity)


The member of the month this month is Silk of Kencha!

The Basics:
Name: Silk
Age: Unknown
Height: 5’6
Eye Color: Blood Red (though I prefer to call them wine red)
Favorite Food: Wine, Champagne, Boysenberries
Favorite Pastime: I love spoiling Shuku in any way I can and playing with our children. My personal hobbies are magical and alchemical manipulation and experimentation, sewing, and ballet. Due to the hazardously volatile nature of the materials magic and alchemy hold a special interest as the results are often excitingly, and satisfyingly, painful. However, getting to see Shuku wearing my newest tailored creation holds a special excitement that is verily the most satisfying.
Favorite Song: My favorite tunes are those produced by my beloved.
Marital Status: Lovingly devoted to Shuku in mind, soul, and especially body.

The Tidbits:
1. What's one thing that you've accomplished and feel great about? I am most proud of my beautiful children. My family has given me a focus that never before existed in my life. Since Shuku entered my life I have risen to new heights never before thought to be achievable.
2. Name something funny that has happened to you: Well, I guess I would have to begin with Me. Myself. See, It just happens that I'm probably the most humorous thing that anyone would ever encounter, at least that's what I'm told by most people. But I guess what most people would consider funny, Are my years spent as a wet nurse. It all began with a rescue of a infant prince. Though, this scheme was made up by a rather insane wizard. The boy needed to be returned to his mother, but we needed someone to go undercover for a long time, being it was an elven prince and needed some time to mature, and Me, being the kidnap recovery agent being called, It was realized that I lacked the proper equipment for the best cover. Well, the wizard called happened to be an expert in transmutation spells specializing in polymorph and self-alteration spells. It was decided that I would be poly morphed to better fulfill my role. Well after the first time in nearly breaking my back due to overweight the front top part of my body, disproptionate with my waist and hips, I told him quite simply, that even as a master tailor I would have trouble making a bra that big. After several tries we finally got it right. After fending off the old perverted man with multiple fists to the face, I convinced him that the spell should be otherwise and the require equipment was shrunk to a more manageable size. I could go on and on about the ridiculous extenuating circumstance I will make a long story short by saying I lived in this form for close to three years and gained a new appreciation for the problems of woman hood delightfully never out of creamer for my coffee.

3. What are some of your goals in life? I would have to say that my goals in life, are akin to almost every skalds in that I wish to seek out and spread as much pleasure as possible and spoil shuku rotten and to Teach my children my bad habits and blame the mother. I hope to act on as many mischievious whims as I possibly can at any given time.


4.. What is an important thing you have learned in life? The most important thing I've ever learned was how to listen to a woman and how to accept another's perspective and how their perspective can be twisted to make them believe your perspective is their own.

5. Who is one of your closest friends? me and my ego are quite close. Sometimes my shadow takes it's place.

6. Can you tell us an embarrassing story? It's rather tough for me, there's not much that embarrass' me in the least. I guess you can qualify that I take slight embarrassment that my depth and breadth of knowledge of the carnal knowledge both war like and pleasure, in comparison to my mate are but a bucket to an ocean.


7. Where do you reside in the kingdom? I don't know, it's pretty cause I built it that way and were it not for shuku, I don't think I could find my way home.


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# Birthday Wishes and announcements
If you have a Birthday Wish or anniversary wish or just want to say I love you send a scroll to Sieshuku (sieshukuelf) by the end of the month ((April 20th)) to be included in the next issue.

# Suggestions Comments Adding in
If you would like to suggest or even put in your two copper pieces send a scroll to Sieshuku ((sieshukuelf)) by the end of the month ((April 20th)) to be included in the next issue.

[sieshuku]

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KOGH May News Letter

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•·· ··÷••·· Greetings
As part of the spring festival, and ongoing prank war with Kavanagh, We are offering a prize to the person who can pull the most creative prank on Kavanagh. The pranks MUST NOT be malicious or harmful in any way. Just good honest fun. Kavanagh is currently ahead of Horn in this little 'war' by 3 to 1. Pranks must be done in a room, public or private, in Kavanagh and must be logged and sent to myself, Destiny (hornedbeauty) and Lupe (mesickitten). Lets get creative folks.
Example... already used... Rayna and Wren took flatulent ducks into Dani's throne room and turned them loose... imagine ducks farting and little feathers going 'poof' all over. Something like that, no hurting feelings, no physical harm.. just laughs.


•·· ··÷••·· Announcements (IC)



There has been an avalanche in the western mountains.. on the border of the kingdom. That was the area Gekko was patrolling. He has not been found, and it can be assumed.... he was caught in it He is... presumed dead.
Isobell Whitewolf and Orrick Clegg are engaged to be wed sometime this month. The Date to be determined.
Isabell Whitewolf and Xion are engaged to be wed sometime this month. The date is to be determined.
Congratulations to Sir Orrick Clegg who was knighted on April 28th.
Congratulations to Goldenhorn's allies Elizabeth Drake & Gen. Liadon who were wed on April 30th
Goldenhorn's ally is celebrating the Beltane festival on May 1st 10:00pm by eastern clock. Bards are invited to sing, dance and perform during this celebration.
Beltane poetry is especially welcome to be recited.

