Hornsounder - July 2008 Edition

[BridMorgan]

 

Welcome to this month's edition of the Hornsounder!

 

Welcome back to The Hornsounder!! With summer in full swing, the news is a little slow, but we've brought you some great articles this month!  The Hornsounder never goes on vacation!  ;)

 

We have some new articles in the Hornsounder and different pieces coming and going.  We have an article from our new Quest Mistress, Kara.  She gives us an update on our current Quest and all the excitement that goes with it!  Check out the games section and get creative with our Caption the Picture contest or put that brain to work in the Sudoku Challenge!

 

Hard to believe July is over already!!  Hope you all have a same and fun rest of the summer.  Just think, in just a few short months, the holidays will be back!!!   ;)

 

Grab yourself a drink, sit back with a snack and enjoy this month's edition of The Hornsounder.

 

Bridmorgan, XO

Senior Editor

 

JoTS Winner of the Month 

 

This month's topic was: Infantry: Latrines, Swords and Brew, Oh My!.

 

And the winner: Climhazzard of the Infantry

 

Congratulations, Clim :)

 

The winning JoTS:

 

Swinging Our Swords

 

Here is the best, the Infantry

Swinging our swords and downing our Guinfantry

Always looking for a brawl or party

As we dance with Jak O' the Shadows

 

Relaxing in our hammocks in the inn

Looking for the next brawl to begin

And our fancy sthingys much better than tin

As we dance with Jak O' the Shadows

 

Enter Current Month's Headlines!

 

As our regular readers have come to know, the Hornsounder is divided into Sections, each handling a part of the newspaper and housing specific topics. I give you now a summary of what you can find in each Section.

You may find your interested parts quickly by scrolling to the Sections, which are clearly marked by their own Header as the one you see here on top. Subsections within can be recognized by their Blue color and therefore equally easy to recognize. 

 

The Band of the Red Hand Section brings you the Word from our Marshal-General, gives reasons to join the Band, and puts the spotlight on the new occurances of the Band.  Also in this section an introduction to the Band's current Active Members,  and you get the opportunity to smooch away on our Banders' birthdays.

 

The Regimental Section will effectively satisfy your hunger for knowing what's been up with the Archers and Infantry this month. Check up on the antics of the Recruits while they visited every Regiment, see if the Infantry gained a new Morat or maybe a new Blademaster even, or see if any Archers obtained the rank of Sora or who earned their Archer medals. 

 

In the Raw Recruits Section, our Executive Officer, Paladin Bridmorgan will fill you in on the latest updates on our Recruits./b].

 

In the  Redarms Section our Redarm Leader, Paladin Manriva fills you in on all the law breaking and spotfining activities that were found in the Band this past month. 

 

The Specials Section brings you a nice little collection of Columns and stories that will make you sit up and beg for more. We have Raw Recruit and  Freelance articles submitted by several of the Band's newest members and/or some hardcore reporters.

 

Entertainment is the spice of Life! Or was it variety? Who cares... Make sure you cover your keyboard if drinking while reading the jokes from our Banders. Get those braincells to working and claim those prizes! Join in on the Competitions and see if you are a wizard at Sudoku and can beat the Sudoku Master, Jon the Direwolf!  Be sure to check out the latest  Caption the Picture Competition! See if you can come up with the best caption, and claim the prize that goes along with the glory! So don't miss out on snatching up those prizes!

 

The free standing Games on the other hand, offer a nice warm up for those that need it or a fun way of passing the time in those dead hours between earning points for your promotions.

If you played the ones from last month and want to find out how well (or bad) you did, you'll find the correct answers here too.

 

Dragonmount, our home. Find out the latest news that was reported to the Hornsounder about your ORG and those ORGs you don't know yet.

 

In the Wheel of Time Section read all about the topic of conversation, turmoil, and uproar from DM this month!

 

Last, but most definitely not least, the Editorial Section you can find out everything about the Hornsounder itself. What it is, how it works, who the slaving mad people are that make sure you get your newspaper full of interesting stuff each month and how YOU can be a part of it all too.

 

So there you have it folks. I hope you will enjoy this month's Edition of your Hornsounder thoroughly and if you have any ideas or suggestions that might make your Hornsounder Experience even more fun, don't hesitate to let us know.

 

Or maybe you too want to try your hand at being a reporter?

There's room in the Hornsounder for everyone, so don't let those doubting demons get the best of you. Jump right in and contact me through pm with any ideas for articles and/or projects you may have!

 

Until next month,

 

Mystica,

Editor in Chief

[BridMorgan]

 

 

Why Join the BotRH?

 

So, having read some of the activities the Band gets up to, you want to know more about the ORG? One of the ORG's focus is music, and the Band's other focus is travel. Banders are regularly writing reviews about any music album they own, whether it be old or new, as well as any gigs and concerts they have been to and various locations around the world they've visited. Responses to these reviews are encouraged, which gives Banders points, and these points allow for promotion through the many ranks in the Band. This is the basis of the ORG.

 

When you first join up with the Band of the Red Hand, you become a Raw Recruit. During this time, you experience life with each of the three Regiment (Archers, Cavalry, Infantry) and the Band itself as well so you get to know how the ORG works, and you don't get lost in your early days in the Band. After your three weeks of completing various tasks as a Recruit, you then pick the Regiment you wish to join and thus become a fully fledged member of the Band of the Red Hand. Also, once you picked your Regiment, you will be guided to become an Infantry Blademaster or a Knight of the Cavalry or an Assassin within the Archers.

 

However, the Band is not all about work. We have many fun activities going on within the ORG, ranging from simple word games to our ORG Game, created by Canis Rufus with the help of Mallett. Everything is based on the luck of rolling dice, so build up your stats to give yourself the chance of getting better rolls! Once you've taken the seven easy lessons, you can then challenge any Bander to a duel in the Arena and bring great glories to your name! Look out for Festivals of Games as another way to bring glory to your name! We are the only ORG to gamble as well, so create a Bank Account and join in the Lottery to earn some big winnings just like Mat!

 

As you can see, the Band is a place with a variety of activities, hopefully catering for everyone's needs. There are various activities for those who want points to go up the ranks, or fun and games for those who want to socialise. The Band is open to everyone, so come and join the fun at the best ORG at DM!

 

The Return of the Quest

(by KaraJ)

 

The Quest

 

The Quest is now up and operational. If you're interested then please pop by HERE and take a look. There are rules to follow and guidelines for creating your Bio's and for posting in the Quest, though we are aiming for the simple approach. Members that already have a Band Bio are more than welcome to use their original Bio for the new Quest or to start afresh by creating a new Bio.

