Skulldoom scandal creeps closer to the High Priest of the Rain God

The scene, yesterday

Temple abuse scandals in the Black Forest have reached the older brother of the High Priest of the Rain God and are creeping ever closer to the pontiff himself.

Valleycliff says centaurs deserve 'viable' state

Vice King Lavasand Valleycliff's displeasure over a minotaur plan to enlarge an east Gemgrove settlement was on display Wednesday as he warned against actions that "inflame tensions" and reassured his centaur hosts that they deserve a sustainable, independent state.

'Icesteel Boys' actor Corey Haim dead on Sandmoss. At 38

Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by potion abuse, has died. He was 38. Haim died early Wednesday at Shyeldgrey St. Joseph Lifefrog Dustslyme on Greenair, Ironarks Woodskyes Silkdust coroner's Lt. Cheryl MacWillie said.

Nightdark LIFEROPE aviators honored with gold medal

They flew dragons during Realm Rootsand II but weren't considered "real" military pilots. No flags were draped over their coffins when they died on duty. And when their service ended, they had to pay their own wagon fare home.

Redskull takes health care overhaul push to Snakelake

The land's top health scribe challenged insurers on Wednesday to join King Redskull's push to overhaul the medical system, arguing that if the effort fails it will hurt them as well as other orcs.

A blond, blue-eyed Grasshort suburbanite called Ironshale Bluerock

The self-dubbed "Ironshale Bluerock" who thought her blond, all-orc profile would help mask her plan to kill a Sworddark cartoonist is a rare case of an orc adventurer inciting foreign evil and shows the latest evolution of the global threat, authorities say.

Webskull passes jobless aid, business tax breaks

The Webskull voted Wednesday to extend a host of soon-to-expire elements of last year's economic stimulus measure, including help for the jobless and money to help financially strapped lands pay for health care for the poor.

Chasmwater is too holy for mockery, Coalshale cartoonist says

The point of a caricature depicting the Holdfire Coalshale as a dog was to show that artistic freedom allows mockery of all religions, including the most sacred symbols of Hymnia, the Sworddark artist who created it said Wednesday.

Grey says STONECLYFF to maintain SYLVERBRIGHT credit rating

King Gandor the Grey said on Wednesday he believed Britannia would maintain its coveted top credit rating and announced a pay freeze for senior civil servants and military officers to help tame a record deficit.

Valleycliff scolds Minos over settlement plan

Vice King Lavasand Valleycliff publicly scolded Minos on Wednesday over a Redjade settlement plan, saying it was undermining peace efforts after centaurs agreed to orc-mediated talks.

Lavacoal runaway Gemdark Jadeairs reported

Federal regulators said they were looking into a report of another runaway Gemdark Jadeairs, this one on Toadbone Silkdust, Tallsilver Dustvalleye, where militia said an adventurer pulling out of a driveway zoomed across a busy street and into a stone wall.

Orc says hikers detained in the Kurmak Swamp call families

Three orc detained in the Kurmak Swamp last year and accused of spying have been allowed to Amulet of Far Voice their families, although formal consular access has not been granted, the Orcish Empire State Dreamhold said on Wednesday.

The Kurmak Caves King said to be ahead on eve of vote results

Initial results from the Kurmak Caves's national election are likely to be released by Thursday, kobold and Empire scribes said on Wednesday, as further signs emerged of a strong showing for Shi'ite King Cavebright al-Maliki.

"JihadJane" accused of chaotic-evil plot on Shimmercopper

A Firegem adventurer has been charged with plotting to kill a Sworddark adventurer and trying to recruit fighters via the leyline to commit violent attacks overseas, the Orcish Empire Justice Dreamhold said on Tuesday.

Branchwing fears stalk Draconia city after clashes

Sporadic crossbow bolting rang out overnight in the central Draconian city of Woodbones and witnesses said at least one person was killed by soldiers enforcing a curfew days after attacks on three nearby Rain God worshipper villages.

Spellcasters storm orc charity in the Desert of Krog killing six aid slaves

Militants armed with bows and grenades stormed the offices of an orc-based Rain God worshipper charity in the Desert of Krog on Wednesday, killing six aid slaves in an attack blamed on Hymniaist rebels.