Beltane UV
(Link is AIM-accessible)


•·· ··÷••·· Special Documents released!


Official Navy Documents

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At the request of the Queen, a few classified files fro the navy are being declassifed. The reason for this is simple since a few nameless people seem to thin the navy is stand offish and never around. mostly it is because we are protecting the coast of the kingdom from the first invasions. If a force gets past us then people hear about it. the following is out of my own ships journal.







From the Classified Journals of the Kingdom of Golden Horn Navy




Fleet Admiral Lupe Proudwalker
Aboard the Darkstar




With the major storm that has hit the Isle de Mora, I have broken down the first fleet to Elements of two ships and dispatched my fleet to the 6 villages in the southern section of the island, leaving two to guard the port of Freeport. Each element have the same orders, to help rebuilt the villages and provide aid to the natives their, doing everything they can do on station. The Darkstar and the Avenger are doing a simple milk run to Fort Hope to tap the emergency supplies and personnel..



That was yesterday. As the grey dawn broke, burning fitfully through the morning fog to light the sea, some thing seemed strange about the waters below. They seemed almost solid, as if the sea had formed some strange sort of skin. The air seems dead as well, and the sails hang limp, heavy with moisture from the receding fog. As the mist began to clear, and below us was not the gently rolling vistas of the sea, but a wet green field of weed. The sway of dirty green stretching flatly in all directions. To our stern, it extends for perhaps a half mile beyond which lies the open water, as it was mocking us. Trapped within this green field’s vices are dozens of other long dead ships, their hulls protruding fro the sargasso at odd angles, masts askew, sails hanging in tatters. One of these ships, the Adventurers Delight lies mired only six hundred feet off our port, and seems to be in better shape than the others.. Perhaps most unnerving, is not the sight nor smell of so much sun-baked seaweed, it is the unnatural silence, for the choking green has robbed the Darkstar of the water lapping against her hull. It is the silence of a graveyard.
As soon as the mist fully cleared, I ordered the crew overboard with hand tools to try and cut a path to the water, but it was to no avail, and soon we had to abandon the tools we had used. Their edges dulled to misery. And worse still we have had no contact from the Avenger. I have dispatched the squad of marines that are aboard to see if they can find how far it is forward to end of this green land.












As the sun set last night, my sailors noticed shapes stirring in the distant green, and as the last light of day faded and the mist rose once again, we thought we saw shapes of humanoids rising fro the weeds. Visibilty was poor at best. I was rosted from my bed so many times last night that I lost count by the guard on deck, due to noises coming from the green weed, but no attack.



My mind has been racing, since yesterday. All on the stories of Journey’s End. The stories told by sailors in hush tones of a living island that appears from the mists after storms. This swath of seaweed is a sargasso, a treacherous patch of vegetation driven by storms only to collect in regions of the ocean that even the wind and currents seem to fear, of this I have no doubt . Why I believe this might be Journey’s End? While a patch a mile across is unusal, this swath stretches to the horizon. If this is Journey’s End, it is one of the sea’s more terrible blights, and it is said to be able to crush ships in its grip. A living land with a black soul that fuels the hunger of children that live within its green embrace, awful creatures formed of the weed itself, and are said to rise at night to slake their hunger upon any their green mother has caught in her grasp.
We tried to burn the weed back but even this proved to be useless to us. Worse still the vines seem to be climbing the ship like fingers. I have ordered the crew to defend the ship and to make sure that once an hour they cut back the vines that have started to grow up the sides of my Darkstar. By last light of this day the marines I have dispatched have yet to return. I have ordered Mr Green to take a complete inventory of ships stocks and prepare a party to explore the ship to the port for an clues of were they crew has gone, and for anything of use.












The attacks came last night. Wave after wave of horrors. Fatted vaguely humaniod plant creatures. Each time they came one more of the crew went missing. The last attack of the night, showed me what happened to my marines. They only way I knew they were my marines were by the tattered remain of their uniforms draped over the green that took their flesh. When the sun was in the sky’s above, I organized a boarding party armed with the sharpest weapons we have and powder and shot. We made it to the closest wreck to us and started to search it.



The wreck it self is strangled with weeds and vines, almost as if an immense green claw hold the ship in its grasp. In many places its been torn apart by the vegetation’s rampant growth. Her decks listing perilously to port. Its timbers rotting and squelched nastily under our feet. The vines clinged to ever surface. What worried me most was the signs of combat. Swaths of dried blood, broken blades, and signs of frantic fortifications. It was in the captains cabin that I we discovered some thing, the captain’s journal. But as we went to collect them the vines came alive and attacked. We lost two more in the battle, one of whom wife had given birth a mere week before we left port. I will mourn him, and I will see to his children and wife till my death when we get out of here.



By midday we had returned to the Darkstar. And I have been studing the old captains journals we found. On the last two pages I have discovered what perhaps could be the way to get us out Journey’s End, or a way to my own death. The captain describes a forest of weed grown in mockery of real life. A mire of skeletal ships. Truly a terrible place towards the northeast for were our ships are trapped. That is were I am going with a heavily armed party to kill the heart and soul of this place, or at least to make my death quicker.








