The Sethris Times

The Sethris Times was a newspaper founded and headquartered in Whiteridge, Sethris and reported on Eldham and Rathnir. It was one of the most prominent and influential news organizations in Eldham after it was founded there on June 19, 2022 by Vel-Mäst Atreiyen and Lev-Ifrik Gëlevëm (now Theo Antares). Shortly after they hired another owner, Gäles-Ifrik Gelärhisgir. It's Successor in Abexilas is the Cailadra Courier. 
 
== History ==
=== Founding ===
File:FirstLayout.png|The first layout of The Sethris Times, which was called "Sethris Newspaper".
File:WelmastLayout.png|Welmast's Layout of the Sethris Times. Welmast's Template had the title as "Sethris Times", which is where the current newspaper name has came from.
On June 19, 2022, Lev was thinking about the newspaper that he had read during his time in Novastonia, which gave him the idea to found a Sethrian newspaper. Shortly afterwards, he brought the idea up with Welmast, who agreed to help with the idea. Only a few hours later, they created the first draft of what would become the first edition of The Sethris Times, which drew some inspiration from the layout of the Novastonian newspaper he had read. The newspaper was originally titled 'Sethris Newspaper', then changed to 'Sethrian Newspaper'. These names were intended as temporary placeholder titles until they decided on an official layout. Welmast then designed a new layout that included the current name of the newspaper, the Sethris Times. Name suggestions from people other than the founders included 'The North Star' 'Polaris News', and 'Polaris Printing', but those were declined on the basis of all three of them including the names of unrelated political entities. The first edition was published only a few hours afterwards. The cover page article was on the topic of the Grand Prix in Whiteridge being postponed. FireDolphin was hired initially as a journalist and writer, but was quickly promoted to owner alongside Lev and Welmast. 
=== Rise to Popularity ===
Following the first edition, the newspaper quickly rose to popularity. Realizing their success, the business began expanding, hiring more employees, and accepting advertisements, which caused further growth. The newspaper had 47 readers only a month after its foundation. Lev wrote an article on the anniversary. 
=== Controversy ===
There was a sudden cessation of publication of new editions of the Sethris Times due to internal controversy over Lev, who wanted to shut down the Sethris Times for personal reasons by trying to deceive Welmast. Welmast asked him to resign, but Lev refused, as he wanted to keep his position. It became a bitter argument, and FireDolphin and Welmast chose to hold a company-wide vote on the issue. On July 28th the employees and readers voted to remove his ownership. In the following days, Welmast filed a restraining order against Lev due to repeated harassment. Only days afterwards, Lev was deported from Sethris due to violent actions and threats both within Sethris and in other nations. 
=== Local Editions ===
After Lev's removal, the newspaper quickly rebounded. Other local branches of the newspaper were added to cover more specific topics, including the Aristii Areal. The Aristii Areal covered events that are happening in the general area of Aristios after Welmast was contacted by the Aristii leader of Din-Tei, a town that had seceded from Aristios following the collapse. Other nations started to contact the company to create local editions for them such as the Sunset Gazette in Redoriv, another democratic nation similar to Sethris. Another nation that had a local edition was Qadakh. 
Local Editions started to slow down due to the immense management it took and local articles were simply incorporated in the main Eldham and Rathnir editions. 
=== Financial News ===
Following Admiral Fluffy Atreiyen stepping down as leader of the Stoneworks Finance Guild (SFG), his son, Vel-Mäst Atreiyen (Welmast) introduced financial news in cooperation with the guild. It was based on financial pamphlets that guild used to distribute but stopped making. Like the main papers, financial news had both a Rathniri and Eldhamite branch. Similarly to the local editions it was too much to manage and financial articles were incorporated in the main editions. 
Some of the news the financial papers covered was banking, the stock market, trade information, and more. It set the basis for the demographics branch of the Sethris Times. 
=== Rathnir Expansion ===
After being successful in Eldham the company decided to expand its reporting to Rathnir. On September 3rd, 2022 the first Rathnir Edition came out. It would see slower progress than the Eldham edition as the company was based in Eldham not Rathnir, but it saw progress nonetheless. Staff member Indigo came up with a logo for the Rathnir Edition and dubbed it the Rathniri Recon. The logo designed by Indigo can be found on the right. 
