Builders sued after failing to provide single complete building

After years of letters, threats, and one brief case of military action, the Grand Conclave of Excelsis is taking the Ghurish Builder’s Guild to court after their continued failure to build anything except for half-finished ruins.

The decision reflects the mood of the denizens of Ghur, who for a long time have had to squat in half-completed buildings or crumbling edifices. One mother of three two advised our reporter that the utter lack of roofs had allowed one of her children to be carried off by an enterprising draconith. “We’re good, Sigmar-fearing folk,” claimed the woman. “Why aren’t we allowed floors?”

The Builder’s Guild is unrepentant, and has confirmed their intention to continue building half-structures into the far future. An inside source indicates that the core reason for the decision is an aesthetic choice by their guildmaster, who believes that fully complete buildings don’t properly reflect life in the war-torn Realms. We submitted several questions to the Guild, including whether they felt that a lack of livable homes was driving the population to Chaos worship. They have so far yet to comment.

Sylvaneth seek military edge, deploy dragon

After being on the backfoot for the past few years, the Sylvaneth wargroves have grown sick and tired of being the underdogs. To this end, and while enviously eying the armies of the Stormcast Eternals, the forest spirits have reached back into their ancestral memories and summoned a dragon of their own.

“We are conscious that many enemies, and friends, will be cowering in fear at the sight of the mighty Forest Dragon,” stated Alarielle at a press conference announcing the move. “Please be assured that this is the intended effect.”

The most ancient and wizened of souls are thrilled at the return of the fearsome beast, excitedly sharing faint memories of the World-That-Was with all those that will listen. To hear them speak is to hear of a time when dragons had real character, and armies took to the field in serried ranks with banners fluttering in the wind. A wonderous time, long since past.

To others however, the dragon looks like a green worm with wings. In hushed tones they wonder how the dragon’s abnormally large head was held aloft by its spindly neck, and postulate how its narrow torso could hold more than a single organ. 

Nevertheless, the nay-sayers have had little impact and the wargroves continue to lobby the Everqueen for permission to borrow the dragon. Reportedly this is more due to the fun Tree-Revenants are having soaring over the treetops than any military advantage they might be receiving, but the Sylvaneth are taking all the wins they can get.

Local aelf unclear as to moral alignment

The day has been a tough one for Idoneth aelf Luthan Clearwater as she ponders her place in the Mortal Realms, and whether she might be one of the baddies.

On the one hand, proposes the aelf, her people definitely fight against the forces of Chaos, Death and Destruction. They live in an ordered society, engage in good-faith diplomacy with other political factions, and keep the use of spikes in their decor to a minimum. In their ideal world, there would be peace and at least some level of freedom.

On the other hand, they do literally steal souls from innocent villagers. Luthan believes that this ultimately serves a greater good, since aelves use the souls better than any human could, but is starting to think that others might not see it that way. The practice of carving runes of domination and control into the flesh of sea creatures initially had her worried, but surely that isn’t any different to how other civilisations treat their own livestock.

On reflection, Luthan did come to the conclusion that the Idoneth Deepkin are a force of good in the Realms and set her mind at ease. This was particularly good news for her Namarti slaves, who were concerned at being beaten again if she got into a bad mood.