Its been two days since I last updated the journal. What happened after my last entry? That night he attacks continued. Wave after wave of these plant men. Their attacks continued to take on or two of my sailors till by the dawns light we were down to half the men that we had left Freeport with. Now was time for action, and before dinner I called what was left of my crew on deck to tell them of my plan and give them a choice, stay here a die slowly at there whim, or to come with me and possible die in a fools quest for freedom. My entire crew, bless their salty souls, wanted to come with me. I know they have followed me in to hell and back again on several times, each of them willing to give their life for my safety, but it is god to see that even when given a choice they will stick at my side. To find the ones that would come with me we drew lots. The ones that won (or lost depending on how one looks at it) would come with me. The other half would stay will Mr Green and defend the Darkstar.
It took us a full day to find the place that had been written about, a forest of kelp at the Sargasso’s heart. And in this heart the wreck of a caravel called the Lightning. As we approached the ship a whispering voice came to my mind. Not so much as words, but a beacon I guess you could call it. And as one of the rear guard looked back for wince we came, he sounded the alarm. As I turned to look back and ready myself for the attack that was to come I saw thousands of those plant creatures coming towards us. Vastly out numbered I called the retreat into the only cover we had the Lightning. Unlike the other wrecks, this one had skeletons of me, soggy bones mingled with broken chests weapons and rigging. But instead of the normal damage we had seen on the other ships, as they were coming form outside, the damage here came from the inside. This was the heart I knew, the object of our quest.



We moved into the ship. Being attacked as we went onto the crews deck, by no less then 6 of the plant creatures that have been attacking us at night the last few days. We pressed on losing 4 of our own to these creatures to the cargo hold. That was were we found the heart. A huge section of the hull that had rotted away, leaving a stinking pit with wall of writhing green and brown vegetation. The walls writhe with horrible half-formed life, semi-human shapes twisting and spasming from thick stalks, like fruits ready for havesting. The pit dropped away into a noisome, unseen depth, certainly far deeper than sea level.



What I saw next I will never forget for it is the stuff of nightmares. A dislocated sack of foul smelling vegetation wreathed in screaming humaniod forms that struggled to free themselves form its foul flesh. A vast distended belly bathed in foul green mucus hanging from the vaguely humaniod form. Infantile cries echo from the hideous passengers that slowly pull themselves from their host. This grotesque hybird of woman and plant rose from the maw and attacked with speed I didn’t think possible, killing two of my company in less then a blink of an eye. Its clustered red eyes locked onto my own as it raised its head and showed its barbed thorny teeth in a smile of death.



My attack was quick hers was quicker and as the fangs of my panther form and my spirit granted razor claw and claws of shredding spirits gifts attacked it, it attacked me sending me flying through the firewall of the ships cargo hold. I recovered in time to watch as one man grabbed a grenade from his pack and light it then jumped on the creature’s back and showed the weapon between the rot of its flesh, just as he was lifted and the creature bit his head off.



The explosion was deafing. But what was worse was that with this thing dead the seaweed around us started to break apart and inside of two minutes the Lightning collapsed in on itself as the Sargasso melted away leaving in its wake plenty of driftwood, but the dissoluation churned the waters. I dropped everything I was carring a swam for everything I was worth till my hand struck some thing that was raising to the surface. An old door. I clinged to it.



That was how the Darkstar found us. The remainder of the survivors of my attack. Sunburned, hungry and soaked to the boned.



Mr Green says that we are two days off course, and the Darkstar will not need to be placed in drydock thankfully. Hopefully we will have no more encounters with any thing hostile till we get repaired and recrewed






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This months member is Isobell from Mora!.


Name: Isobell Whitewolf

Age: 19
Height: 5’2

Eye Color: well my right eye is black, and my left eye is milky white

Favorite Food : ta tonka

Favorite Past-time : horse back riding

Favorite song: None

marital status: to the most wonderful man in the world, Sir Orrick Clegg

What's one thing that you've accomplished and feel great about? There are a few....that I was the youngest hunter on Mora to every lead a hunting party, plus finding my sister and family have to be at the top of that list

Name something funny that has happened to you: Well it didn't happen to me personally, but when me and Bella were about 4 we got grounded by our mom and we set a trap to get her when she would come into our room to kiss us good night.....we took all the stuffed animals we had and placed them above the door so that when it was opened they would fall on her but it was dad that came in first to talk to us, so he got hit with our stuffed animals instead your stuffed wolf?. Bella had hidden out itching power and it came lose and covered dad.....we laughed ourselves silly as dad tried to scolded us but was more mad that he had just clipped his nails and couldn’t scratch
What are some of your goals in life? to become a lich, and have mastery over the undead

What is an important thing you have learned in life? That the thunder lizards here bite hard, and trust only the ones you truly know, and never argue with an elder
Who is one of your closest friends? Blood the closest would be Bella, but not blood well there is Orrick and sienna

Can you tell us an embarrassing story? well there was a bet between me and this other guide on the island, on who could bring the most meat back to the villages well she was in the lead, so I came up with a plot lead the hunters to kill on of the bigger thunder lizards so we could win....well we were stalking this long neck one and being very quite when it stopped to graze on some of the tree leaves I took my crossbow and climbed the tree it was eating from got to the branch right above its reach and balanced my self, took aim with my cross bow and was about to pull the release and it sneezed...covering me in its snot and its spit we didn’t get the thing, and I had to walk back to the villages like that. Where do you reside in the kingdom? Mora, outside of the city of Freeport





•·· ··÷••·· Spring Fling Festival Winners


The spring fling is officially at an end. Congratulations to all those who participated in the events and won! The following is a list of first second and third place winners for each event.







