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King: His Imperial and Royal Majesty, Charles Cerebella
Crown Prince: His Imperial Highness, Sir Christopher Bishop
Princess: Her Royal Highness, Dame MagentaFairy
Prince: His Royal Highness, Joshua IX
Arch-Mage: His Highly Learned Magnificence, Sir Seven Deaths
Knight Foreign: His Scheming Excellency, Sir Cassius Cerebella
Knight of War and Lord High Constable: The Warbringer, Dame MagentaFairy
Chief Knight: Sir Feniris
Knight Interior: Sir Erebos Janmaren
Knight Cultural: Dame Elizabeth Cerebella
Chief Bard: Sir Detritus Saxton

 

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"You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog."

- Harry S. Truman

 

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The valiant Sir Feniris in his finest armor

 


To the surprise of some, it was recently election time in Albion again! With the previous terms of service flying by, it was suddenly time again for citizens to descend upon the voting booths and express themselves through democracy. The excitement of the citizens was matched only by the sullen apathy of the bureaucrats charged with counting their votes. The election for the Lower Council was hotly contested, with citizens both old and new standing for seats, including some returning older citizens. After some campaigning and generic speeches, the race itself was a close result, with Aaron Cerebella, Barrios, de Lorean, Elizabeth Cerebella and Sebastien Cerebella Minier being elected to the Lower Council. Many of these Councillors have served previously, resulting in a small but highly experienced Council for this coming term. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen events in real life, barrios was soon forced to resign his position, citing an inability to meet his responsibilities and not wishing to let the region down. As such, a by-election was held to fill the now empty seat, which was won rather decisively by Celeste Holland, despite her rather ambiguous self nomination. De Lorean was elected speaker by unanimous vote, and selected Elizabeth as her deputy speaker.

 

Around the same time, it was time for a Chief Knight election, for the citizens to select one of their own to lead the civilian government and manage domestic affairs. Sir Feniris, the incumbent Chief Knight, chose to stand for a second term. Securing the confidence of the populace with an inspiring speech, Feniris decisively won the subsequent election, securing over 80% of the 26 votes vast in the election. Releasing another statement, thanking the region for entrusting him again with the office, he outlined his plans and promised another active and successful term.

 

Day to day affairs in the Council Chambers of Albion have seen threatened impeachments of members for failing to actively contribute to discussion, various arguments over the meaning of individual words, and an ongoing discussion about the concept of honorary citizenship. In this area the debate centers around whether the Council itself should have the ability to review and recommend such a reward, or whether matters of citizenship and regional honors should remain under the prerogative of the Crown. Recently the previous controversy surrounding the presence of the Crown Prince on the Grand Council has also been solved, with the conclusion being that he is indeed a full member, bringing a long running issue to a close.

 


 
"We make war that we may live in peace."
- Aristotle
 


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What the Royal Albion Legion might look like in battle, if defenders ever attempted to stop us

 


In external affairs, the Royal Albion Legion has for the last month been engaged abroad as part of its commitment to the United Imperial Armed Forces, occupying the Founderless Regions Alliance member region of Slavia. Since then, UIAF forces have successfully held the region with little to no resistance from defenders. The invasion of Slavia marks the continuation of our track record of military success against the FRA, and the current state of the region should serve as a warning to those who would consider joining such a corrupt alliance in the future. The Founderless Regions Alliance provides no refuge from the UIAF’s military might, and has once again failed to take either the military or the diplomatic steps necessary to guarantee the security of its member-regions. The consequences of this failure have proven most severe for Slavia.

 

Aside from this impressive operation, Albion's military has also participated in a number of operations at update, ranging from simple tagging to assisting in the capture of regions to facilitate invasions by our allies. Our ability to assemble both skilled update forces and large numbers of reinforcements continues to improve, and we hope to be able to provide even more opportunity for our soldiers in the future.

 

On a more diplomatic note, the Round Table and King of Albion have recently ratified the Treaty of Amsterdam. Through this treaty the governments of the regions of the Realm of Albion and the United Kingdom of the Netherlands enter into an alliance in order to cement the relationship between our two regions. We have a certain shared membership base, and our interests in cultural endeavors and external policy align well. It is the hope of Albion that our regions will continue to cooperate well into the future and that we may both grow even stronger with time.

 


 

"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."

- Mark Twain

 

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Sir Seven Deaths has an unexpected rendezvous with a crossbow bolt

 


The highlight of domestic affairs in recent times was the wedding of Princess of Albion, Dame Clarissa MagentaFairy Lucina-Anumia, to Lord Isidor Casimir Somerset. In a romantic ceremony hosted in Fairfax Castle in Albion, by King Charles Cerebella, the pair swore to stand by each other until to the end of their days, and were wished a happy life together by the surrounding crowds. Shortly after the ceremony, the King invited the guests to head to the wedding reception, and saw to it that they were escorted there by armed guards. The gathered guests danced and drank and celebrated, while the court musicians played The Rains Of Castamere and the King looked on. Soon enough it was time for the bedding ceremony, and the King invited the Cerebella family, and everyone else he particularly liked, to escort Fairy and Isidor from the room. With the happy couple safely away, the doors were locked, and the musicians replaced their violins with crossbows. The King drank his wine and watched on with with apathy as the Vinage family was slaughtered before his eyes, a sacrifice to a stronger united land, and to sacrament the Royal wedding in the blood of enemies. 

 

The Vinage House has long been heralded as a shining star in an otherwise bleak starscape populated with small Houses that have less NS usefulness than the recruitment TGs we send everyday. On the first of February in the year of our Lord Cere Two Thousand and Fourteen, two brothers of the Vinage name, Detritus and Seven Deaths attended the wedding of MagentaFairy and Isidor C. Somerset. At the reception afterwards, as the bride and groom were carried from the hall for the traditional bedding ceremony. It was then that His Majesty the King, Charles Cerebella, revealed his true colors. In a stunning display of bravado and as a sacrifice to the Gods on his Princess’ wedding day, he brutally murdered the two brothers. These brothers fought valiantly, standing side by side in their final moments as crossbow bolts peppered their bodies. The people of Albion thought them dead and rejoiced, but this was not a day of rejoicing. This was a day of rebirth for the brothers and as they rose from the ashes, they cast aside the shackles of the Vinage name. Reborn as Saxton, the two split from both the other branch of the Vinage family and the Grey-Anumias. Even today, the two thrive amongst the people of Albion born anew. They are Saxton and they are here to stay.

 


 

"Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why."

