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-{date:April/May 2012}
-
-Strange and ominous things are going on in Kaizei.
-Many people around Nivalis have noticed White and Blue Slimes
-around the area, which they have never seen before.
-Where do those come from? Are they dangerous?
-And why did they show up now?
-Rumors say that they originate from the snowy mountains
-north-west of Nivalis, where the famous Sage Nikolai
-has his residence.
-
-Summer is coming near and it might be a good time
-to visit the beach with your Towel and relax a while.
-Oh, you don't have a Towel?
-Well, in that case you might find someone on the beach
-who can give you one!
-
-{date:March 2012}
-
-Two announcements to make:
-
-It seems Tulimshar is finally recovering from the impacts
-of the great earthquake.
-Although the eastern half of the city is still closed,
-it has become much more lively, with children playing between the houses,
-farmers going back to their fields, reports of increased trade activity.
-
-Surely there are lots of tasks for a young adventurer!
-
-Near Hurnscald a bunny showed up that looks like an older version
-of our well-known Easter Bunny.
-But what is he doing there? And where is Easter Bunny?
-
-{date:2012-02-12 (ooh, what a nice date)}
-
-Three pieces of news today.
-
-First, Mana 0.6.0 got released today. You can find it at
-{link:http://manasource.org}, or wait for your distribution.
-
-Second, we will be completely dropping support for the old
-TMW 0.0.29.1 client soon - unless there is further reason
-for delay, in April 2012.
-
-Finally, there will be a purge of accounts that have not been
-used for over a year. This should help responsiveness
-when logging in and choosing a character.
-
--o11c
-
-{date:February 2012}
-
-After all the activity in Nivalis due to the Christmas time,
-the townsfolk would like things to be quiet again.
-Unfortunately, some strange people have set up their camp
-near the woods west of town.
-They came from their village high up in the northern snow mountains.
-What might have caused them to leave their hunting grounds
-and come down to Nivalis?
-
-{date:Christmas 2011}
-
-Christmas is coming near and Santa and his helpers are busy
-preparing everything for the celebration in Santa's house near Nivalis.
-But somehow... everything seems to go wrong.
-Bad luck? Or rather - malicious interference?
-It looks like someone could use your help.
-
-{date:November 2011}
-{blue}A Rule Correction on "No Botting"{/blue}
-
-{blue}Previously, only activity while the user was{/blue}
-{blue}away from the keyboard was a bannable offense.{/blue}
-{blue}Now, any sort of automated following{/blue}
-{blue}(especially, but not only, attack-following){/blue}
-{blue}is also covered.{/blue}
-
-{blue}If you know any of the people who left this game{/blue}
-{blue}due to the prevalence of bots that were previously{/blue}
-{blue}tolerated, please tell them it's time to return.{/blue}
-
-{green}~ The Hurnscald Herald ~{/green}
-
-{date:Halloween 2011}
-
-Happy Halloween!
-This year the governments of Argaes and Tonori have decided to sponsor
-trick-or-treating across both continents.
-Have fun and don't make yourself sick by pigging out!
-
-Credits:
-initial outline - enchilado
-intial draft - alastrim
-rewritten draft - o11c
-review - Jenalya
-new items - Lizandra
-maybe something to do with the new items - salmondine
-old item - maybe Black Don ?
-(We're not spoiling what the items *are*)
--o11c
-
-{date:July 2011}
-
-Will Kill Monsters For Food?
-
-Recovery from the Great Earthquake is still
-very slow throughout the world.  The vast
-devastation still causes starvation and
-a lack of work.  A side effect of the Great
-Earthquake has been the increasing number of
-aggressive monsters and dooms long thought
-forgotten.
-
-To answer this problem Tulimshar
-has issued a call to be spread far and wide:
-"If you're hungry, if you need work, if you
-are in search of adventure, come to Tulimshar.
-Slaying monsters, liberating mines and
-defeating the night horrors that terrify even
-the most strong willed never paid so well!"
-
-Needless to say, many are answering this call.
-You may very well be one of them.
-
-Olana, the Innkeeper's Daughter, Returns to
-Hurnscald...But Where Are Her Daughters?
-
-Olana, who is staying in the West wing of the
-Hurnscald Inn, has been away to Tulimshar with
-her family since before the Earthquake.
-"The Earthquake may of happened a couple years
-ago, but everything is still messed up.
-I would've returned immediately, but I didn't
-want to put my family at risk until travel
-became a little safer."
