Our kids deserve better Toy stores!

(Year 232, Winter) What if you could visit a good toy store to buy toys and skill items for your child? Well, in Mazaloom this seems rather complicated at the moment. In fact, you will hardly find any stores aimed towards babies or children at all. Baby expert Heidi L. Wooblershield (52) had enough!

- This is nothing but sad! They used to have a decent corner here at the Old Salt House in San Myshuno, but look at it now! It looks like an abandoned storage room that you entered by mistake!

Heidi knows how important toys are to a child growing up, as she raised 4 of them.

Jewelry by Madam Maxim at Gallery Ex-Po

(Year 232, Summer) This Summer Jewelry had a new Spring. All over the kingdom residents wanted a piece of what was on offer. The reason for all the attention was probably a mix of a few Crystal Crafter, and some headlines regarding the Politician's urge to regulate this business. More about the latter further down.

Madam Maxim Sprucewood.

First we will bring a brief report from a new jewelry sale that opened this week at Gallery Ex-Po in Newcrest. They are known for assisting the aristocracy finding new owners to old heirlooms. When you want to sell something, Gallery Ex-Po will buy it, this way you will get paid immediately even when it takes a while to find a new owner. The jewelry is different, though.

First official Landlords

(Year 231, Winter) At a brief but full packed event taking place at People Chamber last night, the new Residential Rental routine was officially announced, and the Merchants Guild core group leader, Corinne Dougham, introduced the brand new deed that all major Landlords must purchase. And why was HRM King Tarriot there? He was the first to receive this new deed!   

Left to right: HRM King Tarriot, Claudine Tangerin Mester Shine, Corinne Dougham Mester
Crestville, Malcolm Landgraab Mester Cacti, Nina Caliente, and Eleanor Elderberry.

These days we see a lot of buzz regarding the residential rental business. We had plenty of rentable homes in the past, but the new system makes it more interesting to run this as a business, and - the restrictions might actually bring some exclusivity to the Landlord title. Mazaloom kingdom can only provide 56 units (7 per 8 regions) and because we now require the bigger Landlords to hold a limited deed, the business will not be an option  to just anyone.

Trial Verdict: Amy Cracrow vs Victor F. Tangerin

(Year 231, Fall) Last year the then 17 years old Amy Cracrow sued former Region 12 Mayor, Victor F. Tangerin (then 72) for spreading the White Eyes Syndrome by having minimum 10 unlegitimate children with different women. The case was brought to Court House last year, and this week sees the verdict!

Victor (Fling) Tangerin was found guilty of constantly spreading his rare eye syndrome and for not paying financial support to his numerous unlegitimate children. Court stated that it is not illegal to have children outside marriage, but when having 10 of them over a short period, the activity can no longer be described as a "random woohoo affair". But most important, knowing his DNA profile, he should have taken precaution.

White Eyes Syndrome Trial is on

(Year 231) The trial involving ex-Politician Victor F. Tangerin (73) opened last week. He was sued by a group of teens and children, lead by Amy Cracrow (17) from Henford-on-Bagley. Tangerin is charged for spreading his White Eyes syndrome by having children around the nation, while still being married and without paying any child support ever.

The Court House foyer was busy with involved persons and press. Just a few minutes before they had to enter the court room, Amy Cracrow posed with 5 other of Tangerin's secret children. Several of them  wore sunglasses to hide their defect eyes.

Top 10 Wealthy Residents

(Year 230, Winter) So, let's take a look on the gossip-ish side of things. Who is the wealthiest resident of Mazaloom kingdom?

I keep pretty detailed lists of every resident's investments, stocks, land property, cash and other possessions like valuable heirlooms and jewelries. Head of top nobility houses will also possess the house's Trust. And some have large bank loans.

You can find most of these details in the online residents registry (history and heirlooms section, but some tidbits also list on the individual Profile pages. When a sim dies, heritage rules tick in, and in some cases the rank gets affected.

When all this sums up, who make it to the top 10 list of today?

The Royal Chamber: Changes to the Large Peerage

(Year 229, Chateau Peek, Del Sol Valley) This week the 75th Grand Mazaloom Gathering (GMG) took place at Chateau Peek. This annual conference is hosted by The Royal Chamber and gathers all dukes of the kingdom as well as the 8 regional mayors to debate various community aspects. This year The Royal Chamber announced an upcoming redefining of the Peerage of Mazaloom, aka the Large Peerage.

And this is actually the perfect occasion to announce that there is a brand new Mazaloom Peerage overview on the Community Pages - a quick way to see the status of each peerage, their rank, and who the current dukes, counts and barons are. 

The Royal Chamber (left to right): Prince Jerome, Count de Tredony (64). Duke Merlin von Windenburg (77). His Royal Majesty King Tarriot of Mazaloom (61). Duke Victus of Meadows (55). Lord Dominic of Deadgrass was not present, and Count Marcel II of Advorton (77) was too sick to attend this year's conference. Posing on the right is Lord Floyd Altham (91), not a knight of The Royal Chamber.

The large peerage was instated by King Baltazar II all the way back in Year 2, and the first peerages created in addition to the kingdom were dukedoms and counties, followed by some baronies. The system quickly came out of order when also a few "lordships" were created, unintendedly. It did not help a bit that the monarch was ditched as result of the Year 118 revolution, and the fighting Royal Chamber - mostly in order to secure more titles for their own houses, created numerous Lord and Lady titles outside the large peerage, not connecting to any land or real peerage.

Old Salt House Scandal

(Year 229) It's not easy running a busy retail shopping mall in the city, especially not if the current Neighborhood Action Plans (N.A.P.s) are less suitable for your business and your costumers. Thankfully, His Royal Majesty King Tarriot of Mazaloom does pay attention to businesses no matter what hood they are in.

Last week he unannounced stopped by Old Salt House Shopping Mall to buy some flowers. Customers paused their shopping in awe, and more people arrived from the square near by. The Monarch signed autographs and posed for pictures, but without asking to talk with the owner.

Switched at Birth

 (Year 225) If you followed my video series As sims Go By, you might recall that a certain event took place at Gloomville Hospital about 5 years ago. Because the upcoming third season of this series will focus on the story of fewer households, and this event will only be mentioned subtly, I figured it might be okay addressing it all here on the blog.

Simandus Silverbone has been returned to his biological parents in Brindleton Bay.

Spring of year 220 both Fanny Silverbone and Claudia Tangerin, Lady Shine gave birth to a son. Claudia had a ongoing thing with a lover, her husband's political rival, Edvin Phlum. Becauase she kind of blackmailed him, she feared the chance of her son getting his father's white eyes syndrome, which would of course have spoiled her lie completely. Making this complicated story short, Claudia switched the two baby boys before leaving the hospital. It harmed her marriage when Baldwin Tazar Tangerin grew up to toddler, unveiling his red hair and brown eyes - genetics that did not match with neither Claudia nor Victor.