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 Rebellious General In Great Hermlake City Attempts Christmas Koup

After a misleading turn of events filled with corruption and potential scandals, General Covenbard of the Berm’s army attacked the Great Hermlake Legislature building. Luckily, no representatives were harmed and the rebellion was quickly ended when the general died of mysterious causes. Now that you know what happened, let us look back a few days or so to discover the cause of this koup. 

Firstly, the GHLL (Great Hermlake Legislature) received a petition from some anonymous Herms from Borderwinde that complained about the increase of rich Herms that were moving into their traditionally poor Herm colony. The petition requested a limit for how much money Herms could have and use to purchase land and other similar public commodities. The requests seemed reasonable and after it was passed on to the Economic Committee to revise, they voted in favor of approving the new Bill. 

The governor happily signed the Bill and it was put into the law books. They sent the Berm a copy (as is traditional) but when the Berm received the Bill, he felt that it was illegal and sent it back to the Legislature with the message that he did not approve of the law. The part about requesting amendment was lost during the relaying of messages from rider to rider and so when it reached the governor’s desk, he assumed that the Berm was trying to overturn his new law without any authority to do so.

The governor was outraged and held an immediate trial on whether or not the Berm was allowed to do this. With some persuasion from the Conspiracy Theorists the court agreed that the Berm could not overturn their law. Unfortunately for the Berm, the Hermul and Hermbul Courts had already decided not to hear the case so there was nothing he could do but go along with the unusual law.

One General Covenbard of the 5th division of the Great Hermlake Garrison saw the trial as an offense to the Berm’s power and an attempt to take control of the country. HermPost believes that his reckless actions were due to a loathing he had for the Conspiracy Theorists since they had been interfering with his operations for months and he believed they were behind the suspicious trial.

At once, he ordered his troops to seize the Capital District where the Legislature Building, the Mayor’s Residence, the Governor’s House, and the Economic Committee are located within the Inner City. A fifth of his troops followed the commands immediately and marched to the gates of the Capital District. Another two fifths of the army would follow shortly after (with some convincing from General Covenbard) and stood outside the gates of the Inner City. 

By the time the news of General Covenbard’s assault was relayed to the Head General of the Garrison, he had already taken the Governor’s House and had encircled the Legislature Building and forced the defenders to stand down. Another legion of Herms was quickly moved to retake the Capital District from Covenbard and to arrest him at all costs. The army Covenbard had positioned at the gates of the Inner City was met by a force triple their size. Thirty minutes after the original orders, Captain Hermjuice went against his General’s orders and reluctantly surrendered to the encircling army before they were attacked.

When the second army arrived, General Covenbard was dead and his army had withdrawn from the Capital District under the new orders from Lieutenant General Cornberticus. Miraculously, no members of the Legislature were harmed and only three loyal guards were injured in Covenbard’s attack. The governor later apologized to the people of the Great Hermlake Region. “…I am sorry to have participated in such a misunderstanding and perhaps the largest scandal or other political event since the Duff Herm Massacre of Yostacorn when the Orcs came down upon us from the east….”

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