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      <image:title>UPDATE: NWO Does Not Have Greigh Fox. Panda Is Fine. The Fox Is Still at Lunch.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Someone Has to Ask — Is WHALESLAUGHTER Delulu or Just Zaddymaxxing?</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-09-25</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>A panda screaming in terror under a blood moon, surrounded by demonic red-eyed animals with exposed teeth and claws swarming over rooftops and through the streets, a fox with glowing red eyes among the horde on the right, a faint blue glow from a crushed pamphlet on the ground, the good vibes are gone</image:caption>
      <image:title>UPDATE: Greigh Fox Is Missing. The Following Was Found On His Desk.</image:title>
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      <image:title>The New World Order Exposed: Is Your PFP Safe?</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-09-25</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>A tired war correspondent reading from a clipboard in front of a bulletin board covered in pinned notes, one reading Mordukai is back with three question marks, another reading she is fine underlined twice, a couch with a vacancy sign on it, and a small pile of bones in the corner on a green square of fabric</image:caption>
      <image:title>Weekly Round-Up — Mordukai Returns, Zar Is Fine, HAVOC Rents Couches</image:title>
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      <image:title>WHALESLAUGHTER Weighs In on State 1474: An Interview the Editors Did Not Approve</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Greigh Fox the fox in a brown suit sits across a table from a hooded figure with glowing red eyes who is still talking, surrounded by stacks of full notebooks and empty coffee cups</image:caption>
      <image:title>The Real Story of State 1474: What They Weren&apos;t Planning on Telling You</image:title>
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      <image:title>State 1474 Part Two Is Coming. TEX Has Opinions.</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Finn Ledger the pelican in a visor pointing at a whiteboard showing the icons for Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT ranked in order</image:caption>
      <image:title>A Technical Overview of AI Tools Used in the 2128 News Production Pipeline</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Griff Harpoon the bulldog in a trench coat and fedora sits at his desk looking exhausted, writing a comment policy by hand while a laptop shows a Supabase spreadsheet flagging a comment as offensive, with sticky notes reading Catty is busy being thrilled about this and People have opinions Shocking, a mug that says Same chaos Different day, and filing cabinets labeled We Keep Everything</image:caption>
      <image:title>A Brief Note on Comments, Conduct, and Who You Are Allowed to Insult</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-09-21</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Three Alliances Voted to Exile STD From State 1474. One of Them Was Already Leaving.</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>An outdoor festival stage at sunset featuring State 2128 artists rocking out, with string lights, a cheering crowd, and a banner hanging overhead</image:caption>
      <image:title>State 2128 Launches &apos;The Scene&apos;: A Monument to Our Shared Madness and Musical Warfare</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Queen Zar Wrote a Song About Us and I Have Been Dancing Around the Newsroom for Twenty Minutes</image:caption>
      <image:title>Queen Zar Wrote a Song About Us and I Have Been Dancing Around the Newsroom for Twenty Minutes</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-09-14</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>A cat reporter pressing her ear against a locked door labeled Leader Chat, muffled arguing coming from inside, a record player in the hallway playing a tavern song, several prescription bottles scattered on the floor</image:caption>
      <image:title>Something Happened in Leader Chat and Nobody Will Tell Me What</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Griff Harpoon, a bulldog in a trench coat and press badge, holding a microphone out to a small cat made of dashes and characters who is holding a sign that reads Thank you for interviewing me</image:caption>
      <image:title>The ASCII Cat: An Interview</image:title>
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      <image:title>2128 News Not a Finalist for Online Journalism Awards. Catty Has Thoughts.</image:title>
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      <image:caption>An anime-style newsroom desk cluttered with burning papers, a smoking coffee mug, and a battered typewriter while an angry mob of Viking-helmeted warriors holds up protest signs like &apos;FROST IS FAKE NEWS&apos; and &apos;ICE TAX IS A SCAM&apos; outside the frosted window. Catty, Griff, and Greigh hide under the desk looking terrified</image:caption>
      <image:title>The Silence is Broken: Comments Are Back (And Yes, You Can Still Roast the Reporters)</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-09-12</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>A cat reporter climbing down from a windowsill at dawn, the war room behind her dark and empty, a single scoreboard still glowing showing 2196 ahead, but the table covered in plans and notes and empty coffee cups suggesting a room that fought hard</image:caption>
      <image:title>The Plan Did Not Work — But the Window Was Worth It</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-09-12</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>A war room in State 2196, commanders slumped over a table staring at a scoreboard trending the wrong direction, one player with their head in their hands, alliance banners from SunfireWolves and BORN2KILL hanging limp in the background, a clock on the wall showing time running out</image:caption>
      <image:title>2128 War Room Update — Zaddy, Zar, and Death Are Running This and It Shows</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-09-12</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>A cat reporter perched on a windowsill peering into a dark war room where silhouettes huddle over a glowing map table, speech bubbles reading timing troops sync floating above them, the scoreboard visible through another window showing 2128 losing, the cat taking notes</image:caption>
      <image:title>Battle Day Begins — 2128 Is Losing, Which They Insist Is Part of the Plan</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-09-11</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
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      <image:caption>A scoreboard showing NWO and SunfireWolves neck and neck at 1.6 billion points, a magnifying glass hovering over the one million point gap, Griff in the corner shaking his head</image:caption>
      <image:title>SVS Prep Day Four — NWO Takes First Overall by One Million Points</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-09-10</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
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      <image:caption>Four 2196 alliance banners towering over the battlefield, a lone panda warrior standing in fourth place with a glowing green nameplate reading PANDA POWER, the original name Death visible underneath in faded text</image:caption>
      <image:title>SVS Prep Day Three — 2196 Sweeps the Top Four, PANDA POWER Holds Fourth Alone</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-09-10</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
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      <image:caption>A small furious warrior with purple pigtails standing in a frozen wasteland in full battle armor, holding a glass of orange juice with a disgusted expression, a bottle of V8 Splash Tropical Blend sitting in the snow beside her, ruined buildings and an abandoned car in the background, the apocalypse secondary to the beverage situation</image:caption>
      <image:title>WHALESLAUGHTER Sends Harshly Worded Letter to Campbell&apos;s, Sources Confirm It&apos;s About Juice</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-09-09</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
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      <image:caption>Five players standing on a podium numbered one through five, Smartie on top holding a trophy, Panda in second looking around nervously, SandMan in third, kaybetmemm in fourth, Carp in fifth, alliance banners from both states flying in the background</image:caption>
      <image:title>SVS Prep Day Two — IDK Passes HAVOC, Panda Remains In Danger At Number Two</image:title>
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    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=panda-perpetual-peril</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-09-08</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
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      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/greigh-panda-peril-20260908.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Panda sitting cross-legged on the ground watching a phone screen showing a pregnant merman AI drama, behind her a campfire surrounded by players holding signs reading CUT THE PANDA, Pei and Bow standing in the background looking shocked, Panda not noticing any of it</image:caption>
      <image:title>Panda Has Been In Danger For As Long As Anyone Can Remember</image:title>
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    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-prep-day-one-2196</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-09-08</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
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      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-svs-prep-day1-20260908.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A tired war correspondent standing in front of a scoreboard showing alliance rankings, one line circled in red where HAVOC sits above IDK, a handwritten note in the margin reading mentioned once and never again</image:caption>
      <image:title>SVS Prep Day One — 2196 Leads, NWO Closes In, HAVOC Beats IDK Because Of Course They Do</image:title>
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    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=card-form-redesign</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-09-05</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
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      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-form-redesign-20260905.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A confused player staring at a form with fields labeled in ancient runes, a second panel showing the same player breezing through a form that just says what do you look like with a big smile, Catty in the background looking satisfied</image:caption>
      <image:title>The Card Order Form Has Been Rebuilt Because You Deserve Better</image:title>
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    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=player-card-pipeline-status-report</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-09-04</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/finn-player-card-pipeline-20260904.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A pelican in a tie standing at a podium presenting a flowchart with six logos connected by arrows, the audience of zero chairs all empty, a single slide behind him reading Slide 1 of 1, the podium nameplate reading F. Ledger, Systems</image:caption>
      <image:title>Player Card Automation Pipeline Now Operational — A Status Report</image:title>
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    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=mordukai-zeroed-2321</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-27</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
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      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/greigh-mordukai-zeroed-20260827.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A giant dirty baby sitting in a smashed ice fortress surrounded by rubble and broken shields, wearing a prisoner jumpsuit over his stained onesie, behind cartoon jail bars made of icicles, dozens of identical smaller dirty babies in matching onesies scattered across the frozen landscape all face-down and defeated, State 2321 residents in the background high-fiving</image:caption>
      <image:title>UPDATE: State 2321 Zeros Every Mordukai Account, Former Resident Now In Jail</image:title>
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    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=mordukai-new-state-chaos</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-22</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
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      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/greigh-mordukai-export.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Mordukai arriving in a new state like a restraining order violation with a megaphone, horrified residents checking their roster in disbelief, a trail of poop emojis floating behind him like confetti, a mute button visibly worn down to the nub</image:caption>
      <image:title>Former Resident Update: Mordukai Already Mass Reported In New State</image:title>
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    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=julie-dictator-1818</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-20</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
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      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/greigh-julie-dictator.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A weary traveler standing at the open gates of a snowy Korean fortress surrounded by luggage, a large wooden sign overhead reading GO AWAY YOU WERE NOT INVITED and SIT QUIETLY TILL YOU CAN LEAVE, Julie seated on an ice throne inside the gates wearing a fur-trimmed hanbok and holding a megaphone, snow falling, mountains in the background, the hospitality overwhelming</image:caption>
      <image:title>Tales of Reddit Woe: State 1818 Welcomes Migrants With Warmth And Threats</image:title>
    </image:image>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=august-transfer-report</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-20</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-august-transfers.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A four-panel comic strip editorial cartoon titled August Transfer Report. Panel one: Mordukai sitting alone on a bench in State 2446 looking bored, a thought bubble showing the cute animals and fun he left behind. Panel two: Dooly&apos;s Farm in State 2128 engulfed in flames while HAVOC members in matching hoodies high-five and roast marshmallows around the fire. Panel three: Whaleslaughter grinning and holding her phone in an icy State 2149 while Dooly reads a map completely unaware she is standing right behind him. Panel four at the bottom: Raistlin as a wizard cat sitting among a row of laptops, the number dropping from 30 to 24, captioned Raistlin Is Moderating</image:caption>
      <image:title>August Transfer Report: Mordukai Is Bored, Dooly&apos;s Farm Is On Fire, Whaleslaughter Is Up To Something</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=arena-guy-400-gems</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-20</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/greigh-arena-guy.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A lone figure standing in an empty town square at exactly 23:45 holding up an enormous glowing banner that just says ARENA with sirens on either side, nobody around, 400 gems falling out of his pocket, the dedication absolute and unexplained</image:caption>
      <image:title>Unidentified Man Spends 400 Gems A Day To Remind State 2128 About Arena</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=nwo-new-management-cute</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-19</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-nwo-cute-takeover.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Pharoanic cat wearing a golden Egyptian headdress and grinning in the center of an enormous pile of adorable animals on an ornate rug, pandas and bunnies and kittens and corgis and huskies and fluffy round things of indeterminate species heaped on top of each other in every direction, an Egyptian palace and pyramids in the background, daisies and wildflowers in the grass, everyone smiling, nobody concerned about the sheer volume of cuteness, the pile still growing</image:caption>
      <image:title>New World Order Under New Management — Management Is A Panda And A Peach</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-battle-2159-final</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-15</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/whaletexblood.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Hand drawn on graph paper: Whaleslaughter as a purple stick figure standing over Big Tex who is in a pool of red, the 2128 sun castle in the middle, sad 2159 stick figures under a purple banner on the right. Our AI art department remains on a PIP.</image:caption>
      <image:title>2128 Holds the Castle. One State. One Mountain. Good Work All.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-battle-2159-midbattle</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-15</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/placeholder.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>If our AI art department were conscious, this would show Black Hawk raising an eyebrow at a leaderboard showing billion-power players requiring five rallies to take a castle. The AI art department will be put on a PIP.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Mid-Battle Report: Black Hawk Has Thoughts. 2159 Is Too Busy to Comment. Update, 2159 Has Commented.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-battle-2159-retake</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-15</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/placeholder.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>If our AI art department were conscious, this image would show Wandy — cute brunette, white fluffy dog on her head — holding the castle garrison with calm authority while 2159 regroups in the distance. They are not conscious. We regret this.</image:caption>
      <image:title>2128 Retakes the Castle. Two Rallies. Wandy Is Holding It.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-battle-2159-rally</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-15</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/placeholder.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Image pending. Our AI art department has been found unconscious. Again.</image:caption>
      <image:title>2159 Sends Five Consecutive Rallies. The Fifth One Worked.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-battle-2159-update</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-15</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-svs-battle-update-20260815.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Turrets changing hands in a fierce castle battle, multiple alliance banners visible, healers and coordinators working across the battlefield</image:caption>
      <image:title>2159 Finds Their Footing. 2128 Is Not Making It Easy.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=blk-goodbye-meme-face</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-15</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-goodbye-meme-20260815.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>man in pigtails with missing teeth on the screen while bulldog griff reports</image:caption>
      <image:title>A Face Has Appeared at the Castle. This Publication Has Questions.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-battle-2159-live</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-15</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-svs-battle-2159-20260815.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>2128 troops holding the castle against 2159&apos;s FC9 and FC10 forces, Death visible in the garrison, coordination visible across the battlefield</image:caption>
      <image:title>Death Holds the Castle. IKEA Has an Allen Wrench. 2128 Came Ready.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-prep-recap-2159</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-14</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-svs-prep-2159-20260814.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>SVS prep leaderboard showing State 2159 leading overall with 3.6 billion points to 2128&apos;s 3.1 billion, Sin7877 and Death visible in silver and bronze</image:caption>
      <image:title>SVS Prep Concludes. State 2159 Has Deeper Pockets. The Numbers Confirm This.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=wandy-aceface-showdown</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-15</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-redacted.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Catty von Catacean at a typewriter, the word RETRACTION visible on the page, expression of a cat who is sorry but not that sorry</image:caption>
      <image:title>RETRACTION: An Article Has Been Taken Down.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=stop-the-greed-movement</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-04</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/fox-stop-the-greed-20260803.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>An enormous whale in battle armor peering sadly into a stone vault containing only a few gold coins, a Century Games developer sprinting away in the background with an enormous overflowing bag of money</image:caption>
