Confederacy News Turn 8

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The Hareppi have announced that following a recent visit by their representative, Pope Pineapple, the Citranos are fun and interesting people, and have become their new friends, proud to be named as part of the Corvedai. They look forward to paying their new friends many visits in the months to come.

Tragedy struck the O'Malley Clan this season, as a small flock of sheep they found wandering and took in and raised turned out to be inferno-spewing monstrosities of a most unnatural kind. Fleeing their smouldering homes, they took refuge in neighbouring clans, and are now trying to find some way of scraping by with all their possessions and trade goods lost. We spoke to ex-shepherd Fergle O'Malley:

”…they looked like they'd been wondering for a long time, poor things…”

”…course we took them in, always gotta be on the lookout for a good deal…”

”..we realised things were wrong when we saw the hay was singeing as they bleated. By then, though, it was too late…”

There is growing tension in the Earthborne as the message of the Glorious Peoples Republic infiltraits further, there are many within the Earthborne who are on the verge of changing sponsor clan, and Tension between the two groups is ising rapidly. There are rumours King Lemur is going to organise a force to remove them from the confederacy if they don't “respect the founding principals of the Confederacy.”

Matthias, having taken time away from his profession for family matters, is back on the ball with a new Dixie Drug. The latest product is known as 'Phytorine', and is purported as a mellow high that will get you closer to nature. The quality of the drug has already been tested in all four colonies, leaving some highly critical of the trade. There are rumors that members of the Traders Rennaise are willing to pay a fortune for the 'secret ingredient'.

Without preliminary fanfare, the Circus of the Tempest has arrived in the Glorious Republic. Those able to attend their first performance are already talking of their opening firework display, the dramatic display of the “Sparks Coil”, and assorted acrobats, artistes, grotesques, automata and trained animals. Rumours abound that they mean to perform some great spectacular at the bequest of El Presidente himself. Indeed, some say that he may even grant them the great honour of serving as the state circus.

Again the Confederacy is struck by piracy, as the dastardly Mourning Frog raided traders throughout the region. Calls for Earthborne assistance are mounting, and some are questioning the wisdom of putting so much effort into designing colossal sky bastions if they can't defend the Confederacy from such a basic threat.

Navigator Ctoth has designed a number of very fast easily controlled personal fragments for use in racing, through a new technique, identical fragments can be made so the skill of the geomancer is put to the test. There are already ideas around that it will soon develop into a new sport, and an assosiated gambling industry.

• The Dixie clan's new vocalist is a masked enigma. He calls himself Silve and refuses to reveal his identity despite playing in concert every night.
• Its an auspicious season for the Dixie Family with two celebrity births from the two Phytrarin spouses.
• There has been many thefts from clans in the confederacy, and a number of important items have been removed.