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The [[Elanthian Journal]], an in-game news publication, regularly ran updates about the progress of the [[Griffin Sword Saga]].  Some of the news items in the Elanthian Journal were written by staff, such as those by NPCs [[Maluverre]] Sil'Andruthile or [[Sendarel]] Akruthos.  Other news items published were player-written, with or without attribution to a player character author.  The distinction between NPC and PC author was never explicitly stated in the Elanthian Journal.

The Elanthian Journal went on a hiatus following [[Elanthian Journal/Edition 10|edition #10]], which was published in December, 2002, and [[Elanthian Journal/Edition 11|Edition #11]], which was published over a year later in January, 2004, which led to a significant gap in storyline coverage by it.  The final issue of the Elanthian Journal was [[Elanthian Journal/Edition 28|edition #28]], published in November, 2004, well prior to the Griffin Sword Saga's conclusion.  One fun bit of trivia is that all articles published in [[Elanthian Journal/Edition 08|edition #08]] featured the Griffin Sword Saga, including its [[#Elanthian Journal #08, November 2002 5|classifieds section]], in which sale of one of the [[Griffin Sword]] shards was advertised.

Journal articles featured below are placed ''roughly'' in chronological order, based on both the publication date and [[List of newsletters|edition number]].  Due to the nature of accepting player submissions, some news items were published well after the fact.  In addition, news items in a given edition were regularly published out of chronological order, instead with NPC-written articles preceding player-written articles to place greater emphasis on them.

Five of these articles written by Sendarel and Maluverre were also featured on the Play.net website as official news articles, and they were later used on a Griffin Sword Saga [https://www.play.net/gs4/news/events/griffin.asp summary page] that was published toward the end of the 2002 but which was never updated following its creation in spite of the storyline lasting another three years.  These news entries are cross-posted on the [[Griffin Sword War News]] article.

==2002==
===[[Elanthian Journal/Edition 01|Elanthian Journal #01]], May 2002===
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 01|May8-1}}
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 01|May8-2}}
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 01|May8-3}}

===[[Elanthian Journal/Edition 02|Elanthian Journal #02]], May 2002===
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 02|May11}}
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 02|May12}}
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 02|May16}}

===[[Elanthian Journal/Edition 03|Elanthian Journal #03]], May 2002===
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 03|May18}}

===[[Elanthian Journal/Edition 05|Elanthian Journal #05]], May 2002===
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 05|May20}}

===[[Elanthian Journal/Edition 03|Elanthian Journal #03]], May 2002===
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 03|May21-1}}
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 03|May21-2}}
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 03|May23}}

===[[Elanthian Journal/Edition 04|Elanthian Journal #04]], May 2002===
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 04|May30}}

===[[Elanthian Journal/Edition 05|Elanthian Journal #05]], June 2002===
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 05|June12-1}}
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 05|June12-2}}
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 05|Classifieds}}

===[[Elanthian Journal/Edition 08|Elanthian Journal #08]], October 2002===
;Also featured on [[Griffin Sword War News]] with Part 1 and Part 2 combined as a single news item.
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 08|Oct23}}
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 08|Oct30}}

===[[Elanthian Journal/Edition 08|Elanthian Journal #08]], November 2002===
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 08|Nov1}}
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 08|Nov4}}

===[[Elanthian Journal/Edition 08|Elanthian Journal #08]], November 2002===
;Summarizing the events of the [[:Category:The Griffin Sword War|first Griffin Sword War]] storyline from 1996.
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 08|Nov5}}

===[[Elanthian Journal/Edition 09|Elanthian Journal #09]], November 2002===
;Also featured on [[Griffin Sword War News]].
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 09|Nov5}}

===[[Elanthian Journal/Edition 08|Elanthian Journal #08]], November 2002===
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 08|Nov6}}

===[[Elanthian Journal/Edition 08|Elanthian Journal #08]], November 2002===
;Also featured on [[Griffin Sword War News]].
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 08|Nov16-1}}
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 08|Nov16-2}}

===[[Elanthian Journal/Edition 08|Elanthian Journal #08]], November 2002===
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 08|Classifieds}}

===[[Elanthian Journal/Edition 09|Elanthian Journal #09]], November 2002===
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 09|Nov16}}
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 09|Nov21-1}}
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 09|Nov21-2}}
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 09|Classifieds}}

==2004==
===[[Elanthian Journal/Edition 13|Elanthian Journal #13]], January 2004===
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 13|Jan31-1}}
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 13|Jan31-2}}

===[[Elanthian Journal/Edition 15|Elanthian Journal #15]], March 2004===
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 15|Mar6}}
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 15|Mar9}}

===[[Elanthian Journal/Edition 17|Elanthian Journal #17]], March 2004===
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 17|Mar24}}
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 17|Mar27-1}}
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 17|Mar27-2}}

===[[Elanthian Journal/Edition 20|Elanthian Journal #20]], May 2004===
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 20|May10}}
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 20|May13-1}}
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 20|May13-2}}
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 20|May13-3}}

===[[Elanthian Journal/Edition 28|Elanthian Journal #28]], November 2004===
{{#section:Elanthian Journal/Edition 28|Nov18}}

[[Category:Griffin Sword Saga]]