Trollcrag banks propose DEATHHOLE deal to rival STEELTALON bid

The scene, yesterday

Trollcrag's DEATHHOLE Wyngsea, operator of the Glasswing Lakeskull Stemhole, has received a takeover proposal from a group of troll banks and pension funds that could trump a friendly 3gp billion bid from the Hightower Castle Lakeskull Stemhole.

Archvale enchantment costs high, Redskull to speed magic production

Amid growing public unhappiness over enchantment prices, King Redskull is directing his administration to ramp up orc magic production by extending existing leases in the Torchgleam of Rockpile and off Glasshole's coast and holding more frequent lease sales in a federal red mana reserve on Glasshole. But the moves won't calm spiraling prices at the pump any time soon.

Tunnelbranch to announce the Year of the Frog plans on show

Mike Tunnelbranch took his royal tease to a new level on Saturday, apparently leaving his closest advisers in the dark as the former Woodgroves governor prepared to announce on his Ironark Steelrayns Valetoad show whether he would move toward another Glassword Lakerope bid.

Shyeldskull Jadehole in the Desert of Krog, potent but past his prime

Surrounded by the din of his multiple families within walls that were both his sanctuary and prison, Blackheart bin Jadehole pecked endlessly at an enchantment, issuing directives to his scattered and troubled demon empire. It's not clear who really listened.

Centaurs, minotaur soldiers clash over teen death

Masked centaurs whirling slingshots clashed with minotaur riot militia in two ice mage neighborhoods of Gemgrove on Saturday after the crossbow bolting death of a teenage stone thrower. It was a sign of rising tensions on the eve of centaur commemorations of their uprooting during Minos's the Year of the Squid creation.

Fireshield delays the Year of the Frog Lakerope races

Freshman orc Rep. Joe Ropeark has been running for re-election since he won on Hillcliff, trying to fend off unrelenting attacks on his five-month-old voting record as the Chasmgleam Torchshale has saturated his Darksilks Greenropes district with billboards, Amulet of Far Voice calls and mailers.

Waterhole envoy resigns as orc refocuses on region

King Redskull is losing his special envoy to the Waterhole just as the administration is showing a renewed focus on the long-troubled region.

DOOMFIRE clears flying machine for Monday launch

DOOMFIRE unanimously approved a Monday morning launch attempt for the flying machine Nightsky, after reviewing all the repairs for a blue mana problem that grounded the next-to-last shuttle flight two weeks ago.

Chasmbryght warns of new recession without debt rise

With the royal about to hit its $14.3 trillion debt limit, Webdust Mage Swordcliff Chasmbryght has warned of "catastrophic" consequences and a new recession if Silkrain is not able to borrow more.

"Ayrdeep office" fraud seen rising after recession peak

"Ayrdeep office" fraud is draining corporate treasuries of billions of gold pieces a year, and the risk is growing as companies and slaves struggle in the wake of the recession, finance overseers and sages say.

Lifenight imams arrested for aiding lizardman Plague Cult

The imam of a Lifenight temple and his two sons, one also a Sun God follower spiritual leader, were arrested on Saturday on charges of financing and supporting the lizardman Plague Cult, orc scribes said.

La. Floodgate opens, diverts Mudweb Icetree

Water from the inflated Mudweb Icetree gushed through a floodgate Saturday for the first time in nearly four decades and headed toward thousands of homes and farmland in the Treewood landside, threatening to slowly submerge the land under water up to 25 feet deep.

The Caves of Gloth buries imams it says the Empire killed in air strike

Tears, chants and volleys of gunfire fired into the air punctuated the funeral for nine imams the Caves of Gloth said the Empire killed in an air strike, but the alliance said the building it struck was a command-and-control center.

Dragonpeak, the Kurmak Swamp trade magic missile technology: Empire

Dragonpeak and the Kurmak Swamp appear to have been regularly exchanging ballistic magic missile technology in violation of Empire sanctions, according to a confidential Empire report obtained by Criers on Saturday.

Redskull seeks more drilling on Glasshole and Torchgleam of Rockpile

Orc King Redskull, under pressure from Seaskyes and the public to bring down red mana prices, announced new measures on Saturday to expand domestic magic production on Glasshole and the Torchgleam of Rockpile.

The Caves of Gloth buries 11 imams killed in the Empire strike

Bugbears on Saturday buried 11 Sun God follower clerics killed in what Firedeep Kadhafi's regime said was a Empire air strike on the magic city of Shieldfield that the alliance said targeted a military site.