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We are The Resistance - Bene Gesserit News
« on: February 21, 2018, 11:10:12 PM »




FIRST REVERENED MOTHER IN 30 YEARS
KGB ASSASSINATE HEADS OF LIFEBOATS

In a day of great celebration and mourning the future of the Bene Gesserit faith has been determined. Following the sudden death from illness of Mother Hannah McKey, the leader of the Chapterhouse Lifeboat in Ui Cenneslaig, the leadership of that community was passed to recent Mother graduate Erin MacGregor. The 19 year old graduated only last year and was a surprise choice to succeed McKey, however witnesses to the Ascenscion Ceremony say she was able to word for word recite the final words of McKey despite being out of the room when the 68 year old died. One eye witness said, "It was a miracle, Mother Erin stood up on stage and immediately repeated the last words of Mother McKey, the faces of those who witnessed McKey's death where shocked. I've never seen a miracle like it, God/Gods clearly have a mission for her." As has happened for several decades the three heads of the other Lifeboats came to greet the new Mother and discuss the future of the Sisterhood. It was later announced that day that they had been so impressed with the accomplishment of MacGregor being able to recite McKey's final words that they named her Reverened Mother, making her effectively the leader of the Bene Gesserit faith globally. It is the first time the heads of the Lifeboats have selected a Reverened Mother in 30 years. Word of her appointment spread quickly through the Bene Gesserit diaspora and celebrations began in many parts.

One celebration took part in the beseiged city of Seitch where Truthsayer Commander Joanna McNeill said, "Today is a glorious day, Mother McKey was a leading light in our movement, keeping our people together and guiding our youth. If she was able to pass fully her knowledge on to MacGregor she will have my loyalty and that of the Sisterhood."

The celebrations where short lived however as it appeared that members of the Kaitaine Guards Beureau ambushed the three heads of Lifeboat as they made their way back to a private airfield to begin their journeys home. Their car was discovered on fire in a Ui Cenneslaig forest road, the three Heads of Lifeboat where found inside their bodies riddled with bullets. The first act of the new Reverened Mother was to condem the attacks, "We are targeted, that targetting has gone on in secret for decades, now we are out in the open and now the KGB must go further into the shadows as we shine a light publically upon their actions."

The Ui Cenneslaig government have yet to comment on the situation.

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Re: We are The Resistance - Bene Gesserit News
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2018, 11:01:55 PM »




REVERNED MOTHER ANNOUNCES PLAN TO BUILD NEW BENE GESSERIT UNIVERSITY

The Reverned Mother of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood has today announced that the religious order has purchased the former Pettigrew Textile Mill site in Claith in order to convert it into a University. Announcing the decision from Chapterhouse in Claith the 19 year old leader of the Bene Gesserit faith confirmed that the location will primarily serve members of the Missionara Protectiva but will allow any student interested in studying Humanities based subjects to study there. It is hoped that the first students will enroll in the University in 2019 and that by the time the University is fully established it will be home to some 500 pupils.

The Missionara Protectiva is the sisterhoods scholars who research theology, scripture and family histories. They are considered to be some of the most dedicated scholars on Mundus and have until the Sisterhood came out of hiding operated largely undercover. The Missionara are expected to spend the majority of their career working in the various Chapterhouses supporting the Mothers and members of the Holy Houses, many have also become part of the teaching staff at the schools.




HARKONNEN'S TO HOST WORMRIDER FESTIVAL IN MOUNTJOY

The oldest of the Four Holy Houses, the Harkonnen's, are to host the first public celebration of the Wormrider Festival. The annual celebration has been held in secret across Mundus, and in Kaitaine for the last 100 or so years since the faith was outlawed in Communist controlled Kaitaine. The Festival is celebrated to honour the efforts of one of the faiths early leaders, Selim Wormrider, who myths say taught the Sisterhood of the religious properties of the spice Melange.

The Festival was traditionally held in the Harkonnen controlled city of Geidi and featured grand parades through the streets and was also thought to be a prestigious time for weddings and joinings with Honored Matres. The Festival has rotated around the various Chapterhouses over the last few decades however Duke Richard Harkonnen has managed to persuade the government of Mountjoy to allow them to host the festival. It is yet to be confirmed whether the Reverened Mother, or the other Holy Houses will attend.

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Re: We are The Resistance - Bene Gesserit News
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2018, 09:19:05 PM »





Following allegations from East Moreland about a recent "Truthsayer" attack in Northfort and the subsequent response from Rokkenjiman following the death of one of their citizens member of the Ui Cennesliag Royal Council, Duke Niklaus Corrino has spoke about his understanding of the situation.

"I am aware that several nations across Mundus have in the past few months granted our religion recognised status. For this we are extremely gratful, however we've seen first East Moreland, and now Rokkenjima join our persecutors of Kaitaine in calling us terrorists or similar based on a lack of knowledge. Our faith is one that due to the actions of Kaitaine little is known about beyond our own community. To date few nations have taken the oppurtunity to understand our faith, and anyone who did knows that our Truthsayer graduates are not terrorists, they are no different to the Cadet youth groups in Ui Cennesliag or several other nations, just they combine their activities with their religious belief. Many of them choose to help care for and act as security on our religious sites, but as anyone who has visited a Chapeterhouse school knows they are unarmed. It amkes little sense therefore that a group of cadets would attack one of the most terrorist aware nations on Mundus, even if we did have an arguement with them. We shall do all we can to show our accusers that we are not what they claim we are."

Niklaus Corrino is thought to be travelling to Mountjoy in the next few days for the first publically celebrated Wormrider Festival. The Duke has also announced that he will be donating £35million towards constructing the first Chapterhouse University in Claith.

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Re: We are The Resistance - Bene Gesserit News
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2018, 10:44:07 AM »




"COME MEET YOUR TERRORISTS" TRUTHSAYERS INVITE TO DOUBTERS

Following Rokkenjima announcing that they view the Truthsayers as a terrorist group it has fallen to former Truthsayer Anna Fremen to invite them to visit the Chapterhouse School in Mountjoy. Anna Fremen is a former graduate of that school and served 10 years as a Truthsayer before becoming an instructor there, retiring just two years ago. She spoke to our publication saying, "To call our organisation terrorists is ridiculous. For close to 200 years we existed in secret across Mundus as a group and in that time no one was shouting about terror or hunting us, why was this? Simply put because we are not terrorists. Our school's in Mountjoy, Ui Cenneslaig, Achkaerin and Himeyama produce around 300 Truthsayer Graduates a year, that means roughly 50,000 Truthsayers have passed through these institutions. In that time five have been accused, with little if any concrete evidence,  of terrorism, that is 0.01% of our graduates. The Bene Gesserit leadership spoke out condemning the acts. If we add in that there are a further 300 graduetes every year in the Missionara, the Mothers and the Honored Matres that means around 200,000 girls have graduated from our schools since they opened. That means 0.0025% of our Sisterhood are anything remotely like terrorists. The Truthsayers are a part of the Bene Gesserit faith, by labelling them terrorists you are in effect calling all members of a faith terrorist and that smacks of a lack of tolerance and persecution."

Anna Fremen went on to further explain. "The Truthsayers receive an education that conforms with the national curriculum of the nation their Chapterhouse is based in, these schools are inspected by the national governments and comply with all national regulation. We teach the Truthsayers military style skills in the same way that for example the Ui Cenneslaig Army Cadets do, so what Rokkenjima has essentially done today is brand a youth group terrorists. I would urge the Rokkenjiman Imperial Council to come and view the Chapterhouse in Mountjoy."

Anna Fremen, who is also head of the Fremen family, one of four Holy Houses also drew other issues with the Rokkenjiman announcement. "The statements says the Bene Gesserit have shown they know no peaceful or civil role in society. I would ask the Council to tell us how many Bene Gesserit are members of the Achkaerin armed forces? Or perhaps they would care to explain why Niklaus Corrino, a highly respected Cenneg businessman and Bene Gesserit Duke has funded so many charity projects globally, the Fava family, their daughter a member of the faith and a dedicated student at University in Claith her family full of charitable deeds. Then perhaps the Council should ask if the Bene Gesserit faith did little to have a civil role in society why was it us who exposed the Kaitaine sleeper agents to the world?"

It is not understood whether a member of the Imperial Council will take up the offer as to date there has been no Rokkenjiman response.

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Re: We are The Resistance - Bene Gesserit News
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2018, 10:57:37 PM »




TRUTHSAYERS LIFT SIEGE OF SEITCH

Following an intense night of combat the Truthsayers have lifted the six month long siege of the Bene Gesserit's most holy city, Seitch. The city is believed to be built upon the spot where Selim Wormrider, the first person to learn the secrets of the mystical spice Melange left Mundus with Shai Halud. Legend tells the desert nomad was able to communicate with the ancient sandworms who had witnessed mankinds last great disaster. Having been told the spice could allow him the see a path to a safe future he consumed the mixture in too great a quantity, in his final days on his death bed he revealed the mysteries of the faith to his followers, the first Bene Gesserit Mothers. As such the city has always held great importance to the faith, and was the only city in which the spice was harvested. The city was first attacked by the Kaitaine Defence Force (KDF) six months ago under the guise of evacuating the city for health reasons, a total lie. Many Truthsayers remained behind and conducted a guerilla war against the KDF forcing them from the city, however this only lead to a siege beginning to take place.

Yesterday at early evening a strong first strike was carried out by Truthsayers from across Mundus and the KDF driven back. As the sun rose the following morning a new Bene Gesserit Kaitaine flag flew above the city and the liberators of Seitch halted their pursuit of the fleeing KDF. Joanna McNeill, the commander of the Truthsayers in Seitch praised the women under her command. "For six months the world has sat and watched as the KDF have attempted to break our will. Today we have faced an enemy that was three times our number and due to superior skill, determination and a desire for freedom we have emerged victorious. Now we must prepare once more, rest assured the KDF will be back and when they do we shall extract such a price from them that their blood shall water the desert causing it to burst into bloom. Seitch will never again be under the control of McPherson or any of his followers. Seitch is free, Seitch is now the capital of Bene Gesserit Kaitaine."