- Henry Van Dyke

 

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Captain Tobias Edward Steve III of Purrcules Dovakitty, the Slayer of Dragons, Lord of the Scratching Forest, Knight of the Red Dot

 


Regarding less murderous events for a moment, the role play community in Albion continues strong. A few new role plays have started up, namely the "Place in the Sun", which sees players creating and managing an imperial power at the turn of the century. A scramble for strategic and valuable colonies is already gearing up, and we are likely to see some aggressive expansion rather soon. Daubney Company Contracting offers a different kind of role play, set in the distant future, for those who want to create a space age character and whiz around in a starship. Recently an effort has also been undertaken to revive the old "Founding of Albion" role play, which due to various issues had fallen into disuse. With new families and a reorganized map, the new founding is already seeing interest and should prove even more successful than the last. You might say we've refounded the founding, so to speak.

 

In January, our city of Silverpine with the help of the Round Table hosted a writing competition whose name was as long as the winning story. Each participating member wrote the tale of Captain Tobias…The Adventures of Captain Tobias Edward Steve III of Purrcules Dovakitty, the Slayer of Dragons, Lord of the Scratching Forest, Knight of the Red Dot…a kitty with a sword and shield. Several members of Albion stepped up in writing their versions of the tale including demons and wizards, feline love interests, alcoholism and even a bear samurai. In the end Sir Seven Deaths won with his tale titled “Born In Blood.” All the stories will be archived in the Silverpine part of our forums so everyone can go back and read the adventures of their newest mascot.


 

 

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The following may or may not be true, which is true is for you to decide 

 


- Cupcake Cannons Cause Chaos and Calamity on the Royal Message Boards!

 

For a period of about a week several million citizens of Albion went into diabetic shock when a bakery war was started. Sir Feniris struck first firing his cupcake cannon at passersby. His muffin mayhem was soon followed by our king Charles Cerebella who was pelting pirates with parfait and socking sailors with sugary sprinkles. Things were kept mostly civil until Sir Detritus Saxton decided to unleash his ultimate weapon of mass confection, the Orbital Bakery Cannon. After a few vicious attacks frosting the landscape, diabetes and obesity rates in Albion skyrocketed. Wild beasts were too fat to hunt, and many residents of the region had to eat their way out of their pastry prisons. Things have returned to normal fairly quickly afterwards, with most of the sugar and frosting cleaned up, however some of the more remote areas of Albion still look like the box from the old game “Candyland”.

 

- Erebos Reaver, The Cit Reaper

 

In other news, Erebos has been unofficially and quite scandalously dubbed the Cit Reaper. His murderous cackles could be heard across the whole of Albion as citizens who no longer were active were removed from their City-States. They now dwell in the slums of Bowerstone until they return. The Archduchess can only hope that they will see sense and join Shalefields. The Round Table decided to adhere to the newly made purger's to avoid becoming the Semi-Circular table and went along with this ploy. 

#SuchPurge #SoCityReaper #MuchReaver

 

- The 5-minute Wedding

 

After the minor confusion of whether his love interest was in Seven Deaths or Ms. De Lorean, Detritus Saxton and Corinne got married in a record 5 minute ceremony. It was officiated by their forcibly adopted son Cassius on the Albion Skype Chat. Too bad there weren't more people to fire the cannons of love and hit innocent bystanders. The blubbering witnesses include Fuzzy the Owl Who didn't give a Hoot, Feniris the Lone Wolf Howler and Riket: Fox Fully Functioning. With a beautiful and heartwarming "Meh, sure." and "I guess so", the couple mauled it out.

Albion wished the newlyweds a wonderful honeymoon. Corinne, you can now legally access your husband’s bank account. Det, get ready.

 

- Brightwall's Badger branded Benjamin.

 

His name isn't really Benjamin, but the alliteration was of vital importance. In the daring act of kicking Silverpine in the buttocks (see, important alliteration), Brightwall stole the most befitting animal to represent the City-State. Many citizens shook their head, why didn't Silverpine claim the glorious Badger as their animal before Brightwall? Does not everyone want to share the animal as the best Harry Potter house? In the words of Brightwall; "Badger, badger, badger, badger. Mushroom, mushroom."

 

 

Thanks for reading!

 

"Omg. Those articles are eggseelant. U musht haf gud writars." - MagentaFairy

 

"They need rewarded! They are eggstremely eggsellent writers." - Erebos Janmaren

 


Always yours,
Albion.

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Could also mention that I only selected the nation name "Westwind" because "Albion" was already taken.

 

And I attempted to write a book once, called "Alexander of Albion" (180 pages).

 

Westwind was originally lead by Emperor Alexander.  The RP "Tragedy in Westwind" on the Equilism forum was partially based on the book.

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King: His Imperial and Royal Majesty, Charles Cerebella
Crown Prince: His Imperial Highness, Sir Christopher Bishop
Princess: Her Royal Highness, Dame MagentaFairy
Prince: His Royal Highness, Joshua IX

Chief Knight: Sir Erebos Janmaren
Arch-Mage: His Highly Learned Magnificence, Sir Seven Deaths
Knight of War and Lord High Constable: The Warbringer, Dame MagentaFairy
Knight Foreign: His Scheming Excellency, Lord Cassius Cerebella
Knight Interior: Aynia de Antovign
Knight Cultural: Fleur de Mal
Chief Bard: Seth Redfield

 

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"Is it better to be feared or respected? I say, is it too much to ask for both?"
- Robert Downey, Jr.
 
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Sir Erebos Janmaren accepts the position of Chief Knight.

 

It was time once again for elections for the position of Chief Knight, the head of Albion's civilian government. With four candidates standing, the election was to prove quite competitive, with citizens old and new stepping up to serve the region. In a very close race, Sir Erebos Janmaren successfully won the position with 11 votes, barely ahead his closest competitor, Otto av Riket on 10 votes. The elections saw a total of 26 valid votes, an impressive turn out considering the amount of citizens on leave at the time. Both Sir Erebos and Riket are excellent contributors to the community, and either would have made a good Chief Knight, as was made clear by worrying close the final result was. Nonetheless, congratulations to Sir Erebos, and we wish him all the luck for his coming term of service. Sir Erebos stood on a campaign with celebrated the already impressive growth of the region, and promised to work on programs to better integrate new citizens into the community. He also plans to encourage increased academic activity in the regional university, among other cultural initiatives.
 
In a somewhat less dramatic election, candidates also stood for the positions on our Lower Council, Albion's lower legislative house. With less citizens choosing to stand than in previous terms, this council was limited to five available seats. After an election commented on for its distinct lack of campaign threads, Aaron Cerebella Frost, Ankruna, Cassius Cerebella, de Lorean and Detritus Saxton were elected to the council. Albion then celebrated the conclusion of this election in a traditional manner, by threadjacking the voting thread and taking it to a place that no self respecting thread should ever reach. In an interesting turn, the new council defied the lack of enthusiasm with which it was elected by suddenly diving into activity, approving a number of minor legal amendments to existing laws. The council then engaged in a long and somewhat heated vote concerning the exact role of the council itself, arguments centering around a clause which gave the council a right to impeach the Chief Knight. Reaching an impasse of sorts, this matter has yet to be settled.
 
