Tiryns Times North, Sunday Edition, Junet 17, 1581

Violence Increases in the Waste

FREELANDS, Junet 10 - More violence today in the Waste, with much of it occurring in Bayview.

Members of the Watch say skirmishes between Watchguard forces and Orgoshi raiders left three soldiers and 15 goblins dead. The Watchmen also say midnight raids killed at least six villagers in their homes on the outskirts of Bayview.

In other violence, an Eastern diplomat was killed in mysterious circumstances in the town of Eastguard, and a roadside ambush killed two people and wounded two others just north of Wildsgate.

In another incident, Orgoshi stormed the house of a local official in a town about 60 miles north of Wildsgate, forcing family members outside and burning down the house.

Lord Ashden accuses Barony of Wildsgate of providing arms to Easterners

John Ashden, mayor of Ashden's Point, says the Barony of Wildsgate is helping smuggle weapons to the Eastern traders in and around the Wilds, according to local report.

Officials said yesterday that soldiers in the Wilds have recovered at least two sophisticated siege weapons, known as gastrapheltes (or, belly-bows), that are similar to devices that are being used in the Waste and are thought to come from the Orgoshi citadel.

“Obviously we are very interested in finding more about where it came from just so we can prevent more of them in the future,” a Tower spokeswoman tells us.

Human Smuggling, Once Again a Problem

ADACIA, Junet 11 — Three members of the Watch Guard helping patrol the Churchlands border have been charged with human smuggling after Kings Watch agents found one of them in uniform driving a wagon crammed with 16 illegal immigrants from the northern waste lands.

The guardsmen, including two sergeants, were assigned to assisting the Border Patrol and had run multiple smuggling trips at fees of 15 Marks to 25 Marks per passenger, according to the complaint filed in Tiryns by the Kings Watch.

The complaint cited scratched words hidden in tree-stumps such as “16 will be tough to fit but I will try.”