Rumors:
Shield-Belt Alliance Announces Antimatter Bombardment Of The Infectious Geometry - The Tessen Speaker
Shocking nearly the entire continent, the SBA announced last week that they are preparing an antimatter bombardment of the eastern portion of the Infectious Geometry, as the forces within the Necropolis have managed to break through the defenses of the same structure arrayed inwardly. Already coming after one similar announcement only a few years ago, questions are being raised about the ability of the SBA to contain the threat of the Necropolis in a satisfactory and safe manner across the nation.
(Read more on pages 7-8)
Airship Commerce Intensifies - The Truthful Observers
With airships beginning to grow more common within Tessen, so too does the number of freight that is being transported in the air, with the Caravaner and the Lightwing chief among the airships sailing through the skies. Due to their signature sideways sails, both ships are slowly making their mark in the psyche of the people of how airships are supposed to look, with books and artwork featuring possible futures where hundreds of airships crowding every city and town are daily life instead of a rare spectacle.
(Read more on pages 5-6)
A Scandal To Rock The Ages - Rags, Rumors, And Rants
[A minor rumor-piece that details a duel between two noble houses sparked by the accidental removal of a "vital" rock between the border of their lands, escalated due to existing ire and pettiness doubled by stubbornness and pride.]
(Read more on page 21)
Empty Houses No More - The Norqod Vegetable
Be it decks of cards atop a new table, boards of Knights and Knaves in the living rooms, scattered playthings cluttering every hidden corner, or bookshelves burdened with a hundred publications from humorous to romantic, thanks to the newly expanded Toy and Furniture Manufactory, the houses of us Norqodians must no longer tolerate being neat and tidy! Finally, the age of clutter and random knick knacks has arrived in full force, allowing young parents to step on misplaced toys and adults to hide their smut between false drawer bottoms and locked chests.
(Read more on page 2)
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Region Reports
Bone Valley
We have finalized our alliance with the Verdant Children, Ashen Winds and I agreeing to share information, aid, warnings, and some resources between our peoples. For us, their aid will primarily be a great boon within the Necropolis underneath the city, as the Verdan Children have long since used their own passages and routes to connect safe spaces and stockpiles scattered throughout its near entirety, opening many levels to us that have previously been closed due to the distances and the difficulties in reaching so far down without risking a full loss of an expedition. We have already prepared some supplies for an extended expedition, and are planning for a deep plunge into the depths.
Signed; Omar of Iron.
Sunken Hollows
Hello, this is Akane.
The bloomeries and forges roar and echo with the sounds of industriousness, with tools and equipment flowing from their bellies into our stockpiles and warehouses, replacing old tools and ensuring we need to buy far less from local sources. I have ordered the smiths to begin with the forging of enough equipment to outfit a squad of our faithful to act as guards and those of us able to work with lumber to begin constructing fortifications and watchtowers. There is no need for them now, but it is better to have them and not need them than the other way around.
With a busy goodbye,
Akane.
Broken Crossroads
My talks with Lady Nal-Ila continue, and I find her to be an agreeable woman of the right mix of repute and craft that I am now fully convinced that she will be an invaluable ally in the decades to come for as long as we both work to let our stars rise across the firmament.
Additionally, the anger of the locals was rightfully re-directed. With our people as best armed and trained as we can currently afford to, we have begun constructing some greenhouses and riding on the ties created last season to expand the number of our recruits. More than a few youths have expressed interest in us as we offer a vision for the future that is far more active than those given to them by their parents.
Barric.
Broken Titan
As we reach a hand to the lowest of the citadel, so too do we find our eyes opened fully to their plights and fears, and so have begun to create a shelter for the vulnerable and the weak to hide from the criminals of the Region that seek to force them into their claws and grasp. I should not be surprised at their stories nor how the Paths of their lives have led to the here and now, but I find my heart swelling with wrath against the criminals all the same. But I know that every journey begins with but a step, and my Path will lead me to them soon enough.
Patience is a weapon, for it can be wielded like a dagger and a whip.
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Spy-Network:
The Marquess of Tessen is focused on her Flagship and public works.
House Ulatarn is focused on arranging the marriage. Potential dates have been found and are being discussed in detail.
House Mirn continues expanding its towns and villages to ensure the increase in population can be housed and fed.
The Military is raising another unit to keep up with the increasing population.
The Bureau For Imperial Civilian Logistics is focused on their contests.
The Followers of Light continues constructing public works.
The Adventurer Guild continues dealing with minor and annoying problems.
Dirty Daggers are doing business as usual.
The Common People are distracted by the minutia of their lives.
The Mutated are distracted by the minutia of their lives.