Goose Gips

Goose-Induced Panic Strain – GIPS, according to the Ministry’s press briefing, arises when an unsuspecting person encounters one of the Kingdom’s notoriously territorial waterfowl and reacts with an instinctive, full-bodied spasm of alarm. Symptoms include spontaneous sprinting, awkward shouting, flailing of shopping baskets, and declarations such as “I didn’t bring bread! Why do you assume I brought bread?”Continue Reading

The Theatre of Lanterns

This is the Theatre of Lanterns, the oldest performing house in the Kingdom, and certainly the strangest. Some call it haunted. Some call it blessed. All agree it is unlike anything else in Eyehasseen.Continue Reading

Silent Floods

The River Aelwyn, broad and slow-moving through the southern marshlands, has fed their fields for generations, watered their cattle, and brought in barges of trade from the coast. Its seasonal moods were familiar and rarely feared—until this week, when the river quietly rose in the night and slipped over the levee like an unwelcome guest.Continue Reading

Guardians of the Coast

And it is along these unpredictable waters that the Royal Coast Guard keeps its eternal vigil—an old service with a young spirit, made up of sailors who seem born with saltwater in their blood.Continue Reading

Canal Championship semi

The second week of the Kingdom Canal Jousting Championship has left the waters of Inverness thick with smoke, cheers, and the scent of victory — or defeat. Crowds line the bridges from dawn until dusk as the champions of the twelve regions battle for the right to bear the Trident of the Waters into the final round next week.Continue Reading