The Sethris Times

The Sethris Times, also refered to as Sethris Times, is a newspaper founded and headquartered in Sethris. It is highly influential in Northwest Eldham. It was founded on June 19, 2022 by Vel-Mäst Atreiyen and Lev-Ifrik Gëlevëm. Shortly after they hired another owner, Gäles-Ifrik Gelärhisgir. The Sethris Times is currently owned by Welmast and FireDolphin.

Founding
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. 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. The employees 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.

Return
After Lev's removal, the newspaper quickly rebounded. Other branches of the newspaper were added to cover more topics, including the Aristii Areal, which covers events that are happening in the general area of Aristios. Further edits to the format were made to modernize its design.

Sethris Times Census
In December of 2022, the Sethris Times released a census promoted by Stoneworks itself, which included many questions about economics, supply and demand, and advertising. The final results were published in February 3rd, 2023 by Welmast.

Branches
Since its founding, the Sethris Times has created several daughter newspapers and other branches to help it cover a wide range of topics and areas.

The Aristii Areal was made to cover Aristii issues. It was founded after one of the many collapses of Aristios, when Welmast was contacted by the leader of Din-Tei, one of the towns that had seceded from Aristios following the collapse.

The Financial News branch of the Sethris Times covers financials, including banking, stock market, and trade information. There are separate branches for Rathnir and Eldham.

The Sunset Gazette was created to focus on issues within Redoriv, a democratic nation, much like Sethris.

The Rathniri Recon publishes news about Rathnir, despite the main newspaper being based in Eldham.