European intrigue and protests ripple through Vienna and beyond
The Dustin Gazette reports a flurry of diplomatic moves and harsh decrees across Europe. An envoy from Vienna carries an Emperor order to depart within days, triggering reciprocal expulsion of foreign subjects. In Palermo and Piedmont, nobles meet amid fear of a rupture with rival courts as Sicily, Venice, and Augsburg issue quarantines and punish blasphemies. States discuss peace terms, naval squadrons head to Finland, and sieges loom in Barcelona with heavy provisioning and mutinous factionalism among Barcelonians.