Enroth Monthly Your Monthly Dose of Chaos

Issue 1 | January 2023 | 800 Diamonds

Featuring: Stories, rumors, tips, tricks,

and everything you might have missed

HOT SEAT:Goodlad
EDITOR'S CORNER:

FROM CATHERINE

WITH LOVE
Dear Reader,

Let me start by thanking you for taking the time from your indubitably busy daily lives to
browse, peruse, and read through our magazine.

My name is Catherine Ironfist. I am the founder and CEO of HWH Securities. As you well
know, many of us got stranded on Earth a couple of months ago with no way back to our
beloved home of Enroth. Since then, we’ve successfully adapted to life here on Earth, even
going so far as creating our company, which now employs over 30 heroes. During our time
here, we got to know Earth pretty well and, I must admit, we like it here. However, there is
still a faint lingering sense of homesickness. So, when we learned that some humans created
a game (imagine THAT!) based on our lives and adventures, we knew we had to get
involved! We knew we had to give our input and share our truth about it - and the best way
to do that, quite naturally, is by writing about it!

So, we decided to open a publishing house, HWH Publishing. With each of us contributing in
the way they know best, naturally. You now hold the first (and not last, hopefully) issue of
Enroth Monthly.

I would like to thank all humans who decided to help us in making our little connection with
our home plan a reality. We couldn’t have done it without you!

Thank you from the bottom of my heart,

Catherine Ironfist
Editor-In-Chief

FEATURED INSIDE:
Hot Seat Auntie Adela Answers

The Art Of War Merry-Go-Round

Heard It Through The Grapevine Storytime

Dear Reader!

HOT SEAT
Blending in on Earth was a process. We had to rely
on help from humans. As a little thank you for their
contributions, we asked them to honour us with a
bit of their time to have a little fireside sit down
with one of our members (of their choosing) to
have a little chat. This way you will get to know Glaring from his throne of bones and axes,
them better, what they do in life, their hobbies,
Kilgor eyes the newcomer who sits down
who they are, what they are about… So each issue
of our magazine will feature one interview with a next to the fire. A small black panther with a
human that is indispensable to the life and survival shadowy fur is resting in his lap.
of our group here on this blue planet.

It is my absolute pleasure to present to you the

first human to be volunteered for this little fireside
chat. He requested the chat be with our own Close Kilgor: Welcome to my arena, human!
quarters' operations officer, Kilgor, so I am sure
this will go off without a hitch and will be
I hear great things about you. You are
perfection in written form. strong. You are compatitive. You are
honarable. You do not take prisoners. Kilgor
Anyway, the person we will interview is a lynchpin
for the community that seems to have formed approves!
around the aforementioned game. As such, he is an However… if you so powerful and value
expert on all things concerning us. We have talked
strength, why you like Ciele and Seram so
with a few people about him and they say he can
be stubborn, funny, knowledgeable, reliable, much? I mean, surely a man of your
friendly, and brutally honest. intalligence should know … those confluxian
I, for one, cannot wait to see how this will go. I can
elamentalists are not meta! Not strong. Fail
see that Kilgor is already prepared. Should tell him against … well… KILGOR!
to put the axe away, hopefully, he won’t need it …
Ah, and here he is already. Welcome to the HWH
Securities offices, Mr Goodlad. Goodlad: Well, we all know the devs like
bewbs in Eoc, I am not a Ciele fan for her
Thank you for honouring us with your presence. If
battle skills! And Dark Elemental is a good
you would follow me, Kilgor is waiting. He does not
like to be kept waiting. Yes, we have beverages. No. splash into a lot of teams.
You won’t be needing your weapon.
Anyway, here we are, please take a seat. Enjoy.
Kilgor: Ah, a taste for the finer ascepts of
life. Pragmartism. Good. I can respek that! Kilgor: Mrs. Goodlad sound like impressive
Bewbs are great. Still. Poor judgmet. But, female specimen. Does she have sister?
bewbs. We have dem in Krewlod as well. Though, you being a slayer of dragons, she
Also, power of Dark Elemetal impressive, you would likely fall for you. So, forget question.
are right. Now, your faverite nation on Respek. So, you defeat enemies with paper,
Enroth is Krewlod. What is your second you slay dragons, you have amazing wife. As
faverite and why is it Bracada? master of evarything, why you not THE
uberlord? Why you akcept uberlords over
Goodlad: There is no denying that Tower will you? What make you take the position you
stay up there in the meta so might aswell have?
stick with them too.
Goodlad: I am just another player who was
Kilgor: What you mean, meta? Boragus around at the right time to step up in
stronker! Daremythi is just small genie, not discord and help out with the community
even with bottle… elements of the game. And of course, the
mod diamonds help
Goodlad: Daremyth uses that sneaky genie
Kilgor: A, greed. Profit. Good. I recently saw a
magic to win!
show on your moving picturs bux that yells,
there was a … a … Fegrengi character. He like
Kilgor: Bah, trickary. And I was about to profit to, Quartz or what is his name. You
respec you… Anyway, let’s contanu. So, aside know him? Anyway, so you … like
from slaying and being the boss of … what’s communaty sitter of babies? Is that a
the name of that … uhm … daskord or what demending job?
that is … what do you do when you not play
with computre? Goodlad: Ahh yeah, I am also a big fan of
Quark! His rules of acquisition are great.
Goodlad: Family time with my wife and 4 Being on discord can be demanding but for
minions as much as I can. I am also a the most part everyone there is friendly. Or
massive fan of Magic the Gathering and course no land is monster free, but they get
Dungeon & Dragons. slayed with by the mod team.

