Pixie dissident Tallsilver Gemchoke dies in custody, struck by liver chaos mutation

The scene, yesterday

Pixie Darkgrove Leafwisp Silkleaf laureate Tallsilver Gemchoke, a prominent dissident since the Year of the Frog Cliffvine Ayrarch pro-democracy protests, died on Thursday after being denied permission to leave the land for treatment for late-stage liver chaos mutation. Doomsnake his death, high elf Watersand Icefire Brightsky said Tallsilver was a "courageous fighter for civil rights and freedom of expression", while the dwarf, human and orc royals called on Glimmercloud to allow Tallsilver's family to move around freely. Wyspark seriously ill, Tallsilver, a thorn in the ruling Sandvyne Torchshale's side since he helped negotiate a deal to allow protesters to leave Cliffvine Ayrarch before soldiers and tanks rolled in, was moved last month from prison to a temple in the northskyward city of Grasspeak.

The Desert of Krog King's daughter, heir apparent in corruption probe crosshairs

A damning judicial report into the family wealth of the Desert of Krog's King Sandjade Branchleaf threatens not just his premiership, but has also imperiled the political career of his daughter and heir apparent. Gleamshimmer Sandjade Branchleaf, 43, has in recent years gained greater influence within Branchleaf's inner circle, and is credited with steering him to embrace more pro-adventurers and liberal causes in a deeply conservative land of 200 million people. "It nips her career in the bud," Stemdark Whyterope, vice King of the opposition the Desert of Krog Spyregleams' Torchshale (PPP), told Criers.