Sunday, January 20, 2008

All Quiet along the Lesser Zwischen. . .

A recent dispatch from the Stollenian frontier region on the northern back of the Lesser Zwischen River indicates that the two armies have gone into winter quarters following the Zichenauer victory at Zollamtstadt a few weeks ago. The Zichenauer troops, under General Philip de Latté, have set up camp in and around that town and its key bridge, busying themselves with off-season socializing among the town society (in the case of the officers) and outright debauchery among surrounding rural population (where the enlisted men a re concerned). Stollenian farm girls are so easily impressed! Or at least that’s the popular wisdom among members of polite society in this political and social backwater of northeastern Europe

For its part, the army of Stollen has retreated along interior lines to the vicinity of the capital Krankenstadt, where Grand Duke Irwin-Amadeus II (dressed in a winter version of his famous lobster costume) and his generals have busied themselves with shaking out and reorganizing the badly disorganized and shaken troops. Word has leaked from the palace that a new campaign may commence in late May or June, in which the Grand Duchy of Stollen attempts to deliver a serious counter blow to the pompous and overly confident Electorate of Zichenau. It is hoped that additional recruits and mercenary troops will be available to the Grand Duke and his generals by that time.

Katrina-Bettina von Heffelfinger, Die Krankenstadt Tageblat

4 comments:

Bluebear Jeff said...

Unless Stagonia or Gallia choose to invade us, Saxe-Bearstein will most likely be able to send some support to our friends in the Grand Duchy of Stollen.


-- Furst Bruno von Ursa

MurdocK said...

In the interest of fostering better ties (and getting some loot) the mercenaries of the Koronet Korpus stand ready to accept your first proposal.

There will also be an inspection of financial plans for the employment of the 2nd and/or 3rd Battalions should there be sufficient need (provided the potential for looting is very good)!

Snickering Corpses said...

Meanwhile, the delegation of pink-clad Hussars from Hesse-Engelburg led by Major Rudel have been waiting outside the palace for quite some time for an audience....time enough that the privates seem to have set up a small tent and a picket line for the horses on the palace lawn.

From somewhere, a goat has joined the little grouping, a goat with a pink and purple blanket, which is happily grazing off of the palace flower bushes.

abdul666 said...

That lobster costume... a living (blueish) or coocked (red) lobster, to start with?
If 'cooked', the 'winter variety' may display some white fur... A red costume edged with white fur... Sure I already saw something like that...

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