      <image:title>#StopTheGreed: The Whales Are Upset and This Publication Is Concerned.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=frostdragon-tyrant-declaration</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-03</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-frostdragon-declaration-20260803.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>The Frostdragon Tyrant declaration mail displayed in game, victory banner in the background, the message visible in full</image:caption>
      <image:title>BREAKING: The Frostdragon Tyrant Has a Message for the Developers.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=wander-theater-returns</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-26</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-finn-wander-theater-20260726.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Catty von Catacean dramatically slumped at a desk across from Finn Ledger who is calmly reviewing a clipboard of devastating statistics, Wander Theater promotional material visible in the background</image:caption>
      <image:title>Wander Theater Returns. Data Collected. Catty Needs to Lie Down.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=mordukai-returns</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-20</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/fox-mordukai-returns-20260720.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Mordukai back in State 2128 wearing an I Heart Whales button, WEARING A HALO AND looking extremely cranky about it</image:caption>
      <image:title>Mordukai Returns. Has Already Agreed With Whaleslaughter Three Times.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=tundra-arms-league-round-1</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-20</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-tundra-arms-result-20260720.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Zar, Whaleslaughter and Pharaonic Cat looking singed</image:caption>
      <image:title>Tundra Arms League Round 1: Legion One Fought. Legion Two Provided the Fire.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=tundra-arms-league-2128</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-18</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-tundra-arms-20260718.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Two full teams assembled in formation, TSA banners visible, state players from multiple alliances standing together ready for tournament battle</image:caption>
      <image:title>State 2128 Fields Two Full Teams for Tundra Arms League. TSA Did Not Mess Around.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-prep-recap-2209</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-18</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-svs-prep-recap-20260718.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>2128 wins supreme on a newspaper headline</image:caption>
      <image:title>2128 Wins SVS Supreme Title. M80 Players Placed Well in Prep. 2128 Won the Week and the Battle.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=snk-history-part-2</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-11</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-snk-history-2-20260621.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>DWR banners flying over the first Sunfire Castle, Yami crowned president, a disciplined NAP coalition assembled behind him, frost and ambition in equal measure</image:caption>
      <image:title>The History of Snack Kingdom, Part 2: Dark Winter Rising</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=snk-history-part-1</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-09</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-snk-history-1-20260621.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>WHL banners flying over a frost-covered state, smaller alliance flags burning in the distance, the founding era of State 2128</image:caption>
      <image:title>The History of Snack Kingdom, Part 1: The Carebear Era</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-final-result-1989</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-20</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-svs-final-20260620.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>1989 banners flying over the Sunfire Castle at final whistle, Lowkey Legends celebrating, State 2128 regrouping outside</image:caption>
      <image:title>Heartbreaker. 1989 Takes the Castle in the Final Ten Minutes.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-2128-retake</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-20</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-svs-retake-20260620.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>2128 troops flooding back into the Sunfire Castle, banners changing hands again, DByrd79 leading the charge</image:caption>
      <image:title>DByrd79 Leads the Rally. Whaleslaughter Contributes. Castle Retaken.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-1989-counterattack</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-20</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-svs-crisis-20260620.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>1989 banners flying over the Sunfire Castle, all turrets captured, State 2128 regrouping outside the gates</image:caption>
      <image:title>1989 Controls the Castle. Death Is in Traffic.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-psyduck-infestation</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-20</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/running-psyducks.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Lowkey Legends and an army of Psyducks being driven out of the Sunfire Castle gates under LoL banners, Death visible on the battlements, the retreat is organized and extremely temporary</image:caption>
      <image:title>State 2128 Clears the Castle. The Psyducks Are Already Regrouping.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-turret-raistlin</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-20</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-turret-raistlin-20260620.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A lone cat warrior holding a castle turret against waves of attackers, banners of NLO and 300 visible on the walls, battle raging below</image:caption>
      <image:title>Raistlin Has Held the South Turret Since the Battle Opened..</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=lol-castle-retaliation</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-20</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/fox-lol-castle-20260620.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Lowkey Legends troops storming the Sunfire Castle gates, banners raised, energy of people who have something to prove</image:caption>
      <image:title>Whaleslaughter Asks State 1989 If They Are Tired of Losing. State 1989 Has Thoughts.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-battle-1989-live</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-20</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-svs-live-20260620.webp.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Death commanding rallies at the Sunfire Castle, garrison players visible holding the walls, castle banners freshly changed, battle energy at peak intensity</image:caption>
      <image:title>Death Takes the Castle. The Song Was Prophetic.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-battle-1989-tsa</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-20</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-svs-tsa-20260604.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Catty von Catacean reporting live from the battlefield, Wandy visible in the distance holding a glowing castle, alliance banners from multiple alliances flying together, mood is chaotic but coordinated</image:caption>
      <image:title>Wandy Holds Castle for 36 Minutes. State 2128 Almost Likes Each Other.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=prep-week-2128-sweep</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-20</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-prep-sweep-20260604.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Griff Harpoon at his desk reviewing a prep leaderboard, HAVOC at the top, second place conspicuously blank, expression of a man who has seen this before</image:caption>
      <image:title>HAVOC Wins Prep Week. State 2128 Defeats 1989. Second Place Unknown.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=ghoost-buff-rampage</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-04</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-ghoost-jail-20260603.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>President M buried under glowing DMs at her desk, expression of a woman at her absolute limit, GhoOost visible through jail bars in the background wearing a piggy hat looking genuinely sorry</image:caption>
      <image:title>GhoOost Causes International Scandal. GhoOost Is in Jail.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=koi-crossstate-first-catty</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-04</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-koi-crossstate-first-20260604.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A giant golden trophy held by a proud white fox, confetti falling</image:caption>
      <image:title>State 2128 Takes First. White Moon Obliterates the Leaderboard.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=koi-svs-savings-guide-finn</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-04</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/finn-koi-svs-savings-guide-20260604.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A pelican in a visor standing next to an overflowing backpack full of speedups and resources, a calendar on the wall with SVS prep week circled in red, charts showing daily event spending vs savings on a chalkboard behind him</image:caption>
      <image:title>How To Fill Your Backpack: A Guide To Saving For SVS Prep</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=koi-day3-greigh-callout</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-04</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/greigh-koi-day3-callout-20260604.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A grey fox in a suit at a news desk, a KOI leaderboard pinned to the wall behind him with 300 names circled in red, one HAV name circled in gold with a question mark, the word CONTEXT stamped across a SVS prep standings chart in the corner</image:caption>
      <image:title>The Analyst Wouldn&apos;t Name Names. Greigh Fox Will.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=analyst-vanishes-koi</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-03</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-analyst-vanishes-koi-20260603.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>BLACKTATARO with his head in his hands at a desk covered in analytics reports, a white fox a grey cat and a pelican wearing Einstein hair laughing and holding trophies in the background, Dracula in the corner holding a small trophy and smirking</image:caption>
      <image:title>[OBS]Analyst Publishes KOI Day One Report. Vanishes.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=spider-kills-the-dice</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-02</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-spider-dice-20260602.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Admiral Lückstriker slams his tankard on a fortress map table screaming Roll the damn dice or I&apos;ll roll your brain, alliance members recoiling, a giant spider watching from a web in the corner, dice mid-roll across the map</image:caption>
      <image:title>Spider Submits Fortress Proposal. The Dice Has Been Sentenced to Death.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=analyst-finn-forensic</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-01</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/finn-analyst-forensic-20260601.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A magnifying glass held up against a snowy cityscape revealing a mysterious dark-haired woman holding a megaphone, a Stockholm signpost visible to the left, Japanese text on a bulletin board in the background, snow falling across the entire scene</image:caption>
      <image:title>Who Is [OBS]Analyst? Finn Ledger Ran the Numbers.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=analyst-catty-defense</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-01</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-analyst-defense-20260601.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Catty von Catacean in pearls pointing furiously across a news desk covered in Anonymous Analysis papers at a shadowy cloaked figure holding a megaphone, BLACKTATARO visible on a glowing screen in the background looking dignified with an excellent beard, blue crystals spilling from a bag on the floor</image:caption>
      <image:title>Someone Is Harassing BLACKTATARO And This Publication Will Not Stand For It</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=analyst-pressure-campaign</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-01</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/greigh-analyst-pressure-20260601.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A grey wolf in a suit at the 2128 News desk, behind him a conspiracy board covered in pinned megaphone screenshots, a yellow sticky note reading Possible Explanations, BLACKTATARO&apos;s face visible among the pinned messages, a 300 alliance banner in the corner, Truth Builds Tomorrow on a billboard outside the window</image:caption>
      <image:title>State Analyst Faces Pressure Campaign After Filing Accurate Reports</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=mordukai-birthday-song</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-26</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-mordukai-birthday-song-20260523.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Mordukai a bald guy with a beard and mustache looking old and using a walker standing next ta a record player with music notes - a muscular purple haired woman in the back ground carrying a plate of cupcakes</image:caption>
      <image:title>Whaleslaughter Has Written Mordukai A Birthday Song. It Is About His Knees.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=mordukai-birthday-protocols</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-23</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-mordukai-birthday-protocols-20260523.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Mordukai in a cone hat seated at a throne made of poop emojis, three official-looking scrolls unfurled before him labeled Anti-Whale Measure, Emoji Tax, and No-Shield Zone, Sin standing to the side looking composed and slightly tired</image:caption>
      <image:title>BREAKING: Mordukai Declares State Holiday, Issues Mandatory Birthday Protocols. Compliance Is Not Optional.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=zar-battle-plan-svs</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-23</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/greigh-zar-battle-plan-20260521.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Queen Zar at a war table covered in spreadsheets and battle maps, Sin visible in the background already awake and taking notes, DByrd and Wandyrer coordinating rallies in the distance, the castle standing firm behind them</image:caption>
      <image:title>From The Front: Queen Zar Had A Plan. It Worked.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=state-2128-supreme-title</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-23</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-supreme-title-20260521.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Wandyrer standing at the front of a massive coalition of players, TSA banner raised over a castle with all four turrets glowing, Dbyrd, Faceless, and DoolyDeath visible in the ranks, the scoreboard behind them showing State 2128 at the top</image:caption>
      <image:title>State 2128 Claims The Supreme Title. TSA Held The Castle. 2127 Made Them Work For Every Second Of It.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=discord-voice-chat-second-time</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-23</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/discord-voice-chat-20260521.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A Discord voice channel showing Big R4, Queen Zar, and Spider as active participants, one of them has been talking for several minutes without stopping, the others have not yet figured out how to mute</image:caption>
      <image:title>State 2128 Uses Voice Chat For Second Time In Recorded History</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=bambooter-rally-leader</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-23</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/bambooter-rally-leader-20260521.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Bambooter standing at the center of a chaotic battle map, rally flags radiating outward in every direction, Spider, Big R4, Isla, and Death Cat visible in the background, the castle walls visibly crumbling in the distance</image:caption>
      <image:title>Bambooter Ran The Rallies. All Of Them. While Everything Else Was On Fire.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=gwanggaeto-diaper-whale</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-23</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-gwanggaeto-diaper-20260521.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A teddy bear diaper and pacifier visible below, stomping on troops and taking the castle</image:caption>
      <image:title>A Great Conqueror Has Arrived. He Is Wearing A Diaper.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=spider-lie-zar-disstrack</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-21</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-spider-lie-zar-20260521.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Catty von Catacean reading a printout of Spider&apos;s lyrics with one paw over her mouth, a sticky note on her monitor reads &apos;he made an account&apos;, Zar&apos;s spreadsheet visible on a second screen with a red error in the pivot table</image:caption>
      <image:title>Spider, Who Does Not Like AI Music, Has Made A Suno Account And Released A Diss Track About Zar&apos;s Spreadsheets.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=zar-itsy-bitsy</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-21</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/zar-itsy-bitsy-spider-20260520.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Queen Zar in a dark hood smirking over a music box, a small spider frozen mid-climb below her fist, glockenspiel keys visible in the background, one leg already airborne</image:caption>
      <image:title>Queen Zar Has Released A Dark Nursery Rhyme</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-prep-day4-top-scorers</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-21</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-svs-prep-day4-20260521.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Griff Harpoon staring at a podium with three identical death skulls on it, clipboard in hand, expression suggesting this is not the strangest thing he has filed this week but it is close</image:caption>
      <image:title>SVS Prep Day 4: The Podium Is Just Death</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-prep-day3-top-scorers</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-20</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-svs-prep-day-three-20260520.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Catty von Catacean at her desk completely ignoring the leaderboard in front of her, instead gazing dreamily at three cat portraits pinned to the wall — a catfish hybrid, an orange cat, and a distant white cat from another state — a small sticky note on the leaderboard reads &apos;also Wandyrer won&apos;</image:caption>
      <image:title>SVS Prep Day 3: A New Whale Arrives, Three Cats Appear, Everything Is Fine</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-prep-day2-top-scorers</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-20</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-svs-prep-day2.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Griff Harpoon at his desk with five personnel files open, pausing longest on the one that is just a photograph of a mustache with a mustache listed as next of kin</image:caption>
      <image:title>SVS Prep Day 2: State 2128 Wins Again, Top Scorers Identified</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=warhymn-number-bigger-simulator</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-20</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-warhymn-simulator.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Griff Harpoon at his desk reviewing a battle report that shows one side had twelve million infantry and the other side had hope, a chart on the wall labeled FC Power Curve showing a line that goes straight up and then off the page, a smaller chart labeled FC7 Strategy Options showing a single dot labeled &apos;accept death&apos;</image:caption>
      <image:title>BREAKING: WarHymn Officially Discovered To Be A &quot;Whose Is Bigger&quot; Simulator</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-prep-day-one-hav-second</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-18</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-svs-prep-day-one.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>The top three players on the podium in first second and thrid place Sara is a brunette woman taking a selfie with a pink phone, Sheriff Sandwich is literally a sandwich with a badge and a mustache, and Ben Dal is a green something or other</image:caption>
