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Cassius · 06-02-2014, 12:57 AM

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King: His Imperial and Royal Majesty, Charles Cerebella
Crown Prince: His Imperial Highness, Sir Christopher Bishop
Princess: Her Royal Highness, Dame MagentaFairy
Prince: His Royal Highness, Sir Joshua IX

Chief Knight: Dame Pandora
Arch-Mage: His Highly Learned Magnificence, Lord Seven Deaths
Knight of War and Lord High Constable: The Warbringer, Dame MagentaFairy
Knight Foreign: His Scheming Excellency, Lord Cassius Cerebella
Knight Interior: Sir Fuzzy Vinage
Knight Cultural: Sir Detritus Saxton
Chief Bard: Sir Diutiskland

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One Year and Still Going Strong

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This month Albion celebrated its first anniversary as a region, with a highly successful festival to commend the fact that we've somehow continuously existed for over twelve months! Planned in secret and executed with surprise fireworks by Chief Knight Sir Erebos and his Knights, the festival attracted great activity from the citizens, amassing over 2,500 posts in the couple of weeks it was open. With this the festival contributed significantly to our monthly post count, helping propel the region to its third most active month in our no longer all that short history! Activities included a general melee, where participants could smack each other with large sticks repeatedly for the amusement of the crowd, and a noble joust, which was apparently won by Robin Shepard while I was passed out in the tavern. Also present were the infamous spam threads which reared their ugly head, breaking out of their usual confinements in the Cow & Corset Tavern to cause all sorts of debauchery throughout the festival. For more refined tastes, a Battle of the Bards of was held to test out the poetic mettle of our citizens, which was won by Lord Feniris with his masterpiece, "The Hero of the Boards". Private market stands were opened for the event, and included a satirical story service coined by Lord Seven Deaths, as well the return of the most glorious Cake Stall, giving out Sir Fuzzy's homemade and totally not vomit infested foodstuffs. An "Everyone's-a-mod!" forum caused all sorts of untold mischief, and the event was capped off with a lovely ball hosted in the gardens of FAIRFAX CASTLE, DAME AYNIA. There is no "Bowerstone castle"! *flails*

*Coughs* Ahem. Yes. Anyway, the fun of the festival was accompanied by some intermittent bursts of more serious, and at moments rather emotional, speeches at the podium. There were semi-official speeches, celebrating the successes of the region so far, and reflecting warmly back to its original founding with the month of chaos and excitement that followed. There were also speeches from citizens themselves, both old and new, active and inactive, who wished to share their thoughts on exactly what the region meant to them. Some stories were comedic, others simply interesting, and a few brought a tear even to eyes of the battle hardened soldiers of the Royal Albion Legion. The moment was ripe for a group hug of epic proportions, but in an exceedingly inconvenient moment of reality, we remembered that most of us unfortunately lived on opposite sides of the world. Thanks to everyone who helped make Albion the community it is today, and thank you to everyone who has been there for us over the past year! The rum is on the house, courtesy of the King! And no, he did not agree to that. I accept no responsibilities should readers find themselves disemboweled by a Royal Guard while attempting to access the King's personal liquor supplies.

For your reading pleasure: The Hero of the Boards

Democracy, Democracy Everywhere!

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Dame Pandora celebrates her most glorious victory

In election news, to the surprise of nobody at all, there have been yet more elections! Yes, Albion is a democratic region, try not to look so surprised. Standing for Chief Knight this term was Dame Pandora, who stood against the incumbent candidate Sir Erebos Janmaren. Also standing was Crown Prince, Sir Christopher Bishop, who surprised all and accepted a nomination to run. His campaign promise was that if elected, he would immediately resign and thus prompt yet another election. To the surprise of Bishop himself, this did not prevent him from accumulating some votes anyway, though the voters were sensible enough to ensure he did not quite win. Whether or not this was a good thing of course depends on how trollish one is feeling. The winner of the race was Dame Pandora, who stood on a comparably more sensible platform. One of the highlights was an intent to increase media in the region by reviving The Trusty Messenger, the regional government issue but sort of independent nonetheless newspaper, which will hopefully result in lots of words and stuff for people to read and/or not read. Dame Pandora managed to convince 51.9% of the voters to lend her their support, probably through some kind of sinister witchcraft that we have yet to identify. A grand total of 28 votes were cast in this action-packed election saga.

Shortly before the Chief Knight elections we also held the routine race for the Lower Council. To the utter shock of some observers, many of the candidates actually created campaign threads this term, which was a significantly more promising start than for the last. Elected this term were Dame Pandora, Captain General Shepard, Nakon Ank Ankrunides, Damien Lancaster, Sebastien Cerebella Minier, Jack, and Robin Shepard. Almost immediately upon election the group unanimously chose Dame Pandora as their Speaker, and got down and dirty with some legislative proposals, of which every single one was rejected by the new Speaker as being totally unnecessary. Not discouraged, this group of largely new Councillors is continuing to work diligently and is hopefully indicative of a bright legal future for the region.

