The People's Print. - Page 3

Hedlyn · 21-01-08, 08:08 PM

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VOLUNTEERS ROUT AS D'GAR RECLAIMS CEDARWOOD!

The thundering machine of the Lord Protector rolled into Cedarwood last night and flattened the entrenched resistance of the Volunteer force as it stood in the midst of the hamlet. Seemingly caught off guard, the rebel defenders were scattered and their unruly numbers spread about the clearing as the guardsmen entered and formed their neat ranks. Professional soldiery clattered against a poor imitation of the old militia and the rapparee band were hit for hefty losses. Free Yew's Volunteers had gone a long way from their guerrilla roots but will likely be considering the worth of their changes in the wake of considerable loss. The organisation of Lord D'Gar's men was clearly superior and the Yewish engine of steel and flesh was sturdy as it drove off the dissenting crowd.

Cedarwood was silent in the aftermath as survivors straggled into the woods of Yew, scattered in every direction to lick their many wounds. The besieger presence of Master Walker and tidy ranks of crossbow fire broke the rebel lines with ease and the usually hardy defenders appeared jaded, beaten as they rallied to save their freedom.

As the Lord Protector surveyed his newly retaken domain, the rebel leader and his entourage are believed to have escaped, if barely, clutching severe wounds and heavily dented pride. Rebel whisperings have been muted by fear across the township, and Yew's stunned silence is testament to the militia's might. None the less, the rebel factions lays somewhere, for now dormant, in Yew, considering it's next move.

Hedlyn · 31-01-08, 08:19 PM

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REBELS RE-EMERGE AS GUARDSMEN ARE HURT!

Shocks this week for the guardsmen militia as remnants of the Yewish rebel movement reappeared to cause grief to members of the Guardsmen Militia. Whether or not the small gangs were what remains of the Free Yew Volunteers is yet to be known, but the armed pockets of rebel activity have stung a number of patrolling guardsmen around our Northern township. While an initial disturbance in the King's Deer Tavern was eventually repelled, a number of lone guardsmen have been caught up by disaffected citizens still frustrated in the wake of the "O'Gara Uprising."

The latest victim of such an assault is reported to be new Marksman Corporal, Ffion Derwyn! A pair of celtic men were spotted dragging the fallen petty officer to the sheep pens West of the Keep. The group exchanged an array of colourful language before the senior guardswoman was deprived of her uniform basics! Stripped of the colours of Yew, the rebels even demanded Ms. Derwyn's parade arm as they stood in judgment. "You can have these back, when you are fit to protect Yew!" one of her aggressors shouted.

Whatever her 'test' was meant to be, it is apparent the markswoman refused and was pushed to her knees and restrained, as another of the gang took her beloved golden arms. This assault was not the first, a recent string of similar offences have left a number of more junior guardsmen fleeing back to their garrison home shy of kilts and sashes. Beyond the symbolic, the purpose of these assaults is unknown. Whether or not such incidents are crimes of angry frustration, or a more co-ordinated series of assaults remains to be discovered; though it should not be disputed that these happenings represent a return to confidence in Yew's dissenting rebels.

Hedlyn · 15-02-08, 11:23 PM

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LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS! REBELS LOOSE!!

The D'Gar household was rocked this week by the snatching of their eldest daughter, Imrae. Imrae, the most 'drow-like' of the D'Gar heirs was surrounded and "arrested" by Yewish rebels following several days of light skirmishing with the township's Guardsmen. It is believed the heiress and a trainee of the militia walked into a rebel ambush, baited by citizens of Vesper. The 'young' drow was subdued with light grappling after a moment's light resistance and dragged relatively unharmed West of the Courts of Truth.

With the delinquent trainee dispatched, the rebels took their captive as far as the shore and offered an exchange of views with the Lord Protector's daughter. The spritely female remained petulant for some time though it became increasingly evident her captors were not out to play games. After a moment's confusion, the gang's leader presented a hatchet and lead the noble kin to a tree, demanding she 'work.' Bewilderment struck the young lady more than fear, an evident disdain for work apparent in her demeanor as she announced herself incapable of such a task! As she feigned ignorance, the rebel quad were left distinctly unimpressed as they ushered her into action.

As sloppy technique and a careless misuse of her tool rendered the hatchet useless, the hapless heir was then instructed to cook. With fresh venison provided by the rebel hunters, a skillet and fire supplied, the simple task for the stately female was but to grill her fillet. Disaster ensued as Imrae D'Gar produced a shambolic, charcoaled excuse for food and was promptly made to eat her 'meal'! On refusal, it is believed one female member of the rapparee party was all too happy to 'assist' Miss D'Gar in her decision to compromise.

