NEWS PROFESSIONS

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="04bfd5a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Professions</B></FONT><B>  </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><B>home</B></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>NEWS PROFESSIONS</I></div> <bR> <div> Nobles and higher level feature characters are on +roster, that barely         </div> <div> scratches the surface. A staggering range of other possibilites exist to       </div> <div> include merchant, city guard, shop owner, merchant sailor, dockworker, healer, </div> <div> army, navy, White Company, and more!                                           </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>   Profession        Summary                                                    </div> <div>   <A HREF="news_healers.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News Healers">Healers</A>           Includes healer, herbalist, apocathary, midwife           </div> <div>   <A HREF="#pennaeth" TITLE="NEWS PROFESSIONS">Army</A>              Liosliath wants you!                                       </div> <div>   <A HREF="#albeit" TITLE="NEWS PROFESSIONS">Navy</A>              Protect the coastline, see the world                       </div> <div>  <A HREF="news_white_company.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News White Company"> </A><A HREF="news_white_company.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News White Company">White_Company</A>     A elite dedicated group of warriors                        </div> <div>   <A HREF="news_guardians.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News Guardians">Guardians</A><A HREF="news_guardians.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News Guardians"> </A>        Guardians,Ley Riders,Gateway                               </div> <div>   <A HREF="#occupations" TITLE="NEWS PROFESSIONS">Occupations</A>       List of medieval era occupations                           </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>                           To read type news <topic>                            </div> <div>                             -  NEWS PROFESSIONS                              -</div> <bR> <bR> <div> In addition to the White Company, which has its own commander who only answers </div> <div> to the Thane, each  <A NAME="pennaeth"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Pennaeth has, in addition to his/her clan responsibilities  </div> <div> the responsibility of patrolling and protecting the borders of Liosliath which </div> <div> is within the Pennaeths domain.                                               </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Specifically: Pennaeth Gulban is responsible for Vik Pass of the Naithair      </div> <div> Mountains and the northwestern shoreline. Pennaeth McDaid is responsible for   </div> <div> the Piorad Pass of the Naithair Mountains and the north western shoreline.     </div> <div> Pennaeth Gulban is responsible for the northern border at the Naithair         </div> <div> Mountains, as the Gulban holdings have no other borders not within Liosliath,  </div> <div> the Gulbans have long had a history of providing aid at the Vik or Piorad Pass</div> <div> as and when needed. Pennaeth Melaghlin has responsibility for the central      </div> <div> eastern shoreline. Pennaeth Docartaig has responsibility for the southern      </div> <div> shorelines of the peninsula. Each Pennaeth appoints one of his/her clan to lead</div> <div> and train the warriors of the clan.                                            </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> In times of war or under circumstances warranting, the Thane calls upon the    </div> <div> Pennaeths to join under the banner of Liosliath.                               </div> <div>                                   NEWS ARMY                                  -</div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="albeit"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Albeit Liosliath is a sea-faring nation it has never had a large, standing,    </div> <div> navy. In this day and age, battle at sea is a close run thing, with ships      </div> <div> acting as transports for military forces rather than platforms for ranged      </div> <div> weaponry. The preferred tactic of the Clans is close up and personal, on land  </div> <div> or at sea, a fact that has resulted in a high level of boarding-skill.         </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> In times of war, private vessels are called upon to serve in the role as troop </div> <div> transports, remaining under Navy rules and discipline for the duration of the  </div> <div> conflict. This ensures a solid backbone of experienced sailors, and reduce the </div> <div> cost of maintaining dedicated warships.                                        </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> An exception exists in the - currently - six-ship squadron of flywood (news    </div> <div> flywood) skimmers that patrol the waters around Liosliath, with their main     </div> <div> focus the bay of Lathi. These ships are the training-grounds for navy officers </div> <div> and sailors, even as they protect trade-routes, fight pirates, and stand as the</div> <div> only, if thin, bulwark against invasion from the sea.                          </div> <div>                                   NEWS NAVY                                  -</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Some  <A NAME="occupations"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>occupations that can be helpful in developing a character                 </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Alchemists - typically non magic users - those who attempt to transmute common </div> <div> metals into precious metals. There are also alchemists who work with plants,   </div> <div> their goal a remedy that supposedly would cure all diseases and prolong life   </div> <div> indefinitely. Alchemists may also be smiths and apocatharies.                  </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Bards - Bards are traveling entertainers and are welcome anywhere. Bards may   </div> <div> never grow rich still they would never lack for hospitality. There is a        </div> <div> specialized group of bards who are the holders of the oral history.            </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Bookbinder - A bookbinder binds books, commonly a bookbinder will also make    </div> <div> their own paper and tan their own hides. The more ambitious of the bookbinders </div> <div> may operate their own storefronts. Note the printing press has yet to be       </div> <div> discovered, all books are hand scribed.                                        </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Magistrates - Each clan will have magistrates (see <A HREF="news_laws.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News Laws">news laws</A>)                  </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Merchants - Those who buy and sell will always be in need. Carriang is always  </div> <div> in need of merchants. As a plus merchants would have a shop and living quarters</div> <div> above the shop.                                                                </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Weavers - Create the cloth from which all manner of items is made. There are a </div> <div> variety of fabrics they can make ranging from the softest silks to the hardiest</div> <div> of fabrics for sails. Talented weavers can create complex tapestries seen hung </div> <div> in the homes of the nobility.                                                  </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Stonemasons - Cut the stone used for buildings. Many talented and artistic     </div> <div> masons construct statues and other constructs that form some of the more       </div> <div> decorative edifices for buildings.                                             </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Painters - Create portraits or landscapes that decorate the insides of homes.  </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Blacksmith - Every one has need of a blacksmith, hard work bringing pay and    </div> <div> prestige.                                                                      </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Weaponsmith - Creation and testing of weapons in all forms. Either for         </div> <div> ceremonial purposes or mass produced for warfare.                              </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Armoursmith - Creation and production of armour for war or ceremonial          </div> <div> purposes.                                                                      </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Leatherworkers -Range of skilled artisans that work on anything from objects in</div> <div> the home, to footwear, to armour, to saddles and so on.                        </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Embroiderers - Primarily for decorative purposes, these skilled needleworkers  </div> <div> can create works of great beauty on a range of different objects, not just     </div> <div> clothing.                                                                      </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Carpenter - creates wooden furniture, are part of house building, and work with</div> <div> smiths on carriages and the like.                                              </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Cobbler - someone who make and repair shoes and boots.                         </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Cooper - a carpenter specialized in making barrels.                            </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Fletcher - one who makes arrows.                                               </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Shipwrights - Makes and keeps in repair ships ranging from simple fishing ships</div> <div> to merchants to naval                                                          </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Needleworkers - Anyone who can wield a needle and create cloth objects to be   </div> <div> worn, or used, ranging in complexity from the glorious ladies dresses, to the  </div> <div> durable undergarb for armour, even to the mighty sails that propel ships across</div> <div> the oceans.                                                                    </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Seamstress, Tailor, Boot Maker                                                 </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>                             -  NEWS OCCUPATIONS           <B>                   -</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>