Kilgor: Many sets of minions. Good. Quarz is

Kilgor: A good, slaves. I admire. I like. Do dey
great! Only rule I dislike is 33. I am told there
do all labor for you? Wat is dis Magic you are
is difference between I and you. I am told I
gathering? And Dragons? I do not like
smash, you plan. Am I correct? What are
dragons, Nighon had some vicis ones. Ok,
your plans for the future?
maybe I like Mutare now in the last few
months here on … uhm … Earth. But
Goodlad: In this regard we are super similar,
dungeons? Those I love. Where can I find
I don’t really tend to long term plan at all. I
some one here?
have my teams set and that’s what I roll
with.
Goodlad: Mrs Goodlad does a great job
putting the slaves….. I mean minions, to work
Kilgor: Hmmm … so if you have teams, you
at home. Well, Magic is where we use fancy
are an uberboss but like of small group? Ok,
paper with pictures and words to defeat our
not uberboss, you are miniboss. So if you
enemies! And don’t worry about the
are miniboss, you keep your minions
Dragons, me and 5 other brave adventurers
sabserivant. What is your favoret metod of
kick their butts twice a month while we have
keeping people in line? Tell me it’s a
beer and food!
bullwhip, like it is for me!
Goodlad: Stick a brick in their mouth the Goodlad: Woah there, ya big creep! Maybe

wing em an uppercut!! But no, I find if you

give some pizza and beer try and don’t forget

are fair to people then the majority will all

just enjoy our gaming time together and get to wash it down with some disaronno.
along.
Kilgor: Hmmm… Catherine said something
Kilgor: Stick a brick in their mouth and wing about kaltural differances. I love pizza. Bit of
em an uppercut. I will remembr that one. bloodmato sauce, bit of meat, bit of cheese.
And try it. Got anyone I can try it on? Dis Iz great. I will be making some later if you
brings me to most important question. How want. Beer is also great. But I like mead
many weapons you have at home? Which more. And what is this dis aron no?
one is your favorite and why is it the best
one to chop someone in half? Goodlad: Disaronno is like this warm almond
that’s giving you a hug on the inside while it
Goodlad: Weapons? I am from Ireland and also gets you drunk…..mmmmmmmmm
we don’t really do weapons here. Just use disaronno…..
your fists if you need to fight. I guess you
could eventually bludgeon some in half?
Kilgor: I shall taste this most sumptuass
mead of the gods! You will supply when I
Kilgor: Fists ARE weapon! And, yes, tried and visit, yes? A moral questin for you. I am not
tested. So you Irelandians like a good fight? against violens, the opposit even. Do you
I have no home nation on Earth. You think think it is OK to tie down people who want
Ireland would make for a good new to leave, with ropes and such? Should we
Krewlod? use cages? Chains? Do you have another
solutian?
Goodlad: Well, some do like to fight but not
me, I am more a lets have a drink and figure Goodlad: Sounds like a fun Saturday night!!
out the issue kinda guy. I think you might fit Owh wait… you do mean sexy roleplay, don’t
in well in some places here though. you?