 

Myself (Kara J) and Goldeneys/Sei'Car are only a PM away if you have any questions or suggestions.

 

On to the juicy bit.....The Quest itself. This has already started but it is open to anyone. Simply write your Bio., post it in the assigned thread (either Sei'Car or I will PM you if there is anything requiring change) and away you go.

 

A Kings Ransom

 

When last we left our merry Band, they had taken quite a beating by a large Trolloc force and spent a number of weeks recuperating and rebuilding. After such a trying battle, a number of the Band decided that they needed time to find themselves and find their reasons for fighting again. Now, a couple of months later, wounds healed and spirits lifted, the Band moves on marching towards the Last Battle. Questions unanswered and answers known resulting in more questions.

 

 

......time passes.....

 

 

...A man stood on a hill two miles to the west of the city, looking out over Cairhien and on to the River Alguenya which was just visible in the distance. The fabled topless towers were still not completed, but by now they almost matched their name, they reached almost to the clouds, and strained to go ever higher. The man had not been here for five years, in that time the city hadn’t changed much, except for the towers rising higher. Cairhien was still the city known through the known world as the city where every nod, every step, every stray gesture, was taken as a sign of political intrigue. Daes Dae’mar came from Cairhien it was said, and if it did not originate there, well, it certainly flourished there. But the great game was not something for a mere Sergeant to think about.

 

The man thought about that for a moment, a Sergeant. When had he earned that? It was the Battle of the Red Creek as the town had been renamed by its citizens after the stream flowing through it had been laced with blood for over a week. That had come on the heels of The Gardeners Grove, as the forest battle had been rightly named, Ogier had fought there, Ogier and alongside men, for the first time any of the Band had seen. It had been a perfect time to rise in rank, but that was not something the man cared about, it was not important to him what rank he had, but he must fight with and for his people. The band, the wolves, his ‘people’, Sei’Cair did not know which he was more loyal to; he had never had to choose.

 

Sei’Cair looked towards the city, the city that had a mile of tents stretching from the right side of it, tents of the Band of the Red Hand. They had replenished their numbers on the march here from Ghealdan. Why were they here? Well, after the affair in Ghealdan that had cost them so many, they had been answered the call for help of Cairhien and removed over a dozen fists of shadowspawn that had somehow made it down all the way past Kinslayers Dagger and had united to pose a threat to the city of Cairhien. They had worked with the Cairhienin army to dispose of the threat, and now they were being paid for their services. Andor seemed to be becoming concerned about the huge increase of what they thought were mercenaries, so close to their border, the guard along the Alguenya had quadrupled since the Band set up camp here; they needed to move soon. Of course, the Marshall-General and his Executive Officer stayed at the palace, it was only proper, and it saved them from having to ride into town every day. The Under-Commander took care of things quite well along with the Captain Generals. Any day now the greater part of the Band would be off in one direction or another, searching for shadowspawn wherever they seemed most likely to be. Sei’Cair walked back towards the camp, he needed some sleep, if they did not move tomorrow, he would still have to be up before anyone under his control, he had recruits to train.....

 

 

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Looking across the assembled ranks of Archers, Cavalry and Infantry alike, Ibrae Brusala stood beside the Marshall-General and the Senior Staff. A lot had changed since that last battle, the Band had needed to recoup and count their losses. Every seasoned man and woman here knew that, whatever the price of battle, the butchers bill always cost the most. Ibrae was in awe of them all. He could not imagine the horrors that each person in the Band had seen and endured, but he had admiration for their toughness and resilience. He'd heard a great deal about the Band of the Red Hand and now here he was, stood in front of them next to their Marshall General.  Raising his hand for silence, the Marshall-General indicated for Ibrae to speak. Stepping forward, Ibrae cleared his throat and opened his mouth to speak....but Light was he nervous.

 

"You all have been summoned by King Roedran Almaric do Arreloa a'Naloy of Murandy. He has heard of the Band of the Red Hands exploits and has need of such fine soldiers. His lands and borders have been much troubled by Bandits and, of late, rumours of Darkfriends and Shadowspawn. He requests your help in clearing his lands of this scourge. What say you?"

 

As one the Band looked at their Marshall General and out of the corner of his eye Ibrae saw him nod almost imperceptibly. Suddenly the air was filled with a resounding cheer as the Band members voice their consent, all too eager to be on the move once again.

 

Smiling in relief Ibrae found himself being pulled aside by the Marshall General and guided over to a group of high ranking officials...at the Marshall General's request Ibrae started to brief the soldiers on the specifics of the mission.

 

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Well, what are you waiting for? Get posting!  ;D

[BridMorgan]

Bander's Birthdays

(by Bridmorgan, XO)

 

It's time once again to showcase our Banders who have had their birthdays this month.  Not quite as busy as June, November must not have been such a good month...too busy getting ready for the holidays I suppose.  ;)  And look!  The Tosser brothers were born in the same month!  Now make sure to take some time out and wish our Birthday boys and girls many happy returns!!  So from all of us at the Hornsounder...HAPPY SMOOCHDAY!!

 

7/6 - taliquemet

7/9 - Pe Ell

7/10 - mushuganna, Kristine, Safia, Tiren

7/12 - minimoose

7/15 - bladetosser, Safir

7/16 - Demandred Valerius

7/17 - El Dude

7/19 - Gaul

7/21 - dicetosser1, Steel Axe

7/23 - doveryan, Mat the Gambler

7/24 - irishflyer08, strizit

7/29 - eochaid

7/30 - forgottensword, malin07

 

 

Ranking list of the Active Banders

(by Bridmorgan, XO)

 

The ranks you see are based on the earning of ORG points and are arranged top to bottom. The top 3 positions are what we call our 'Senior Staff' and they are permanent and not linked to any points. The points based positions are divided between 'Commissioned' (= Officers) and 'Enlisted' (= Non-Officers) and can be achieved by any Bander willing to put in the necessary work.

 

Our newest members, the Raw Recruits, are not in this list as they get a special mention in the Raw Recruits Section further in this paper.