 
"To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy."
- Will Durant
 
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Dem elephants. The sunset is also impressive I guess.
 
In some glorious diplomatic news, Albion is pleased to announce that the The Mediterranean Accord has been ratified by both Albion and Osiris. This treaty is a historic arrangement that existed back in the days of the Kemetic Republic, but due to various events was delayed and eventually a new treaty was required to reflect the new Osiris. Albion was proud to stand by Osiris all throughout its period of unrest, and it was our honour to help their region become the stable community that it is today. We also look forward to future relations, both cultural and military, in the coming days and future.
 
Albion also remains active on the battlefield, engaging in numerous training exercises, ranging from various maneuvering exercises to tags on founderless regions. We were also pleased to have participated in recent operations to remove invading forces from the roleplayer region of Anzia, as part of our efforts to preserve the Green-Black Concordat. At present time, the Royal Albion Legion is deployed in the region Scotland, as part of our commitment to the United Imperial Armed Forces, who are running a joint operation with The North Pacific. The operation was planned out by cooperative effort between Albion's officers, and officials from The North Pacific, and we are very pleased to see this come to fruition. Hopefully this is a demonstration of future cooperation between these two fine regions.
 
 
"Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts."
- Jim Morrison
 
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Arch-Mage Sir Seven Deaths gets his serious posting mode on.
 
Day after day, month after month, Albion continues to shatter records leaving other UCRs in the dust. The speed with which we’ve attained our forum post count and activity has left many others feeling a strange mixture of envy, hatred and pride. So when we entered March with many of our top posters detained on things such as University, vacation in other countries, etc our post count wasn’t looking so hot. When the Arch-Mage returned from his jaunt on the other side of the world, he set out to change that. Challenging the forum to surpass certain post count levels with the incentive to be able to change his avatar and name...for an entire month. As of the 29th of March, the challenge was shattered with Albion surpassing over 10,800 posts and continuing to rise. Submissions so far have been hideous with avatar suggestions such as Miley Cyrus and Matt Smith and names such as “I <3 Miley” and “I am Matt Smith”. Only time will tell if Arch-Mage Seven Deaths intends to hide himself in shame for the next month.
 
The Albion Winter Olympics have been another successful event, running for the last month or so, and have seen consistent activity. The olympics have featured hockey, bobsledding, figure skating, as well as a host of other activities to celebrate the winter spirit. The event was started by late Chief Knight, Sir Feniris, who has indicated a wish to see his competition through even after his term, to the delight of those involved.
 
It was early on the first of April, when the government of Albion devised a truly diabolical plan to bring a touch of exciting chaos to the citizenry. People all across Albion awoke to find their once benevolent King, Charles Cerebella, had been replaced by the Queen of Hearts! In a completely unsurprising move, she ordered the execution of vast amounts of the populace! Some sought out the Arch-Mage for protection, only to find that in his place stood instead the Mad Hatter himself, who was obviously far too busy doing things to help, because reasons. Hilarity ensued as the admin team descended upon the administrative controls of the forum, altering the masking of many citizens to reflect the wonderful world of Alice. Some were less amused than others, some were outright confused, but all are now thankful that everything is back as it should be.
 
 
"Who needs sports stardom when you can shoot fireballs from your fingertips?"
- Ethan Gilsdorf
 
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Albion: Bringing you dramatic fantasy landscape pictures since not all that long ago.
 
Time once more for our expected update on our numerous roleplays. A few new ones have popped up since our last update and of course, there’s always something of interest in Albion for everyone. In Olympus Resort, things have stayed par for the course. The fifth Quest in this roleplay is nearing its completion, with a mission given by Ares himself, the God of War, to stop a villain from capturing Pandora's box, and unleashing a new evil upon the world. Behind the scenes, much more sinister things are in the works. What could they be? Join and find out.
 
Chaos Knights is currently in the second round of our Guild Tournament. In this system, the two combatants make as many posts as they can in five days and then a poll is posted. Voters are encouraged to vote based on how well each player role played the fight. The tournament is setting some of the best warriors of the guild against each other, to determine who is truly our strongest hero. At the same time, a number of guild members are quickly proving themselves by completely quests and earning greater fame across the lands of Noviom.
 
One of our three new roleplays is called Daubney Company Contracting. A space based RP centered around a private contracting firm where players can create characters using one of several races all original content created by the main GM, Sir Erebos. At present, our rag tag team of mercenaries are aboard a large transport ship, providing security in the expectation that the ship will be attacked. Things very rarely go to plan however, and we can expect a few wrenches thrown before the end of this mission.
 
Another new one is called A Place in the Sun and is one of the more successful Nation RPs Albion has had. A early 20th century themed RP built around diplomacy and expansion. Some factions have secured territory on trading routes with an eye to becoming an economic power, while others focus on building up their military strength. Lastly, a Galactic Republic stands as the absolute newest RP. It’s another nation RP set in the vastness of space. Not much is known about exactly how this RP will play out, though it has been designed with the scope of a hybrid, allowing both nations and individual characters to be created in the expansive universe. Why don’t you come join and find out?
 
 
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The following may or may not be true, which is true is for you to decide 
 
-Siblings in Skulduggery
 
The men and women of the City-States of Brightwall and Silverpine took to the streets as pandemonium ensued, brought on by the antics of Silverpine. The citizens of the supposedly learned Silverpine snuck into Brightwall and commenced with pranking the unprepared citizens. It was not long, however before Brightwall retaliated with antics of their own. When will the madness end? Some hope never. Others wished for an immediate stop, but we ignored them because we like the pranking better.
 
-The Chief Knight's New Armor
 
Sir Erebos Janmaren, after taking his position as Chief Knight, commissioned a local blacksmith for armor befitting his station. Several days later, the smith arrives with what appears to be empty hands. But he quickly explains to the Chief Knight that the armor was invisible and lighter than a feather. Sir Erebos was astounded by this, and demanded to try it on immediately. The Chief Knight then disrobed, causing nothing short of chortles from his Round Table, and even one or two from the king himself. Sir Erebos was beside himself when he found what the blacksmith said to be true: the armor was entirely see-through, and was so light that he could not even feel its weight. The Chief Knight was seen later that same day showing off his new armor to the citizens of the kingdom. Is the Chief Knight really wearing armor, or has he been swindled out of his gold? Doesn't seem to really matter; he looks quite pleased with it, so why don't we just let him enjoy it while it lasts.
 
-Tragedy At The Circus
 
The Great Flydini, the human cannonball for the Shrekman Family Circus, is known for being rather eccentric. He owns a mule, which he brings with him to every show. But tragedy struck today when the donkey climbed into the cannon right as Flydini took off. No one was seriously injured but the mule. However, it did take doctors three hours to remove Flydini's head from his ass. The Great Flydini announced his retirement following the recent accident. When the circus owner was asked if he is going to replace the Great Flydini, he replied, "No: it's hard to find a man of that caliber." This story had absolutely nothing to do with Albion.
 
