Aedile Report

The vision had haunted the Aedile for the past month. Some may consider knowing the manner of one’s own death comforting, but for the Rodian, it was most distressing. He had become somewhat paranoid; distrust had become his unwanted friend. He had confided in no one the future he had foreseen for himself, even those that he knew in his heart and soul that he should hold some measure of trust for.

His reverie was broken as the Emperor entered the makeshift conference room. He had summoned His Summit aboard the YCHT Enchantress for reasons unknown. There was some small part of Thraagus that held disdain for the Emperor, although he could not say why. It was true he had been away from His throne for some time, but such is to be expected from any leader; he had let Ptolomea fall to insurgents, yet chances were it would have fallen regardless of who was in charge. So why such contempt for a man who had proven his worth time and again?

Assassin, hissed a voice in Koryn’s head. Murderer! Paranoia was setting in again. The Rodian refused to believe that this man – whom he had sworn loyalty to – would slaughter him.

“I’m... I’m sorry,” said the Emperor softly. Two words that none of the assembled leadership thought they would hear escape His lips; two words that convinced the Rodian this was not the hand he would die by.

Don’t believe him, spat Paranoia again.

Shut up, he internally said to himself.

Thran Occasus, the Usurper Emperor. He will dispose of you with a wave of his hand. On the outside, Koryn gave the impression that all was well; internally, Paranoia was waging a war against those he was loyal to and respected. The Rodian was only half-listening to the plans being laid down by the Ruler of the Cocytus System. Kalak had sensed his uneasiness as had his Master, Robin Hawk, and the Aedile had felt their glances piercing into his very essence.

When the Emperor dismissed the group, Koryn had hurried away quickly, he felt as if he was going to be sick. Across the conference table, Kalak and Robin’s eyes briefly met – an entire conversation spoken without words in a fraction of a second. They could both feel that nothing either of them could say would help the Rodian.

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Suzel was where they first struck, testing him. The warm air of the Antenoran capital relaxed and refreshed Koryn’s mind. There was nothing out of the ordinary in the city that day, the citizens went about their lives as they often did: children ran laughing and screaming through the alleys and streets, people bustled about the market square obtaining goods and luxury items, gossip was shared amongst any who cared to listen.

The Rodian sensed it after only a short time, however. He was being followed and it wasn’t Paranoia trying to persuade him of such things. Purposefully, he wound his way through some of the back alleys. Still his pursuers followed. He heard their feet pick up speed; he heard the sound of blades being unsheathed. In a flash, his lightsaber was in his hand. Spinning, the violet blade sliced through skin and muscle and bone. The dismembered body parts fell to the dusty ground. His attackers would not be so bold again. Now they would begin their attack from the shadows.

To be continued...

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Friends, Nobles, Draconians,

Welcome to the greatest show in the galaxy!

Bit of a lengthy fiction, because I got carried away writing it =P

I’m sending this report out to the whole Clan, because there is news that concerns most if not all of you:

ACC

About a week or so ago, all of the ACC staff received an email from Kaek. It seems that the Combat Centre Hall is being neglected. This year there has been a grand total of one completed battle in the Comat Centre; everything else is from timeouts and withdrawals.

So basically, we need more ACC Battles to take place in the Combat Centre. I’m almost always free for a battle if anyone wants to challenge me, or if you think you need training, I’m the person you should challenge.

Who’s Got the Guns?

I’ll start off by continuing with the ACC theme. So far we only have one battle running as part of Guns between Thran and Kalak. We didn’t have many people sign up to be a part of the ACC event, but you have until the end of the two weeks to sign up and begin a battle.

This week’s fiction has no submissions so far. You have until Sunday to get something sorted and submitted. The same goes for graphics.

We have two submissions for the trivia event. These may both be completely wrong, so get your answers in soon.

News

After Caliburnus’ closing we have taken on about half of the refugees of Ptolomea. So, (a belated) welcome to all of them!

CSP still needs an Assistant Loremaster. If you’re interested, email Thran and Dante detailing why you should be picked. I already know of one person who has applied, so get your applications in if you’re interested.

Gamers look out for a comp from T:G Vardar coming soon.

Rite of Supremacy VI: Spoils of War is coming soon. Prepare yourselves! We came in third in the GJW, but I believe if each and every one of us participates in everything we can, we can easily make first.

Erinyes is working on getting out a couple of ACC comps: a Championship League, and a lower ranks comp. Keep an eye out for those.

Bob Sadow recently resigned as CNS Consul. If you’re interested in the job, send an application to GM Muz and DGM Paladin.

DGM Paladin needs report headers. If you’re any good with graphics design something and send it over to him by midnight EST on August 30th.

Thran has a few projects lined up. If you’re interested in helping out, email him and he’ll sort you out something to do.

Congrats to Korroth on reaching Dark Jedi Knight, and Robin on her promotion to Battlemaster.

IRC

We’re starting to get a few of you in the House channel now but we’d still like to see more of you. For those of you who don’t know, the channel is #acclivisdraco.

That’s all for this report.

In Darkness,

Koryn

DJK Koryn Thraagus (Krath)/AED/Acclivis Draco of Scholae Palatinae [ACC: TRN]

AC-ToSH / DC-CP / Cr-2R-7A-1S-2E-1T-2Q / LS-BL / S:-3Rm-8U

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