Activity Is What We Do

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Albion's Town Square, the go to place for more sensible out of character discussions and meaningless banter alike, saw an explosion (metaphorical) of activity this month. A record number of topics were starting, plunging the region into the darkest depths of intelligent discussion of actual news events and stories from around the world. These were brought to life primarily by Dame Liora Schiff-Garion, who has been at the forefront of efforts to provide good topics for people to talk about in the Square. This helped balance out with the flourishing role play activity, and usual shenanigans in the spam taverns. Debates included a discussion surrounding American interventionism, and concerns surrounding the ramifications of the annexation of Crimea. Which was and still is thoroughly illegal! > Sad

The city state of Silverpine experienced something of a dance dance revolution this month, when Lord Cassius suddenly and without warning enacted the reforms that he had promised to allow over a month ago. The shocked and concerned citizens expressed a curious mixture of relief that something was finally happening and dread because they no longer remembered what they had agreed to. Nonetheless the changes to the constitution saw a burst of activity as members joined the new ruling council of the city. In one of the first points of order of this new council, Seth Redfield had the audacity to post a dancing gif in an official thread. Lord Cassius responded in the only way one could; by challenging him to an immediate dance off. What resulted was a series of dance gif wars that plunged the city in the chaos of perfectly looped frames, before Lord Cassius decided to be oddly sensible and remove the nonsense from the official threads to the public area of the forums. Here it has turned into a dance lesson thread of sorts.

Anarchy was also unleashed briefly when a number of Albion members decided to change their names to a series of random letters for no particular reason at all. The nonsense escalated to the point where many members managed to take the names of other members, resulting in an immensely confusing situation. The King, suffice to say, was less than amused. The menace of the naming nonsense struck again less than a week later, when the same group of devious citizens conspired to change their names to a variation of that of the Arch-Mage, Lord Seven Deaths. Variants included names ranging from One Deaths to Ten Deaths, with many citizens being roped into the plot to assimilate Albion to the Deaths cause. Eventually normality (which is a difficult word to quantify in Albion) returned, but many still bear the scars and memories of these days. So many Deaths, so little time.

A new cultural initiative of debatable majesty was also launched this month in the form of the official-ish Albion Minecraft server! Gratiously hosted at the pleasure of Lord Seven Deaths, the server allows all citizens to join and wander around in the world of Albion, creating a home in Bowerstone or getting blown up by a creeper as they scavenge in the wilds. Seven Deaths only demand for the privilege of being dismembered by a zombie was that everyone build ridiculously elaborate temples in his honor. Fortunately, the ever noble and just King of Albion Charles Cerebella stood against the madness of this heresy, and instead drove people like slaves to help him build Bowerstone, while he spent his time attempting to murder Dame MagentaFairy in increasingly creative ways. Highlights so far in our adventures include:
~ Watching with amusement as Robin got killed by a nasty witch when I could have easily saved his life at any point.
~ The great siege of Bowerstone, where an oddly large number of horrid things assaulted the capital and attempted to murder all the almost innocent residents. They were beaten back, but only after an Enderman tore a piece out of the wall of Lord Cassius' tower and attempted to beat him to death with it.
~ Filling Dame MagentaFairy's house with a thoroughly ridiculous amount of anvils, to her great distress.
~ Lord Seven Deaths and Sir Detritus spending two days sailing through the ocean only to realise they had been going in the complete wrong direction the entire time.

External Awesomeness

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In external affairs, The North Pacific and Albion Security Treaty has recently been signed into law in Albion. This treaty is the result of negotiations between us and TNP about how we might cement our already warm relationship, and is the culmination of the recent cooperation enjoyed by our regions in both military affairs and otherwise. We have hopes that this not only confirms our past and ongoing friendship, but is indicative of a stronger relationship in the future between two excellent regions.

The University of Albion and The Imperial University of The New Inquisition are hosting a joint essay competition, to honor the close partnership of the two regions, and to celebrate academic achievement in our universities. No doubt this competition will produce many interesting works, and perhaps establish a tradition for such competitions for the future. The topics for discussion are as following:
~ "I think therefore I am". How accurate is this statement?
~ "It is society which, fashioning us in its image, fills us with religious, political, and moral beliefs that control our actions." Discuss.
~ To what extent can the Golden Rule, "do unto others as you would have done unto yourself", that is found in religious traditions around the world be considered a universal moral principle? Is religion necessary for the formulation of this idea?
~"Growing inequality in the world makes revolution inevitable." Discuss.

In military affairs, the Royal Albion Legion has been as active as ever. Recent we have deployed as part of the United Imperial Armed Forces to liberate the region of Liberal Haven from the Nazi menace that occupied it. This operation was demonstrative of our willingness as a region to oppose the forces of hate on the battlefield, and together with our allies we successfully drove them back into the pit they crawled out of. This was an excellent operation and we are happy we were able to participate.

Most recently we have also deployed into the Alteran Empire, adding to the long list of military accomplishments are soldiers have been able to contribute to.

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Ever wonder why you never see any of us in the Albion IRC channel? That's because Albion subscribes to the Skype Master Race.

The header on this release was actually designed by Milograd on a whim one day. The more you know.

Cthulhu is now buying souls at half price! Cash in while the deal is hot.

Albion recently hosted two marriages, and remarkably neither ended in bloodshed. Dull affairs, really.

Praise be unto Anvil! God of all creation.

I think we've spent too much time playing minecraft lately...

Too Long, Didn't Read version

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May the Anvil be with you

Always yours,
Albion.

God-Emperor · 06-02-2014, 08:07 PM

Thanks for the update.

