From: Gary R Switzer (gswitzer@loop.com)
Date: Fri 05 Feb 1999 - 07:40:50 EET
>From the unpublished memoirs of Marberus of
Jillaro, late of the Furthest Corps...
"At this time [7/37] Appius Luxius directed his
agent at Nochet, in Esrola, to buy, not only the
most accurate information about the strengths of
the Praxian barbarians, but also the engraved
copperplates from which the great map of the
Library had been printed. In spite of the vast
difficulties in the transport of this heavy mass
of metal, the treason was so well arranged, and so
handsomely paid for, that these plates were
abstracted from the archives of the Great Library
and carried into the Empire without their
disappearance being discovered either by the
Pharaoh or by our own customs officials. As soon
as the plates reached Glamour, the War Office,
after substituting Pelorian for Theyalan
characters in the names of places and rivers, had
this fine map copied, and the Emperor ordered a
copy to be sent to all the generals and commanders
of light cavalry regiments. Thus I received one,
which I succeeded, with some difficulty, in saving
during all my later campaigns, as it forms a large
roll of vellum. The map contained all of the
barbarian lands of the south; even Teshnos and
Ramalia, which considerably amused those who
received it. Very few brought theirs back, but I
have got mine."
Gary R. Switzer
Aero Hobbies
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