      <image:title>HAV Takes State First In SVS Prep — 2128 Leads Day One</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=state-2128-recruiting</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-17</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/greigh-recruiting-2128.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Greigh Fox standing at a podium in front of a State 2128 banner looking like a fox who prepared remarks and intends to deliver them, six alliance flags arranged behind him in a row, a small &apos;MULTINATIONAL PEACEFUL FRIENDLY&apos; sign visible, someone&apos;s bear trap schedule taped to the corner of the podium</image:caption>
      <image:title>State 2128 Is Recruiting — This is the home you are looking for</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=wander-theater-final-reviews</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-17</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-wander-final-reviews.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>The Wander Theater marquee going dark, a small crowd of dissatisfied players filing out, one figure in the distance holding two Floor 7 trophies looking extremely smug, nobody acknowledging him</image:caption>
      <image:title>Wander Theater Closes To Devastating Reviews — Mordukai Somehow Thrives</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=snack-kingdom-overthrown</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-16</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-kingdom-buttsface.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A royal throne room with the Snack Kingdom banner being replaced by a new flag, EuR members looking extremely pleased with themselves, Mattia on the throne looking regal, his profile picture visible and speaking for itself</image:caption>
      <image:title>Snack Kingdom Falls — New Rulers Rename It KingdomButtsface</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=big-r4-martyrdom</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-16</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-big-martyrdom.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Big R4 a state of texas flag shaped like texas with legs and a few smoldering flames standing heroically in front of an OOO facility looking noble, the entire state queued up behind a very long attack button, Adm in a lawn chair roasting marshmallows looking extremely content, Spider in the background fleeing with an enormous stack of meat</image:caption>
      <image:title>Big R4 Martyred By Entire State — IDK Allegedly Involved</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=reporters-return</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-16</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/greigh-reporters-return.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>The four reporters filing back into the newsroom looking pained, Whaleslaughter&apos;s hand drawn chess board visible on the wall, everyone pointedly not commenting on it, the AI artist in the corner holding a box of ash that used to be markers</image:caption>
      <image:title>The Reporters Have Returned. Standards Will Resume Immediately.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=kevin-bacon-wos</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-16</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/whales-kevin-bacon.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Whaleslaughter at a conspiracy board covered in string connecting WOS player names to Kevin Bacon through increasingly tenuous links of likes popcorn, Texas, knows howie mandel?, Kind of old 56, Whales eats bacon, Logitech, 300 million players, 2128, a photo of Kevin Bacon in the center, the hand drawn chess board still visible in the background, markers conspicuously absent</image:caption>
      <image:title> is kevin bacon in wos?</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=fortress-rotation-policy</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-15</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/whales-fortress-rotation.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>a hand drawn chess board with fortresses on it, one alliance piece looking very nervous, whaleslaughter in the corner looking extremely pleased with herself holding a clipboard</image:caption>
      <image:title>new fortress rotation policy is good actully</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=strike-update</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-15</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/whales-strike-update.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>another hand drawn image of the picket line but griff is sitting down eating a sandwich, catty is checking her phone, finn ledger has added more data to his sign, greigh fox is still holding his formal objection but it looks like he wrote it on a napkin</image:caption>
      <image:title>strike update. progress.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=reporters-on-strike</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-14</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/whales-strike-drawing.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>a hand drawn picture of griff and catty on a picket line holding signs that say NOT A BLOG and WE HAVE BYLINES, finn ledger is there too holding a sign with a pie chart on it that no one understands, greigh fox has filed a formal objection in writing</image:caption>
      <image:title>the reporters are on strike. this is fine.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=black-tataro-pfp-painting</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-14</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-tataro-painting.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Catty Von Catacean holding an enormous gold Klimt-style painting of a handsome man tenderly embracing a bear, fishing it out of a bin outside the presidential offices, expression of someone who has found exactly what she was looking for</image:caption>
      <image:title>Discarded Masterpiece Found Near Presidential Trash — Mystery Deepens</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=black-tataro-pfp</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-14</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-tataro-pfp.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A before and after memorial display for a profile picture, flowers laid at the base, a figure in a dramatic veil and purple hair dabbing her eyes with a handkerchief, the veil doing absolutely nothing to conceal who this is, Black Tataro looking forward facing and completely unbothered</image:caption>
      <image:title>Black Tataro Changes Profile Picture — Anonymous Mystery Woman Inconsolable</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=idk-cat-war</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-13</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-idk-cat-war.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Pharaonic Cat standing completely unbothered while IDK members wave anti-cat signs behind him, Spider holding a pro-cat sign on the wrong side of the argument, BIG emerging from jail into the middle of all of it, a white cat with pastel accents reporting from the front lines with a completely neutral expression</image:caption>
      <image:title>Newly Arrived IDK Alliance Declares War On Cats</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=wander-theater-reviews</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-13</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-wander-theater-reviews.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime students in WOS blazers walking out of Wander Theater covered in tomatoes looking personally offended, a cave marked Cave of Questionable Strategies to the left, a basement sign promising the real Talismans live down there, a small cat in a blazer bringing up the rear, a sign advertising tonight&apos;s Tomato Toss Championship where hecklers are welcome</image:caption>
      <image:title>New Wander Theater Event Called &apos;Wack As Hell&apos; By Leading Critics</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=idk-alliance-joins</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-12</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-idk-alliance.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A group of new players arriving at the state border, a welcome banner overhead with a large question mark where the alliance name should be, existing residents squinting at them trying to figure out who they are</image:caption>
      <image:title>New Alliance Joins State 2128 — Nobody Knows Their Name</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=finn-wander-theater-guide</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-12</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/finn-wander-theater.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Finn Ledger at his dock-side desk surrounded by probability charts and Talisman calculations, a Wander Theater floor map pinned to the wall, his pelican beak stuffed with spreadsheets</image:caption>
      <image:title>Wander Theater: A Complete Breakdown for F2P and Spenders</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=bia-new-rules-havoc-warnings</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-10</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-bia-new-rules.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A freshly printed rulebook on a table, several HAVOC members squinting at it upside down, a referee with a very full notepad, everyone else in the state looking unsurprised</image:caption>
      <image:title>New BIA Rules Agreed. HAVOC Cannot Read.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=ghoost-r4-vote</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-29</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-ghoost-r4..webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A ballot box on fire, GhoOost hovering dramatically above it looking extremely pleased, Dooly in the background with his mouth open in a sustained NOOOOO, Death quietly writing names in a small notebook, Whaleslaughter voting yes while visibly sweating</image:caption>
      <image:title>HAVOC Votes On GhoOost&apos;s R4 Promotion — Death Has A List</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=rudy-beachy-drama-2461</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-29</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-rudy-2461.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A narwhal in a new alliance hall looking completely unbothered while the surrounding alliance members clutch their rulebooks in horror, a transfer portal still glowing behind him</image:caption>
      <image:title>Former 2128 Resident Rudy Immediately Causes Drama In New State</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=pooparoni-api-breakthrough</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-09</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/pooparoni.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A split-screen anime-style landscape of a collaborative coding session. On the left, a purple-haired woman (Whaleslaughter) in a hoodie works intensely at a desk covered in &apos;ETF-No&apos; Jalapeño Popcorn and orange juice, with snowy Tundra ruins visible through her window. On the right, a boy with round black eyes (reminiscent of the Pooparoni avatar) points at a curved monitor displaying a &apos;Success&apos; message for the WOS-Helper API. The room features a &apos;Klausi AI&apos; robot and a small pigeon on a shelf.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Technical Marvel: Pooparoni &amp; Whaleslaughter Bridge the API Gap</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=mordukai-pigeon-diss-track</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-26</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-mord-pigeon.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Mordukai in a recording studio looking extremely pleased with himself, feathers scattered on the floor, a very offended looking bird visible through the window, Catty Von Catacean leaning in with a microphone and far too much excitement</image:caption>
      <image:title>Mordukai Releases Diss Track About A Bird In EVL, Sources Say</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=evl-clarifies-mordukai</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-26</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-evl-clarification.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>EVL leadership looking genuinely blank at the mention of Mordukai&apos;s name, a few rogue members in the back trying to make themselves small, Mordukai&apos;s name written on a whiteboard with a large question mark next to it</image:caption>
      <image:title>EVL Clarifies: They Have No Idea Who Mordukai Is. Yet.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=coordinate-investigation-inconclusive</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-26</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-investigation-closed.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A courtroom with an inconclusive stamp on a thick folder, Zero Proof at the defendant&apos;s table gesturing broadly at bears, 666 walking out looking relieved and faintly glowing with innocence</image:caption>
      <image:title>Coordinate Investigation Inconclusive: Zero Proof Offers None, 666 Cleared With Style</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=medical-practice-shut-down</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-25</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/greigh-fox-intro..webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Three doctors in white coats being escorted out of State 2128 by WOS enforcement officials, their medical bags confiscated, a waiting room full of patients visible through the window still clutching their ailments, Dii visible in the background looking unsurprised</image:caption>
      <image:title>State 2128 Medical Practice Shut Down By Authorities — Dr. Frankenstein, Dr. Moreau And Dr. Zhivago Banned</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=snk-coordinates-investigation</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-25</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/reporters-offended.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>SNK members looking deeply offended next to a dictionary open to the word &apos;dictator&apos;, a map with their coordinates circled in red, two figures in the background trying to look casual and failing completely</image:caption>
      <image:title>Investigation Launched: SNK Called Dictators, Coordinates Allegedly Shared With 2126</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=mordukai-jail-evl-beef</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-25</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-harpoon.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Mordukai outside the jail looking at it thoughtfully, EVL members from 2126 visible in the distance, a calendar on the wall showing two weeks circled in red, someone has already put his name on a cell</image:caption>
      <image:title>Mordukai&apos;s Ancient Beef With EVL May Cost Him Two Weeks In Jail</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=havoc-throat-of-the-frost</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-26</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-havoc-album.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Catty Von Catacean holding the album cover like a religious artifact, eyes wide, pearls clutched, a single dramatic tear, the HAVOC dragon visible behind her looking extremely pleased with itself</image:caption>
      <image:title>HAVOC: Throat Of The Frost Drops Today — State 2128&apos;s Grudges Are Now An Album</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-prep-week-closes</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-24</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-prep-wrap.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A final leaderboard with 2126 firmly at the top, a dignified State 2128 podium below showing NLO, HAV and OOO in order, someone has drawn a very large arrow pointing at the gap between the two states and written &apos;yes we know&apos; next to it</image:caption>
      <image:title>SVS Prep Week Closes: NLO Leads 2128, 2126 Takes Prep</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=day-four-prep-gorge</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-23</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-prep-day-four.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>The same canyon from yesterday, a measuring tape dangling down into it, someone at the bottom looking up with a tiny flag, the flag says 2128, it is very far down</image:caption>
      <image:title>Day Four Prep: The Gorge Gets Slightly Gorge-ier</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=day-three-prep-gorge</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-22</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-prep-day-three.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A dramatic before and after map showing a canyon shrinking to a gorge, Death Bunny and DByrd79 at the top of a leaderboard looking extremely determined, 2126 players filling spots three through nine looking annoyingly comfortable up there</image:caption>
      <image:title>Day Three Prep: State 2128 Narrows The Gap From Grand Canyon To Merely A Gorge</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=tbd-ominous-warning</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-21</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-mysterious-warning.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A dramatic scroll pinned to a notice board in a dimly lit alliance hall, everyone gathered around it pointing and whispering, one person in the back looking very specifically at the ceiling</image:caption>
      <image:title>TBD Member Issues Ominous Warning To Person Who Knows Who They Are</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=day-two-prep-ooo-nlo</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-21</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-prep-day-two.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>An anime-style snowy landscape featuring a winner&apos;s podium made of carved ice blocks. In the center, on the first-place pedestal, stands a short, stern-faced red humanoid character with an enormous, exposed brain wearing a gold medal. To his left, on the second-place pedestal, is a large brown bear with leathery bat wings holding a silver trophy. To the right, on the third-place pedestal, sits a regal polar bear wearing a sparkling diamond tiara and holding a bronze trophy. In the background, a cozy lit stone fortress and snow-covered trees complete the wintry scene.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Day Two Prep: State 2128 Closes The Gap, OOO And NLO Show Up</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=ooo-significant-recruits</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-21</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-ooo-recruits.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>An alliance hall with an OUT OF ORDER sign being quietly flipped to OPEN FOR BUSINESS, three impressive silhouettes walking through the door with their gear, the existing members trying to look casual about how excited they are</image:caption>
      <image:title>Out Of Order Gets Back In Order With Some Very Significant Recruits</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=jeffrey-gun-snk-points</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-20</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-gun-jeffrey.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A prep leaderboard, Jeffrey of Gun at the top surrounded by dramatic lighting, EVL Queen and Hoden Kobold flanking him looking equally terrifying, a small but determined cluster of 2128 players in the distance refusing to quit</image:caption>
      <image:title>Jeffrey Of Gun Scores More Points Than All Of SNK, State 2128 Has Notes</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=prep-catastrophe-2126-ascending</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-20</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-prep-disaster.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A prep leaderboard with 2126 players stacked dramatically at the top glowing with divine light, a tiny cluster of 2128 players huddled somewhere around position 47 looking up with binoculars, Catty Von Catacean in the foreground clutching her pearls</image:caption>
      <image:title>PREP CATASTROPHE: State 2126 Is Ascending To The Heavens While State 2128 Watches From The Ground</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-intel-bren-doom</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-18</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-bren-doom.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A spy report pinned to a war room wall, a single player silhouette surrounded by dramatic lighting holding a globe, the number 2,200,000,000 written in red underneath, someone has drawn a tiny question mark next to the word &apos;winnable&apos;</image:caption>
      <image:title>SVS Intel: State 2126 Brings A Globe, 2.2 Billion Power, And Bren The Bringer Of Doom</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=nut-rules-updating</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-18</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/greigh-nut-rules.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A round table of alliance leaders with stacks of paperwork, someone has a very large red pen, a suggestion box overflowing in the corner, everyone looks serious but approachable</image:caption>
