The Alliance Daily News - 8/21/2512

ISLA DE ROSAURA ATTACKED BY PIRATES!

Isla de Rosaura was recently attacked by the dreadful airship pirates known as The Storm Raiders, lead by their captain Baltasar Muerte. Their airship, La Tormenta, is known as one of the most deadly in the region.

CHESTERHOLME ELECTS A NEW MAYOR

After the unfortunate death of mayor Orville Daniel Midgeley a few months ago during a pirate attack, the residents of Chesterholme finally held a mayoral election. The new mayor, wealthy merchant and business magnate Mr. Josiah B. Sterling defeated his opponent Victor Wallace - president of the local chapter of the Alliance Dock Workers and Longshoremen Union. The new mayor won the lion's share of the votes with promises of bringing new businesses and work opportunities to Chesterholme.

THE EMPIRE OF RURITANIA THREATENS WAR AGAINST THE KINGDOM OF ARCADIA

After the mysterious disappearance of imperial emissary Vasile Stefoniou last week, emperor Iosif Nicolae II threaten their southern neighbor with the dissolution of the Treaty of Wickmore, a non-aggression pact between the nations, named after the mountain range that serves as a natural border between Ruritania and Arcadia. The empire is demanding compensation for the disappearance of their emissary by having queen Rowena Sophia Arimanus of Arcadia relent all claims over disputed land between the two nations.

SHIPMENTS OF STEAM FINALLY ARRIVE AFTER DELAY

Convoys of Erebian space cargo vessels finally arrived to the Colonial Alliance and other Elysian nations after an almost 48 hours delay. Erebian and local government authorities explained the delay as the result of a singular production mishap in the mining levels of Erebus due to a minor accident.

DRAGON SIGHTINGS IN THE REPUBLIC OF FREIHEITLAND

Dwarven airship crews are raising the alarm about the possibility of a dragon marauding the skies over the Feronia forest in Freiheitland.

EXPLORERS FEARED LOST

A recent exploratory mission lead by professor Laurentius Harcourt Barclay of Faraday University is presumed missing after 2 weeks of failure to return to port. They were to explore the wild southern parts of the continent of Vanaheim. A rescue mission is currently being planned.