Kilgor: Once I get time off work, I visit and

Kilgor: What else would I be talking about? I
you show. All expenses paid by HWH. Deal?
mean, constant is importent! But, you and
Now, where is your shadow panther?
me, we of same sort. We both like bewbs.
You free on Saturday? We having a good
Goodlad: That’s what she said! But no, really,
HWH annivarsary party, will include all of
it’s my pants! Although I also have 2 dogs. A
above. You would like it. Anyway, Mr
beagle called Rosie and a miniature
Goodlad, dispite your fail (even if resons are
dachshund called Rex.
good) over Seram, you look like competent,
strong, dedicated, and good person!
Kilgor looks at Goodlad in curious way:
Another bonus point for wife to tame the Kilgor owe you respect. And gratatude, for
panther. Again, impressive feat. Also, you telling me what disanorro is. I insist you join
have beasts. Bonus point, again. Now, let us us dis Saturday. You can bring minions as
talk sustanence. I am sustaned by blood of well! Now, we shake hands and you can
enemies, by festing on flesh of their leave alive and hands attached.
animals, by the cries of despar. What do you
like to fill yor soul and body with? Tenk you!
 Heard It

Through The

Grapevine Ezio Auditore da

Firenze

Three hooded figures are sitting around a table in the corner

of a dark room. A faint flicker of light illuminates their barely
visible features below their cloaks. A stack of notes in front of
them, plans, maps, pens at the ready … The mouth of the
middle one opens, a flash of light illuminating the dagger on
their wrist…

Welcome, weary reader, to the Grapevine. My name is Ezio

Auditore da Firenze, head of the Intelligence Department at
HWH. I have been tasked to provide you with the intelligence
required for your plans to succeed. My colleagues my side
and I live in the darkness, we are shaped by it, moulded by it,
and, in turn, we are granted great gifts by it. Gifts we shall
use to gather said intelligence for you and present it to you
monthly. Unfortunately, the places we will venture into are
heavily fortified so the information may not always be
accurate, nor will it always be clear. We will report rumours,
truths hidden behind a veil of mystery and secrecy, facts…
everything we gather. We are sure that a reader with your
insight will decipher the meaning behind these reports.
Furthermore, I call upon all who wish to share their knowledge
of the future with us, especially rumours, to please contact our
Intelligence Department so we may examine and study said
intel and share it with our dear readers.

Unfortunately, our task has been delegated to us just a little while ago, so our reports are inconclusive and sparse. To date,
our extensive and thorough investigation has yielded the following results:

Rumors of a lady hailing from an island hidden in deep waters. Apparently, she commands maritime creatures. They
seem to be drawn to her, obey her. She seems to be able to exert some powers over the waters itself and controls
torrents, swirlies, and currents. As far as we know, her name is not Aquawoman but that is yet to be confirmed.

Our network of … friends … have notified us of a great green-ish creature above the skies being sighted somewhere on
Enroth. Apparently, some red-haired guy and a gem of a lady are really, really happy about this creature, for some
reason.

A recent archeological report we’ve in our possession after … acquiring it … about some items of power indicates that
(insert VAGUE description of upcoming artifact/battle scar)

Reports have been sent to us about a weird furry creature. It seems to be wielding some kind of massive sword but is
too fast to pin down. Last it was seen riding some big black cat…
 THE ART OF WAR
AN OLDER MAN WITH A BUSHY BEARD AND CLAD IN BEAUTIFUL SILVER FULL-
PLATE ARMOUR IS STANDING IN FRONT OF A WHITEBOARD. A BIG TABLE WITH
MAPS, STACKS OF PAPERS, DESIGNS, MINIATURES, SCHEMES, WRITING TOOLS
AND OTHER PLANNİNG TOOLS IN FRONT OF HIM, JUST WAITING TO BE USED. HIS
PIERCING BROWN EYES GLARE WITH RESOLVE AS HE PREPARES TO SPEAK.