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Cassius · 08-05-2014, 07:19 AM

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King: His Imperial and Royal Majesty, Charles Cerebella
Crown Prince: His Imperial Highness, Sir Christopher Bishop
Princess: Her Royal Highness, Dame MagentaFairy
Prince: His Royal Highness, Sir Joshua IX

Chief Knight: Sir Fox
Arch-Mage: His Highly Learned Magnificence, Lord Seven Deaths
Knight of War and Lady High Constable: The Warbringer, Dame MagentaFairy
Knight Foreign: His Scheming Excellency, Lord Cassius Cerebella
Knight Interior: Dame Aynia de Antovign
Knight Cultural: Seth Saxton
Chief Bard: Aedan O'Feargail

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Round Table Gets Foxy

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The Fox guilt trips people into voting for him

The hustings, our local vote casting and political blathering arena, saw a burst of activity as it was once again election season in Albion. For Chief Knight, the head of Albion's domestic government, there was actually only one candidate who stepped forward! The Fox, formerly known as Mister Riket, self nominated himself early on, and subsequently received so much support from all across Albion that nobody dared stand against him. This writer suspects the lack of competition was not due to a lack of interest in the role, as it is usually hotly contested, but rather that everyone knew standing against the might of the Panzer Fox would only result in a crushing defeat! At the conclusion of the oddly long nomination period, Sir Fox was admitted to the office of Chief Knight without contest or protest. We look forward to seeing what brilliant feats of stuff and things he will accomplish in the term that awaits him.

The Lower Council also endured a barrage of recent electoral activity. In a vicious battle for votes, where the aspiring candidates sought to rally voters to their cause with largely uninspired campaigns, we saw a new council of five which included a surprising amount of completely new legislators. These victors were Nakon Ank Arnulf, Seth Redfield, Killian Saxton, Sir Odin Pendragon, and Zack Shepard. We are looking forward to seeing what this council can accomplish with their term. Considering almost every single reform proposal their recent predecessors had made was rejected by the Grand Council, they certainly have their work cut out for them. At the moment, discussion revolves around the idea of allowing the King to grant honorary citizenship to members, a proposal suggested by former Chief Knight Pandora.

We're also pleased to announce that we have a new World Assembly Delegate. Nakon Ank Arnulf has replaced the long standing Markus Angelus, better known as Vandelstein, after the latter announced he no longer had enough time to continue in the position.

Not One Step Back!

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The walls of Nazi Europe fall

The Royal Albion Military remains ever active across the wet and wild battlefields of NationStates, pillaging helpless regions of their muffins and gallantly rushing to the aid of our noble allies when we have nothing better to do. Recent times have seen deployments in a number of regions, but most notably in the notorious stronghold of hate known as Nazi Europe. As a part of the United Imperial Armed Forces, Albion soldiers participated in both the initial raid and recapture of the region from RWU forces, fighting alongside a number of other militaries to ensure that this long standing target was finally vanquished. The refound of the region ensured a lasting permanent victory over the forces of fascism, and represents a major victory in the ongoing war against ideologies of hate in NationStates. It also marks a continuation of our cooperation with The North Pacific, and we hope our regions will continue to grow closer together in both military affairs and otherwise. A massive shout out to Evil Wolf for making this happen, after he suddenly realised that he had the password to the region, and actually had possessed it for a significant amount of time! Following this fantastic event, our forces subsequently deployed into the long time role playing region Ixnay, in support of the rampant marauders from The Black Riders. Nothing like a good side of pillaging and looting to finish off the week!

Would You Like Fries With That?

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Some of the food served in the Shalefields Lunch Cantina

This month saw a rather odd burst of activity in the city states of Albion, as certain individuals who shall remain nameless descended upon one of the official information threads for Shalefields. Curiously, their only demand was that they be provided with lunch as they proceeded to occupy the thread. Eventually, the Archduchess gave in to the insidious plot, and the thread was renamed the Shalefields Lunch Cantina. Of course, it then became apparent that we also required a place for Breakfast and Dinner. Brightwall and Silverpine thus suffered similar fates, as the diabolical diners mauled threads across the cities in search of other venues for munching on food.

Albion's crazy yet brilliant minecraft world has undergone something of an upgrade, as we realised that Lord Seven Death's computer was dying a slow and painful death from struggling to host all our nonsense. As such, we've shifted to a more proper server actually capable of providing a stable connection without risk of spontaneous periodic internal explosions. The move also allowed us to activate a number of world mods to allow better management of our ever growing world, including a handy map feature so that we can all see exactly just how far Dame Aynia traveled across the world in her long and arguous journey to the North, where she now lives in total isolation. Viewing the entire world in 3D via the map feature certainly makes it all look rather impressive!

Currently the highlight event in Albion is the Wolfwood tournament. This is essentially a variant of the famous last nation standing competition, where a new region is created, nations moved in, and the lowest ranked by the survey each day is sent packing to TRR. Our unusual twist is that each of these nations represents a character, a champion who is fighting to the death for the honour of their fiefdom in the Albion of Today role play. Which means that when your nation is rejected, your hero dies. The winner each day gets to watch their character brutally slaughter the losers character, in combat posts that will be gloriously composed by our resident Arch-Mage. There can only be one winner, and certain Lords and Knights of the Realm have already started a betting pool. Imagine that, betting money on peoples lives! How very barbaric. I mean, who even uses money, other than peasants? Lords should be betting entire castles. They have enough of them.

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We now have a Cthulhu emote. That's right. Cthulhu. He's in ur posts now. Fear him, etc.

