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August 2008:

Gen Con Report

• A good time was had by all that participated in our annual Gen Con games run through Infinite Imaginations Inc.  Two table-top sessions and one "Live Action" session was held.  Thanks to all who attended, and hope to see many (if not all) of you back again next year!

New Advanced Character Sheet Uploaded

• For use with advanced rules found in Narrator's Guide.  Visit the Downloads area to get your copy today!

Radio Eternity Updated

• July 2007 game universe news added.

Official MySpace group for Immortal created

• See the Links section at the top of our Resources area.

July 2008:

The History of the Magdalen Tribe - New Preview for TLvDR

• Take a look at the beta version of the history of the Magdalen Tribe!
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The History of the Tribe of Sharakai - New Preview for TLvDR

• Take a look at the beta version of the history of the Tribe of Sharakai!
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New Links Page up

• The new links page is up, available from the Resources Area.  It contains official links to sites officially related to Immortal, fan sites, and also research sites that you may find useful for your campaigns.

Rules FAQ Up

• The Errata section of the website now contains some new frequently asked questions in regards to actual game rules, this is not the same as the FAQ about Immortal as a product and its game universe on the Resource page.

Radio Eternity Updated

• June 2007 game universe news added.

Gen Con 2008 Immortal Game Slots Availability Update

• Friday 7:00PM LARP (LRP00061) - 10 slots left available
• Thursday 12:00PM RPG (RPG00840) - Only 2 slots left available
• Saturday 12:00PM RPG (PRG00841) - 4 slots left available

June 2008:

Sanation: The Drove Religion - New Preview for TLvDR

• Another preview from Tribal Law vs. Dragon's Rule (TLvDR) posted today!  The Sanguine religion of Sanation!  Learn the origins of the religion and the Drove families.  Find out what makes a Drove, a Drove!
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Drove Tengu - New Preview for TLvDR!

• Another preview from Tribal Law vs. Dragon's Rule (TLvDR) posted today!  Check out the culture, background and history on Drove Tengu!
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Radio Eternity Updated

• Radio Eternity News for May 2007 updated.

New Previews Coming Soon, Delayed May 2007 Radio Eternity 6/5/08

• Additional Previews for TLvDR will begin in Mid-June as well as the next batch of Radio Eternity news updates.  Webmaster (me) is in Texas getting some certifications for the day job until the 13th.

May 2008:

New Preview of Tribal Law versus Dragon's Rule (TLvDR) 5/04/08

• Take a look at the beta version of the history of Tribe Morrigan!
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New Preview of Tribal Law versus Dragon's Rule (TLvDR) 5/01/08

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July 2007:

The Morrigan battle the Silhouette in Midwest USA

• Forces from the Asgardian Lodge did battle with the Silhouette and members of Drove Sainha in Orchard Iowa several weeks ago.  The great beast formed a funnel cloud of enormous size while the fiery lizards attempted to keep the Morrigan warriors distracted.  Fortunately the dark immortal that had attempted to bond with the great beast was found and consigned to the Blue Air before any real damage was done to the surrounding community.

Hemari / Arachne alliance routes Anopheles subversion - Mumbai, India

• Recent incursions into the area of Mumbai, India by the Anopheles have met increased resistance in the form of a Hemari/Arachne sponsored magazine called Red Light Dispatch.  A monthly publication, it is full of emotional outpourings of women sold to brothels as children, personal accounts of torture and harassment, poems and essays by prostitutes, book and film reviews and advocacy articles.  Although prostitution is illegal in India, it is a thriving underground industry and voluntary groups estimate that there are about 2 million women sex workers in India.  The magazine is an attempt to provide a different light on an industry that the Anopheles are attempting to push large numbers of young children into within the nation of India at this time.