-
-When asked about her daughters, Olana smiled
-"They love wandering the woods around here.
-Other than the occasional bandit group, things
-are usually much more peaceful around here than
-in Tulimshar.  I just hope they don't wander
-near these caves...I've heard many of them can
-be quite dangerous."
-
-{green}~ The Hurnscald Herald ~{/green}
-
-{date:June 2011}
-
-A large shipment of gold coins was plundered
-by pirates.  The shipment was to be sent to
-Tulimshar as part of their effort to control
-inflation.  "They seemed to just come out of
-no where!  They took the shipment and my pet
-squirrel Chompers!"  Captain Zierock reported
-while in tears.
-
-It is believed the pirates divided the gold
-then went separate ways to spend their spoils.
-Ironically, these pirates were the target of
-monsters, who plundered them not just for
-their new found wealth, but also for their
-crunchy bones and sea salty flesh.
-
-On that note, be on the lookout for Green Slimes,
-which have grown hostile as they evolve to the
-harsh Tonori desert, making them a threat to
-travel and trade.  It is believed many of the
-pirates attempted to cross the Snake Desert,
-where they met the Green Slimes...and their
-end.
-
-In other news, Andra, a friend of Hinnak, has
-increased her agricultural knowledge and needs
-help keeping the soil around the farm fertile.
-Interested volunteers should speak with her
-about how to help.
-
-Last, but certainly not least, Agostine has
-returned to Nivalis.  While he enjoyed his
-time in Tulimshar, mingling with other artisans,
-he has missed his home in Kaizei.  "I made this
-fabulous sweater, but nobody wanted to wear it
-in this hot and smelly desert.  That is when I
-decided enough was enough.  Sweat is just gross."
-
-{green}~ The Hurnscald Herald ~{/green}
-
-{date:May 2011}
-
-Many battle hardened warriors took some time
-during April and enjoyed helping the somewhat
-forgetful Easter Bunny make his baskets. The
-children surely must have enjoyed their sweets.
-
-The demi-god Golbenez has finally made good on
-his promise to open a 'place of leisure' in
-the form of an inn. Youngsters beware, since
-the entrance to this inn is near the old
-graveyard and could be dangerous.
-
-There have also been reports about a mysterious
-stranger roaming the beaches near Tulimshar.
-Be on the lookout if you are in the area.
-
-{green}~ The Hurnscald Herald ~{/green}
-
-{date:January 2011}
-
-Reports of bandit raids to the west of
-Hurnscald has mobilized the town.  Those
-injured by these bandits may have a long stay
-ahead of them in Hurnscald's hospital.
-
-Shortly after Tulimshar loosened the tariff
-on travel, skill trainers have come to Mana.
-If one wants to improve themselves through
-acquiring skills, be on the lookout for these
-trainers.
-
-In other news, Taro is still missing, but
-Diryn, an agent of Tulimshar, has established
-a connection with the Kaizei area, making
-travel to Nivalis possible again.  He still
-assists the battle hardened travel distant
-locations just outside of Hurnscald.  Getting
-back can be done by finding Frozenbeard, a
-pioneer who is mapping a trade route to get
-to Nivalis by ship.
-
-Diryn's re-connection with Nivalis came none
-too soon.  Golbenez, a demi-god who demanded
-a half billion gold pieces for building some
-sort of leisure place, scrapped the idea and
-went for good old fashioned kidnapping to get
-whatever he wanted from the world of Mana.
-He kidnapped Santa Claus.  Fearful Santa may
- not gift the children of the world, wizards,
-warriors and archers rallied to pay the
-demi-god his demands.
-
-Shortly after Santa was freed, something more
-sinister has come to Kaizei.  The yeti.
-Sightings of this beast returns with stories
-of them.  Though aggressive, their behavior
-seems out of place.  They've never been known
-as cave dwellers nor to kidnap people.
-
-Last, but definitely not least, Dimond's Cove
-is observing "Burns' Supper" January 24-26th.
-Shanon is hosting the event, which he promises
-will be an excellent time for food, drink and
-poems.
-
-{green}~ The Hurnscald Herald ~{/green}
-
-{blue}Countless candy-concerning complaints: council{/blue}
-{blue}consequently considers citizen-composed cleanup crew{/blue}
-{date:Eighteenth of November 2010}
-
-Recently, the ancient tradition of Hallowe'en
-was celebrated across Argaes, Tonori and other
-continents. Estimated tons of sweets were given
-out to happy trick-or-treaters, and as with
-most other years a lot of this vast total was
-dropped on the night. Even a week and a half
-after Hallowe'en, many kilograms of sweets
-still litter our pleasant woodlands.
