Rumors:
Expedition Leaves With Cheers And Salutes! - The Tessen Speaker
With salute-shootings of the garrisons in their wake, the cheers of the people below, and a path into a future against the Eversun, the Expedition members within Tessen set sail to fight, glory, and honor! Their way will be difficult, as not only do they have to establish contact with a civilization experiencing a genocide by the Eversun, but they have to operate within an unfamiliar territory, against troops equipped and trained for the terrain and unknown Mutants and Machines alike! Yet, their spirits are as high as they can be, with many confident and assured of their duties and success.
(Read more on pages 1-9.)
Cleansing Of Yellow-Zone Begins - The Truthful Observers
Thunder rings out, dust, rocks, and mortar flies everywhere, and with a shout of valor, the Knight Chapter of the Bronze Machine storms into a Bandit Clans hideout, breaking any resistance before the scum could even raise weapons. Though many criminals attempted to flee to avoid the executions awaiting them, both Scout and War-Lizards encircled or speared the cowardly runners. A scene that played out all over the Region nearly every week for the past season, as gang after bandit clan after illegal settlement was located, attacked, broken, burned, and judged. Yet, even with the gallows stress-tested by the weight of dangling bodies, more work remains to be done, as the Guard and Knight Chapters had caught only half of the found targets, many expecting an uphill fight now that those who wish to fight have had time to acquire weaponry, with the cowards fleeing.
(Read more on page 4.)
Pilgrims Build Asylum - Rags, Rumors, And Rants
After drudging through the mire of Imperial Beuarcracy, the Pilgrims announced that they would begin construction of an Asylum for those with mental illnesses and impairments which leave them unable to work or live within society. Generally lauded among the more academic circles, commoners and some nobles alike have quietly voiced concerns bout giving the mentally ill to a religion, as good-meaning as the Pilgrims are. However, most anxieties have been assured when the gates of "Dreamers Rest" opened, showing that, while not as technologically advanced as other, similar, institutions, the Pilgrims more than make up for it with patient comfort, trained staff, counselors, amenities, and treating their patients as people, regardless of who they are. A laudable improvement to other institutions within the Empire!
(Read more on pages 8-11)
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Spy-Network:
The Military has started cleansing the yellow zone, already hitting several bandit clans hiding and burning several illegal settlements to the ground.
The Lost are currently trying to get their worst-off members into the Asylum. In addition, they are expanding their access to clean and safe water, with more food coming in and new lights to ensure people aren't in perpetual darkness. These projects will take around one season to complete, raising their numbers by an estimated 31-38 people.
The Common People celebrate the leaving expedition, cheering them on their way to strike against the evils of the Eversun.
The Mutated now struggle only against the repressing Guards and diminishing Criminal Gangs, though the latter have gone into hiding. The Gargoyles that had attacked Mutated Villages were either killed or driven off, leaving the affected people thankful and alive.