Karoke Winners:

1. Lupe 1st place,

2. Jinn & Blue

3. Isabella



40 m foot race

1. Rayna,

2. Ainsley

3. Ava



Swimming

1. Dainel

2. Lupe

3. Kimuchi



Horse race

1. Ellian

2. Ava

3. Bell and Astroth



Horse obstacle Course

1. Bella

2. Eve

3. Destiny and Lupe



Obstacle Course

1. Daniel

2. Vamp

3. Blue



Joust

1. Asatroth

2. Daniel

3. Ellian



Shifter race

1. Rayna

2. Destiny

3. Blue



Swim suit....

women

1. Kim

2. Blue

3. Rayna



Swim suit

men

1. Xandreau



Cannonball toss



1. Ellian

2. Destiny

3. Xandereau



# Birthday Wishes and announcements

If you have a Birthday Wish or anniversary wish or just want to say I love you send a scroll to Sieshuku (sieshukuelf) by the end of the month ((May 20th)) to be included in the next issue.


# Suggestions Comments Adding in
If you would like to suggest or even put in your two copper pieces send a scroll to Sieshuku ((sieshukuelf)) by the end of the month ((May 20th)) to be included in the next issue.

[sieshuku]

Kingdom of the Golden Horn :: June Newsletter
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Greetings One and all! I hope that this newsletter finds you all well. There is a lot of things that happened in the last month so read carefully!

First of all, The fighters division is now open. For more information see commander Astaroth (Hawkmason007) For more details and transfer information.


Next I'd like to welcome the newest members of the kingdom. Please get out and meet our new people and make them feel welcomed.

Druxus Tilgorn (Rash Druxus) bonded bodyguard to the queen

Jubei Kibagami (vjubeikibagamix) - Rangers
Fayena Therhalthi (xldyfayenadsx) - Rangers
Rysa Calister (xrysacalisterx) - Navy
Lucia Grimm (mindiessinsanity) - Mages
Demettri Tepes (durantblackheart) - Mages
Dyani Windwalker (dyaniwindwalker) - Healers
Xandri Sarassa (Slayer5665) - Fighters
May'Lin (untildeathskiss) - Fighters
Iris Zullen (iriszullen) - Ladies
Hawkril Craer (failedsave) - Citizen
Loreina Constantine Borderlain (desert seraphim) - Knight


As we welcome our new members we must say farewell to some that are leaving us. Light laughter and sweet water until next we meet friends.

Xandreau ( xxwindtalker54xx) guard
Chupo (YamaKingGray) Duke of Argenta (Argenta is now led by Wren Cigan)
Arborlon Estcarp (arborlonestcarp)
Riley O'Conner Estcarp (TrinityFlareX) - Bard
Lady Draconic - Guard

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A congratulations is extended to Lupe for achieving the title of Arch Duchess of Mora on May 11th 2008


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Wishing you a lifetime of happiness -
Congratulations to Wren and Auduin who were married on 5-21-08

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Due to recent earthquakes, the kingdoms favorite lap warmer and healer sly has been spotted hiding from his work.


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This month has been a busy baby month! Congratulations to all mothers and fathers on their new additions to their families and Welcome new borns to the realm!

Knight Angel and Lady Sienna gave birth to four babes - Heathcliff Alexander, Laurel Sienna, Sky Bahamut, and Angel Taylor Jr.
Ranger Commanders Aegis and Ava gave birth to one baby girl - Aello
Commander Astaroth and Herald Ninde gave birth to one baby girl - Layla
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Announcements for OOC

It has been requested that I post the official dice chart for the kingdom in the newsletter. If you need help with spars see any commander.

Roll ----Damage
15-19 1
20-24 2
25-29 3
30-34 4
35-39 5
40-44 6
45-49 7
50-54 8
55-59 9
60-64 10
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70-74 12
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80-84 14
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90 16
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92 18
93 19
94 20
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Member of the Month
This months member of the month is the kingdoms Mage Commander Cyrus!

Name: Cyrus Majere Liam
Age: Around two hundred years of age
Height: Five foot four
Eye Color: Gold
Favorite Food : Knucklehead trout stew
Favorite Past-time : Alchemical research
Favorite song: Advice to young magicians
marital status: Married to the most beautiful lady of golden horn Geri

What's one thing that you've accomplished and feel great about? I've accomplished a great deal...but...id say my marriage..and my child...are my greatest accomplishments

Name something funny that has happened to you: There was the time I used my magic to turn the leader of the thieves guild in never winters hair hot pink.. he wasn't so good a thief when you could see him coming a mile away



What are some of your goals in life? To further magical and alchemical knowledge...and to raise a good hearted child...be a good husband...and when I die...know that i left behind a good legacy


What is an important thing you have learned in life? That power and wealth are fine things...fine enough to temp the strongest of us...but in the end...its the simple things that matter...the smile of your child...the love of your mate...the peace of your homeland...these things are better by far then any amount of wealth and power


who is one of your closest friends? Ellian Liam...a friend...a brother...and comrade in arms

Can you tell us an embarrassing story? Well...back when i was just an apprentice still a student at elminsters school...i was working on a basic polymorph spell...changing a living being from one form to another...and...well i was supposed to change myself to a human Due to the fact i was still fresh from sunholme...my opinion of humans was that they were large smelly brutes...ogres...and because of that...instead of poly morphing myself into a proper human..I changed myself into the closest thing to my mental view of them..