-A Reign of Terror
 
With Erebos, Cit Reaper as Chief Knight, it was only a matter of time before his Cabinet followed in his bloody footsteps. A recent bout of forum cleansing has left many inactive stalls and roleplays in ruin. How long will this horror continue? We can only hope that eventually these Knights of Doom will run out of things to destroy. The only advice we can give is this: Stay Active, Albion.
 
-The RMB is a strange place
 
Something weird also happened on the Albion Regional Message Board, though for the life of me I can't seem to remember what it was. I suspect it had something to do with someone stealing the pants of Markus Angelus, also known as Vandelstein. Yep.
 
 
Thanks for reading!
 
Always yours,
Albion.

 

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King: His Imperial and Royal Majesty, Charles Cerebella
Crown Prince: His Imperial Highness, Sir Christopher Bishop
Princess: Her Royal Highness, Dame MagentaFairy
Prince: His Royal Highness, Sir Joshua IX

Chief Knight: Dame Pandora
Arch-Mage: His Highly Learned Magnificence, Lord Seven Deaths
Knight of War and Lord High Constable: The Warbringer, Dame MagentaFairy
Knight Foreign: His Scheming Excellency, Lord Cassius Cerebella
Knight Interior: Sir Fuzzy Vinage
Knight Cultural: Sir Detritus Saxton
Chief Bard: Sir Diutiskland


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One Year and Still Going Strong

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Fireworks over Fairfax

This month Albion celebrated its first anniversary as a region, with a highly successful festival to commend the fact that we've somehow continuously existed for over twelve months! Planned in secret and executed with surprise fireworks by Chief Knight Sir Erebos and his Knights, the festival attracted great activity from the citizens, amassing over 2,500 posts in the couple of weeks it was open. With this the festival contributed significantly to our monthly post count, helping propel the region to its third most active month in our no longer all that short history! Activities included a general melee, where participants could smack each other with large sticks repeatedly for the amusement of the crowd, and a noble joust, which was apparently won by Robin Shepard while I was passed out in the tavern. Also present were the infamous spam threads which reared their ugly head, breaking out of their usual confinements in the Cow & Corset Tavern to cause all sorts of debauchery throughout the festival. For more refined tastes, a Battle of the Bards of was held to test out the poetic mettle of our citizens, which was won by Lord Feniris with his masterpiece, "The Hero of the Boards". Private market stands were opened for the event, and included a satirical story service coined by Lord Seven Deaths, as well the return of the most glorious Cake Stall, giving out Sir Fuzzy's homemade and totally not vomit infested foodstuffs. An "Everyone's-a-mod!" forum caused all sorts of untold mischief, and the event was capped off with a lovely ball hosted in the gardens of FAIRFAX CASTLE, DAME AYNIA. There is no "Bowerstone castle"! *flails*

*Coughs* Ahem. Yes. Anyway, the fun of the festival was accompanied by some intermittent bursts of more serious, and at moments rather emotional, speeches at the podium. There were semi-official speeches, celebrating the successes of the region so far, and reflecting warmly back to its original founding with the month of chaos and excitement that followed. There were also speeches from citizens themselves, both old and new, active and inactive, who wished to share their thoughts on exactly what the region meant to them. Some stories were comedic, others simply interesting, and a few brought a tear even to eyes of the battle hardened soldiers of the Royal Albion Legion. The moment was ripe for a group hug of epic proportions, but in an exceedingly inconvenient moment of reality, we remembered that most of us unfortunately lived on opposite sides of the world. Thanks to everyone who helped make Albion the community it is today, and thank you to everyone who has been there for us over the past year! The rum is on the house, courtesy of the King! And no, he did not agree to that. I accept no responsibilities should readers find themselves disemboweled by a Royal Guard while attempting to access the King's personal liquor supplies.


Democracy, Democracy Everywhere!

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Dame Pandora celebrates her most glorious victory

In election news, to the surprise of nobody at all, there have been yet more elections! Yes, Albion is a democratic region, try not to look so surprised. Standing for Chief Knight this term was Dame Pandora, who stood against the incumbent candidate Sir Erebos Janmaren. Also standing was Crown Prince, Sir Christopher Bishop, who surprised all and accepted a nomination to run. His campaign promise was that if elected, he would immediately resign and thus prompt yet another election. To the surprise of Bishop himself, this did not prevent him from accumulating some votes anyway, though the voters were sensible enough to ensure he did not quite win. Whether or not this was a good thing of course depends on how trollish one is feeling. The winner of the race was Dame Pandora, who stood on a comparably more sensible platform. One of the highlights was an intent to increase media in the region by reviving The Trusty Messenger, the regional government issue but sort of independent nonetheless newspaper, which will hopefully result in lots of words and stuff for people to read and/or not read. Dame Pandora managed to convince 51.9% of the voters to lend her their support, probably through some kind of sinister witchcraft that we have yet to identify. A grand total of 28 votes were cast in this action-packed election saga.

Shortly before the Chief Knight elections we also held the routine race for the Lower Council. To the utter shock of some observers, many of the candidates actually created campaign threads this term, which was a significantly more promising start than for the last. Elected this term were Dame Pandora, Captain General Shepard, Nakon Ank Ankrunides, Damien Lancaster, Sebastien Cerebella Minier, Jack, and Robin Shepard. Almost immediately upon election the group unanimously chose Dame Pandora as their Speaker, and got down and dirty with some legislative proposals, of which every single one was rejected by the new Speaker as being totally unnecessary. Not discouraged, this group of largely new Councillors is continuing to work diligently and is hopefully indicative of a bright legal future for the region.


Activity Is What We Do

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Urgh... Gotta call the insurance company... AGAIN...

Albion's Town Square, the go to place for more sensible out of character discussions and meaningless banter alike, saw an explosion (metaphorical) of activity this month. A record number of topics were starting, plunging the region into the darkest depths of intelligent discussion of actual news events and stories from around the world. These were brought to life primarily by Dame Liora Schiff-Garion, who has been at the forefront of efforts to provide good topics for people to talk about in the Square. This helped balance out with the flourishing role play activity, and usual shenanigans in the spam taverns. Debates included a discussion surrounding American interventionism, and concerns surrounding the ramifications of the annexation of Crimea. Which was and still is thoroughly illegal! :(

The city state of Silverpine experienced something of a dance dance revolution this month, when Lord Cassius suddenly and without warning enacted the reforms that he had promised to allow over a month ago. The shocked and concerned citizens expressed a curious mixture of relief that something was finally happening and dread because they no longer remembered what they had agreed to. Nonetheless the changes to the constitution saw a burst of activity as members joined the new ruling council of the city. In one of the first points of order of this new council, Seth Redfield had the audacity to post a dancing gif in an official thread. Lord Cassius responded in the only way one could; by challenging him to an immediate dance off. What resulted was a series of dance gif wars that plunged the city in the chaos of perfectly looped frames, before Lord Cassius decided to be oddly sensible and remove the nonsense from the official threads to the public area of the forums. Here it has turned into a dance lesson thread of sorts.

