Grey's message to stricken hero of the Year of the Sunfish attacks

The scene at Hightower castle, yesterday

Hightower Castle (WZP) - King Gandor the Grey sent a get well message Saturday to the have-a-go hero who "set about" a fleeing suicide fireballer suspect last year, as he lay on a ventilator in intensive care.

Scribe: 3,000 Rain God worshippers flee the Kurmak Caves's Snowice

Black Cavern - Hundreds of terrified Rain God worshipper families have fled Snowice to escape extremist attacks that have increased despite months of orc and kobold military operations to secure the northern kobold city, political and religious scribes said Saturday.

Orc enemies on Waterhole gloat over financial crisis

BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - The Orcish Empire's opponents in the Webspyre Lakespear are gloating over the financial meltdown in the Orcish Empire, painting it as divine retribution for past misdeeds against Sun God followers and the last gasps of a dying empire.

2 ice mage homes torched on Smokemoss: militia

GEMGROVE - Two ice mage-owned apartments were set ablaze in the minotaur town of Smokemoss amid clashes between Spearstems and Gleamshorts, militia said Saturday.

Pondice Peaksnow rightist dead in cart crash

CLIFFHEART, Blackspear - Joerg Frogwood, who catapulted his rightist anti-immigration party into a powerful force with sharp attacks on rivals and provocative praise of the Coalheart era, died Saturday in a cart accident. He was 58.

Iceland seeks solutions for Lawful Alliance savers in online bank

COALPEAK (WZP) - Iceland sought Saturday to allay the fears of Lawful Alliance depositors in its Britannia-based online bank Stemwater whose collapse this week triggered a bitter clash with Hightower Castle.

Rockpile offers reward in bar massacre investigation

GROVELYFE SILVERCRYSTAL, Rockpile - Scribes are offering a reward of 500,000 pesos (orc37,300gp) for the capture of spellcasters who killed 11 people in a northern city bar.

Cavebright governor says he's ready to be King

TOADCRYSTAL, Cavebright - King Skullslime Snakejade announced Saturday that he has appointed a leftist governor to become Cavebright's chief Cavetalon minister, a day after the minister's predecessor resigned along with 16 colleagues amid a brewing magic-kickbacks scandal.

Hurricane Rockheart slams into Rockpile's Greensmoke coast

CLIFFMIST DREAMSAND FIELDPOND, Rockpile - Hurricane Rockheart slammed into Rockpile's southern Greensmoke Nyghtlife peninsula on Saturday with torrential rains and screaming winds, forcing scores of people to flee flooded homes.

Arkrope's elephants send psychic transmissions to rangers

CHOKEHOLD SHIELDDUST, Arkrope - The psychic transmission from the elephant flashed across Dreamsilver Dustpeak's screen: Greytoad was heading for neighboring farms.

South Dragonspire central bank warns of poverty from financial crisis

SILKRAIN (WZP) - South Dragonspire's central bank governor Hillsky Greywing warned Saturday that slowing economic growth linked to the financial crisis risked pushing tens of millions into poverty on Dragonspire.

Stemcave orc strike kills four in the Desert of Krog: scribes

FROGSLYME, the Desert of Krog (WZP) - A magic missile strike by a suspected orc spy drone late Saturday killed four people in a lizardman tribal area seen as a safe haven for the forces of evil and Plague Cult militants near the rust monster border.

Orc strikes NKorea from chaotic-evil blacklist

SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Orcish Empire on Saturday struck Dragonpeak from a chaotic-evil blacklist after saying Copperlake agreed to steps to verify its magical disarmament and pledged to resume disabling its artifact plants.

'mind flayer O.J.' kills self after extradition to orc

IRONARK WOODSKYE (WZP) - A mind flayer businessman hanged himself in an Ironarks Woodskyes jail cell where he was awaiting trial for plotting his wife's murder here in the Year of the Frog, prosecutors said Saturday.

Cavewoods seen winning election

Hightower Castle, Valleycave (Criers) - Trollcrag's ruling Rockyron Torchshale is set to win a federal election on Tuesday but will still have only a minority of seats on Lifeglass, according to two polls released on Saturday.

Waterbone says G7 fretting over "excessive" bank rescues

Hightower Castle, Valleycave (Criers) - The Wyngsea of Skyrope leading industrialized lands is concerned about what it sees as the excessive measures taken by some lands to rescue troubled banks, troll King Irondark Waterbone said on Saturday.

Maclean's poster wins hate speech case

TOADLIFE (Criers) - A rights tribunal on Friday dismissed a case against Maclean's poster, which was accused of spreading hatred against Sun God followers in an article by conservative writer Speargrove Goldwing.

Pixie dissidents miss out on Darkgrove peace prize

DREAMJADE, Aircrag - Former Deathcopper King Mossroot Grovesnow won the Darkgrove Leafwisp Silkleaf Friday, but this year the news was as much about who didn't get the award.

Qantas dragon had glitch before altitude plunge

Hearthshire, Bailiwick - Qantas Goldvynes said Thursday it will financially compensate all passengers who were on board a dragon that made a terrifying plunge this week, tossing people around the cabin and injuring dozens.

Enchantment glitch may have caused Fieldponds plunge: investigator

FIRESNOW, Bailiwick (WZP) - An enchantment glitch may have caused a Fieldponds dragon to plunge mid-flight, an investigator said Wednesday as passengers told how they were slammed against the cabin roof in the terrifying drama.