THIS IS GREENWOOD
A seafaring merchant by the name of Aston reported to the Court that he 
had seen a fleet of about twenty-five ships attacking the northern shores of the island kingdom of Greenwood, the homeland of Sirrah Adder.  The 
sailor reported that while the ships did not seem to have any recognizable flags or standards, they looked similar to ships that he had seen recently in Lankhmar Harbor.  Sirrah Adder was not in Court at the time to comment on this recent development with his homeland.

CAN'T REYN ALL THE TIME
The mercenary Reyn came into Court this e'en with a prisoner.  The 
prisoner, by the name of Lance, was apparently the second in command of a 
ring of slavers operating in the lands.  Reyn had been hired to ferret out this ring and stop them from abducting any more children, which apparently he did very well.  According to him, the leader of the ring was dead and fifteen of the slavers were captured along with the lieutenant (Lance).  The captives were all taken into custody by Paladin Aeric, who asked that in the future he (as Sheriff) be informed of such operations to avoid a conflict between private forces and the realm's own 
peacekeepers.

DRAW!
Lady Moira issued a challenge to the Companions, to create an artistic 
representation of a "ferret-doc," purportedly a cross between a ferret and a Caradoc.  The contest is to last one month, and baked goodies will be provided to the winner.

RIDDLE ME THIS....
Queen Flidais issued a challenge of her own, to start bringing riddles of all kinds into Court.  She was immediately bombarded by a number of successively bad and punny jokes.

TWO VAMPIRES WALK INTO THE COURT OF LIGHT....
Two salesmen claiming to be vampires selling a special "sun-blocking" 
lotion visited the Court this e'en.  Their bluff was called, however, when they refused to say their master's name but claimed to be from a land called "Shimmerock."  The queen did get them to agree that they had received the lotion--and the idea for their wild money-making scheme--from Cimmiroc, but who can say if this was true or not.  Her Majesty bought all of the lotion from the two men, who were then escorted from the room by Paladin Aeric to finish their transaction.

ABC, EASY AS 1,2,3
Paladin Aeric had two announcements this e'en.  His houseguest Meerd had 
up and disappeared on him, and Keltian guards were out combing the lands 
looking for him.  Also, due to his ingenuous use of the Blue Dimension badge technology, the merging of our realm with theirs was prevented indefintely.

HIGH DRUIN BUSINESS
Sir Mus, who announced this e'en that he was giving up his title of Earl on account of not being a landowner any more, also announced that the Mages' Tower was now completely sealed off to him thanks to a large number of magical "anti-Mus" talismans being placed all around the tower.  Queen Flidais declared that she would personally go to the Mages Tower and order the Mages to cease their anti-Mus activities; Paladin Aeric offered to accompany her with some of his own men.

Sir Mus also reported that he has been trying to train men to resist the 
special mental attacks of the golems camped out to the northeast of Cumbria, with limited success.  A recent scouting party to the area was made up of one fully trained in resistance techniques and several others who were "working on it."  The fully-trained scout did not return alive.  Paladin Aeric, who has recently become rather obsessed with finding a way to counter the golems and time-mages plaguing the realm, offered to help out with the scouting and suggested that he may have a solution to the problem very soon.