Anarchy was also unleashed briefly when a number of Albion members decided to change their names to a series of random letters for no particular reason at all. The nonsense escalated to the point where many members managed to take the names of other members, resulting in an immensely confusing situation. The King, suffice to say, was less than amused. The menace of the naming nonsense struck again less than a week later, when the same group of devious citizens conspired to change their names to a variation of that of the Arch-Mage, Lord Seven Deaths. Variants included names ranging from One Deaths to Ten Deaths, with many citizens being roped into the plot to assimilate Albion to the Deaths cause. Eventually normality (which is a difficult word to quantify in Albion) returned, but many still bear the scars and memories of these days. So many Deaths, so little time.

A new cultural initiative of debatable majesty was also launched this month in the form of the official-ish Albion Minecraft server! Gratiously hosted at the pleasure of Lord Seven Deaths, the server allows all citizens to join and wander around in the world of Albion, creating a home in Bowerstone or getting blown up by a creeper as they scavenge in the wilds. Seven Deaths only demand for the privilege of being dismembered by a zombie was that everyone build ridiculously elaborate temples in his honor. Fortunately, the ever noble and just King of Albion Charles Cerebella stood against the madness of this heresy, and instead drove people like slaves to help him build Bowerstone, while he spent his time attempting to murder Dame MagentaFairy in increasingly creative ways. Highlights so far in our adventures include:
~ Watching with amusement as Robin got killed by a nasty witch when I could have easily saved his life at any point.
~ The great siege of Bowerstone, where an oddly large number of horrid things assaulted the capital and attempted to murder all the almost innocent residents. They were beaten back, but only after an Enderman tore a piece out of the wall of Lord Cassius' tower and attempted to beat him to death with it.
~ Filling Dame MagentaFairy's house with a thoroughly ridiculous amount of anvils, to her great distress.
~ Lord Seven Deaths and Sir Detritus spending two days sailing through the ocean only to realise they had been going in the complete wrong direction the entire time.


External Awesomeness

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Royal Albion Legion attack birds decimate the opposition

In external affairs, The North Pacific and Albion Security Treaty has recently been signed into law in Albion. This treaty is the result of negotiations between us and TNP about how we might cement our already warm relationship, and is the culmination of the recent cooperation enjoyed by our regions in both military affairs and otherwise. We have hopes that this not only confirms our past and ongoing friendship, but is indicative of a stronger relationship in the future between two excellent regions.

The University of Albion and The Imperial University of The New Inquisition are hosting a joint essay competition, to honor the close partnership of the two regions, and to celebrate academic achievement in our universities. No doubt this competition will produce many interesting works, and perhaps establish a tradition for such competitions for the future. The topics for discussion are as following:
~ "I think therefore I am". How accurate is this statement?
~ "It is society which, fashioning us in its image, fills us with religious, political, and moral beliefs that control our actions." Discuss.
~ To what extent can the Golden Rule, "do unto others as you would have done unto yourself", that is found in religious traditions around the world be considered a universal moral principle? Is religion necessary for the formulation of this idea?
~"Growing inequality in the world makes revolution inevitable." Discuss.

In military affairs, the Royal Albion Legion has been as active as ever. Recent we have deployed as part of the United Imperial Armed Forces to liberate the region of Liberal Haven from the Nazi menace that occupied it. This operation was demonstrative of our willingness as a region to oppose the forces of hate on the battlefield, and together with our allies we successfully drove them back into the pit they crawled out of. This was an excellent operation and we are happy we were able to participate.

Most recently we have also deployed into the Alteran Empire, adding to the long list of military accomplishments are soldiers have been able to contribute to.


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Ever wonder why you never see any of us in the Albion IRC channel? That's because Albion subscribes to the Skype Master Race.

The header on this release was actually designed by Milograd on a whim one day. The more you know.

Cthulhu is now buying souls at half price! Cash in while the deal is hot.

Albion recently hosted two marriages, and remarkably neither ended in bloodshed. Dull affairs, really.

Praise be unto Anvil! God of all creation.

I think we've spent too much time playing minecraft lately...

Apparently Invision Free despises gifs, so this is the lesser version of the update that you are currently reading.




May the Anvil be with you

Always yours,
Albion.

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King: His Imperial and Royal Majesty, Charles Cerebella

Crown Prince: His Imperial Highness, Sir Christopher Bishop

Princess: Her Royal Highness, Dame MagentaFairy

Prince: His Royal Highness, Sir Joshua IX

Chief Knight: Sir Fox

Arch-Mage: His Highly Learned Magnificence, Lord Seven Deaths

Knight of War and Lady High Constable: The Warbringer, Dame MagentaFairy

Knight Foreign: His Scheming Excellency, Lord Cassius Cerebella

Knight Interior: Dame Aynia de Antovign

Knight Cultural: Seth Saxton

Chief Bard: Aedan O'Feargail

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Round Table Gets Foxy

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The Fox guilt trips people into voting for him

The hustings, our local vote casting and political blathering arena, saw a burst of activity as it was once again election season in Albion. For Chief Knight, the head of Albion's domestic government, there was actually only one candidate who stepped forward! The Fox, formerly known as Mister Riket, self nominated himself early on, and subsequently received so much support from all across Albion that nobody dared stand against him. This writer suspects the lack of competition was not due to a lack of interest in the role, as it is usually hotly contested, but rather that everyone knew standing against the might of the Panzer Fox would only result in a crushing defeat! At the conclusion of the oddly long nomination period, Sir Fox was admitted to the office of Chief Knight without contest or protest. We look forward to seeing what brilliant feats of stuff and things he will accomplish in the term that awaits him.

The Lower Council also endured a barrage of recent electoral activity. In a vicious battle for votes, where the aspiring candidates sought to rally voters to their cause with largely uninspired campaigns, we saw a new council of five which included a surprising amount of completely new legislators. These victors were Nakon Ank Arnulf, Seth Redfield, Killian Saxton, Sir Odin Pendragon, and Zack Shepard. We are looking forward to seeing what this council can accomplish with their term. Considering almost every single reform proposal their recent predecessors had made was rejected by the Grand Council, they certainly have their work cut out for them. At the moment, discussion revolves around the idea of allowing the King to grant honorary citizenship to members, a proposal suggested by former Chief Knight Pandora.