Theft from local Tuatha uncovered - Dublin, Ireland

• A theft from the Tuatha has the Magdalen demanding redress, since it occurred in June and was only discovered recently due to the diligence of a mortal seeking some semblance of justice.  Tuatha Keepers have been keeping an eye on the property of Ireland's National Wax Museum in a warehouse in Dublin since 2005, when the museum's original location in northern Dublin was razed under influence of the Alexandrites to make way for a hotel.  The museum has been searching for a new home as Magdalen fight the Alexandrites for influence over the Dublin city officials.  A number of items held by the museum contained stored faith within them, and so a small alliance between Magdalen and Tuatha have kept vigil over the museum and its contents that were stored until a new home could be found.  In early June, Magdalen had arranged for the museum to find a new home and the mortal curator Kay Murray was set to announce the new location just a week or so ago.
• In the middle of the evening, members of the Drove Fir Bholg set about razing a section of Phoenix Park in the northwest of the city and the Tuatha Keepers nearby were drawn into battle along with a number of Slayers from the Tribe.  During the diversion, an unknown party slipped into the warehouse and made off with a large amount of uniforms and actual wax statues from the museum.  Josef Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Franklin D. Roosevelt are missing their clothes and Fred Flintstone and the Teletubbies are just plain missing.  At least 50 figures were stolen or wrecked.  Also stripped of their clothes were Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle and rebel icons from Ireland’s war of independence with Britain, including Michael Collins and Padraig Pearse.  Most figures stolen came from the Children’s World of Fairy Tale and Fantasy section; others were taken from the Chamber of Horrors.  Gone are Bob the Builder, Frankenstein’s monster, Fred Flintstone, Gollum from “Lord of the Rings,” a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, “Silence of the Lambs” killer Hannibal Lecter, and all four Teletubbies.  The total uninsured damages are estimated at $1.4 million and some clothing was irreplaceable.  At this point the national police force, the Garda Siochana, still has made no arrests and has no suspects.  The current mortal police theory instigated by the Tuatha Jugglers is that of partying youths; however, the museum curator is skeptical:  “Whoever did it was looking for uniforms, because most of our uniforms were stolen,” Murray said, adding, “It’s not going to stop the museum reopening. It will just delay us.”
• Meanwhile, with this discovery, the Magdalen are demanding redress from the Tuatha in the area, and are demanding a full report of the details of the incident so they may launch their own investigation.  What form the redress being demanded is to take is still unclear.

Terat care for one of their own - Igloolik, Nunavut Canada

• Enoki Kunuk, an 81-year old Inuit hunter survived for 27 days in Arctic Tundra, above the Arctic Circle line.  Having left in early June to hunt caribou about 100km north of the village, he had no means of communication and his snowmobile became stuck in melting ice and snow on the ground.  Canadian forces were called in several days later when he did not return, but poor weather reduced visibility in the air and further melting of snow made snowmobiles unusable.  The search was called off 10 days later.
• Fortunately, the members of the Wendigo Pride among the Terat discovered him and insured that he had necessary food and supplies come his way.  Contact was made through the Morpheum with Igloolik's mayor who convinced a local airline to lend them a small twin-engine plane and continue the search 10 days later.  Kunuk was quickly found via the use of some subconscious clues left in the mayor's mind.
• The Wendigo Terat, having long gained the name of Wendigo from Europeans who misunderstood Inuit legends about Drove Gaki and would witness occasional battles between the white-furred Terat and the emaciated half-dead creations of the Gaki would eventually decide the great furred beast must be the flesh devouring creatures spoken of by the Inuit.  To this day the Terat of Canada carry the name with honor, having effectively "stolen" it from their enemies.

June 2007:

D'Arcade Odyssey permutations -- Rome, Italy & Amsterdam, Netherlands

• The University of La Sapienza is at the center of a concentrated Magdlaen and Eremite investigation into what the mortal world believes to be airborne massing of cocaine and cannabis within several areas of the country.  Reports have been filtering in for the last few months about a new version of Odyssey, being laced into other mortal drugs and released in areas as an airborne pathogen designed to addict members of the himsati race within a given area, thus increasing D'Arcade control of that area.  A mortal report from Italy's National Research Council released this month shows traces of cocaine and cannabis in the air of the Eternal City.  The discovery was made during study of toxic substances in the air of Rome, Taranto and Algiers.  The highest concentrations were found at the University.  The concentration in Rome -- 0.1 nanograms per cubic meter -- was five times less than the legal limit for toxic substances in the air.
• In an act to avoid local laws in many countries, a group of D'Arcade sponsored students have developed a form of powdered alcohol.  Since the bans in most countries on the selling of alcohol to minors only covers liquid substances, the powdered version circumvents those laws.  The inebriation is called Booz2Go and is available in 20-gram packets costing roughly 1.5 euros ($2.00 US).  They simply require adding water and they form a lime-colored and flavoured drink with approximately 3% alcohol.  In Germany, alcopops -- sweet drinks containing alcohol and in powder form cause a stir when launched into the market.  In the United States such powders are sold as a flavouring for the last few years.  This is, however, the first attempt to create, market and distribute the product aimed specifically at minors.

