[b][/b][i]"If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud. Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, my friend, you would not tell with such high zest to children ardent for some desperate glory, the old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est Pro patria mori." [/i] -Wilfred Owen

[center][h2]Spring of 1756[/h2][/center]

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[u][b][i]2nd of January[/i][/b][/u]

The new year dawns over a continent on edge, as across Europe, tensions continue to build. The border between [b][color=2e3192]The Kingdom of Dorist[/color][/b] and [b]The Kingdom of Stevata[/b] is heavily garrisoned by both sides, as it has been for months, the bloody events of the Siege of Kronik still fresh for the two proud nations, while [color=87CEEB][b]The Empire of Grimhout[/b][/color] and [b]The Kingdom of Fosbak[/b], those old enemies, warily watch each other from across the channel. Europe has known war for countless centuries, and despite all of the promise of these changing times, there are few that believe the continent will not see war again. 

[b][i][u]3rd of January[/u][/i][/b]

The recent marriage between King Nikolaos II and Princess Anna Rainer represents a new bond between [color=#018c85][b]The Kingdom of Komentiolos[/b][/color] and [b]The Kingdom of Altenten[/b]. A country who's history has long been tied more to Africa, and their immediate neighbours, than to the rest of Europe could this marriage represent Komentiolos turning it's attention elsewhere? Only time will tell, as delegates of half a dozen nations begin making their way to the city of Tarsus to witness the marriage.