We're also pleased to announce that we have a new World Assembly Delegate. Nakon Ank Arnulf has replaced the long standing Markus Angelus, better known as Vandelstein, after the latter announced he no longer had enough time to continue in the position.

Not One Step Back!

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The walls of Nazi Europe fall

The Royal Albion Military remains ever active across the wet and wild battlefields of NationStates, pillaging helpless regions of their muffins and gallantly rushing to the aid of our noble allies when we have nothing better to do. Recent times have seen deployments in a number of regions, but most notably in the notorious stronghold of hate known as Nazi Europe. As a part of the United Imperial Armed Forces, Albion soldiers participated in both the initial raid and recapture of the region from RWU forces, fighting alongside a number of other militaries to ensure that this long standing target was finally vanquished. The refound of the region ensured a lasting permanent victory over the forces of fascism, and represents a major victory in the ongoing war against ideologies of hate in NationStates. It also marks a continuation of our cooperation with The North Pacific, and we hope our regions will continue to grow closer together in both military affairs and otherwise. A massive shout out to Evil Wolf for making this happen, after he suddenly realised that he had the password to the region, and actually had possessed it for a significant amount of time! Following this fantastic event, our forces subsequently deployed into the long time role playing region Ixnay, in support of the rampant marauders from The Black Riders. Nothing like a good side of pillaging and looting to finish off the week!

Would You Like Fries With That?

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Some of the food served in the Shalefields Lunch Cantina

This month saw a rather odd burst of activity in the city states of Albion, as certain individuals who shall remain nameless descended upon one of the official information threads for Shalefields. Curiously, their only demand was that they be provided with lunch as they proceeded to occupy the thread. Eventually, the Archduchess gave in to the insidious plot, and the thread was renamed the Shalefields Lunch Cantina. Of course, it then became apparent that we also required a place for Breakfast and Dinner. Brightwall and Silverpine thus suffered similar fates, as the diabolical diners mauled threads across the cities in search of other venues for munching on food.

Albion's crazy yet brilliant minecraft world has undergone something of an upgrade, as we realised that Lord Seven Death's computer was dying a slow and painful death from struggling to host all our nonsense. As such, we've shifted to a more proper server actually capable of providing a stable connection without risk of spontaneous periodic internal explosions. The move also allowed us to activate a number of world mods to allow better management of our ever growing world, including a handy map feature so that we can all see exactly just how far Dame Aynia traveled across the world in her long and arguous journey to the North, where she now lives in total isolation. Viewing the entire world in 3D via the map feature certainly makes it all look rather impressive!

Currently the highlight event in Albion is the Wolfwood tournament. This is essentially a variant of the famous last nation standing competition, where a new region is created, nations moved in, and the lowest ranked by the survey each day is sent packing to TRR. Our unusual twist is that each of these nations represents a character, a champion who is fighting to the death for the honour of their fiefdom in the Albion of Today role play. Which means that when your nation is rejected, your hero dies. The winner each day gets to watch their character brutally slaughter the losers character, in combat posts that will be gloriously composed by our resident Arch-Mage. There can only be one winner, and certain Lords and Knights of the Realm have already started a betting pool. Imagine that, betting money on peoples lives! How very barbaric. I mean, who even uses money, other than peasants? Lords should be betting entire castles. They have enough of them.

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We now have a Cthulhu emote. That's right. Cthulhu. He's in ur posts now. Fear him, etc.

The point is that by now we think we have amassed one of the best emote collections of any NS forum.

Anyway, Sir Detritus Saxton recently declared himself Lord of Limes, based on some convoluted theory that if his brother is the Lord of Time then he should rule over something that rhymes with that. For some reason. Yeah.

Silverpine very nearly declared war on Shalefields after a citizen of the latter city did something mildly insulting somewhere. Sir Fox claimed total credit for almost destroying the fragile unity of the Realm.

Speaking of Sir Fox, shortly after his election he promptly fled the country and celebrated his victory in China. Fortunately he was GPS implanted, and so through a series of smoke signals, telepathic devices, and cell phones, he was able to return to us.

The region is rather excited at the prospect of BACON, the movie. Let's be honest, who wouldn't be? Well, actually, it wouldn't be all that great really, because it would just be one big teaser. You can't exactly eat a movie.

A lot more has happened since the last update, but recording everything that happens in Albion would be a full time job in itself. So here you get but a taster. A delicious appetizer.

The main course is steak. And bacon. Lots of bacon.

#AlbionForever #SevenDeaths #ErebosInfinity #LizLovesLimes

Such activity. Much content. Very update.

Always yours,

Albion.

 

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King: His Imperial and Royal Majesty, Charles Cerebella

Crown Prince: His Imperial Highness, Sir Christopher Bishop

Princess: Her Royal Highness, Dame MagentaFairy

Prince: His Royal Highness, Sir Joshua IX

Chief Knight: Sir Fox

Arch-Mage: His Highly Learned Magnificence, Lord Seven Deaths

Knight of War and Lady High Constable: The Warbringer, Dame MagentaFairy

Knight Foreign: His Scheming Excellency, Lord Cassius Cerebella

Knight Interior: Dame Fleur de Mal

Knight Cultural: Lord Feniris

Chief Bard: Sir Aedan Mac Riket

Chief Recruiter: Olivia Calidan

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The Foxy Conqueror

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Om nom nom noms

In politics, we have yet another new World Assembly Delegate, after the last somewhat abruptly resigned his office. Our new and improved delegate, Freddie, has already taken to his job with remarkable diligence. And all at the minor cost of slightly dubious sanity. The Lower Council has also seen elections, as happen quite often really in Albion. The currently sitting members are Sir Seth Redfield, Olivia, Maxim Cerebella, Quickzand and Tano Holland. Recent discussions by the Council include the prospect of requiring Knights of the Round Table, our executive cabinet, to report directly to the Council on their activities, which has seen arguments both for and against from members of the public with an interest in the outcome. There was also recently something of a mess, when we discovered a large number of amendments had actually not been added into subsequent laws, meaning the Council had effectively accidentally counter amended a large amount of their own changes without noticing. The problem is currently being fixed in the form of one big mega amendment of doom.

In the elections for Chief Knight, incumbent candidate Fox stood for reelection, and seized the position unopposed. Naturally, the usual suspicions and accusations were thrown around about bribery, but these were promptly dismissed by most citizens as completely unfounded while they carefully tucked bundles of cash into their pockets. For this term, Fox has swapped out a few members of his cabinet, bringing in former Chief Knight Lord Feniris to the culture position, and Dame Fleur de Mal to interior. Both have a wealth of experience already in government. Lord Feniris has already unveiled his intention to try some things that are perhaps a little bit different this term, to try and develop the culture of the region even further. Dame Fleur on the other hand is focusing her efforts on rebuilding the Trusty Messenger, the old regional newspaper. The entirely new position of Chief Recruiter has also been implemented, with Olivia Calidan taking on the task of spear heading our recruitment efforts.