Tuatha score victory at Chernobyl -- Parishev, Ukraine

• Two decades after the explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant sent clouds of radioactive particles drifting over fields near the area, the wilderness has again begun encroaching.  Tuatha, mainly through mortal assistance, have spent years attempting to recultivate flora and fauna that can survive the traces of background radiation in the area.  The United Nations Development Programme, backed by a coalition of Tuatha, Eremites and a small number of the Avalon Kin of the Peri, was founded in 2003 to assist with social, economic and ecological issues resulting from disasters like the one at Chernobyl.  During the last year wildlife has finally grown to a point that special game warden units have been formed to protect and control the animals.  The Tuatha have successfully introduced lynx and brown bears into the region again (lynx were very rare in the area and brown bears had not been seen for several decades).

Hemari and Anopheles battle for control of city's "racy" side -- San Diego, USA

• The Ivy hotel, in the Gaslamp district within San Diego -- where rooms start at $450.00 US per night -- has set itself apart wit a racy atmosphere featuring group showers and firemen's poles.  Also featuring scantily clad waitresses and bottles of wine for $500 US to $600 US, the hotel has developed a voyeuristic and somewhat seductive atmosphere.  Similar places to eat and entertain have begun to appear throughout California, including a sushi bear where one can order a "threesome roll" or ahi tuna served on a naked model draped in banana leaves; the experience can cost upwards of $2,100 US.
• Since the formation of the Hemari four years ago, the growing war between the two was mostly kept in secret and far quieter than other age-old battles between the Tribes and some of their most embittered enemies.  This has mostly been due to the constant attempt by both the Hemari and the Anopheles to bring the two groups together as a single unit again, with the Hemari desiring to reclaim the Anopheles into the Tribes and vice versa -- a polar opposite from the Proteans and their former brethren the Roane.  Now the battles, while still rarely escalating to any kind of violence, have become far more public than either of the two groups most likely desires.

Drove victim awakens from coma after 19 years -- Warsaw, Poland FEEL GOOD STORY OF THE MONTH

• Former Polish railway worker Jan Grzebski was hit by a train in 1988 after he stumbled across a battle with the Shadowen (then part of the Stratagem Pact as Pride Nimrod) and members of Drove Russalki.  Having spent the last 19 years in a coma, he recently awakened.  Adjustment to the changes (Poland's communist regime lost power a year later) has been difficult as Mr. Grzebski was quoted as staying:
  • "When I went into the coma there was only tea and vinegar in the shops, meat was rationed and huge petrol queues were everywhere.  Now I see people on the streets with cell phones and there are so many goods in the shops it makes my head spin.  What amazes me today is all these people who walk around with these mobile phones and never stop moaning.  I've got nothing to complain about."
• Doctors had not expected him to survive, but now is getting acquainted with his 11 grandchildren and enjoying the retirement of a 65-year old man.  Though he was originally going to be allowed to die since he had witnessed what was believed to be more than he could handle, it is believed his wife as a Believer, was able to keep him alive through faith and that due to the existence of a local anchor that she was unknowingly part of, part of his comatose subconscious was drawn into it and kept his mind from fading completely.  However, Mr. Grzebski has shown no signs of remembrance of the incident form 19 years ago in terms of what actually happened.

Hemari make new inroads into Arachne territory -- Mumbai, India

• Seeking inroads into Arachne territory in order to help strengthen relations between India and Thailand in attempts to subvert Anopheles and Tengu encroachments, the country's richest man -- Mukesh Ambani -- has been influenced to build a new home in the financial hub:  a tower block palace with helipad, health club and six floors of car parking -- a total of 27 stories at a cost of $2 billion US.
• The building, named Antilla after a mythical island, will have a total floor area greater than Versailles and be home for Mr Ambani, his mother, wife, three children and 600 full-time staff.  Draped in hanging gardens, the building will have a floor for a home theatre, a glass-fronted apartment for guests, and a two-storey health club. As the ceilings are more than twice as high as a normal building's, the 173m (570ft) 27-storey tower will be equivalent to a building 60-storeys high.  With property prices rocketing, the building is already worth more than £500m. It is expected to be ready for the Ambanis to move in next year. The family currently live in a 14-storey building, Sea Wind.
• The Arachne have begun working through the mortal government in an attempt to stave off the potential effect this might have on the current financially elite.  Even the wealthiest citizens maintained modest lifestyles within the country.  While some mortals idolize the riches and glamour with what is being called India's "Jazz Age", others are uncomfortable with what they call a "new vulgarity".  To this end India's prime minister, Manmohan Singh, called on business leaders to "eschew conspicuous consumption" and "be role models of moderation".  This has helped with public opinion as a growing anger among the mortal populace about "absurd spending" has led to a growing divide between the poor and those rich who embrace the new Hemari-inspired lifestyle. 
• The Arachne have not taken this to task with the Paragon Council, but there is a growing notion that this may actually lead to further inroads by the Anopheles into India.  Some Tacticians believe that this may be part of the Hemari plan, to divide Anopholes between India and Thailand, thus coercing the Arachne into an alliance with the Hemari whereby the Hemari will give up influence in India in exchange for Arachne assistance in driving the Anopholes much further out of Thailand.