Where do you reside in the kingdom? My tower...currently attached to the castle...however..i can pack it up and move it when the needs arises...even to other planes of the multi verse

[sieshuku]

((yes there was a big typo when it went out. The newsletter said JUNE when it should have said JULY. That's what I get for doing these things at 2 in the morning ))

Kingdom of the Golden Horn :: June Newsletter
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Greetings One and all! I hope that this newsletter finds you all well. There is a lot of things that happened in the last month so read carefully!

First of all, congratulations to all those who have defended our lands with such bravery and vigor. Our prayers go out to the families who have lost loved ones in this recent battle.



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Please welcome our newest members
Nicolae Trevarth (He bears a cross) - Clerics
Lady Cathia (ladycathia) - Lady of the court

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There were a lot of birthday's since the last newsletter came out! Happy day to the following people

Lane (xfr0mashesx) - May 27th
Rayna (W Queen Rayna W) - June 15th
David (xxdavidzullenxx) - June 17th
Demettri (DemettriTepes) - June 18th
Astaroth - June 22cd
Amina (Horned Beauty) - July 5th
Spyder - July 10th


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Congratulations to Demettri (DemettriTepes) and Silma (elementaldreamds) who bonded on June 7th
Congratulations to Lasher Derilict and Celesse Deialaan who were wed on June 2cd

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Congradulations to Elizabeth Rose Drake & Liadon McCray whom are now the proud parents of Serena Raven McCray - On June 3, 2008

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Congratulations to Queen Sven Bereou of Meztrailov who is with child


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Hello Traveler..


Ever find your self wandering the wilds of Kencha keep and Krisston Plass?
Well why not climb the old Hang mans hill..
And if you do decide to climb said hill..
Why not stop by " The Axemans Mark Inne" and put your neck on the line.


Owned by Demettri Tepes
This once old church used to take the last confessions of the convicted..
Now is a joyful place where one may meet friends ..drink and eat and be merry..
So come friend to the Axemans mark and please leave your dog friends at home
Mr B. A. P. O. Bones does not take to kindly to missing body parts..

Welcome - The AxeMans Mark


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10 Ways to improve your health -- ((THIS IS FOR MUNS TOO!))

1) Evaluate your current condition

If it's been a while since you've seen your doctor/healer schedule an appointment for a routine physical exam. Discuss your health concerns and goals family medical history and risk factors for chronic illness. Formulate a plan with your doctor to optimize physical, mental and emotional health.

2) Clean your kitchen!

A healthier diet and lifestyle starts in the kitchen. Cooking your own food allows you to choose ingredients and methods of food preparation imposing quality control that isn't possible when eatting out. clean out your cuboards, panty and any other storage space. Eliminate prepackaged food and anything rotten.

3) Exercise everyday

Regular physical exercise reduces the risk of chronic illness,lowers depression, and increases stamina. Exercise doesn't have to take place in a battle circle (or in a gym) as long as the key components re there, Aerobic exercise, strengthening exercise and stretching.

4) Eat more veggies

A vegetable diet is important for good digestion and disease prevention. In most cases one half cup equals to one serving, but when it comes to green leafy vegetables like lettuce count one cup as one serving. (Yes, planting a vegetable garden does count as exercise! )

5) Take a steam or sauna

Increase circulation and detoxification with a weekly visit to a steam room, sauna or hot spring. Not only will it help relax the muscles but it's good for your skin and hair too!

6) Relax

Counter stress by incorporating relaxation into your daily schedule. Yoga, tai chi and qi gong are good choices that offer health benefits as well. Even easier are meditation, and breathing exercises

7) Sleep better

Good sleep is critical for good health. lack of sufficient sleep can be associated with high blood pressure, overweight ness and depression. Sleep depravation also increases stress and is bad for the heart. To get a good night sleep evaluate your mattress and pillows for comfort and support and replace them when needed. Make sure your sleeping in an environment that is peaceful as possible so to avoid waking up in the middle of the night.

8) Drink more tea

Staying hydrated with teas that are full of goodness helps relaxes the body. Drink them hot or cold several times a day.

9) Be around people

This may be a shocker for many of you wall flowers but being around people helps reduce stress. Helps make people feel better as well.

10) HAVE FUN

Spending time doing things that you love is good for you. When you are happy your whole body feels better.

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"Read these out loud, have them put in the next newsletter, do with them as ye like. i just thought ye might enjoy reading them. -A"

Dragon Seen Near Baldur's Gate!

