Kai Grand Sentinel » What’s New http://www.projectaon.org/en/blog For Sommerlund and the Kai! Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:21:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Lone Wolf Club Newsletters http://www.projectaon.org/en/blog/2012/01/the-lone-wolf-club-newsletters/ http://www.projectaon.org/en/blog/2012/01/the-lone-wolf-club-newsletters/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:56:04 +0000 Jonathan http://www.projectaon.org/en/blog/?p=251 [posting on behalf of Simon]

Greetings, fellow Kai

Following hot on the heels of the discovery of all the missing pages comes one final release for the Lone Wolf Club Newsletters: A complete archive of all thirty-seven Newsletters in one PDF file.

The benefits of this all-in-one document are:

  • One download instead of thirty-seven
  • Only one Title Page and one Project Aon License means reduction of over 100 pages
  • Much-reduced download-size–29Mb vs. thirty-seven files amounting to 41.3Mb
  • Each individual Newsletter is Bookmarked for convenience
  • Easy to search for specific information
  • Newsletters provided in the correct release order; no more wondering where the Specials fit in!

The idea of releasing the Lone Wolf Club Newsletters was mooted on the mailing list sometime back in February 2003. I know, because I looked this up, and no one is more surprised than I am! We assumed that it would be a fairly straightforward job of scanning and releasing a few pages. How wrong we were.

It has taken the last nine years to bring this project to completion. About two years ago, when there were still twenty pages missing from our files, we thought it unlikely that we would ever complete this work. And yet, here we are in 2012, with all 431 pages recreated with improved fonts and layout, but containing all the original information sans typos. Perhaps this bodes well for other Lone Wolf-related projects to be brought to a satisfactory conclusion sometime this year! ;-)

We certainly hope this complete resource will be of interest to fellow Lone Wolf fans everywhere. So, whether you are a long-time fan of the series, or a new convert, please join us in cheering the successful completion of a tough assignment: “For Sommerlund and the Kai!”

–
Simon Osborne
Project Aon

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For Sommerlund and the Kai!

Jonathan Blake
Project Aon

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In Trail of the Wolf, you must venture alone into the dreaded stronghold of Gazad Helkona to find and free your leader. Can you succeed in your vital mission . . . or will you fall foul of the horrors that lurk within this Darklands city-fortress?

Trail of the Wolf

We at Project Aon pray to Ishir and Kai for your success, Grand Master.

For Sommerlund and the Kai!

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For Sommerlund and the Kai!

Jonathan Blake
Project Aon

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Dear Kai Lords

Project Aon are pleased to announce that we have been granted permission by Random House and Joe Dever to make a PDF facsimile of this rare piece of Lone Wolf memorabilia available on our site, the Lone Wolf 10th Anniversary Calendar.

Also updated today were the Combat Heroes books Emerald Enchanter and Scarlet Sorcerer to fix a number of bugs and typos.

For Sommerlund and the Kai!

–
Simon Osborne
Project Aon

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As the former maintainer of a Giak dictionary and tutorial, I’m very excited to see a new official word list. Giak geeks rejoice!

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Evil Lord Vandyan of Eldenora has unearthed the lost secrets of rune magics used by Agarash the Damned during his ancient conquest of Magnamund. Empowered by his discoveries, Vandyan unleashes his armies upon the peaceful realms of the Free Alliance with swift and devastating effect. Lone Wolf, Supreme Master of the Kai, leads the crusade to defeat Vandyan before all Magnamund succumbs to his tyrannical rule.

In Rune War, your task is to infiltrate Skull-Tor, Lord Vandyan’s stronghold, and destroy the ancient runes from which he draws his evil power. Can you succeed in your vital mission . . . or will you fall foul of the traps and terrors that guard the warlord’s mighty fortress?

Coming hot on the heels of the news about Brian Williams’ passing, looking at the illustrations in this book prior to publication reminds me of the talent that we have lost.

The work continues, and we have only four more Lone Wolf books to publish.

For Sommerlund and the Kai!

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We mourn the loss of this talented and generous man and have sent our deepest condolences to his family. We will be forever grateful to him for bringing Lone Wolf’s adventures to life and for his generosity toward Project Aon. We have created a memorial web page in his honor with more of our thoughts:

May Ishir and Kai watch over him on his final journey.

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We are now in the process of creating printable (PDF) editions of the books. The first to receive the treatment was Flight from the Dark, naturally. Ingo Klöcker developed the process to create the printable editions, and Daniel Strong performed special illustration transcriptions that made them look even better. The results, in my humble opinion, are gorgeous.

Also, John Broz recently contributed Mobipocket editions of the books. You can download a Mobipocket copy of Flight from the Dark (and if you’re extra clever, the other Lone Wolf books as well).

Please let us know if you spot any problems and, as always, enjoy!

For Sommerlund and the Kai!

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We are all proud to be a part of this series that continues to garner the awards it deserves.

For Sommerlund and the Kai!

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