Welcome to class, everyone. My name is
General Morgan Kendal. I have spent my
life on the battlefield. I have partaken in
the Restoration wars, fought in Stedwick,
and trained and commanded thousands
of troops under Queen Catherine and
King Nicolas. I fought demons,
abominations, traitors, undead,
barbarians... I have tasted both victory
and defeat. My pedigree has made me
the perfect candidate for my current role
as the Chief Tactical Officer at HWH
Securities. My Que… I mean CEO, has
tasked me with spreading my vast
tactical and military knowledge to the
humans we coexist with. Welcome to
class.
This course will cover basic military
strategies, logistics, planning, rules and
science of wars, tactics, organization,
and everything else necessary to succeed
in the field of battle in Enroth. So if you
want to succeed, I suggest you listen up
carefully. This can mean the difference
between life and death.
The first topic we will cover is a general
overview of Banners in Enroth. Why they
are important, how to decide, how much
they cost, how to plan for them, and
where to get them.
Kendal reaches for the remote controller,
turns off the light, and turns on the
projector as Lieutenant Stoneiron begins
his presentation.
 BANNERS

BANNERS ARE WEAPONS FOR UR UNITS. THEY RESIDE IN THE SAME TAB WITH WEAPONS.
THERE ARE TWO NEW CURRENCIES WITH A BANNER SYSTEM.

Eternity Adamant
Commander

aka Eternal Gold

Medal
aka Gold Mithril
Obtainable
RANKS
Glory Arena Missions or

Single Top-up of
from Glory Arena Store
How many
85 : Biweekly Rewards 10 : 300 30 : 980
20 : Daily Missions 60 : 1980 100:3280
you can get?
10 : Store 200:6480
Double of Void But
Price? Free
Convertion rate is 1:1
So 6* Banner costs same

as 6* SSR Weapon

STARS

Use them to Rank up : Gives extra

Star up : Gives extra

stats abilities

As you can see, the presentation is succinct and So decide which units are tactically the most
on point. Mastering the planning of equipping important ones for you and then go listen to our
your armies with Banners is going to be of utmost Recommendation Specialists on that new
importance. The resources for them are few and invention of yours you call the interweb,
far between and will require time and dedication specifically that place called Youtube. Specialists
on your part. And patience. Gorax, Sol, hAte, Sven, and a few others regularly
test these weapons in a live environment and give
Before investing and spending any resources on their honest recommendations. They are good
banners, think, think hard and thoroughly about indeed, so I suggest you pay attention.
which units you wish to invest in. Unfortunately,
Earth is not rich enough with resources for each To wrap it up, banners will become your main
of you, budding young generals, to fully equip resource-draining investment in the long run and
your armies with these banners, unless you have they will be necessary. You just need to plan
massive treasure stores. accordingly.
Auntie Adela

Answers

May you be ever covered by the

Holy Spirit's Blessing!

ADELA
COUNSELING

PSYCHOLOGIST

Somewhere in the Whitestone office of HWH HQ

A young white-haired woman is sitting in a quaint little room
illuminated but by candlelight. She is holding a stack of letters in her
hands, a content smile on her face. The flames are flickering showing
her deep blue eyes as she reads through each letter. She puts the
letters down, picks up a quill, and starts writing.