-
-After dozens of letters regarding the situation,
-the Hurnscald Council has said that the best
-solution would be to organise a team of
-volunteers to work on collecting dropped sweets
-and disposing of them - but it has yet to
-organise any such thing.
-
-In the meantime, why not do your bit and collect
-some sweets for yourself? If you don't mind them
-being a bit old, you could be able to make the
-biggest Hallowe'en haul in history.
-
-Additionally, we've been getting some reports of
-a rather creepy skeleton hanging around the
-woodland. He doesn't appear to be aggressive,
-but he chatters unintelligibly at passers-by.
-
-
-{blue}Rollback{/blue}
-2010-11-17
-
-Everything should now be running from a
-complete save state (including storage, banks,
-parties etc) that is even two days more recent
-than what we were temporarilyrunning on before.
-All credit to Platyna for speedy recovery and
-even more recent backups. :)
-
-{blue}Server outage{/blue}
-2010-11-16
-
-Things running on the four day old backups,
-restricted to account save info and character
-save info for now while we try to get other
-databases working.
-
-This means no party data or storage data for
-now, we'll try to recover that along with
-everything else, as we should be able to get
-a full saved state from within the past week.
-
-The current setup is more to have something
-partially up, and so that people know what's
-going on while we try to fix things; any
-in-game progress made right now {red}will not{/red}
-persist.
-
-{blue}Server outage{/blue}
-2010-11-16
-
-Okay, apparently even that won't work right now.
-Servers will remain {blue}offline{/blue} until we figure out
-what we can do.
-
-{blue}Server outage{/blue}
-2010-11-16
-
-We've just had a serious server crash, and the
-databases seem to have been affected here. We're
-currently running on some four-day old backups;
-whether this will be a temporary measure or
-whether newer ones are usable is yet to be
-determined.
-
-Please note that the current state may only
-be {blue}temporary{/blue}, and that if usable newer backups
-are found within the next 24 hours, those will
-be used instead, and any character progress
-made may be lost. If no usable backups are
-found during this time, the four-day rollback
-will have to be permanent.
-
-More news updates will follow once we've
-investigated further; we're doing what we can...
-
-{author:Freeyorp}
diff --git a/world/map/news.html b/world/map/news.html
index dfb0a775..934534f6 100644
--- a/world/map/news.html
+++ b/world/map/news.html
@@ -228,349 +228,4 @@ An old veteran has set up camp in the caves below Hurnscald
 after a life full of hardship and battle.
 He may be old now, but he surely didn't lose his interest
 in the art of combat!
-<p/>
-<font color="#0000ff">April/May 2012</font>
-<p/>
-Strange and ominous things are going on in Kaizei.
-Many people around Nivalis have noticed White and Blue Slimes
-around the area, which they have never seen before.
-Where do those come from? Are they dangerous?
-And why did they show up now?
-Rumors say that they originate from the snowy mountains
-north-west of Nivalis, where the famous Sage Nikolai
-has his residence.
-<p/>
-Summer is coming near and it might be a good time
-to visit the beach with your Towel and relax a while.
-Oh, you don't have a Towel?
-Well, in that case you might find someone on the beach
-who can give you one!
-<p/>
-<font color="#0000ff">March 2012</font>
-<p/>
-Two announcements to make:
-<p/>
-It seems Tulimshar is finally recovering from the impacts
-of the great earthquake.
-Although the eastern half of the city is still closed,
-it has become much more lively, with children playing between the houses,
-farmers going back to their fields, reports of increased trade activity.
-<p/>
-Surely there are lots of tasks for a young adventurer!
-<p/>
-Near Hurnscald a bunny showed up that looks like an older version
-of our well-known Easter Bunny.
-But what is he doing there? And where is Easter Bunny?
-<p/>
-<font color="#0000ff">2012-02-12 (ooh, what a nice date)</font>
-<p/>
-Three pieces of news today.
-<p/>
-First, Mana 0.6.0 got released today. You can find it at
-<a href="http://manasource.org">http://manasource.org</a>, or wait for your distribution.
-<p/>
-Second, we will be completely dropping support for the old
-TMW 0.0.29.1 client soon - unless there is further reason
-for delay, in April 2012.