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And My Axe!

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Go Go Gadget Generic Fantasy Battle Picture!

Albion has of course maintained its consistent activity in the field, deploying its military forces to multiple battlefields across NationStates. The highlight of activity since our last such update has been the invasion of Canada, a historic and sizeable UCR which, despite its claimed neutrality, sported numerous links to long established defender regions. This was the culmination of long term planning, organised with our fantastic friends and allies from The West Pacific and The Black Hawks. The operation was of course a huge success, and the capture and subsequent occupation of the region represented a considerable accomplishment. Canada was also a great host, as one would expect from the always lovely Canadian people, and we all had a jolly good time before moving on. Sorry for eating all the jelly doughnuts though, eh?

Other deployments included assisting our most noble allies Europeia in Eastern Europe, where we worked alongside Europeian marines to help procure Mila Kunis and deliver her to President Kraketopia's private chambers. Mind you, I hear he's a married man now, so maybe we shouldn't talk too much about what happened next. This charming operation saw the region of Albion deploy over twenty active WA's just by ourselves, which bodes quite well for our growth moving forwards. After Ms Kunis was secured for extraction, we packed up and shipped out to our next destination, The Proletariat Coalition. Here we were joined by forces from across the board, and worked in a joint invasion to capture the region at update, led by everybody's favorite mallmod. TPC is a longstanding defender region, and has been infamous in the past for links to targeted forum destruction. Though they were quite influence entrenched, that certainly didn't stop us from setting up the tents and camping all over their WFE for a few days. Finally, and most recently, we have deployed to The Imperial Legion to assist our friends from the LKE in protecting a former colony from irritation at the hands of crazy vandals.

We're also quite pleased to have ratified the Treaty of the Sabre, a formal military alliance with our long standing military partners, The Black Riders. We look forward to future cooperation with them on the field of battle.

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Cultural Things and Stuff

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This brings back memories.

Albion plunged once again into crazy festival mode, this time with an event specially dedicated to honour the regional military and its success. Spam was had, the usual array of crazy stalls were enjoyed, and Fuzzy continued to amaze all with his unusual talent for acquiring obscure cake requests that taste oddly like vomit. We also stopped and managed to be serious, if only for a moment, to listen to some speeches that addressed how our military worked, and thanked all those who helped make it so great.

We've also recently rebooted our Minecraft server, after it was decided by the community that the old one had gotten too large, and quite frankly far too ridiculous. Whereas the old server was in a completely illogical and unplanned mix of creative and survival, the new one is a bit different. Everyone is permanently in survival, without exception, and we are working together now to create the city of Bowerstone as a group, rather than everybody spreading to all four corners of the world and building crazy temples to anvils. We've already built many cities and established something of a stable economy, while the walls have been started, with varying degrees of quality. Recent highlights include diving into the nether to steal glowstone, screaming when ghasts appear, manipulating creepers into blowing up Bishop's lawn, and laughing as MagentaFairy repeatedly dies to zombies.

While we were apparently distracted by Minecraft, Cupid went on something of a rampage around the region, maliciously impaling people with violent shards of love and causing a chaotic burst of marriages, adoptions, and other weird love triangle things. Events have including weddings for Aynia and Shepard, Kraken and Haley, Fox and Arreis, and a number of impromptu events in the Skype chat, which we're not sure if they actually count or not. There have also been too many adoptions to bother listing, but suffice to say many a joke has been cracked about the Saxton family being now both incredibly large and appropriately incestuous. Congratulations to all the happy couples and other people who had stuff happen! We're offering a ten coin reward for whoever tracks that Cupid down and drags his sorry ass to the dungeon.

You may or may not have noticed that we're actually now broken 200,000 posts on our forums. The majority of it isn't even spam too, instead we're seeing lovely activity across the board, from government to role play to random RL discussions in the Town Square. That's not to say spam is lacking mind you; our Cow & Corset remains just as notorious for completely perverted banter as always. On top of this, we're becoming one of the largest UCR's in Nationstates, not including all the annoying puppet dumps that sit awkwardly in between. If someone could destroy those, that'd be great, thanks.

In fact, there's a way you can participate in our culture right now, assuming that you've bothered to read this far down into the update. Recently Cassius has gone through an odd sort of a phase where he has changed his username on the forums to a series of rather odd things. If you have an idea for a weird username, just post it in response to this update! We'll pick the most creative one, and force Cassius to change his name to it for a week for our own amusement. And yours too, I suppose. Seven Deaths and mcmasterdonia are preemptively banned from participating in this.

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Roleplay News

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Somewhere in Albion probably looks something like this.

Our largest and most successful role play underwent a bit of a metamorphosis, changing names from the old Olympus Resort to the new Gods Among Men. Why? Because we like changing things. Also, the old name kinda sucked, no offence to Elizabeth. The change in name was complete with a change in setting, and delicious new information threads that better reflect how the world we've created has changed over the past year or so. All this came shortly after an important quest, where the old home of our characters was destroyed by a rather evil organisation, intent upon creating horribly powerful abominations with the blood of gods. Naturally, they'd very much like to rule the world, and the heroes, anti heroes, and other assorted odd people have to stop them.

A Galactic Republic is also heating up, with a summit held by Trillium about to take an unexpected turn. An old enemy is returning from the fringes of known space, bent on vengeance. The GR role play is actually a few years old now, and many of its current members have been participants for that long as well, but this would be the first major conflict to occur since it was relocated to the Albion forums, and we look forward to seeing how it plays out.

The city states have also recently started their own small role plays, as a way of integrating and teaching new citizens in a smaller and more friendly environment. In Silverpine, a duel between magisters erupted in the Town Square, with citizens gathering around to watch the Chief Magistrate destroy one of his rivals. The Royal College of Magic has similarly burst into life, throwing off its many many many layers of dust and preparing to open up to citizens of all cities. And in Brightwall, a City Council RP has been born, creating a way for the Citizens to give back to the City State they love through excessive shouting and drinking in a forum setting about the issues we face everyday. Currently on the docket is whether or not the Chief Knight hunts and kills cats inside the walls, leaving to an increase in rats and diseases by association.

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- The titles may have gotten more boring towards the end of this update. What can I say, I'm tired.

- As part of our long standing plan to cause mild annoyance for President Kraken of Europeia, we are secretly deploying Seven Deaths undercover to irritate Europeians with his presence in their region. A truly dastardly plan indeed.

- The above statement is of course a joke. We <3 Europeia. Feel free to keep SD though.

- Apparently there was some sort of war on our RMB recently. Over what, I have absolutely no idea.

