UO:Official Fiction

Official Fiction

The Town Cryer and Britannia News Network

The Town Cryer was a newspaper of in-game events published by the Interest Program team. It reported most of the events by that team, though many Seer events went unreported by the Town Cryer.

The February 17, 2000 report titled "Rude Awakening in Trinsic" was the first time "BNN" appeared in the byline of a Town Cryer report. The March 9, 2000 report titled "Julia's Message to Dupre" was then the last report published by the "Town Cryer". After that, the name of the newspaper was changed to the Britannia News Network (BNN).

The use of the "Britannia News Network" to describe official fiction seems to have ended in 2012. All official fiction posted since 2013 has simply been described as 'Fiction'.

The Town Cryer

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  Logo from 1999-2000

Global News

1997-03-10: Orc Battle Results in High Casualties

1997-03-10: Royal Quest Proves Challenging, Even Deadly

1997-03-22: Knight Tag - A Deadly Game

1997-03-23: Llamas - More Than a Passing Fancy

1997-05-28: Cove Lies in Ruin

1997-07-18: High Britannian Taxes

1997-07-18: Lothar Presumed Dead

1997-07-18: SonofZep Killed Today

1997-07-18: Vesper Hunting Spree

1997-07-19: Dragon Runs Loose in City

1997-07-19: Murder Spree

1997-07-20: Invisible Men Kill at the Orc Fort Near Vesper

1997-07-21: Pirates Capture Lord British's Ship

1997-07-21: The Mage Gathering

1997-07-22: Darkone Kills Three

1997-07-23: Is This Justice?

1997-07-23: Slaughter at the Salty Dog Inn

1997-07-24: British Invites Guests to Castle - Death Marks Event

1997-07-24: Lord Blackthorn Gives Peasants a Castle Tour

1997-07-24: Lord British to Debate Lord Blackthorn

1997-07-24: Meeting Between Lord British and Lord Blackthorn

1997-07-25: Cove in Danger

1997-07-25: Crazed Axe Man Slaughtered

1997-07-25: Crime Spree has Law Abiding Citizens Living in Fear

1997-07-25: Darkone Strikes Again

1997-07-25: Defying the Laws of UO

1997-07-25: Gold in Short Supply!

1997-07-25: Influx of Adventurers has Economic Consequences

1997-07-25: Mystery in the Cave

1997-07-25: Share and Share Alike!

1997-07-25: Stop and Pay Your Toll

1997-07-25: The Economy on the Up-Swing!

1997-07-26: Britain Turned Into Disgusting Pile of Goo

1997-07-26: Darkone Stays at Kill 21

1997-07-26: Seven Killed by Travelling Band of Outlaws

1997-07-31: The Elf Vanishes

1997-09-04: Deja Vu

1997-09-04: Foul Man!

1997-09-04: Legion of Dragons

1997-09-04: Mage Ignites Ingots as Demon Runs Amok in Smithy

1997-09-04: Murderers are Setting Up Base in Yew!

1997-09-04: Racial and Imperialist Overtones

1997-09-04: The Ecology

1997-09-04: Thieves Run Rampant Across Britannia!

1997-09-04: Watch Your Back!

1997-09-04: You Won't Be Safe? Stay in Town!

1997-09-08: Britannia Classified Ads

1997-09-23: End of the World

1997-09-??: Crystals Falls

1997-09-??: The Scavenger Hunt

1998-02-04: Brialla's Journey

1998-02-05: Brialla's Journey Experienced Low Turnout

1998-02-05: Juo'Nar Attacks Trinsic

1998-02-05: Vesper Graveyard a Haven for Liches

1998-02-06: Evil Mage Joins Orcs in Siege

1998-02-06: Miners at Increased Risk

1998-02-06: Pirate Attacks Near Ocllo

1998-02-06: T'was Grim and Glorious

1998-02-09: The Dead Art Without Rest

1998-02-11: Traveling Between Towns Can Be a Dangerous Venture

1998-02-12: Liche Lathiari Terrorizes Yew

1998-02-12: Sabotaged Election at the Mining Cooperative of Vesper

1998-02-17: Crawworth Resigned! Finth Named New Captain

1998-02-17: Shrines Under Siege!

1998-02-19: A Night of Terror! Juo'Nar Claims Responsibility

1998-02-25: Rainbow Mages?

1998-02-27: Death Trap, the Story Behind Fildan the Pyrotechnist

1998-02-27: Harpies Descend on Trinsic

1998-02-27: Invisible Man in Vesper!

