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Polto National Archives Annual Banditry and Brigandage Reports Festungrote Redhill Northwest Quarter “Polto” Redhill Region YD 6829 Sheep 29 head outlaw theft, 20 head local theft, 5 head unknown Cattle 10 head foreign theft, 15 head outlaw theft, 1 head local theft, 3 head unknown Horses 4 head foreign theft, 1 head unknown Gillermoi 2 head local theft, 5 head unknown Patrycja remains the author of most outlaw theft. Old bitch is getting on up in years but will probably outlast me. Note foreign theft: believed to be Satrapy scouts operating across the Keizai, maybe with Patrycja’s aid/tolerance. Request direction: is this opportunism or related to ongoing trade provocations with Jewel Cities? Report of Hugelchef Cristoph Meier, by the authority of the Crowned Sovereign of Poltavia … YD 6852 Sheep 70 head outlaw theft, 10 head local theft, 8 head unknown Cattle 12 head outlaw theft, 20 head local theft, 19 head unknown Gillermoi 2 head outlaw theft, 1 head local theft, 3 head unknown Let this be my first report as Hill Marshal of the Nation of Polto! I have elected not to designate any thefts as foreign, as borders are confused, deserters may be to blame, and to avoid upsetting the delicate diplomatic situation. However, theft remains a serious problem in the hinterlands following the end of hostilities and our independence from Baltheim. Using a still-mobilized detachment of the Polto Highwayguard I intend to deal with the rumiany known as Patrycja and her gang. Her predations account for nearly all the yearly sheep losses. Hill Marshal Ignace Pomeroi, Polto Guard, Red Hills Region … YD 6854 Sheep 11 head outlaw theft, 5 head local theft, 2 head unknown Cattle 3 head local theft, 4 head unknown Gillermoi 2 head unknown The bandit Patrycja is dead! Long live the nation of Polto and glory to her Highwayguard! After the failures of the previous year, at my direction, Highwayguard units infiltrated into shepherd bands in early las. When the rumiany descended to begin their raiding season, I arranged for a large flock to be used as bait, and the large warband which was surrounded and wiped out was found to have been lead by the notorious lady of the hills. Her body was sent to Nevbruck for display with the returning Highwayguard unit. I suggest a personal commendation to Serjent Maxime Heimgard, who delivered the killing blow. Hill Marshal Ignace Pomeroi, Polto Guard, Red Hills Region … YD 6856 Sheep 13 head outlaw theft, 11 head local theft, 5 head unknown Cattle 10 head local theft, 1 head unknown Horses 12 head outlaw theft, 2 head local theft Hill Marshal Ignace Pomeroi killed in nighttime raid on Civil Guard station at Herentol by rumiany outlaws. Raiders escaped on horses looted from station stable. 15 other civil and hill guard casualties. Declaration left at station claims responsibility by Pawyl son of Patrycja. Escalating attacks on hill patrols in following weeks. Send reinforcements. Acting Hill Marshal Hylkje Lunstra … YD 6869 Sheep 62 head outlaw theft, 5 head unknown Cattle 33 head outlaw theft, 2 head local theft, 3 head unknown Horses 4 head outlaw theft, 1 head local theft Gillermoi 16 head outlaw theft, 1 head unknown Worst year for five years running. Pawyl continues his vendetta against Polto hill and civil guards. If that Pomeroi wasn’t already dead, I’d shank him up in the hills myself give him a piece of my mind for setting off this damned rumiany. The oldtimers say Patrycja kept her thefts at a level the crofters could survive. Will increase patrols and deliver guidance to shepherds to remain in lower pastures next year. Informal guidance delivered to hill and civil guard to relax inspection of personal weaponry. Shepherds deserve whatever they want to carry to defend themselves, even if rumiany will roll over them in a fight. The continued theft of horses suggest Pawyl has somewhere to fence them. Hill Marshal Tobyasz … YD 6899 Sheep 89 head outlaw theft, 5 head local theft, 10 head unknown Cattle 47 head outlaw theft, 1 head local theft, 8 head unknown Horses 4 head outlaw theft Gillermoi 6 head unknown These numbers look terrible, but next year will be better. My informants report Pawyl’s celebrating the birth of his first son, Zygfryd. Once that passes, he’s going to stay closer to home with the infant for a few years. I can keep a lid on the shepherds. Please do not send a punitive force. Hill Marshal Tobyasz … YD 6922 Sheep 27 head outlaw theft, 20 head local theft, 18 head unknown Cattle 10 head outlaw theft, 9 head local theft, 3 head unknown Horses 1 head local theft Gillermoi 12 head