 

This ranking is based on the last promotion round: 15 July 2008

 

Senior Staff

 

Marshal-General: Corki

 

Under-Commander: Taymist

 

Executive Officer: BridMorgan

 

 

Commissioned Officers

 

Banner-Captains:  Auld Manriva, Direwolf Jon, Footman, Mystica, F Horn of Valere, Twinflower, Uasal Arach

 

Captains:  Apollo277, Arrandion

 

Lieutenant-Captains:  Steel Axe, Froix, Katiora, Kristine

 

Senior-Lieutenants:  Kingkastchei, Kara_J, North Star, Climhazzard, el Nynaeve, Amavia, Dragonlover, snin83

 

Lieutenants:  Chaelca, woolhead, Samuraiflip05, Mayleigh, 12th Regiment, Dicetosser1, Cumadrin, Goldeneys

 

Under-Lieutenants:  Lanette, Daetirion, Talya, Emperor, JimRaynor/JR, Kieran Warwick, Angyl, Zeth Alley, Cairos, Feral

 

 

Enlisted

 

Master Sergeants:  Diamondmask, Tigara, Safia al-Maaz, lewstherin

 

Sergeants:  thewindsoftime, Myndrunner, Nocturne, Goldeneyes101/Moose, Nynaeve

 

Corporals:  Moghedian, Irishflyer08, MonsterMetroid, Naeann

 

Privates First Class:  Dahmir

[BridMorgan]

 

News From The Range!

(by El Nyn)

 

Well another month has come and gone (where did July go?) and things have been pretty interesting in the Range. July saw the return of several older members, including Blade, Peck and Safia. Even Alishandra and Jeannasais popped in briefly from their LOAs! We're so happy to see them back, hope they'll be able to stick around and liven up the Range even more. ;D

 

Archer of the Month

 

Yep, it's that time again. Time to hand out our very own Archer of the Month award, given to the archer who has represented his regiement above and beyond the call of duty.

 

In May el Nynaeve was able to break Snin's winning streak and claim the award. It was another close fought race for June's award, which went back to Snin in the end.

 

Congrats Snin, you put in a lot of hard work for your regiment!

 

Promotions

 

July 1:

From Lieutenant to Snr Lieutenant

Snr Lt Snin

 

From Under Lieutenant to Lieutenant

Lt Goldeneys

From Private FC to Corporal

Cpl Moghedian

 

RLO Business

 

Due to the summer holidays and such, July was very slow for recruits. Currently RR jacensolo3 is doing his first recruit week with us at the Range and is doing a fine job, keeping us entertained at the Archer Radio and serving up drinks in our new Gasoline Alley bar. He also did a very good JotS all about Archery. We certainly hope to see more of him in the future once he's completed his RR training.

 

Regimental Competition

 

Last month, the scores from the last Regimental Competition were still being calculated and we were all hanging on the edge of our seats, waiting to see who came out on top.

 

We are thrilled to say that the Archers tied for joint first place with the Cavalry! Well done to everyone at the Range for pulling together and particular thanks go to Snin for all his hard work leading the regiment in the competition. :)

 

Redarm Business

 

Compared to the last two months, the Archer's have been well behaved indeed, with only two of us getting spotfined. Moghedian was first to get caught for assaulting a superior officer and was ordered to spend a week in the Dunk Tank. Samuraiflip, our own upstanding RA, was fined by Footy for theft of flaming shots from another bander. Sam has challenged this fine on the grounds that the bander in question didn't say the shots were hers. The trial should be entertaining and we will let you know the outcome in the next issue. ;D

Journey to Assassin

 

The Journey is a pathway of dedication to the Archer's and achieving the rank of a deadly assassin, beginning as an Apprentice and then as a Journeryman/woman before being awarded the title of Frato or Sora.

 

Apprentices: Amavia, Corki (MG), Iron Monk, Tharengore, Barracuda and Moghedian

 

Journeyman/woman: Dragonlover, Samuraiflip and Alishandra

 

That's our news from the Range. See you next month!

 

 

Welcome to Infantry Row!

(by KaraJ)

 

Well here we are and another month gone. Doesn't time fly when you're having fun? Well, no time for dillydallying, on to the news for this month.

 

We've had a slight change around of staff from the beginning of this month. Kara retains the CG-ship (poor girl, whatever was she thinking of?), Arrandion and Kastchei are the new LG's and BG's respectively. Climhazzard and 12th are bullying whipping tasking the Raw Recruits into shape, whilst Footy, Kris and Mystica are keeping an eagle eye out for those miscreants that dare to break Band Law! Good luck to the lot of them!

 

We are proud, honoured and pleased to announce the arrival of Recruit Dahmir to swell the Infantry ranks. He has been assigned Kastchei as his Morat to assist him through the Mahdi programme, and no sooner had Dahmir joined us than we were celebrating his promotion to Private First Class, Now that's I call a good start!

 

The Blade Master Programme is going apace. Arrandion is still being tested and if a certain someone would remember to reply occasionally it would go a little faster *whistles innocently and inspects fingernails*.

 

*coughs* Where was I? Oh yes. Daetirion has completed his Training and will undergo the Testing shortly, though he is currently on LoA.

 

In other promotions at the beginning off this month we saw the rise of Arrandion from Lieutenant Captain to Captain (If I wasn't CG I'd have to salute him myself!) and the rise of one of our newest Recruits, Naeann, from Private First Class to the rank of Corporal. Congratulations and Guinnies all round. *beams with pride*

 

This month also saw a reappearance of Demonspawn to the delight of some and chagrin of others (I jest :P). No sooner had he announced his return, than he was set upon by his Bandeds for his sudden disappearance. Shame on the lot of you! *quickly hides bruised knuckles*  The beating must have had a detrimental effect for he soon announced his intention to marry elope with Band one  Man Riva of the Cavalry. Sincere congratulations to you both! ;D

 

Nighteyes also made a brief reappearance as did Kieran. We love to see old Infantry members return, no matter how brief their visit.

 

In other news, Kris has announced that she is expecting a baby Boy, sometime in the region of Late November/Early December. May I say on behalf of all the Infantry that we wish her all the best and a happy, healthy pregnancy.

 

We have also had quite a few Infants attend Euromeet, though trying to get gossip out of them is like trying to squeeze blood from a stone! ;) Come on ladies and gents.....we're thirsty for news!!

 

On that note, I shall leave you all and go and wet my throat...who'd have thought all this typing is thirsty work?

[BridMorgan]

 

Raw Recruits of the Band

(by Lady Bridmorgan, XO)

 

For any future Banders out there, the Raw Recruit Program is how we initiate all new members to our Org. Each Recruit spends a week with our three regiments in turn, doing fun tasks and getting to know members. At the end of the three weeks they may choose a Regiment to join.

 

During the month of July we had one Recruit graduate and they earned their Raw Recrute Strip!!! Our graduate was Dahmir who chose the Infantry.  Congratulations to you and I know you'll do your new Regiment proud!

 

Of the Recruits choosing Regiments the statistics for the new year are:

 

6 - Infantry

8 - Cavalry

10 - Archers

 

Missing In Action figures are very reasonable with 13 out of 36 Recruits going MIA this year and we have 2 new Recruits working their way through their training at the moment. A warm welcome to jacensolo3 and shanandaishar who are currently going through their Recruit time. 