1998-02-27: Lizardmen at Minoc's Doors

1998-02-27: Seer Mandor Kidnapped by Trolls!

1998-02-27: Trolls Take Daring Stand!

1998-03-02: Orcs Gather for War

1998-03-02: The Stone Idol

1998-03-02: Trolls War on Trinsic

1998-03-03: Festival of the Ivory Tusk

1998-03-03: Restaurant Review, The Salty Dog

1998-03-03: Terror in Dungeon Shame

1998-03-04: Manhunt Ends in Death!

1998-03-05: Festival of the Ivory Tusk Has Ended

1998-03-05: Festival of the Ivory Tusk - It's a Tragedy

1998-03-05: Please Don't Feed the Archers

1998-03-05: The Sacred Covenant of Marriage

1998-03-09: An Uneasy Peace

1998-03-09: Houses in the Wild Becoming a Problem

1998-03-12: Sage Humbolt Gives Magic Weapons to Questers

1998-03-12: Sage Seeks Solutions

1998-03-17: Where Hath All the Wines Gone?

1998-03-18: The Great White Bear, Lord of the Ice

1998-03-20: And What About That Amulet?

1998-03-24: Orc Relic Destroyed

1998-03-25: Hath Thou Been to Yew?

1998-03-28: Combat Can Really Stink

1998-04-15: Juo'Nar and His Reign of Terror Come to a Bloody End

1998-04-23: Sage Humbolt Dies

1998-04-27: Vesper Under Siege - Troll Attacks Increase

1998-05-11: Huge Undead Attacks Continue Near Yew

1998-05-14: Headless, But Not Defenseless

1998-05-17: Wake for Sage Humbolt

1998-06-10: Last Survivor of Evil?

1998-06-15: College of Knowledge to Begin at the Moonglow Lycaeum

1998-06-22: Zog Cabal or Not? Who Do You Believe?

1998-06-25: Zog Cabalists Battle Against Loyal Citizens of Trinsic

1998-06-26: Sage Winslow Responds - Zog Cabal? We Have No Proof

1998-07-06: Britannians Herd Cows for Local Farmer

1998-07-10: Message to Crawworth Meets with Unexpected Resistance

1998-07-10: Sage Winslow Journeys to Trinsic

1998-07-28: Crawworth Lives!

1998-08-09: Zog Cabal Sets Earthquake in Motion

1998-08-14: Looking for Answers

1998-08-15: Seeking More Information

1998-08-19: The Followers of Armageddon

1998-09-02: Seek to Capture Members of the Followers of Armageddon

1998-09-02: The Hunt Begins

1998-10-01: Death, Intrigue, and Mystery Surround the FoA

1998-10-01: Lord Blackthorn Returns

1998-10-01: Wayward Zookeeper Returned Safely

1998-10-02: Geoffrey Announces Plans to Return the FoA Prisoners to Yew

1998-10-07: What is Lord Blackthorn Up To?

1998-10-09: Celebration of Britannia Puzzle

1998-10-??: Healing the Enemy

1998-10-??: Nystul Collects the Blackrock Chests of the FoA

1998-10-??: Prisoner Poisoned

1998-10-??: Prisoner Transfer from Trinsic to Yew

1998-10-??: The Attacks Were a Diversion!

1998-11-02: Halston Montil Named Head of the FoA Investigation

1998-12-06: The FoA Try it Again

1998-12-22: Halston Montil Finds the FoA Leader with the Help of Many Brave Adventurers

1998-12-22: The Capture of the FoA Leader

1999-01-07: FoA Trial Prepares to Begin

1999-01-14: Officials Chosen for the FoA Trial

1999-01-18: Interview with Grant Adams

1999-01-18: Interview with Lord Julius Darnell

1999-02-01: Pirates Create Access to Mainland

1999-02-15: The Abbey Statue

1999-02-22: Construction Begins on Two Memorials

1999-03-11: An Evil Disturbance

1999-03-13: The Arrival

1999-03-16: The Visions are Subsiding...

1999-03-18: And So It Begins...

1999-03-20: Forbidden Knowledge

1999-03-27: Various Preparations

1999-04-02: Still Searching?

1999-04-14: Georg the Stylist

1999-04-16: Upraising of Undeads

1999-04-21: The Roads are Not Safe!

1999-04-23: Explore the Culinary Landscape

1999-04-24: Crossroads Under Attack

1999-04-29: Trinsic Under Attack!

