Sitian Evening Post
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space1830The anniversary of the coup in Lidavia always brings refugees lighting candles in churches, quiet memorial services, and, sad to say, violence. With three regime changes as uncles, radicals, and the army fight for power, it seems highly unlikely that peace is possible in the near future.
It's hard to imagine that thirty years ago, Lidavia was almost purely a rural farming community overshadowed by Victoria. The royal family photos show the king, shorter than most of his countrymen, his wife in quaint native dress, and the palace as a small building next to the commons which was still waiting for the marble dressing to decorate the outside.
When the yavanite mines were discovered, they suddenly soared into the limelight. No longer a place for the idle rich of Victoria to hunt or visit on holiday, they suddenly had companies begging to help mine the yavanite under the rocks that used to only have goats and silence.
You could argue the coup was inevitable, but the brutality of the first few days had Victoria's community offering the refugees a safe home with open arms.
The twelfth true heir of Lidavia, Catullus Cel Tinar, survived, but he has refused to return to the infighting in his homeland. Right now, our hopes turn to Penelope Cel Tinar. Originally ignored by the bloodthirsty rebels due to her mother's morganatic marriage, she now has returned to argue that the country needs stability and to not merely be a bloodbath over the mines. She's supported by Victoria's military.
Let us all pray for a better future for that little rocky nation. In today's issue, we have a pro-Victorian, and pro-radical columnist to discuss the hopes and fears if Penelope Cel Tinar takes the throne.
It's hard to imagine that thirty years ago, Lidavia was almost purely a rural farming community overshadowed by Victoria. The royal family photos show the king, shorter than most of his countrymen, his wife in quaint native dress, and the palace as a small building next to the commons which was still waiting for the marble dressing to decorate the outside.
When the yavanite mines were discovered, they suddenly soared into the limelight. No longer a place for the idle rich of Victoria to hunt or visit on holiday, they suddenly had companies begging to help mine the yavanite under the rocks that used to only have goats and silence.
You could argue the coup was inevitable, but the brutality of the first few days had Victoria's community offering the refugees a safe home with open arms.
The twelfth true heir of Lidavia, Catullus Cel Tinar, survived, but he has refused to return to the infighting in his homeland. Right now, our hopes turn to Penelope Cel Tinar. Originally ignored by the bloodthirsty rebels due to her mother's morganatic marriage, she now has returned to argue that the country needs stability and to not merely be a bloodbath over the mines. She's supported by Victoria's military.
Let us all pray for a better future for that little rocky nation. In today's issue, we have a pro-Victorian, and pro-radical columnist to discuss the hopes and fears if Penelope Cel Tinar takes the throne.
