http://albion.chaosdeathfish.com/ 2021-06-04T04:41:10+00:00 http://albion.chaosdeathfish.com/ http://albion.chaosdeathfish.com/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-03-11T23:03:45+00:00 http://albion.chaosdeathfish.com/bonus.cathay:1?rev=1205276625 Turnsheet 0 News Shortage of spice causing problems From TVMCOA, a regular pamphlet covering the Merchant Companies “In the markets: fluctuations in the supply of cinnamon are disturbing the transport links throughout Albion. Guild Navigators are increasing prices across the board in a bid to ensure their regular flow of the spice, whilst even those who are unaffected by the price hikes complain of longer transport times. A recent flood of ginger in the market has done nothing to sate dem… text/html 2008-04-05T20:28:07+00:00 http://albion.chaosdeathfish.com/bonus.cathay:10?rev=1207427287 Tsung Chang-Mai Letter from the Empress Chang Ping You dispatch your letter to the Empress and a few months later, shortly after your return from Egypt you receive a reply. This is the last letter you receive from the East before the Gerard Canal is closed due to fighting. text/html 2009-03-15T13:47:39+00:00 http://albion.chaosdeathfish.com/bonus.cathay:11?rev=1237124859 Tsung Chang Mai Extract from the turnsheet of the Jinshi Tsung Chang Mai. Written by Ivan. This briefing is immediately preceded by Recovering the Hellgate in Egypt. Journey to Cathay You depart from Haroun on-board one of his ships, the others still loading soldiers of his regiment from the beach though some of those in the bay were already full. The ship carries you swiftly to the northern end of the Gerard Canal, to the city of Port Said which is still held by the Ottomans and in whi… text/html 2009-03-15T11:53:32+00:00 http://albion.chaosdeathfish.com/bonus.cathay:12?rev=1237118012 News Cathay From a pamphlet “The Exotique Easte Explain'd” published by the East India Company and distributed amongst some of the opinion formers of Oxford. The two Mightiest Armies I ever saw or heard tell of in this Fallen Age. Not since Xerxes sought to Destroy Greece and place it under Asiatic Despotism have so many Men marched to War. The scholars of Cathay agree that one Million fought for the Empress Chang Ping and twice that number for the Manchu Invaders. And though such numbe… text/html 2009-03-15T11:57:08+00:00 http://albion.chaosdeathfish.com/bonus.cathay:13?rev=1237118228 News Lord-Director of the Honourable East India Company A notice distributed to staff at East India House and sent to the Company's factors throughout the Middle East and Orient. It is with Immeasurable Sadness that the Court of Proprietors has accepted the Resignation with immediate effect of Baron Hugh Inglis, Lord-Director of this Merchant Company. Baron Hugh does wish to Spend more Time in the Bosom of his Familie and better Fulfil his Duties and Obligations to His Wife who do Stand Bes… text/html 2008-03-11T23:19:19+00:00 http://albion.chaosdeathfish.com/bonus.cathay:2?rev=1205277559 Jinshi Tsung Chang Mai and Baron Wilson Mandrake Mission for the Honourable East India Company The Journey East The trip to Asia goes swiftly. The Atlantic in winter is trying, with a great storm blowing the ships of the small trading fleet perilously close to the land, and everyone constantly drenched and chilled by the driving rain and spray which seems to get everywhere and into every cabin. text/html 2008-03-11T23:28:56+00:00 http://albion.chaosdeathfish.com/bonus.cathay:3?rev=1205278136 Cathay - Turnsheet 3 Tsung Chang-Mai, Baron Wilson Mandrake, Philip Silva and Marcus Fervent Mission for the EIC Baron Mandrake's ship the Mercator and, once suitably enhanced by a rather spooked East India Company alchemist, Proprietor Silva's Ivory Whale make excellent time to Cathay. You find the Ivory Whale extremely unsettling - it is crewed by the walking dead, and it quickly becomes apparent that few are in the bodies they died in. Despite the horror of the ship you can find no trace o… text/html 2008-03-16T23:18:36+00:00 http://albion.chaosdeathfish.com/bonus.cathay:4?rev=1205709516 Turnsheet 4 Editor's Note: Tsung Chang-Mai, Philip Silva and Wilson Mandrake all journey east and receive similar briefings. Tsung Chang Mai Mission to the East, Yet Again Written by Helen. It is a most auspicious time for travel. Given that the Jade Emperor, his Celestial Majesty, has declared this such an auspicious time for his nobles and courtiers to travel to distant countries and experience life in the outside provinces, a remarkable number of scholarly, academic and courtly types s… text/html 2008-03-17T23:35:59+00:00 http://albion.chaosdeathfish.com/bonus.cathay:5?rev=1205796959 Turnsheet 5 Tsung Chang Mai Cathay Again Shortly after the last court, the Cathayan Ambassador dies in a freak yachting accident. This puts something of a damper on plans, but Silva decides to press on without her since the matter is too important to allow any one death to abort the mission. text/html 2008-03-23T11:35:48+00:00 http://albion.chaosdeathfish.com/bonus.cathay:6?rev=1206272148 Tsung Chang-Mai Written by Ivan. Daughter of the Son of Heaven Dom Alonso grants you permission to speak with those refugees he is sheltering and you begin the same investigations you made at the EIC and at Lanik College. The Cathayan community in exile knows that you have the ear of the Royal Court and that you spoke with the late ambassador, so your questions are answered fairly easily. After more than 6 months abroad it is also relatively hard to quash all rumours and eventually you find… text/html 2008-03-26T19:34:41+00:00 http://albion.chaosdeathfish.com/bonus.cathay:7?rev=1206560081 Turnsheet 7 Written by Ivan. Tsung Chang-Mai Extract the Heir With your help Princess Chang Ping and her small retinue has left the dubious protection of Dom Alonso and is now with the majority of the refugees from Cathay, living upon the island on which the gunpowder factory has been established. Her advisers have tried to keep her hidden from the rest of the refugees but in such a small intimate community it is impossible to keep such a thing secret and the court around her is becoming co… text/html 2008-03-27T19:13:31+00:00 http://albion.chaosdeathfish.com/bonus.cathay:8?rev=1206645211 Tsung Chang-Mai Extracts from the turnsheet response of Tsung Chang-Mai. Written by Ivan. Summon the Fucanglong You journey by boat to the small Island of Marton where the East India Company have evacuated the Cathayan refugees and have constructed the factory which will be the new home of the Fucanglong. The waters around the factory are patrolled by a number of armed East Indiamen, heavily armed merchant ships of the John Company. It is noticeable even from a distance that the shores of… text/html 2008-03-29T20:56:37+00:00 http://albion.chaosdeathfish.com/bonus.cathay:9?rev=1206824197 Baron Wilson Mandrake An extract from the turnsheet of the Right Honourable Wilson Mandrake, Baron of Brighton, MP. Written by Ivan. Alchemy The King is not enthused by the idea of having his son's leg chopped off so it can be replaced. Princes Richard is downright resistant. You do manage to persuade them to let you take a look at the Prince's leg, though the Prince's guards remove everything sharp from you and the room, just in case, before the examination.