 

Check out the Regimental Articles to see what our Recruits have been up to this past month!

 

Once again, I want to thank my stellar team of RLOs.  You guys work your but off and you ROCK!!  (I seemed to have gotten an new RLO from the Infantry too.  ;))

 

RLOs for the July/August Term:

 

Archers:

Samuraiflip

Snin

 

Cavalry:

Cairos

Nocturne

 

Infantry:

12th Regiment

Climhazzard

 

See you next month with more RR antics!

[BridMorgan]

 

The Redarm Report

(by Auld Manriva)

 

It's been holiday/vacation time around The Police Station. We've been workin' a skeleton crew but luckily so have the perpetrators. Their outlawry and disorderliness has been at a low ebb, enabling The RA2iC, Footman, Grim, Footy or just plain HeyYou! to me, to ride herd on our turmoil inducing charges all by his lonesome for the most part. So alone mind you that his one nemesis this month has been our own RA...Samuraiflip!!

 

Sam, desiccated from a hard day of RedArm'n and dedicated to spirits imbibification of all sorts and from anywhere. Discovered a row of newly poured Flamin Shots and very neatly with no spillage, poured em' down his gullet. Dragon Lover, sly lass that she is, had set a neat and most devious trap. And our intrepid Sam the Shamus stumbled right into it and was caught Red Throated by none other than Grim hisself, who immediately and right then too, laid a Spotfine on the poor sod.

 

Welllll, of course this raised the ire of Sam of Baker Street, and his banded el' Nyn too and the both of em' have met Footy on the field of battle. Well.... actually in The Courtroom, but that other does sound ever so much more interesting. The upshot of this whole needless and uproarious episode (might be uproarious if the reader was a RA)  is that we have an ongoing jury deliberation and we await their decision on what will happen to the obviously guilty Sam. His banded, Captain General el'Nyn presented a logical and most compelling case against Sam's guilt. But logic and compelling hold not a candle to the outrageous corruption, indeed corrosion, of His Lordship, The Prince of Pink.... innocence until guilt is proven? Phaaa! Yer guilty until you can convince a jury of corrupt Redarms yer not... Habanero Corpses? Corpses Delicatessen? What the flamin' beejeebers is them?! We don't speak no courtroom jibber jabber. We got Redarm jibber jabber of our own. Honed to a razor sharp edge in fact. So sharp an edge Grim his own self has been known to filet the eyelash of a newt!! 

 

So it would appear to this observer (One much like that Harry Potter eyeglasses wearin' rich sod of a courtroom observer Dominick Dunne) that our RedArm Private Gumshoe, Sam the Shamus is gonna walk the LOOOOooooong Mile. Yep, you heard it here first. He's guilty as a toddler caught with his grubby little catbox litter encrusted mitt caught in a cookie jar.

 

Specially seein' as Footy and Yers' Truly is the only two votes ta' be countin.... (off camera): Evil chuckling ensues

 

In other Redarm happenin's, we had a successful completion of a RedArm challenge this month. Sei'car, Goldeneyes, Junior, Steelaxe Ph.D, .... picked up the rusty gauntlet thrown to the floor by none other than Inspector Steelaxe, Jr.'s erstwhile mentor, guiding light and role model. LIght Preserve Us!!  This was the gist of the challenge thrown down by Inspector Steel.

*pauses to allow the noise of the mass exodus of the audience diminish before continuing...*

 

like i was saying, time for the challenge... now we all know that the steels are gifted with the gift of the ability to say the simplist things in the most confusing of ways... now ordinarily we just laugh and call people that don't understand, ignorant... but seeing as i, and by i i of course mean we, are feeling generous and kind this week, we will allow the public to catch a glimpse into our secret of nonsensical styling... that is to say, we will provide our loyal fanbase, a translator... which is all just a really simple way of telling you that steel's challenge will be to talk in hex this week, tuesday june 24 through tuesday july 1... all public, non official posts here at the band boards will be posted in hex code, and a link to this translator will be included in every post that way those who do not understand will be given a chance to gain a small semblance of understanding... and hopefully feel inspired to leave a small donation to the steel and steel world conquest fund... but either way, there you have it, you may now thank me for my generosity

 

*hears some more crickets*

 

Jr. took this most confusing challenge on and successfully completed it, garnering himself Org Points in the bargain. What these two miscreants said in their posts during this passage of time, I HAVE NO BLOODY IDEA! .... But they did say it, I reckon, for I have a reliable source who shall remain nameless who confirms this (Steely, I worded that right....right?)

 

That's it from the RedArms for July.... and as always

 

Let's Be Careful Out There

 

[BridMorgan]

 

Welcome,

 

How to get your story in the Hornsounder?

 

Do you have interesting, funny, weird, general stories that you'd like to share but that don't quite fit in any of the other sections?

Then don't hesitate to contact me by pm to present your idea/topic and next month your story could very well be published in Hornsounder.

 

In here you could find:

- the full articles of summarized pieces found in the other Sections

- the loose articles from Banders and Non-Banders that are not assigned to any one Section

- independent and Sectionless projects and coverages

- various undetermined pieces of work from both Banders and Non-Banders

 

The articles and coverages that are posted here can cover any topic, be it about WOT, Band, DM related topics or anything else that might be of interest to share with our readers.

 

Now without further hesitation, I wish you a lot of reading pleasure with this month’s collection of articles.

 

Mystica,

EiC

 

 

Raw Recruit Articles

 

Bows and Arrows

(by RR Dahmir)

 

Bows & Arrows: What are the variation of bows used and arrows used?

 

Bow and Arrow. Weapon of mass destruction? Barely. Weapon of accuracy? Sometimes. But bow and arrows are your basic weapons used throughout time, from hunting for food, to being a type of sport. Now a day, we have different type of bows and arrows.

 

Types of Bow:

The first type of bow and the most basic is the Long Bow. The Long Bow is a bow which the height of the bow is either equal of taller than the user of the bow. The shape of the bow is that of a D in the cross section. The handle is the widest part of the bow and also the bow has narrow limbs. These bows were used for hunting in early history, but some cultures used them for warfare.

 

The second type of bow is the Flatbow. The Flatbow is flat, and is wide in the limbs. With this in mind, there is a rectangular cross section. These bows are similar to that of a Long Bow.

 

The third type of bow is the Short Bow. Obviously the short bow is the opposite of a Long Bow. Compared to the long bow, the short bow shots quicker, is very transportable, easy to hide and requires less material to make; how easy that is. But there is some draw backs using a short bow to a long bow. The draw backs are that the bow has less power, less range and it’s much slower. This bow is used mainly for hunting. You would find this bow used in Africa.

