The echoes of the rope that ended Rodger “The Liar” Bianchovi’s life have scarcely faded from the Yard of Justice, yet their reverberation continues across the breadth of the realm. What began as a single man’s deceit has unfurled into a sprawling net of conspiracy, deceit, and foreign intrigue that now touches towns, trade guilds, and even the pressrooms of the capital itself.Continue Reading
Former acquaintances recall him chiefly for his passionate advocacy of self-interest, his loathing of soap, and his ability to turn any gathering into an argument about “energy frequencies.” He was, for a brief and bewildering time, employed as a part-time poetry instructor at the Inverness Community Annex, from which he was dismissed after insisting students “write only in the key of Aquarius.”Continue Reading
Among the lesser-known virtues of civilisation—clean socks, punctual trains, and the moderate use of adjectives—lies a quality increasingly rare in modern life: the ability to do nothing properly. Not lazily, nor guiltily, but with dignity and purpose. Rest, like patriotism or pastry, is only beneficial when taken seriously.Continue Reading
Week 42 – An extract of the more important crimes and responses thereto across the realm, from the annals of the Royal Constabulary of Eyehasseen. Continue Reading
Employment opportunities abound across the Kingdom of Eyehasseen. Apply in person unless otherwise noted. References from reputable citizens preferred. Continue Reading
The execution of Rodger “The Liar” Bianchovi, carried out at dawn on Seventhday in the Yard of Justice at Inverness Prison, brought to a close one of the most disgraceful chapters in the annals of treachery within the Realm. Yet even as the noose fell silent, the reverberations of his deceit continue to shake the very institutions he sought to defile.Continue Reading
There are faster ways to reach the southern provinces, but none finer than the Golden Rail, that grand artery of steam and polish that carries the Kingdom’s citizens from Inverness to the green hills of Southmarch in just under nine unhurried hours. It departs from Platform Two of the Royal Terminus, a hall of brass columns and clockwork dignity where the scent of coal mingles with perfume and anticipation.Continue Reading
Rodger “The Liar” Bianchovi, once the self-styled “chief editor” of the outlaw publication known as The Red Banner, will face the ultimate penalty before the dawn of Seventhday, following his conviction on multiple counts of sedition, falsification, and the willful spreading of disinformation calculated to undermine public order and faith in the Crown. The execution, to be carried out in the Yard of Justice within the walls of Inverness Prison, is expected to draw both solemn observers and a small crowd of the merely curious, though no public attendance is permitted.Continue Reading
Born to modest parents in the village of Elmswick, she rose to prominence after discovering the Pikewell Reversible Fern, a plant that, when neglected, turns its leaves inside out as a gesture of defiance. Her subsequent book, Plants with Opinions, became a fixture of the Eyehasseen academic syllabus and a minor scandal in ecclesiastical circles for implying that divine creation included “a sense of humour.”Continue Reading
The monarch is not elected to please, nor appointed to profit, but bound by sacred oath to govern in justice and mercy. There is no re-election to scheme for, no donor to flatter, no lobby to appease. There is only the solemn promise to reign well and die remembered as a steward of the nation’s soul.Continue Reading