-<p/>
-Finally, there will be a purge of accounts that have not been
-used for over a year. This should help responsiveness
-when logging in and choosing a character.
-<p/>
--o11c
-<p/>
-<font color="#0000ff">February 2012</font>
-<p/>
-After all the activity in Nivalis due to the Christmas time,
-the townsfolk would like things to be quiet again.
-Unfortunately, some strange people have set up their camp
-near the woods west of town.
-They came from their village high up in the northern snow mountains.
-What might have caused them to leave their hunting grounds
-and come down to Nivalis?
-<p/>
-<font color="#0000ff">Christmas 2011</font>
-<p/>
-Christmas is coming near and Santa and his helpers are busy
-preparing everything for the celebration in Santa's house near Nivalis.
-But somehow... everything seems to go wrong.
-Bad luck? Or rather - malicious interference?
-It looks like someone could use your help.
-<p/>
-<font color="#0000ff">November 2011</font>
-<font color="#0000ff">A Rule Correction on "No Botting"</font>
-<p/>
-<font color="#0000ff">Previously, only activity while the user was</font>
-<font color="#0000ff">away from the keyboard was a bannable offense.</font>
-<font color="#0000ff">Now, any sort of automated following</font>
-<font color="#0000ff">(especially, but not only, attack-following)</font>
-<font color="#0000ff">is also covered.</font>
-<p/>
-<font color="#0000ff">If you know any of the people who left this game</font>
-<font color="#0000ff">due to the prevalence of bots that were previously</font>
-<font color="#0000ff">tolerated, please tell them it's time to return.</font>
-<p/>
-<font color="#009000">~ The Hurnscald Herald ~</font>
-<p/>
-<font color="#0000ff">Halloween 2011</font>
-<p/>
-Happy Halloween!
-This year the governments of Argaes and Tonori have decided to sponsor
-trick-or-treating across both continents.
-Have fun and don't make yourself sick by pigging out!
-<p/>
-Credits:
-initial outline - enchilado
-intial draft - alastrim
-rewritten draft - o11c
-review - Jenalya
-new items - Lizandra
-maybe something to do with the new items - salmondine
-old item - maybe Black Don ?
-(We're not spoiling what the items *are*)
--o11c
-<p/>
-<font color="#0000ff">July 2011</font>
-<p/>
-Will Kill Monsters For Food?
-<p/>
-Recovery from the Great Earthquake is still
-very slow throughout the world.  The vast
-devastation still causes starvation and
-a lack of work.  A side effect of the Great
-Earthquake has been the increasing number of
-aggressive monsters and dooms long thought
-forgotten.
-<p/>
-To answer this problem Tulimshar
-has issued a call to be spread far and wide:
-"If you're hungry, if you need work, if you
-are in search of adventure, come to Tulimshar.
-Slaying monsters, liberating mines and
-defeating the night horrors that terrify even
-the most strong willed never paid so well!"
-<p/>
-Needless to say, many are answering this call.
-You may very well be one of them.
-<p/>
-Olana, the Innkeeper's Daughter, Returns to
-Hurnscald...But Where Are Her Daughters?
-<p/>
-Olana, who is staying in the West wing of the
-Hurnscald Inn, has been away to Tulimshar with
-her family since before the Earthquake.
-"The Earthquake may of happened a couple years
-ago, but everything is still messed up.
-I would've returned immediately, but I didn't
-want to put my family at risk until travel
-became a little safer."
-<p/>
-When asked about her daughters, Olana smiled
-"They love wandering the woods around here.
-Other than the occasional bandit group, things
-are usually much more peaceful around here than
-in Tulimshar.  I just hope they don't wander
-near these caves...I've heard many of them can
-be quite dangerous."
-<p/>
-<font color="#009000">~ The Hurnscald Herald ~</font>
-<p/>
-<font color="#0000ff">June 2011</font>
-<p/>
-A large shipment of gold coins was plundered
-by pirates.  The shipment was to be sent to
-Tulimshar as part of their effort to control
-inflation.  "They seemed to just come out of
-no where!  They took the shipment and my pet
-squirrel Chompers!"  Captain Zierock reported
-while in tears.
-<p/>
-It is believed the pirates divided the gold
-then went separate ways to spend their spoils.
-Ironically, these pirates were the target of
-monsters, who plundered them not just for
-their new found wealth, but also for their
-crunchy bones and sea salty flesh.