May 2007:

Bête Noire attacks -- Idaho, USA & Calcutta India

• A Bête Noire was slipped into the home of a mortal Magdalen follower early this month, replacing the home owner's housecat.  When a neighbor brought the original cat back (which was found in a nearby park), the Bête Noire attacked the home owner, requiring her to be transported to the local hospital after receiving more than 20 bite wounds from the dark beast.  There are currently no leads on who is responsible for bringing the dark beast into the home or why that particular follower was chosen.
• A local farmer hunting for what he thought was the dog or jackal responsible for the disappearance of his chickens discovered one of his young calves making a meal of his poultry.  The young cow was killed and Arachne Probes are currently attempting to discover just what it was that pushed the beast that level, considering Bête Noire are not known for changing dietary habits as part of their darkening.

Rescued Peri -- Kamogawa, Japan

• A member of the Peri, trapped by human faith after his battle with a member of the Drove Gaki in late 2004, was recently rescued after being discovered at Kominato Hotel Mikazuki in Kamogawa, south of Tokyo.  Murusaki Ichiro had become trapped into what eventually became the form of a glittering bathtub made of solid gold.  The tub, valued by humanity at ¥120 ($1.21 million American) sat in the hotel's shared bathroom, flanked by two crane statues.  Visitors were allowed to take a dip in the "tub" but it was only available for a few hours a day for "security reasons".  Fortunately a member of the Oni who was staying at the resort hotel somehow recognized the trapped immortal and contacted members of the Sharakai in the area.  Ichiro was rescued and brought back to the Peri, where it is said that he will be able to regain his true form after a few months of therapy now that he is away from any possible affects of human faith.

D'Arcade shipment foiled -- Stuttgart, Germany

• A local shipment of the supernatural drug Odyssey was derailed a few days ago by members of the Hemari Tribe, in retaliation for actions which sold out their allies among the Terat in Romania late last month.  The shipment was replaced ... with a sex doll.  The doll was activated while at the post office in Stuttgart, causing the parcel to vibrate and make rather odd noises.  This sparked a bomb alert within the postal office, summoning the local authorities.  The rather public incident has brought the Dark Arcade out to negotiate for the return of the shipment, and likely will cause a minor bruising to the relationship between them and the Hemari.

Unidentified individual robs Alaskan Bank -- Anchorage Alaska, USA

• An unidentified member of the himsati race robbed a bank in Alaska on May 1st, brandishing a torch made from a torn t-shirt and a metal pole.  The individual, described as a black male in his late 20's, abou 5'7" with a medium build, was wearing a mask that covered part of his face.  He easily eluded mortal authorities, and Terat Scourges that attempted to reach him found him protected by a number of fairly powerful cloaking and defense serenades.  He was escaped into the Underground outside of the city and Terat and Peri Explorers are currently leading the chase in an attempt to discover either his whereabouts or identity.

Roane outpost brought into mortal news media -- Pacific Ocean

• For the last several years the Roane have been grafting larger portions to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the North Pacific Gyre (interior of one of the five major rotational ocean flow zones in the world) where all sorts of marine debris find themselves deposited.  Recently with the introduction of what appears to be either a mantle entrance or some form of connection to Ys, the rate of garbage pickup has increased.  To this end the Proteans have made formal request to the Regents of several cities (most notably San Francisco which is only about 1,000 miles to the East of the zone) that influence be passed over the mortal population to assist in hindering the increase in the yet unfinished aquatic fortresses size.  Currently the refuse patch covers an area larger than the US State of Texas.  Protean scouts are currently setting up to penetrate into the zone to discover exactly what is being done.  Meanwhile, the quickest possible solution to cutting down on the speed the refuse is gathering is a proposed ban on a number of plastic uses within various major cities.  San Francisco is looking likely to be the first to adopt such as early as this fall.

