My Friends in CrIsis-

Yes, I am alive, and I am free! Thanks to my wonderful wife, Christine and cousin Cora, who along with many of the crew of the former Redbeard secured my release.
Here is a list of names of former crew that are now working with me, and who recruited them.

Name	NickName	Race	Gender	Last known place	OCC	Feelings for Overkill	Home Country	Met In	Follow?	Note
Jaer Gaglin	Jafaar	Human	Male		Merc	Great	Bizantium	Bizantium	Yes	Christine Vega Recruit
Mycundlera Eildun		Human	Female		Pirate	Fair	Bizantium	Bizantium	Yes	Christine Vega Recruit
Shoneid Staffcavern		Human	Female		Sailor	Good	Bizantium	Bizantium	Yes	Cora Glandar Recruit
Swrurus Skurra		Human	Male		Sailor	Great	LOD	Bizantium	Yes	Christine Vega Recruit
Toil Swafrirm	Manatie	Gnome	Male		Mage	Good	Bizantium	Bizantium	Yes	Christine Vega Recruit
Dangein Bamog		Orc	Male		Psi-Healer	Fair	Bizantium	Bizantium	Yes	Cora Glandar Recruit
Nonurssa Macecavern		Dwarf	Male		Sailor	Great	Bizantium	Bizantium	Yes	Christine Vega Recruit
Dasilan Eiddde		Human	Male		Pirate	Good	Bizantium	Bizantium	Yes	Christine Vega Recruit
Koguc Aergon	The Cute	Dwarf	Male	Cyclone	Sailor	Terrible	Bizantium	Bizantium	Yes	Cora Glandar Recruit
Son Shorgor		Human	Male	Cyclone	Pirate	Good	Bizantium	Bizantium	Yes	Cora Glandar Recruit
Nulaerader Goddir		Human	Female		Sailor	Good	Bizantium	Bizantium	Yes	Christine Vega Recruit
Dugnil Bral		Human	Male		Sailor	Fair	Bizantium	Bizantium	Yes	Cora Glandar Recruit
Yerantng Countbone		Human	Male	Sailor		Fair	Bizantium	Bizantium	Yes	Cora Glandar Recruit
Neallhein Quartzblade		Dwarf	Male		Sailor	Good	Bizantium	Bizantium	Yes	Christine Vega Recruit
Dezo Of The North Caves		Dwarf	Female		Psi-Healer	Great	Bizantium	Bizantium	Yes	Christine Vega Recruit
Ca Watchsquare		Human	Male		Warlock	Great	Bizantium	Bizantium	Yes	Christine Vega Recruit
Vev Wisemuff		Human	Female		Mage	Poor	Bizantium	Bizantium	Yes	Cora Glandar Recruit
Hegan Metalprincess		Dwarf	Male	Neven	Mage	Good	Western Empire	Caer Itom	Yes	Annie & Honey Recruit
Saerala Crystaldagger		Dwarf	Male		Pirate	Fair	Eastern Territories	Peningshir	Yes	Annie & Honey Recruit
Colenda Gladdrer		Orc	Female		Sailor	Good	Timiro	Lopan	Yes	Captain of the Redbeard renamed Sharks Tooth
Higan Hlon	Higgens	Human	Male		Merc	Fair	Timiro	Marmana	Yes	Annie rolled a 1.
Korar Gudar	Preaches	Human	Male	Bizantium	Priest	Great	Bizantium	Rivendyne	Yes	Overkill Recruited
Hanelanteer Maingais		Human	Female		Sailor	Great	Floenry Islands	Y-Oda	Yes	Battle of Bletherad Bay
Jeillermo Avonbrush	Cutlas	Orc	Female		Sailor	Poor	Lopan	Lopan	Yes	Forced to slavery but saved by the crew of the Redbeard/Shark Tooth
Plint Of The Desert Folk		Dwarf	Male	Mishalla	Pirate	Poor	Bizantium	Mishalla	Yes	Overkill Recruited
Hamella Lion-Skull	The Anal	Dwarf	Female	Bizantium	Pirate	Poor	Bizantium	Hadrian’s Cove	Shipped	The Sea, She Can Be a Real Bitch
En Double-Eye Dwarf	Cyclops	Human	Female		Priest	Good	Eastern Territories	Peningshir	Yes	Annie & Honey Recruit
Ress	The Looker	Changling (Gnome)	Female		Sailor	Good	Timiro	Yes	Annie & Honey Recruited
Lattaronike	The Broad	Human	Female		Sailor	Good	Bizantium	Peningshir	Yes	Annie & Honey Recruit
Kenox Of Quin-Cypress	The Hospitable	Human	Male		Pirate	Good	Western Empire	Y-Oda	Yes	Battle of Bletherad Bay

30 of the 50 that served on the Redbeard serve with me now! With Honey and Annie with you, that means that 32 of the 50 now serve with the Light! We now go to reunite our country of Bizantium, and concentrate the fight on the true evil- that of the Iceborn and Terosh!

The Dark and Chaotic forces have done an amazingly good job here. They took an area with real grievances, Sinza, and made it a symbol. Then they capitalized on prejudices, and broke the country along those lines. They then started the civil war with the Shadow Coast. Lastly they added the great evil, Terosh. I know not who, or whom, orchestrated this all, but it is a fine mess.

Fala and King Wilgan have of course labeled us traitors. They are still more concerned in exerting their control over their colonies in the Shadow Coast, and quelling that rebellion, than fighting for Bizantium lives against the Iceborn.

I have read some of the speeches and sermons given in the South about Terosh- that he just wishes to unite all of Palladium without interference from the Gods. The monster, and the monsters he leads, are a completely different story! He speaks of unification, but feasts on the blood of Man! He seeks ultimate power, and has blinded the world!

The smaller islands of Bizantium have fallen- utter destruction in the path of the Iceborn! They have come in their Serpent Ships, the Necroilus, and destroyed all that was upon them. The only smaller island untouched was the Island of Sinza- perhaps because of the Pyramid, perhaps Terosh was afraid of the Light becoming aware, I know not. I saw one of the islands first hand- even bones were hard to find, much less the living. It was truly grisly!

It has also been brought to my attention that Terosh wields a piece of the Great One, the Left Eye, and he uses it to magnify his powers to great effect! This was the piece formerly held by Barbarians that I told you of Long Ago.

They have now just landed their army, their “Congregation”, on the Northern Shores of Bizantium Island itself. We go to join our fellow Dwarves in Stonebrook. There we shall mount a defense of the interior, far from their Necromantic Ships of Death. Please join us there! I shall send word when they approach- it should be after the Festival of the Pantheon of Ra, in the month of Ra most likely, or perhaps Thoth. Please sail here and give your support for all Free Folk- Terosh and his people say you are Palladium’s downfall, but I know you to be Palladium’s Saviors!

I will continue to gather information- please feel free to contact me in Stonebrook, and I will share all that I know! “We will know our enemy so that he may be defeated, for only when the Light of Knowledge shines upon the Darkness may it be dispelled,” or so says my lovely wife Christine!

Sent on Gryphon 12 by the former King of Bizantium, Minischmee, with blessings of the Light upon CrIsis.