=== Demise ===
When Iristor's Comet hit Eldham and Rathnir the worlds subsequently came to an end. This meant that the Sethris Times and Sethris itself also ended leaving its legacy behind. Before its demise the company would go on to produce 27 Eldham articles and 10 Rathnir articles.
== Branches/Affiliates ==
=== Libraries/Books ===
The Sethris Times as mentioned previously was headquartered in Whiteridge, Sethris, and in the town laid a dormant library. Ava-Likëmu Magrökmur (PvPHorizon), the mayor of Whiteridge, and Drako52, founder of Sethris, both donated books to Welmast to start a Sethris Times book catalog. It started by PvPHorizon and Myre, the co-owner of the library, refurbishing the unused library which in addition to housing the donated collection also housed written editions of the Sethris Times. 
Welmast amassed a bigger collection as time went on and opened a book catalog for anyone across Ratham to order the book of their choosing. The Sethris Times catalog at its peak had 120 books for sale. While this was happening the library was growing exponentially and had to be expanded into a neighboring building which happened to be the Sethris Times headquarters. At its peak the library held 80 books (its max capacity) with 224 books cataloged. 
A few months after founding the Sethris Times welmast also founded the Stoneworks Book Traders and Librarians Guild (SBTLG) which helped keep track of libraries and book stores across Ratham. This further solidified the Sethris Times in the book world. The SBTLG later merged into the World's Cultural Guild which also hosted the Day of Frost or the celebration of Sethrian independence taking place every May 31st. For that day of frost a huge university campus was built in Zirbenzöd, Sethris which also included the Gelärhisgir Library named after one of the owners of the Sethris Times. This Library designed by Lucfdez was incredibly large and could house hundreds of books, too many for the Sethris Times' collection, in fact. Despite this it was still one of the libraries owned by the Sethris Times in addition to the Whiteridge Library.
=== Demographics ===
Drako52 gave Welmast an idea for something that he thought would be interesting; a more in depth financial census than the one the server promotes. Welmast decided it was a good and worked with the Sethris Times team to make it a reality. 
By November of 2022 the census was beginning to take shape and on December 20, 2022, the Sethris Times released the financial census. The census was promoted by Stoneworks itself which greatly increased the popularity of the Sethris Times. The census included many questions about economics, supply and demand, and advertising. The final results were published in February 3rd, 2023 by Welmast. 
In July of 2023 Orpheus contacted Welmast about his newly formed census guild to become a guild lord. Orpheus was inspired by the success of the financial census and wanted to expand on it while also wanted to improve the rate at which official censuses were posted. Welmast accepted the offer and the both of them started work on the first census in August of 2023. Orpheus worked on the basics of the census such as where players lived and Welmast just continued the Sethris Times financial census making it all in one. Stoneworks promoted their first census and made the census guild an official guild. The Census Guild later rebranded to the Demographics Guild. 
=== Mapping ===
On January 6th the Sethris Times released its first map of Eldham made by Welmast. It featured a birds-eye view of the borders of Eldham colored in on top of a birds-eye view of the land. It also had an old paper background as a nod to the history of the newspapers. It also featured the City of the Day Calendar which highlighted a city each time a new map came out. The calendar was on the right sidebar of the map which also held adverts.
The maps were well-recieved by the cartography community with many older cartographers giving them their praise. 
== Concepts ==
=== New Header Concept ===
In July 22, 2022, Lev made a poll on a concept of a brand new header. The majority of the public said no to the change. The newspaper header looked way more modern than it was the official header at the time. But, even with that, it didn't change whatsoever. 
=== City of the Day Calendar ===
This concept was to make a 'Stoneworks City of the Day Calendar' under The Sethris Times. This time, Lev didn't have a server or the Public Eye to put the vote on, due to being forced to resign and permanently banned from the Sethris Times server. This idea was up for a while and had no use until it was decided to use it as a branch for the newspaper that he made at the time called The BO'OH'O'WA'ER Post.
The city of the day calendar was later re-adopted by the mapping branch of the Sethris Times with Lev giving permission. 
== Legacy ==
=== Notable Quotes ===
Over its time in Eldham and Rathnir the Sethris Times have made quite the impact. Below are quotes from some famous people in the world of Ratham: 
== Editions ==
Category:Sethris
Category:Traveler's Era
Category:Literature
Category:Maps