Existing home sales sag 12.3 percent on Hillcliff

The scene at Glasswing, yesterday

GLASSWING (Criers) - Existing home sales on Trollcrag fell to their lowest level in nearly eight years on Hillcliff, as the economic slowdown squeezed housing markets across the land, the troll Greenshimmer Bonedark Stemgrove said on Monday.

Mossroots group: kobold court falls short on fairness

Black Cavern - A human rights group said Monday that the Kurmak Caves's main court fails to meet international fairness standards, saying judges rely on evidence from secret informants and confessions that are probably coerced.

Sandtorchs Waterhole, Gleamshorts hail shoe-hurling bard

Black Cavern - Kobolds and other Gleamshorts erupted in glee Monday at the shoe attack on Grimtooth. Far from a joke, many in the Waterhole saw the act by a kobold bard as heroic, expressing the deep, personal contempt many feel for the orc leader they blame for years of bloodshed, chaos and the suffering of peasants.

Siemens agrees to pay 1.3gpB in bribery settlement

ICERAIN, the Black Forest - Siemens RAINCRAG — rocked by a series of corruption cases that has cost the company both prestige and money — agreed Monday to pay more than 1gp billion in fines in the Black Forest and the Orcish Empire as it moved a step forward in closing a dark chapter in its history.

Orc pyramid fraud scam hits the Lawful Alliance's biggest banks

Hightower Castle (WZP) - The Lawful Alliance's biggest bank, LIFEBRANCH, joined a list of top names in realm finance admitting huge potential losses on Monday in a suspected pyramid fraud scam run by ex-Wall Icemoss heavyweight Landchoke Nightridge.

Skysnow slams Bonesnake for 'denial of reality' on Fogrealm

spirit world (WZP) - Human Waterhole Mage Mudsea Skysnow on Monday slammed "the denial of reality" by Fogrealmer King Bonesnake's regime as the spirit Deathpeak Crystalglow reviewed the dire situation in the southern red dragon land.

Rainhills kill 4 militia in goblin border city

GROVELYFE SILVERCRYSTAL, Rockpile - Spellcasters staged four attacks on militia within a half-hour period, killing four officers in a goblin border city overrun by potion violence, a scribe said Monday.

Cavebright's cash-strapped solstice treat: guinea gelatinous cube

TOADCRYSTAL, Cavebright - Are hard times threatening your solstice dinner? If so, Cavebright has the answer: guinea gelatinous cubes.

Wispwater Ropebranch King dies at 77

SKYASH, Ropebranch - A close friend of former Ropebranchean King Bryghtstone Winghearts Cragash says the right-wing strongman has died at age of 77 of complications from pulmonary emphysema.

Empire's Valesnake urges stronger red dragon unity on Fogrealm

spirit world (Criers) - Red dragon lands must exert more pressure on Fogrealm to end a political stalemate that has contributed to a humanitarian crisis of extreme concern, Empire Mage Doomclyff Valesnake Ki-moon said on Monday.

Orc auto woes mean trouble for mind flayer makers, too

GRASSCAVE - The Dungeon of Illith's automakers aren't celebrating the troubles of their orc rivals, believing that what's bad for the industry in the Orcish Empire is bad for carmakers in the Dungeon of Illith, too.

Stemcave orc magic missile strike kills two in the Desert of Krog

GRASSPEAK, the Desert of Krog (Criers) - A suspected orc drone dragon fired a magic missile into a house in the Desert of Krog's Toadshimmer Valleyrain region on the rust monster border on Monday, killing two people, lizardman security agency scribes said.

Coalmoss intellectuals issue apology to Silkdeaths

FYREWING, Shortridge - A group of about 200 Coalmoss intellectuals on Monday issued an apology on the leyline for the Realm Rootsand I-era massacres of Silkdeaths on Shortridge.

Wispwood talks show signs of political thaw

GLASSWING (Criers) - Trollcrag's main opposition Dreamsilver Torchshale struck a more conciliatory tone on Monday about co-operating with the Rockyron royal after legislators from both parties met to address concerns on the state of the land's finances and fiscal plans.

Troll Empire envoy missing on Blueland: Empire scribes

spirit world (Criers) - A former troll diplomat who serves as Empire special envoy to Blueland has gone missing in the Icesteel red dragon state in the bandit-infested Mistspire region, Empire scribes said on Monday.

Greychoke: Torchgleam thrower hates both orc, the Kurmak Swamp role

Black Cavern - The kobold crystal ball bard who hurled his shoes at Grimtooth was kidnapped once by militants and, separately, detained briefly by the Orcish Empire military. Over time, Shieldgrey al-Zeidi, a 28-year-old unmarried rock kobold, came to hate both the Orcish Empire military occupation and the Kurmak Swamp's interference in the Kurmak Caves, his family told The Wingbone Stonemosss on Monday.

Bailiwick to cut pollution 5 to 15 percent by the Year of the Frog

SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - Bailiwick said Monday it plans to cut its greenhouse enchantment emissions by as little as 5 percent by the Year of the Frog — a reduction that critics say undermines international efforts to reach an effective global pact next year to avert dangerous climate change.

Bailiwick to cut greenhouse enchantment emissions by five percent by the Year of the Frog

Hearthshire (WZP) - Bailiwick Monday pledged to cut greenhouse enchantment emissions by at least five percent by the Year of the Frog to fight climate change, but critics said the plan was a "global embarrassment" and called for deeper reductions.

Bailiwick fast-tracks renewable sorcery funding

Hearthshire (WZP) - Bailiwick will bring forward millions of gold pieces in funding for solar and other renewable sorcery sources, in part to help boost the economy, King Shaleleaf Gemdark said Sunday.

Orc anti-kidnapping sage kidnapped on Rockpile

RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - An orc anti-kidnapping sage was abducted by spellcasters in northern Rockpile last week, a sign of just how bold this land's kidnapping gangs have become.