HARQ, WHO GOES THERE? 
As a result of last weekend's body-snatching attempt by HARQ, Sir Marduk has been given the go-ahead with his plan to ferret out the key members of the group by using his knowledge of the HARQ in the alternate reality he recently returned from.  In that reality, Sir Marduk was the head of HARQ, and since many other corellations between our world and theirs have proved true, the hopes are that his investigation will be quick and successful. 

TOWER OF TERROR 
With the knowledge that HARQ actively seeks to use the plague as a weapon of terror in the Eleven Lands, the pressure is on to find a cure.  At Sir Aeric's request, Sirrah Vox has agreed to venture into the quarantined 
Mages' Tower in search of the mages' work on a cure for the plague.  As 
Vox is an inorganic construct, he need not fear infection. 

TRICK? OR TREAT? 
In an uncharacteristic display of largesse, the normally hostile Lacon 
Vox appeared in Court this week to give the Companions a map of the blue dimension that was created by Sirrah Nazgul on his recent misadventure there.  A week earlier, Her Majesty the Queen had received a present from Lacon in the form of a shifting badge, one of the devices used to move individuals between the blue dimension and our own.  According to Lacon, the badge was an extra that Gylemantis was returning to him, thereby confirming the connection between the two.  When queried as to the motivations behind his generosity, Lacon stated that he simply wished to even the odds a bit, so as to make the coming conflict more interesting.  He remained confident that Gylemantis would be the victor in the conflict. 

In a related story, Marquessa Catalyn reached a new height of oddity in 
her behavior in Court this week.  She entered the Courtroom wielding Lord Ptolomei's walking stick, claiming that it was the Zando-scepter, and 
also claiming that she was the new thane of the clan, of which she is only an honorary member.  The wizard Vivek confirmed that there was an 
enchantment of some kind on the coin that Catalyn accepted from Lacon 
during his visit to Pages' Feast; the coins were said to be the new 
currency for his new regime, for he intended to take over Warwick once 
Gylemantis' invasion was complete.  As her odd behavior began almost 
immediately after accepting this coin (which was also said to be an 
acceptance of an aristocratic position in Lacon's coming regime), it is 
theorized that the coin may be the cause for the change. 

SHOWDOWN: GYLEMANTIS 
Sir Aeric's announcement that his team of mages and craftsmen had 
finished their large shifting gate came not a moment too soon, for a soldier brought word into Court this e'en that thousands of the curtain-like shifting portals had opened and closed in six of the Eleven Lands.  It was postulated that this was a test by the invaders to ensure that their shifting magic would work when the time for invasion came.  Such a test could only mean one thing: that time is soon.  Queen Flidais and Sir Aeric vowed to make good use of Nazgul's map in their plan to shift the captive peasantry from the blue dimension back to our own.  Lady Moira also promised to provide an army of healers to tend to the peasants; Nazgul and the individual accompanying him on his reconnaisance mission to the blue dimension were found to be in a poor state of health upon returning to Warwick, suggesting that something in the blue dimension is hazardous to human (and vampire) health. 

THE SEARCH FOR THE REAL KILLER CONTINUES 
The investigation into the murder of the Fortune's Folly pages during their Rock Guard by what appeared to be Duke Lorath took a turn for the 
worse this e'en.  Queen Flidais reported having gone to question the 
Herald, Dame Jassurande, in whose company the duke claimed to have been during the time the murders were committed.  Her Majesty was told by Jassurande's household staff that the herald had not returned home since she left for Court the week before Rock Guard, thereby removing the one alibi Duke Lorath had to draw upon in his defense. 

As if on cue, a messenger from Dame Jassurande visited the Court shortly 
thereafter, bringing a startling message from the herald.  The messenger 
reported that Dame Jassurande "had left the lands after finding the evil 
in the Court of Light" and intended to return to Warwick and take the 
throne for someone who was truly of the Light; namely, herself.  Through 
the messenger, Jassurande gave ownership of Pern to Sir Aeric who, 
already being the holder of Keltian (as well as a non-Zandofar), promptly 
turned control of the land over to the queen. 

FIVE DOWN, ONE TO GO 
Most Noble Lord Dragonsbane reported this e'en that the pages had passed their pages' scroll tests.  The pages also presented the results of their most recent quests, including a wonderful monument to the Unknown Mercenaries, Lego's style.