M y d e a r e s t R e a d e r s
I have witnessed the horrors of
war, the uncertainty of life, the
cruelty of death, the trauma of
conflict, and all manners of
unspeakable tragedy, I’ve seen
nations fall, demonic insurgences,
revolutions, dark invasions …
I have consoled the dead and the dying. I have healed
countless warriors, staved off death for thousands of injured,
and been a beacon of support for anyone who needed it.
Since we were stranded here, the how and the trauma
associated with it, I have taken to studying and have been
successfully trained in the human arts of therapy and
caregiving to help my fellow heroes accept this most traumatic
change. As such, I understand how tragic and traumatic life
can be.
Upon being informed of Catherine’s plans for the outreach
magazine, I immediately recognized my role.
 I wish to offer my
knowledge...
... experiences, expertise, and skills to
all in need, regardless of their plight.
So, if you have any questions burdening
your soul or gnawing at your sanity,
please, do not hesitate to send me a
letter and I will answer to the best of
my abilities. No matter what you ask a
question about… You can submit your
letter via e-mail or hand it straight to
our discord representatives. They will,
then, forward whatever is troubling you
to me. Together we shall find the
answers you seek.

Adela puts down the quill and

takes a sip of her drink. She takes
one of the letters stacked on the
desk and slowly opens it. Her
heart warms as she reads the
contents. It is from someone
signed as
Talagorn
 Dear Auntie Adela

In the modern world we have almost everything by the tips of our

fingers: Food, Social Life, Security, Technology. What can your
company bring that is unique and we don't have in today's modern
society?

Adela takes her quill, thinks for a bit, then starts to write…

Dear Talagorn
Thank you for being the first to reach out to me with your question. Indeed, those are four good
pillars on which to base your life. I hope all four of yours are met well and none is particularly lacking!
To answer your question, we at HWH Securities can offer a lot for each of these pillars. We are a
diverse bunch, hailing from all Enrothian nations. Among others, our utility department offers a wide
range of environmental services, such as free electricity (Power generation and distribution officer
Solmyr) and heating (Heating specialist Rashka), and we can significantly improve the sustainability
of your natural areas (Environmental services specialist and sustainability officer Ryland). You can
massively benefit by employing the services of our Logistics department, whether you are talking about
support (Head IT Manager Yog), simple logistics (Dispatch and Logistics officer Mullich and Head of
Flight operations Shiva), or more complicated transportation tasks (Master of Portals Zydar), we got
you covered. And those are but a few of our services and what we can offer your world.

But I think our biggest strong points are the element of escapism we offer and the community we
foster. Sadly, I have seen how Earth is and how humans can be. It is not so different from the many
things I have seen on Enroth. I think this is our biggest contribution to your modern society. Quality
escapism. A balm for your soul and a place to escape when the reality is too much or too burdensome.

I hope that satiates at least some of your curiosity. Feel free to visit our offices at any time.

Best regards,
Auntie Adela
 Adela puts down her pen, takes another letter, and carefully
opens it. This one has a royal seal with the letter S on it.
She slowly opens it and begins reading. It is from a person

Silmer
called It reads …

Hi, Adela!

I finally found some courage to ask you this… How to persuade my

husband that a new faction champion, eternity adamant and a
new hero are more important than his stupid winter tires?

Adela takes a closer look at the question, gives a smile, thinks for a
bit, and then puts the tip of the pen to the paper…

Dear Silmer
Thank you for this wonderful question. I think it is important to discuss this paramount topic. Too
often we neglect the importance of communication in our relationships. Too rarely do we emphasize
understanding each other, for showing respect and compassion. To put the needs of our partner before
our own. Too often do we linger in limbo emotionally. So thank you for broaching this.
Silmer, I take it your husband is a good one and needs the car as a means to provide for the family. To
meet your needs and those of your family? Well, then I suggest you do not go the route my dear friend
Kilgor would. My advice would be to talk to your husband. Take his hand, look him deep in his
indubitably beautiful eyes, take a breath and tell him that cars aren’t a necessity to get to point A to
point B. I mean, back on Enroth, we used our feet, ships, horses, or portals to travel. I am sure you
have all these options here. Then, you could remind him that cars do have a massive issue that you call
a carbon footprint. I suggest following this up by explaining that feet mostly don’t have one. Plus, tires
are made of rubber and we all know how bad rubber is for our health. I could tell you stories about the
amount of healing I and my sisters have had to perform just to take care of rubber-related issues …
but I am getting off track.
Make him understand that HWH Securities employees and members need these jobs and rely on them
to provide for their families. As do all of those creatures. I am sure your husband will see that his needs
are of lesser importance than the survival of the heroes and their progeny. I am sure he doesn’t want
them to starve, does he? Eternity adamant, well, that is the most precious raw material that has ever
existed on Enroth to date. Save for love and the grace of the light. Eternity Adamant right after that.
Rubber, compared to Eternity adamant, is cheap, doesn’t smell very nice, has an aftertaste, and is
dangerous.

