Rumors of Winter, 1719

  • Anna Tarhanmagd is a specialist at, shall we say, unusual surgeries – you just need to ask in the right way.
  • Julien Emile de’Belafleur is a dog of Winter.
  • Pleasant Everhart is actually the younger twin.
  • Pitball Merchandise for sale! Support your team!
  • Put two acorns in your left shoe on the evening of 1st remembrance with a note about someone you’ve lost. Then put it outside. Old tradition you know. What could happen?
  • Do not forget that hedgehogs form the base of all of our islands.
  • Damienne is lying about having the plague for clout.
  • Anton Gustav was a serial murderer and Augustus has been trying to cover it up.
  • There is a 1 in 3 chance that your Prudence has worms.
  • Lord Kleis is dropping a fortune on custom jobs at the printing press and his fingers have been stained with ink all month.
  • Members of the Glorious Choir of the Swirling Mists were responsible for the aetherstorm at Souls.
  • Adelaide Ornelle is actively courting Kleis von Silberholz.
  • Do not leave your personal possessions unattended, as they are likely to become cursed.
  • Lenadora Montgomery is poisoning himself in an attempt to unseat Clarity Soames as the head Socialite.
  • Iusepp Eos is haunted by copious amounts of gambling debt.
  • Vaast is actually Paulo; Paulo is actually Vaast - they were switched at birth.
  • There’s at least one swarm of bees looking for a warm place to stay the winter.
  • An Alize should really take over for Jan after he leaves town. They’re reliable and contribute to the betterment of the town in countless ways.
  • Monty wants to be the next fish boy and will pay top dollar for anyone who can assist.
  • The confections from the HMS Butterscotch were formulated for mind-control.
  • I speak for the trees.
  • Professor Killgannon works for the Queen directly.
  • The new naval commander is not prepared.
  • Remember to prepare your tears for the festival. Tears are best served frozen with a rose petal on top.
  • Rumour has it that the aetherwhale on the outskirts of town just needs to be fed more aether, and it will turn back into a human.
  • Tashif is looking to romance a pirate.
  • It seems awfully convenient that several notable townsfolk aren’t around during the queen’s visit, doesn’t it?
  • Prudence is starting to get upset her preobituaries are failing.
  • Taking tea with the socialites is an excellent way to expand your culinary horizons.
  • Are you excited about the match between the Foxes and the Krakens? If you are not, you should be!
  • Steadfast is actually the Queen’s disgraced cousin Kenneth. Will his disguise will hold up before the Queen and her retinue?
  • Seren killed Conrad to add him to her collection of dead lovers.
  • Is it just you, or does all the plant life on the island seem a little more dangerous lately?
  • Several miners around town seem pretty jumpy lately. They keep ordering strong drinks at the tavern.
  • Auntie is on a quest to make a Unicorn’s Blood elixir. Probably just a clever name and not the actual ingredients.
  • Isaac Everhart has cholera, but is hiding it well.
  • Francis Amira is a dastardly but dashing rake.
  • Interested in Pitball? Consider playing for the new team, the Krakens!
  • There are eyes in the forest, WATCHING.
  • Queen Katherine is perfect and her hair smells like starlight.
  • The waters of Port Katherine have risen since the death of Julien Jr.
  • The stars are bits of the original continent that got stuck after it shattered
  • Remembrance will be the last time Jan runs the auction — in the Spring he will be replaced by a member of the Outer Rim Trading Company.
  • I hear Annaliese is acquiring a new outfit to re-catch Julien’s eye - is this to make him jealous, or to win him back?
  • If you enjoy stream fishing, I hear someone in Greb has a lot of worms, so you might get a good deal on some bait.
  • Julien is only associating with the changelings to gain power over them.
  • The faster the science goes, the faster the Ring turns.
  • They are coming.
  • Not sure if you’re fashionable enough? The Alizé are selling cockades and ribbon that are rather in style this season!
  • How will the introduction of regulation meat change meat game?
  • Lucinda Everhart is on a quest to find Ms Lucinda Everhardt, esq. and kill her.
  • Between the efforts of the Navy and the Queen’s retinue, she is very safe here on her visit.
  • There were originally more changelings, but Seven ate Nine.
  • Don’t forget to tuck in your shirt! I hear there’s some fascinating creepy crawlies about this festival.
  • ZED is the reason Bergen isn’t in Port Katherine any longer.
  • I hear Stev plans to Bee-Bomb tea, just to prove a point.
  • Guillermo is Port Katherine’s most elusive bachelor.
  • The Silence found the Echeveria Plant this past fall and it has grown into something interesting.
  • Sibella is ready to “pursue romantic challenges”, whatever that entails.
  • The Aether calls to us all. Embrace it and join the Glorious Choir today.
  • The new Commander will bring Port Katherine to order.
  • Something is living in the dirt. We dig mines to contain it.
  • The way to Francis’ heart is through her stomach.
  • James Corvid is a bad influence to newcomers to Port Katherine.
  • There is going to come a point this festival where someone has is going to have to make a choice, and that choice will have far-reaching consequences.
  • I am confident that as a colony, we will show the Queen only the best we have to offer.
  • Nathrach Quigley has been spending too much time with Kleis and will end up with a very aloof husband if he isn’t careful.
  • Jules Alabaster is skimming funds from the Navy to replace stolen money from the bank.
  • Stev is an awful monster hellbent on being not nice.