1999-05-02: Mongbats Everywhere!

1999-05-05: Britannia the Beautiful

1999-05-12: Rats Everywhere!

1999-05-13: Dark Magicks

1999-05-15: Moonglow Under Attack!

1999-05-22: Desert Creatures Swarm on Nujel'm

1999-07-15: Siege Perilous

1999-09-29: Decorative Plates for the Recent Anniversary

1999-10-30: Day of the Dead

1999-11-10: The Return of the Brothers

1999-12-20: Lord Nicolus Travels the Realm Bearing Gifts

1999-12-28: Lord Nicolus Kidnapped but Valiantly Rescued!

2000-01-15: Strange Occurences Across the Realm - Guards Remain Unresponsive

2000-01-27: Crisis in Britannia

2000-01-27: The Dark Mistress

2000-01-27: Update from Trinsic

2000-02-02: Juo'nar's Generals

2000-02-03: Lord British Speaks to Britannia

2000-02-10: Trinsic Set to Fall

2000-02-10: Troll Response to Lord British Speech

2000-02-15: Trinsic Has Fallen!

2000-02-17: Rude Awakening in Trinsic

2000-02-18: Sir Geoffrey Captures Orc Prisoner!

2000-02-21: Visions of the Black Temple

2000-02-24: A Warning - As Told to Clayton Trembell

2000-02-27: Lord British Abducted!

2000-03-09: Joye, Librarian of Britain, Murdered

2000-03-09: Julia's Message to Dupre

Britannia News Network

Global News

2000-03-15: Britannian Horoscopes I

2000-03-17: Lord Slimely's Appointment

2000-03-26: Lord British is Safe!

2000-04-13: Construction of the Stones

2000-04-26: Lord Blackthorn's Recent Travels

2000-04-27: Casting the Spell

2000-05-09: Britannian Horoscopes II

2000-08-11: Blood from a Stone

2000-08-18: Common Ground

2000-10-10: A Chill in My Spine

2001-02-09: The Principle Pieces - Part I

2001-02-09: The Principle Pieces - Part II

2001-02-09: The Principle Pieces - Part III

2001-02-09: The Principle Pieces - Part IV

2001-03-03: Gilforn

2001-03-16: An Introduction to Ilshenar - Part I

2001-03-16: An Introduction to Ilshenar - Part II

2001-03-16: An Introduction to Ilshenar - Part III

2001-05-04: Dudagog's Tale

2001-05-14: Rumors and Such

2001-05-16: Prying Eyes

2001-05-24: Fallen Comrades

2001-05-31: Homecoming

2001-06-04: Cities Under Attack?

2001-06-07: Unrelenting Tide

2001-06-14: Takeout

2001-06-21: Bad Omens

2001-06-28: Conflicts of Conscience

2001-07-05: Fighting Back

2001-09-27: The Reward

2001-10-04: The Last Hope

2001-10-11: Adapting

2001-10-25: Written in Blood

2001-10-31: Motives

2001-11-01: Answers

2001-11-19: Beginnings

2001-11-29: The Challenge

2001-12-10: Clash in the Darkness

2001-12-18: The Beast

2001-12-21: Revenge

2002-01-02: Inferno

2002-01-10: Change

2002-01-17: Downfall to Power

2002-01-25: The Watcher

2002-04-11: Enemies and Allies

2002-04-18: The Casting

2002-04-25: Seeds

2002-05-02: Symptoms

2002-05-09: Preparations

2002-05-16: Plague of Despair

2002-05-30: Epilogue

2002-09-05: I Think, Therefore I Dig

2002-09-12: Crazy Miggie

2002-09-19: Orcs and Bombs

2002-09-26: Scientific Discussion

2002-10-03: Workers

2003-03-04: Dawn to Appear on Ultima Online Shards

2003-06-25: Blackthorn Sighted!

2003-06-30: Blackthorn Defeated!

2003-09-03: Lord British Returns

2003-09-08: Minax Uniting Orc Tribes?

2003-09-08: Orc War Imminent?

2003-09-08: Travel Advisory Alert!

2003-09-09: Attacks Against Moonglow

2003-09-18: The Royal Guard Wants You!