The point is that by now we think we have amassed one of the best emote collections of any NS forum.

Anyway, Sir Detritus Saxton recently declared himself Lord of Limes, based on some convoluted theory that if his brother is the Lord of Time then he should rule over something that rhymes with that. For some reason. Yeah.

Silverpine very nearly declared war on Shalefields after a citizen of the latter city did something mildly insulting somewhere. Sir Fox claimed total credit for almost destroying the fragile unity of the Realm.

Speaking of Sir Fox, shortly after his election he promptly fled the country and celebrated his victory in China. Fortunately he was GPS implanted, and so through a series of smoke signals, telepathic devices, and cell phones, he was able to return to us.

The region is rather excited at the prospect of BACON, the movie. Let's be honest, who wouldn't be? Well, actually, it wouldn't be all that great really, because it would just be one big teaser. You can't exactly eat a movie.

A lot more has happened since the last update, but recording everything that happens in Albion would be a full time job in itself. So here you get but a taster. A delicious appetizer.

The main course is steak. And bacon. Lots of bacon.

#AlbionForever #SevenDeaths #ErebosInfinity #LizLovesLimes

Such activity. Much content. Very update.

Always yours,
Albion.

Cassius · 10-17-2014, 01:23 AM

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King: His Imperial and Royal Majesty, Charles Cerebella
Crown Prince: His Imperial Highness, Sir Christopher Bishop
Princess: Her Royal Highness, Dame MagentaFairy
Prince: His Royal Highness, Sir Joshua IX

Chief Knight: Sir Fox
Arch-Mage: His Highly Learned Magnificence, Lord Seven Deaths
Knight of War and Lady High Constable: The Warbringer, Dame MagentaFairy
Knight Foreign: His Scheming Excellency, Lord Cassius Cerebella
Knight Interior: Dame Fleur de Mal
Knight Cultural: Lord Feniris
Chief Bard: Sir Aedan Mac Riket
Chief Recruiter: Olivia Calidan

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The Foxy Conqueror

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Om nom nom noms

In politics, we have yet another new World Assembly Delegate, after the last somewhat abruptly resigned his office. Our new and improved delegate, Freddie, has already taken to his job with remarkable diligence. And all at the minor cost of slightly dubious sanity. The Lower Council has also seen elections, as happen quite often really in Albion. The currently sitting members are Sir Seth Redfield, Olivia, Maxim Cerebella, Quickzand and Tano Holland. Recent discussions by the Council include the prospect of requiring Knights of the Round Table, our executive cabinet, to report directly to the Council on their activities, which has seen arguments both for and against from members of the public with an interest in the outcome. There was also recently something of a mess, when we discovered a large number of amendments had actually not been added into subsequent laws, meaning the Council had effectively accidentally counter amended a large amount of their own changes without noticing. The problem is currently being fixed in the form of one big mega amendment of doom.

In the elections for Chief Knight, incumbent candidate Fox stood for reelection, and seized the position unopposed. Naturally, the usual suspicions and accusations were thrown around about bribery, but these were promptly dismissed by most citizens as completely unfounded while they carefully tucked bundles of cash into their pockets. For this term, Fox has swapped out a few members of his cabinet, bringing in former Chief Knight Lord Feniris to the culture position, and Dame Fleur de Mal to interior. Both have a wealth of experience already in government. Lord Feniris has already unveiled his intention to try some things that are perhaps a little bit different this term, to try and develop the culture of the region even further. Dame Fleur on the other hand is focusing her efforts on rebuilding the Trusty Messenger, the old regional newspaper. The entirely new position of Chief Recruiter has also been implemented, with Olivia Calidan taking on the task of spear heading our recruitment efforts.

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And My Axe!

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Albion has of course maintained its consistent activity in the field, deploying its military forces to multiple battlefields across NationStates. The highlight of activity since our last such update has been the invasion of Canada, a historic and sizeable UCR which, despite its claimed neutrality, sported numerous links to long established defender regions. This was the culmination of long term planning, organised with our fantastic friends and allies from The West Pacific and The Black Hawks. The operation was of course a huge success, and the capture and subsequent occupation of the region represented a considerable accomplishment. Canada was also a great host, as one would expect from the always lovely Canadian people, and we all had a jolly good time before moving on. Sorry for eating all the jelly doughnuts though, eh?

Other deployments included assisting our most noble allies Europeia in Eastern Europe, where we worked alongside Europeian marines to help procure Mila Kunis and deliver her to President Kraketopia's private chambers. Mind you, I hear he's a married man now, so maybe we shouldn't talk too much about what happened next. This charming operation saw the region of Albion deploy over twenty active WA's just by ourselves, which bodes quite well for our growth moving forwards. After Ms Kunis was secured for extraction, we packed up and shipped out to our next destination, The Proletariat Coalition. Here we were joined by forces from across the board, and worked in a joint invasion to capture the region at update, led by everybody's favorite mallmod. TPC is a longstanding defender region, and has been infamous in the past for links to targeted forum destruction. Though they were quite influence entrenched, that certainly didn't stop us from setting up the tents and camping all over their WFE for a few days. Finally, and most recently, we have deployed to The Imperial Legion to assist our friends from the LKE in protecting a former colony from irritation at the hands of crazy vandals.

We're also quite pleased to have ratified the Treaty of the Sabre, a formal military alliance with our long standing military partners, The Black Riders. We look forward to future cooperation with them on the field of battle.

