Early this year, reports describing sightings of a strange mist and mysterious lights started to reach the ears of Zweiwasser, Rabensberg and Gorasian nobility. Soon the news of these sightings was spread internally among the baronies of Validar, the Duchess's court and supporters of the Sword Pilgrimage. The Duchess of Validar, her highness...

Editors Note: This article of The Ambassador is coming to you from the gazette Echo of the Front from their Winter 1025 Edition.

This autumn marked the start of the annual Oak Hill Festival in the Barony of East Blackwood. With this year's festival came dark tidings. The Black Dynasty had crossed into East Blackwood territory and Syconians were also coming to "punish" people for the previous year's attacks against them. In spite of the troubles and battles that would be...

This past summer, a royal dynasty came to end and a new began. King Karrell Kalamar Forester of Blackwood abdicated the throne. The First King of Blackwood was the last member of his house to hold the highest title in Blackwood. Before King Karrell his older brother Santiago was the Arch Duke of Blackwood and before that their eldest...

For nearly two years the Sword Pilgrims of the Elements, The Duchy of Validar, and its Baronies have fought a campaign in Kahl'Hatra to rid the lands of Black Dynasty occupation and corruption. There have been hard fought battles, victories and defeats, as well as many deaths. All-in-all however, the Crusade of the Elements has made progress. With...

Mythodea is dying; The nations and settlers of Mitraspera have known this for a few years. So far, the warriors of the Elements have only been able to bandage her bleeding wounds. To solve the problem Mitraspera communed with her children, the Tribes of the Elements, and her settlers. Mythodea called for her children to return what she...

Lady Molly Aestus and Jarl Snorri of the Jarnsfolk invited Validarians and guests to attend the Feathers of Validar festival. This gathering was hosted by Jarl Snorri in the Jarnsfolk settlement within the Barony of Zweiwasser in the Duchy of Validar, Kahl'Hatra. The Jarl gave up his personal chambers in his longhouse for his visiting lord and...

Every year at the town of Bad Holzbrück a gathering is held known as the Convent of the Elements. At the Convent, there is an arena where gladiatorial games are hosted as well as other festivities and the Pompfball Championships. Also during the Convent are a variety of merchant events and the meeting of the Ruler's Council to...

As of this new year, The Ambassador has changed focus to the entire Duchy of Validar, having previously been focused solely on East Blackwood. We hope you continue to read and enjoy our reporting as you have always done, and look forward to the opportunity to serve our expanded readership in the future.

In an act of apparent greed and lust for power, various elites in conjunction with the jealous Crown Prince have deposed their sovereign ruler!