Lundar has more information on the plant invasion in his most recent journal entry.

Starsword Eojek sent the following report to TMN:

In case you were wondering what's with the extra dead greenery lying around, there was an invasion of Tree Giants, kudzu, forest creatures, giant orangutans (not really), Foxweir, and Corsica growths galore. They demand the removal of the road in East Forest. A small "negotiation" was held, where both sides threw around ultimatums. Some of us at a loss looked to those wiser than ourselves, and Gaia was consulted, especially after a certain Sabin Figaro got a message from the lady herself. This is what she had to say, posted to the Clan Lord Sentinel:

The Words of an Ancient

The long-awaited road to the University of Puddleby has been completed!

Roadway signage in East Farms.

While construction is complete, please do not be under the impression that roadway travel is entirely safe.

I was accosted several times during my journey.

Here's how the new road ends at its destination, the University of Puddleby.

Chaos Storm #639 has swept the Lok'Groton island chain. Please post any changes you have observed and wish to share with others in the comments. If you don't want to read possible spoilers, please do not read any further!

Fen President Largo sent the following announcement to TMN:

I'm currently working on a piece of legislation that changes my position to "Fen President for Life." Based on the singular accomplishments of my presidency (construction of the Alliance Castle, development of new Champion tools, a new era of Exile/Dar'shak Rebel relations), I've decided that this is the best decision for Puddleby. Nobody has ever used this office in the way that I have, and I don't think that we should bother wasting time with any other politicians ever again.

On an unrelated note, the Largocratic complaint department has been moved to the heart of McBolie's. No further comments.

Yours,
-Largo

Discussion on Clan Lord Sentinel.

Starsword Eojek sent to TMN some visionstones (ZIP file, 667K) of the opening of the Alliance Castle.

The Alliance Castle project has been underway for quite some time. Find out more about The Great Alliance.

Discussion on the Clan Lord Sentinel.

Eldon reports on the Clan Lord Sentinel:

Mark your calendars! We're moving!

We are planning on moving to the new server on the evening of February 16th. We'll announce it all in-game, but what will happen is that we'll make an announcement, save the current status of everyone, then it'll be a Wild Tuesday after that. We'll then copy all of the current data to the new server and restart it. Then, we'll announce that everyone should log off the old server and log into the new one at server2.clanlord.com Once we're content that all's well, we'll give the old server a burial at sea or something.

Later on, I'll request an DNS change and then sometime over the next few days, you should change back to server.clanlord.com

Discussion at the Clan Lord Sentinel

The Alliance Castle is open! Here are just a few images. I recommend you plan a visit.

From deep in the TMN archives: a transcript from Town Center from the year 539.

Chaos Storm #636 has swept the Lok'Groton island chain. Please post any changes you have observed and wish to share with others in the comments. If you don't want to read possible spoilers, please do not read any further!

Suu'ub III sent the following announcement:

Hey Para,

Neko No Kessha would like to announce the acceptance of its newest member, Fafnir!

Here's a shot of Fafnir's induction:

And a shot of Fafnir looking mighty fly, after being decked out in his new red and black!

Welcome to the clan, Faf! We're glad to have you aboard!

-Suu'ub III