On Behalf of Sir Telemachus

Greetings to all Citizens of Caledon, Denizens of Winterfell and Residents of Steelhead and Brythany!

I am proud to announce the Grand Opening of Sir Tele's Arms & Smithie. My home is Octopus Gardens, to the right as the ferry lands at Caledon Cay, and the Smithie is in my backyard and easy to find.

I have long treasured roleplay combat...all in fun! To this end, I have scoured the Grid to find the very best weapons' scripters and animators. Currently, my Smithie offers the full line by Navar Harbinger in one vendor and the full, though rapidly growing, line by Stormie Frua, a builder who uses Navar's animations. Stormie has a Darkness line (very good for Winterfell) and is building a Camelot series...a complete set of period accurate Renaissance weapons. Many of Navar's weapons look quite steampunk in my view.

I am also proud to offer, free, the Honor Combat System by QaPla Xie...an excellent and very easy to use combat life meter; it is vended along with information notecards from the anvil at the door.

The current offerings in the Smithie are impressive: beautiful and functional bows, crossbows, spears, swords and daggers with styles from Gothic to tribal-primitive to Spartan; plus a lute which plays songs and can be used to hit people; a fist fighting system complete with wall climbing ability, and more. Many of the weapons have special functions; the bows and crossbows, for example, can shoot grappling hooks with ropes attached for scaling or light an opponent on fire; they can also cage any normal avatar, even one without a combat meter!

I will note that some of the weapons are Gorean....it is very hard to remove weapons from Navar's full vendor on his end, and thus may I offer a quick disclaimer: the Gorean slave prod is for consensual use only :) Ahem.

Please, come by anytime and browse. I look forward to many great adventures...storming castles, having organized and/or spontaneous battles, sparring for fun, as well as Duels for serious matters of Honor. A Code Duello for Caledon will soon be provided in a notecard from the anvil also, sponsored by myself and the Loch Avie Academy of Arms for those so inclined. May it be rarely used.

Love to all. And Happy Fighting!

Sir Telemachus Dean, ORR
Caledon Cay

Octopus Gardens' Party

Well - party may not be exactly the right term.

Last night after taking delivery of my new uniform for the Middlesea Fleet, I was chatting with Miss Tombola and Captain O'Toole, when I received a message from Sir Telemachus that he had a word from the Guvnah to deliver to us. I sent for him, and he joined us on Polymath Rock. Once the message about creation and use of the Caledon Jack for maritime combat had been delivered, we enjoyed quite a jovial time together discussing all sorts of things from the Fleet to music to whist. Soon Miss Persephone Gallindo arrived for a visit as well.

In the event, we decided to head over to Sir Telemachus' home in Caledon Cay, Octopus Gardens, to see improvements that he is making to the property along with new weapons vendors and the like.

What an interesting evening it turned out to be.

Clash of the Titans
As Miss Tombola, Mr. Dillon, and I look on, Torvold (a friend of Tele's from Torvoldsland), Hotspur and Tele spar using some of the weapons available in his Smithy

Torvold with battleaxe. Sir Tele with spear. Hotspur with dual axes.

Chatting with Mr. Stargazer Dillon and Miss Virrginia Tombola.

Without much warning, the Guvnah himself arrived to talk about all things to do with maritime combat. He seemed to enjoy speaking with the group as he watched the hand-to-hand combat below him and spoke to the nation on the state channel.
Torvold, Desmond, and Mr. K. Steinbeck

Our little party drew quite a crowd at times. At one point, Miss CrystalShard Foo even joined us briefly as she was testing out some portals - or so she said.

Listening to Desmond as he attempts to persuade a couple of our fine designers and builders to create his Caledon Jack. My typist had to find Morpheus' arms before anything was decided finally. I will look forward to seeing the results of his consultation and planning.