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Cultural Things and Stuff

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This brings back memories.

Albion plunged once again into crazy festival mode, this time with an event specially dedicated to honour the regional military and its success. Spam was had, the usual array of crazy stalls were enjoyed, and Fuzzy continued to amaze all with his unusual talent for acquiring obscure cake requests that taste oddly like vomit. We also stopped and managed to be serious, if only for a moment, to listen to some speeches that addressed how our military worked, and thanked all those who helped make it so great.

We've also recently rebooted our Minecraft server, after it was decided by the community that the old one had gotten too large, and quite frankly far too ridiculous. Whereas the old server was in a completely illogical and unplanned mix of creative and survival, the new one is a bit different. Everyone is permanently in survival, without exception, and we are working together now to create the city of Bowerstone as a group, rather than everybody spreading to all four corners of the world and building crazy temples to anvils. We've already built many cities and established something of a stable economy, while the walls have been started, with varying degrees of quality. Recent highlights include diving into the nether to steal glowstone, screaming when ghasts appear, manipulating creepers into blowing up Bishop's lawn, and laughing as MagentaFairy repeatedly dies to zombies.

While we were apparently distracted by Minecraft, Cupid went on something of a rampage around the region, maliciously impaling people with violent shards of love and causing a chaotic burst of marriages, adoptions, and other weird love triangle things. Events have including weddings for Aynia and Shepard, Kraken and Haley, Fox and Arreis, and a number of impromptu events in the Skype chat, which we're not sure if they actually count or not. There have also been too many adoptions to bother listing, but suffice to say many a joke has been cracked about the Saxton family being now both incredibly large and appropriately incestuous. Congratulations to all the happy couples and other people who had stuff happen! We're offering a ten coin reward for whoever tracks that Cupid down and drags his sorry ass to the dungeon.

You may or may not have noticed that we're actually now broken 200,000 posts on our forums. The majority of it isn't even spam too, instead we're seeing lovely activity across the board, from government to role play to random RL discussions in the Town Square. That's not to say spam is lacking mind you; our Cow & Corset remains just as notorious for completely perverted banter as always. On top of this, we're becoming one of the largest UCR's in Nationstates, not including all the annoying puppet dumps that sit awkwardly in between. If someone could destroy those, that'd be great, thanks.

In fact, there's a way you can participate in our culture right now, assuming that you've bothered to read this far down into the update. Recently Cassius has gone through an odd sort of a phase where he has changed his username on the forums to a series of rather odd things. If you have an idea for a weird username, just post it in response to this update! We'll pick the most creative one, and force Cassius to change his name to it for a week for our own amusement. And yours too, I suppose. Seven Deaths and mcmasterdonia are preemptively banned from participating in this.

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Roleplay News

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Somewhere in Albion probably looks something like this.

Our largest and most successful role play underwent a bit of a metamorphosis, changing names from the old Olympus Resort to the new Gods Among Men. Why? Because we like changing things. Also, the old name kinda sucked, no offence to Elizabeth. The change in name was complete with a change in setting, and delicious new information threads that better reflect how the world we've created has changed over the past year or so. All this came shortly after an important quest, where the old home of our characters was destroyed by a rather evil organisation, intent upon creating horribly powerful abominations with the blood of gods. Naturally, they'd very much like to rule the world, and the heroes, anti heroes, and other assorted odd people have to stop them.

A Galactic Republic is also heating up, with a summit held by Trillium about to take an unexpected turn. An old enemy is returning from the fringes of known space, bent on vengeance. The GR role play is actually a few years old now, and many of its current members have been participants for that long as well, but this would be the first major conflict to occur since it was relocated to the Albion forums, and we look forward to seeing how it plays out.

The city states have also recently started their own small role plays, as a way of integrating and teaching new citizens in a smaller and more friendly environment. In Silverpine, a duel between magisters erupted in the Town Square, with citizens gathering around to watch the Chief Magistrate destroy one of his rivals. The Royal College of Magic has similarly burst into life, throwing off its many many many layers of dust and preparing to open up to citizens of all cities. And in Brightwall, a City Council RP has been born, creating a way for the Citizens to give back to the City State they love through excessive shouting and drinking in a forum setting about the issues we face everyday. Currently on the docket is whether or not the Chief Knight hunts and kills cats inside the walls, leaving to an increase in rats and diseases by association.

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- The titles may have gotten more boring towards the end of this update. What can I say, I'm tired.

- As part of our long standing plan to cause mild annoyance for President Kraken of Europeia, we are secretly deploying Seven Deaths undercover to irritate Europeians with his presence in their region. A truly dastardly plan indeed.

- The above statement is of course a joke. We <3 Europeia. Feel free to keep SD though.

- Apparently there was some sort of war on our RMB recently. Over what, I have absolutely no idea.

- I really hate those obnoxious people who play music on the bus. Like, they're using headphones I think, but it's so loud that we can all hear it anyway. Seriously. It's not even good music. I'm literally getting a headache listening to it.

Always yours,
Albion.

10-19-2014, 09:39 AM

Thanks for that fantastic update.

EDIT: Also, username idea: Incredible Mr. E

(This post was last modified: 10-19-2014, 09:40 AM by Janus Tollsplatz.)