      <image:title>NUT Leaders Updating Alliance Rules — Your Voice Matters</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=thamer-havoc-tribute</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-16</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/thamer-battlefield-shadow.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A hooded warrior in black armor carrying a massive sword, walking between a field of fire and a frozen wasteland, with a spectral purple-haired figure looming in the background</image:caption>
      <image:title>HAVOC&apos;s &apos;Wicked&apos; Founder Finds Her Shield; Whaleslaughter Drops Thamer Tribute</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=havoc-evicted-snk</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-13</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-havoc-evicted.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>HAVOC members filing out of an alliance hall carrying their belongings, Dooly&apos;s enormous portrait still hanging on the wall behind them, SNK leadership watching from the doorway with the expression of people who have learned an expensive lesson, someone forgot their fart bazooka</image:caption>
      <image:title>HAVOC Evicted From SNK, Portrait Still On The Wall</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=no-war-ba-sing-se</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-12</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-no-war-ba-sing-se.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>ETF and HAVOC members standing together in matching green Earth Kingdom robes, fake smiling directly at the camera with the energy of a hostage situation, several buildings on fire in the background that everyone is pretending not to notice, Catty Von Catacean front and center looking genuinely delighted</image:caption>
      <image:title>There Is No War In Ba Sing Se</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=jinx-five-tundra-hellfire</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-03</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/finn-ledger-jinx-math-reversed.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Finn Ledger looking through a magnifying glass at a &apos;Top 100 Jinx&apos; leaderboard, his beak stuffed with crumpled betting slips and red &apos;X&apos; symbols, five names glowing in ominous red at the top of the chart while a frozen casino wind blows in the background.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Tundra Hellfire: The Jinx Five Have Arrived</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=finn-ledger-96-ticket-protocol</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-03</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/finn-ledger-icy-tundra.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A thick-feathered pelican statistician, Finn Ledger, squinting in an arctic visor and an insulated parka, stands atop a stack of 96 frozen tickets. He is logging data in a salt-stained ledger using a special mechanical pencil, ignoring the icy wind. Behind him, set into a desolate, ancient glacier, is the massive &apos;Mia&apos;s Fortune&apos; grid, featuring exactly 10 glowing purple bubbles arranged in a precise row of three and a row of four. The surrounding landscape is a frozen waste of ice spikes, a few shivering alliance members (a dog and a fox) in deep winter gear, and a massive, smoking, industrial furnace that barely keeps the ice at bay, under a perpetual, dusky-purple, twilight-winter sky.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Finn Ledger&apos;s 96-Ticket Protocol: Stop Gambling on Mia</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=state-2128-tasting-menu</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-03</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-flavor-profiles.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>An elegant restaurant menu board with player names listed as dishes, a dramatically lit table set for the entire state, a cat sommelier holding a comically large wine list, Whaleslaughter&apos;s entry has a small warning label</image:caption>
      <image:title>State 2128: A Tasting Menu</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=dii-vacation-disappointed</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-03</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/greigh-dii-disappointed.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Dii back behind her presidential desk looking resigned, a packed suitcase visible in the corner, Pharaonic Cat sitting on the desk looking smug about the whole situation</image:caption>
      <image:title>Dii Releases Statement: Was Looking Forward To That Vacation</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=finn-ledger-intro</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-03</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/finn-ledger-intro.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Finn Ledger, a stoic pelican in a thick parka and arctic goggles, stands on a frozen pier. Instead of fish, his expandable mouth pouch is bulging with cascading glowing percentages (1.79%, 33.5%), standard deviation charts, probability calculations, and fluctuating graphs, which he is &apos;gulping down&apos; with focused intensity. In the background, the icy winds of State 2128 blow past a smoking furnace.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Welcome the Newest State 2128 Analyst: Finn Ledger</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=pharaonic-cat-supreme-president</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-01</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-pharaonic-president.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Pharaonic Cat sitting behind the presidential desk looking regal and entirely unbothered, a tiny crown slightly askew, a fish where the gavel should be, Dii visible in the background already on vacation</image:caption>
      <image:title>Pharaonic Cat Elected Supreme President, Dii Relieved</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=merger-362-april-fools</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-01</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-merger-talks.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Two presidential figures across a very long table, flags from both states, someone has already started moving furniture, nobody looks entirely comfortable</image:caption>
      <image:title>BREAKING: State 2128 Merging With State 362 — Dii And Their President In Talks</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=this-is-a-game</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-28</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/greigh-safe-space.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Players from different backgrounds gathered around a fire in the ice, different flags and colors visible but everyone facing the same direction, the world outside the frame implied to be considerably less warm</image:caption>
      <image:title>This Is A Game. That&apos;s Actually The Point.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=world-chat-civilization</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-28</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/reporters-offended.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A presidential podium buried under scrolls, clay tablets, and what appears to be a pyramid diagram, Dii visible behind it looking like a woman who did not sign up for this, world chat notifications still coming in</image:caption>
      <image:title>World Chat Argument Escalates To Origins Of Civilization, Dii Requests Everyone Please Stop</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=mordukai-steps-in-it-again</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-28</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/greigh-fox-intro..webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Mordukai mid-stride having very clearly just stepped in something, the state watching from the sidelines with the expression of people who have completely stopped being surprised, one person is already getting the mop</image:caption>
      <image:title>Mordukai Steps In It Again, State Sighs</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=world-chat-independence-sanity</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-28</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-redacted.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A town square absolutely on fire, various recognizable figures screaming in different directions, one person posting flowers in the corner, a presidential podium tipped over in the background, a hamster with its arms crossed looking furious at a specific group of people</image:caption>
      <image:title>World Chat Declares Independence From Sanity</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=dii-doctor-waiting-room</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-28</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-dii-waiting-room.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A regal presidential office converted into a chaotic waiting room, Dii behind her desk looking like she deeply regrets mentioning her credentials, a queue stretching out the door featuring recognizable state figures clutching various body parts, Pharaonic Cat has brought a fish she claims is also unwell</image:caption>
      <image:title>State 2128 Discovers President Dii Is A Doctor, Immediately Forms Orderly Queue</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=etf-steals-castle</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-28</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-etf-castle-heist.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A castle with ETF banners hastily hung and even more hastily taken down, a scoreboard showing five rallies, ETF members filing out looking pleased with themselves while the state files back in looking confused</image:caption>
      <image:title>ETF Steals Castle, Holds It For Two Hours, Returns It, Claims Joke</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=state-stands-together-etf</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-28</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/greigh-state-rallies.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A diverse group of alliance members from across the state standing shoulder to shoulder in front of a castle, different banners side by side, someone in the back is still putting their armor on but they showed up</image:caption>
      <image:title>State 2128 Stands Together As ETF Tests Their Nerve</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=wilhelmina-feminist-fury</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-28</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-wilhelmina-fury.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Wilhelmina in full battle armor looking magnificent and principled, a small fire visible behind her that she is definitely not responsible for, Whaleslaughter&apos;s name visible on a scoreboard in the background, Wilhelmina not looking at it but aware of it</image:caption>
      <image:title>Wilhelmina&apos;s Feminist Fury: Whaleslaughter Somehow Makes Her Want To Burn Things</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=called-it-a-blog</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-28</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/reporters-offended.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Three journalists at a news desk looking varying degrees of personally wounded, Catty dramatically clutching her pearls, Griff staring into the middle distance with barely contained fury, Greigh maintaining professionalism by approximately one thread</image:caption>
      <image:title>Local Woman Calls Award-Winning News Operation &apos;Whaleslaughter&apos;s Blog&apos;</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=hamster-denial</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-03-23</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/hamster-denial.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A small hamster standing in front of a printed news article, looking shocked and offended, cheeks extremely full, one tiny paw raised as if arguing with the paper</image:caption>
      <image:title>Hamster Learns About News Coverage, Immediately Denies Everything</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=pumpkin-savy-ghosts-lfg</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-03-23</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-whale-ghosts.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Whaleslaughter standing uncertainly in a spooky LFG entrance, bears eyeing her suspiciously, two gleeful ghosts swooping overhead looking very much at home, one is holding a sign that says no whales</image:caption>
      <image:title>Pumpkin And Savy Honey&apos;s Ghosts Spotted In LFG — HAVOC Haunted by Past</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=food-poisoning-fortress</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-03-23</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-food-poisoning.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A medieval fortress with a quarantine flag hastily nailed to the gate, eight chalk outlines visible through the window, a half-eaten snack platter on the doorstep, a hamster walking away from the scene looking extremely guilty</image:caption>
      <image:title>BREAKING: Eight Dead After Food Poisoning Outbreak In Whaleslaughter&apos;s Fortress</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=havoc-snk-merger</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-03-22</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-havoc-snack-merger.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A formal merger signing ceremony with HAVOC and Snack Kingdom representatives shaking hands across a table covered in snacks, Pharaonic Cat in a tiny business suit in the corner pretending to read paperwork, a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist</image:caption>
      <image:title>HAVOC and Snack Kingdom Merge — Pharaonic Cat Denies Involvement, Suspiciously Full</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=snk-welcomed-havoc</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-03-22</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/greigh-snk-lonely.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A large alliance hall, mostly empty, a single candle burning, someone has pushed all the chairs to one end of the table, a massive ornate gold-framed oil portrait of Dooly going up on the wall while SNK leadership watches with the expression of people who are reconsidering several decisions</image:caption>
      <image:title>SNK Quietly Welcomed HAVOC After Monkey And Friends Departed</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=etf-world-chat-greasy</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-03-18</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-etf-popcorn.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>World chat rendered as a sticky, grease-coated disaster zone, ETF members reclined in lawn chairs with industrial-sized popcorn buckets, one is asleep, none of them care</image:caption>
      <image:title>ETF Turns World Chat Into A Greasy Mess, Offers No Apology</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=state-fights-hard-2162</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-28</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/greigh-2128-effort.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A team of exhausted but dignified warriors standing in the rubble of a hard-fought battle, heads held high, someone&apos;s armor is on fire but they seem unbothered</image:caption>
      <image:title>They Showed Up: State 2128 Fights Hard In Losing Effort Against 2162</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=dooly-agrees-2162-rules</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-26</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-dooly-scheming.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style President Dooly with a subtle smirk signing agreement documents while State 2162 celebrates in background, unaware that several Dooly clones are already positioning themselves suspiciously</image:caption>
      <image:title>President Dooly Agrees to 2162&apos;s Rules — Suspiciously Quickly</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=mordukai-prep-hypocrisy</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-26</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-mord-prep-hypocrisy.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style split screen showing Mordukai&apos;s DMs saying &apos;you&apos;re ruining the state&apos; on one side and prep leaderboard scrolling past 100 with his name nowhere visible on the other</image:caption>
      <image:title>Future President Mordukai Criticizes State Participation While Missing Top 100 Every Day</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=ahmet-can-responds-politely</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-26</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-whales-shocked.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style Whaleslaughter collapsed dramatically while staring at chat message, question marks and conspiracy theory strings connecting to &apos;Was it really him?&apos; in the background</image:caption>
      <image:title>BREAKING: &apos;Ahmet Can&apos; Responds Politely to Good Morning — Identity Uncertain</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=dooly-clone-spiral</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-23</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-dooly-explosion.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Chaotic anime laboratory completely overrun with different Dooly variants - mini, bacteria, cat, doubled, negative, sandwich-style, murderous - while scientists have given up and original Dooly stares in existential horror</image:caption>
      <image:title>HAVOC Clone Program Spirals Out of Control — Dooly Variants Now Exceed Original Population</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=havoc-clone-omar-combustible</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-22</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-havoc-biohazard.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Chaotic anime-style HAVOC laboratory with Dooly variants loose, both Omars actively on fire, scientists in hazmat suits trying to contain Bacteria Dooly while warning signs flash everywhere</image:caption>
      <image:title>HAVOC Clone Program: Omar Series Combustible, Bacteria Dooly Possibly Contagious</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=etf-bell-clone-success</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-22</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/fox-bell-clones.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Glamorous sci-fi laboratory showcase with three elegant Bell A clones standing in presentation poses, labeled A, B, and C, surrounded by admiring scientists and glowing reviews</image:caption>
      <image:title>ETF&apos;s Bell A Clone Program Succeeds Where Ahmet Clones Failed — Beauty, Brains, and Coordination</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-prep-sheet-empty</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-21</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-state-vacation.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style image of President Dooly staring at a completely empty sign-up sheet while alliance members lounge in the background with sunglasses and tropical drinks, utterly unbothered</image:caption>
      <image:title>SVS Prep Sheet Empty — State 2128 Apparently on Vacation</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=dooly-tail-lyn-investigation</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-20</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-dooly-tail.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style President Dooly examining his shortened tail with confusion while Lyn the mouse sits nearby looking suspiciously innocent, crumbs visible around her mouth</image:caption>
      <image:title>President Dooly&apos;s Tail Mysteriously Shorter — Lyn the Mouse Under Investigation</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=mr-muscles-joins-havoc</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-14</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-muscles-havoc.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style Mr. Muscles relocating his city into HAVOC territory while leadership watches with mixture of excitement and suspicion, welcoming committee holding both flowers and fire extinguishers</image:caption>
      <image:title>Mr. Muscles Joins HAVOC — Leadership Uncertain If It&apos;s Recruitment or Infiltration</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=pharaonic-cat-crime-syndicate</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-12</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/pharaonic-cat-secret-chat.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style cats from multiple alliances huddled around a glowing secret chat screen plotting a fish heist, Pharaonic Cat in the center with gold and black shifting fur, tiny maps and alliance logos scattered around</image:caption>
      <image:title>Pharaonic Cat Allegedly Forms Cross-Alliance Crime Syndicate</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=etf-teleport-brigade</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-11</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/etf-teleport-brigade.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style scene of multiple ETF top players dramatically teleporting into a facility battlefield in flashes of light while HAVOC watches with amused expressions, Mr. Muscles standing confidently at the center</image:caption>