For three days, a Great Blue dragon sat on a mountain perch on the outskirts of Baldur's Gate, Thursday through Saturday. The Watch debated for some time whether to attempt to make it leave. But they soon decided to leave it alone as the dragon showed it would not harm the city by simply sitting, watching, and then flying away, leaving no clue as to what the beast was looking for.

Nesme Saved by 'Traveling Sage'!

In the early morning hours of Sunday, the town of Nesme told of a young, red-eyed man with black hair who came wandering into town. "His dress was quite regal. A wizard, I would say, if not a lord", said one man. Nesme had been recently having trouble with raids from a nearby encampment of hobgoblins, and were ready to storm into their midst and fight them off. But the young man, who let himself be known only as 'The Traveling Sage', offered to negotiate for the town, and, holding a strange black-and-green blade, strode into the encampment. Not twenty minutes later, a great clatter and shouts came from the hobgoblin camp, and the 'Traveling Sage' was sure to be dead. Yet we were wrong; flames rose high into the sky, and the shouts of the goblinkin reached our ears. Any hobgoblins that escaped the fires, flashes of lights, and surges of power and noise were quickly cut down, not ten feet from the encampment, seemingly by invisible scythes. The carnage lasted all throughout the night, and early Monday morning, the townsmen crept cautiously into the hobgoblin camp, to find them all dead, along with the scars and signs of terrifying battle magic, and, even better, all of their stolen valuables, and more, unharmed. And high over the encampment, traced into the sky with dark blue sparkling lights, were the words: "I NEGOTIATED."



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From the Office of the Navy, Isle de Mora, Kingdom of Golden Horn.

From the Logs of Commodore Briana Crux and the Seawind


It was a normal day for Briana’s crew. They sailed around the islands, scooping up the remains of dead orcs from the battle. Briana, with her arm in a sling was unable to steer the boat herself so she left it to one of her deck hands. The sun shone down on the ship and caused its steel pieces to shine like diamonds.
The day was slow, nothing to report thankfully. So she stood at the front of her ship and looked down at the playing dolphins. They even seemed to be celebrating the victory, but no Briana. Instead she was already preparing to fight again. Fighting and drinking it had been her escape lately. Piero had left her alone with the twins again and she was losing hope in ever having a normal life with him.
Her dark green eyes peered down at the ring that hung around her neck, a sign that she was starting to let go of her own hopes and dreams and see reality as it was. She had the urge to rip it from its chain and through it into the ocean but instead she tucked it back between her breasts with a stubborn growl. Her hand pushed off the rail as she turned and barked some orders to increase speed.
As the boat picked up and looked back down into the ocean and the dolphins continued to race her, calling up in gleeful cackles. She rolled her eyes and let her good hand slide through her thick salty brown curls, ~damn animals~ she thought as she looked to the horizon. Then back to her crew. ~I could disappear… I could disappear into this ocean and never be found..~ the thought brought a grim smile to her face. That would teach people to abandon her! ~hmph~
As she reached to lift a bottle of rum to her lips, the boat suddenly lurched to the side causing even Briana to fall onto the side of her bad arm. She hit the wooden deck with a painful howl and rolled over on her back only to see a large wave rolling over her and within the second it came smashing down onto her frame. Slowly the water started to clear and she sat up with a couch and a snort. She could breathe water but that didn’t mean she couldn’t also choke on it. She spit salt water from her mouth and quickly swiped her hair away from her face.
“Leviathan! Leviathan!” The women crew started to shout and as Briana’s small gills opened to from the water she was able to hear the loud, snake like hiss below the boat. Briana leapt to her feet as fast as her good arm could pull her up and she ran to the edge of the deck.
At the edge a huge water dragon circled around the ship, forcing the Seawind to a halt. Its blue scales glittered like jewels and its nostrils snorted water away from its head like a whale breathing through a blowhole. Slowly, its massive head lifted from the water, a slow hiss fanning through its gills. ~Well if it issssn’t the Sssseawind…~ the great monster hissed as it raised its head up as high as the Seawind’s main mast.
Briana clutched the rail with shaking hands as her head turned up to look at the Leviathan. She had seen this one before, this was THE Leviathan, the god of all sea creatures, and the one Poseidon often fought against from control of the seas. ~What are you doing here Leviathan? ~ She spouts out at him as she looked back at her crew who were all scrambling to get below deck.
Worthless.
~Well I was jusssst in the area when I noticccced a familiar ssssship.~ The snakes fanged mouth opened slightly as if it were trying to grin. ~Can I not sssstop jusssst so ssay hello? ~
~Ya always wan’ somethin’~. Briana spat back as she gained her confidence again. She had delt with this beast before. No, she could not best him in a fight on her own but if he wanted to fight her he would have don’t so already.
~Yess, of courssse.~ The snake pondered as his body curled to dive back into the water only to have his head come back around to the side of the ship. ~ To keep your Queen’s kingdom ssssafe what isss it you will do for meee Briana? ~
~Wha’ is it ya want?~ She grit her teeth, last time she had delt with Leviathan he had forced her to give up all the loot she had on board. ~Hurry it up, I gotta patrol ta finish~.
~Well…~ He hissed as he lowered his head to rest it gently on the ship’s deck. Slowly, the scales that sat within the water started to shimmer and slowly disappear, moving up the snake’s long body. Soon enough it shimmered up near its neck and then its head until a man stood in front of Briana.
Leviathan as a man was tall, well over 6 feet. He had long white hair and dark tan skin. His eyes were the same dark green as Briana’s. He stared at her with reptile pupils, dressed in the ocean blue robes of the gods. He lifted a hand to touch the tip of her chin, ~It’ss been awhile ssince I have had the company of a woman..~
Briana stared at him, unimpressed and her hand lifted and she smacked his away, ~I dun thin’ so. So slither your way back into the ocean. ~ She gave a sarcastic wave of her hand.
~If you want to keep your home sssafe, I would think again about your decisssssion. ~ He warned with a grin as he looked back towards Golden Horn which was just within sight of the Ship.
Briana looked with him and her teeth Clenched, she looked around her deck, it was empty, all the woman having retreated, ~Wha’ if I jus let ya git one o’ my girls?~ Her good arm rested on her hip.
~Why have one of them if I can have the ssssships Captain. ~ He said with a chuckle, ~Your room isss back here?~ He said as he went towards the Captain’s quarters. Briana stood her ground but then turned and dejectedly followed him
~Better make this quick too…. ~
A few hours later Briana emerged from the Cabin buckling up her pants and walking up to the front of the boat, barking orders at the women crew who had eventually made their way back above deck.
Yeah, all in a days work.