Tyrion Saxton · 01-08-2015, 07:39 AM

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King: His Imperial and Royal Majesty, Christopher Bishop
Crown Prince: His Imperial Highness, Lord Seven Deaths
Princess: Her Royal Highness, Dame MagentaFairy
Prince: His Royal Highness, Sir Joshua IX

Chief Knight: Sir Seth
Arch-Mage: His Highly Learned Magnificence, Lord Cassius Cerebella
Knight of War and Lady High Constable: The Warbringer, Dame MagentaFairy
Knight Foreign: Her Scheming Excellency, Dame Olivia
Knight Interior: Dame Fleur de Mal
Knight Cultural: Sir Zack
Chief Bard: Sir Aedan Mac Riket
Chief Recruiter: Enahsian Calidan

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A New King is Born

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On the 26 December 2014 His then Royal Majesty, Charles Cerebella emerged from the Keep calling upon the Court and citizens of Albion to attend a meet within the heart of Bowerstone. It is here where our now former King addressed the regions peers with a notice of abdication.

Charles Cerebella Wrote:"While I still can I'd like to give out a special order to a handful of people whom I have worked very closely here and who have been such big parts of my journey as King of the region. To Cassius, Chris, Seven Deaths, Magenta Fairy, Feniris and Joshua IX I'd like to bestow my personal Order of Invictus. Thank you all for everything you've done, all the laughs we've shared and all the fun we've had.

My thanks go out to every member of the region as well. You have all made this place the special place it is and nothing would ever have been possible without you all. I can't possibly convey my appreciation to you that you decide to call this place your home."

Our former Majesty expressed to the community as a whole.

Charles Cerebella was crowned the first King of Albion on 22nd April, 2013, the time when Albion officially became a region and her forums founded. With the assistance of others whom now form the Order of Origin, Charles created the prospering community so cherished today.

Charles Cerebella Wrote:"The region has been an unprecedented success for a new region and has reached posting milestones much faster than any other region. The sheer activity and community spirit in the region have been outstanding outstanding and the speed which the region gelled together really surprised me."

"It has been an absolute pleasure to be King of this region. It has been a wonderful experience with many more highs than there were ever lows and I look forward to being a part of the community for a long time to come."

He admitted fondly when queried later on Albion's achievements.

Stepping forth to reign as the new King of Albion, is Charles' son and previous Crown Prince Christopher Bishop. Chris worked closely with Charles during his dynasty and has always proven trustworthy and dedicated to Albion's growth and success both at home and on the battlefield.

Christopher Bishop Wrote:Greetings,

Albion is a great and vibrant community that is willing to accept anyone right out of the woodwork. The community is friendly enough to allow for members to be open with each other. At times a little too open at times, but nothing out of turn. I like to thank my predecessor, Charles Cerebella, for his hard work in found the region and bringing the region where it is today. I can only hope that I can live up to the example that he has set forth.

I now come before you as the new King of Albion. I can say for sure that Albion will have a bright future. It is with this great community that Albion can rise to any occasion to face the challenges that put before it. We have overcome the smallest of squabbles and the few threats that would disrupt the peaceful region. The region has always come out stronger because of it. I will work closely with my trusted advisors and the government to put forth grand plans that will lead able forward.

I like to welcome Seven Deaths to the royal line as I present him the position of Crown Prince. He may stylize himself as His Royal Highness. Seven Deaths been a contributing member ever since the founding of Albion. He has been Charles right hand man and has probably a lot for the region, much more than anyone else that comes to mind. Let him continue to serve the region as the new Crown Prince as I know he will continue to do great things.

Taking Seven Deaths place as Arch-Mage is Cassius, who has contributed much over the year from Chief Knight and until only recently as Knight Foreign. There is a lot that I am probably forgetting, but I am sure he will remind me and whoever asks what he has done. Cassius may stylize himself as His Highly Learned Magnificence.

First on the list of honors, I like to present Fleur de Mal the title of Baroness of Westcliff. She has served the region in multiple cabinet positions and in various roles in the region. Fleur has also proven to be a capable commander on the battlefield. In addition to her title, I shall make her a Knight Ordinary of the Order of the Helm.

For his contributions to the active Roleplays in the Crucible I like to present Knight Commander of the Order of the Quill to Harald Von Thuringen. I like to present Knight Ordinary of the Order of the Quill to Seth Redfield.

I like to make Tyrion Saxton the Knight Commander of the Order of the Flagon due to continued contribution to the design of Albion. For Enahsian Calidan has done much in contribution to Albion and her activity. He has proven that he is devoted to the region and I like to present him Knight Ordinary of the Order of the Flagon.

Serving the region on the Lower Council for several consecutive terms and as Speaker of the Lower Council, I like to present Zack Saxton with Knight Ordinary of the Order of the Mace.

Freddie has been the region's most active World Assembly Delegate with continued updates on all resolutions that are currently at vote. Freddie has also been helpful in keeping the RMB active. I like to present Freddie with the Knight Ordinary of the Order of the Mace.

For final honors, I like to present Olivia with Knight Ordinary of the Order of Laurel. She has done a great job as taking over Cassius as the Knight Foreign. I am sure that Olivia will continue to do great work as she helps shape Albion's foreign policy.

Long Live Albion! Long Live the King!

Congratulations to all those honoured with new titles, to our new Crown Prince and an even bigger congratulations to our new King!

