Wanted: New Topics for December

This is the voting topic for December's articles.

As usual, select one topic from each of the two lists below, and comment with the respective letter and number of your two chosen topics. Voting ends on  11:59 PM PST on November 21st.

Topics marked with the asterisk (*) have been chosen by backers at the $10-a-month tier. They will be available for voting this month only, unless they are suggested again for next January.

A Soldier's Guide to the Infinite Sea

A) Trade and Commerce: A description of the major trade routes in the Infinite Sea, as well as an overview of which power imports and exports what, and how this shapes their foreign policy.

B) Garing, Gutierrez, and Truscott - A History: A brief history of GG&T, from its humble beginnings during the Petty Kingdoms era, through its establishment as a major armsmaking firm during the Wars of Unification, to its current status as the Unified Kingdom's largest gunmaker.

C) Antagia's Rebellion: An overview of the last years of the Octovian Empire, the rising of the houses of Antagia and Khorobirit, and the final fall of the Heirs of Saint Stanislaus.

D) The Saintly Martyrs: An overview of the worship of the Saints in the Northern Kingdoms, including biographies of selected Sainted Martyrs, iconography, and cosmology.

E) The Curtain of Storms - A Primer: Very little is known about the Curtain of Storms, mostly because there have been no successful attempts to explore it. This pamphlet, printed by the Halford Foundation, ties together shards of fact with webs of speculation, but that is more than what most can offer.

F) Old Calligia - What We Know: The Kian poet J'eanne Lieux once said that "The only thing we know about Old Calligia are the lies". While not entirely true, very little of the long-gone northern realm has survived. This essay from the University of San'heu attempts to put together the pieces.

G) Warfare Then and Now: A relatively broad overview of the history of war and warfare in the Infinite Sea, taken from a part of a Callindrian children's book.

H) Edmund Garing, In His Own Words: An autobiographical account of the junior partner of GG&T, edited by the Countess of Welles for her report on the War in Antar.

I) Instructions to Traders and Travellers (Pt 3): The third part of a series of pamphlets issued by the Takaran Ministry of Barbarian Affairs, this one covering some of the minor powers in the Infinite Sea, including Azulae, Callindria, and Rathkurin.

J) A Selection of the Unified Kingdom's Noble Houses: Consisting of entries from Fernandescourt's Great Armourial, this article would offer short histories and profiles of relatively minor baronial houses, much like that of the player character of the Dragoon Saga.

K) Clerks and Commoners: Selections from a children's book written for the scions of the Tierran nobility, meant as their first real education in the classes and dynamics of the Baneless classes.

L) Intelligence Assessment - the 4th Duke of Cunaris: An Imperial Intelligence dossier collating basic information about Sir Johannes d'al Findlay, 4th Duke of Cunaris.

M) Tierra - Her Peoples and History: A "brief" overview of Tierra's ethnic groups, and how they have influenced Tierran history since the days of first settlement.

N) A Report on Tutors and Tutelage: Commissioned by the Royal University of Aetoria, this report investigates the education baneblooded children receive before they are admitted to the University itself.

P) A Call to Arms to the Faithful of the Tree: A religious tract summarising the worship of the Tree of Life, and calling for a renewed age of religious devotion in an age of Takaran secularism.

Q) The Compleat Knight: A somewhat tongue-in-cheek guide to the behaviours expected of a Knight of the Red.

R) The Senior Service: A rather self-serving pamphlet extolling the virtues of the Royal Tierran Navy in the context of the army's new prominence following the Dozen Years' War.

*S) Records of the Undersecretary at War, pg 311-315: A digression on the unique characteristics of Tierran officers based on their region of origin. 

*T) Review - To The First Man To Die: A review published in The Observer regarding one of the more... fanciful operatic depictions of the Dragoons at the Battle of Blogia.  

*U) Journal of a Lord of the Cortes: The day book of a Lord of the Cortes, showing off the daily routine of a Tierran aristocrat residing in Aetoria.

*V) Raising a Regiment: A not-quite satirical pamphlet describing the means by which a Lord may make himself the colonel of a houseguard regiment.

*W) Excerpt from Milord's Manners: Condemned as low, filthy, and supremely distasteful by Aetoria's baneblooded classes, Milord's Manners has proved a tremendously popular satire among the less well-bred elements of the population. In this scene, the dandyish young Lord Manners explains to the protagonist, his tutor Billeaubottom, the origins of his peculiar accent - which itself is a direct lampooning of the clipped dialect popular among the fashionable set of Aetorian society.

*X) Selections from the Book of Saints: A selection of short biographies outlining the lives and deeds of some of Tierra's more popular Sainted Martyrs.

*Y)  Intelligence Assessment - Earl of Leoniscourt: An internal RTI assessment of the Earl of Leoniscourt.

*Z) Observations on the M'hidiyossi War: Notes on the civil war in M'hidyos, as written by a Takaran military attache.

An Adventurer's Guide to the Fledgling Realms

*1) The Lords of the Concordat: An accounting of the current leaders of the Concordat, 

 *2) Ballads of Kendrickstone: A small collection of songs popular in Kendrickstone's taverns and wine shops.