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Member of the Month
This months member of the month is the kingdoms Navy Commander Destiny!

Name: Admiral Destiny Proudwalker
Age: I'm a hundred and ten years old.
Height: I'm five feet, two inches tall.
Eye Color: They're a silvery gray. Which is rare for a unicorn to have

Favorite food: Oh, I LOVE Licorish
Favorite past time: Enjoying time with my children and grandchildren.
Favorite song: Pirate Bill and Squidly and An Paistin Fionn
Marital Status : Happily. Very VERY happily married. I am very very happily married to Admiral Lupe Proudwalker. Whom is also Third in Command of Golden Horn.
What's one thing that you've accomplished and feel great about?
Overcoming my fears in order to become the person I am today.
Name something funny that has happened to you:
Oh, when I was training to become a captain....I got the ship I was training on stuck in the sand pit.
What are some of your goals in life? To keep Lupe out of trouble...


What is an important thing you have learned in life? To not run from my fears.


who is one of your closest friends? Well, I'd have to name two. Lupe and Rayna.

Can you tell us an embarrassing story? Oh goddess. This is while I was still in the early times of being a captain. I was still getting used to being on a ship. I'm not sure if you were here then. My first ship was the Queen Rayna's Revenge. The biggest ship in the fleet at the time. I had forgotten to order the mooring ropes to be cast off and basically....Pulled half the pier with me as I set sail.Lupe gave the ship to me as a gift.

Where do you reside in the kingdom? I currently live in a villa on Mora with Lupe and our children
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# Birthday Wishes and announcements
If you have a Birthday Wish or anniversary wish or just want to say I love you send a scroll to Sieshuku (sieshukuelf) by the end of the month ((August 25th)) to be included in the next issue.

# Suggestions Comments Adding in
If you would like to suggest or even put in your two copper pieces send a scroll to Sieshuku ((sieshukuelf)) by the end of the month ((August 25th)) to be included in the next issue.

[sieshuku]

Kingdom of the Golden Horn :: August Newsletter
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(( Because of complaints about graphics, all graphics are added at the end of the this newsletter))


Greetings One and all! I hope that this newsletter finds you all well. There is a lot of things that happened in the last month so read carefully!

First of all, I hope everyone has had fun at the recent festival. Rebuilding our castle has become a difficult task. I also hope that everyone has put their ideas in to their commanders.

Words from the Queen --

Once more it is time to look at the activity of people and start culling from the roster those who dont want to participate. Newcomers, I understand you havent had time to show your mettle. Those others, well I have asked many times that you be at least somewhat active. If you are on LOA please... let me know. Some of you already have, let me know you wish to continue on LoA status and you will still be listed. I dont think coming into a room twice a month is too much to ask of anyone. If there isnt a public room open, IM me if I am on.. Many of our members are now on aim only, which means private, aim friendly rooms. And you can always open a room if you want, just not the main castle, please. If you have more than one char, I know it is harder to get that quota in, but surely you can manage to make some sort of appearance. I am starting to wonder how many still even want to play in Horn. If you dont, just please tell me and there will be no hard feelings. I just want to know. Also... when someone requests information in a room.. DONT assume someone else is sending it. I would rather someone get information 10 times than not at all. It makes people feel rejected and ignored. Take a second to copy and paste what you can get into an email and scoot it over. Take time to speak to people when they enter, it doesn't hurt and always makes you, and the kingdom, shine. Being in a good light, making a good impression, is *always* a good thing. If you want to invite someone to an aim room, please do if they are a member. I dont always see people on my buddy list.. and I *dont* look at it every time a bl sound goes off... If I did, I would never read. I have over 300 on it.. so help me out here. If someone you want to invite *isnt* a member of Horn, please make sure it is ok to bring them in before you send the invite, please. Respect.. I cant stress this enough. Please be respectful of other people, their ideas and beliefs. Everyone has a right to their opinion. If someone is openly insulting, they should be requested to stop via IMs. If they persist, use the bolt. Personal and ooc issues should NOT be brought into the rp room. KEEP OOC to IMS as much as possible please. Most of this should be common sense... but seems that there is a need to put it out in the open so people will see it, as many times it is not being done. Remember the golden rule... Treat others as you would like to be treated. A little patience and courtesy goes a LONG way.