local theft Uncovered and captured ring of local livestock thieves, also found them in possession of horses identified as stolen by outlaws in YD 6921. Probably the network of fences Pawyl was using. Outlaw banditry remains low. Pawyl might be slowing down with the birth of his second son. I wish the Keizai Treaty extended this far north, then he could apply for Princedom and he’d have to stop the banditry. Herding sheep up in the hills is a hard life and short of driving them off the land completely, the rumiany are going to remain a fact of that life. Hill Marshal Tobyasz … AO 2, Day 090/365 Local Report: Marchlord Lanfranco Chops-Twice: Substantial raid on foraging party by rumiany warband. Estimate of enemy numbers: 15 warriors armed with mauls, longbows, layered leather armor. Informal leadership. Casualties: 20 stretti, 5 soldati. Interrogation of local witnesses suggests rumiany attacked foraging party while foragers were confiscating livestock. Livestock confiscated from witnesses following interrogation. Local inhabitants remain uncooperative with foraging and information gathering efforts. Reprisals carried out on local inhabitants as rumiany reside in nearby “Keizai” mountains outside of operational area. … AO 4, Day 120/365 Local Report: Marchlord Lanfranco Chops-Twice: Report failure of mid-year raid into “Keizai” mountains adjacent to Northwest Quarter “Polto.” Rumainy forces exceeded previous estimate. Estimate of enemy numbers: 80 warriors armed with mauls, longbows, scale armor. Informal leadership. Casualties 42 stretti, 8 soldati, 10 galiardi. Captured 1 rumiany warrior. Interrogation suggests two separate rumiany tribes in nearby “Keizai,” tribe Pawyl and tribe Bazyli. Review of local documents confirms tribe Pawyl. Local inhabitants remain uncooperative with foraging and information gathering efforts and may be informing and collaborating with rumiany raiders. Reprisals carried out on local inhabitants. Request detachment to carry out elimination of local inhabitants and commensurate allotment of stretti for livestock rearing and farming activities as replacement. … AO 10, Day 364/365 Report: Regimental Historian, Half-Suns: The world has gone mad. Still no replacement for Marchlord. No contact with Hostlord Onorino, no contact with Hostlord Melchiade. Facing incursion by Baltine Vanguard with their fucking metal men. Facing dishrag raiders. Facing incursion by Satrapy and Khalq warbands come down from “Keizai” passes. We’d already be carrion if they weren’t fighting each other too. At least the three-times damned rumiany are holed up high in the mountains. Too smart to poke their red faces into this shitshow. Is “Keltokel” actually under siege? For fuck’s sake, send reinforcements, word, anything. … YD 6995 Sheep 30 head theft Cattle 9 head theft Horses 2 head theft Gillermoi 17 head theft Numbers remain only estimates. The crofters got used to fending for themselves during the last years of the War and it’s hard to get much out of them. Some are probably just giving sheep away to the hillmen to avoid actual raids. We need more guards, civil and hill, to convince them that by the grace of the gods Polto still stands. I confirm last year’s report that there are two groups of rumiany on the south face of the Keizai: Pawyl’s gang and Bazyli’s gang. Bazyli’s the more violent of the two. Old timers say Pawyl used to be a murderous bastard, but he’s all bark now. It hardly matters when they’re both bleeding Polto of livestock and Nevbruck is starving. Devoted servant of the gods and the people of Polto, Acting Hill Marshal Shaa-em Kostille … YD 6998 Sheep 41 head outlaw theft, 16 head local theft, 15 head unknown Cattle 8 head outlaw theft, 8 head local theft, 19 head unknown Horses 2 head outlaw theft, 1 head unknown Gillermoi 20 head outlaw theft, 2 head local theft, 2 head unknown Large gillermoi theft related to occupation of North Bracken Pass by soldati deserters. High unknown numbers are predation by mutu. Regarding request for assessment of local Keizai groups: Bazyli was sent to the Drowning Girl by a rumiany gang from the north face of the Keizai lead by one Bogumir the Mountain Lord. Unknown if he’s migrated or if he’s somehow holding both sides of the Keizai. Pawyl remains the steady presence on the south face. Old bastard will probably outlive me. If this request relates to the announced kurultai, Pawyl does not have the warriors to qualify for Princedom. I don’t know enough about this Bogumir to comment on his suitability but will consult informants and update. Devoted servant of the gods and the people of Polto, Hill Marshal Shaa-em Kostille