As the Truthsayers celebrated their victory it was however noticable some men where among their number, McNeill explained, "Our relief force was lead by Nathanial Corrino, the brave brother of one of our Dukes, in fact the Duke of Seitch. It is fitting that a man of great faith such as the Corrino stand with the Truthsayers. To have a Corrino back in the Red Palace is a joy. Other brave members of our faith today took their chance to join with us, when the KDF march their conscripts to war they drag with them people of all backgrounds, including the Bene Gesserit, these men in Seitch today saw the tide they could turn and did so. They helped drive home our victory."

Nathanial Corrino lead the Truthsayers into the Red Palace where a ceremony took place to raise the new flag of Bene Gesserit Kaitaine. Reverned Mother Erin McGregor releasing a statement from Ui Cenneslaig saying, "Nathanial is a Corrino and such deserves to take his place in the Red Palace. Now our faith is home rest assured the Spice will flow as the Truthsayers return the whole of Kaitaine to our people."

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Re: We are The Resistance - Bene Gesserit News
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2018, 11:02:42 AM »



LIFE IN THE FREE THEOCRACY OF KAITAINE

It has been a week[1] since the liberation of Seitch, the most holy city to the Bene Gesserit sisterhood, and the region has been declared the nation of the Free Theocracy of Kaitaine. The name goes back to the pre-Soviet invasion days when the nations official name was the Theocracy of Kaitaine, a nation that was based on the teachings of the Bene Gesserit faith. Since the liberation the population of Seitch, thought to be around 1,500 people has been trying to return to normal despite the ever present shadow of potential attack by Communist forces. The nations new leader, Reverned Mother Erin McGregor is yet to arrive from her exile in Ui Cenneslaig and it has fallen to Joanna McNeill, a member of the resistance group that took back the enclave to take leadership of the people there.

The Free Theocracy faces many problems, a lack of food supplies, access to clean water, health provision, lack of educational facilities and a large gender imbalance, 80% of those in the city are female. These issues are not lost on McNeill. "For any people a return to everyday life is important. I want the residents of Seitch to enjoy life to be able to feel that they are just like anyone else on Mundus. We want children in schools, we want markets open, we want businesses to flourish." The city has already begun repairing damage from the attacks by the Kaitaine Defence Force and have carried out funerals for those who died during the fighting. Those KDF fighters who were killed defending the corrupt regime have been taken around 5km away from the city and bodies left for collection by their corrupt comrades. The funerals of those freedom fighters from Seitch saw the whole town attend as the bodies were placed inside the Alkaline Hydolysis tank one at a time. It was a strange occasion, somber but also festive as the deeds of each Sister who had died in battle were recounted, once the process was finished her bones were removed, the crystknife added and the grieving family and friends helped pound the remains into dust. It took several hours for the dead to be prepared and then the whole town made their way onto the city walls, as the sunset of the desert the powder was released taking their remains to be found by Shai Halud as they wandered the sands. The waters produced by the process where taken to rocks closeby and released, thus helping bring life back to the desert.

The following morning six young girls, aged between 7 and 9 sit in a small living room, a member of the Missionara Protectiva stands with a piece of water plastic that is taped to the wall to form a whiteboard, they are learning maths. Each girl comes up one at a time to work out the sums on the board before her work is wiped out and the next question put up. Downstairs two students in their early teens are being taught Geography, in this case about the ecosystems of the desert home. The elder of the two, a 14 year old called Simon, is doing this best to use charcoal to sketch a diagram of a food web, its smudging badly and the frustration on the boys face is clear. McNeill explains, "We want to give knowledge, its vital for humanity that each person gains in their lifetime as much knowledge as possible. In schools around Mundus fellow Bene Gesserit are getting world class education and people like Simon need to be able to compete if they are to have a future. That's hard to provide with no books, no pens and not even real teachers, we're fortunate the Missionara are so well educated and can pass on their knowledge."

Across town one of the combat medics of the freedom fighters, a young woman in her early 20's, is doing her best to deal with a 72 year old woman complaining of headaches. The make shift doctor has no real equipment beyond that found in her first aid kit and no drugs beside those scrounged from nearby abandoned homes and shops. Groups of armed fighters patrol the streets in pairs, their weapons hanging casually across their backs. Their checking nobody is taking advantage of the situation to loot, or that at least those scavenging are doing so for the good of the community such as 13 year old Helena who has been instructed to go house to house and try and find medical supplies for the makeshift doctors office.

The city is cheerful, songs are sung around evening meals taken from tiny gas stoves, most meals here are eaten cold. One thing however excites everyone and that is the dark red powder obtained from a warehouse at the edge of the city. The spice Melange, vital to the Bene Gesserit rituals and in short supply beyond this city. It's production had been banned under Communism but clearly someone had been stockpiling it in secret, the stash now found by the teenagers tasked with searching for valuable supplies. The residents of this city light up with happiness as it is distributed and for the first time in over 100 years the Bene Gesserit pray openly, and with Melange on the streets of their most Holy City. McNeill stands of the walls that separate the city from the deep desert, she is a desert creature and knows that somewhere out there is another battle that will soon need to be fought to free her home and her people. In the short term she is concerned with education, requesting a grant from the Rokkenjiman government to build a school, but in truth she knows that soon her mission will take her away from books and exams and send her out into the desert taking Shai Halud to the enemy.
 1. RP time that is, waiting on several other RP's before time catches up

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Re: We are The Resistance - Bene Gesserit News
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2018, 09:47:51 PM »




NATION JOINS ITS FIRST INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION


After Reverned Mother Erin MacGregor applied to join the Cultural Exchange Treaty Organisation news was received today that the nation had reached the required two nominations, one from Arda Tuluva and the second from Quintelia and therefore has become a member. The Reverned Mother spoke about the excitement the news has caused among the Missionara Protectiva, "As soon as the Theocracy came into existance the leading scholars of the Missionara highlighted two things we should try and do, and today we have achieved that aim. We needed to join international organisations and we needed to be part of CETO. There is no organisation in the world with so much academic power to turn to the mission of this organisation as the Missionara. The scholars of that group are the worlds elite researchers and now literally every major institute on Mundus is able to take advantage of their knowledge and resources."

The move will now allow the Missionara to access a wide range of nations archives as well as register national sites of interest internationally. Reverned Mother McGregor spoke of two upcoming tasks the Missionara have been set in regards to the CETO. "First we must take part fully and in that regard we plan on having Seicth registered as a site of international importance, next we need to start getting access to texts and artefacts across Mundus that can help us. We have a foot in that door and the knowledge we gain shall help us in our preparation to face mankinds next great threat."

It is expected that Seicth University will be named as the nations CETO institute and that Professor Lena Atreides will be appointed as the nations CETO Scholar.

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Re: We are The Resistance - Bene Gesserit News
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2018, 10:24:59 PM »




CORRINO FOUNDATIONS HUMANITARIAN ACT FREES SLAVES

The Corrino Foundation, a charitable organisation based in Ui Cenneslaig set up by Duke Niklaus Corrino to aid the Bene Gesserit faith and underprivledged people across Mundus, have today announced that they have taken the first steps towards freeing a large number of Tamorian slaves. The Duke himself made the announcement saying, "Today we have concluded a deal that will see 50 Tamoran orphans freed from the bondage of slavery. While nations such as Paracambi and Lodja are rather principled in their stance they have not made the Tamoran government even waiver slightly on their stance on slavery. Therefore it is unlikely a single slave will be freed. We have taken a rather more pragmatic approach and realise that only if we work within the Tamoran system can we make a difference. As such we have identified 50 orphaned girls who have become slaves through no fault of their own. These youngsters aged between 4-10 are likely to end up doing who knows what, some I don't even care to think of, now they will be made citizens of the Free Theocracy of Kaitaine and given scholarships at the Chapterhouse schools. These girls faced a bleak future in bondage of slavery, now they will recieve a world class education and as such have a bright future ahead of them."

It has already been agreed that these girls will have visas granted for Ui Cenneslaig Chapterhouse while it is hoped Bakkermaya, Achkaerin and Cantabria will also permit students to enroll. The girls will arrive in Claith in the next three days and start their studies almost immediately. Reverened Mother Erin MacGregor looked forward to welcoming them, "While we whole heartedly disagree with slavery and some may criticise our movement for paying $500,000 for the 50 girls I believe it is worth every penny. If we believe the propaganda style reports from Tamora sanctions and tarrifs are forcing more into slavery. We have taken a tangible step towards lowering and not increasing the number of slaves. I thank Duke Niklaus for giving our schools the chance to make a massive difference in their lives."


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Re: We are The Resistance - Bene Gesserit News
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2018, 09:19:50 PM »




SISTERHOOD TO WATCH "HEYRAN EXPERIMENT" WITH INTEREST

The youngest Reverned Mother in the Bene Gesserit faiths history, 19 year old Erin McGregor has today spoken at length during an open session of Chapterhouse in Cantabria about the Heyran IVF announcement that plans to artificially create some 5,000 or so babies using surrogates. The leader of the Bene Gesserit faith has said publically, "Many faiths are stuck in the past, they are scared of new technology and of changes to their doctrine. This is what makes our faith unique, we learn and we adapt, if anything we promote a doctrine of change. Most faiths try and fit facts to support their faith, we try and make our faith fit the facts. The central tennant of our faith teaches us to work towards the creation of the Kwizach Hadrach, a supreme being that will save us from a great disaster. We have carefully monitored and planned marriages and child birth based on traits we think are needed to bring about the birth of the Kwizach Hadrach but this breeding programme has always relied on getting the parents together for nature to take its course and of course we get only a handful of children from each match. Now we can have several willing surrogates carrying the children of perfect matches, thus meaning we can make a much larger pool of potential moving forward. That is if this technique has pleasing outcomes, we shall therefore watch the Heyran experiment with great interest."

The Bene Gesserit sisterhood also adopted some 50 Tamoran girls whom were freed from slavery. These girls have now been admitted into the four Chapterhouse schools which train the next generation of Bene Gesserit.





