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DEMOCRATS WIN IN A SURPRISE VICTORY IN ESTMARK’S LANDSREDE
The Reckoning
14/3/2025, ESTBURY-- On Friday, Estbury held its elections to elect the local council, the Landsrede. The election was one of the most competitive elections in the history of the Hallowed Republic. Though expected to be competitive, most experts and analysts pointed to a narrow victory for the Torchbearer’s Society, the Hallowed Democrats overperformed expectations and won the night with 46.2% of the vote, securing a narrow majority in Estmark’s Landsrede. The Torchbearer’s Society fell behind at 42.9% of the vote respectively. A new Earl is expected to be elected by the Landrede once they take office in two weeks.
The election in Estmark was marked with tension, as Non-Ostrider’s became more aggressive with their rhetoric. Their loudest demand, ending the religious restrictions placed on non-members of the Hallowed Society. Though most of the restrictions were largely relaxed since the 90’s, most non-Ostriders believe that their presence on the lawbooks is a contradiction of their civil liberties. However many Ostriders insist that these restrictions, although now largely symbolic, protect the character of the Hallowed Republic and the integrity of Hallowdom.
The Torchbearer’s Society however dismissed their demands as counter to the country’s values. “We have to remember that Fayrrendel is holy land.” said Albert Haroldsson, the leader of the Torchbearer’s Society in Estmark.”We arent just another country in Europe, this country has to be governed by our traditional laws that were revealed to us by our Prophet because this land was a gift.” he continued.
The Hallowed Democrats have promised to improve the lives of the rural villages in Estmark and petition the government in Michleah for more funding for Estmark.
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PROTESTS GROW IN ESTMARK AS THEY MOVE INTO THEIR THIRD DAY
The Reckoning
4/6/2025, ESTBURY-- Initially considered to be a single day protest of locals expressing their disapproval of the Michleah's current ongoing investigation into election malpractice in the late Estbury election in March, the protests started on Monday evening continues to grow as we head into Day 3 of the protest. This evening, on Highfield Platch, protesters took to protesting right outside the capital building of the Estbury government still housing the current government. Though the situation remains stable according to reporters on the ground, police have been dispatched by the government to ensure the protests remain orderly and does not interfere with regular business.
The protests highlight a flashpoint of tensions between the government in Fayrrendel and Estmark's recent fraught relationship over their dissatisfaction with the current government, believing that the government is not doing enough to help the locals. This underlying friction couple with the current investigation has made Estbury a politically sense place in recent week, with the city sharply divided between loyalists to Fayrrendel and her government, and a rising separatist movement intent on overthrowing the regional government and establishing their own state. This divide has increasingly followed along ethnic lines. This comes despite recent investments in the region in the mining industry following the government's Nationalization Law. The protests seem to unlikely to die down until the end of the week and we will be updating this story as it develops.
