BANDLE BREAKOUT!
Well, folks, it has finally happened.
We have finally received word on Bandle City's position on the Demacian situation, which is a massive middle finger to King Jarvan Lightshield IV and his Mageseekers.
At 6 AM Runeterra time, word reached the Zaun Heralds office about a large-scale breakout at one of the many detention centres/camps set up in Demacia to hold detained mages and their families.
The detention centre that experienced the sudden exodus held, to our knowledge, a total of 120 prisoners between the ages of 5 and 17; let that sink in, folks. The “good” King Jarvan IV saw fit to imprison babes no older than five - under the guise of “protecting his citizens”.
We have here footage of the breakout from the detention centre security cameras.
(The footage is in black and white, looks grainy, with no audio)
A large room that looks to be a cafeteria, going by the rows of tables, is shown. The tables are filled with kids eating, whilst armed guards are seen standing at the sides of the room, closely observing the kids.
Suddenly, the room fills up with a bright light and obscures the footage, but it dissipates, and the guards are shown unconscious on the floor.
In the centre of the room is what appears to be a large archway emitting a bright white light from its entrance, it is framed with leaves and branches. Runes are etched into the stone floor around the portal and glow faintly.
Small figures that resemble Yordles are pacing around the room, and one of the figures, distinctive by their pointy hat, is addressing the children and gesturing towards the archway.
The children are rounded up and escorted through the archway, where they disappear into the light.
The Yordles start filing out behind the children, leaving the Yordle with the pointy hat facing the now empty room save for the unconscious guards; they wave their hands, and the guards start to wake up.
The Yordle runs through the archway and disappears along with the rest of their cohorts and the now-liberated children; the archway disassembles behind them, the pieces disintegrating into nothingness.
(End footage)
Shortly after receiving this footage, a Bandle Portal opened up in the Lanes located a short distance from the Sumps Level here in Zaun, a total of 90 children were found on the scene unharmed but shaken; private security organisations the Firelights and the EOZ (Eye Of Zaun) were first on the scene to attend to the children, with PCE (Piltover Courtesy Enforcers} following close behind to assist.
The children have been confirmed to be the same children shown in the footage we received, the head of the Firelights, an anonymous individual whose identity was concealed by an owl mask with a built-in voice modulator, informed The Zaun Herald that the children were all Demacian by birth and that the remaining 30 children rescued from the detention centre were, as we now speak, being returned to their nations.
A representative of Bandle City was also present, a seemingly young Yordle called Teemo was happy to announce that Bandle City Elders came to a unanimous decision to assist with the care of all children detained by Demacia until King Jarvan IV was ready to, and this is quoted by Mr Teemo, “stop being a big meanie and listen to others”.
Mr Teemo also announced that Bandle City will assist other nations where they can in returning their citizens to where they call home, however, the 120 children liberated this time were still just a portion of those being held and that any further attempts to liberate the remaining the prisoners will take time as opening Bandle Portals in areas that are away from arcane leylines is extremely difficult and taxing on the mage responsible for operating the portal. The reason why they were able to pull off this operation in the first place is due to the detention centre, holding the 120 children, foundation was not built with petricite, a stone that drains the abilities of mages, causing them to be unable to wield magic.
Mr Teemo announced that he would be staying in Zaun to oversee the progress with the Demacian children, before leaving to speak with our leading goddess Janna who was also on the scene calming the children. The Zaun Herald regrets to inform that we were unable to get a statement from Janna herself but one of her temple representatives was kind enough to disclose that the children would be in the care of the temple for the foreseeable future.
There has been no news yet on Demacia's response to the breakout but rest assured that when the Zaun Herald does get news, you fine people will be the first to know.
This is Tahm Kench, saying goodbye for now folks.
