Vikings Invade Savage Attack on Abbey; "Seafaring Beasts"
Vikings reach English soil
Francis Lindbergh of Portsmouth, Esq. Lindisfarne, Britain- A savage attack on Britain left 50 monks dead or injured, with many more missing. The attack happened half a moon ago at the monastery near the castle of Lord Wallace.
The castle was preparing for nightly checks of the port before closing business and closing the castle portcullis and setting up night shifts.
Many sailors came in swift skimmers and raided the monastery, taking valuables, then abruptly leaving. Witnesses say the raiders were heavily armed and not of this land. Witness accounts of the boats say they had wolf heads at the front with shields lining the sides.
In the attack, not only did people suffer, the monastery was left in an atrocious condition. The gates were smashed apart and the glass shattered with stones. Food supplies were raided, and then the grain mill was set on fire. The fire did not spread rapidly though, due to the severe cold, and only damaged the storage room and part of the chapel.
A surviving monk mumbled incoherent things as he was rushed off to the hospital, but he claimed the men were from Scandinavia. Such a claim induced uproar from the townsfolk, but there is nothing they can do, as the ships left as abruptly as they had arrived.
Other witnesses claim they had seen big men wearing bear fur and seal skin armed with axes and a variety of shields and clubs. Scandinavians have not been engaged with british people in any form of violence, and up to this point, there has been little contact between the two.
Monastery manager Edwin Salles says that these “Seafaring monsters have insulted not only Britain, but our religion as well.”
Salles is one of the few citizens who have taken charge of restoring the destroyed monastery, but there is a number of people trickling in and out to help rebuild. Several surviving monks have returned and begun to continue their worship
No search attempt has been made to track down the raiders because they are hard to track. In the unlikely event of catching the raiders, there is no available force strong enough to overwhelm the raiding group. Due to this attack, King Charlemagne has decided to strengthen coastline villages with a mandatory and regulated village militia as to try to minimize further attacks. He has yet to comment further.
Business Corner
Sir Francis Lindbergh of Portsmouth, Esq. Hills of Benedict-Stocks have risen greatly in domestic sheep shearing companies due to a recent embargo on the neighboring areas of Scotland. Wool have gone up to a pound per kilo. This has caused quite the travesty for local buyers, but this is a great advantage for farmers and investors.
This new event will cause a little havoc on the market. Other domestic animal producers will raise their stock as an expectancy for Britain to continue its embargo on several other trades, such as leather, milk and other goods. But this will spike the market up for a short period, but when corporations make more than they sell when the embargo is halted, there will be a loss of product and money that will result in a crash in stock markets.
However, due to these perfect conditions for buying stock, several stockholders on domestic sheep shearing companies, such as Brian Earnswich, have sold their stocks and have amassed great fortunes to the point of rivalry to great rich lords. But the King has noticed and is now charging and high tax of 15% on those who sell stock on domestic sheep shearing as to “no cause chaos in the market in these different times.”
The current embargo is going to last quite a while, as the Kings diplomat signed a 70 year embargo on Scottish trade. With stocks going up at a steady .5% per day as it is, the worth of investments in domestic sheep shearing will approximately triple or double their worth.
Current productions are struggling to keep up with demand. Companies such as Wools Inc. have had little response time to the sudden increase in demand as the embargo was made in short notice. Independent businesses are attempting to get the most out of this time, until the bigger companies can keep up with demand.
Brissvilles local sheep shearer, John Wherson, has found this event as a message sent from god. “This were tough times,” he recalls, “my business wasn’t up to snuff, but then they stop tradin’ with them Highlanders, and boom, people from miles away come to my shop and ask for their wool.” He is now a head of a small group of local farmers calling themselves Wooles Group.
So this is the high time to invest in stock, so do it while the gettin’ is good!
Botched Peace on King Richard's Part "LionHeart" Attempts to Make Peace
KIng Richard fighting for England
Lord Duos D'Vulpes of North Utumnoh London, England -King Richard I, the supposed “Lionheart” attempted to make peace with the Muslim “Dogs”, by marrying his sister, to Saladin’s son.
King Richard I has been fighting Saladin throughout this Crusade. He is A brave and resourceful king, who is fair and just. but Some people must question his state of mind after hearing about this incident.“He’s a ‘pacifist’! ‘You can’t trust a pacifist!’ What kind of king is he anyway? Leaving our country ungoverned with outlaws on every road!” You would have thought that there is no justice but at least Richard's attempting to bring our fathers, sons, Uncles and Brothers back.
Our Holy War has been taking place since the pope declared our true need.
