Greetings traveler,

Welcome to the fifty eigth edition of the alcarin.com newsletter.
There is an archive of the previous newsletters at the Notice Board and the columns are added to the Philosophers Guild, so you can always read them again.
Another month has passed with a lot of progress on the site. Most of the work has been done behind the scenes, but only a few days ago I have released the new restructured and reorganized website. Its far from finished, but the most important parts of the Alcarin.com Restructuring and Redesign Project have been completed. You can find the new index at http://www.alcarin.com (the site no longer uses an entrance page, so if you had made bookmarks to town.htm, the old de-facto index page, you'll need to update those). Besides the hidden work, I've also released a new mod for the computer game Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, and a new version of an older one. The new plugin goes by the name "A Lord's Men" and allows players to hire staff for their houses/strongholds. Currenty, I'm working on a new version, with a few improvements. I expect to release it soon. Anyway, for this newsletter: Wouter is continuing the legend of the Knight of the Goat. You will find it below.
Enjoy reading.

This letter's content:
1. What's New
2. Coming Up Soon
3. Column: Men with a Mission

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WHAT'S NEW:

24/09/2005 - added new plugin (mods) for Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind to the Barracks: "Rethan Manor Add-on 1: Livingroom & Personell Bedroom (v.1.3)"

01/09/2005 - added new plugin (mod) for Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind to the Barracks: "A Lord's Men (v.1.0)", including 3 screenshots

Visit http://www.alcarin.com/notice_board/updates.php for the latest updates.

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COMING UP:

The majority of the Alcarin restructuring and redesign project is finished: the entire site has a new section structure, has been transfered from HTML to PHP and has a new uniform site layout. The index page has been changed as well and tables with extra information have been added to the section index pages (so you've got an idea what you'll find on a page before you get there). There are a number of important things still to be done. Two issues have my immediate attention.
First of all, we're going to switch to a new (and better) system for the mailinglist. I will probably completely start over with the list, in order to verify that the addresses that are on the list actually exist and want to be on it. Probably, old users will have to re-signup or send me an e-mail that they still want to be included. I'll have more on that in the next mailinglist.
The second important point is setting up a new artwork section, in the Bards College (formerly the Temple). The new artwork section will have thumbnail galleries, which can show the available pictures by artist or type (creatures, buildings, weapons, etcetera). I hope to expand it with more material than my old drawings as well.
Besides those things, I expect to release a few new things for the old rpg archives, most likely a number of monsters and an item, in the near future. I'm also working on a version 2 of the Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind plugin "A Lord's Men".

For up to date news on these major projects and other major developments on alcarin.com, see the Announcements forum at http://www.alcarin.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=9

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COLUMN: MEN WITH A MISSION
A column by Wouter vd Zandschulp; wouter@alcarin.com

"No justice"

Frederick had made a big fool of himself in the village. But he wore socks made of goat-wool and bravely walked on.
"Son, this man wants to talk to you" his father said one day. The local psychiatrist looked at him, holding a briefcase. Frederick walked right to his goat and ignored it all.
"I will let goats take over the world!" he called out.
Without saying another word he got onto his goat, looking for places to make a fresh start.

Our Knight of the Goat hadn't had success anywhere. He had been in many cities, but had heard only harsh words about his goat. Why couldn't anyone see what a nice creature it was.
In one village, the people threw stones at him and ridiculed him badly. His poor goat couldn't handle it and fell down. He couldn't get up. Frederick did all he could, but couldn't keep them from throwing more and more stones, till the goat died. Frederick felt like he was dead himself and the terrible lack of justice hurt him deeply, just as the pain to his animal. After burying his goat, he swore to get more justice in this world.
In the next village they just thought him ridiculous and not anything more. He bought a new goat who he named Nibbles. He got on with his new goat and traveled along. He then came into a village of gnomes. Little people with chaotic tendencies. But not these gnomes. This where organized gnomes, which in a way is even more scary. A bunch of adventurers, like the famous bard Jonathan and the gnome Fombel, where guests in their town and were treated well. Fredericks' ideals had changed because of all the hard reactions he got. He did not expect any respect for his ideas anymore. Goats where treated a lot like the lower class. People say they smell and are not worthy. But if he proved his courage, perhaps people would realize you can be a knight on a goat? Perhaps then the poor can become knights too. Perhaps his father's name would get more honor. The love for goats would get justified. People would see the advantages: you could milk a goat while traveling!
This village was still without heroes. He would give them one.

Next morning he came riding on his goat. He came onto the marketplace and loudly called out: "I am the Knight of the Goat, I fight for justice! I will help and protect you against evil!"
The gnomes were startled and didn't like it at all. They were organized and a knight of a goat was not how they thought an organized world should be. They came out with weapons and got the knight of his goat. They hit him and hit him till he didn't move and they thought he was dead. His goat got away. They didn't see him crawling away later en hiding behind a hill, slowly healing his wounds and wanting revenge on this terrible world.

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Well, that's it for this month's newsletter. I hope you enjoyed it.
Lord Gildor
"May the stars guide you on your journeys"
http://www.alcarin.com

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