 

The fourth type of bow is the Crossbow. A crossbow is a variation on the general bow design. Instead of the limbs being held vertically, they are mounted horizontally on a stock much like that of a firearm. To shot, you can pull back either manually or with a windlass and locked into place. The string remains in this locked position, held solely through mechanical means until the energy stored in its limbs is released by a trigger mechanism. The energy stored in the shortened limbs is comparable to the longbow but packed into a smaller design that is also much easier to aim. Crossbow shoots quarrels or bolts, which are shorter arrows.

 

There are also different types of arrows used for the bows. Not necessarily specific arrows for a certain bow.

 

A normal arrow consists of shaft with an arrowhead attached to the front end, with fletching and a nock at the other. The shafts are usually made of solid wood, fiberglass, aluminum alloy, and composite or carbon fiber. Wooden arrows are prone to warping in which the fiberglass arrows are brittle, but are more easily produced to uniform specifications.

 

The second type of arrows would be a fletching. A fletching is traditionally made from bird feathers, but it can also be made of solid plastic vanes. They are attached near the nock (rear) end of the arrow with thin double sided tape, glue, or, traditionally, sinew. The fletching is equally spaced around the shaft with one placed such that it is perpendicular to the bow when nocked on the string. This fletch is called the "index fletch" or "thingy feather" and is a reference for the nocking of the arrow. Three fletches is the most common configuration, though more may be used. The fletching is sometimes attached at a slight angle, to introduce a stabilizing spin to the arrow while in flight. Oversized fletchings can be used to accentuate drag and thus limit the range of the arrow significantly

 

So basically these arrows can be used with all bows except the crossbow. The crossbow uses bolts which are made of metal most of the time. Bolts are more accurate and stronger than regular arrows.

 

In conclusion, you see that there are different variations for bows and arrows alike. With each you can mix and match whichever to your preference. Is it a weapon of mass destruction or just a tool? We will never find out…

 

[BridMorgan]

 

July Competition Winners

(by Bridmorgan, XO)

 

This month I'm sorry to say is going to be very short and sweet.  We had one competitor this month for the Competitions.  I know summer is a very slow time, everyone's out on holiday/vacation, soaking up the sun in the pool.  I hope everyone has a great rest of the summer and look forward to you all being back come the fall!!

 

Now on to our winner!!  We had a fearless Infant enter the Caption the Picture competition.  Congratulations Climhazzard the Cutie...uh...I mean Cut-throat for his walk away win in this contest!!!  He wins 1 Org point!!  You can find his winning entry below!!

 

I look forward to next months competitions!!!

 

July Competitions

 

Caption the Picture for July~open to everyone

(by Paladin DJ)

 

Your job is to find a suitable caption to fit with the picture blow. It can be something people in the pic might say, think or a general text that you feel would go great with the picture.

 

Instructions:

- send in your idea to Paladin DJ before 20 August 2008

- only submissions sent in by PM to Paladin DJ will be considered

- only 1 submission per player

 

Winners:

- the 5 best submissions will be chosen by the Hornsounder team in a poll

- the winning submissions will be posted in the next Edition of the Hornsounder

- Banders will earn 1 org point

- medal pin will be bestowed on all winners

 

This month's picture:

 

 

Sudoku for July~open to everyone

(by DirewolfJon)

 

Instructions:

 

Below you find a Sudoku puzzle level 3. Your job is to fill in the missing numbers using numbers from 1 to 9 only.

If you'd like to practice a bit, you can find an easy and a medium level sudoku puzzle in the Games section, a little further in the Hornsounder.

 

--> type the numbers per row in the proper order and send your answer to Direwolfjon in a PM before 20 August 2008.

 

Rules:

 

- each number can only appear once in every row, every column ànd every square

- only answers sent in a PM will be valid, any posting of possible answers on the boards will result in immediate disqualification.

- you are only allowed to send in ONE pm, so make sure you double check your answers before sending them in.

 

Winners:

 

- the first 6 correct submissions will determine the winners

--> these will be split between: 3 Banders and 3 Non-banders if enough participants play. If not, it will simply go to the top 6 players.

- in case of a tie, the date and hour of submission will determine the winner.

- the winners will be announced in a ceremony together with the other competitions on the public board of the Band on DM ànd will be mentioned in the next edition of Hornsounder.

 

Winnings:

 

- For Band members: 3 Game Points + Sudoku pin!

- For Non-Band members: Sudoku pin!

- For all winners: announcement in the next Hornsounder Edition + Public Ceremony & Party at the public Band boards on DM.

 

 

Now get those grey cells cracking!

[BridMorgan]

July's games

 

Sudoku

 

 

Easy

 

Medium

 

Answers to Last Month's Games

 

Competitions:

 

Sudoku

 

Caption the Pic

 

The Pic

 

1st Place Caption:  Too late Corki realized his new game Skunk Ballon was a bad idea as one skunk scented ballon made it's way towards Northie.

 

Games

 

Easy Sudoku

 

Medium Sudoku

[BridMorgan]

Jokes

 

The Question Game

(by Arrandion)

 

A lawyer and a blonde are sitting next to each other on a long flight from LA to NY. The lawyer leans over to her and asks if she would like to play a fun game. The blonde just wants to take a nap, so she politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks.

 

The lawyer persists and explains that the game is really easy and a lot of fun. He explains "I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me $5, and visa-versa." Again, she politely declines and tries to get some sleep.

 

The lawyer, now somewhat agitated, says, "Okay, if you don't know the answer you pay me $5, and if I don't know the answer, I will pay you $50!" figuring that since she is a blonde that he will easily win the match. This catches the blonde's attention and, figuring that there will be no end to this torment unless she plays, agrees to the game.

 

The lawyer asks the first question. "What's the distance from the earth to the moon?" The blonde doesn't say a word, reaches in to her purse, pulls out a five-dollar bill and hands it to the lawyer.

 

Now, it's the blonde's turn. She asks the lawyer: "What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down with four?" The lawyer looks at her with a puzzled look. He takes out his laptop computer and searches all his references. He taps into the

Airphone with his modem and searches the Net and the Library of Congress. Frustrated, he sends E-mails to all his coworkers and friends he knows. All to no avail. After over an hour, he wakes the blonde and hands her $50. The blonde politely takes the $50 and turns away to get back to sleep.

 

The lawyer, who is more than a little miffed, wakes the blonde and asks, "Well, so what is the answer!?" Without a word, the blonde reaches into her purse, hands the lawyer $5, and goes back to sleep.