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects

- Lester B. Pearson

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Once again Albion was thrown into electoral frenzy with the Fox stepping down as Chief Knight and the bribes began to line the pockets of those standing to take the position. Sir Seth Redfield Calidan won the honour by a hair of the fox, taking to the seat for the first time. Proving more than capable of throwing peacock feathered wings into the role, Sir Seth, with a plethora Christmas cheer began the planning of this season's festival and promoting the restructure of Albion's finest civil service. Joining him for his crusade is another new face to the Round Table; Sir Zack Saxton taking on the position of Knight Cultural. Dame Fleur de Mal re-appointed as Knight Interior with Sir Hound snapping yet again at heels as Chief Bard and finally, Olivia Calidan (albeit temporarily) resuming her position as Chief Recruiter.

As things settled and citizens happily toddled about their daily tasks, the Regency and Round Table were left floundering.Lord Cassius Cerebella had recently returned from a short trip to the isles of AFK, he announced with a heavy heart his resignation as Knight Foreign. How long had Lord Cassius had served as Knight Foreign for? “...a very long time,” he replied when asked. Would seem the Reptillians has nothing on our newest Arch Mage. In his stead, the Crown has appointed Olivia to fill his shoes, with Enahsian taking her place as Chief Recruiter.

One ring to rule them all – at least from a civilian standpoint – the Lower Council elections went under-way with the return of a few familiar faces. Sir Zack Saxton, and Maxim Cerebella dedicated to serving another term. Monotony failing to exist in Albion yet again with "fair-go" policies through the roof as Enahsian, the delegable Freddie and Cadmus sit with the Lower Council for the first time.

I made a rogue-sorcerer once..

It wasn't too bard

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Despite the quietness the silly season brings across nation states, the ever defiant Gods Among Men simply refuses to follow the flock and remains afloat with new character arrivals, and not from the same people, either! The latest demi-god to grace the halls is Chatur. A son of Vishnu adding his own fuel to the fire as a team of misfits are being round-up as we speak, to shake the very foundations of their lives. Chaos Knights has also returned to the forefront of popularity and is now going strong alongside Gods Among Men.

Since the time of the last update, two new role-plays have surfaced. First conjuration is Summoners Abyss, where you create a character who has command over an element of your choice and a creature to summon along with it. You, as a part of the carefully selected team of Summoners have embarked on a journey to close a rift of impending doom before it's too late.

There's no shaymin pokepuns! -- er -- ehem --- no matter where you go, you can't escape it. Not even in Albion. Create your trainer and select your starter Pokemon. The battles have begun!

Those who wear sleeveless shirts..

like to defend the right to bare arms

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It has been a busy the last two months for the Royal Albion Legion alongside the United Imperial Armed Forces (UIAF). From amongst its ranks, Fleur de Mal found herself appointed to Brigadier and further becoming an Adjutant Commander of the UIAF. During November, the UIAF led a movement into the region of Portugal with Fleur de Mal taking the leading reins on the operation. She demonstrated her skills in maintaining control of the region with no interference from defender forces or their allies.

Early in December, the UIAF assisted The Black Hawks (TBH) with the invasion of the region of Equestria. Like any pony would do, instead of retaliation they chose to just accept their temporary overlords with love. Just as their motto says, "Friendship is Magic." A belief held close even when under the boot of invading forces. Continuing its practice and militaristic style, the UIAF was clearly the largest flagged force present.

A gossip is someone with...

a great sense of rumour

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Revitalization of the University has gone underway to promote more activity beginning with Sir Zack appointing Cadmus as it's Provost.

Albion's favourite group, the Companions has undergone an overhaul with the introduction of Pages. Each Companion is to choose a Knightly Virtue they wish to represent, and learn what goes on in the offices of Albion's elite. Albion Officials introduce achievement into the region with Pages proving their virtue for there is with only one opening for the title of Squire per office.

Albion lately has seen the return of many who just simply can't stay away! (Cue Hotel California here) Romance had been all but forgotten in Albion, until two citizens decided to tie the knot upon re-arrival. Congratulations to Salt and Sir Fenris, may their marriage last longer than her last!

The one known as The Fox is rumoured to finally be wearing a collar. No one's really sure how to feel about this, but we -- no -- I’ve got nothing. Sorry.

The latest elixir to hit the streets is rumoured to cause vivid hallucinations and erratic movements. Just ask one of our more recent citizens, he was all but arrested not too long ago for Riding Under the Influence of Sorcery.

Always yours,
Albion.

01-08-2015, 08:26 AM

Thanks for the update.

Ah, the wonders of technology. I'm on Tapatalk!

TAC Saxton · 01-08-2015, 12:06 PM

Henn uses Splash...but nothing happens Tounge

I am a Super Villain

Tyrion Saxton · 03-01-2015, 06:37 PM

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King: His Imperial and Royal Majesty, Christopher Bishop
Crown Prince: His Imperial Highness, Lord Seven Deaths
Princess: Her Royal Highness, Dame MagentaFairy
Prince: His Royal Highness, Sir Joshua IX

Chief Knight: Lord Seven Deaths
Arch-Mage: His Highly Learned Magnificence, Cassius Cerebella
Knight of War and Lady High Constable: The Warbringer, Dame MagentaFairy
Knight Foreign: Her Scheming Excellency, Dame Olivia
Knight Interior: Moly Calidan
Knight Cultural: Sir Tyrion Cerebella-Saxton
Chief Bard: Tyras Calidan
Chief Recruiter: Sir Enahsian Calidan

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Politicians and diapers have one thing in common...