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Re: We are The Resistance - Bene Gesserit News
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2018, 10:50:16 PM »




ARC ROYAL GAELSCOIL TO OPEN IN SEAFORTH

The Bene Gesserit Sisterhood today confirmed that they have purchased an old water mill in Arc-Royal in Seaforth that will be converted to the faiths first male school. The funds were provided by the Corrino and Atreides families and will hopefully open before the end of the year. The old water mill will accomodate around 100 students aged between 5 and 18. The school already has two students on roll, 10 year olds Adam Corrino and George Matres, the sons of Niklaus Corrino, Adam with his wif Agatha and George with Concubine Nicole Dunst. The boys will be living on site and will follow a syllabus that conforms broadly with the Seaforthian syllabus but also conforming to the Bene Gesserit ethos.

The new Headmistress of the school will be Sarah Atreides, the 33 year old Missionara Protectiva graduate and daughter of Duke Owsald Atreides and his wife Lena. She has worked as a Maths teacher in Ui Cenneslaig for the last 12 years. Upon announcement of the school she said, "This is almost a dream job. I get to come back to working within the faith and start something that can have a lasting legacy for our movement. The Bene Gesserit faith has always focused upon ensuring we have great education but in terms of providing it ourselves we have only focused on women's education. It is important that today we ensure men are also educated as they must begin to play ever important roles as we bring our faith back to the forefront of the world."

The move has also raised a few eyebrows as Seaforth are close friends with East Moreland who recognise the Bene Gesserit faith as a terrorist organisation. Duke Niklaus Corrino who will help fund the school said, "We are not terrorists, name one attack that has cost lives undertaken by members of our faith? We are people who want our home back and want to make a better Mundus. We do the latter by ensuring our children are well educated and have the basics of our faith in their hearts. We thank Seaforth for being part of this journey, allowing our men to take a full and active role in the faith in a safe nation surrounded by a Celtic tradition. I am sure Ui Cenneslaig would have supported our project but to see our faith interact with others is exciting. I look forward to Adam and George's messages home and will miss them."

It is expected that the Reverned Mother will ask for permission to visit the school once it is up and running.

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Re: We are The Resistance - Bene Gesserit News
« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2018, 11:52:09 PM »




TRUTHSAYERS OF SEITCH. WORK HARD AND PLAY HARD

Five months ago a heroic team of Truthsayers liberated the capital of the Free Theocracy of Kaitaine from Communist oppresses clutches. Since then the city has grown in size as more Truthsayers from across occupied Kaitaine have risked their lives to move to freedom. The city of Seitch had a population of around 500 when the Truthsayers liberated it, mostly made up of Truthsayers from within the occupied territories. Today the population sits at around 4,500 still some way off its peak level of around 28,000 people. The city of Seitch is also the most holy city to the Bene Gesserit and as such devotees of the faith who have hidden their religion for close to 200 years have attempted to reach the city, some making hazidous journies to the far west of Kaitaine.

The Truthsayers however have not rested on their laurels having achieved an unlikely victory. In the days and weeks following the victory outposts had been set up heading East towards the narrow passes that lead up through the mountains that seperate the desert interior of Kaitaine from the more irrigated coast and plains. Networks of defences have been set up ready to see off any Soviet counter attack which may threaten the youngest country on Mundus and everyday Truthsayers are seen carrying equipment which has been stored carefully over decades out to pre-prepared positions. One young Truthsayer, Katie Coxon a 21 year old who graduated from Chapterhouse in Achkaerin said was spotted carrying a large anti-tank weapon along with a friend Sarah Meadham and we asked them about how they were finding life in the city. "It's hard, I mean back home in Achkaerin we could spend as long as we wanted in the shower, just pop out and grab a coffee with friends and have a bite to eat at some fashionable roadside cafe. Here that doesn't happen, I mean yes we've now got a coffee shop and a cafe but they aren't exactly luxury and we're a bit limited in whats on offer." Meanwhile the 21 year old explained about how the new economy of Seitch was working. "We get paid in Melange, the spice that is so important. Its something that to the outside world may not have any value but its something the Bene Gesserit value hugely. Each of us is given a measurement each week depending on how many hours we work or the role we fulfil. Its all controlled by the Truthsayer Commander Jonna McNeill and we all carry these." The Truthsayer Private shows us a small wooden box with some of the dark red spice in. "That's probably enough for a few cups of coffee and maybe even a few bottles of water. Just enough to see me through the day." she carefully wraps the box up in a white handkerchief and replaces it in her pocket before once more hefting the anti-tank weapon and disappearing off towards the desert.


We next caught up with Neamh McCormack (centre), a 22 year old Corporal who has been here since the Seige began over a year ago. She was brought up in Geidi and her mother was a Truthsayer who is still currently "rogue". "We call the Rogue the Truthsayers who are part of Kaitaine society but keep their faith secretly hidden. I remember my Mother saying she wouldn't come to Seitch because she felt that when the liberation began we'd need people back in the cities. I heard from her a week ago so I know she's still waiting." McCormack arrived in Seitch at the age of 17 and passed Truthsayer selection which here in the Theocracy is shorter but more intense than that given at the Chapterhouses outside Seitch. "The city is beginning to feel a little like normal. At night there are people out socialising, small market stalls as those not in the military try and make some Spice for themselves. Some sell things they've brought with them but then there are some amazing entrapeneurs, for example there is one guy using old bottles and the sand to make decorations, people are buying the coloured sand patterned bottles to have some decoration in their homes. I've two and its quiet an art form. We're currently living in flats that belong to people who evacuated, we've all been told when the nation is finally liberated we'll have to return the homes but for now its nice to have a place. I share a flat with three other girls, its a squeeze but we've made it a little like home. What I don't like though is that water is highly rationed now, it means I can have one shower a week if I'm lucky. The rest of the time we're using make up wipes or baby wipes. It'll all be worth it though in the end."


Everyday at around midday there is a gentle roar from the West Gate of the walled city, then a plume of black smoke before a revving of an engine. As you make your way over any unknowing visitor my scream and run in panic as a KDF tank sits there, a look beyond the first see's three more. They are not here to take back the city, they are trophies of war and now form the Truthsayer Armoured Division. Among the crews is Corporal Ellie McCord, a 22 year old from Cantabria. She graduated as a Truthsayer and joined the Cantabria military for three years before leaving. "I served in their Logistics Corps, we got to drive a whole variety of things including tanks once in a blue moon. It was all a way of gaining experience so that when this wonderous day came I'd be ready." She is not alone, around 30% of Truthsayer graduates serve their adoptive nations for some time upon graduation. "It actually makes signing up very very easy, I mean as a Truthsayer you've effectively been soldiering since the age of 14 so regular military basic training is more like a refresher course than anything else." McCord was assigned to the tank crews 24 hours after the cities liberation. "We're a nice little family now, the tankers have had to get to grips with something new in a short space of time. We spend literally all day with the things learning every nook and cranny and making sure we can do our jobs in our sleep. Often we do sleep in the shadows of them during the day when we need a nap. The constant fear of the city being attacked means we don't want to move too far away otherwise we may not be useful when the time comes."


As nightfalls the mood of the city changes as people head out to socialise. The older members of the community seem to gather outside the flats and sing traditional songs, tell stories and share drinks if they have them. One enterprising local manages to import bottles of beer into the city and has opened the Rolling Pangolin, a makeshift bar in a basement. Music blares out from 7pm and the off duty Truthsayers flock there. Despite being "off the clock" they are never far away from their weapons knowing that at any moment they could be called upon to defend the city. The attire however is far from being combat ready. In the Rolling Pangolin we meet 19 year Orlaith Jenkinson, a Truthsayer from Cleith, she is dressed much more the way you'd expect to find in a nightclub in Ui Cenneslaig. "A woman over near the North Gate found a load of old cloth in a nearby village and was allowed to keep much of it. She makes dresses and we buy them from her. Some of us even managed to sneak a bit of make up in our kit bags and its nice to forget about the liberation for a few hours. We all have been told by the Commanding Officer we're only allowed two drinks but its still nice to relax, have a bit of a dance and just hang out. We're not too different to the girls you get in Claith I guess." One change Jenkinson has noticed since the liberation is however something the average Cenneg in Claith wouldn't ever consider an issue. "When we turned up I'd say the population of Claith was about 80% female, now I'd say its more like 70% and most of the males here are generally in their 40's or kids. It's strange if any good looking guy of our age walks in he finds he gets quiet a bit of attention. I suppose its a little role reversal of life back in Claith."  One noticable fashion accessory you never would see in Claith though is the assault rifle over the lacey white dress. "We've even had some of the more creative girls decorate their rifles and slings, one girl in my unit even has four different slings, she changes them depending on what outfit she's wearing that evening." As if on cue our interview ends as a two young boys walk in and the eyes of the girls turn to them. We leave wishing the young men good luck in the Truthsayers favourite drinking hole. What anyone visiting Seitch would find is that morale is high, hopes higher and an expectation that Seitch is only the start of what many here are calling The Final Truthsayer War.

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FIRST OVERSEAS EMBASSY IN SEITCH

Following an announcement from Tamora that they are withdrawing their recognition of the rouge state of the Soviet Republic of Kaitaine in favour of the true holders of the name Kaitaine, the Theocracy of Free Kaitaine the government have unveiled the office made avaliable for the new Tamoran Ambassador, whenever they arrive. This announcement marks the first official recognition of the Theocracy since Seitch has been fully undercontrol. General Joanne McNeill of the Truthsayers is currently the military governor of Seitch, the capital of the Theocracy and she welcomed the announcement saying, "Tamora has taken a brave step to be the first to recognise the undenaible truth that the Theocracy is the natural state for Kaitaine. While the conditions are not yet conductive for a full time embassy here in the city we have taken the liberty of putting aside an office in a building close to the old Red Palace which we hope will one day become the central hub of the Theocracy." Seitch has so far been seeing a population increase as followers of the faith flock there from Soviet controlled areas. Most noticably the city of Secundas is all but empty of people following a recent uprising there and then a successful Truthsayer strike mission a few days ago which eliminated several senior officers of the KDF.

Meanwhile in Ui Cenneslaig the Reverned Mother has stated, "It is my hope we can begin forming a diplomatic tie with Tamora. As such I will be naming Verspasian Atreides as our official Envoy to Tamora. It is our hope that the young noble can become a good friend of the Tamorans and help them understand the faith we hold so dear."