-<p/>
-On that note, be on the lookout for Green Slimes,
-which have grown hostile as they evolve to the
-harsh Tonori desert, making them a threat to
-travel and trade.  It is believed many of the
-pirates attempted to cross the Snake Desert,
-where they met the Green Slimes...and their
-end.
-<p/>
-In other news, Andra, a friend of Hinnak, has
-increased her agricultural knowledge and needs
-help keeping the soil around the farm fertile.
-Interested volunteers should speak with her
-about how to help.
-<p/>
-Last, but certainly not least, Agostine has
-returned to Nivalis.  While he enjoyed his
-time in Tulimshar, mingling with other artisans,
-he has missed his home in Kaizei.  "I made this
-fabulous sweater, but nobody wanted to wear it
-in this hot and smelly desert.  That is when I
-decided enough was enough.  Sweat is just gross."
-<p/>
-<font color="#009000">~ The Hurnscald Herald ~</font>
-<p/>
-<font color="#0000ff">May 2011</font>
-<p/>
-Many battle hardened warriors took some time
-during April and enjoyed helping the somewhat
-forgetful Easter Bunny make his baskets. The
-children surely must have enjoyed their sweets.
-<p/>
-The demi-god Golbenez has finally made good on
-his promise to open a 'place of leisure' in
-the form of an inn. Youngsters beware, since
-the entrance to this inn is near the old
-graveyard and could be dangerous.
-<p/>
-There have also been reports about a mysterious
-stranger roaming the beaches near Tulimshar.
-Be on the lookout if you are in the area.
-<p/>
-<font color="#009000">~ The Hurnscald Herald ~</font>
-<p/>
-<font color="#0000ff">January 2011</font>
-<p/>
-Reports of bandit raids to the west of
-Hurnscald has mobilized the town.  Those
-injured by these bandits may have a long stay
-ahead of them in Hurnscald's hospital.
-<p/>
-Shortly after Tulimshar loosened the tariff
-on travel, skill trainers have come to Mana.
-If one wants to improve themselves through
-acquiring skills, be on the lookout for these
-trainers.
-<p/>
-In other news, Taro is still missing, but
-Diryn, an agent of Tulimshar, has established
-a connection with the Kaizei area, making
-travel to Nivalis possible again.  He still
-assists the battle hardened travel distant
-locations just outside of Hurnscald.  Getting
-back can be done by finding Frozenbeard, a
-pioneer who is mapping a trade route to get
-to Nivalis by ship.
-<p/>
-Diryn's re-connection with Nivalis came none
-too soon.  Golbenez, a demi-god who demanded
-a half billion gold pieces for building some
-sort of leisure place, scrapped the idea and
-went for good old fashioned kidnapping to get
-whatever he wanted from the world of Mana.
-He kidnapped Santa Claus.  Fearful Santa may
- not gift the children of the world, wizards,
-warriors and archers rallied to pay the
-demi-god his demands.
-<p/>
-Shortly after Santa was freed, something more
-sinister has come to Kaizei.  The yeti.
-Sightings of this beast returns with stories
-of them.  Though aggressive, their behavior
-seems out of place.  They've never been known
-as cave dwellers nor to kidnap people.
-<p/>
-Last, but definitely not least, Dimond's Cove
-is observing "Burns' Supper" January 24-26th.
-Shanon is hosting the event, which he promises
-will be an excellent time for food, drink and
-poems.
-<p/>
-<font color="#009000">~ The Hurnscald Herald ~</font>
-<p/>
-<font color="#0000ff">Countless candy-concerning complaints: council</font>
-<font color="#0000ff">consequently considers citizen-composed cleanup crew</font>
-<font color="#0000ff">Eighteenth of November 2010</font>
-<p/>
-Recently, the ancient tradition of Hallowe'en
-was celebrated across Argaes, Tonori and other
-continents. Estimated tons of sweets were given
-out to happy trick-or-treaters, and as with
-most other years a lot of this vast total was
-dropped on the night. Even a week and a half
-after Hallowe'en, many kilograms of sweets
-still litter our pleasant woodlands.
-<p/>
-After dozens of letters regarding the situation,
-the Hurnscald Council has said that the best
-solution would be to organise a team of
-volunteers to work on collecting dropped sweets
-and disposing of them - but it has yet to
-organise any such thing.
-<p/>
-In the meantime, why not do your bit and collect
-some sweets for yourself? If you don't mind them
-being a bit old, you could be able to make the
-biggest Hallowe'en haul in history.