 

The Idiot Teacher

(by Arrandion)

 

"If there are any idiots in the room, will they please stand up" said the sarcastic teacher.

 

After a long silence, one freshman rose to his feet.

 

"Now then mister, why do you consider yourself an idiot?" enquired the teacher with a sneer.

 

"Well, actually I don't," said the student, "but I hate to see you standing up there all by yourself."

 

Bus Stealing

(by Dragonlover)

 

Mick and Paddy were walking home from the pub.

 

Mick says to Paddy, 'I can't be bothered to walk all that way.'

 

'I know,' says Paddy, 'but we've no money for a cab and we've missed the last bus home.'

 

'We could steal a bus from the depot,' Mick suggests.

 

They arrive at the bus depot and Mick tells Paddy to go in and get a bus while he keeps a look-out.

 

After shuffling around for ages, Mick shouts, 'Paddy, what are you doing?

Have you not found one yet?'

 

Paddy shouts back, 'I can't find a No. 91'

 

'Oh Jesus Christ, ye daft sod, take the No. 14 and we'll walk from the roundabout!’

 

New Boss

(by Dragonlover)

 

A large company, feeling it was time for a shakeup, hired a new CEO. The new boss was determined to rid the company of all slackers.

 

On a tour of the facilities, the CEO noticed a guy leaning on a wall, obviously slacking. The room was full of workers and he wanted to let them know that he meant business. He walked up to the guy leaning against the wall and asked, 'How much money do you make a week?' A little surprised, the young man looked at him and replied, 'I make $400 a week. Why?'

 

The CEO then handed the guy $1,600 in cash and screamed, 'Here's four weeks pay, now GET OUT and come back!! Feeling pretty good about himself, the CEO looked around the room and asked, 'Does anyone want to tell me what that goof-ball did around here?

 

From across the room came a voice, 'Pizza delivery guy from Domino's'.

 

A Computer's Gender

(by Dragonlover)

 

A Spanish Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.

 

'House' for instance, is feminine: 'la casa.'

'Pencil,' however, is masculine: 'el lapiz.'

A student asked, 'What gender is 'computer'?'

 

Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether 'computer' should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.

 

The men's group decided that 'computer' should definitely be of the feminine gender ('la computadora'), because:

1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;

2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else;

3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; and

4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.

 

The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine ('el computador'), because:

1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;

2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves

3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; and

4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.

 

The women won.  ;D

 

Why Women Take So Long in Public Toilets

(by Dragonlover)

 

When you have to visit a public toilet, you usually find a line of women, so you smile politely and take your place. Once it's your turn, you check for feet under the cubicle doors. Every cubicle is occupied.

 

Finally, a door opens and you dash in, nearly knocking down the woman leaving the cubicle. You get in to find the door won't latch. It doesn't matter, the wait has been so long you are about to wet your pants!

The dispenser for the modern 'seat covers' (invented by someone's Mum, no doubt) is handy, but empty. You would hang your bag on the door hook, if there was one, so you carefully, but quickly drape it around your neck, (Mum would turn over in her grave if you put it on the FLOOR!) down with your pants and assume ' The Stance.

 

In this position, your aging, toneless, thigh muscles begin to shake. You'd love to sit down, but having not taken time to wipe the seat or to lay toilet paper on it, you hold 'The Stance.'

 

To take your mind off your trembling thighs, you reach for what you discover to be the empty toilet paper dispenser.

 

In your mind, you can hear your mother's voice saying, 'Dear, if you had tried to clean the seat, you would have KNOWN there was no toilet paper!' Your thighs shake more.

 

You remember the tiny tissue that you blew your nose on yesterday - the one that's still in your bag (the bag around your neck, that now you have to hold up trying not to strangle yourself at the same time). That would have to do, so you crumple it in the puffiest way possible. It's still smaller than your thumbnail.

 

Someone pushes your door open because the latch doesn't work.

The door hits your bag, which is hanging around your neck in front of your chest and you and your bag topple backward against the tank of the toilet. 'Occupied!' you scream, as you reach for the door, dropping your precious, tiny, crumpled tissue in a puddle on the floor, while losing your footing altogether and sliding down directly onto the TOILET SEAT.

 

It is wet of course. You bolt up, knowing all too well that it's too late. Your bare bottom has made contact with every imaginable germ and life form on the uncovered seat because YOU never laid down toilet paper - not that there was any, even if you had taken time to try.

 

You know that your mother would be utterly appalled if she knew, because you're certain her bare bottom never touched a public toilet seat because, frankly, dear, 'You just don't KNOW what kind of diseases you could get.

 

By this time, the automatic sensor on the back of the toilet is so confused that it flushes, propelling a stream of water like a fire hose against the inside of the bowl and spraying a fine mist of water that covers your bum and runs down your legs and into your shoes.

 

The flush somehow sucks everything down with such force and you grab onto the empty toilet paper dispenser for fear of being dragged in too.

 

At this point, you give up. You're soaked by the spewing water and the wet toilet seat. You're exhausted. You try to wipe with a sweet wrapper you found in your pocket and then slink out inconspicuously to the sinks.

 

You can't figure out how to operate the taps with the automatic sensors, so you wipe your hands with spit and a dry paper towel and walk past the line of women still waiting

 

You are no longer able to smile politely to them. A kind soul at the very end of the line points out a piece of toilet paper trailing from your shoe. (Where was that when you NEEDED it?)

 

You yank the paper from your shoe, plunk it in the woman's hand and tell her warmly, 'Here, you just might need this.

 

As you exit, you spot your hubby, who has long since entered, used and left the men's toilet. Annoyed, he asks, 'What took you so long and why is your bag hanging around your neck?

 

It also answers that other commonly asked question about why women go to the toilets in pairs. It's so the other gal can hold the door, hang onto your bag and hand you Kleenex under the door.

[BridMorgan]

 

Organizations (ORG)

(coordinated by Mystica)

 

*THE KIN*

(by Taymist - UC)

 

Activity in August amongst Kinsters picked up dramatically with the return of our adored Twinnie after a bout of ill health and also of Sienna and Bellanoire who'd been rather busy offline. Welcome back all of you!!

 

Postcards are still dropping through people's doors and Twinnie incorporated letters in each of hers that members had to put together to make a Disney word. Disney itself is the theme for The Kin this month with various games and challenges, such as the Movie list, the Disney Happy Mail Exchange and a trivia quiz to see which Villain we were each most like.

 

The Children of the Light Bus Tour gathered a lot of laughs and fun before they moved on to their next destination too and The Spammers' Challenge continued as normal.

 

If you'd like to see what other games and activities are on offer, then stop by for a visit... but remember!!... points are not the point  8-)... it's all about having fun and making friends.