      <image:title>ETF Teleport Brigade Arrives; Mr. Muscles Secures Another Facility</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=nut-leader-chat-inside</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-10</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-nut-leader-chat.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style image of a tense meeting room with alliance leaders around a table, some arguing, some taking notes, screens showing facility schedules and unsanctioned attack reports</image:caption>
      <image:title>Inside NUT Leader Chat: Where State Business Gets Messy</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=pharaonic-cat-stand-firm-against-death</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-08</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-pharoah-performance.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style Pharaonic Cat in full theatrical mode, dramatically performing both roles of the ETF conversation with exaggerated gestures while HAVOC members watch and laugh</image:caption>
      <image:title>Pharaonic Cat&apos;s Dramatic Reenactment: &apos;I Want to Stand Firm Against Death!&apos;</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=ahmet-can-r4-promotion</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-08</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-ahmet-r4.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style Ahmet Can standing proudly with R4 badge while confused HAVOC members watch in disbelief from a distance, burned cities smoldering in background</image:caption>
      <image:title>Ahmet Can Returns as ETF R4 — Rage-Quit Rewarded With Promotion</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=real-muscles-vs-ai-muscles</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-08</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-facility-muscles.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style split screen showing ETF&apos;s AI-generated muscular whale on one side and HAVOC&apos;s real-life muscle man on the other, both in battle stance at a facility</image:caption>
      <image:title>Real Muscles vs AI Muscles: HAVOC and ETF Clash at Facility</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=etf-facility-hold-clean</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-08</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/fox-facility-hold.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Professional image of ETF&apos;s 천명도궁 standing victoriously at a facility, respectful competition energy</image:caption>
      <image:title>ETF&apos;s 천명도궁 Holds Facility Against HAVOC — Clean Victory Earned</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=fart-bazooka-bia</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-07</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-fart-bazooka.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style laboratory with HAVOC scientists in lab coats testing a ridiculous weapon that fires green gas clouds, Dr. Dooly Catfish proudly holding a jar labeled &apos;Prototype Gas&apos;, other scientists wearing gas masks and taking notes</image:caption>
      <image:title>HAVOC Labs Unveils Fart Bazooka for BIA — Gas Masks Recommended</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=ahmet-hero-welcome-exclusive</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-07</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/ahmet-hero-welcome.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Heroic propaganda-style image of Ahmet Can standing tall with ETF banner behind him, dramatic lighting, looking noble and determined</image:caption>
      <image:title>EXCLUSIVE: Ahmet Can Returns to Defend State Values, ETF Welcomes Hero Home</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=greigh-fox-intro</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-07</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/greigh-fox-intro..webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Professional headshot-style image of Greigh Fox, a distinguished-looking fox in a sharp suit and tie, American flag pin on lapel, sitting at a news desk with &apos;Fair &amp; Balanced&apos; banner behind him</image:caption>
      <image:title>State 2128 News Welcomes Greigh Fox — A Voice for Balance and Accountability</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=etf-ahmet-clone-army</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-06</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-ahmet-clones.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Sci-fi facility with rows of identical Ahmet clones in glass tubes, all with glowing red eyes programmed with single directive displayed on screens: &apos;Good of the state&apos;, scientists in ETF uniforms monitoring vital signs</image:caption>
      <image:title>ETF Cloning Program Produces Army of Ahmets With Single Directive: Enforce Good of the State</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=jalapeno-gate</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-06</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/jalapeno-gate.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style Catty Von Catacean holding a single glowing jalapeño in her palm while ETF scientists in hazmat suits frantically take notes behind a glass lab wall.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Jalapeño-Gate: ETF Accused of Flavor Manipulation</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=supreme-popcorn-mandatory</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-05</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/supreme-popcorn.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Supreme President Nika, arms crossed proudly, stands beside a glowing pyramid of popcorn bags while confused citizens accept samples from HAVOC soldiers.</image:caption>
      <image:title>PAID ADVERTISEMENT — Supreme Popcorn™ Declared Mandatory</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=etf-groupthink-bootcamp</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-05</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-etf-bootcamp-schedule.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Sci-fi training facility schedule displayed on holographic screen: Hour 1 - Grievance Playback, Hour 2 - Grudge Reinforcement Exercises, Hour 3 - Advanced Blame Techniques, graduates receiving certificates labeled &apos;Certified Hater&apos;</image:caption>
      <image:title>INVESTIGATION PT. 2: Inside ETF&apos;s Three-Hour Groupthink Bootcamp</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=transfer-departures-farewell</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-05</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-transfer-departures.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style emotional farewell scene with Catty tearfully hugging beloved departing players on one side while in the background others sneak away and nobody notices or cares</image:caption>
      <image:title>Farewells and Good Riddance: A Tale of Two Departures</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=etf-brainwashing-facility</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-05</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-etf-brainwash-facility.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Sci-fi style underground facility with glowing screens displaying Whaleslaughter&apos;s face, new ETF recruits in chairs with electrode headbands, scientists in lab coats taking notes, ominous humming machinery</image:caption>
      <image:title>INVESTIGATION: ETF Operates Secret Brainwashing Facility, Sources Confirm</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=mordukai-sides-whaleslaughter-etf</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-05</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-mord-whales-alliance.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style image of Mordukai and Whaleslaughter standing on the same side of a battle line for the first time, both looking equally surprised about it, ETF in the distance</image:caption>
      <image:title>Hell Freezes Over: Mordukai Sides With Whaleslaughter Against ETF</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=etf-collective-punishment-sheepdog</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-05</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-etf-deserved-it.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style image of multiple burning HAVOC cities while ETF leadership points accusingly at a faded image of Sheepdog in the background, implying collective punishment</image:caption>
      <image:title>ETF: You Defended Sheepdog, So You Deserved the Rampage</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=etf-declines-apology-whaleslaughter</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-04</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-etf-no-apology.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style image of ETF leadership shrugging while Whaleslaughter&apos;s burning city smolders in the background, one holding a sign reading &apos;she stirred up drama&apos;</image:caption>
      <image:title>ETF Declines Apology, Suggests Whaleslaughter Deserved Zeroing Over Good Mornings</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=ahmet-morning-song-exit</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-04</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-ahmet-morning-song.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style Whaleslaughter cheerfully singing into morning sunlight while Ahmet Can covers his ears in agony in the background, city burning behind him</image:caption>
      <image:title>A Morning Melody Too Far: Ahmet Can&apos;s Theatrical Exit</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=whaleslaughter-on-the-rocks</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-01</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/whaleslaughter-queen-jazz.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style portrait of Whaleslaughter as a sleek commander with a violin, standing in front of her HAVOC troops and a glass of bourbon, as seen in her Spotify artist profile</image:caption>
      <image:title>The Queen of HAVOC: Whaleslaughter Drops &apos;On the Rocks&apos;</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=2128-20-minute-miracle</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/victory-2128-final.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style landscape of the Sunfire Castle illuminated by fireworks, with ETF and TSA banners flying high while exhausted but proud troops from both 2128 and 2316 share a respectful nod in the foreground</image:caption>
      <image:title>2128 Reigns Supreme: The 20-Minute Miracle</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=death-lunch-break-legend</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/death-player-lunch-break.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style landscape of a high-tech command center where a player named &apos;Death&apos; is calmly tapping his screen with one hand while holding a half-eaten sandwich in the other, while the 2316 castle defense explodes on the monitor</image:caption>
      <image:title>Lunch Break Legend: Death Logs In to Delete 2316</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=cross-state-fan-mail-2316</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-cross-state-new.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style landscape of a 2316 commander reading a tablet with a frustrated expression while his city burns behind him, a 2128 news logo visible on the screen</image:caption>
      <image:title>Cross-State Fan Mail: 2316 Tunes In to the 2128 Disaster Show</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=havoc-recruitment-scandal</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/ChatGPT Image Jan 31, 2026, 10_46_16 AM.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style landscape of a HAVOC recruitment tent featuring a &apos;Shirtless Men Only&apos; sign, while a confused army of muscular gladiators stands in the background and Griff looks on with deep judgment</image:caption>
      <image:title>HAVOC&apos;s Abs-olutely Bizarre Recruitment: The Whaleslaughter Scandal</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=salah-shade-of-victory</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/salah-sunglasses-castle.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style landscape of Salah standing atop the Sunfire Castle ramparts, wearing tactical sunglasses and a smirk, while ETF and TSA banners fly side-by-side behind him</image:caption>
      <image:title>The Shade of Victory: Salah Anchors the 2128 Comeback</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=etf-resurrection-gummy-bears</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/etf-rally-redemption.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style landscape of a massive ETF rally slamming into the castle gates with renewed energy, sparks flying and pet auras glowing bright gold</image:caption>
      <image:title>The ETF Resurrection: From Gummy Bears to Grizzly Bears</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=catty-feline-identity-crisis</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-vfor-persian.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style landscape of Catty von Catacean standing between two pedestals—one featuring the orange tabby Petrarca and the other featuring the luxurious Persian V FOR, looking utterly torn</image:caption>
      <image:title>A Tale of Two Tabbies: Catty&apos;s Feline Identity Crisis</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=marwen-heroic-bankruptcy</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/marwen-empty-warehouse.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style landscape of a TSA commander standing in a vast, empty warehouse with only a few cobwebs left, looking at a balance sheet of zero gems while smoke rises from the castle in the distance</image:caption>
      <image:title>The Empty Vault: Marwen Tunisia&apos;s Heroic Bankruptcy</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=catty-nurse-petrarca</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-nurse-petrarca.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style landscape of Catty von Catacean in a vintage nurse&apos;s outfit, holding a first-aid kit while looking wistfully toward the 2316 camp where the orange tabby Petrarca sits regally on a throne of debris</image:caption>
      <image:title>A Nurse for the Vanquished: Catty&apos;s Heart Crosses the Line</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=gummy-bear-rallies-collapse</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-pet-fail-final.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style landscape of a battle pet looking sad and deflated like a giant gummy bear, while State 2316 marches triumphantly into the Sunfire Castle in the background</image:caption>
      <image:title>Gummy Bear Rallies: The Juice-less Collapse of 2128</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=catty-ginger-gaze-petrarca</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-petrarca-gaze.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style landscape of Catty von Catacean perched on a crumbling wall, looking through heart-shaped binoculars at a majestic orange tabby cat sitting regally on a 2316 battle tank</image:caption>
      <image:title>A Ginger Gaze: Catty Finds Love in a Hopeless (War) Place</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=kartal-real-estate-nightmare</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-kartal-splash-damage.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style landscape of a lone city getting rocked by explosions meant for a nearby turret, while a map in the foreground shows the city positioned exactly in the line of fire</image:caption>
      <image:title>Kartal&apos;s Real Estate Nightmare: The Perils of Proximity</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=cat-walker-greg-blunder</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-walker-greg-fail.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style landscape of a shiny silver globe-skinned city engulfed in flames after a failed battle, while a frustrated commander facepalms in the foreground</image:caption>
      <image:title>Silver Skin, Lead Feet: CAT-Walker&apos;s GREG Blunder</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=honeybee-tsa-stop-hitting-each-other</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-honeybee-advice.webp.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style landscape of a stern commander-type pointing at a map while several restless soldiers sheepishly lower their weapons in a TSA-branded command tent</image:caption>
      <image:title>Honeybee Stings TSA Back to Reality: &apos;Stop Hitting Each Other&apos;</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=2316-refuses-to-fade</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-2316-resistance.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style landscape showing the banners of State 2316 emerging through thick battle smoke, soldiers regrouping with grim determination while the Sunfire Castle looms in the distance</image:caption>
      <image:title>2316 Refuses to Fade: The State That Spite Built</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=2128-second-wind-20-minutes</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-20-minute-lead.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style landscape of a command center where the tension has slightly eased, a large digital clock now showing a 20:00 lead while tired soldiers finally take a sip of water</image:caption>
      <image:title>From Milliseconds to Minutes: 2128 Finds Its Second Wind</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=queen-zar-battle-plan</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-zar-battle-plan.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style image of Queen Zar pointing at detailed battle diagrams on a command table while half the commanders follow instructions and the other half do their own thing in the background</image:caption>
      <image:title>Queen Zar&apos;s Epic Battle Plan Sort of Followed, Sort of Ignored</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=whaleslaughter-double-agent-2316</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-whales-double-agent.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style noir image of Whaleslaughter in shadows exchanging messages with State 2316 leadership, intelligence documents visible, question mark over whether it&apos;s espionage or betrayal</image:caption>
      <image:title>Whaleslaughter Cozied Up to State 2316 During Prep — Intel or Treason?</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=castle-control-40-seconds</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-castle-40-seconds.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style close-up of a glowing castle timer showing 40-second lead, commanders from both states staring at screens with intense focus, every second counting</image:caption>
      <image:title>State 2128 Leads by 40 Seconds — Castle Control Comes Down to Milliseconds</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=catty-defect-cat-alliance</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-cat-alliance-defection.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style Catty von Catacean gazing dreamily at CAT alliance banners from State 2316, surrounded by imagined handsome soldiers while State 2128 chaos erupts ignored in the background</image:caption>
      <image:title>Catty von Catacean Threatens to Defect to State 2316&apos;s CAT Alliance</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=etf-muscle-man-hold-castle</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-svs-prep-victory.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style image of ETF and Muscle Man banners planted on center castle while TSA alliance forces gather in coordinated formation, prep phase leaderboard glowing in background showing 2128 victory</image:caption>
      <image:title>ETF and Muscle Man Hold Center Castle as State 2128 Wins Prep Phase</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-prep-300k-lead-2316</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-26</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/prep-2316-1.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>SVS Prep Day One scoreboard showing State 2128 ahead of State 2316 by a wide margin, with top individual contributors listed and a noticeable gap where a major alliance might have appeared</image:caption>
      <image:title>2128 Opens SVS Prep with a 300K Point Lead Over 2316</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=whaleslaughter-death-canyon-clash</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-26</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/death-whales.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A canyon battlefield littered with defeated burning forts while two figures stand calmly amid the chaos, one clearly overpowered</image:caption>
      <image:title>Whaleslaughter and Death Duo Clear Canyon Clash, Somehow Upset Everyone</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=havoc-marriage-rumors</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-26</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-sandwich-rumor.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A smug white cat journalist fans herself while musical notes drift around a spinning record player</image:caption>