-<p/>
-Additionally, we've been getting some reports of
-a rather creepy skeleton hanging around the
-woodland. He doesn't appear to be aggressive,
-but he chatters unintelligibly at passers-by.
-<p/>
-
-<font color="#0000ff">Rollback</font>
-2010-11-17
-<p/>
-Everything should now be running from a
-complete save state (including storage, banks,
-parties etc) that is even two days more recent
-than what we were temporarilyrunning on before.
-All credit to Platyna for speedy recovery and
-even more recent backups. :)
-<p/>
-<font color="#0000ff">Server outage</font>
-2010-11-16
-<p/>
-Things running on the four day old backups,
-restricted to account save info and character
-save info for now while we try to get other
-databases working.
-<p/>
-This means no party data or storage data for
-now, we'll try to recover that along with
-everything else, as we should be able to get
-a full saved state from within the past week.
-<p/>
-The current setup is more to have something
-partially up, and so that people know what's
-going on while we try to fix things; any
-in-game progress made right now <font color="#ff0000">will not</font>
-persist.
-<p/>
-<font color="#0000ff">Server outage</font>
-2010-11-16
-<p/>
-Okay, apparently even that won't work right now.
-Servers will remain <font color="#0000ff">offline</font> until we figure out
-what we can do.
-<p/>
-<font color="#0000ff">Server outage</font>
-2010-11-16
-<p/>
-We've just had a serious server crash, and the
-databases seem to have been affected here. We're
-currently running on some four-day old backups;
-whether this will be a temporary measure or
-whether newer ones are usable is yet to be
-determined.
-<p/>
-Please note that the current state may only
-be <font color="#0000ff">temporary</font>, and that if usable newer backups
-are found within the next 24 hours, those will
-be used instead, and any character progress
-made may be lost. If no usable backups are
-found during this time, the four-day rollback
-will have to be permanent.
-<p/>
-More news updates will follow once we've
-investigated further; we're doing what we can...
-<p/>
--<font color="#009000">Freeyorp</font>
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@@ -218,349 +218,4 @@ after a life full of hardship and battle.
 He may be old now, but he surely didn't lose his interest
 in the art of combat!
  
-##3April/May 2012##0
- 
-Strange and ominous things are going on in Kaizei.
-Many people around Nivalis have noticed White and Blue Slimes
-around the area, which they have never seen before.
-Where do those come from? Are they dangerous?
-And why did they show up now?
-Rumors say that they originate from the snowy mountains
-north-west of Nivalis, where the famous Sage Nikolai
-has his residence.
- 
-Summer is coming near and it might be a good time
-to visit the beach with your Towel and relax a while.
-Oh, you don't have a Towel?
-Well, in that case you might find someone on the beach
-who can give you one!
- 
-##3March 2012##0
- 
-Two announcements to make:
- 
-It seems Tulimshar is finally recovering from the impacts
-of the great earthquake.
-Although the eastern half of the city is still closed,
-it has become much more lively, with children playing between the houses,
-farmers going back to their fields, reports of increased trade activity.
- 
-Surely there are lots of tasks for a young adventurer!
- 
-Near Hurnscald a bunny showed up that looks like an older version
-of our well-known Easter Bunny.
-But what is he doing there? And where is Easter Bunny?
- 
-##32012-02-12 (ooh, what a nice date)##0
- 
-Three pieces of news today.
- 
-First, Mana 0.6.0 got released today. You can find it at
-@@http://manasource.org|http://manasource.org@@##0, or wait for your distribution.
- 
-Second, we will be completely dropping support for the old
-TMW 0.0.29.1 client soon - unless there is further reason
-for delay, in April 2012.
- 
-Finally, there will be a purge of accounts that have not been
-used for over a year. This should help responsiveness
-when logging in and choosing a character.
- 
--o11c
- 
-##3February 2012##0
- 
-After all the activity in Nivalis due to the Christmas time,
-the townsfolk would like things to be quiet again.
-Unfortunately, some strange people have set up their camp
-near the woods west of town.
-They came from their village high up in the northern snow mountains.
-What might have caused them to leave their hunting grounds
-and come down to Nivalis?
- 
-##3Christmas 2011##0
- 
-Christmas is coming near and Santa and his helpers are busy
-preparing everything for the celebration in Santa's house near Nivalis.
-But somehow... everything seems to go wrong.
-Bad luck? Or rather - malicious interference?
-It looks like someone could use your help.
