;'Oisvo, Volume I'

BOOK_TITLE="History of Oisvo, Volume 1"
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TITLE_1="Introduction"
TITLE_2="First Burning"
TITLE_3="Second Burning"
TITLE_4="Third Burning"
TITLE_5="Fourth Burning"
TITLE_6="Fifth Burning"
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	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"Oisvo, a city, although young, filled with a past that interests many scholars. This book acts as a primer into the vast pool",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"of knowledge pertaining to our beloved Oisvo. The city, if it can be called that, has existed for only two hundred years, and",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"yet has already burned down five different times at the writing of this history, albeit only four of the five destroyed the",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"city. This volume, volume one, records the cause and affects of each inferno that has raged through Oisvo.",#MSG_SAY)
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	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"The first time Oisvo was ravaged by flames, was no less than 23 years after it was first settled alongside the river. Of the",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"five times the city burned, the first fire caused the least amount of damage to the city, barring only the fourth and fifth",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"fires. This is due to the relatively small population of the city at the time, and the fact that the city still had a river",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"flowing alongside it. The first fire is also the only fire that did not start through human actions, having been caused by a",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"particularily hot summer. With the second lowest casualties, the first fire of Oisvo only had a death toll of two people,",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"one of which was a child, the other was a man trying to fight off the fire from consuming his house.",#MSG_SAY)
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	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"The second time Oisvo burned has been subject to much controversy, due to the debates on whether the fire was",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"deliberate, or a accident caused by the confusion of events on that day. As it was, we can be certain the flames",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"where started by the civilians or guards during a riot in the streets. Even the riot itself has been debated, with",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"some calling it a mere protesting of the citicens, while others are admantly describing it as a uprising against",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"the city officials. The cause of the riot, or uprising as it may be, is very well known to be caused by the hanging",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"of a priest named Eberiel under order of the mayor. The priest's hanging was opposed the people, and as most the",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"cities officials were known to be corrupt, and were detested by the inhabitants of the city, this move was seen as",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"the final straw. Conflicting evidence place the death count somewhere between 67 and 142. The reason for such",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"inaccuracy, is due to a lack of proof whether some of the corpses recovered where killed by the fire or by the",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"fighting of that day.",#MSG_SAY)
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	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"The third and second most deadly fire was caused by deleberite arson on part of both civilians and officials to help",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"purge the city of the undead infestation brought upon them by Magulank the necromancer. This purging took place after",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"Magulank's defeat had been verified. Before that point, the undead freely roamed the city, and most humans were forced",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"to stay indoors. The fires were kept burning for 37 hours, while an offensive was taken againsts the zombies. While this",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"was the second most deadly fire in Oisvo's short history, it is to be remembered that most the casualties were in fact",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"the undead the fire was meant to kill.",#MSG_SAY)
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	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"The fourth fire of Oisvo goes largely unnoticed in most history books, having been rather insignificantly small, and was",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"unnoticed becuase it had burned during the night, and most inhabitants of Oisvo weren't aware of it until the following",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"morning, after it had been put under control. The partial ressurection of the necromancer Magulank is the cause of the",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"fourth fire, due to the small battle that occured on the part of several magi, who battled Magulank and forced him to",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"retreat. The fire was the cause of no deaths, and virtually no damage was caused to the city during it's run, as it was",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"rapidly put under control.",#MSG_SAY)
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	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"The fifth and final burning of Oisvo happened only a few years back, at the time of this writing. It was, thankfully, the",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"least damaging fire that struct Oisvo, as by that time most the city was made out of stone, bricks, or concrete. Only four",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"people died in this final fire, although a fair number died in millitary clashes on the events of that day. The fire was",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"caused by unknown persons or objects while the city defended itself from invading zombies during the climax of the zombie",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"outbreak. Every visible sign of this fire has already been erased, despite it's relatively recent occurance in history. The",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"most remembered part of the final burning, are the oft quoted words of Mayor Gerald Thorn, when he was told of the fire.",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"He was doubling as General of the Oisvo Guards, as was required of him during wartime in Oisvo's laws, when his aid,",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"told him 'General, the city's aflame!'. He has acknowledged to have responded with, 'What, again?' to the amusement",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"and annoyance of the city's inhabitants in the aftermath of the zombie attack. Mayor Thorn was 61 at the time, and as",#MSG_SAY)
	SendMessageToUser(#USERID,"a result has seen the city burn a total of three times in his life.",#MSG_SAY)
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