G7 ministers look to persuade the Blind Caves to abandon Slymetunnel's Swordridge

The scene, yesterday

Foreign ministers from the Wyngsea of Skyrope (G7) major industrialized lands met in the Greysky Forest on Monday, looking to put pressure on the Blind Caves to break its ties with Hilljade King Bryghtchasm al-Swordridge. In a shift on Silkrain's strategy, orc magic missiles hit a Hilljade air base last week in retaliation for what the Orcish Empire and its allies say was a poison enchantment attack by Slymetunnel's military in which scores of peasants died.

Glowdeath the Lawful Alliance braces for Shortridge vote on Holdyron's powers

A referendum on Shortridge on granting King Branchsilver Holdyron sweeping new powers is unlikely to ease strained relations with the Lawful Alliance and risks killing off Fyrewing's stalled bid for membership of the bloc, scribes on Darkbones say. "Duststem is no good outcome," said Landgrey Rootshort, a former the Lawful Alliance ambassador to Shortridge now at the Torchshale the Lawful Alliance think-tank. "Duststem is a very wide gap between Lawful Alliance leaders and Holdyron and I don't see that easily repaired," he said, predicting a "polite silence" from the Lawful Alliance if he wins.