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1 3 0 1 99 Table of Contents
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Town Rules ........page 2
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Town History ......page 4
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1 3 0 2 99 The Laws of Leinster
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Welcome, Friend, to the town of LEINSTER. Our fair city has certain RULES which must be OBEYED. Here is a LISTING of these RULES.
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1. No adventurer shall raise a WEAPON against another within Leinster's walls.
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2. The THEFT of another's property is forbidden, and is punishable by time in the STOCKS.
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1 3 0 3 99 3. The HARASSMENT of another is forbidden, and is punishable by time in the STOCKS.
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4. The MAYOR, the CONSTABLE, and all other OFFICIALS of Leinster shall be obeyed.
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5. Any form of WAGERING is forbidden, and is punishable by fine.
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6. MAYHEM, PIRACY, LOOTING, PILLAGE and PLUNDER, and other DISORDERLY CONDUCT are forbidden, and are punishable as the MAYOR seems fit.
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1 3 0 4 99 The History of Leinster
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The glorious HISTORY of Leinster began in the Dreamtime, when Gaia and her attendants created the great town of Montague. Montague straddled the River Wye, and was ruled by a dynasty that came to be known as Montague.
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1 3 0 5 99 During the united time, every denizen was CONTENT. But there came a circumstance none could have foreseen, and it cleft Montague in two. Montague's king died whilst the queen was with child. Then her uncle by marriage, Chancellor Melcron, schemed to take the kingdom from her.
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1 3 0 6 99 The queen bore TWINS, but died in childbirth. Perhaps Melcron felt twins might cause his scheme to go awry, or perhaps he was just cruel, but he ordered that one boy die. The captain of the queen's guard took the boy, but instead of assassinating him in the forest, he took him home to raise as his own.
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1 3 0 7 99 Melcron, self-appointed regent for the boy king, was a cruel tyrant who taxed his subjects far beyond their means. Because Melcron lived on the eastern side of Montague, he victimized the western citizens in particular. The westerners suffered, but did not challenge Melcron until the day of the young king's confirmation.
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1 3 0 8 99 On that day, the king's subjects were gathered to witness this important milestone, one which would bring the king closer to being free of Melcron's domination. But during the celebration, the king's brother arose from the crowd, and the people could see that the boys were identical.
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1 3 0 9 99 A battle ensued, in which the westerners united and attacked Melcron. Unfortunately, his honor guard surrounded him and swept Melcron and the young king away. They rushed over the Montague Bridge and burned it after them, then cowered in Melcron Castle in the east. The westerners declared the brother as their king, the easterners kept the king they had always known.
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1 3 0 10 99 Because there were such hard feelings between the two halves of Montague, the east and west declared independence from each other. Today, the east is known as Greaves, and it is a dark and wicked place. And the west is Leinster, a fair and beautiful town and the inheritor of all that was good about Montague.
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