The Noble Gazette
The Noble Gazette is a Telamonese-Davostani-Kivonian Newspaper, Dedicated to Spreading the Truth of What is Happening in the Three Nations.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________January 4785TRAGEDY!! Fall of the Government, the Nation in Chaos, Elítusveit Seize Area in Norðurland
In a massive strike, multiple influential members of government killed, allegedly by STASÄ, while the Elítusveit claim Falinnvík and surrounding area.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Grænhöfn: In a series of horrific events, the government has fallen. We lay them out to you now, in order of their importance:
First, Her Majesty, Raisa of the Dynasty Ashé-Rivières, High Queen of Telamon, Bindeborg, and Davogard, and of the Doyingars, Davostanis, and Kivonians, Savior of Makon is dead. She was shot down in her JAS 39 Gripen yesterday after a bomb failed to kill her as she entered her plane. She took off, and in turning back to survey the damages, was shot at by small arms fire from the ground, piercing her cockpit as she flew inverted to see. She managed to steer the plane into the perpetrators, killing all but one, who was immediately shot by Prime Minister Anden Nytens-Valyrensson, who was evacuated and led to safety in Norðurland, allegedly in the secret city of Falinnvík. Her Majesty was pronounced dead at the scene, her final confirmed kill count through the war and now being 15 aircraft kills and 37 (confirmed) ground kills, including the four on the day of her death. She was posthumously promoted to Háloftgæslumaður (High Air Commodore), the highest Air Force rank in the nation. She was 41 years old.
Secondly, Her Grace the Princess-Elector and Representative and Chair of the Deliberative Assembly, Bridgét Lóngsdóttir, was killed in her hometown of Friðsælirakrar, where she was visiting her private estate. She was ambushed by 15 armed men, who appeared in STASÄ uniforms and armor, who fired on her. Her friends and herself were armed, and her companions managed to eliminate 7 of them before dying tragically themselves. Ms. Lóngsdóttir, trained with the Elítusveit, finished off the last 8 of them herself before succumbing to her wounds in the field Friðsælirakrar is named for. She was 37 years old.
Thirdly, the home of former Prime Minister Líly Mosadóttir and her son Jakob Lílysson was bombed shortly after. Both were killed in the attack, which started a fire in their neighborhood that was put out less than an hour later. The perpetrators were not found. Mrs. Mosadóttir was 74 years old and Mr. Lílysson was 38.
Fourthly, the Government Palace in Grænhöfn was bombed as well, during an emergency session of the Council of Ministers, where the President of the Althing, Kolbeinn Svanmundsson, was the presiding member. All 14 people in the chamber were killed. Following this, dozens of attacks, successful and not, were carried out on influential members of government, from the Palatínur of the Héruð to members of the Althing.
Finally, the Elítusveit have seized an area in Nurðurland, allegedly around the hidden city of Falinnvík. They claim to be keeping the area secure, and have recalled all important Elítusveit personnel and any government officials that wish to join them into the city. Before they claimed the territory, they seized a large amount of supplies from nearby Army and Air Force bases, including armoured vehicles, helicopters, and weapons.
Currently, former members of the STASÄ, the secret security service of the former Kivonian regime. How they committed this horrifying attack, no one knows, but the Army and Police Forces have been relentless in their search for anyone connected to the organization. Hundreds of arrests have been made, and hundreds more might come in the future. The Telamonic province of Bindeborg, formerly of Davostan, has been locked down and the security service is searching for any Kivonian regime sympathizers. Experts currently believe that in the wake of the war, a false sense of security was held, as well as the focus of government security on the secret base in Falinnvík and not on personnel.
Former High Queen Annalise I was on vacation to her family in Lourenne when the attacks occurred, Anaïs and her daughter Élaine Rongstad-Priorssen-Ashé-Rivières. She then refused to go back, announcing that her family was forsaking Makon for good, in favour of a future in Lourenne or Kanjor. High Queen Raisa's sister, Grand Princess Mellony of Istalia, was with her husband Nicola. She echoed her mother's sentiments of never returning, forsaking Telamon and Davostan as well. With Raisa's death and Mellony's marriage, the main line of Ashé-Rivières is extinct. There are subbranches, such as Rongstad-Priorssen-Ashé-Rivières of Kazulia, Kanjor, and Canrille, and splits from the main line, still Ashé-Rivières, but the primary line that had ruled nations in out. A sad day for Telamon, a sad day for Davostan, Kanjor, Canrille, and all of Terra.