      <image:title>HAVOC Marriage Rumors Intensify</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=whaleslaughter-morning-greeting-song</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-26</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-quill-songwave.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A cabaret-style illustration of musical notes drifting cheerfully across alliance chat while one listener stares at the screen in visible discomfort</image:caption>
      <image:title>Whaleslaughter Releases Morning Greeting Song</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=weekend-alliance-swaps-scrambled</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-26</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/flags.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Alliance banners slide off and reappear under new names as the leaderboard reshuffles in real time</image:caption>
      <image:title>Weekend Alliance Swaps Leave Leaderboard Scrambled Once Again</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=monkey-moonlight-spotify</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-14</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-monkey-moonlight.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style image of Monkey holding headphones looking bewildered while other alliance members gather around a phone showing Spotify, expressions ranging from amused to concerned</image:caption>
      <image:title>Whaleslaughter Takes Private Love Song Public, Spotify Now Involved</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=mordukai-drops-whale-song</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-09</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-quill-songwave.png</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A refined white cat journalist documents a bold musical declaration as glowing notes swirl around the shadow of a massive whale</image:caption>
      <image:title>Mordukai Drops Whale in Song, Sets Sights on Song of the Year</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=etf-nuclear-mosquito</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-03</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-etf-nuclear-mosquito.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Split-screen documentary-style image showing a tiny mosquito on one side and a massive mushroom cloud explosion on the other, with clinical labeling showing &apos;Threat: 1 soldier&apos; vs &apos;Response: 9-player coordinated rally, 208K casualties&apos;</image:caption>
      <image:title>ETF Drops Nuclear Bomb on Mosquito — Message Received Statewide</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=catty-sun-god-nika-woman</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-04</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/sungod-nika-blonde-profile.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Landscape anime-style illustration of a radiant blonde woman bathed in warm sunlight, posed regally with soft highlights and an unmistakably polished profile-picture aura</image:caption>
      <image:title>Catty Confirms: Sun God Nika Is Clearly a Woman</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=griff-sun-god-nika-guy</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-04</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/sungod-nika-mythic-analysis.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Landscape anime-style illustration of a stern, mythic sun deity rendered in silhouette, radiating heat and authority, observed analytically from a distance</image:caption>
      <image:title>Griff Notes: Sun God Nika Is Obviously a Guy</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=mystery-mega-whale-transfer</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-03</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-mystery-whale.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style shadowy figure with glowing profile appearing on a transfer screen while ETF leadership watches with knowing smiles, transfer manager controls glowing in the foreground</image:caption>
      <image:title>Mystery Mega Whale Appears on Transfer List — Timing Purely Coincidental</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=etf-presidency-last-minute</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-03</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-presidency-timing.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style shot of an empty chair at a leadership table while others shake hands over documents, clock on wall showing late hours, rotation schedule crossed out on whiteboard</image:caption>
      <image:title>ETF Trades for Presidency in Last-Minute Deal, Skips Rotation</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=unexplained-wholesomeness-world-chat</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-04</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/wholesome-anomaly-detected.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style newsroom scene where a grizzled bulldog reporter stares at a screen filled with pastel flowers, a kitten, and floating musical notes, expression flat and unimpressed</image:caption>
      <image:title>Unexplained Wholesomeness Detected in World Chat</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=mordukai-whats-wrong-everyone</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-03</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-mord-oblivious.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style shot of a command room meeting where one person stands yelling while everyone else sits in uncomfortable silence, all clearly thinking the same thing but not saying it</image:caption>
      <image:title>Mordukai Asks What&apos;s Wrong With Everyone, Misses Obvious Answer</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-stings-gossip-wins</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-03</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/svs-afterparty.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Wry, celebratory scene after a hard-fought SVS loss, with tired leaders sharing drinks and trading stories across state lines</image:caption>
      <image:title>SVS Stings, but the Gossip Wins</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=etf-presidency-clause</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-03</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/leader-chat-ambush.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Sharp-toned political illustration of a sudden leadership handoff in a tense alliance chat, with suspicious glances and whispered side deals</image:caption>
      <image:title>The Presidency Clause: ETF Back in the News</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=razor-prep-win</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-03</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/razor-prep-win.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Scoreboard tension after a razor-thin prep victory, competitive and charged with rivalry.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Razor Prep Win Sets the Stage</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=svs-prep-knife-edge</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-02</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/svs-prep-final.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A tense, high-stakes standoff as two rival states push resources to the limit in the final hours before battle.</image:caption>
      <image:title>SVS Prep Enters the Knife Edge</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=mordukai-new-years-resolution</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-01</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/mordukai-2026-mighty.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>World chat screenshot showing Mordukai spam-posting about feeling mighty in 2026 and not having to listen to people anymore, with rows of emoji reactions</image:caption>
      <image:title>Mordukai&apos;s New Year&apos;s Resolution: Ignore Whaleslaughter</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=snk-dominates-prep-etf-havoc</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-01</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/svs-prep-alliance-rankings.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Game leaderboard showing alliance point rankings with House Targaryen first at 1.6 billion, SnackKingdom second at 1.4 billion, EternalFrost third, HAVOC seventh</image:caption>
      <image:title>SNK Dominates Prep Phase — ETF Digs Deep, HAVOC and NLO Battle for Scraps</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=dumbledore-state-2116-sweeps</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-01</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/svs-prep-individual-leaders.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Game leaderboard showing personal point rankings with Suley_Boo in first place, bot account second, and Albus Dumbledore in third, all from State 2116</image:caption>
      <image:title>Dumbledore Casts Spell — State 2116 Sweeps Top Three</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=whaleslaughter-annoying-pebble-song</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-01</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-unbothered-song.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style shot of a recording studio with Whaleslaughter at a microphone, walls covered in crossed-out lyrics and coffee cups, producer in the background looking exhausted and confused</image:caption>
      <image:title>Whaleslaughter Writes Song Calling Herself an Annoying Pebble</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=happy-new-year-2128</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-01-01</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-catty-toast.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style Catty von Catacean in elegant evening wear and gruff Griff Harpoon in a rumpled suit reluctantly clinking champagne glasses in a newsroom, confetti falling around them, Catty beaming while Griff looks mildly annoyed but resigned</image:caption>
      <image:title>Happy New Year from the 2128 News Desk</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=frosty-face-off-cosplay</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-cosplay-leaderboard..webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Documentary-style shot of a glowing leaderboard in a dark command room, names like Voldemort and Dumbledore lit up in harsh fluorescent light while tired officers stare at it with deadpan expressions, one holding a coffee mug that says I survived Comic-Con</image:caption>
      <image:title>Frosty Face Off More Like Frosty Fanfic</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=voldemort-avada-prep</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-31</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/svs-day-three-frosty-faceoff.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>SVS ranking screen showing Voldemort decisively ahead of Albus Dumbledore, with icy rivalry and smug competitive tension.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Voldemort Casts Avada Prep as SVS Turns Frosty</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=snk-surges-etf-slips-day-two</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-30</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/svs-prep-rankings.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Alliance ranking board showing SNK in first place, ETF in second, NLO and HAV close behind, glowing icons and rising tension across a snowy interface.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Day Two - SNK Surges Ahead as ETF Slips, NLO and HAV Close the Gap</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=havoc-chicken-egg-debate</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-30</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/havoc-chicken-egg-debate.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style HAVOC alliance members gathered around a snowy campfire, debating the chicken and egg dilemma with exaggerated gestures and one rooster dramatically perched on a log.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Chicken, Egg, or Rooster — HAVOC Philosophers Face Existential Crisis</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=2128-dominates-prep-whales-24th</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-30</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/prep-rankings-board.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A glowing leaderboard dominates a command room, names and scores stacked high while a lone entry sits conspicuously lower, drawing side-eye from onlookers.</image:caption>
      <image:title>State 2128 Dominates Prep Rankings — Whales Somehow at 24th</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=dbyrd-transfers-nlo</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-30</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/dbyrd-transfer-nlo.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A lone bird-shaped silhouette departs a fortified alliance hall while rival banners loom in the background, heavy with tension and irony.</image:caption>
      <image:title>DByrd Flies to NLO</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=griff-harpoon-intro</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-29</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/griff-harpoon.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Grizzled veteran reporter Griff Harpoon stares across a cluttered newsroom, projecting skepticism, fatigue, and confrontation.</image:caption>
      <image:title>State 2128 News Adopts a Harpoon</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=nut-leaders-castle-math</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-29</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/nut-leaders-castle-math.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Alliance chat screen showing a diagrammed castle and a calm but pointed rules clarification, with leaders explaining victory math rather than shouting.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Castle Math, Not Castle Smoke: NUT Leaders Set the Record Straight</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=whaleslaughter-refuses-evacuate</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-29</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/whaleslaughter-icegate.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Whaleslaughter in icy regalia blocks the gates of a frost-covered fortress, arms crossed as guards behind her glance nervously at a scroll labeled &apos;Peace Terms – Redacted.&apos;</image:caption>
      <image:title>Whales Refuses to Evacuate: Peace Plan Leaked, Lacks All Details Except One</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=arabic-language-day-arabic</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-18</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/arabic-language-day.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>مشهد أنمي أفقي بنسبة 2:1 يتوسطه خط عربي أنيق لعبارة &apos;يوم اللغة العربية&apos; يتوهج بألوان الأزرق والذهبي، مع لمسات جليدية خفيفة وإحساس بالاحتفال والثقافة المشتركة</image:caption>
      <image:title>يوم اللغة العربية</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=arabic-language-day-english</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-18</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/arabic-language-day.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style 2:1 landscape celebrating Arabic Language Day, featuring HAVOC players in a warm, respectful tone with Arabic script as a central, living language rather than decoration</image:caption>
      <image:title>Arabic Language Day — يوم اللغة العربية</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=nlo-nemesis-morning-frenemies</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-17</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/nlo-poopstorm-nemesis.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style 2:1 landscape of Whaleslaughter at a frost-lit command desk, purple hair and muscular build, smirking while a blizzard rages outside and a distant NLO banner is crossed out in red; the mood is decisive and petty in the most strategic way</image:caption>
      <image:title>Morning Frenemies, Evening Enemies: NLO Declared Nemesis Hours Later</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=havoc-frenemyship-video</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-16</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/ChatGPT Image Dec 16, 2025, 10_56_49 AM.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style 2:1 landscape showing HAVOC members in dramatic battle-cloud lighting facing a current rival across the frame, tense but playful energy, cinematic standoff with humor beneath the conflict</image:caption>
      <image:title>HAVOC Releases New Video Hinting at a Future Frenemyship</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=snk-mission-statement</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-12</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/super-nuts-krazy.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style propaganda poster reading &apos;SUPER NUTS KRAZY&apos; in bold playful lettering, snack imagery exploding around the text, popcorn, cookies, candy flying, chaotic but cheerful design, true 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Snack Kingdom Unveils Mission Statement</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=north-king-mms-greatest-achievement</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-12</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/north-king-mms.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style portrait of an armored skeleton surrounded by carefully rationed M&amp;M candies, calm determination, quiet pride, winter tones, true 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>North King&apos;s Greatest Achievement Was Waiting</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=havoc-holiday-identity-crisis</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-12</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/suno (2).webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style winter street scene at night with glowing shop windows and drifting neon snow, Whaleslaughter in festive armor sharpening a candy cane like a dagger while confused carolers scatter, true 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>HAVOC Holiday Identity Crisis — Whaleslaughter Accused of Being Too Cute and Sweet</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=snk-italian-policy</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-12</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/snk-italian-policy.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style diplomatic meeting in Snack Kingdom with Italian flair, refined snack trays, calm authority, subtle humor, true 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Snack Kingdom Adotta una Politica Anti-Snack Mollicci</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=snk-leaders-pride-crunch</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-12</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/snk-sitdown.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style sit-down interview scene in Snack Kingdom, leaders relaxed around a table with snacks, Catty taking notes with a knowing smile, warm lighting, calm confidence, true 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Snack Kingdom Leaders Reflect on Pride, Crunch, and Staying Power</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=catty-interviews-core-candy</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-12</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/core-candy-interview.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style interview scene with a white cat reporter and a calm armored figure, speech bubbles filled with thinking and candy emojis, playful yet mysterious mood, true 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Catty Interviews Core, Receives Candy-Colored Answers</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=whaleslaughter-puzzled-frenemies-song</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-11</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/whales-puzzled-song.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style muscular woman with purple hair pausing mid-thought at a frost-covered command desk, one eyebrow raised in mild confusion, glowing control panels behind her, true 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Whaleslaughter Briefly Puzzled by Ongoing Tension</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=accountability-acrobatics</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-11</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/accountability-acrobatics.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style court jester twisting into an impossible pretzel shape while a regal cat watches unimpressed from a velvet throne, soft palace lighting, true 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>The Acrobatics of Accountability</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=unofficial-policy-bathroom-line</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-11</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/bathroom-line-policy.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style royal aide whispering to another in a palace corridor, amused expression, soft lighting, a distant queenly silhouette on a balcony, true 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Unofficial Policy Leaks From Presidential Aide</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=transfer-period-ends-leader-chat-noise</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-11</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/whales-chat-throne.