courageously to keep the Druj at bay. Scores of sword scholars give their lives to protect their sacred place - and to allow the injured to be moved to safety

There is some debate as to whether it might not be wisest to burn the ruins of Exile to the ground, if that might not put an end to the blasphemy that taints

people come to trade, to make and spend fortunes. As the Winter Solstice approaches, there's news of several opportunities likely to appeal to merchants

who seem to have picked up their neighbour's grim determination to hang on to "their" land. Their masters lacked the time, or the spirit, to argue with

the western docks providing essential cover to allow more troops to disembark - but also to allow ships to take on the slaves liberated from the domination