Divorce Trial Massacre

The Divorce Trial Massacre, also known as the Helianthus Divorce Massacre was a mass killing that occurred on 6/7/2021 at the divorce trial of Xeroise Ronango'O and Caveblind in the city of Helianthus that resulted in the deaths of at least seven~ people including the divorcees and a journalist.

Background
Early in the day at roughly 8:00 PM EST, Xeroise had jokingly said that the first person to pay her fifty cents would be the one she would marry, resulting in her promptly being married to Caveblind with the wedding being officiated by Moyye. Over the next hour the two continuously bickered and Xeroise attested that the marriage was illegitimate because it did not follow Oxintoist marriage rituals resulting in them deciding to get a divorce, and ultimately decided to host a public divorce trial in the city of Helianthus. Around ten or more people attended the event as viewers alone. Xeroise was defended by a player named Hydra while Caveblind was defended by a player named Orbital1.

The Massacre
Shortly after 10:20 PM EST on 6/7/2021 during the middle of the trial, Caveblind exclaimed that Xeroise was to be killed and prepared a crossbow resulting in Xeroise suddenly taking out a diamond axe and putting on diamond armor and the two began to attack one another, it was at this point that a bandit by the name of Onetapped_ rushed into the middle of the ceremony after having had drank a potion of invisibility and began to kill both Caveblind and Xeroise and the attending crowd with a Netherite Axe. At the end of the day it is estimated around seven people had died, or most of the attendees. The few that made it away primarily got away on boat as the trial was held right off of a river. Caveblind, despite ultimately being killed himself by the bandit in the massacre, had hired the bandit to aid in the killing of Xeroise.

Aftermath
Most of the items of the attendees and Xeroise herself had been stolen by the bandit, some being given to Caveblind. They soon negotiated that the items be returned as Xeroise had the head of Caveblind's attorney Orbital1. As a result, many of the items were promptly returned to their respectful owners and Xeroise attested that Caveblind was forever banished from the territory of the United Socialist States of Eldham or they would be charged with multiple charges of first degree murder. Later that day at around midnight EST, Moyye would officialy divorce Xeroise and Caveblind.

"'Tonight, drama between Xeroise and caveblind, two newleyweds, brewed. They began plotting murder attempts at eachother, and decided to go to court. Suddenly, an assassin sprang into the fray, killing Xero AND me and taking her stuff. The assassin, Onetapped_ (mentioned in my previous newspaper) was hired by caveblind and Xeroise took my head. Later, I was taken as an eyewitness for a trade between the newleyweds. In exchange for my head and stone, she'd get her loot back. The newleyweds are soon to be divorced. More on that later.'"-An excerpt from Orbital1's newspaper covering the events of the massacre shortly after it happened and everything was settled.