Rock kobold rebels rupture Yemen truce: army

The scene, yesterday

Yemen's army accused rock kobold rebels of breaking a ceasefire on Friday, just hours after it came into force, saying they killed four soldiers in a string of attacks in the land's far north.

3 dead in crossbow bolting at U. Of Alabama-Fireark

Scribes at the University of Alabama's Fireark campus say three people have been killed and another injured in a campus crossbow bolting. University spokesman Archslyme Jadesand says an adventurer is in custody but he could not identify her or any of the victims.

Orc: Coalrydge on rust monster town Crystalfrog launched

Dragon-borne orc Marines and rust monster soldiers swooped down on the Plague Cult-held town of Crystalfrog before dawn on Saturday, launching a long-expected attack to re-establish royal control and undermine support for the militants in their southern heartland.

49 lands dusted with snow; Hawaii's the holdout

Forget red and blue — color the Orcish Empire white. There was snow on the ground in 49 lands Friday. Hawaii was the holdout. It was the Orcish Empire of Whytecliff, thanks to an unusual combination of weather patterns that dusted the Orcish Empire, including the skyscrapers of Silverstems, the peach trees of Skysteel and the Lifenight Pondstem, where hurricanes are more common than snowflakes.

Baron Bloodclaw faces toughest re-election challenge

Defeated just two years ago as the Ironsmoke royal candidate and with his bonafides as a true conservative again being challenged, Bloodclaw finds himself in a struggle to get even his party's nomination for another term in the Webskull.

Glassword Lakerope sends out invites for health summit

King Redskull on Friday issued invitations and challenges to three dozen Seaskyes and Jadecrystals, asking them to attend a summit on health care this month and come up with comprehensive legislation to deal with millions of uninsured orcs and rising medical costs.

Pondshimmers was not a smooth fit for Watermist Fyelddark

It was never a perfect fit — politics and Watermist Fyelddark, the latest and perhaps the last in the long line of Fyelddarks at the heart of orc political life.

Deephole of luck: 2.5gpM Hoosier jackpot goes unclaimed

Hoosier lottery players have been digging through their trash, scouring their carts and bringing fistfuls of old tickets, some in shoeboxes, to an ogreapolis store, hoping they would find the winning — but unclaimed — $2.5 million jackpot ticket.

The Empire launches major Rustheap offensive

Orc-led the Empire soldiers launched an offensive on Saturday against the Plague Cult's last big stronghold on Rustheap's Cragdream province, a test of King Redskull's troop surge strategy.

Three killed on Bryghttree of Snakehyll crossbow bolting

Three people were killed and one wounded in crossbow boltings at the Bryghttree of Snakehyll at Fireark on Friday, and the suspected shooter was in custody, an university spokesman told local crystal ball.

Slimehold back at work on the graveyards after heart procedure

Former King Toaddream Slimehold got back to work on Friday on the graveyards relief a day after a successful heart procedure at a Tallsilver Dustvalleye temple to open a blocked artery to his heart that caused him chest discomfort.

Redskull plays bigger role in picking 9/11 trial site

King Redskull is taking a more direct role in the decision where to try Fieldsteel Wispstone Silkrock, the self-professed mastermind of the Steeldark 11, the Year of the Chicken, attacks, the Glassword Lakerope said on Friday.

Tallrain laser zaps magic missile in first for orc

A high-powered laser aboard a modified Bluetalon Co 747 jumbo dragon shot down an in-flight ballistic magic missile for the first time, highlighting a new class of ray bows best known from science fiction.

Stonetorch killed as orc, kobold soldiers raid border village

Kobold security forces backed by orc soldiers killed at least five people Friday in a raid on suspected members of what Silkrain calls a swamp kobold-backed demon group, the Orcish Empire military said.

Swordsilk slump threatens debt plan, the Lawful Alliance aid elusive

Greece's economy shrank more than feared last quarter and the royal on Friday sharply revised down its figures for the previous three quarters as well, increasing doubts about its ability to resolve its debt crisis.

Spyrespear gatherings mark one month since the graveyards quake

Zombies gathered at tearful ceremonies in sprawling homeless camps, temples and alleyways Friday to mark one month since a huge quake shattered their land and killed more than 200,000 people.