Deadly Days Claim Another Bladesman

FASTHELD - In what is fast becoming a record, the Emperor's Blades is losing more men to accidents than in conflict defending the realm.

The latest fatality: Ignatius Cirrus, an archer in the Blades who stumbled while on patrol at the Lightholder Crossroads and struck his head on a horse trough. He lost consciousness and never recovered.

Rumor has it that Blademaster Hartnek Lomasa is planning a few weeks of remedial walking-upright-and-balanced training for the soldiers.