REQUIEM WIKI

Article by Samuel Walsham

The Glorious Foundry is pleased to announce that on the 21st of Midsummer they will be holding a storage auction - allowing the residents of the First Province a chance to capitalize on attaining a highly coveted storage container within Fort Praesidium's walls.

For the ignorant, storage containers are rentable within the Fort at a humble 10 silver a week. This rental includes around-the-clock security, and the ability to store MASSIVE amounts of bulk materials in one convenient place. These boxes are certified by the Foundry with lifetime theft insurance so long as you are up to date with your payments!

BUT THAT’S NOT ALL! Along with the containers, winning bidders will receive legal and total ownership of ALL items held within these abandoned repositories!

Though this reporter does caution, this auction is not for the faint of heart. Contents of these containers will not be revealed until the winning bid is set and accepted. But fear not loyal reader, for I would not leave you so plagued with uncertainty.

Ever a man of the people and seeker of truth, I set out and managed to corner one of the laborers tasked with inventorying the lots. After a brief conversation, it was clear to me that they had been ASTOUNDED at the amount of wealth that had been abandoned in these foreclosed and forsaken receptacles!

What mysteries lie within these bygone vessels? What great wealth awaits the brave and bold bidder? Explorers of new frontiers and ancient catacombs pay heed, for you need not dirty your knees any longer in search of ancient knowledge and lost treasure! You need but to accept the gracious invitation extended by our generous host, The Foundry, on the 21st of Midsummer!

Until the event, the storage containers will be for appraisal at the Fort Praesidium Premium Storage Warehouse, located across from the docks.

[This event will be held Wednesday, July 21st at 8:00PM EST]

FASHION IS ABOUT STAYING AHEAD! Fall-inspired clothing dyes are now available for purchase for a limited time by traveling vendor Tynna Craycraft located at the Bright Lantern’s Rushlight Emporium!

Article by Doctor Theo Hanlon

Could you use some helpful advice? Write your questions to the Frontier Herald office at the Foundry General Store addressed to Doctor Hanlon to be featured in our next issue!

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You not home. Need heals. - Graghon

Graghon, Have you tried the hospital? Either way, I’ll come find you.

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Greetings Doctor Hanlon, I am an anonymous individual who has never met you but I am an avid reader of your section in the Herald. I'm writing to you for your expertise in a personal matter. As an advocate of total home security, I put my keys up my backside to deter pickpockets and other ne'er-do-wells. I use lard harvested from boars to make entry and retrieval a bit easier without much issue. As a result I've been noticing that more and more animals are aware of my presence due to the smell of the lard. What substitutions can be made to continue to allow my keys to slide right in without the animals sniffing around where they shouldn't? Signed, An anonymous home security expert

Dear “Expert”, While I cannot wholeheartedly encourage your method to deter ne’er-do-wells, I also cannot deny the effectiveness of it. If you wish to continue you would be better to try flaxseed oil. When processed correctly it is odorless and like all oils will provide you the necessary slickness. The only downside is flaxseed oil can easily turn rancid if not procured or stored properly which would eventually cause an off putting odor and you’re back to square one. Another option could be alchemical oil, but I cannot speak to the odor or flammability properties. Good luck!

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Doctor Hanlon, I know that cowardice is considered to be a throne, perhaps even among the most pitiful of them. But, I cannot seem to shake free of this nightmare. Sleep does not come, and when it does, terrors follow soon after. What can I do? - E.M.

Dear E.M, I do not think the inability to find sleep is not due to the Throne of Cowardice, unless you are actively avoiding it and even then it might be a stretch. Depending on the circumstances of your life and the events you have witnessed, your mind may be using your dreams as an outlet to handle all it has been affected by. Thankfully there are many options that can be taken to help you find better sleep, and even work through whatever is the underlying cause for your terrors. Unfortunately, I will not be able to condense them into this format, so I suggest you find a medical practitioner to explore these options should you be willing. Best of luck.

WONDROUS WARES: Feeding the First Province one food stall at a time! Find our vendors located at Fort Praesidium's Craft Hall and Market Street, and the blue-roofed booth at the South Gate!

Article by Modest Mortimer

When you start your journey into gardening it is likely you have started by hand. Excellent! This hands-on approach will serve you well in developing your confidence and understanding of that which you sow. While it is perfectly acceptable to continue in this tradition, in this day and age there are an assortment of apparatus which will improve the manner in which you work.

A watering keg is certainly the first item to be sought when you begin wishing to invest in your gardening equipment. The days of sharing your own personal waterskin with your crops will be a memory of the past. While being substantially heavier, it should contain enough water to care for a Foundry-standard-sized garden plot. Be sure to ask the local carpenters if they could procure one for you.

Once the watering keg has been added to your arsenal, the fine tailors of the land have busied their hands to further enhance its capabilities. With their workings of leather they have created a hose in which to quench dozens of dry plants at once. Personally, I like to stand in the center of my garden when watering this way. It may take practice before avoiding watering oneself.

With the wetting of the vegetation accounted for, one may begin to wonder how to improve the fertilization of their patch. A bright-minded engineer may be able to advise a spreader of sorts. Surely you will not wish to use fresh droppings in such a fine device! Make friends with an individual willing to mix these droppings in their mortar so as not to soil your own. At long last! Your hard, though now greatly simplified, work has paid off. While you may wish to examine each individual dividend of your time and care, a scythe specifically for gardening may be engineered. Please take heed, a blacksmith’s scythe is a formidable weapon and we do not wish to assault our bounty.

After the assembly of this arsenal is accomplished, you may find yourself capable of feeding an army with the same effort you once expended to only feed yourself.

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Poem by C.A.S.

This poem is dedicated to Barnabus Haim:

A blade is drawn,

Having lost its edge,

Reflecting against the starlight wonder.

He peers into the abyss, Unshaken, but for his blunder,

A heartsong quenched, by thirst and hunger.

An oath kept by the authority within,

He ventures forth,

To confront Mankind's sin.

Book Extract submitted by the Crimson Circle

Below is an extract from a book called Avoiding the Affliction. The book includes instructions on how to best battle the Affliction and how to remain as safe as possible while inhabiting the First Province. We, the researchers of the Crimson Circle, have collected information from old Apothecary Corps texts and other sources in order to present guidelines for everyday life, which are outlined in this extract. Our intention is to make this knowledge widely available and we hope the newspaper will be able to assist us in spreading this vital information:

Follow these steps to reduce risk of infection. The shortlist is followed by further instructions.

1. Avoid contact with others while sick

• If you must go out, cover yourself as well as you are able to and be careful not to spread your bile about.
• Avoid large gatherings of people.
• Follow quarantine instructions.

2. Boil water.

• Especially the water with which you clean yourself and your belongings, water your crops and fulfil your need for sustenance.

3. Stay clean.

• Clean your hands regularly with pure (boiled, but lukewarm) water. This is a vital habit that should be followed especially before eating and dressing wounds.
• Ensure that your clothes are clean.
• Ensure at all costs that you do not ingest or smear yourself with blood of any kind.

4. Pay attention to your Surroundings.

• The Affliction is capable of spreading through plant life as well as living animals.
• Abnormal cysts in otherwise regular plants must always be purified with fire.
• Beware groups of sickly people.
• Since infection is insidious, the best way to prevent contact is to adhere to a rigorous standard of cleanliness.

5. Stay informed – and keep others informed

• Failure to educate others and to stay educated will inevitably further the spread of the Affliction.

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