[u][b]A year has passed already![/b][/u]

-It seems the rebels have begun their press for independence. The army has moved from the mountains in former lance lands and begun to take settlements. They have found much support in the villages and have marched through wearing new uniforms of black with one red armband to show their fealty. General Franz Noir has appeared as the leader behind this army and he is touring the liberated villages behind the army making speeches of freedom and peace after the villages have been freed. However they have now arrived at Alas and camped outside. They demand that the garrison surrender now and give up the city so that they all may be treated fairly and as respected prisoners of war so that they can be returned to their families.

-Meanwhile with the collapse of the Lance and Nurmburg economies on the international stage has led to a crash in the world economy. 
Free Economy: -20,000,000,000 ($)
No Trait: -10,000,000,000 ($)
State Controlled: -5,000,000,000 ($)

-King Baba-Uti has declared the foreign people friends and has shared his maps of his lands. Tribal and will be added to the map. However he has also given the 5 guns to his main advisors and each is leading a band of warriors on the borders in case the foreigners become violent.

-New crops have been discovered. A strange green leaf that when burnt provides a calming and chilled out smoke. The leaf is known as ‘Reaf’ by the natives and looks a lot like a small branch from a willow tree. However any health effects are yet unknown.