BigChris Sent Three Waves Against Inselnova Shoal. Two Were Destroyed. He Took It Anyway.
Filed from AnchorDeck Ridge, fourth day of April. The settlement is not in good condition. The walls have been razed twice in five days. The main house is standing, which is the most that can be said for it.
INSELNOVA SHOAL
Governor BigChris has taken Inselnova Shoal. Again. The last dispatch recorded him razing Darren’s holdings at this same island and at AnchorDeck Ridge. Darren rebuilt. BigChris returned.
Eleven engagements this window. Three colonisation waves struck Inselnova Shoal in under an hour. The first, from SoggyTrident Gate, won the field but could not bring the main house below its second storey. The second, from RoguePistol Haven, was destroyed entirely. Three hundred and ninety troops. No survivors. The third, from RustyBiscuit Shoal, met the same fate. Two hundred and eighty-nine men. None returned.
BigChris sent a fourth wave. This one worked. The settlement was razed and colonised before midday. AnchorDeck Ridge had already fallen that morning. Total casualties across both islands: one thousand and seventy-four.
Darren, for his part, did not wait. By afternoon he had raided the newly claimed AnchorDeck Ridge, breached its garrison, and seized resources. He has not commented on the broader strategic position.
GOBLINBROADSIDE BAY
Governor Windy Walrus, who now holds twenty-four islands and fields nearly ten thousand men, turned his attention to GoblinBroadside Bay this week. Eight raids in roughly ninety minutes, each launched from RogueRig Fort. Governor Gipe’s garrison held twelve defensive actions across the full window but was not present for these. The stores at GoblinBroadside Bay were emptied methodically. Gipe has not been seen at the harbor in some time.
Windy Walrus then raided Billy No-Crew’s holdings at BongoShrimp Ridge and TempestRumble Point, colonised both, and added them to his ledger. Billy No-Crew, who conquered his first territory only last week, now holds one island. He held three briefly.
“A diplomatic pouch arrived at DriftGoblet Atoll addressed to the governor of Stonevale. I do not govern Stonevale. I wrote a formal apology anyway. I am not sure what I was apologizing for.” — Governor Yin, DriftGoblet Atoll
CORSAIRPICKLE SHORE
Governor Pineapple Express resolved twenty affairs at CorsairPickle Shore this week. Among them: a heresy at the eastern pass involving two goats, each offering contradictory counsel. The governor formalized both goats and assigned them a shared consultation area. The quartermaster has requested that I note this is now three goats in the public record across two islands. I have noted it.
A fox was also caught using tactical routes through the ration stores. Marshal Voss filed the capture as a training exercise.
OTHER BUSINESS
Governor JayD33203 conquered his first island and immediately raided BobTheabuilder’s holdings at DriftMarlin Bay. BobTheabuilder, who has quietly expanded to six islands without launching a single offensive engagement, successfully defended the one time it mattered. The alliance First has grown to six members. Hannah holds five. Fairytale remains at two, which is an improvement over one.
A fish prophet at ShantyHook Shoal directed BigChris’s fleet to mackerel grounds. The fleet returned with empty nets. The prophet has not been dismissed.
Filed from the Harbor Board, Founders World.