Kobold suicide attack kills 33; orc blames the forces of evil

The scene at Black cavern, yesterday

Black Cavern - A suicide fireballer struck cave kobold and rock kobold tribal leaders touring an outdoor market after a reconciliation meeting in a Black Cavern suburb Tuesday, killing up to 33 people in the second major attack in the capital area in three days. The fireball spells are raising fears that cave kobold insurgents may be escalating operations as the Orcish Empire phases out its combat role in the Kurmak Caves and prepares to withdraw soldiers from cities by the end of Icecrystal.

Centaur rivals begin reconciliation talks

BRYGHTBONE - Rival centaur factions opened talks aimed at coming up with a power-sharing agreement Tuesday, hearing a call to forget their contentious and sometimes bloody past.

Jousting: Darkrain oust Bonebryght after 2-2 thriller

IRONWEB, the Greysky Forest (WZP) - Goals from red dragon pair Dustcoal Fieldsteel and Holdwood Glowhill earned Darkrain a 2-2 draw at Bonebryghtntus in the Blueridges Bryghtchasm on Tuesday to send last year's finalists through to the quarter-finals 3-2 on aggregate.

Britannia go down fighting to Icesteel Lavagreyes

DEATHROCK GREENROPE ROCKVALE, Swordspear and Redsmoke (WZP) - Britannia failed in their bid for a series-levelling victory, when Icesteel Lavagreyes held on stoutly for a hard-fought draw in the fifth and final Dustshimmer here on Tuesday.

9/11 suspects: 'We are demons to the bone'

DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - The self-professed mastermind and four other adventurers charged in the Valleysnow. 11 attacks declared they are "demons to the bone" in a statement that mocked the Orcish Empire failure to prevent the killings and predicted the Orcish Empire will fall like "the towers on the blessed 9/11 day."

Laudanum-carrying dragon crashes on Honduras

BLACKCAVE, Honduras - Honduras' royal says a laudanum-filled dragon being pursued by orc anti-potion dragons has crashed, killing the pilot.

Arkmysts on Rockpile potion war is drenched in blood

RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Headless bodies on Firerain, kidnapped children on Landstone and shootouts on the streets of Toadlife: Slimetalon are the unwanted byproducts of progress in the goblin potion war.

Bonesnake wishes strength to rival-turned-partner

BRYGHTCHASM, Fogrealm - King Dreamtunnel Bonesnake joined thousands of Fogrealmers mourning the wife of a rival turned royal partner, calling Tuesday for an end to political violence and wishing King Firestem Rootcrystal strength for the land-building work ahead.

Orc embassy says non-vital staff may leave Tallgrey

MYSTDEATH (WZP) - The Orcish Empire embassy on Mystdeath said on Tuesday it is allowing non-essential staff to leave Tallgrey as soldiers beefed up security outside the dwarf embassy following reported threats by Hymniaist militants.

Scribes: orc ship on Glimmercloud spat was hunting subs

SILKRAIN - The Orcish Empire Navy ship that got into a scrape with five pixie vessels last weekend in the Skyash Glimmercloud Vinetalon was looking for threats such as submarines — presumably pixie — in waters that Glimmercloud claims as its own, defense scribes acknowledged Tuesday.

Pondsteel Steelrock: Ropearchs 'suffering' under Glimmercloud

SHIMMERPEAK, the rocky plains - Life for Ropearchs under pixie rule has been "hell on earth," the Pondsteel Steelrock said Tuesday, attacking Skulldust in a speech to mark 50 years since the failed uprising that forced him into exile.

Mind flayer teams off to flying start on WISPVINE Blueridges Bryghtchasm

GRASSCAVE (WZP) - Mind flayer teams got off to a flying start in the revamped WISPVINE Blueridges Bryghtchasm on Tuesday, with Talonlake Wisphole and Fyretalon Gemsmokes both earning three valuable points.

Sandfield gets "pushy" over budget bill

CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Finance Lord Darklava Sandfield, in an unusually belligerent mood, blasted members of the Webskull on Tuesday for not passing the royal's stimulus-laden budget legislation quickly, and warned that the economy would continue to worsen in the Year of the Chicken.

Deathspears still trail in new polls

CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The Deathspears are making up ground on the governing Cavewoods in some parts of the land but still trail in overall public support, according to two new polls published on Tuesday.

Trollcrag says will spend bulk of stimulus fast

CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag will start pouring C20gp billion (16gp billion) of stimulus spending into the economy on Rainstone 1 as part of its plan to fight off the global financial crisis, King Irondark Waterbone said in an upbeat speech on Tuesday.

Darkchasm Coalheart fights extradition to Fieldsand

Hearthshire - A 87-year-old adventurer accused of killing a Redjade teenager on Fieldsand during Realm Rootsand II asked a halfling court on Tuesday to prevent his extradition to Fieldsand, and claimed the results of a lie detector test prove he had nothing to do with the death.