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REVERENED MOTHER MAKES FORMAL APOLOGY FOR "ROUGE" SISTERS

Today the Reverened Mother of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood, and Head of State of the Theocracy of Kaitaine, has issued a formal apology to the Kingdom of East Moreland following an incident before her tenure in which a group of Bene Gesserit sisters attempted to steal nuclear waste. Reverened Mother McGregor issued the apology from the Cantabria Chapterhouse while visiting the school.

Quote from: McGregors Letter

To the People of East Moreland

As leader of the Bene Gesserit faith I feel it is neccessary for the Sisterhood to apologise for the actions of a handful of rouge sisters operating outside the chain of command that we enstill in the faithful. As I was not part of the leadership of the Sisterhood when the incident happened, I was still a schoolgirl, I can not account for how or why the attack took place. I can only assure the Morelanders and the world that under my leadership nuclear weapons are not to be used by the Sisterhood, in whatever form they come. Unlike other nations around the world I wish the Theocracy, and those loyal to it, to do as little as possible to harm to planet. The use of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons of any kind will not be in the arsenal of our Sisters as we seek to restore our homeland. We commit ourselves to show the people of East Moreland we wish them no harm and shall offer compensation to any individual or family harmed by these Sisters who I am certain shall not be welcomed by Shai Halud.

It is not yet known how the government of East Moreland will respond as the nation currently have an intelligence sharing agreement with the rouge Kataine Defence Force.




DUKE NIKLAUS TO BECOME FATHER


Duke Niklaus Corrino, the leader of one of the Four Holy Houses is set to become a father again. The 37 year old Duke of Seitch is already the father to five children but is excited to be a father for the sixth time. Speaking as he attended an expo for the families distillery business the Duke, who is a close friend of King Finley of Ui Cenneslaig, said, "My wife Agatha is expecting our forth child and we are excited at the prospect. While naturally I'd love to have another son capable of carrying on the Corrino name I can't wait to welcome another member of the Corrino clan into our midst." The Duke has been married for 17 years and has two Honored Matres. The Corrino clan also has a younger brother of the Duke, Nathanial Corrino, who is kept out of the media spotlight, leading for some to spectulate that the Dukes younger brother may in some way not be suitable for public life. Rumours have always surrounded the younger sibling and despite being married Nathanial Corrino is still childless.

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PALACE OF SEITCH RETURNED TO CORRINO FAMILY

Following the recent chemical attack on Seitch in the Theocracy of Kaitaine the people of the city have been busy cleaning up and disinfecting the city. By using sand to absorb the agent and then dispose of it, thousands of hours of hard work were finally rewarded when the Truthsayer commander Joanne McNeill declared the city "clean". The effort to clean the city was even extended to the adjoining Palace of Seitch the ancestoral home of the much beloved Corrino family. On the day following the decleration that the tidy up was complete the Truthsayers handed the Palace back to the Corrino family when a key was handed over to Nathanial Corrino, younger brother of Duke Niklaus Corrino. It is understood Nathanial Corrino has been fighting alongside the Truthsayers since they arrived in the city. The Reverned Mother also sent her blessings to the Palace stating, "The Corrino family have resided in the Palace for well over 400 years and to have not a single Corrino there was heartbreaking. I am overjoyed to think that someone from that much respected family is back where they belong. It is yet another sign that life in the Theocracy is returning to normal."

Nathanial Corrino has moved into the 20 bedroom Palace and immediately opened up the rooms in the Palace to the flood of migrants that are flocking into Seitch. Since the Theocracy took the city the population has increased gradually and now stands at just over 130,000 in a city which generally holds 42,000. It is hoped that in the coming days that some of the older unused sandstone city blocks can be repaired to increase the number of living spaces avaliable. Some of the other new arrivals are finding themselves crammed into cellars and basements of existing blocks. The Palace is expected to use its courtyards as makeshift dormitories once canvas roofing is put in place. Nathanial Corrino gave a short statement to the press saying "It feels good to be the first Corrino in a long time to sleep in the Palace that my great-great-great and so on grandparents would have been born in, grown up in and spent their final moments. Today however is not the end of the fight for the Corrino family, we have three more Holy Houses who have yet to reclaim their Palaces, and more importantly an island with our school on it."





TALENTED MISSIONARA TOPS CENNEG MUSIC CHARTS

15 year old Lilias MacIomhair last weekend became the first Truthsayer to reach the top of the Cenneg music charts. Lilias has just been streamed towards training to become part of the Missionara Protectiva, the scholars of the Bene Gesserit sisterhood but when not studying she has been using social media to showcase her musical talents. The use of social media, particularly among young members of the Chapterhouse schools has grown massively since the faith came to out of its seculsion with the Sisterhood keen to share its life with the world. One of the most prominent bloggers from the Sisterhood has been Stacey Bradshaw a young Truthsayer fighting in Seitch who has now got over a million followers on her Facebook and Instagram accounts. MacIomhair has been following the old tradition of the Sisterhood of collating old traditional songs telling stories of the faith, its Holy Houses and its key events, additionally the Sisterhood, particularly the Missionara have always penned new songs and it was one of these entitled "Men of Erin" which told the story of those going to fight in Seitch, a reference to the Reverned Mother Erin McGregor, which reached the top of the charts.

MacIomhair has been in increasing demand over the last few weeks as her music has spread across the internet and has appeared on a number of Cenneg radio stations and TV shows. The student is however pragmatic. "In years past I'd never have been able to do this. I'd have had to hide my faith and my culture from the world but thankfully thats not the case. I enjoy writing, it helps me recall the knowledge I need to serve my faith. If anything this started off as just me singing in my room, then for some friends and before you knew it the school and well that lead to here." It was later today confirmed that MacIomhair will play at an upcoming fundraising concert hosted by King Finley of Ui Cenneslaig who is said to "enjoy" the music of the Missionara hopeful.

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AMBASSADOR TO TAMORA FURNISHES EMBASSY

Verspasian Atreides, the nations first appointed ambassador has been tirelessly working in Tamora in order to establish the Theocracies embassy building there. The 30 year old son of Duke Oswald Atreides and the heir to the Dukedom of Arakeen has been seen frequenting many local carpenters stores over the last few days as he and his wfe Abigail settle in. The embassy is home to the ambassador, his wife and a group of around 20 Truthsayers as well as an admin team however the diplomatic team took hardly anything with her. Ambassador Verspasian explained, "The thinking behind the embassy is that it is to be part of Tamora, not part of the Theocracy just dropped into a foreign land. The Bene Gesserit faith teaches us to learn and absorb knowledge, what better way than being part of a community. To be part of that community you can't just walk through it, you must live your life with it. We want our home to be Tamoran and so our furnishing is all going to be locally acquired. Its also a great way to engraciate yourself with the locals by spending money in their stores and helping with their trade." Verspasian was however keen to point out they had purchased everything from small scale craftsman who staff had checked did not use slaves.

In addition to furniture shopping Verspasian and his wife Abigail attended the recent art exhibition and auction in Djerb. The visit was encouraged by Abigail who is a Mother graduate of the Achakaerin Chapterhouse. The 26 year old mother of one was keen to attend and alongside her husband made a number of purchases saying after. "I think visual clues to any faith are important, they help a follower focus their mind of the basics of their faith, to learn the stories of their dieties and spirits and to show their respect to the subject matter. I've looked at endless pictures today, from a variety of faiths, our own, the Manist faith and various others all stunningly beautiful and regardless of a persons own spiritual belief you have to admit the images are beautiful and worthy of admiration. When people visit our embassy I want them to be able to appreciate the wonder of faith, after all we are a Theoracy and religion must be utmost." The total ammount paid by the couple is unknown but it is also thought that several Bene Gesserit images were also auctioned off.

The ambassador and his wife are keen to try and integrate into local society and are planning to establish a library open to people of all faiths to learn more about the Bene Gesserit faith and a wide variety of other subjects. The idea was championed by Abigail Atreides who said, "The Tamorans are a people very invested in religious thought. Its the perfect place for us as we believe discourse with other religions helps us gain more knowledge that will be needed to save us all from the future great disaster. It is expected that in the coming days around 10,000 items from the four Chapterhouse Lifeboat schools will be transferred to Tamora.




"SOCCER SISTERS" LOSE FIRST EVER INTERNATIONAL SPORTING EVENT
Tamora 3 - 0 Theocracy of Kaitaine

The Theocracy today competed in its first ever international sporting event. The nations women's football team lost 3-0 in a match away from home in Tamora. The team dubbed by the media as "The Soccer Sisters" as all the players come from the four Chapterhouse Lifeboat Schools made the journey to play the first of what they hope will be many international fixtures. The team was selected from the various football teams in the Chapterhouse Schools and had an average age of 17. The team were lead by the 17 year old Midfield playmaker Daisy Collins who is studying to be a Truthsayer at the Chapterhouse in Cantabria.

The game was an emotional one for many of the team as it was not only their first trip overseas but the first time that they had been able to publically sing the Theocracies National Anthem where pipes were played by 16 year old goalkeeper Jessica Stimpson as the girls and coaching staff proudly sung the national anthem some with tears in their eyes. The emotions may have been too much for the team as within two minutes of kick off the team found themselves 1-0 down following a silly free kick being given away. By the 35th minute the team were 2-0 down and the Tamorans cruising. It was clear that the home team possessed significantly more skill and tactical awareness and to many neutrals it looked like by half time the Tamorans were taking it easy on what was in effect a school-girl side. The game finished 3-0 and the Theocracy side didn't manage a single shot on target and earned only one corner during the match. At the end of the game Ambassador Verspasian Atreides was on hand to give each girl who had played a black cloth cap with the teams badge, date of the game and names of the opposition embroided on, the internationally recognised symbol of the game being a full international match. The captain, Daisy Collins, spoke with the press after saying, "Today was for us more than just a game of soccer, it was showing the world that Theocracy is a nation that functions just like any other. We enjoy life, we enjoy our faith and we enjoy sport. It was a wonderful feeling to be able to be the first ever Captain of the Theocracies football team. Back in Cantabria we've been watching the men's world cup with interest as we're naturally all fans of the game, but we haven't seen a team representing the Theocracy and so its lacked that real excitement. We hope that in years to come we can develop our game to a standard where we can qualify for the Mundus Games and Women's World Cup. Its a long way off as our squad is spread among four different locations but soon we'll move to the Theocracy and establish a base there."

