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The Palanthas Herald

True Identity of Ashaynnth's Captain Revealed

by Darcwulf, Staff Writer
Last Updated: Palast, Holmswelth 23, 2008

Ambeon - Officials of the minotaur empire claim to have discovered the identity of the captain of the elven pirate vessel the Ashaynnth.

Ashaynnth. The captain is said to have chosen her name as a taunt directed at the Knights of Solamnia for their refusal to aid the elven peoples. The following statement was given to the Herald by Bors es Valen, a sergeant of the Wyvern Legion and spokesman for the government of Sargasanti:

"After an extensive search through the mire that is the elven records, we have determined that this woman, who calls herself Captain Kingfisher, is really a former royal guard by the name of Adrielle Lucanus. Low of rank, feeble of mind, and utterly without honor, this Lucanis fled her homeland and abandoned her responsibilities to assist in freeing Alhana Starbreeze from her well deserved imprisonment. Continuously and flagrantly breaking all forms of law and honor she has now apparently decided to fight the lawful rule of the Empire."

With one elf of Sargasanti dying for every day that Lady Santhia de Droka is missing, some noted political thinkers of the empire have begun to question whether or not the recent ransom demand was nothing more than a distraction designed to draw their attention from the elven pirates' true goal. "Those Sargas cursed pirates are up to something devious," said Marak es Conlyn, an admiral of the imperial navy. "There is an itch in my spine, - those cowardly critters are sneaking up behind us to plant a dagger in our backs, you mark my word!"

Since the revelation of Captain Kingfisher, minotaur legionaries have been rounding up any elf who they suspect has any knowledge of Lucanus. Rumors are flying around Sargasanti that the minotaurs, through their interrogations, have discovered the secret hiding location of the Ashaynnth. "No elf would ever tell the horned demons anything about Ashaynnth or Captain Kingfisher!" stated an elf of Sargasanti who wished to remain anonymous. "No matter how much they beat and maim us, no matter how many of our heads they use to decorate their walls - we will never tell the cattle a thing!"