I really wish to see more competition in the arena now. Rather than holding back (using set dice), try harder (use kingdom dice. YOu have worked for them.. use them. After all.. you put a novice against a master... the novice will lose most times.. but they *will* learn from it. ) Also.. when you are done with a spar, you *must* see a healer to be sure you are fit for duty again. Healers are here for a reason. Every division has its duty, its speciality. Be considerate of them.. and dont step on toes.



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Please welcome our newest members

Rhea (RheaEarthFox) - Citizen
Emmanuel - Citizen/cook (he makes really great pies)
Elloise Summer (xcherrydariingx) - Citizen
Kino K'treva (kinooflapis) - Rangers
Erickson Sparhawk (Sir E Sparhawk) - Knights
Alexander Silverlance (siralexander23) - Knights
Raijin Skye Whitewind( (raijin3729) - Mage
Riot (FullBurningRiot) - swordsman
Cross (MEDAKID12) - Fighter

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Farewell, Light laughter and Sweet Water to -

May'lin - Fighters
Rysa Colister - navy
Demetrri - Ranger

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There were a lot of birthday's since the last newsletter came out! Happy day to the following people

Spyder - July 7th
Sinclair - July 23rd
Stardancer - August 8th
Damali's Birthday- August 17th
Hoshi and Mihoshi - August 17th
Destiny's Birthday - August 22nd

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Daily Wellness Checklist -
(for those who want to try and avoid the healers)

__ Did I wake up with "attitude of gratitude" and ask what am I grateful for?
__ Did I do some light stretching after my shower?
__ Did I eat a healthy breakfest?
__ Did I excersice or plan to today? (20 minutes of cardio, 45 of strength or yoga)
__ Did I look at myself naked in the mirror?
__ Did I eat healthy snacks?
__ Did I feed and challenge my mind?
__ Did I drink plenty of water today?
__ Did I practice relaxing breathing? (Inhale for a count of 4, hold for the count of 7 and exhale for the count of 8. Repeat 5 times complete twice a day)
__ Did I show love to someone today?
__ Did I eat a healthy dinner?
__ Did I drink something to soothe/ help relax my muscles?
__ Did I go to bed at a time that will allow me proper maximum hours of sleep? (for humans 7-9 hours, for elves 4 hours.. each race varies)

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Member of the Month
This months member of the month is the kingdoms Second in Command Healer!

Name: Kaileigh Noelle Whitewolf
Age: why, a lady never reveals her true age
Height: 5'4

Eye Color: brown

Favorite food: Honey cakes of course, and peppermint tea
Favorite past time: I like to garden... to read, to play with my kids

Favorite song: Sinclair used to sing a song to me before we were married, but I don't know the name
Marital Status :happily married to Sinclair Whitewolf

What's one thing that you've accomplished and feel great

about?

I've raised 5 really great kids, and raising one more and have a complicated often unruly but very, happy family.


Name something funny that has happened to you:
one time, when connall was very small. we had duckings in the pond outside the manor and he was really fascinated with them. We went inside for some reason or other and he got very very quiet... so naturally I went to hunt him down. I found him, in the bathroom with water everywhere and one of the duckings from the pond. it took forever to clean up and then, we couldn't get rid of the duck. it stayed with us forever it ate dinner with the family, it came to lessons... it was like an extra child. at least it was soft of quiet.

What are some of your goals in life? to get through it in one piece. I'm kidding. I want to find the rarest, most perfect silk in the entire world and have the most incredible gown and matching shoes made out of and I want my family to be happy and strong. and I would love to find a way to go one month with none of my children getting into some kind of trouble.




What is an important thing you have learned in life? I've learned that life is full of surprises and that even the most unpleasant things often have a golden lining


who is one of your closest friends? um, this one person named Shuku... you might know her... she's around a bit. Lupe and Destiny.


Can you tell us an embarrassing story? ok, When I was pregnant with Connall, Sinclair was away fighting a war and I was home with some very dear friends who were helping out with the manor and makig sure I was well...when it came time to have the baby and Sinclair wasn't back, I insisted for about 14 hours that I was not going to have the baby until Sinclair got back I locked myself in the bedroom and wouldn't let anyone in until I couldn't take it anymore and of course, I had the baby not like I could have stopped it.

Where do you reside in the kingdom? at Whitewolf Manor on Mora




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# Birthday Wishes and announcements
If you have a Birthday Wish or anniversary wish or just want to say I love you send a scroll to Sieshuku (sieshukuelf) by the end of the month ((August 25th)) to be included in the next issue.

# Suggestions Comments Adding in
If you would like to suggest or even put in your two copper pieces send a scroll to Sieshuku ((sieshukuelf)) by the end of the month ((August 25th)) to be included in the next issue.

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