Ambassador Verspasian stated, "We're a Celtic race at heart and soccer to us isn't real football, however it was a proud moment to hear those pipes and witness the game. The squad may have lost but they conducted themselves like professionals which from a group so young is a real testimony to the training our faith has given them. Perhaps we now need a rematch in something like Hurling" The Ambassador hosted a dinner for both sides following the match were each of the Tamoran guests were presented with a embroided leather pouch of Melange. "To host us was no little thing and we thank the Tamoran Football Association"

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PROFESSOR OFFERS HELP TO TAMORAN AUTHOR

Following the publication of a book about the Bene Gesserit faith in Tamora its author, Imam Ashan Kayani has faced controversey for attempting to find similarities between the Bene Gesserit and Manist faith. The author has even faced calls of being a heretic and when his faiths Synod meets has vowed that if found to be heretical has said "-I will personally burn my books in the courtyard of the Great Temple of Djerb and ask that my books no longer be sold, distributed or read. I will further donate all the money I made from the book to the Church." The book has found its way into the four Chapterhouse libraries where according to the Missonara Protectiva it has been on almost constant loan. Lidia Ericsson is a Lead Scholar in the Missionara and has said, "It happens every time some landmark book comes out, the girls rush to get copies of it and devour it. Its great as a teacher to see this and as you wander the halls you can hear them discussing the book. I've read it myself and found it made some interesting comparisons and highlights exactly why we see all faiths being connected as one just with different interpretations."

With news of some kind of Synod convening to determine the future of the book the Missionara Protectiva have made an offer for well respected professor Ruth Hipkiss to visit Tamora. The Professor who was a former member of the Cenneg Space Programme has written several books that has attempted to combine physics and theology and is considered a leading scholar on the Bene Gesserit faith. She has already expressed her intent to visit the Theocracies embassy in Tamora and has said, "If this Synod is interested and if Imam Ashan Kayani thinks I may be of us I am happy to meet with them to explain about our faith and discuss our interpretation of this interesting book. To see such a books author essentially halting the spread of his own work is sad, its an interesting theory and interesting theories should be explored and not hidden."




TRUTHSAYER INUNDATED WITH PROPOSALS

23 year old Truthsayer and Internet Blogger Stacey Bradshaw has found herself recieving hundreds of e-mails a day following her recent reports on the liberation of Theocracy territory from Soviet control. Truthsayer Krystina Garner is one of the leading public figures outside the Theocracy for the Sisterhoods military and spoke about the growing following for the women in the military unit. "The girls are in many ways not unlike those you'd find in the cities of places like Ui Cenneslaig, Achkaerin, Cantabria or any other modern liberal city. They are fashion conscious, media savvy and seem to spend their lives with one eye on social media. The platforms like instagram, twitter and the like are ones that allow them to share their experiences but also communicate with the outside world. Stacey is a leading figure in that movement. I speak with many of the girls often and Stacey is struggling to keep up with her e-mails and while there are the fair share of abusive ones there are also ones asking for beauty tips, asking about our faith and she's had several proposals of marriage from Bene Gesserit men across the world as well as non-believers."

Stacey is herself coy on the attention saying. "I like to share my life, it helps me get things off my chest but also its nice to see what others make of what is going on. I enjoy reading probably about 60% of the messages I get and their quiet sweet. The rest you just delete and move on there not worth thinking about." Stacey has also recieved some interesting offers with Lodjain based make up company Pristina asking her to do make up tutorials and a Cantabrian fashion label offering to make a collection with her after seeing images of her and fellow Truthsayers off duty in the make shift bars and nightclub of Seitch.

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« Reply #16 on: May 30, 2019, 09:30:22 PM »




"THE PANGOLINS WILL WIN US THIS WAR" SAYS BRADSHAW

It was announced recently in the East Moreland media that a former Red Legionnaire is commanding a group of male combatants fighting for the Bene Gesserit known as the Pangolin. Internet blogger and Truthsayer Stacey Bradshaw explained today in her weekly podcast why it is this small group of soldiers that will help swing the war.

"The Pangolins take risks we don't. They often are people we don't even know are on ourside, they are the technicans, the engineers, the men running the signals, even pilots in the KDF. Usually they are the more educated soldiers, brought up by families loyal to the Bene Gesserit faith who have instilled in their children the desire and need to free our land from the Soviets. As such many have played the long game, just as James Gillespie did. They learn skills that can't be taught to Truthsayers at present and they hide within our enemies ranks, only when the time is right do they reveal themselves. So far we have a few hundred living with us in Seitch and Harko, but everyday they drift in, ones and twos but constantly there. When we reach the East and the major cities I expect floods of Pangolins to appear, sewing disharmony among the ranks of the KDF. We're holy warriors, we're born into this profession and accept no result other than victory. The KDF are largely conscripts, those infantrymen can't match us in the field, their armour is a problem but we'll get around that. But its their technical services that are their weakness as they tend not to be the conscripts and it is these professionals the Pangolins come from. That radio operator, is he really the KDF in his heart, or is he a Pangolin passing information back to us, or even better calling in that artillery strike on his own comrades. That logistics officer, is he sending the correct equipment to the KDF, will they get their ammunition, or simply more toilet roll. The Pangolins will change the game and our lead Pangolin is a Red Legionnaire, its taking the Truthsayers to another level and that should shake the KDF down to their boots."

As of yet there is no communication from this wanted Red Legionnaire and his exact location is unknown.




PREPARING FUTURE LEADERS A PRIORITY

With it looking ever more likely the Soviets will eventually be defeated moves are beginning to be put in place to ensure the future of the Theocracy and the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood. Traditionally the Sisterhood has had one overall leader for each of the four sections of the Sisterhood, the Mothers, The Missionara Protectiva, Truthsayers and Honored Matres who each report to the Reverned Mother. Beneath each branch leader is a head of branch for each of the Four Chapterhouses. This system has worked well in secret but has often relied on the person in each role searching for and finding their successor. This situation however is set to change. Reverned Mother Erin McGregor has today approved an idea put forward by Duke Richard Harkonnen, the head of one of the Four Holy Houses. Duke Richard announced that he was providing $40million from his families real estate business in Cantabria to fund the Bene Gesserit Leadership Academy or as it will more likely be called the Leadership Chapterhouse. The location of this new school is yet to be determined however many people have suggested Tamora as a likely venue due to the nations support of the Theocracy as well as it helping in some way expand the faith into an area that according to Ambassador Verspasian Atreides, "Has great theocratic curiosity."

Regardless of where the new school is located the plan is for the Academy to each year take the top new graduates from the Chapterhouse Schools and put them through an intensive leadership programme. The scheme will take the top 130 graduates split between the four branches with the Academies population being made up of  70% of Mothers, 13% of Missionara Protectiva, 12% of Truthsayers and 5% Honored Matres. It is expected the school may also offer some outreach courses in its local area as well as perhaps hosting special events. Duke Richard is said to be keen for a location to be found and has placed his son Bryce, a well respected corporate lawyer, in charge of the process of determining where it will be built.

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CHAPTERHOUSE STUDENTS EYE GAMES DEBUT

It was announced today that around 50 students from the various Chapterhouses have announced their intention to represent the Theocracy at the Mundus Games, making them the first individuals to represent Katiane officially at the games. The team captain is the nations women's football captain, 17 year old midfield playmaker Daisy Collins who lead the team in their first official international a few months ago against Tamora. Collins, who studies in Cantabria, also plays in the Cantabria Womens Premier League where she has been voted one of the best young players in the League and is thought to have a bright future in the sport. While success on the football pitch is at the forefront of her mind she is also qualified for the finals of two of the women's shooting disciplines. "I really want to be allowed to walk into that arena, wherever it is, and wave our flag, sing our anthem. I suspect we'll not get out the group stages in the football, after all we  struggled against Tamora and we're vastly inexperienced on the international stage. The only advantage we have is that no one will out run or muscle us. Our team is made up pretty much entirely of Truthsayers and while to the outside world we may look like kids we spend hour after hour doing back breaking PT that I don't think any other squad will be able to match. I'd be very excited to be a double eventer but I'm not sure I'll get there." The majority of the would be competitors are drawn from the ranks of the Truthsayers with most being under the age of 19.

The team have been promised funding by the Corrino family who have guarenteed to fund all travel costs and equipment. Duke Niklaus Corrino has already donated $100,000 to the "Soccer Sisters" in order to allow them to play further international games and transport the girls from the various Chapterhouses for training sessions. The Duke was presented with a signed shirt from the team that played in Tamora and said, "Sport is a great way of unifying a nation. Look at the way the world cups for Football get a nation all backing their teams, the way people here in Ui Cenneslaig get tribal supporting their local hurling team. I see the Games doing the same for the Theocracy and Daisy and her friends are the best ambassadors we could hope to get."

There is however one stumbling block to the teams entry. "We are yet to see who will host the games and we've seen the  organising committee are not to fussy about who gets to host events, so far I believe only Tytor has applied and seeing as they are in bed so to speak with Rokkenjima it'll be interesting to see if they'll stand by their promise to not make the games political. After all the Rokkenjimans have foolishly swallowed the McPherson Kool-Aid. " Duke Niklaus explained. However some feel that as most of the team hold passports from other nations and the girls have no criminal convictions that they may be able to utilise this to their advantage as the Duke explained, " It would be against the Games spirit to halt a competitor of say Cantabrian nationality from entering unless of course they were a criminal and posed a threat to the public. Our team is made up of teenage girls who largely have never ventured far from their boarding schools. I don't think a 16 year old niave school girl is a threat myself and I hope whoever organises the games sees it that way. I mean after all they last year allowed a fictional country to host the games."

No where has yet come from the Mundus Games Commitee on the nations status as competitors.

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« Reply #18 on: July 05, 2019, 09:25:52 PM »




EAST MORELAND DEATH MACHINE IN HARKO

Today it was announced that a routine military patrol in Theocracy territory was attacked by a small military grade drone nearly killing the patrols commander and radio operator. The routine patrol from Harko was returning to the newly liberated garrison when eagle eyed Truthsayers spotted a strange shape in the sky. The patrol took cover but the device seemed to follow them before crashing close to the patrols commander and radio operator exploding as it hit the ground. The Patrols Commander was the only person injured in the attack breaking a rib as they dived for cover. The team investigated the device and discovered several pieces of casing which along with intelligence gathered by the patrol groups members has lead to the conclusion that it was infact an EMAC manufactured Mini-Dragon drone.