The betrothal was supposed to take place in the city of Jerusalem this summer, so our soldiers could return. However, she naturally, she refused when Richard broke the news to her, leaving us without hundreds of men, who are valiantly staking their lives to free our lords birthplace.
On the other hand some ask “who would expect a Christian, to marry a muslim?” then again, what do you expect? “You can’t trust anyone besides good Christians! Richard luckily wouldn’t understand this.” At least Someone knows what they’re doing. The world could care less about what King Philip thinks of the templars! For Gods sake, they’re heros! They’re our heroes! The give up their lives as monks to go fight and die for us. at least Richard tries to help them, by attempting to shorten the war!
Grandson's Split After Grandfather Dies Jealous Brothers Quarrel Over Land
Edward Pukachi Manchester, England:Yesterday the grandsons of King Charlemagne split the Frankish empire amongst themselves into three kingdoms!
King Charlemagne worked hard on the kingdom that we know of today, but the Le ol’ peasant is Flatulantus Cobbler, “This decision can lead to nothing but destruction of Charlemagne’s hard work! Good day sir!”
The Frankish people are not only enraged about this decision, but also, they are very ashamed of the grandsons taking advantage of their grandfather’s hard work.
A noble by the name of Sir Ewaine Manchesterman, “If this system doesn't work, then I do not know what will!” With all of these young minds guiding us, I’m sure that God will be on our side. ”
I believe that it is good to say that this kingdom will be completely fine with this new system, and will be safe from outside attackers. What in the name of God can go wrong?
Dragon Attacks East Winthrop Hundred injured and homeless in sudden attack
Sir Francis Lindbergh of Portsmouth, Esq. East Winthrop- A sudden attack on the popular city of East Winthrop causes devastation throughout the district. The death toll rose to 267 as of a quarter of moon ago, and many others are still nursing wounds.
The dragon was a Wyvern, an especially nasty species. Although it was difficult for the beast to tear buildings apart without arms, its still caused enough damage by burning through houses and guard towers.
Many knights have gathered at West Winthrop as to assemble a hunting party to bring the dragon to justice. Sir Gretchen is in charge of the group as he was in combat against the dragon at the time of the attack. The raid plans to set out as soon as they have assembled the best knights. The Pope Adrian has come to bless the best of knights that are preparing to set out to fight the dragon.
“I am glad we are going to be blessed,” Sir Ronan of Umbar says, “it makes us feel like God has chosen us to carry out his deeds,” Several squires and pages have been hired due to a big loss of them. During the time of the attack, many were in the barracks which was completely burned to the ground. None of those in the buildings survived.
Although through all this chaos, the general location of the dragon has been found to be in the mountain of Sallasholm. All roads through and around have been blocked off. This has caused a small decrease in trade, but East Winthrop is not a pronoun trading city as it is military outpost.
Several hundred citizens have been moving around nearby villages searching for a new start in life. Several organizations have been made to provide setups for new villages in several flat areas. These places are currently under construction as to set up foundations.
King Charlemagne is not concerned with the issue, as “these attacks are very common. its really nothing unexpected, and there isn’t much we can do about them.” King Charlemagne hasn’t made any regulations for dragon defense as aerial systems have yet to develop.
Charles Martel Defends Europe Europe Attacked by Outsiders; Martel "Hero
Sir Edward of Narnia Lancaster, England- Earlier this month the Great Defender of Europe, Charles Martel led a group of men to the southern part of europe to defend all of christianity from muslims.
The heroism of Martel over the last few years has defended many a fiefdom from Jews and Muslims alike. Earlier in the campaign to spread christianity and defend europe from other religions, Martel was almost killed by a Jewish Extremist. But he has continued on his journey of saving Europe.
The success of Mr. Martel is nothing new. He has been spreading christianity, protecting the pope, and defeating Muslims and Jews on the battlefield for years now. When asked to comment Mr. Martel said, “I am just doing my job. It’s not everyday you get to defend Christianity. but when it is my job to do so I love it.” A message to all you Christians out there he later said, “I have your back through rain or shine. God help me.”
On the other side one “distinguished” Muslim leader stated quote “ Charles Martel has to die. He has always fought against us for our holy city. And then always lost.” Martel disagrees, “The information stated by this man is obviously false.” said Martel, “How can he say that when Christianity has prevailed all across Europe?” A Jewish spokesperson also agreed with the Muslim leader while also stating that Jerusalem is “our city.”
Whatever the viewpoint on this story, it is obviously a big story. Send us in your opinion on this whole thing on our website or call us at 1-555-mid-evil. A select few of you viewpoints will be published in our next paper or answered by Mister Martel himself, or on our next podcast.
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