2003-09-24: Mysterious Figure Sighted in Moonglow

2003-10-01: Cultist - "I Know Where Minax Is"

2003-10-08: Royal Guard Ambushed

2003-10-10: Seeking a Cure

2003-10-15: Finding a Cure

2003-10-24: Catching Up on Current Events

2003-10-28: Attempting a Cure

2003-11-04: Royal Guard Bargains with Mysterious Stranger

2003-11-10: Mysterious Mage Turns Tables on Minax

2003-11-13: Minax Hunted, Keeonean Captured

2003-11-18: Keeonean Trial Ends with Death

2003-11-24: Lord Blackthorn Memorial Service Held by King

2003-12-01: Ancient Knowledge

2003-12-03: Journey to the Temple of Evil

2003-12-08: The Riddle of the Sphynx

2003-12-16: Hell Hath No Fury

2003-12-19: Farewell to the King

2004-09-16: Anon's Withdrawal

2004-09-16: A Turn for the Worse

2004-10-01: The Court of Truth

2004-10-07: A Battle Won, A City Threatened

2004-11-23: The Pirate's Booty

2005-01-07: A Disturbing Report

2005-01-10: Enthralled

2005-01-14: An Evil Unmasked

2005-01-18: A Mystical Beginning

2005-01-18: Ssthyl's Story

2005-01-27: Daizen's Despair

2005-02-09: Troubles in Tokuno

2005-12-15: Meanings

2006-04-04: Inu the Crone

2006-04-14: Who is Inu the Crone?

2006-04-21: Letter to the Editor

2006-05-05: Inu, Chapter 1

2006-05-12: Excerpt from “The Care and Feeding of Demons”

2006-05-27: Inu, Chapter 2

2006-06-09: Inu disappears, rumors swirl, pet beetle getting hungry

2006-06-15: Moongates: Divine, Magical or Merely a Machine?

2006-06-23: Legendary Thief Offers Get Rich Quick Scheme

2006-07-07: Ophidians Attack!

2006-07-14: Ophidian Skirmish Escalates into Open War

2006-07-21: "It was taken from us."

2006-07-28: Alone

2006-08-11: Calm Before the Storm

2006-08-15: WAR!

2006-08-17: A Favor Returned

2006-08-24: Success on the Front Lines!

2006-08-25: Extra! Extra! Rogue Elements Threaten Peace

2006-08-25: Mages Discover Source of Ophidian Secret

2006-09-01: Excerpt from Jordan's Tale

2006-09-08: Strange Rifts Appear Across Sosaria

2006-09-15: Wanted! Ricardo, Alive and for Questioning

2006-09-22: Elven Prosecutor Assigned to Ricardo Trial!

2006-09-29: Imperial Decree

2006-10-05: Imperial Notice

2006-10-13: A Heroine's Welcome Home

2006-10-13: Castle British Under Siege!

2006-10-18: Britannia Rejoices

2006-10-18: Imperial Proclamation

2006-11-17: Preparations Begin for Landmark Trial

2006-11-22: Mother Lode of Mages

2006-12-01: Into the Mother Lode

2006-12-08: Britannia v. Ricardo

2006-12-15: GUILTY!

2007-01-12: The Mage's Apprentice

2007-01-19: Truth and High Treason

2007-02-02: A Quest for the Truth

2007-02-02: Lycaeum Responds on Book Controversy

2007-02-09: The Pen Is Mighty

2007-02-16: Dark Wisps Reemerge as Threat

2007-02-23: Construction Begins on World’s First Blackrock Detector

2007-03-09: Inu “The Crone” Is Free

2007-03-09: The Truth Shall Be Revealed!

2007-03-16: Lycaeum Besieged!

2007-03-27: Alleged Demon Sighted on Shores of Windemere!

2007-04-06: The Truth Shall Set Us Free!

2007-04-20: Beware! Black Hooded Strangers Roaming Haven

2007-04-27: Decisions over Dinner

2007-05-07: The Destruction of Haven

2007-05-11: Love Shall Persevere

2007-05-18: Into the Darkness

2007-06-29: Fireworks Festival

2007-07-11: Of Mice and Women

2007-07-27: The Best Laid Plans…

2007-08-03: Intervention

2007-10-30: A Minor Inconvenience

2007-10-31: Daemons Decimate Magincia Defenses!

2007-11-08: Military reinforces Maginicia! Invasion strengthens!

2007-11-13: Daemons Attack Northern Quarter

2007-11-13: Magincia Repels Invasion!

2007-11-30: Magincia Still Not Safe, Mages Warn

2008-03-27: Blackrock Detector To Be Unveiled!

2008-04-02: Blackrock Detector Fails! Mages Reported Missing!

