[i]=Fort Abbus northern border of the Irodien empire=[/i]

"Out of the assignments I could get it had to be here," Falx Valgus said to him self as he pulled his jacket tighter as he tried to warm up near a bonfire. He carefully unfolded the envelope that he was told to open once he was at fort Abbus. [i]"Agent Nine you are to join with one of the merchant caravans and head north to Drakun to begin spy operations. Additional instruction will come later. Destroy after reading this message.[/i] Taking time to read over the message before he chucked it into the bonfire turning it to ash. Falx walked away from the warmth of the bonfire to were the merchant caravans gathered before the set out. The imperial agent soon made it over to the caravan he would be traveling with. Making sure he sign in with the caravan. The next day they were off heading to Drakun with Falx traveling with them.

[i]Imperial public announcement[/i]

Later in the day when flax set out to Drakun an important announcement was sent out. In a effort to reverse the empire's stagnated technological progress a competition was set up. The composition is to create invention in the fields of industry, military, and daily life. The people who wished to entered would have to have a working prototype at the end of next month in order to be enter in the finals to be held in the imperial capitol. The winner will receive 10,000 imperial marks cash prize money.