This weapons system was developed by the East Moreland Aircraft Company in 2017 and is essentially a small remote controlled aircraft armed with a small explosive that the operator can detonate in a kamikaze style attack. The East Moreland government have long held the Theocracies Truthsayers as responsible for attempts to steal nuclear waste and have long labelled the Bene Gesserit faith and the now the Theocracy as terrorists. The East Moreland government have also previously attempted to pride themselves on "ethical" arms sales by only selling to nations which have signed the Uppsala Convention and are act humanley. In this case it would seem that they have dismissed this attempt at morality by selling these weapons to a regime that has persecuted a religion for close to a century, systematically seeked to wipe out that faiths existance and treated women of Kaitaine horrificially branding them witches or whores at every oppurtunity. The Reverned Mother, Erin McGregor spoke out saying, "The Morelanders have been misfed intelligence. No leader of our Sisterhood or Truthsayers ordered the theft of nuclear waste. We would see using such a material in warfare as a disaster for humanity and our faith teaches us to prepare to avert such things not be there cause. We now pay the price for the actions of a handful of rouge members of our faith, if they were ever of our faith. This wrongly reached conclusion should not see the Morelanders give in to their base urges of revenge by selling the KDF a single bullet yet alone state of the art weapons of war."


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« Reply #19 on: July 21, 2019, 10:12:33 PM »




ACHILLES FREMEN TO BE MARRY INTO CORRINO FAMILY

23 year old Achilles Fremen, one of the members of the Holy Houses, is set to marry a cousin of Niklaus Corrino. The Corrino family are considered the most Holy of the four Holy Houses and the Reverned Mother has sanctioned the marriage between Achilles, who is second in line to the Fremen Dukedom, and a young Missionara Protectiva member called Nessa Maguire. Little is known about the wife to be of Achilles other than the fact that she is studying Linguistics and History at Claith University. The news marks the first high profile wedding in the Bene Gesserit families since the faith returned to public site.

The news however has been greeted with some concern in some quarters. Achillies was granted an Honored Mates at the age of 18 in order to ensure his bloodline potential was passed on, he has however yet to father a single child in the five years that he has had a concubine. This has lead to some commentators wondering whether it makes sense giving him such a well connected wife. One source who wished to remain nameless said, "We have a limited number of Corrino females, and while on paper a marriage to the Fremen's is an excellent decision if Achilles is firing blanks then we are simply wasting the Corrino potential when other avenues are avaliable to us."

The patriach of the Fremen family, Duke Devon Fremen, stated, "Achilles is a great mind, he is studying hard to become a Doctor, to marry him to a highly intelligent Missionara is I believe a fantastic idea. Two great minds producing offspring can only be a step forward for the Bene Gesserits." He however refused to be drawn on his sons lack of offspring with his Honored Matres who is also a very distant member of the Corrino family. "Achilles and Heidi are still very young. Children will come I am sure. We will now have two bloodlines combining the Corrino and Fremen potential and that shall be a wonderful foundation to build upon."

Duke Niklaus Corrino was also pleased with the prospect of the new marriage. "I've meet Nessa only a few times and she is a great intellectual, I've also meet Achilles many times. They'll be a wonderful couple and I wish them a long and happy marriage." It was revealed Niklaus has suggested the Corrino Palace in Seitch be used for the wedding as tradition dictates the brides family provide the venue however this is likely to be only a symbolic offer. The date of the wedding is yet to be announced.




TRUTHSAYERS GET FIRST TANK DRIVERS

Following the capture of five KDF tanks in the recent battle for Harko the first 13 Truthsayers to train as tank drivers have graduated their intensive training course. The 13 women were all voulenteers who infiltrated Kaitaine during the Seige of Seitch and are now the first in a new unit. They were trained by Sergeant Killian MacRae of the Pangolins who served 10 years undercover in the KDF. Speaking at their passing out parade in Seitch he said "We have utilised the spoils of war to put our own armoured units into the field and the 13 Truthsayers who will now drive them are the spearhead of our future endeavours." The new tank unit however is still training other members of the crew however as MacRae pointed out, "Its hard to train in tank tactics and weapons drills unless you have the beating heart of the vehicle, the driver. Now we've plenty of them we can look at working on incorporating them into our advance."

In the two weeks since Harko fell the city has been shored up against a series of counter attacks which have seen the mountain passes utilised as bottle necks. Truthsayer commander Joanna McNeill said, "We've had several attempted attacks back through the passes. They are not a place you want to attack especially with a heavily entrenched Truthsayer guarding them. They are part of the desert environment and we are desert creatures. The KDF have always favoured the East of the nation, policing the cities and that has made them soft. Now their conscripts don't want to venture far from home and we just chew up and spit out the regulars. We now also have a few planes of our own capable of bringing death from the skies and the KDF can't work out which are theirs and which are ours until its too late. Their in total confusion. Soon we shall have gained strength enough to leave our desert and then the rest of Kaitaine shall fall."

Over the last two weeks a further 743 members of the KDF have defected into the Pangolins while a total of 67 undercover Truthsayers have swelled the ranks.

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Re: We are The Resistance - Bene Gesserit News
« Reply #20 on: July 26, 2019, 08:27:48 PM »




TRUTHSAYERS DOMINATE MUNDUS GAMES

Lead by Truthsayer Corporal Rebecca Hanson the Theocracy have begun racking up medals at the Mundus Games. The 19 year old graduate of Cantabria Chapterhouse took the first of two gold medals in rifle shooting. Hanson won Gold in the 10meter category in a shoot off against a competitor from Tamora. This was the first medal in the history of the Theocracy and a few hours later she was joined in the history books by Rebecca Gebbie who took a gold medal in the multi-position rifle shooting. Gebbie is a 19 year old Private in the Truthsayers and is a specialist sharpshooter. Hanson spoke to the media saying, "I think the fact Truthsayers have taken 2 of the 3 female shooting golds shows the standard of training the Chapterhouses provide. We've been learning to shoot on firing ranges since the age of six and I loved it. There is something exciting about the precision of rifle shooting." Meanwhile Gebbie said, "We're a small team and the vast majority of our team are female, I don't think anything similar has existed in the games before. We're showing just how much potential the Theocracy has. The team was put together on short notice from places across Mundus. Imagine what we'll do next year when we've a chance to all get together and work on the Games in Kaitaine."

The nations football team have also got off to a solid start when the "Soccer Sisters" defeated Vaguzia 3-1 to earn their first victory in international football. The team were lead by 17 year old Daisy Collins who netted the opening goal. The team had previously played a friendly in Tamora losing heavily. Collins, who is a Truthsayer Cadet from Cantabria spoke with the media afterwards saying. "For us it would be really important to get a medal in one of the teamsports. The girls come from all four of the Chapterhouses and thus makes it difficult to train together. It would be a real bonus for us to show just how together our nation is if we can pull this off." The game against Vaguzia was watched by the Reverned Mother Erin McGregor who had travelled to New Derusima for the game. Afterwards she said, "I'm nearly as excited as the girls with the performance. To withness our girls start to win games and medals inspires those at the schools. I hope we can continue this success in the coming days."



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« Reply #21 on: July 27, 2019, 07:24:32 PM »




DUKE NIKLAUS TO BECOME CHIEF MINISTER

Reverned Mother Erin MacGregor today named a cabinet to ensure the smooth running of Kaitaine. The head of the Bene Gesserit faith shall act as Head of State as described in the nations constitution, she shall now be supported in the management of the day to day running of the Theocracy by the 11 member cabinet. It comes as very little surprise that eight of the 11 are from the Four Holy Houses. The most significant position was Chief Minister, a position akin to many nations Prime Ministers. This role unsurprisingly went to Duke Niklaus Corrino, it is well known that the Corrino family enjoy high prestige among the Four Holy Houses and former Chapterhouse Claith Mother Hannah McKey described the family as most likely to produce the Kwizach Hadrach. The Duke has also worked as a kind of liason between the Bene Gesserit faithful and the government of Ui Cenneslaig. The other Corrino on the cabinet is Pennelope Fava a 22 year old who it was confirmed is married to Nathanial Corrino. The Krimoen born but Cenneg high school educated sister in law of the Duke is a graduate of Music from a Vaguzian University and will become the Minister for Culture.

The Atreides representation on the cabinet comes in the form of husband and wife duo Yann and Sarah Bryant. Sarah Bryant is the daughter of Duke Oswald Atreides and currently works as a secondary school Maths teacher. She is appointed as Minister for Education and has talked about establishing a Bene Gesserit Missionara University already. Her husband Yann Bryant a successful banker has been appointed as Minister of Finance and has talked about establishing a kind of currency for the Theocracy. The pair are currently residing in Achkaerin and have now confirmed that they shall be taking up an office in the Cliath Chapterhouse in the coming days where the Reverned Mother intends to meet with her cabinet for the first time face to face.

The Harkonnen family are represented on the cabinet by brothers Bryce and Jonathon. 39 year old Bryce Harkonnen will be serving as Minister of Justice. The Canatbrian based lawyer has specialised in business and copyright law since establishing his own business along with Simon Fremen, who also joins the cabinet. Bryce has already indicated that his biggest task shall be war crimes trials against the members of the KDF. His 26 year old brother Jonathon Harkonnen will serve as Health Minister having spent the last five years working in sports rehabilitation in Cantabrian sports academies. Jonathon has indentified a need for better sanitation in Seitch as a key project in the coming years due to the cities growth in population.

The Atreides couple are not the only husband and wife team on the cabinet. The Fremen pairing of Simon Fremen and Krystina Garner have also been married for over 20 years. Simon Fremen who is a business partner of the new Minister of Justice, Bryce Harkonnen, will serve as Home Secretary responsible for matters such as policing and immigration in the Theocracy. He has stated that his biggest task will be ensuring the smooth return home and granting of citizenship of the diaspora across the world. His wife Krystina Garner will serve as Minister of Defence having served as the Commandant of Truthsayer Cadets for several years. Garner has indicated that a need to protect the nations airspace and EEZ are a must and will require some reforms to ensure they are compatible with the Truthsayers doctrine.