So, just take the time to explain to your husband why and how he is wrong, as a man with no frail ego,
I guarantee he will listen to you! However, should my advice come up short, there are other options to
be explored. But for that, we will have to pencil in a meeting with both you and your husband as well.

I am sure that he will see the light at the end of the tunnel and accept that in this case, you, Silmer,
have your priorities straight.

Do please let me know how it got resolved.

Much love,
Auntie Adela

Happy with the positive reply she managed to pen, Adela

takes a sip of the golden liquid in her cup. She takes the

Gorax
next letter from the stack, this one with a capital G on it,
carefully opens it, and begins reading it. It’s from someone
called
 Dear Adela

If you could turn one Kreegan or anyone aligned with the forces of
Inferno onto the path of the Light, whom would it be and why?

The short letter strikes a chord with her. A painful memory from a
time long ago, back, far back on Enroth … when the forces of Eofol
invaded Erathia. She remembers her red-haired friend, the time
they spent in the south of Erathia, playing, dreaming, hoping… She
lets out a sigh, wipes the tear from her eye, and starts writing…

Dear Gorax
I must admit, this question hits close to home. I am a staunch proponent of redemption and the belief
that everyone deserves a second chance and the love and guidance of the Light. However, you know as
well as I do, Eofol and the Kreegan demon lords are oft beyond redemption. Granted, Xeron did change
in the last few months, since we’ve been here but I am unsure if this is a permanent change or just
another ploy. Time will tell but I pray for his soul. There, however, is someone I would like to convert
to the light and bring her to the path of righteousness.
Please grace me with the time to tell you a story. When I was a child, I lived in the Eastern parts of
Erathia. I was never rich, wealthy, or educated, but I was happy. I and my best friend Fi were living in
this village and she was the light of my life. She loved animals, loved training them, loved working with
them and she was blessed by the Gods themselves. We would be in a forest and all beasts would be
drawn to her and she would easily tame them. It was magical. Her radiance was palpable. In time, as I
got older, I heeded the call of the Light and joined the clergy. She joined the circus and she loved it
there. We were still fast friends… and then disaster struck. Eofol invaded Erathia. Our region was the
first to fall. I was hurried away by the clergy and the military as we were seen as indispensable to the
war effort. I protested, I mean how can you attribute more value to one life than another? Why should
I be more valuable than a peasant boy or girl? She … was not so lucky. The attack caught us by
surprise and the part of town where she was staying was stormed. She was taken. I had feared the
worst. My heart was broken but I remained steadfast in my hope that maybe … just maybe … she was
still alive. And then, years later, once we finally defeated the Kreegans and reclaimed Erathia, in the
last battle, I saw her.
My heart skipped a beat at the thought of seeing my friend again until I realized that she was no
captive. She was one of their leaders. I wanted to break rank to run to her, hug her, ask her what
happened, why… why she was doing all of this … I couldn’t reach her… All I know is that nowadays she
goes by General Fiona. My heart is filled with joy, nonetheless. She lives. She thrives.

I hope that she will show up on Earth sooner or later and we will get our reunion.

I have full confidence that she can be led to the path of the Light. I mean, if Xeron gave up his
ambitions, at least to some degree, then anything is possible with the help of the Light!

I apologize for this long response but I hope I answered your question.

Thank you for taking me down memory lane.

