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The next stage in a long series of disasters to afflict the city is the 'death' of the King of Copper.

A powerful spirit ritual, supposedly augmented by the Coporeal Spirit of Diamond swept through the city in recent months, stripping it bare of its copper trappings and replacing them all with glittering diamond. As remarkable as the transmutation was, the beauty wrapped a package of death and destruction.

The affect on the masked copper workers was cataclysmic, leaving them initially catatonic, then furious. The workers have downed tool and raised weapons in a lynch mob searching for those responsible. The city is no longer safe, citizens are following the lead of the Antso in barricading themselves into their quarters or Crystal Collective in training their own milita.

The King of Copper has not been seen since, and without his guiding hand many elements of city and surface life have fallen to pieces. Food supplies have been interrupted, and siezed by Roderick Alonzo in a desperate bid to prevent destruction. Gates into the city have been left unmanned, causing a flood of refugees to clash with scared citizens, all innocent in this mess.

No one knows what to think anymore. Some refer to the spirit of diamond, the spirit of ash or the spirit of sapphire as responsible for this coup and are rallying around the groups. Others are seeking more a more egalitarian solution, but have no clue what that is. The vast majority blame the Tillermen Terrorists for thier plight, with the mere mention of their name being enough to see a man strung up.

Union and Confederacy troops are largely keeping out of the fighting, simply assuring that they are not targetted by the riots and awaiting clear orders.

Meanwhile, outside the sparkling halls a grander problem emergess as the city begins to sink towards the mists.

Evelyn Minver, guarded by Union Troops, was on the scene, and lending what aid she could to this terrible situation. Free flowing information is an important factor in quelling the violence, but so far is ineffective against the tidal wave of rumors and recrimination. It is largely thanks to her efforts that people are as informed as they are about whats going on in the black box that is now the city.

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The Herald Rocket took off on it's first public flight and was a major success. “Trigger” Herald broke her record speed and looked extremely happy as she landed, receiving applause from all who watched. The Herald Rocket is now the fastest means of transportation in the Broken World.

This season a number of parties were seen heading off to Neverdark for the clean up operation, Kopeck Deepcut was made responsible for making sure the spoils were shared out equally between all the parties involved in the defeat of the Necromancer.

The Unsullied have been praised for their organization of the Duel, while there was some collateral damage, it is widely considered they did an excellent job of preparing the arena, as well as keeping tight security in the spectators, prevenying violence from errupting between the various factions.

Not that it was ever broken, but the Morlocks have fixed the nonexistent former non-problem with the Orrerry. Everything should now be fine, just as it has always been. All glory to the Morlocks for fixing something that was not broken to begin with.

A press release distributed across the Colonies.

An emerging force within the politics of the Confederacy, The Glorious People’s Republic has experienced a meteoric rise in recent years under the inspired leadership of its founder El Presidente. Thanks to its central tenets of equality and the liberation and enlightenment of the people, and the fantastic living conditions within it, clans have been flocking to join this dynamic force to help forge the People’s Paradise.

The GPR will sponsor all clans who wish to join, asking only that they set aside their outdated notions of dynastic or religious hegemony and embrace the will of the people to work together to fulfil the Historically Inevitable Dialectic and make the world a better place.

The Influence of Glorious People's Republic has expanded to even impact on the mellow opinions of Union citizens. In recent months there have been several cases of families downing tools and announcing a desire to leave Union service to join the ever growing People's Republic. Many more are expected to follow.

Analysts are speculating on reasons behind this popular move. Some cite the constant low-key Religious unrest occurring in various areas of the Archipelago. Others cite disenfranchisement though complications in Union Bearocracy. By far the strongest opinion is that El Presidente is simply a really great guy, and can offer a far better quality of life than the Inner Council can.

A number of odd humanoid creatures have been seen around the world as of late. Like the average man but slightly taller, they have strange runes akin to those seen in places like the temple which seem to be burned into their skin. They do not seem too intelligent. It is said that they came from a fragment which approached the known world recently, passing by numerous other fragments at which point they jumped across. This fragment is now believed to have fallen into a relatively stable orbit of its own around the temple.

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