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======{{PRel|The First Land Herald|THE FIRST LAND HERALD}}======<br>
{{PRel|Geva|GEVA}} DEAD! {{PRel|Zoluren|ZOLUREN}} TO BATTLE {{PRel|Elpalzi|ELPALZI}}!<br>
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423/5/13.<br>
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Zoluren reels with triumph!  The witch is dead!  GEVA, Lieutenant of the Elpalzi has fallen, HER SOUL CONSUMED BY THE DEMON {{PRel|Maelshyve|MAELSHYVE}}!  Rejoice, citizens!<br>
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Her downfall began on Truffandu, the 13th day of Uthmor in this year 423.  She was heard on the public gwethdesuan network taunting the people of Zoluren.  Self-described Weasel Professor [[Nakori]] warned me, "Do not think any thoughts to people about anything!  [[Geva]] can hear all the thoughts and she will come snip your hair and make a doll and torture you!"  [[Perune]] confirmed that [[Geva]] "used [a doll] on [[Qiyan]] and a number of others.  It allowed her to probe their minds, [[Geva]] claimed, and also almost kill them."  [[Nakori]] continued, "[[Geva]] snipped my fur and made a doll of me and tried to torture me, but I was strong and she wasn't very good at making it hurt for a long time, so I didn't tell her anything that I didn't know I knew."<br>
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[[Geva]] spoke openly of stealing into guilds and plaza shops, doing gods-know-what foul work, mocking our province  and its people as she did so.  Her timely end came about due to the quick thinking of well-known Zoluren pair, [[Kaelie]] and [[Mazrian]].  According to [[Mazrian]], [[Kaelie]] spotted the Elpalzi witch at the Crossing Empath guild, and he set up ambush just outside.  [[Kaelie]] then enlisted the help of {{PRel|Constanze}} to oust [[Geva]] from the guild with Empathic magics.  [[Mazrian]] made his move and [[Geva]] went down!  Even those of us distant from the event sensed then that her soul was taken, not to the [[Starry Road (plane)|Starry Road]] or even the Red Spiral, but into the bowels of that most evil of demons, [[Maelshyve]].<br>
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HOWEVER, do not rest, Zoluren.  {{PRel|Alret}} yet lives, and he commands the Elpalzi stronghold, which still teems with our enemies.  But in heartening news, the Zoluren Council is finally ready to act.  SOON WE STORM {{PRel|Sorrow's Reach|SORROW'S KEEP}}!<br>
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One andu ago, [[Perune]] called a Town Hall meeting to share the news brought to him by Lord {{PRel|Grigoire}}: Zoluren will march against the Elpalzi.  We have finally discovered a way to breach their stronghold and will take the attack to them.  Our most seasoned warriors are asked to join the front lines, breaking into Sorrow's Keep itself to purge it.  All others are asked to join together in an undisclosed location and perform a ritual to aid in in the battle in an undisclosed way.  To those who would storm the castle, [[Perune]] warned NOT TO TOUCH anything inside, for fear of demonic influence.  To those participating in the ritual, be prepared to use your magical attunement, should you have any — though all will be needed.  Keep an ear to the gweth in the coming days for further announcements from the Zoluren military.<br>
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It is important to note at this point that not all Elpalzi are against Zoluren.  Councilor [[Aislynn]] of the Order of the Apostles spoke to me of her experience with just one such Elpalzi.  About 12 andu ago, she and Fariden encountered an Elpalzi woman, {{PRel|Kenla}}, on the Northern Trade Route.  [[Kenla]] revealed that many Elpalzi were forced to fight under threat of death to themselves and their families, confessing that her four daughters were made to fight that day, all of whom were slain by Zoluren fighters.  [[Aislynn]] said of it, "The sadness of a mother grieving for the loss of all of her children on the same day is... not something one can mistake."  [[Kenla]] went on to tell that [[Geva]] has some means of sensing insurrection or disloyalty and expected her time would not be long.  At the end of the conversation, [[Kenla]] was "torn apart by green fire," and her spirit was felt to walk the Starry Road.<br>
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[[Aislynn]] further told me that, through the work of Lady {{PRel|Lilena}}, Zoluren was able to obtain the key to Sorrow's Keep, whose magical wards have for so long kept us from attacking the Elpalzi directly.  One friendly Elpalzi snuck into Commander Alret's war room and stole the key from him, delivering it unto us.  And so, thanks to an Elpalzi, we shall finally be able to put an end to this conflict.  [[Aislynn]] said that she believed that diplomacy, trust, and the desire to save the Elpalzi as a race were instrumental in us obtaining the key.<br>
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Today we remember the following fallen Elpalzi as brave friends and heroes to the province of Zoluren: {{PRel|Kenla}}, {{PRel|Esthen}}, {{PRel|Orles}}, {{PRel|Parthe}}, {{PRel|Conlet}}, and {{PRel|Ertusn}}.<br>
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Now, Zoluren, prepare yourselves for battle!<br>
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[[Navesi]] Daerthon<br>
Editor in Chief, the First Land Herald
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