One of the first of three non-aligned Ministers is Ruth Hipkiss who has previously worked with the Cenneg Space Programme. She will serve as Minister for Science and the former Missionara Protectiva scholar has some foreign diplomacy work under her belt having recently spoken in Tamora at their Synod. She is joined on the cabinet by relative unknowns in Melissa Debdale as Foreign Secretary. The 40 year old, who is a Truthsayer graduate, has served in the Cenneg Diplomatic Service until revealing herself as a member of the Bene Gesserit faith two years ago. Since then she has worked as an adviser to Niklaus Corrino in his dealings with the Cenneg government. The last member of the cabinet is the Minister for the Environment, Bethan Higgins, a researcher at the Harby Institute of Higher Education specialising in maritime protection. She was also involved in helping set up the project for the Great Alucard Garbage Patch clean up.

It is expected that each Minister shall make themselves avaliable for interviews in the coming days.

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Re: We are The Resistance - Bene Gesserit News
« Reply #22 on: July 30, 2019, 10:54:05 PM »




HONORED MATRES BECOMES "FIRST LADY OF SEITCH"

It was revealed today that 19 year old Holly Cathcart, the Honored Matres councubine of Nathanial Corrino has arrived in Seitch. As the only direct member of the Holy Houses presently in the Theocracy this makes Nathanial Corrino, who is leading the Pangolins, the defacto leader of Seitch. As his wife, Penelope Fava, has just assumed the role of Minister for Culture, this means Miss Cathcart is the closest female to Nathanial and therefore assumes the role of running the Red Palace of Seitch. The news of her prescence in Seitch took many, including blogger Stacey Bradshaw by surprise. "It was incredible, I headed up to the Palace for guard duty and there handing each guard heading off duty a glass of water was Holly Cathcart. While not quiet the same as having the wife of a Corrino it is incredible. The Red Palace should be full of Corrino's, the old, the young, the married, the assigned. I and everyone else can't wait for the Palace to start having the patter of tiny feet."

The entry of Miss Cathcart into the Theocracy marks the first major member of the Holy Houses to enter the Theocracy since hostilities against the interlopers from th Soveit began their war against the Sisterhood.




FOREIGN MINISTER TO HOLD "OPEN BRIEFING"

Foreign Minister Melissa Debdale has today spoken that she intends to hold an "open briefing" in the coming days. Speaking from the Corrino estate, which appears to have become an informal meeting place for the Theocracies cabinet, the 40 year old said, "There are many nations around the world who have questions about us, our nation, our policies. I also know that the media around the world will aim to paint us in a negative way and we must target that. Things are always best going straight to the source and we are the source." The exact time and location of the briefing has yet to be announced. Foreign Minister Debdale also said "We've a number of decisions that need to be made, do we sign the new Mundus Atomic Energy Agency treaty, what if any stance do we take on the matter of things such as the MCUR. I think it is safe to say over the next week or so the talks at the Corrino estate are going to be monumental."

Minister of Culture Penelope Corrino has also begun making her first steps in her new role. The wife of Nathanial Corrino has begun gathering together a group of musicians whom she intends to send on a cultural tour. The Sisterhood has long used music and song as a way of passing on stories of importance in the Sisterhoods history. So far details of where and when the tour will take place are yet to be confirmed however a show in Seitch is unlikely.

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Re: We are The Resistance - Bene Gesserit News
« Reply #23 on: November 16, 2019, 07:44:40 PM »




MISSIONARA LIBRARY OPENS IN DJERB

The Ambassador to Tamora, Verspasian Atreides, has today officially opened the Missionara Library of Djerb. The building is set to house some 10,000 books and journals on various subjects connected to the Bene Gesserit faith. The library is open to the public and anyone may become a member and loan books or utilise its study rooms. In addition to being a public library the building also is expected to host guest lectures as well as cultural performances. The library was the idea of the ambassador's wife Abigail who is a Chapterhouse Mother graduate and gave the official blessing of the new facility. Speaking afterwards Verspasian Atreides spoke about the importance of such buildings for both the local community and the Bene Gesserit faith. "We looked a location that would benefit the local community. A place where at present locals didn't perhaps have as easy access to literature as other places within the city. Our faith is one that tells us we must go searching for knowledge as only by gaining knowledge will be prepare ourselves for the future challenges to come. That search is not confined to the Missionara Protectiva or just those who have been to Chapterhouses. The books here contain everything from scientific theories on the Universe and its contents to studies of the history of art. Naturally the library will be dominated by the works of the Missionara and its scholars and who knows perhaps we will see some of those who visit take an interest in the faith and embrace it."

The opening also featured a performance of old traditional songs from the history of the Bene Gesserit faith by 15 year old musical prodigy Lilias MacIomhair who is training to be a Missionara Protectiva in Ui Cenneslaig. The performance included one song performed in Parthian which according to the performer herself was "butchered. If anyone could understand the Parthian I was singing then I apologise as I'm pretty sure I've probably messed up big style. It's tradition that the songs of the faith take on the language of the local communities the Missionara are part of, after all what better way of teaching about our history. Today's Parthian version needs a great deal of work though so I hope they'll let me back at some point once I brush it up a little."

One of the first people to sign up to the library was a local 12 year old girl who said. "We have watched the building work for months now and I like the idea of having a library on our doorstep now. I don't know about this religion but they have books I can borrow that tell me about interesting things and I liked the music. I have five brothers and sisters back home and our house is small so it gets very loud. I can come here and do homework in the quiet. One of the ladies working here has even said she'll help me if I get stuck." That lady was recent Missionara Protectiva graduate Keira McCann who has spent the last six months on a Parthian crash course. "The Missionara exist as a way of helping gather and spread knowledge. The Ambassador has encouraged us to go out into the local community and learn what we can. Now it's important that we become part of that community and put ourselves to work. I'm planning on translating some of our history books into Parthian, another of the Missionara here is planning on making a study of Djerb music and we hope to help spread knowledge to people who wish to learn. I myself will be giving a talk on the Sandworm of Seitch in terms of its history in truth and myth, whether I'm just talking to the girls who work here or an audience of locals isn't important, the fact we're doing this shows our faith is strengthening daily."

An illustrated Parthain manuscript of the story of Selim Wormrider, the figure thought to have been the only person to connect with Shai Halud and learn the truth of the future great disasters was presented to a local representative as a gift to the Emperor of Tamora as a thank you for being permitted to open the library.

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Re: We are The Resistance - Bene Gesserit News
« Reply #24 on: December 31, 2019, 09:58:06 PM »




A TRUTHSAYERS NEW YEAR MESSAGE

Since the liberation of Seitch and Harko the Truthsayers have fought hard to maintain control of the mountain passes which lead to the coal rich western plateau of Kaitaine. Despite the constant military actions, comrades being killed and hardships of war time life the younger Truthsayers have attempted to still engage with the everyday life of being young women. Seitch has a blossoming nightlife filled with music and song, Harko is becoming a frontier town with its own social life. Among the interests of the younger Truthsayers is using the internet to blog about their experiences and chief among them is Corporal Bradshaw who has built a solid online following since deploying to the Theocracy.

"As the year comes to end the sunsets on another day of freedom for the Theocracy. Each sunrise and sunet brings us one step closer to victory. When we first liberated Seitch people said it couldn't be done, but now its become the capital of our nation. It is a hub of activity with children getting education in something other than what the Communist Party demand. The people are free to follow their own dreams rather than having every aspect of their life mapped out for them. The year behind us has seen the blossoming of our homeland back into a nation, the flag above the Tamoran embassy being the first of many we hope to see in the new year. Tonight as the sunsets for the last time in 2019 those of us not on guard duty will gather at the Red Palace, we'll eat specially made Melange Cake, toast the friends we have lost in the struggle, remember friends overseas and ready ourselves for the year ahead. When the sunrises our war for freedom shall be reignited and with it more and more people flock to our banners. The new year is likely to see the numbers in the Theocracy war machine hit 45,000 and the bit that should frighten the KDF is that many of them are still biding their time hidden among the ranks of the enemy.

So what do I wish will happen in the New Year. First I wish for people to see the Truth about our faith. We are not a threat, we are not terrorists. We have been targetted for centuries because of our rather unique take on religion. The enemies propaganda machine has been great. It capitalised on the dumb mistakes some of our sisters made and we shall forever struggle to shake that off. We are now accused of the kidnap of East Moreland's ambassador but no Truthsayers or Theocracy soldiers were involved, bringing more people into the war is not a smart move for us. We have no ill will towards any nation, only false nations like the Soviets, and should we be given a chance we would show the world just how good a friend we can be. Second I would wish for an end to conflict, not just ours, but all. As a 20 year old I've lost count of the friends I've seen die in this war and as we fight our own we see conflict in several other areas of the world, we see horrific terrorist attacks in Tytor, a civil war in Clysperis and insurrgencies in Vaguzia. To those experiencing what we are here I hope Shai Halud honours the dead. Naturally my final wish is the return of the Kwizach Hadrach, every day here it feels like we need this superhuman superweapon to help turn the tide, bring the war to a swift end but I know whoever he is he has a destiny much bigger than the Theocracy. It is for this destiny we must bring our victory against the Soviets swiftly and then turn our attention to preparing the world for the greater challenges to come, challenges that will unite humanity or see us destroyed.

I wish you all a prosperous and victorious New Year."

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FIRST "MIDARANYE" BENE GESSERIT BORN

Great news emerged today from Tamora with the announcement that Verspasian Atreides and his wife Abigail have had their 2nd child. The pair had kept the pregnancy secret following complications with Abigail during a miscarried pregnancy two years ago and it is reported that the child was born a month premature. This news marks the first Bene Gesserit child born in Midaranye on record something Reverned Mother Erin McGregor says is "fantastic" she went on to say, "the need to spread our faith's message across Mundus is vital for the future of humanity, Midaranye is an area that lives and breaths religion of many different types. It is our belief that therefore the Bene Gesserit faith needs to be in among things there and while we could easily transplant a community to the region it is important Bene Gesserit communities become an organic part of the world they reside in. The birth of this child in the region to Bene Gesserit parents is a great start and we hope that several converts may soon enjoy their own happy moment of welcoming children into the world." The exact number of people following the Bene Gesserit faith in the region is hard to ascertain however the Ambassador is not aware of the birth of any children among the community.