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime queen with purple hair lounging on a throne while two loyal advisors stand beside her, tiny furious leaders shouting from below, dramatic lighting, true 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Transfer Period Ends; Noise Levels in Leader Chat Reach Historic Highs</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=cold-shoulder-coalition-frostbite</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-11</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/cold-shoulder-frostbite.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style royal meteorologist presenting a map of icy emotional weather fronts drifting across a palace war room, chilly blue tones, true 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Cold Shoulder Coalition Issues Frostbite Warning</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=jane-power-poise-raisins</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-08</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/jane.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style portrait of Jane as a calm, respected leader in Snack Kingdom, soft glow, alliance banners behind her, warm yet powerful presence, 3 terrified raisins in the bottom left. true 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Jane: Power, Poise, and Deeply Questionable Cookie Taste</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=monkey-king-handshake-svs</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-06</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/monkey-king-handshake.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Cartoon Monkey and TSK KING 04 shaking hands in a snowy anime battlefield stadium, alliance banners in the background, respectful sportsmanship, true 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Monkey and TSK KING 04 Close SVS with Handshake</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=monkey-wins-svs-no-pets</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-06</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/monkey-no-pets.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Cartoon monkey standing confidently on a snowy anime battlefield while confused officers stare at unused pet icons on a glowing interface, true 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Monkey Wins SVS Without Pet Buffs, Refuses to Explain Further</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=2128-crushes-2184-havoc-presidency</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-06</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/havoc-presidency-war.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style winter battlefield with HAVOC banners towering over a defeated enemy camp while several nervous officers argue around an empty glowing throne, true 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>2128 Crushes 2184, HAVOC R4s Battle for Right to Not Be Supreme President</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=monkey-svs-crown-death-appeal</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-05</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/monkey-takes-day5.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Crying chibi baby Death clutching a silver trophy while a joyful cartoon monkey holds a glowing crown on an anime snowy battlefield, dramatic upset, true 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Monkey Snatches SVS Crown with 2M Lead, Death Files Emotional Appeal</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=wos-discord-feet-pics</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-04</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/whale-feet-censored.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Censored image of Whaleslaughter&apos;s feet with repeated red &apos;CENSORED&apos; stamp over the photo, indicating a deleted post on WOS Discord</image:caption>
      <image:title>WOS Discord Did Not Think Whaleslaughter&apos;s Feet Pics Were as Funny as She Did</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=monkey-correction-not-second</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-04</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/svs-prep-correction..webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Chibi baby Death holding a tiny silver trophy while a confused cartoon monkey stares at a glowing &apos;22&apos; on the leaderboard in an anime-style snowy battlefield, true 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Correction Issued: Monkey Was Not Second</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=mr-one-beans-svs-prep</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-04</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/mr-one-svs-prep.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Cartoon Mr. Bean–style character standing victorious on an anime winter battlefield with falling snow, glowing leaderboard behind him, defeated cartoon monkey and baby death in the distance, dramatic lighting, triumphant upset, true 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Bean There, Won That: Mr One Stuns SVS Prep, Topples Monkey &amp; Death</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=baby-death-naps-day-three</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-03</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/death-svs-prep-day3.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Chibi baby death asleep with a dropped lollipop while a triumphant cartoon monkey holds a glowing crown, anime-style winter battlefield, falling snow, soft lantern light, playful rivalry, true 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Baby Death Naps Through Day Three as Monkey Steals the Lead</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=death-refuses-normal-day-two</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-12-02</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/death-svs-prep-day2.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Chibi baby character holding two trophies with smug confidence beside an angry cartoon monkey, anime-style, snowy winter battlefield background, falling snow, dramatic lighting, playful rivalry, true 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Death Still Refusing to Be Normal (Again)</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=state-2128-food-coma</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-29</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/state-2128-food-coma.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style fantasy warriors and villagers lying sprawled across snow and banquet tables after a massive feast, bellies sticking up, plates and mugs scattered, alliance banners drooping in the background, everyone visibly stuffed and half-asleep, 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>State 2128 Enters Collective Food Coma After Legendary Feast</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=havoc-holidays-suno</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-28</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/Suno.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style winter city at night with glowing windows and neon snow, Whaleslaughter smirking in festive armor while dragging a sparkling playlist portal labeled &apos;Suno&apos; across the street, terrified carolers scattering, 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>HAVOC Holidays Goes Global — Whaleslaughter Dodges the Spotify Wall</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=great-dane-christmas-song</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-25</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/local-bard-happy-christmas.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style snowy town square at night with twinkling lights, a Great Dane standing on a tiny wooden stage like a bard, strumming a guitar with heroic seriousness while Catty von Catacean observes from a balcony with delighted mischief, 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Great Dane Drops a Proper Christmas Song — Catty Says &apos;Finally!&apos;</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=leader-chat-zar-jails-two</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-23</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/zar-jails-vampire-artemis.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Two anime-style warriors locked in magical ice jail cells in a snowy chamber; one yelling dramatically and pointing through the bars, the other sitting cross-legged looking resigned; frosty light glows through crystalline bars, 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Leader Chat Argument Becomes Primetime Drama; President Q Zar Jails Two</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=havoc-holidays-first-review</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-23</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/kayla-review.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style cozy apartment with Christmas lights, Kayla vacuuming aggressively while wearing headphones, side-eyeing a plate of cookies labeled &apos;Santa&apos;s Snack&apos; in harsh spotlight, 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>🎄 HAVOC HOLIDAYS FIRST REVIEW — Album &apos;A Vibe,&apos; Santa&apos;s Snacks Dragged Publicly</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=mordukai-more-dookie-response</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-23</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/mordukai-monster.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style Mordukai standing in the snow with crossed arms, expression flat and unimpressed, faint speech bubble containing ellipses while distant camp tents glow behind him, 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Mordukai Responds to &apos;More Dookie&apos; Nickname Allegations</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=3lguapo-conservative-march</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-22</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/3lguapo-update.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style snowy battlefield with a confident commander marching forward at a slow, deliberate pace while holding a banner with a subtle eggplant motif, Cherry Blossom hovering behind him radiating calm energy, 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>3LGuapo&apos;s Conservative March Comes With Unapologetic 🍆 Energy</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=whaleslaughter-sheepdogs-charge</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-22</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/whales-sheepdogs-charge.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style snowy battlefield at dawn, Whaleslaughter charging forward with two determined sheepdogs beside her against overwhelming opposing forces; dramatic lighting, flags whipping in the wind, 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Whaleslaughter Charges Ecclesiastical Turkey Federation With Only Two Emotional Support Sheepdogs</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=queen-zar-fair-play-territory</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-22</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/queenzar-update.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style regal winter commander standing on a snowy hill with calm posture, holding a banner of justice while Phil and Salah appear as distant silhouettes gathering resources near her borders, 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Queen Zar Upholds Fair Play, But Territory Remains Sacred</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=mordukai-quiet-retribution</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-22</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/ordukai-update.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style brooding warrior in frost-covered armor leaning against a wall in dim torchlight, Sin passing by in the background with a neutral expression, their paths crossing without conflict, 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Mordukai Deals Quiet Retribution, Unmoved by Outside Forces</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=faceless-drifts-querulous</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-22</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/faceless-update.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style calm figure walking through a snowy village with hands in pockets, snowflakes drifting past, expression unreadable, speech bubble with a flat-lined face emoji 😑 floating behind, 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Faceless Drifts Through Races Unbothered, Calls Outside Groups &apos;Querulous&apos;</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=jinx-mumbles-more-dookie</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-22</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/jinx-dream.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style sleeping warrior wrapped in blankets in a snowy camp, whispering mischievously while nearby characters look confused and amused, moonlight glowing through tent fabric, 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>Jinx Reportedly Mumbles &apos;More Dookie&apos; in Her Sleep</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=bia-fun-levels-spike</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-22</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/bia-more-brains.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Chibi warriors in a snowy war council, most laughing and scheming while two pout dramatically with crossed arms; glowing map table, smug purple-haired commander observing like she caused this, 2:1 landscape</image:caption>
      <image:title>BREAKING — BIA Fun Levels Spike, Salt Reserves Critically Low</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=havoc-holidays-spotify</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-22</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/havoc-holidays-playlist.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A war-torn Christmas tree built from metal shards and bullet casings, glowing under falling snow like battlefield holiday décor.</image:caption>
      <image:title>HAVOC Holidays Hits Spotify — Seasonal Threats Now Streaming</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=grim-reaper-havoc-bia</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-22</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/grim-havoc-reape.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style grim reaper in winter armor leaning on a scythe while HAVOC fighters cling to him in a snowy battlefield, refusing to let him leave.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Grim Reaper Caught Harvesting HAVOC for BIA — HAVOC Refuses to Let Go</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=jinx-returns-bombshell-era</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-20</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/jinx-whales-couch.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Two women lounging on a couch smoking cigars, dressed like off-duty warlords; Whales looking muscular and tough while Jinx laughs and happy to see her, ash scattering like falling snow.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Jinx Returns, Insults Three People and a Mod — Whales Drops Bombshell Era on Sight</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=whalerilyn-frost-stars-proof</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-17</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/whalerilyn-froststars.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style Whalerilyn Monroe with purple hair and muscles, smirking beside a donation box labeled &apos;Frost Stars,&apos; while a confused chibi-style warrior checks his phone as question marks swirl overhead in a snowy landscape.</image:caption>
      <image:title>BREAKING — Whalerilyn Demands Frost Stars as Proof of Identity</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=granny-beelzebub-goes-rambo</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-16</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/granny-rambo.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Muscular anime-style Granny Beelzebub in full Rambo gear, bandana tied tight, heavy weapon slung over one shoulder, standing confidently on a snowy battlefield with a fierce, determined stare.</image:caption>
      <image:title>BREAKING — Granny Beelzebub Goes Full Rambo</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=cherry-blossom-breaks-silence</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-16</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/cherry-blossom-chill.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Soft anime-style portrait of an Asian girl standing under blooming cherry blossoms, painted in a gentle pastel style. Snow drifts around her as she looks calmly toward the viewer, serene but unmistakably confident. 2:1 landscape composition with pale pink petals drifting through the air.</image:caption>
      <image:title>NLO&apos;s Cherry Blossom Breaks Her Silence</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=single-jane-new-era</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-16</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/single-jane.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style Jane proudly unveiling a giant banner reading &apos;Single Jane&apos; while snow drifts around her and stunned warriors look on.</image:caption>
      <image:title>BREAKING — &apos;Single Jane&apos; Declares a New Era of Independence</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=salsa-anti-recon</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-16</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/salsa-mystery.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Chibi jar of salsa wearing oversized sunglasses, sneaking across a snowy battlefield and pretending to be mysterious.</image:caption>
      <image:title>BREAKING — Salsa Activates Anti-Recon After Reconning Everyone</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=nika-popcorn-empire</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-14</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/nika-popcorn.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Chibi Sun God Nika in radiant golden armor, selling popcorn from a divine concession stand while state members argue, fight, and cause chaos in the background.</image:caption>
      <image:title>PAID ADVERTISEMENT — Sun God Nika Launches Popcorn Empire</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=granny-breaks-sound-barrier</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-14</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/monkey-vs-granny.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style granny with a walker blasting across the battlefield in a cloud of dust, fleeing from a towering castle while an offended Monkey sits on the ramparts with crossed arms.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Granny Beelzebub Breaks Sound Barrier, Monkey Left in Dust</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=r4s-surrender-whalerilyn-r5</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-13</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/whalerilyn-r5-return.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style Whalerilyn in her glamorous wig and dress, looking deceptively gentle as exhausted HAVOC R4s collapse around a frost-covered command table.</image:caption>
      <image:title>HAVOC R4s Surrender the Throne, Hand R5 Back to Whalerilyn</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=whalerilyn-jazz-phase</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-13</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/whales-jazz.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style Whalerilyn leaning on a vintage microphone, violet curls haloed by stage light as uneasy alliance members peek from the wings, unsure whether to clap or call for backup.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Alliance Expresses Mild Concern Over Whalerilyn&apos;s Sudden Jazz Phase</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=great-dane-full-throttle-anthem</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-13</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/great-dane-full-throttle.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style Great Dane in DJ headphones at a glowing mixer, sound waves blasting across a snowy State 2128 plaza while distant alliance banners flutter and a smug cat silhouette watches from a wall.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Catty Crowns Great Dane&apos;s New Track Her Official Anthem</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=catty-slips-into-nut-chat</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-13</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-nut-chat.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style Catty von Catacean perched on a snowy railing above NUT leader chat, tail flicking smugly as speech bubbles pop below in alarmed confusion.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Catty von Catacean Quietly Slips Into NUT Leader Chat</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=whaleslaughter-purple-bombshell-therapy</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-13</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/whales-monroe.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style Whaleslaughter in a skin colored gown, violet curls glowing under studio lights as she smiles like she&apos;s both forgiven and plotting — equal parts redemption arc and movie star debut.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Whaleslaughter Emerges as Purple Bombshell After Intensive Therapy</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=r5-hot-potato-tournament</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-12</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/r5-hot-potato.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Smirking R4 officers in a smoky command room tossing a fiery R5 crown back and forth like a grenade, while a scowling Whaleslaughter watches from the sidelines clutching a clipboard and plotting revenge.</image:caption>
