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MEMNONNAR–Just outside the scorched gates of the old fire city, the delegations of Calimshan and Tethyr continued their negotiations to resolve the 'phoney war' that broke out last summer. The ceasefire has lasted for three months, though these are the first face-to-face negotiations. The Queen demanded that sovreignty over Shoonach remain in Tethyrian hands, while the Calishites refused to budge from a full readjustment of their borders so that Shoonach would come back within the Calishite fold.

Some suspect that the Syl-Pasha intends to begin a rebuilding effort in Shoonach as part of his campaign of Shoon nationalism. For the last three years, the pasha has engaged in a campaign to attempt to create a Calishite 'national identity.' In any case, recent changes at the court in Calimport suggest that increasing amounts of power is moving into the monarch and away from the nobles.