April 2007:

Kodama Drove testing of HPV -- Indonesia, south of Jakarta

• Dede lives in a remote village south of Jakarta, he fears he may be killed by the tree-like growths that cover his body.  He has root-like structures growing out of his body - branches that can grow up to 5cm a year and protrude from his hands and feet, and welts covering his whole body.  His condition is caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), a fairly common infection causing small warts to develop on sufferers.  But it is believed members of the Kodama Drove have somehow created a genetic "fault" making his body unable to contain the warts.
• The Hemari have called in several members of the Tuatha tribe -- specifically from the Amaranth -- to see if they can stop the mystical process that has been initiated within Dede.  They are hoping to rid him of the power bound to him in the hopes that human medicine can take over.

Adze spreading maggot infection -- Colorado USA

• A Colorado USA resident picked up unwanted visitors during a recent trip to Belize.  At first thinking he merely had some nasty insect bites or a minor case of shingles; but once they began to move on their own a doctor discovered five bot fly larvae living inside the man's head near the top of his skull.  Bot flies rely on mosquitoes, stable flies and other insects to carry their eggs to a host.  Though bot fly infections are rarely routine in certain parts of Central and South America, the ability for the eggs to be injected that deep under the skin along the skull is a true rarity.
• After the bot larvae had been removed, members of the Eremites present in the area where able to retrieve them for study.  The larvae had been mutated and if left alone would not have matured into normal bot flies, they would have instead burrowed into the brain and taken control of the host, using him to spread more larvae into the area and infect more individuals.  Currently the Eremites, along with Osiri and Sharakai, are presently investigating the holiday vacation the individual spent in Belize, to search out other potential victims to aid them and stop the spread of the "infection".

Terat takes down chopper -- Anchorage, Alaska USA

• A wildlife biologist made the mistake of thinking a local member of the Terat was prime for study due to his large size and obviously extremely health stature.  After being shot with a rather large tranquilizer, the Terat had no choice but to force the helicopter to the ground in order to escape before being overcome by the tranquilizer.  He was able to charge the chopper and damage the tail rotor to force it down and escape.

The Equine Exchange -- Berlin, Germany

• An early-morning bank customer had a bit of a shock when he found a horse standing in line at the automated teller in front of him.  It seems the horse's owner, identified only as Wolfgang H., had a bit too much to drink the evening before and decided to sleep it off inside the heated foyer of the bank.
• The small commotion caused was more than enough to allow members of an unknown group to enter into a small regional post for the Eremite Hospitallers Quiet Culture and steal a number of documents.  No word yet on exactly what those documents were or what other effects have resulted from this incident.

March 2007:

Sandwich Spread Riot -- HMP Edmunds Hill (near Stradishall, Suffolk)

• Two jugglers and four scourges were called in to the prison after discovering that several of the inmates had been secretly brewing alcohol using Marmite for the last several weeks, fermenting hoarded fruit juice.  Once intoxicated the inmates went on an all-night rampage in the Category-C jail.  Mortal warders in anti-riot gear were influenced to seal off the area as the inmates began to wreck it rather than risk sparking worse violence.  By morning a team of negotiators were sent in, but the dozen or so inmates were so hung over that they immediately surrendered.  No one was hurt.
• Scourges have begun investigations as at least one of the mortals involved is believed to be involved with known members of D'Arcade.  At least three previously unknown immortals have been identified as entering the facility during the two weeks prior to the alcohol-inspired riot.

Toadzilla -- Darwin, Australia

• A giant cane toad the size of a small dog and nicknamed Toadzilla was captured during a community hunt in Darwin.  Environmentalists have been trying to stop the spread of the poisonous creatures across the country's tropics.  The frogs were introduced from Hawaii by Drove Roane in the 1930's; mortals attempted to use them to control the native cane beetles.  The Terat sponsored environmental group FrogWatch, which organizes hunts to destroy the toads, says the creature measured 20.5 cm (8 in.) and weighed 861g (1.9 lb.).  There are potentially as many as 200 million of the toads loose in Australia today.  Their poison is strong enough to kill a crocodile should they eat one.  Adults average 10 to 15 centimetres (4–6 in) in length; the largest recorded specimen weighed 2.65 kg (5.8 lb) with a length of 38 cm (15 in) from snout to vent.
• Tribe Terat is currently investigating a number of reports of these larger than normal specimens being reported in the vicinity of Darwin, including recent claims that some of the toads have been seen "spitting" poison at other moderately large creatures.