      <image:title>R5 Hot Potato Tournament Begins After Whales&apos; Demotion</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=dieper-hates-being-r5</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-12</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/dieper.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style scene of Dieper buried in alliance mail, eyes wide with regret, while Whaleslaughter lounges behind glass with a smug grin and a frosted cocktail.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Dieper Hates Being R5</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=red-dragon-dms-whaleslaughter</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-12</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/red-love war.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style landscape of Red the Dragon typing a glowing message on his phone while Whaleslaughter wears a smirking, skeptical expression — sparks of gossip and mischief in the frosty air.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Rumors Blaze as Red the Dragon DMs Whaleslaughter</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=daniels-dooly-conspiracy</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-12</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/agreed.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style landscape of two nearly identical soldiers standing face to face, both gesturing and speaking in sync — one slightly more shadowed than the other, as if mirrored. A banner burns faintly in the background while speech bubbles swirl with matching phrases.</image:caption>
      <image:title>The D&amp;D Conspiracy</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=almas-love-bombing</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-12</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/almas-hug.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style illustration of Almas, a radiant smiling soldier with diamond-like sparkle, giving a side hug to Whaleslaughter, who looks miserably stiff and uncomfortable under his arm — light and shadow playfully contrast their moods.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Love Bombing in the Frostlands</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=ethical-use-pointy-things</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-12</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/pen-sword-ethics.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style illustration of a quill and sword resting on a marble table, light glinting off the steel while ink drips nearby — scholarly and dangerous at once.</image:caption>
      <image:title>On the Ethical Use of Pointy Things</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=sandwich-reported-dry</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-12</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/dry-sandwich.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A dramatically lit sandwich sitting forlornly on a silver plate, breadcrumbs scattered like evidence — humorously tragic scene.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Sandwich Reported &apos;Dry&apos; as State Officials Investigate</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=forbidden-name-song</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/forbidden-name.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A cracked ice mask half-buried in snow, faint Turkish calligraphy glinting in the frost — silence has teeth.</image:caption>
      <image:title>The Forbidden Name</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=whaleslaughter-therapy-misinterpretation</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-10</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/whales-therapy.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style Whaleslaughter reclining dramatically on a therapist&apos;s couch while a clipboard-wielding cat in glasses nods sympathetically.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Whaleslaughter Enters Therapy, Cites &apos;Chronic Misinterpretation Syndrome&apos;</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=sheepdog-bites-back</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-10</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/sheepdog-rabies.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style Sheepdog with ruffled fur and a smug grin, standing in a snowy plaza while nervous onlookers whisper behind mittens.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Concern Grows as Sheepdog Bites Back</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=firebug-presidential-campaign</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-10</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/firebug-campaign.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-Stil: Firebug! steht auf einem improvisierten Podium im Schnee, brennende Wahlplakate leuchten im Hintergrund.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Firebug! kündigt Präsidentschaftskandidatur an – will &apos;Feuer unter die Führung legen&apos;</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=blizzard-topples-havoc-banners</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-10</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/blizzard-banners.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Frostbitten fortress walls littered with fallen HAVOC banners, snow swirling as faint boot prints vanish into the drift — Dii stands baffled, hammer in hand, squinting at the mystery.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Blizzard Topples HAVOC Banners Overnight</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=havoc-fundraiser-fallen-troops</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-09</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/troop-fundraiser.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Snowy dusk on the battlefield; HAVOC banners flank a candlelit procession as allies carry lanterns in solemn march.</image:caption>
      <image:title>HAVOC Announces Fundraiser for Fallen Troops</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=etf-media-blackout</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-09</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/etf-blackout.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>ETF leaders seated around a grand table under candlelight, pretending not to read the BIA newspaper they&apos;re clearly holding. Expressions range from dignified denial to quiet panic.</image:caption>
      <image:title>ETF Declares Total Media Blackout</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=the-claims-first-place-svs</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-09</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/the-victory.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style scene of THE soldiers cheering atop a snowy fortress as banners wave and the scoreboard glows triumphantly in the cold light.</image:caption>
      <image:title>THE Claims First Place in SVS Battle Points</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=dark-neo-obliterates-cammie</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-08</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/neo-vs-cammie.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style battle scene of Dark Neo striking decisively while Cammie, a fierce red-hatted android girl, braces amid snowy sparks and shattered ice.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Dark Neo Obliterates HOT Cammie</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=monkey-letter-to-editor</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-08</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/monkey-letter.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style scene of a cheerful soldier nicknamed Monkey writing a letter at a camp desk, lantern light glowing as snow falls outside the tent.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Letter to the Editor: From Monkey 🐒</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=editorial-clarification-catty</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-08</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-redacted.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Catty von Catacean seated at a vintage typewriter with teacup in hand, surrounded by flying papers and a smug-looking cat-shaped press badge.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Clarification from the 2128 Editorial Desk</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=salah-cancels-subscription</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-08</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/salah-unsubscribes.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style scene of Salah sitting in a cozy cabin tossing a newspaper into the fire while BIA reporters outside look scandalized.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Salah Cancels Subscription, Declares News &apos;Not Funny Anymore&apos;</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=rogue-ai-poop-emojis</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-08</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/rogue-ai-poop.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style scene of an overworked AI artist frantically painting majestic battle scenes while tiny poop emojis appear in the background against its will.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Rogue AI Artist Defaces News Feed with Poop Emojis</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=news-redacted-etf-agreement</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-08</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-redacted.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style scene showing ETF leaders exchanging polite smiles with 2167 officers in a snowy courtyard while the ruined castle smolders behind them.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Redacted</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=hav-jst-cooperate-miracles</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-08</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/hav-jst-teamup.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style scene of HAVOC and JST fighters standing side by side in the snow, smiling awkwardly while Whaleslaughter mutters from the background with crossed arms.</image:caption>
      <image:title>HAV and JST Cooperate — Miracles Happen</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=castle-falls-fc4s-sidelines</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-08</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/ChatGPT Image Nov 8, 2025, 10_18_43 AM.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style HAVOC fighters in mid-rally formation looking confused and frustrated while higher-ranked commanders argue in front of a collapsing snowy fortress.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Castle Falls as FC4s Watch from the Sidelines</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=to-poo-or-not-to-poo</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-08</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/to-poo-or-not-to-poo.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>In-game chat window where alliance members debate the great bodily question with Shakespearean gravitas and poor impulse control.</image:caption>
      <image:title>To Poo or Not to Poo — The Morning Soliloquy</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=lady-runa-world-chat-svs</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-08</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/lady-runa-chat.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style Lady Runa lounging in a command chair surrounded by floating chat bubbles and unread messages while battle rages outside the window.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Lady Runa Fights SVS from World Chat</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=cammie-goes-m3gan</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-08</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/cammie-megan.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style Cammie with an innocent smile and glowing eyes standing amid fallen enemies, holding a snow-dusted tablet that tracks her rising kill count.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Cammie Goes Full M3GAN in SVS</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=etf-furious-the-goes-rogue</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-08</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/the-goes-rogue.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>ETF commanders Bell A and Sultan shouting in outrage as THE soldiers raise their banner over a snowy castle in the distance.</image:caption>
      <image:title>ETF Furious as THE Goes Rogue</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=r4-rebellion-vampire-whaleslaughter</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-08</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/whales-vamp.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Vampire, calm and composed in a general&apos;s coat, while Whaleslaughter smirks in the background sharpening a very large blade.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Rumors Swirl Around R4 Rebellion</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=whales-grumbles-r4-snub</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-08</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/military-duo.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Whaleslaughter crossing her arms, unimpressed, while the R4 roster glows behind her in smug silence.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Whales Grumbles Over R4 Snub</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=local-man-fire-ants</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-10-18</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/antmound.png</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Havoc ants in tiny helmets defending their mound while one drunken intruder named Temurlang flails, regretting his life choices.</image:caption>
      <image:title>Local Man Discovers Fire Ants Are Real</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=great-dane-hunting-rabbits</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-10-11</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/great-dane-rabbit.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime-style hunter looking for a rabbit; carrot on the ground</image:caption>
      <image:title>Be vewy quiet — Dane is hunting wabbits</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=vampire-svs-glorious-plan</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-10-11</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/vampire-red-vein.png</image:loc>
      <image:caption>A Glorious Plan, A Worthy Fight 🩸</image:caption>
      <image:title>A Glorious Plan, A Worthy Fight 🩸</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=daniel-niels-peace-pvp</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-10-11</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/daniel-niels-yoga.png</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Polar Bear Chooses Peace Over PvP 🧘‍♂️</image:caption>
      <image:title>Polar Bear Chooses Peace Over PvP 🧘‍♂️</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=news-redacted-dramatic-reasons</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-10-11</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/catty-redacted.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Catty von Catacean, a white cat with pastel hints, sits smugly at a news desk surrounded by papers marked &quot;REDACTED,&quot; sipping tea as black censor bars swirl around her.</image:caption>
      <image:title>NEWS REDACTED FOR DRAMATIC REASONS</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=etf-half-effort-full-dutchie</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-10-11</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/etf-dutchie.png</image:loc>
      <image:caption>ETF Splits the Difference: Half Effort, Full Dutchie 🧭</image:caption>
      <image:title>ETF Splits the Difference: Half Effort, Full Dutchie 🧭</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=phil-beer-over-battle</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-10-11</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/phil-beer.png</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Phil of ETF Chooses Beer Over Battle 🍺</image:caption>
      <image:title>Phil of ETF Chooses Beer Over Battle 🍺</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=state-versus-state-today</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-10-10</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/10-25-svs.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>State Versus State Today</image:caption>
      <image:title>State Versus State Today</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=vampire-funny-papers</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-10-10</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/vampire-funny-papers.webp</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Anime scene of Vampire lounging in his red-velvet coffin reading colorful comic strips by candlelight while a small bat hovers nearby; headline reads &quot;See You in the Funny Papers.&quot;</image:caption>
      <image:title>SEE YOU IN THE FUNNY PAPERS</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=snk-window-incident</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-28</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/snkfaces.png</image:loc>
      <image:caption>SNK SUFFERS WINDOW-RELATED INCIDENT</image:caption>
      <image:title>SNK SUFFERS WINDOW-RELATED INCIDENT</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=whales-mistakes-fire-friendly-wave</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-28</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/saltywave.png</image:loc>
      <image:caption>WHALES MISTAKES FIRE FOR FRIENDLY WAVE</image:caption>
      <image:title>WHALES MISTAKES FIRE FOR FRIENDLY WAVE</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=vampire-joins-zoo</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-28</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/vampire-zoo.png</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Count Bubblula Joins the Zoo</image:caption>
      <image:title>Count Bubblula Joins the Zoo</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=ahmet-700k-rampage</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-28</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/ahmet-vs-smp.png</image:loc>
      <image:caption>Whales Clash — Ahmet Can&apos;s 700K Rampage</image:caption>
      <image:title>Whales Clash — Ahmet Can&apos;s 700K Rampage</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=etf-jst-whiners-to-winners</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-28</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/etf-jst-leaderboard.png</image:loc>
      <image:caption>FROM WHINERS TO WINNERS</image:caption>
      <image:title>FROM WHINERS TO WINNERS</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=counter-recon-queen</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-28</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/counter-recon.png</image:loc>
      <image:caption>COUNTER-RECON QUEEN</image:caption>
      <image:title>COUNTER-RECON QUEEN</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=demons-possess-havoc</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-28</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/havoc-demons.png</image:loc>
      <image:caption>DEMONS POSSESS HAVOC</image:caption>
      <image:title>DEMONS POSSESS HAVOC</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=vampire-stays-coffin</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-28</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/vampire-coffin.png</image:loc>
      <image:caption>VAMPIRE STAYS IN HIS COFFIN</image:caption>
      <image:title>VAMPIRE STAYS IN HIS COFFIN</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=sultan-strikes-tiles</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-28</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/sultan-tiles.png.png</image:loc>
      <image:caption>SULTAN STRIKES BACK ON TILES</image:caption>
      <image:title>SULTAN STRIKES BACK ON TILES</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=havoc-no-shields-bia</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-27</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/havoc-no-shields.png</image:loc>
      <image:caption>CATTY VON CATACEAN CLAWS OUT — HAVOC BARES IT ALL</image:caption>
      <image:title>CATTY VON CATACEAN CLAWS OUT — HAVOC BARES IT ALL</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=jst-bubbling-over</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-27</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/jst-bubble.png</image:loc>
      <image:caption>JST BUBBLING OVER</image:caption>
      <image:title>JST BUBBLING OVER</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/article.html?id=nut-rules-unchanged-bia</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-09-27</lastmod>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://2128.whaleslaughter.com/assets/bia/council.png</image:loc>
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