 

See you all again in August for another round up!!  ;)

 

 

*Tuatha'an*

(by Poledra Sedai)

 

This month, the Tuatha'an held their second annual Fourth of July Ball. For an entire week, the wagons were filled with visitors, song, dance, and all kinds of food they had gathered on their travels. Poetry Contests and Song Contests were once again held during this event. Poledra Sedai, Mahdi of the Tuatha'an, judged the poetry that was submitted while Talya, Shain'dar of the Tuatha'an, judged the songs that week. Many great things were submitted to the contests this year. Loreina and Poledra Sedai each submitted a gorgeous song, and Eclipse0, Grandpa G, and Loreina each submitted some funny poetry. After some debate between Poledra Sedai and Talya, the winners were finally announced at the end of the week. Eclipse0 won the poetry contest with his poem titled "Tea for Two Thousand", and Loreina won the song contest with her "Song of the Wheel." Congratulations to the both of you! All of the submissions were great this year, and the Tuatha'an are really looking forward to even more participants next year.

 

The Song of the Wheel

(by Loreina)

 

 

Spinning never ending,

Time forever, ever spinning

Weaves the Legends of the Ages

We all know.

 

Some are never-changing,

Woven with the ever-changing,

The Pattern they are forming

Is our Life.

 

Thus the Wheel of Time,

Turns in our Mind,

Spinning out the threads

That Weave our Destiny.

We don't know His Plan.

Don't understand,

Living out our lives

As rhythms of His Rhyme.

 

Soldiers ever fighting

Great Leaders ever ruling

Endless loves forever twining

Hearts as one.

 

Threads of Life repeating

Faith and Hope often receding

Into Darkness then resurging

Into Light.

 

Thus the Wheel of Time

Turns in our Mind

Spinning out the threads

That Weave our Destiny.

We don't know His Plan.

We don't understand,

Living out our lives

As rhythms of His Rhyme.

 

Journey never ending

Time forever, ever spinning

Lives are only minor rhythms of His Rhyme,

Mmmmmmmmmm Mmmmmmm Mmmmmm Mmmmmm

Only rhythms at the mercy of

His Rhyme.

 

 

Tea for Two Thousand

(by Eclipse0)

 

 

There were three ships that docked from sea

In Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Three.

 

But whence they tried unloading wares

Were denied a passage down the stairs.

 

In the Dartmouths' interest, it's Captain Roach

To Gov'nor Hutchinson, he did approach.

 

"We are blockaded from selling the tea,

Give us permission to set sail a sea".

 

He was denied, reasons concealed,

Sons of Liberty, he then appealed.

 

They all walked down into the harbor

Who else would stop them, no one would bother.

 

Boarded the Beaver and then Eleanour

Into the ocean, the tea they'd pour.

 

The B.E.I.C. then lost the funds

For Forty-five, Thouand tons

 

Of goods that washed upon the shores

Whatever was left, was smashed with oars.

 

Ten thousand £'s, they could've earned

But still had not, their lesson learned.

 

A fourth tea ship, had been run aground

Don't mess with folks, from old BeanTown!

 

 

 

[BridMorgan]

*Wolfkin*

(by Taymist UC)

 

July!! Summer is here and in the Wolfkin things have been bustling, so let's jump right into all the news.  :D

 

The Pack was joined by an influx of new members Sulin, Mystica, Jacensolo3 and Thorum, all of whom received the usual warm Wolfkin welcome and are making themselves known around the Stedding.  ;D We also saw the return of long lost Wolfie, Bellanoire, great to see you again and welcome home!!  :)

 

The 1st of the month saw two Raisings as Climhazzard became a Youngling and Poledra became Healer, Adept rank in the Healers' Guild. Well done both of you!

 

A raft of Birthdays this month, so celebrations and congratulations to the following: Pe Ell, Tiren/Ty, Mastachefsteve, Darksmoon, Dicetosser and Deleios. We hope each of you had a wonderful day!!

 

July's edition of Pawprints has been posted on the public Wolfkin board. Check out the great articles and join in with some of the competitions. Who will find Cut 'n' Run? He's hiding somewhere around Dragonmount!

 

Other activities this month have seen the ongoing game of Last Forsaken Standing reach page 154, the Wolfkin who attended Euromeet returned safely with lots of stories and 2 new wolf pups  8-) and Org Leader, Goldeneyes05, shared pics of his new wolf tattoo.

 

Cut told us of a new addition to his household in the form of a chicken!! and MastaChefSteve shared his own delight with the news of his wife's pregnancy.  :)

 

Congratulations go out to Arrandion and Felinity, who, since last month, tied the knot. We're so happy for you both on your wedding and wish you many years of marital bliss.  :D

 

That's all the up to date happenings around The Stedding for July. If you fancy some chili or have an interest in all things to do with nature... stop by for a visit. We'll be thrilled to see you and I'll be back next month with more news!!  ;)

 

 

 

*Wolfkin Div*

(by Taymist - DL)

 

Staff contacts:

 

Division Leader (DL) - Taymist

Asistant DL - Andular

Head of the Rangers - Whitewolf/Owen

Head of the Sages - Andular/Miryana

Head of the Trackers - Nynaeve/Winifred

 

 

The Wolfkin had no new members this month but saw a flying visit from Andular, who's been very busy at work but hopes to be back to RPing soon.

 

The RP has been quiet with normal training and pick ups progressing as usual. Tigara finally made it to the Stedding for his Sage Check Up and Sylvirci's Pick Up has started.  :)

 

A new Sage joined our ranks in the form of an NSW character written by Kara and you can check out the character, Aislyn's, bio on the Wolfkin website.

 

If you think you'd be interested in becoming a part of the Division, check out the website HERE. The site is constantly being updated. Current members are also advised to check it out.

 

If you have any queries, you can contact Tay at DMwolfkindiv@gmail.com regarding bios or wolvesinmist@hotmail.co.uk for general questions and just to say hi.

 

So if you feel you'd enjoy indulging in a bit of fantasy and trying your hand at role playing within Randland, we hope to hear from you soon and do stop by the out of character (OOC) board HERE.

[BridMorgan]

 

Wheel of Time Section

(by Taymist - UC)

 

Dragonmount Meets

 

Planning for D*Con 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia and is in full swing. Details for those interested can be found at the following link:

 

D*Con

 

Euromeet 2008 is now sadly over but the participants had a fantastic time in Ghent, Belgium earlier this month.

 

Activities included rowing down the canal in a canoe one evening, which resulted in much hilarity, watching the opening parade of the Ghent Festival, an informative visit to Gravensteen Castle and also to the Fine Arts Museum. Much drinking, eating and chatting was naturally liberally sprinkled throughout.