- I really hate those obnoxious people who play music on the bus. Like, they're using headphones I think, but it's so loud that we can all hear it anyway. Seriously. It's not even good music. I'm literally getting a headache listening to it.

Always yours,

Albion.

 

It's been a while TWP. How is everyone?

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King: His Imperial and Royal Majesty, Christopher Bishop
Crown Prince: His Imperial Highness, Lord Seven Deaths
Princess: Her Royal Highness, Dame MagentaFairy
Prince: His Royal Highness, Sir Joshua IX

Chief Knight: Lord Seven Deaths
Arch-Mage: His Highly Learned Magnificence, Cassius Cerebella
Knight of War and Lady High Constable: The Warbringer, Dame MagentaFairy
Knight Foreign: Her Scheming Excellency, Dame Olivia
Knight Interior: Moly Calidan
Knight Cultural: Sir Tyrion Cerebella-Saxton
Chief Bard: Tyras Calidan
Chief Recruiter: Sir Enahsian Calidan


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Politicians and diapers have one thing in common... 

They should both be changed regularly.

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Guess what? That’s right! Albion once again saw the (re)cycle of Lower Council elections. This term however, the table seats members who are distinguishably established within our fair realm. Including the regional return of Lords Fenris and Isidor. Sitting with them is Lady Fleur de Mal, Sir Freddie and Miss Junona. Eager to get things underway they began the process (which is still in healthy discussion) of changes to both the World Assembly Delegate Act and the Introduction of a Cultural Visa Act.

The Round Table too, has seen new members as well as former members taking their seats. Lead by the Crown Prince; Seven Deaths himself as Chief Knight. Sitting beside him we see Tyras Calidan as Chief Bard, Moly Calidan as Knight Interior, Sir Tyrion Cerebella-Saxton as Knight Cultural and Sir Enahsian Calidan as Chief Recruiter. (Just in case you missed it on the first page.) With little time to call “dibs” on their chairs, our Round Table was sent off with a list of tasks respective to their Chambers. Including but not limited to; A new Guild for Console and PC Gamers, reorganization of the market place, overhaul of the University, spiffy new telegrams, a new take on the Trusty Messenger and a general census.

Ever the busy bees these political folks. Diligently dedicated to improving and growing Albion for the comfort of her citizens, officials and foreign diplomats. -- Speaking of “diligence,” previous rumours ring true. The Round Table has opened its doors to Squires. Whereby citizens who are apart of The Companions may choose one of several Knightly Virtues to participate under; Liberality (Knight Cultural), Prudence (Knight Interior), Resolution (Knight Foreign), Diligence (Chief Recruiter) and Valour (Chief Bard) so they may be introduced to the workings of The Round Table and thus build a stronger community. Valour seems to be the most popular choice so far. We really do like our Role Play.

 


Golems: 

Pottery in Motion

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The City of Silverpine saw a boom in activity as an improved Royal College of Magic materialized into place creating the first Silverpine role play open to those outside of the city. It is here, where citizens of Albion can participate in adventurous missions to collect mysterious artefacts that have been brought to the College’s attention. Not all artefacts are as simple as going to a destination and picking them up, however. Adventurers may find artefacts of more hostile nature or various creatures and beings who may attempt to sabotage the mission. Those wishing to run their own campaign are welcome to use the Job Request Journal to notify others of their adventure, or otherwise choose to participate in one listed.

Arr! Pirates ye be! Albion’s latest role-play is currently under development. Prepare for sea shanties and battles upon the sea!

As always, both Chaos Knights and Gods Among Men see new characters arrive regularly to keep the stories alive. Furthermore, the team (and players) over at A Galactic Republic continue to dominate space, conquering all the battles they encounter.

 


He stared at his belly button that much... 

he was promoted to navel officer.

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The UIAF juggled new ranks with a statement released by General Christopher Bishop in late January. With this all member regions aim to collaborate more to further our prosperous success.


 

CHRISTOPHER BISHOP: 

Josh Sebastian was the LKE Division Commander for a long time. He shall be taking over the role of Deputy Commander and Josh shall be assisting with planning and executions of long term operations and planning. Josh will be designated as Lt. General as long as he holds this rank. He shall be taking over for MagentaFairy who shall be made Adjutant Commander and given the rank of Brigadier.


I like to also announce that Edward Leben shall be returning to the capacity of Adjutant Commander and as well given the rank of Brigadier.


Recently the UIAF participated in and led victorious military manoeuvres. Most significant is the kick in the butt that we gave to the FRA and UDL for not being able to stop the invasion of Eastern Europe. Again. In less than fourteen hours, forty units had been moved in to endorse the UIAF delegate with the aid of Europeia, The Black Riders and The Black Hawks, with troops from The Communist Bloc also joining the party. The UIAF thanks these regions for their aid in battle, although next time we might want to consider getting bigger ships.

And finally, after some time to sharpen axes and drink too much mead, the troops helped form a shieldwall for The North Pacific (a.k.a. helping the delegate transfer, for anyone who doesn't speak Viking).

But let’s just take some time to admire all those UIAF flags at any operation we like to participate in. I'm just as impressed as you are.

 


The the longest two-word sentence in English is…

"I do."

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Albion recently celebrated His recently appointed Majesty’s coronation. Plenty of drink and food to be had as is Albion’s style. Her Royal Highness, MagentaFairy once again outdoing herself, with breathtaking decor, and plenty of food and drink to satisfy every palette.

As coronation festivities came to a close, others continued the celebrations throughout the evening leading to His Royal Highness, Seven Deaths popping the big question to fellow Dame Olivia. Thankfully she said yes. A date for the wedding is yet to be set, but congratulations to the newly engaged couple.

Love continues to filter the region, this time with a shot gun wedding! I kid you not. One of our newer, but not so new any more citizens, Myst won the Chief Magistrate Detritus' heart and they were wed. It was that heart-felt and quick, citizens still question if they’re actually married. Congratulations to the happy couple.

The Arch Mage is rumoured to be starting his own fan club. Unfortunately he’s hit a snare. Albion’s mailmen are in short supply due to mysterious disappearances. The Fox being the prime suspect.

Ominous objects popping up around the place seem to be an Albion trend. Disgruntled citizens are often seen leaving Moly’s market stall, as they try to figure out what it was they actually just saw.

To continue the trend, discussions of mythology currently circulates the University.

 


Yours,

Albion

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The the longest two-word sentence in English is…

 

"I do."

I'm going to take that literally to make discussing it much more fun.

 

That sentence is tiny. There is no way that is the longest two-word sentence possible in the English language.

 

*ten minutes of Googling later*

 

Neumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis floccinaucinihilipilificated.

 

As far as I can tell, that is the longest two-word sentence that can be made in the English language which is technically gramattically correct, although it does not make sense.

 

I do get the point, BTW, but I just wanted to do some investigating for no real reason to find completely useless facts. *hat tip*

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