THE FIRNOST HERALD

Thursday, June 22, 2000 Vol. 1 No. 2

An investigation is underway regarding the alleged murder of a citizen of Firnost. The victim, a Redcap known as Stumpy, was allegedly poisoned while inside the walls of the Freehold itself.

There has been no official comment from Parliament as yet, but the victim's mate, Rina Kismet-Castle, maintains that Stumpy was murdered because he didn't support the newly elected Redcap Representative, Grendel. Neither Grendel nor Rina were available for comment at this time.

This is not the first time that Grendel has been implicated in criminal activity in the Freehold. As many recall, the Redcap Representative has been disciplined regarding cases of harassment and sexual assault during the past few months.

Several citizens have called for him to remove himself from the investigation due to his implication in the crime, but as yet there has been no official comment regarding this issue.

The Herald will be following this story as it progresses.

It's been less than a week since the Parliamentary elections, and as new issues crop up and old issues continue to press, the new Representatives have their work cut out for them. A few of the Representatives had time to speak of their plans for the upcoming term.

"It feels good knowing my Kith has this much Faith in me." Says Ralph Forgerock, the newly elected Troll Representative when he found out that he'd won. He doesn't plan to make too many waves during his time on Parliament, and only wishes, "see the 'Hold safely though this term."

He expressed a wish to address the issue of the "blanket banishment" policy, and hopes to see it change to see that the punishment fits the crime. Other than that, he hopes, "to be the voice of sanity that [his] predecessor was."

Forgerock does not foresee any conflicts between himself and the other Representatives, and hopes that the conflicts, should they arise, will be few.

Lady Ellowyn Morlyn ap Eiluned, the new Sidhe Representative, said that she was "shocked" to be elected, but hopes to pull her Kith together and get them to work for their issues. She expressed that it would be difficult to keep her own opinions on the pressing business from overshadowing her Kith, but said, "I am allowed to argue with them until I am blue in the face, but when the chips come down it's the majority opinion that I [will abide]."

The prominent issue that concerns her is the weapons peacetie/ban on the citizens of Firnost. "I'd like to see a stricter no weapons policy enforced," said Morlyn but also said that she would defer to the decisions of her Kith regarding this issue and others.

At the time of the interviews, the other Representatives were not available for comment.

Citzens of Firnost, I come to you with a warning. For a very long time, we have put an oppressive yoke on other members of the Dreaming. One of these races of the Gallain has contacted me, due to my stunning charm, striking good looks, and contacts among their kind (not to mention Canadian [read: superior] heritage). I've been made privy to a certain bit of information.

This group has had a long time in the shadows, and even the most vocal members of this group are only seen as a minor annoyance and ignored. The time to ignore them has passed. If their lust for power is not sated, at least a little, then these fine folk will rise against us in a massacre bloodier than the entirty of the Accordance War.

I am speaking, of course, of our friends, the voile.

The voile are a group, no, a people who deserve representation on Firnost's Parliament. They have the same rights as any other citizen of the Dreaming, and I believe that we know the voile sometimes better than we know ourselves. While it is true that their ways may be different, and while it may also be true that they are "but clothes" I ask you all (with the exception of the satyrs) one question: would you be willing to stride around naked as a jaybird for the rest of your life?

I didn't think so.

By now, I suppose that you're all wondering what's to be done by us, the people of Firnost. I'll tell you. When the rising of the voile occurs, we will show ourselves to be voile-friendly by appointing a voile rep, to be elected by all of the voile of Firnost.

So I say unto you, gentle reader, pressure the reps to create a seat for the voile. It may be our only chance in the months to come.

A Warning

By High Lord Aridromius of House Extinct