  • Monty is looking to partner with someone to brew arcanum tea.
  • That wasn’t Conrad, that body was much too tall.
  • The lights in the hospital were unaffected by the aether storm, something weird is happening there.
  • The aether whale will circle the island until Demyan jumps in to be reunited.
  • Did you hear the Vaast is planning to outlaw juggling?
  • Ophelia may be up to more than she appears, in light of her absence.
  • The queen’s ship will bring an interesting stowaway to Port Katherine.
  • Isaac Everhart left a jilted lover in Tojima and she’s coming to the island for revenge.
  • Clarity actually hates tea. She only drinks it to fit in.
  • I heard Damienne was the Empress of Monsters, Tamer of the Wilds, and Beast Talker
  • The Queen will crown Port Katherine’s Favorite Father.
  • The stars are giant fireflies that got stuck in the firmament
  • Haven Amira is planning on infiltrating a group of mages to report back to the Knights Belligerent.
  • When twins are born, one is inherently a servant of the Fae and must be killed; pick the right one
  • Lucinda Everhart faked her own death and is on the run in Chepstone.
  • Mr. Steinmann came to Port Katherine to woo damsels and serve cups of tea, and we are fresh out of- Oh, wait, no, here’s a whole box of tea. We have plenty of tea. Where did Steinmann get to?
  • Annaliese is the person to ask about the identity of mages.
  • Commander Mendoza acts tough but he has a soft spot for aethertouched critters, especially birds.
  • ZED won Most Handsome Spiritualist from the rest of his peers last festival. There may be some who rather agree among them, even without having to eat a “banonion".
  • Someone’s about to make bad life decisions.
  • Kleis is a softy under all that noble-speak.
  • Jules seems to be a… secret romantic. More likely, he’s just seeking wealth.
  • The two ravens serve the same master.
  • Port Katherine has an EGGcellent track record when it comes to hatching mysterious eggs.
  • Obviously the stars are the distant havens to which the true fae fled after their terrestrial meeting-place was broken. The light we see is the glint from their arcane spyglasses as they watch us
  • Isaac Everhart never wanted to be a lawyer. He was coerced into it by a shifty acquaintance.
  • The navy has been asking after a missing extrusion mold. So careless of them to have lost track of it! Thankfully Steadfast Willoughby is on the case.
  • The hospital has been reserved for part of the afternoon of 2nd Remembrance by one of the Marinus twins to conduct a “surgical seminar”. Residents of Port Katherine satisfied with their current limbs, be advised!
  • Annaliese found out that someone is dating a changeling and has taken it as a challenge, because of course she has.
  • Paulo is Vaast’s brother from a secret family
  • Vaast Verenberg caught one of the servants spreading rumors about his secret Tiyagan and Tojiman families and threatened to marry Monty if it happened again.
  • The country is seeing a rise in the popularity of Ornelle brand tea, especially among eminent socialites and spiritualist.
  • Sibella has been waiting for her partner in crime before striking…
  • Ravil is next
  • Last festival’s aether storm has radically changed a colony of shorebirds a short way up the coast.
  • The woods go uphill, both ways.
  • Vaast needs a nap and a juice.
  • Nothing strange or of a Fae nature has ever happened in Port Katherine and the Defense Corps will be happy to speak with you if you believe otherwise.
  • People from all four islands are competing over who has the best regional delicacies. A competition might be brewing.
  • Annaleise doesn’t want to be the only person on island dating a pirate anymore and is looking to play matchmaker.
  • The Van Gerresheim family lets petty grievances overwhelm their business sense
  • Port Katherine is the last stop on the Queen’s progress due to our vital importance to the economy of Kithera.
  • I hear townsfolk are collecting sapphires for nefarious purposes.
  • Avy is getting in the way of dangerous people, and should keep their nose out of other’s business.
  • The eyepatch is fake.
  • If you ask the Seamstress for a kiss, she’ll give you a prize.
  • Prudence is terrified of death and will avoid danger at any cost.
  • Dame Vaast is the very ideal of a gentleman; clever, accomplished, kind, and good at pitball.
  • Arden Kavanaugh is a filthy mage.
  • People are showing the changelings favor in varying amounts and it’s throwing off the balance of the seasons.
  • Avy is the center of a great many concerns.
  • With Julien’s break-up with Annaliese, has Annaliese started pursuing Isaac?
  • The queen’s address will also include an important official announcement.
  • The Port Katherine Krakens will be met with ill fate followed by an unexpected offer.
  • Grandfather has a beautiful singing voice, but only if you have water in your ears.
  • Aether whale’s blubber is highly ignitable.
  • Misha has magic himself, and that’s why he is trying so hard to point the finger elsewhere.
  • Constable Kleis has an authoritative regime in mind once he seizes power.
  • Losing your voice can be a sign of a bad surgery, sure. But there are darker causes as well…
  • Obviously the magic show was fake, carnivals never do anything illegal.
  • Need a lawyer? There’s only two so snatch them up quick before there is a conflict of interest!
  • Guillermo Otst is a well-regarded member of the Round Aether Society
  • There is a Guillermo OTST in all of us.
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“Pleasant Everhart is actually the younger twin.”

I have never been more offended in my life.

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