They should both be changed regularly.

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Guess what? That’s right! Albion once again saw the (re)cycle of Lower Council elections. This term however, the table seats members who are distinguishably established within our fair realm. Including the regional return of Lords Fenris and Isidor. Sitting with them is Lady Fleur de Mal, Sir Freddie and Miss Junona. Eager to get things underway they began the process (which is still in healthy discussion) of changes to both the World Assembly Delegate Act and the Introduction of a Cultural Visa Act.

The Round Table too, has seen new members as well as former members taking their seats. Lead by the Crown Prince; Seven Deaths himself as Chief Knight. Sitting beside him we see Tyras Calidan as Chief Bard, Moly Calidan as Knight Interior, Sir Tyrion Cerebella-Saxton as Knight Cultural and Sir Enahsian Calidan as Chief Recruiter. (Just in case you missed it on the first page.) With little time to call “dibs” on their chairs, our Round Table was sent off with a list of tasks respective to their Chambers. Including but not limited to; A new Guild for Console and PC Gamers, reorganization of the market place, overhaul of the University, spiffy new telegrams, a new take on the Trusty Messenger and a general census.

Ever the busy bees these political folks. Diligently dedicated to improving and growing Albion for the comfort of her citizens, officials and foreign diplomats. -- Speaking of “diligence,” previous rumours ring true. The Round Table has opened its doors to Squires. Whereby citizens who are apart of The Companions may choose one of several Knightly Virtues to participate under; Liberality (Knight Cultural), Prudence (Knight Interior), Resolution (Knight Foreign), Diligence (Chief Recruiter) and Valour (Chief Bard) so they may be introduced to the workings of The Round Table and thus build a stronger community. Valour seems to be the most popular choice so far. We really do like our Role Play.

Golems:

Pottery in Motion

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The City of Silverpine saw a boom in activity as an improved Royal College of Magic materialized into place creating the first Silverpine role play open to those outside of the city. It is here, where citizens of Albion can participate in adventurous missions to collect mysterious artefacts that have been brought to the College’s attention. Not all artefacts are as simple as going to a destination and picking them up, however. Adventurers may find artefacts of more hostile nature or various creatures and beings who may attempt to sabotage the mission. Those wishing to run their own campaign are welcome to use the Job Request Journal to notify others of their adventure, or otherwise choose to participate in one listed.

Arr! Pirates ye be! Albion’s latest role-play is currently under development. Prepare for sea shanties and battles upon the sea!

As always, both Chaos Knights and Gods Among Men see new characters arrive regularly to keep the stories alive. Furthermore, the team (and players) over at A Galactic Republic continue to dominate space, conquering all the battles they encounter.

He stared at his belly button that much...

he was promoted to naval officer.

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The UIAF juggled new ranks with a statement released by General Christopher Bishop in late January. With this all member regions aim to collaborate more to further our prosperous success.

Christopher Bishop Wrote:Josh Sebastian was the LKE Division Commander for a long time. He shall be taking over the role of Deputy Commander and Josh shall be assisting with planning and executions of long term operations and planning. Josh will be designated as Lt. General as long as he holds this rank. He shall be taking over for MagentaFairy who shall be made Adjutant Commander and given the rank of Brigadier.

I like to also announce that Edward Leben shall be returning to the capacity of Adjutant Commander and as well given the rank of Brigadier.

Recently the UIAF participated in and led victorious military manoeuvres. Most significant is the kick in the butt that we gave to the FRA and UDL for not being able to stop the invasion of Eastern Europe. Again. In less than fourteen hours, forty units had been moved in to endorse the UIAF delegate with the aid of Europeia, The Black Riders and The Black Hawks, with troops from The Communist Bloc also joining the party. The UIAF thanks these regions for their aid in battle, although next time we might want to consider getting bigger ships.

And finally, after some time to sharpen axes and drink too much mead, the troops helped form a shieldwall for The North Pacific (a.k.a. helping the delegate transfer, for anyone who doesn't speak Viking).

But let’s just take some time to admire all those UIAF flags at any operation we like to participate in. I'm just as impressed as you are.

The the longest two-word sentence in English is…

"I do."

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Albion recently celebrated His recently appointed Majesty’s coronation. Plenty of drink and food to be had as is Albion’s style. Her Royal Highness, MagentaFairy once again outdoing herself, with breathtaking decor, and plenty of food and drink to satisfy every palette.

As coronation festivities came to a close, others continued the celebrations throughout the evening leading to His Royal Highness, Seven Deaths popping the big question to fellow Dame Olivia. Thankfully she said yes. A date for the wedding is yet to be set, but congratulations to the newly engaged couple.

Love continues to filter the region, this time with a shot gun wedding! I kid you not. One of our newer, but not so new any more citizens, Myst won the Chief Magistrate Detritus' heart and they were wed. It was that heart-felt and quick, citizens still question if they’re actually married. Congratulations to the happy couple.

The Arch Mage is rumoured to be starting his own fan club. Unfortunately he’s hit a snare. Albion’s mailmen are in short supply due to mysterious disappearances. The Fox being the prime suspect.

Ominous objects popping up around the place seem to be an Albion trend. Disgruntled citizens are often seen leaving Moly’s market stall, as they try to figure out what it was they actually just saw.

To continue the trend, discussions of mythology currently circulates the University.

Yours,

Albion

Tyrion Saxton · 03-19-2015, 10:22 PM

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