2008-04-03: Military Arrives in Moonglow

2008-05-29: Andrew

2008-06-23: The Six

2008-06-25: A Short Time Ago

2008-06-27: Valvakka

2008-07-11: Hope for the Future

2008-10-20: Dungeons and Flagons

2008-10-31: Mistress of Darkness

2008-11-05: I'd Like a Drink if you don't mind

2009-01-09: From Rags to Riches

2009-01-12: Royal Decree

2009-03-13: Clainin Awake

2009-03-20: Tales of Ice and Fire

2009-03-23: Crimson Dragon

2009-03-25: Platinum Dragons

2009-03-27: Conversations

2009-03-27: Salvation

2009-06-17: Distracting Decisions

2009-06-18: Royal Decree

2009-08-04: Dawn of Hope

2009-08-13: Peering into the Past

2009-08-20: The Nature of Shadows

2009-09-03: The Bell of Courage

2009-09-04: Mondain's Legacy

2009-09-08: Long Live the Queen

2009-09-18: First Contact

2009-10-23: Hyde and Seek

2010-03-26: Lost & Found - Part 1

2010-04-02: Good Outposts Make Good Neighbors

2010-04-13: Lost & Found - Part 2

2010-04-30: Lost & Found - Part 3

2010-06-22: In the Shadow of Virtue: Good Neighbors

2010-07-01: Lost & Found - Part 4

2010-07-16: Sosaria Sleeps

2010-08-06: A Good Use for an Old Sword

2010-09-03: Lullaby

2010-09-17: Clarity

2010-09-30: Joy and Rain

2010-10-12: Rise of the Scalis Pt. 1

2010-10-13: Rise of the Scalis Pt. 2

2010-11-12: The Dark Throne

2010-12-17: In the Shadow of Virtue: Prelude to War

2011-02-10: In the Shadow of Virtue: A Thin Ray of Light

2011-02-22: In the Shadow of Virtue: A Time of Mourning

2011-02-24: In the Shadow of Virtue: Harbinger Part I

2011-02-25: In the Shadow of Virtue: Harbinger Part II

2011-02-25: In the Shadow of Virtue: Harbinger Part III

2011-03-24: In the Shadow of Virtue: The Beginning of the End

2011-04-08: In the Shadow of Virtue: Excerpts from the latest edition of BNN…

2011-06-03: Echoes of the Past - Stirrings in the Dark

2011-07-02: Echoes of the Past - Components of Power

2011-08-03: Echoes of the Past - Demise of the Defiler

2012-01-11: The Awakening

2012-01-20: The Awakening - Act I

2012-02-14: The Awakening - Act I, Part 2

2012-03-01: The Awakening - Act II

2012-03-15: The Awakening - Act III Ad

2012-03-15: The Awakening - Act II, Part 2

2012-04-10: The Awakening - Act III

2012-04-30: The Awakening - Act IV

2012-06-11: The Awakening - Act V

2012-06-15: Sudiva Contest:1st:Treasure

2012-06-15: Sudiva Contest:2nd:Sudiva's Last Tear

2012-06-15: Sudiva Contest:3rd:Sudiva Enshrined

2012-06-25: The Awakening - Act V, Part 2

2012-07-02: The Awakening - Act VI

2012-07-12: The Awakening - Act VI, Part 2

2012-08-09: The Awakening - Act VII

2012-08-20: The Awakening - Act VII, Part 2

2012-09-18: The Awakening - Act VIII

2012-09-28: The Awakening - Act VIII, Part 2

2012-10-16: The Awakening - Epilogue

Official Fiction

Global

2013-09-04: Enchantment of the Royal Sea, Part 1

2013-10-16: A Risky Proposition

2013-10-21: Enter the Lady

2013-10-30: Minax's Plan

2013-11-12: The Mad, Mongbat-Minded Mage

2013-11-18: The Knight and the Enchantress

2013-11-21: Strange Bedfellows

2014-09-18: New Friends, Old Enemies

2014-09-19: Old Friends, New Enemies

2014-09-26: Remembering the Past...

2014-11-13: An Honorable Vow

2015-05-21: The Silver Gate

2015-06-18: The Lost King

2015-07-17: Isamu’s Legacy

2015-08-20: Danger and Despair

2015-09-21: Trading Pieces

2015-10-08: Voices

2016-02-01: A Valley of One

2016-04-07: Six Tribes and Five Spirits

2016-05-31: Destiny and Decision