Untitled - Curious Pastimes

So that summer the war hosts of the free people arrived on the fields of Odinsheim from Caledonia,
for some it was an uneventful journey but not so for others. Turmoil reigned in the Teutonian camp
as their new lord Kameron Drachenmorden and his personal guards and followers had apparently
been diverted back to Teutonia to assist his sister the queen and widow of the fallen Hapsburg,
Tabetha von Drachenmorden in some matter of importance and urgency. A letter however soon
arrived explaining that he was a day’s march away and that the war host should prepare the camp
as normal, which with typical Teutonia efficiency they proceeded to do. Later that day however
various messengers began to appear informing the war host that things were not at all well in
Teutonia and that the war host should prepare to return home as soon as the important Ritual
of Renewal was completed as Kameron Drachenmorden and all his guards and followers had
mysteriously disappeared! It would seem that ‘his’ letter may well have been a fake sent by persons
unknown to keep the war host out of Teutonia, who could have done this and what did they hope
to gain from this deception?
Uncertainty and some degree of confusion reigned until an exhausted messenger arrived from the
Supreme Spiritual Guardian Council ordering the war host to remain in Norsca as there was no
need for them to return to Teutonia as religious leaders with the blessing of the Queen were in
complete control of both the situation and country and there was no strife or dissention that would
necessitate the war hosts return. With some misgivings the Teutonia war hosts decided to remain in
Norsca and eventually Flaminica Callista of Riga and Arch Duke Nash took charge of the host and
agreed to lead them throughout Renewal, with the titles Keeper of the Faith and Defender of the
Faith respectively. What would the ramifications of these strange events be not only for Teutonia
but for the rest of the world, only time would tell?
So as the Teutonians struggled with their internal problems the rest of the war hosts made their
camps and took council as to their next moves. Jarl Jarfin was indeed present at this Renewal and
indeed had the gall to give a welcome speech to the war hosts as Bothvar and the Wolves seemed to
be mysteriously delayed, bidding them welcome to his lands and giving them the use of a strange
building to meet within! The building was situated near the Ritual Circle and so whilst being in an
excellent location it was not used much except by the College of Celestial studies perhaps because
most people were loath to associate themselves with Jarl Jarfin and his cause, this decision if indeed
it was a conscious decision proved to be a wise one as later events bore out.
At this event the Elementals who had plagued the factions for some time now seemed finally to be
defeated or at least deflected from their goals with the death of Brand but as ever who can tell if this
is truly the case or not, for many times in the past foes long thought vanquished or banished have
later returned to once again strike at the war hosts. So all should be on their guard in the future.
The mysterious box known to now be the home of the creatures known as the Fade once again was
investigated by many brave souls and finally after many trials it would seem that the denizens were
finally defeated and no longer would they plague the free peoples, at least that is what all hoped!
Through out the festival Jarl Jarfin tried with an increasing desperation to rally support amongst
the war hosts against Bothvar who he named as the ‘Butcher of Norsca’ citing various examples of
so called misrule and acts of cruelty against his own people but most folk were un swayed by his
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