It is not believed the Lord Protector was contacted for ransom, reconfirming beliefs the rebel band remain unswayed by the potential windfall of their actions. Steadfast in their ethics, if reckless in their execution, the rebel folk of Yew seem content to persist in 'educating' those still loyal to the Lord Protector, including his own blood!

Hedlyn · 19-02-08, 06:58 PM

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DESTRUCTION IN STONEKEEP!! TOWER DESTROYED!!

Yew's rebel movement made it's most audacious move to date on the eve of the Sabbath, as a local cell of protesters completed a tunnel shaft that lead to the foundations of a militia tower! The large stone building is believed to have housed Lord D'Gar's marksmen division prior to it's collapse and rebel rumours about the town state the former defenders of Cedarwood have claimed responsibility for it's destruction. Opinion was mixed in the King's Deer last night as Guardsmen debated the extent of what they had first believed to be an 'accident'. But this reporter heared several eye witnesses, including Jones, a local Cooper, report Lord D'Gar's discovery of the rebel tunnel and it's purpose.

Between nine and ten on Sunday night, as the Blue drained from the sky, a great rumbling filled the Stonekeep meadow as stone and earth gave way and the great tower came crashing down. As D'Gar and his marksmen were left to Delve through the remains of the fallen tower, the Lord Protector gave out a cry of shock as his heavy armour dragged him through the thin ground above the tunnel as the passage caved in. Flailing and struggling, his Scarlet mane clotted with Yewish soil, our lordly noble was left to flail like a beetle on it's back as the earth poured in about him. Not the only victim of unsteady earth, corporal Derwyn found herself Hooked into the collapsing tunnel in the moment's madness.

Soon the militia set about pulling free their Lord Protector as the rebels were left to Peel away, startled, down their tunnel to safety. A series of explosions rippled through the soil as the wily rebels brought down further segments of the crudely made shaft to cover their escape. Further examination of the crippled tower's supports is believed to have revealed the rebel's plan to Byrne through the building's foundations and sink it to the ground. Local urchin Criofan Geraghty was sent into the dark of the shaft as the militia discovered it's entrance and despite the Lord Protector's first impressions, Dragons were not responsible.

No doubt the local rebels will be claiming this a valuable Wyn in their struggle to victory over their loyalist foe, but the garrison at Stonekeep has a long history of hardship and it will take more than marauding rebels branding sharpened Shanks to stop them.

Hedlyn · 21-02-08, 07:29 PM

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GUERRILLAS ASSIST YEWISH ASSAULT ON MINOC!!

A patrol of Guardsmen from the Yewish garrison of Stonekeep arrived at the foot of Mount Kendall last night with the intent of investigating rumours of slavery in the Vesper-owned state of Minoc. The minnow region of workers and tradesmen, annexed by it's yeoman neighbours in the wake of the last 'Minoc Campaign' has existed as "West-Vesper" since the war and the recent appointment of new mayor Reywal S Hallow is believed to have stirred up a number of resentful dissenters. A man notorious for his disparaging attitude towards the peasant classes, Hallow is believed to advocate tighter restrictions on his populace and it is little surprise that such tales of slavery and gypsy persecution have escaped the northern province since his coming to office.

Indeed, as the Yewish patrol was met by Vesper's militia, guarding the mines of Kendall, cries of "Minoc, not West Vesper!" joined the fray along with paramilitant arrows and the combination of Yewish tactics and rebel heart stunned the confident Vesperians into defeat. Signs of rebel activity was scarce in victory as the masked men returned to the shadows from whence they came, no doubt anxious of the stern Yewish left bemused by their participation.

Vesper's new Baron was amongst those driven back by the Yewish assault, Captain Bladius Dart and the Lord Protector Klion D'Gar amongst the elite combatants that broke his lines. The newly appointed official; a man with rumoured ties to piracy, drug smuggling and sexual debauchery; has been a controversial selection in the state and voices of unease in the Vesperian provinces have stressed concerns that gold, bribery and promised inflation of Militia wages tipped the popularity-contest of faux-democracy that saw Cocidius elected.

The man must be cursing his luck in the days gone past, as woeful timing has no doubt brought fresh concern to his office. If the Baron was expecting an easy ride, then a double-blow of Yewish interference and fresh Minocian "national" pride was most likely least of his desires.

Still, loyalists across the North will no doubt be concerned at fresh rebel rumblings - however small they may have seemed to be, though others will likely be alarmed as the rebels turn to fight each other.

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