 

Deep thanks and appreciation go out from all of us to Mystica and Thorum for all their organisation, hard work and delightful hospitality. The whole event was a great success and provided a store of wonderful memories and new friends. Photos are being sifted through to be shared with other DMers as soon as possible.

 

 

News and Announcements

 

Want to know the latest and most up-to-date happenings around Dragonmount? Then this is the board for you. Current announcements include news on the Band’s own Battle of the Bands and the newest information on Ask the Chosen. You can find all of these and more, HERE.

 

 

Community News

 

 

WoT In Graphic Form

 

An announcement was made that Dabel Brothers Publishing will be publishing the entire Wheel of Time series in comic book format. The first release is scheduled for December 2008.

 

The Dabel Brothers published a comic adaptation of Jordan’s A New Spring in March 2005. In conjunction with that project, Robert Jordan provided them with extensive notes for use in further possible publications, including character descriptions and other visuals according to the New York press release.

 

Harriet is said to be thrilled at this development and graphic-novel collected editions of the individual comics will be distributed by Del Rey, an imprint of Ballantine Books at the Random House Publishing Group.

 

Since then, Dabel Brothers have released two teaser preview images for their upcoming EYE OF THE WORLD comic book. One image shows Lews Therin Telamon surrounded by the Forsaken as they appeared in the Age of Legends. The second image shows Rand surrounded by the same Forsaken as they appear in the modern (”Third”) Age.

 

You can read more and see the previews HERE.

[BridMorgan]

 

What exactly IS the Hornsounder?

 

Hornsounder is the Band of the Red Hand's monthly Newspaper. It evolved from a newsletter into a newspaper in March 2007 when Mystica took over as Editor in Chief and started a full restructuring and re-organisation of what once was not much more than a points earning tool.

 

Today, Hornsounder is a full sized newspaper that is run by a whole team of people and covers not only news from the Band but also offers a space to all other groups on Dragonmount to share their news and events with the rest of the community. Although the main focus remains on the Band, of course, it is a nice extra forum for other groups to get in touch with those that have not yet been in touch with them as well as offers their members a certain amount of pride to see their beloved group represented in this newspaper. (we hope... )

 

Hornsounder is open to everyone on DM, regardless of which group they belong to or don't belong to. And this in both ways. Whether you just want to read, play the games or participate in the Competitions, everyone is welcome to join in. The same goes for being actively involved in the Hornsounder as a reporter. Everyone is welcome to participate, write articles, offer a project they would like to run or simply get involved by offering ideas and suggestions to increase the quality of your newspaper.

 

There are some restrictions where positions are concerned, given that Hornsounder IS the Band's newspaper and therefore Banders do get priority on certain aspects. But this does not exclude the possibility of involvement for Non-Banders who wish to be an active part of it.

 

Interested in getting involved? contact Mystica through pm and she'll get back to you asap after assessing your suggestion/idea.

 

How does the Hornsounder work?

 

Hornsounder, like every real newspaper, is divided into Sections and some of those have Subsections.

 

Sections are shown by their individual Graphic Headers.

Subsections are shown in BLUE

 

The Reporter Teams.

Each Section is run by a Section Senior Reporter who is the coordinator of the entire Section, including the subsections. It is their job to make sure all the elements are submitted at the deadline given and meets the required quality standards. Some Subsections are in themselves so big that they too have been assigned a Section Senior Reporter.

 

The different Sections and Subsections are made up of a series of articles that can be made/written by either the SSR's or by other writers: Junior Reporters. They write parts of the Section contents and work closely together with the SSR's. They get to be mentioned as the author of the articles they write/make, and in case of a Bander get the points that go along with it.

 

Next to the Section Reporters we also have Project Reporters.

Senior Project Reporters are those in charge of a large project that almost certainly requires the help of Junior Reporters.

Junior Project Reporters are those in charge of small or medium sized projects and may (or may not) need assistance from Junior Reporters.

Which projects are Senior or Junior level is decided by the Editor in Chief on a case-to-case basis.

 

The Editorial Team is made up by an Editor in Chief, a Senior Editor, a Graphic Editor and Junior Editors. 

 

The Editor in Chief runs the whole newspaper. Creates and motivates the team, monitors progress and overlooks all Sections and everyone involved, gathers all the submissions and glues it all together into one coherent and appealing newspaper. The EiC also guards the quality of the newspaper, assesses new ideas/suggestions, implements new features and follows up on just about everything. The EiC has the final say on everything though should always strive to find the right balance between her team's ideas, the newspaper's needs and the readers' wishes.

 

The Senior Editor is the right hand of the EiC and picks up the reins in case the EiC is unable to perform the function. The SE is there to insure that the newspaper is published on time and with the set quality even if the EiC is indisposed.

 

The Graphic Editor is the left hand of the EiC and is in charge of all the graphical elements of the newspaper. From the Headers to the graphics in the articles, this is all the GE's domain. He/she is the one writers can turn to if they want to liven up their sections or articles with a graphical item.

 

The Junior Editor, are the assistants of the EiC and SE and tackle a variety of preperatory tasks on the editorial aspect of the Hornsounder. To become a JE one needs to be extremely active, willing and eager to work behind the scenes and be available for whatever the EiC and SE may need them for.

 

Hornsounder's Teams

 

Editorial Team

- Editor in Chief (EiC): Mystica

- Senior Editor (SE): Direwolf Jon, Bridmorgan

- Graphic Editor (GE): Son of Battles

- Junior Editors (JE): TBD

 

Senior Section Reporters

- Band of the Red Hand: Mystica

- Band Org Game: TBD

- Music: TBD

- Columns: Mystica

- Lottery: TBD

- Travel: TBD

- Banders Real Life: Clim

- Band Awards: Taymist

- JoTS monthly winner: Mystica

- Archer Regiment: El Nyn

- Cavalry Regiment: Katiora

- Infantry Regiment: Clim

- Raw Recruits: Bridmorgan

- Redarms: Red Arm Leader of the Term

- Specials: Mystica

- Entertainment: Direwolf Jon

- Dragonmount: Mystica

- Wheel of Time: Taymist

 

How to be a part of the Hornsounder team.

 

If you would like to try your hand at being a reporter or you have an idea for a project, a game, a competition or you would like to participate in one of the Sections, then here's your chance!

 

Send a PM to Mystica with an outline of your idea or request.

She will assess it and give you an answer as soon as possible.

Note: Hornsounder claims the right to make any adjustments to your ideas that might be necessary to insure the quality and coherency of the newspaper.