Official Fiction

Official Fiction


Ultima Online: 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

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: Cities Report Low Supplies of Armor
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

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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

Ultima Online Official Fiction

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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
2017-01-10: Artemia’s Unicorn

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