The Great Realm Chronicle & Monastic Annals

No Keep Remains: Vikings (Сефирой) Extinguished

Pilgrims returning from holy shrines report that the dominion of Vikings (Сефирой) hath collapsed into utter oblivion. Without a single keep or manor left to fly its banner, the realm has vanished from the diplomatic councils of the age. 'The treasury of Vikings is bled white, and courage alone cannot purchase oats or iron,' sighed a merchant moneylender. Monks in the cellarer's office noted that the cost of altar wax hath risen faster than any prince's border.

Disaster for Umayyad Cordoba (интима не будет) as Saffarids (бургундий) Storms Hearth and Hall in Valencia

In a fierce dawn assault, the host of Saffarids (бургундий) forced the river gate of Valencia, ousting the feudal levies of Umayyad Cordoba (интима не будет). The expedition was launched from Cordova, where the baggage train had been assembled. Outposts across the province capitulated before midday. Bishops across Saffarids celebrated high mass, chanting the Te Deum before crowded naves. 'Courage and discipline have settled the matter where endless embassy failed,' noted a chancellor of Saffarids.

Banners Multiply: Byzantines (Xenonic) Equips New Companies

Blacksmiths and bowyers across Byzantines (Xenonic) have worked without pause, outfitting 6 fresh contingents for immediate deployment. Knights boast that the realm hath never assembled a host more resplendent in armor and heraldry. 'The courage of the knights of Byzantines hath broken the enemy's shield-wall,' remarked an admiring chronicler. Couriers riding hard with lathered horses confirm that baggage wains are already creaking toward the frontier.

Feudal Preeminence: Byzantines (Xenonic) Boasts 30 Strongholds

Heralds bearing wax-sealed parchments proclaim that Byzantines (Xenonic) continueth to set the tempo of affairs, directing a domain of 30 strongholds from its central seat. Rival lords watch with mounting unease as the chasm between leader and pursuers wideneth. 'Such deeds of chivalry will be chanted at tournaments for forty years,' vowed a traveling troubadour. Court poets are already discovering that the conqueror's grandfather was, by astonishing fortune, a paragon of chivalry.

Banners Traded Once More: Umayyad Cordoba (интима не будет) Masters Cadiz Against Saffarids (бургундий)

A new turn in the contest for Cadiz saw Umayyad Cordoba (интима не будет) drive out Saffarids (бургундий), marking 3 separate changes of allegiance. The fortress has become a graveyard for successive garrisons. Knights in the tiltyards of Umayyad Cordoba raised their drinking-horns high, hailing the triumph of their liege. 'The boundary stone is easy to move, but hard to keep standing,' remarked a frontier surveyor.

Battle Over Cordova: Umayyad Cordoba (интима не будет) Driveth Out Saffarids (бургундий)

Outriders scouting the forested hills affirm that Umayyad Cordoba (интима не будет) hath fallen upon Saffarids (бургундий) in Cordova, marking 2 separate seizures of this beleaguered prize during the conflict. Neither house appeareth capable of maintaining enduring lordship over the trampled ramparts. 'Let the trumpet sound as it will; the wheat must still be cut before Martinmas,' said a philosophical miller. Court astrologers in distant realms cast charts of the celestial spheres, seeking portents in the conjunction of Mars.

Unquenchable Hatred: The Long War of Byzantines (Xenonic) and Vikings (Сефирой)

The border lands between Byzantines (Xenonic) and Vikings (Сефирой) remain desolate after 6 years of merciless raiding and scorched earth. Neutral merchants bypass the province altogether, leaving the belligerents to their grim obsession. Bishops in neutral bishoprics crossed themselves in solemn contemplation of God's inscrutable judgment. The lineage genealogists labor through the night to discover ancestral claims as intricate as they are thoroughly fabricated.

Border Warfare Without End: Carolingian Franks (MonsterSerg) and Umayyad Cordoba (интима не будет) Clash Anew

The mutual animosity of Carolingian Franks (MonsterSerg) and Umayyad Cordoba (интима не будет) hath continued for 4 full years of warfare, marked by ceaseless castle sieges and skirmishes. Chroniclers struggle to recall the original dispute that provoked this ruinous clash of lineages. 'Kings dispute the crown, but the miller must still pay his grain-tithe,' philosophized a wayside tavern-keeper. Lords and envoys in foreign courts received the tidings with drawn brows and wary murmurs.

Revenues and tithes pour into the treasury of Byzantines (Xenonic), adding 5 fiefs to reach a grand total of 30 fiefs. Carolingian Franks (MonsterSerg) flourishes across the realm, widening its sway by 1 stronghold to command 8 strongholds in all. Hard seasons beset Saffarids (бургундий), whose realm shrinketh by 1 walled town to a tally of 15 towns. The feudal ledger of Tang China (Эльф ушастый) swells with newly pledged homages, advancing by 1 castle to stand at 24 castles. The feudal reach of Vikings (Сефирой) contracteth by 1 manor, leaving the crown with 0 manors.

Tidings spread that Byzantines hath pledged relic-crosses to uphold the maritime claims of Tang China in return for river toll concessions.

Thick mist shrouds the estuaries; watchmen upon the harbor towers blow mournful horns into the gray damp.

CROSSBOW STRINGS of double-waxed Flemish hemp, resistant to drizzle and frost. Sold by the bundle at the bowyer's booth.