Verspasian Atreides is the heir to the Dukedom of Arrakeen and was appointed as the Theocracy of Kaitaine's first official ambassador. He already has one child with his wife, a three year old son called Bastian. His wife, Abigail, is a graduate of the Achkaerin Chapterhouse School where she trained as a Mother. The couple have not yet released any images of the child however confirmed that they have had a daughter whom they are calling Reagan and that steps have already been put in place for the child to join a Chapterhouse, probably in Achkaerin, at the age of 4. Verspasian said that he is "excited to be a father again. It will obviously be different to the first few years of Bastian's life as we're in a different culture but it will be exciting." There are rumours that now Verspasian has had two children and the fact that his wife Abigail has struggled with pregnancies before that the ambassador may be given an Honored Matres by the Reverned Mother.

A leading scholar of the Missionara Protectiva explained, "The Atreides are an important family regarding the coming of the Kwizach Hadrach. We need as many of their bloodline as possible to ensure we can unlock their potential. They are already a large family but you can never have too many. Verspasian is a great servent to our faith and is still young at 31, he can have many more children but we should not risk any future childs health or Abigail's health. By giving Verspasian a concubine from the Honored Matres we can ensure more Atreides children but at less of a risk." Such decisions are made by the Reverned Mother usually at the time of the Spice Harvest in late April. It is expected that an announcement on this years harvest is due in the coming days.

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« Reply #26 on: April 28, 2020, 10:47:22 PM »




FREMEN HONORED MATRES MISSING

The Honored Matres of Achilles Fremen, Heidi Lehman has been reported missing in Ui Cenneslaig. The 23 year old graduate of the Claith Chapterhouse has been the sworn concubine of the youngest grandson of the Duchess Anna Fremen for 3 years and there has been much speculation about whether the pair will soon incur the wrath of the Reverned Mother. It is the duty of Honored Matres to produce children for the most noble of families. They are selected after much research by the Missionara Protectiva to ensure that the girl is someone who, while not of noble birth, has the potential to contribute towards the creation of the Kwizach Hadrach. Heidi Lehmann was born in Ui Cenneslaig to a relatively poor working class family of Bene Gesserit devotees. At the age of 4 she joined Chapterhouse in Claith before being paired with Achilles on his 20th birthday. The pair spent 12 months living in East Moreland prior to the misunderstanding where disgraced Bene Gesserit attempted to steal nuclear waste from the North of East Moreland. Achilles was studying to be a doctor but following the discovery of the Bene Gesserit rouges and the outing of the Fremen family as members he transfered to Claith along with his Honored Matres who is studying art. It was understood that at last years Spice Festival the Reverned Mother, Erin McGregor was critical of the pair and repremanded them for the fact that they have yet to conceave children.

Miss Lehman has now been missing for 48 hours after failing to return from meeting friends in a cafe in the city centre. The alarm was raised this morning. Already rumours among the Bene Gesserit community of Ui Cenneslaig have spoken of it perhaps being another raid on faith overseas by the KGB while others believe that she has run away from the Fremen family following disastisfaction with her relationship with Achilles Fremen. Despite having no Police powers in Ui Cenneslaig it is understood that members of the Truthsayers have been tasked with attempting to track Miss.Lehman down.

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Re: We are The Resistance - Bene Gesserit News
« Reply #27 on: June 05, 2020, 10:20:37 PM »




WAS SHAI HALUD A PANGOLIN?

A group of Missionara scholars lead by 30 year old Professor Agnes Mulryne have today released what is likely to be a controversial theory about the nature of Shai Halud, the spirit of a giant sandworm it is believed collects the souls of the dead and takes them to whatever waits beyond death. This group, calling themselves the "Genesis of Faith Scholars" have however formed the opinion that the wrong creature has been credited with this role, something they discuss in their initial journal called "The Genesis of Knowledge". Mulryne is a historian by training and has produced various articles of topics relating to the imagery of religious practices through time, she currently lectures occasionally on Cenneg history at both Chapterhouse in Claith and the Claith University. The new book suggests that Shai Halud is actually a Pangolin speaking online to introduce the new journal Professor Mulyrne explained. "When you examine some of the stories told by groups native to Eastern Aranye some tell a story where at a person's death a creature enters the person's aura and this is the important part, the story says "gently lifts the spirit and carries it before them." This is impossible for a sandworm, it can't carry anything in front of them. We then examined several old images of Kaitaine's historical religious sites from before Soviet occupation damaged or destroyed them. In caves close to Secundas an inscription states that Shai Halud is a scaled creature kept low in honour of a great burden. Well what bigger burden is there than a humans spirit, add to this the fact that Pangolins walk seemingly hunched over and they are heavily scaled then it becomes even more clear." Mulryne went on to explain how she believes that the size difference between what she calls the "fictional giant sandworm of ancient history" and the "modern miniture" would never have happened. "The sandworms are important, but why are the Pangolin able to carry the souls, because they are one of the few animals that eat the wild sandworms of the Kaitaine desert. They consume the spice Melange in the same way we do to connect with the Gods. The Pangolin are therefore Holy creatures."

The group later spoke about the need to protect the species which is endangered and they criticised the Soviets for this. "The Pangolin is a creature at risk. Its numbers dwindle and the Soviets have done nothing to protect it. This is not a surprise as they are a culture who know only how to destroy. They know only how to kill regardless of whether this is a culture, a person or the messenger of the Gods. We must ensure its survival or our spirits are to be condemed to walking Mundus for eternity."

The Reverned Mother was asked her views on the new groups ruling and stated, "I find it inaccurate and incorrect. Their evidence is flimsy and lacks depth. I think they have this wrong and know that God/Gods will guide them back towards the truth. We are a faith that thrive on expanding knowledge as we seek out God/Gods truth in whatever form it is. Professor Mulryne is obviously free to form her own ideas but I will not support them. The fact that her following is a group of only 10 scholars speaks volumes. The Missionara are the most critically thinking academics on Mundus, the academic elite in my view and if she can not convince anymore than 10 of the thousands that exist then we know what direction the truth must lie. I will enjoy reading her journal naturally as her lectures on Cenneg History exicted me as a student, but in this case as the head of the faith I am confident she has made a mistake."

Professor Mulryne responded by saying, "Throughout history Reverned Mothers have changed their views repeatedly as new evidence of the nature of the Gods and the Kwizach Hadrach come to light. Unlike many faith we are not set in our belief. My mission is to convince her to support our belief and we shall continue searching for more and more evidence that supports our interpretation." The Professor then confirmed that the group are investigating ways to protect the creature from harm. 

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Re: We are The Resistance - Bene Gesserit News
« Reply #28 on: June 12, 2020, 10:45:28 PM »




MISSIONARA FAMILY ACQUIRE BASE

The newly formed "Genesis of Faith" Missionara Family have today confirmed that they have taken ownership of what they are calling their "base". The group is lead by Professor Agnes Mulryne and have purchased a farmhouse and stables in the countryside of Cantabria. The Missionara Family is commonly a group of scholars who have a common identity and series of beliefs and produce work to support their view. The Genesis of Faith reached public knowledge last week when they released their first journal in which Professor Mulryne set out her belief that the faith had misinterpreted the identity of Shai Halud which is a key part of the faith as members of the Bene Gesserit believe that it collects the souls of the dead. The commonly held belief is that Shai Halud is a giant sandworm that existed millenia ago in the desert of Kaitaine, over time the faithful believe that human actions have seen the worms, which are actually a unique species of centipede, shrink significantly over the year. The worms are vital to the Bene Gesserit faith for the production of the ritualistic spice melange. This story is disputed by the Genesis of Faith Missionara Family who believe that Shai Halud is infact an ancient Pangolin. The Pangolin exists in Kaitaine but is a species that is under threat. 

Upon moving into the new "Base" Professor Mulryne explained, "We needed a place to get together and organise ourselves. We have studies to conduct, we have knowledge we need to diseminate through the Sisterhood and we must work to save the Pangolin, we have made this a major objective of our Family." The Professor has confirmed that the new base will see around 10 scholars based there at anyone time who shall be responsible for establishing what was called a "base of information". The Professor also said that the Missionara Family have recieved funding from the Corrino family. Duke Niklaus Corrino however was quick to point out he is not a member of the Genesis of Faith having said. "I think it important to support knowledge and education. The fact the Genesis of Faith are pushing the envelope and starting huge debates is what the Missionara were set up for. I would best describe my stance as traditionalist but I know Professor Mulryne is a great scholar." It is thought he purchased the property for the group.

So far Professor Mulryne has not given details of how they intend to save the Pangolin.

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Re: We are The Resistance - Bene Gesserit News
« Reply #29 on: June 22, 2020, 10:17:28 PM »




PANGOLINS SAVED BY G.O.F

The Genesis of Faith Missionara Family have today announced that they have established a "safe haven" for Pangolins. The endangered speices is revered by the Genesis of Faith with the group believing it is the embodyment of the spirit of Shai Halud. In a statement on their website the group confirmed that a number of Truthsayers based in the Theocracy of Kaitaine who are affiliating themselves to the new Missionara Family had managed to smuggle out two adult Pangolin and six babies. These had been somehow taken to Tamora where the group have secured permission to acquire 10km2 of desert to be a "Pangolin Protection Park". It was believed that Ambassador Vespasian Atreides helped with the acquisition of the land but has stated clearly that he did so not as a member of the Genesis of Faith but as "someone supportive of animal protection". It is understood that members of the Genesis of Faith group will be keeping watch over the animals and hopefully employing locals to ensure the animals are not poached. It is understood that in the past the animals have been sought on the black market for some cultures to use in medical supplies however it is hoped that by employing park keepers of some variety that the animals will be safe.

Professor Agnes Mulryne has further announced that she intends for this to be the first of several "Pangolin Protection Parks". She has further announced that she intends to speak at the upcoming Chapterhouse lectures however has yet to confirm what the title of her talk will be.