THE UNKNOWN BLOODLETTER
FEBRUARY 2011 EDITION
CONTENTS
Election Update.
A Darker Past crosses over.
Savaer Rising.
Raid News.
Election Update.
The LEX DEUS CRUOR, the unbreakable law of the land, stipulates a Presidential Imperial Council to govern the Unknown Empire of Incognita. As January stalked by, so too did the second election under the LEX DEUS CRUOR.
The head of the Imperial Council, the President, was contested by KKNIGHT and ST. CONSTANTINE.
Within this council were the Directors of Internal Affairs, Logistics, and Foreign Affairs. These positions were contested by DREAM KILLERS, KSHRLMNT, and KAHLAN, respectively.
Finally, the Senators of Incognita were to be contested, with the following names on the ballot: DREAM KILLERS, JOSHUAHOOD, and KSHRLMNT.
The ballot opened on the 9th of January, with the results coming through on the 16th of January. Elected to the positions of Imperial Council were: PRESIDENT Kknight, DOIA Dream Killers, DOL Kshrlmnt, and DOFA Kahlan. Within the senate, the seats were held unanimously by Dream Killers, Joshuahood, and Kshrlmnt.
On the day of the 6th of February, the Director of Internal Affairs and 2 senate seats was subject to a by-election. Soldiers of the legion in the running for DOIA are Avakael. Meanwhile, the senate seats look to be hotly contested by Sage Naumann, St. Constantine, and Oliver the Undying. May they hold their positions with honour befitting that of the cruor.
A Darker Past crosses over.
JANUARY 30, a dark night for the UNKNOWN EMPIRE of INCOGNITA. Perhaps it was fate that a thunderstorm caressed our skies that night. For our Archempress ‘A Darker Past’ has left, split off from the form that is Earth. Dark and Earth, one in the same, however the pair could not exist in unison any longer. A crack formed between the two, where it became impossible for one to exist with the other. As the dark night rolled on, Earth emerged from what was Dark and left the throne for what seems to be forever. Her husband, Griff escorted her away from the Unknown castle as the darkness was broken by the rising moon.
Soldiers of Unknown! Know that Earth leaves with passing acknowledgement, Family, Friends, Unknown. I’m sorry for my inability to be what I wanted to be in the beginning for you all. I apologize for my inability to do this now. But that is not what’s important here. What’s important here is how this is the rebirth of Unknown. You are active once more and you can show your strengths on the battlefield. Make the rivers run red with defender blood. Stay strong, my brothers and sisters. Remember that a unified force is stronger than any one person’s ego. I’m sorry once more. Dark.
Know that gratitude shall be shown for the one that had led us in the wake of Savaer’s abdication. Know that the passing of Dark speaketh not the end - for Savaer rises once more. It is true my brothers and sisters of INCOGNITA, Savaer has returned to fill the void that has been left by our beloved Archempress’ departure. A Darker Past may pass beyond us, but UNKNOWN strides forward - what is lost becomes our fortitude.
To our friends, foes, and competitors: the UNKNOWN EMPIRE of INCOGNITA has suffered a great loss, but has lost naught in our strength.
Savaer Rising.
And now, Savaer speaks exclusively about his second coming:
I’d known it was coming for a bit before it happened. I knew that living a double existence can be, and often is a strain on a person, I knew the job I’d left for Dark was one that… chewed up people and spat them out. In good times, being Archemperor was a selfgratifying job. Others, when a member of the region performed an act of significant damage that caused outcry, the backlash was horrendous.
Thing about it all… I never doubted Dark’s potential as a leader, and I still don’t. My restoration to the throne… It was an odd feeling when I finally read the piece that marked the end. A mixture. It felt as if it were surreal, a bad dream floating in air. I was feeling a terrible loss - like her when I had announced my retirement. I wasn’t losing a soldier. I wasn’t losing another kid… I was losing a friend. Were it not that Earth still exists in this game, it would have honestly become a hollow shell.
On the other hand… I was also ready. When I’d chosen my path of retirement, and the necessity of abdication, I was lost. I had no ambition. I’d come to hate much of the game, the amount of work that had to be put in that seemed needless at the time. When I was ascended by the laws set into Lex Deus Cruor by Dark, I felt a new vigor. My return during Rougiers’ treacherous attack on Unknown fueled a new fire. A new rage. There was a concrete ‘enemy’ again. Many who have dealt with me know that I can rarely function as effectively without some form of a clear-cut enemy, something to keep the furnace burning.
That rage distilled, and became a focus. One I needed to begin anew as Archemperor. A new drive, a new focus, and now, having had time to rest my weariness, it has felt as if I were reborn. Reborn in spirit, but also in faith for my region.
My departure was also a mark in a low-point for Unknown. Fact is, we were dying. Forum activity had gone to nothing, raids weren’t happening at all. I simply could not muster the energy to even scout. My frustrations at people in Unknown for not doing anything had struck high notes.
My return… I came back to see my home alive. I can never ever express my gratitude for Dark for reviving this great region. She may never admit it, but she saved Unknown in more ways than just getting that founder nation back. She gave it a new life. She did what I failed to do. Had I on occassion wished I had not abdicated? Yes. But it was that I missed the station, the work, as in my then reduced role, I found myself often bored.
So thus, I will endeavor to ensure her work, her strife, was not in vain. Blood shall fill the rivers, bodies shall line the streets of the founderless. New blood joins the Legion, people have become active. This is good. This is right.
Her memory will live on, in the hearts and minds of the citizens and soldiers of Unknown. She will continue to be a beacon for us, a beacon for all of raiderkind, and Cruor damn any son of a bitch that gets in our way. Kid gloves are off, NS. The beast is back.
Raid News.
The last few months have seen some very interesting raids indeed. We started with some literary fun:
A limerick for Awesomesauce…
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The region of Galts Gulch…
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And Utopia, which gave us the chance to pull out http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15395 http://xkcd.com/788/.
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We raided The Imperium…
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Had some fun in a game-created region, Discordia…
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And topped it all off with a trip to Islandia, whose founder had left the region to join TITO.
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He was understandably ticked off when he found out about it, and kicked out both us and most of the natives.
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We later found out exactly how much he cared for the regions he defends, which amused us greatly.
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This brings our raid count to an impressive 97!
Thats all for this update. See you next month!
Kahlan Dion-Capulet
Elindra Kshrlmnt Dion Diablessa
Heras Savaer
Hopefully you’ll be able to kick up your feet and relax soon enough. Truly, I hope all of you have the best of holidays