- 
-##3November 2011##0
-##3A Rule Correction on "No Botting"##0
- 
-##3Previously, only activity while the user was##0
-##3away from the keyboard was a bannable offense.##0
-##3Now, any sort of automated following##0
-##3(especially, but not only, attack-following)##0
-##3is also covered.##0
- 
-##3If you know any of the people who left this game##0
-##3due to the prevalence of bots that were previously##0
-##3tolerated, please tell them it's time to return.##0
- 
-##2~ The Hurnscald Herald ~##0
- 
-##3Halloween 2011##0
- 
-Happy Halloween!
-This year the governments of Argaes and Tonori have decided to sponsor
-trick-or-treating across both continents.
-Have fun and don't make yourself sick by pigging out!
- 
-Credits:
-initial outline - enchilado
-intial draft - alastrim
-rewritten draft - o11c
-review - Jenalya
-new items - Lizandra
-maybe something to do with the new items - salmondine
-old item - maybe Black Don ?
-(We're not spoiling what the items *are*)
--o11c
- 
-##3July 2011##0
- 
-Will Kill Monsters For Food?
- 
-Recovery from the Great Earthquake is still
-very slow throughout the world.  The vast
-devastation still causes starvation and
-a lack of work.  A side effect of the Great
-Earthquake has been the increasing number of
-aggressive monsters and dooms long thought
-forgotten.
- 
-To answer this problem Tulimshar
-has issued a call to be spread far and wide:
-"If you're hungry, if you need work, if you
-are in search of adventure, come to Tulimshar.
-Slaying monsters, liberating mines and
-defeating the night horrors that terrify even
-the most strong willed never paid so well!"
- 
-Needless to say, many are answering this call.
-You may very well be one of them.
- 
-Olana, the Innkeeper's Daughter, Returns to
-Hurnscald...But Where Are Her Daughters?
- 
-Olana, who is staying in the West wing of the
-Hurnscald Inn, has been away to Tulimshar with
-her family since before the Earthquake.
-"The Earthquake may of happened a couple years
-ago, but everything is still messed up.
-I would've returned immediately, but I didn't
-want to put my family at risk until travel
-became a little safer."
- 
-When asked about her daughters, Olana smiled
-"They love wandering the woods around here.
-Other than the occasional bandit group, things
-are usually much more peaceful around here than
-in Tulimshar.  I just hope they don't wander
-near these caves...I've heard many of them can
-be quite dangerous."
- 
-##2~ The Hurnscald Herald ~##0
- 
-##3June 2011##0
- 
-A large shipment of gold coins was plundered
-by pirates.  The shipment was to be sent to
-Tulimshar as part of their effort to control
-inflation.  "They seemed to just come out of
-no where!  They took the shipment and my pet
-squirrel Chompers!"  Captain Zierock reported
-while in tears.
- 
-It is believed the pirates divided the gold
-then went separate ways to spend their spoils.
-Ironically, these pirates were the target of
-monsters, who plundered them not just for
-their new found wealth, but also for their
-crunchy bones and sea salty flesh.
- 
-On that note, be on the lookout for Green Slimes,
-which have grown hostile as they evolve to the
-harsh Tonori desert, making them a threat to
-travel and trade.  It is believed many of the
-pirates attempted to cross the Snake Desert,
-where they met the Green Slimes...and their
-end.
- 
-In other news, Andra, a friend of Hinnak, has
-increased her agricultural knowledge and needs
-help keeping the soil around the farm fertile.
-Interested volunteers should speak with her
-about how to help.
- 
-Last, but certainly not least, Agostine has
-returned to Nivalis.  While he enjoyed his
-time in Tulimshar, mingling with other artisans,
-he has missed his home in Kaizei.  "I made this
-fabulous sweater, but nobody wanted to wear it
-in this hot and smelly desert.  That is when I
-decided enough was enough.  Sweat is just gross."
- 
-##2~ The Hurnscald Herald ~##0
- 
-##3May 2011##0
- 
-Many battle hardened warriors took some time
-during April and enjoyed helping the somewhat
-forgetful Easter Bunny make his baskets. The
-children surely must have enjoyed their sweets.
- 
-The demi-god Golbenez has finally made good on
-his promise to open a 'place of leisure' in
-the form of an inn. Youngsters beware, since
-the entrance to this inn is near the old
-graveyard and could be dangerous.
- 
-There have also been reports about a mysterious
-stranger roaming the beaches near Tulimshar.
-Be on the lookout if you are in the area.
