\--==Official Submission==-- FROM: Lieutenant Junior-Grade Haplo RE: The Troubles with Northwood Brothers and Sisters, For the third time in as many days, I come to you with a report of events. Sadly this time, I fear the worst. Several things too place over the course of last eve, that has led me to great worry. You've all read Swiftwinds account of last evenings events. (I've attached a copy of it to this report) it seems that the girl Elspith is somehow involved in this mess with the lich and Matt. Strangely enough this lich seems to have some personal vendetta against the Lance Corporal. We need to get to the bottom of this. I would like to dedicate top resources to this, but as you will read below a dire situation is upon us even more than this Lich and his obsession with us. At the very least I would like to acertain what the connectoin is between Matt, Matt's sister and this Lich is, and where is this 6000 year old lich from, what are his goals? Anyone that can find any information I urge you to do so. No on to other matters. Gentlemen, I fear a situation of the gravest kind is occuring right now in our home of Northwood. War has again been declaired between House Scott and House Shadune. Events leading up to the decleration are sketchy. It seems that the Shadunes are claiming that the Scotts and some people from Trinsic affiliated with the Emerald Empire have been attacking them in their tower. Theh Scotts are insisting that the Shaddunes are attacking innocents unprovoked. Last evening, Vethnos and Fox were both attacked by a Shaddune mage. Vethnos insists this attack was unsolicted, but upon further investigation, I was able to find that the Winterfellian Outriders had attacked the Shadune's tower prior to the attack on Veth and Fox. Gentlemen this is a tangled mess. I've stepped up as a sort of mediator between the two houses. I have yet to contact house Scott in this matter, but the Shadunes are willing to accept us as peace keepers for the time being. I could not convice the Elindril to withdraw his declaration of war, however, he has assured me that for the time being, no offensive moves are going to be made against the Scotts. However any Scott wandering in Shadune territory will be killed on sight. This is the best I could do for now. A speedy end needs to be brought to this conflict. I fear the orcs and CA are smelling the dissention that's in northwood and are going to push to eliminate everyone there. It will do us no good to be fighting a three front war, therefore we MUST NOT PROVOKE EITHER HOUSE for the time being. YOU NOW are the peace keepers. TRY to settle all arguements without use of lethal force. However the Shaddunes have been warned, if any of you are attacked, they have ME to answer to. Try to see what you can find out. Talk to the Scotts and the Shaddunes, and most importantly, quietly watch what's going on. If the Scotts provoke an attack, I want to know about it. If the Shaddunes send elementals in to Scott territory, I want to know about it. I WILL NOT TOLERATE MISSING OR INCORRECT INFORMATION. If I get a report that one of you was around to see something, and I'm not told about it, YOU HAVE ME TO ANSWER TO. This is no joke Ladies and Gentlemen. I want to know if a Scott SNEEZES in Shaddune's general direction. I need EXACT incidents, people involved and if you can, dialog of what is said. This is the ONLY way to prevent the total distrucion of Northwood in yet another senseless bloodbath. Not to mention, I don't relish being the only ones around left to fight off the Orcs and Alliance when they come to loot the burnt out buildings. Brothers, you have your work cut out for you. Proceed. I have faith that you will all be able to work towards a peaceful ending to this. I will give you this. Take no shit from these two parties. If you are attacked, use lethal force. We are not to be trifiled with, and I'll kill every Scott and every Shadune myself if I hear they aret trying to goad us in to choosing sides. Yours in service to the Rose, Lt. JG Haplo Darkblade Keeper of the Annals