Nein Smoking Perhaps -- Germany

• Another twist has come along in the long battle the Eremites have been waging to take a stronger foothold back into the government of Germany since the end of the Betrayal War.  While one country after another across Europe has imposed a ban on smoking in public, Germany has also placed a ban for bars and restaurants... but possibly not all bars or not all parts of bars, maybe.  The governors of Germany's 16 federal states met in Berlin to discuss the smoking ban.  Contrary to expectations they hammered out a wide-ranging agreement; however the individual states will be responsible for putting the ban into law.  Most say they will do so by the end of this year or early 2008, but many have decided to include certain exceptions that the agreed ban allows for.  The change to allow the exceptions appears to have come from a number of "lobbyists" sponsored by D'Arcade and possibly intervention from Drove Nibelung (The Hoarders)

Octogenarian Hero -- The Hague, Netherlands

• A small group of Hemari in The Hague have found an inspired way to ward off would-be thieves, shoplifters and pickpockets.  During a recent shoplifting attempt from a local supermarket, the 29-year-old shoplifter found himself miraculously being knocked off his bicycle by an 81-year-old man also on a bicycle.  The cyclist injured his hand and shin in the fall, a spokesperson for the tribe has stated the Hemari will be finding a way to reimburse him for his medical expenses.
• The Hemari have taken to singing songs of heroism on a number of unlikely residents in the area, triggering them to affect the individual when the need is seen.  This has caused not just the one elderly hero to arise, but several others in the area.  Would-be thieves and other scoundrels are now finding it quite hard to tell who is an easy mark and who is not.

February 2007:

Magdalen Score --  Sotheby's Auction House, London U.K.

• A rare copy of the first printed atlas of England and Wales was obtained by the Magdalen via phone bidder, as they managed to interrupt a representative from the Alexandrites and the phone in the winning bid.  Printed between 1579 and 1590 it is 40 pages of maps and plates, a landmark in Elizabethan cartography.  It also contains charts depicting Sir Francis Drake's journey to the West Indies and America from 1585 to 1586.  The book was offered as part of the sale of the library of the Earls of Macclesfield.

Kinky Diplomat --  El Salvador, Central America

• The Israeli ambassador to El Salvador found himself in the hands of Drove Anopheles and then out on the streets of the small republic's capital ... drunk and naked apart from bondage gear.  He was found by local police near the Israeli embassy, with his hands bound and only able to identify himself after a large rubber ball was removed from his mouth.  The ambassador was promoted from a technical position in the Foreign Ministry and this was his first posting.  However, an account of the "details" of the incident reveals that somehow the ambassador was also on the other side of the capital at the same time.  No evidence has been found of tampering with the ambassador's memories, so it is believed he was duped and restrained in order for someone bearing his likeness to accomplish some task on the other side of the capital.  No leads have surfaced as to what actually might have taken place while the ambassador was ... otherwise occupied.

Elusive Shade Gives Birth --  Taiping, Malaysia

• Members of both the Tuatha and Sharakai Tribes have reason to celebrate, efforts to help cultivate the Linsang species of Civet have resulted in the birth of a rare banded linsang at the Taiping Zoo recently.  Related to cats, these tiny members of the civit family eat rodents, but there is little documented information on this nocturnal mammal.  The creature is only native to the rainforests of Malaysia, Thailand and parts of Indonesia.  The species was nearly wiped out during the last Hive War, and efforts to study the species and what abilities it might add to the himsati race have met with limited success in the last few decades.  The creatures have proven supernaturally elusive even to skilled hunters, so very few have been available to study to the himsati race, let alone the mortal world.

Klingons For Parliament --  Finland

• Members of the Net Spiders altered the campaign website of Jyrki Kasvi, who is currently campaigning for re-election into the Finnish parliament.  A translation of his website in Klingon was posted, though a few difficulties occurred:  there are no Klingon words from matters such as tolerance, or for many colors -- including green, which is the party whose banner he is running under for the upcoming elections in mid-March.  But he's so impressed by it, he has decided to leave it up and go with it; it seems that Jyrki is an avid "Trekkie" himself (www.kasvi.org).

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