- 
-##2~ The Hurnscald Herald ~##0
- 
-##3January 2011##0
- 
-Reports of bandit raids to the west of
-Hurnscald has mobilized the town.  Those
-injured by these bandits may have a long stay
-ahead of them in Hurnscald's hospital.
- 
-Shortly after Tulimshar loosened the tariff
-on travel, skill trainers have come to Mana.
-If one wants to improve themselves through
-acquiring skills, be on the lookout for these
-trainers.
- 
-In other news, Taro is still missing, but
-Diryn, an agent of Tulimshar, has established
-a connection with the Kaizei area, making
-travel to Nivalis possible again.  He still
-assists the battle hardened travel distant
-locations just outside of Hurnscald.  Getting
-back can be done by finding Frozenbeard, a
-pioneer who is mapping a trade route to get
-to Nivalis by ship.
- 
-Diryn's re-connection with Nivalis came none
-too soon.  Golbenez, a demi-god who demanded
-a half billion gold pieces for building some
-sort of leisure place, scrapped the idea and
-went for good old fashioned kidnapping to get
-whatever he wanted from the world of Mana.
-He kidnapped Santa Claus.  Fearful Santa may
- not gift the children of the world, wizards,
-warriors and archers rallied to pay the
-demi-god his demands.
- 
-Shortly after Santa was freed, something more
-sinister has come to Kaizei.  The yeti.
-Sightings of this beast returns with stories
-of them.  Though aggressive, their behavior
-seems out of place.  They've never been known
-as cave dwellers nor to kidnap people.
- 
-Last, but definitely not least, Dimond's Cove
-is observing "Burns' Supper" January 24-26th.
-Shanon is hosting the event, which he promises
-will be an excellent time for food, drink and
-poems.
- 
-##2~ The Hurnscald Herald ~##0
- 
-##3Countless candy-concerning complaints: council##0
-##3consequently considers citizen-composed cleanup crew##0
-##3Eighteenth of November 2010##0
- 
-Recently, the ancient tradition of Hallowe'en
-was celebrated across Argaes, Tonori and other
-continents. Estimated tons of sweets were given
-out to happy trick-or-treaters, and as with
-most other years a lot of this vast total was
-dropped on the night. Even a week and a half
-after Hallowe'en, many kilograms of sweets
-still litter our pleasant woodlands.
- 
-After dozens of letters regarding the situation,
-the Hurnscald Council has said that the best
-solution would be to organise a team of
-volunteers to work on collecting dropped sweets
-and disposing of them - but it has yet to
-organise any such thing.
- 
-In the meantime, why not do your bit and collect
-some sweets for yourself? If you don't mind them
-being a bit old, you could be able to make the
-biggest Hallowe'en haul in history.
- 
-Additionally, we've been getting some reports of
-a rather creepy skeleton hanging around the
-woodland. He doesn't appear to be aggressive,
-but he chatters unintelligibly at passers-by.
- 
-
-##3Rollback##0
-2010-11-17
- 
-Everything should now be running from a
-complete save state (including storage, banks,
-parties etc) that is even two days more recent
-than what we were temporarilyrunning on before.
-All credit to Platyna for speedy recovery and
-even more recent backups. :)
- 
-##3Server outage##0
-2010-11-16
- 
-Things running on the four day old backups,
-restricted to account save info and character
-save info for now while we try to get other
-databases working.
- 
-This means no party data or storage data for
-now, we'll try to recover that along with
-everything else, as we should be able to get
-a full saved state from within the past week.
- 
-The current setup is more to have something
-partially up, and so that people know what's
-going on while we try to fix things; any
-in-game progress made right now ##1will not##0
-persist.
- 
-##3Server outage##0
-2010-11-16
- 
-Okay, apparently even that won't work right now.
-Servers will remain ##3offline##0 until we figure out
-what we can do.
- 
-##3Server outage##0
-2010-11-16
- 
-We've just had a serious server crash, and the
-databases seem to have been affected here. We're
-currently running on some four-day old backups;
-whether this will be a temporary measure or
-whether newer ones are usable is yet to be
-determined.
- 
-Please note that the current state may only
-be ##3temporary##0, and that if usable newer backups
-are found within the next 24 hours, those will
-be used instead, and any character progress
-made may be lost. If no usable backups are
-found during this time, the four-day rollback
-will have to be permanent.
- 
-More news updates will follow once we've
-investigated further; we're doing what we can...
- 
--##2Freeyorp##0
-