Much love,
Adela

Adela put down the pen, and reached for the next letter but
stopped herself. ‘No, I think this will do for tonight,’ she thought to
herself. She put down the pen, closed the lid on the ink, neatly put
away the answered letters, and sat down in a silent prayer for a
minute. ‘May the Light be with all of you,’ she said at last. She got
up and started heading out of the Whitestone office. She blew out
the candle illuminating the room and smiled gently. She would be
back soon. There were many more letters to answer …

Judge the world with the glory of

the holy sword

adela@hwh.eoc

u!
HWH Securities

Thank yo Human Resources Service

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Since being stranded here on Earth, some of our members have felt a bit

blue, a bit down, and it was a hard adjustment. However! We discovered

something truly magnificent. Comedy! And fun! We came to realize that

laughter is an integral part of life and health. Furthermore, we found out

that there are actually humans who devote their time and creativity to show

us the support we needed to integrate. So, we decided to show them our

gratitude and show their masterpieces in our magazine!

So, in the name of all the wayward heroes here at HWH Securities and the

HWH Publishing House, we thank you sincerely!

Catherine

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Archibald
A man with long black hair is sitting in a comfortable chair in a darkly lit office. His sombre eyes gaze at a stack
of parchment in front of him, a quill in one hand, a glass with a golden translucent liquid in the other. A
greatsword is hanging from the wall. A blue and black scale mail armour rests by the greatsword, adorned by
scales and teeth that look draconic in origin. A red velvety cape is hanging nearby. The man lets out a long
exasperated sigh. His brooding face is the perfect example of a man lost in thought. He dips the quill in ink and
slowly leans forward and presses the tip onto the parchment and begins…

Life, it seems, has a wicked sense of humour. I, Archibald, one of the

greatest military minds Enroth had ever seen, who led the greatest Kingdom of
Erathia, presided over the Necromantic order of Dejya, fought demons in
Eofol and defeated them, and even rescued my brother from their clutches …
that I, as one who had all of Enroth at my fingertips and was at odds with
everything and everyone my whole existence… should be condemned to living
on this wretched Earth united with these people in harmony, that is a fate I
never envisioned. At least I have the time to find the answers I seek. When
facing a problem, my father always said…

His hand begins to shake. He puts down the quill and lets out a sigh as a wave of regret and shame washes
over him. Memories of a much happier time start flooding his very core. His father, the magnificent and powerful
Morglin, and his teachings and all of the lessons. His dear mother and her warm and protective embrace. A
question creeps into his thoughts, one that has occupied him for a long time… Why? Why have I betrayed all
that I once held dear? This question has been plaguing him for years. Ever since that penultimate moment of
newfound compassion for his captured brother that drove him head-first into Eofol on a rescue mission, this was
the one question he could never answer. No matter how hard he tried. He had no explanation. He had been
branded evil. He had been branded the Usurper… And he was both. He knew it in his heart. And yet … his
memories from that time, especially in the weeks after his father had died … were hazy at best. Something had
driven him. A hunger he never knew before. A desire he never felt until then. And when all was said and done
and he was exiled by Catherine and Roland for his crimes, he relished this opportunity. Clanker’s Lab would be
the perfect place for him to satiate his curiosity.

Then another memory washed over him… he was standing on the shore of his island when a light covered
him and was suddenly plucked from Enroth and tossed through space and time to Earth… Archibald smiled.
Fortuitous indeed, he thought to himself. He put the quill down and continued.

I have all the time in the world. And I have all the resources I could ever want.
All of the actors that could have any knowledge of those events or could have
played any role in them, however insignificant, are here at HWH Securities. I
will get to the bottom of this. Let the games begin......
 Dear Readers

Thank you for taking the time to read the first issue of our (hopefully) monthly magazine.
We put our hearts into this and we hope you like it. We would like to give special thanks

to Goodlad, Silmer, Talagorn, Kenny, Sven, Gorax, the French community, and everyone

else who contributed to the creation of this magazine, for the suggestions, criticisms,

ideas, questions… A special thank you also goes to Sheldy and Talon for even entertaining

this idea in the first place and for giving us a chance to do something fun for the

community. Thanks to everyone who tries to make this community a good and healthy

place.

We hope this first issue will bring you at least a smile, if not a grin, in the face of any

adversity that you may be encountering.

We hope to see you for the next month’s issue!

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