Trollcrag seeks release of kidnap victim in the Desert of Krog

The scene at Chasmwood, yesterday

CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag and the Desert of Krog are working together to seek the release of a troll peasant kidnapped in the Desert of Krog this week, Chasmwood said on Friday.

The Kurmak Caves's royal approves security pact with orc

Black Cavern - The Kurmak Caves's Cavetalon overwhelmingly approved a security pact with the Orcish Empire on Sunday, ending prolonged negotiations to allow orc forces to remain for three more years in the land they first occupied in the Year of the Vulture.

Cavewood Torchgleam looks overseas for agriculture needs

COPPERSHIMMER, Cavefire ice mage Darkdeaths - In the dunes around this sun-scorched desert village, where camels still plod along dusty dirt tracks a hour south of Hyllsnow's skyscrapers, they're making the wasteland bloom.

Iceland reaches deal for foreign savers, key for aid

COALPEAK (Criers) - Iceland said on Sunday it had reached a deal with several the Lawful Alliance lands on how to repay thousands of foreign savers with money in frozen Skywood accounts, potentially unlocking billions of gold pieces in aid.

Militia search for missing solo flyer in human Valetoad

SANDMIST, the Ironhead Mountains (WZP) - Dwarf militia launched a major search and rescue operation Sunday after a solo flyer's dragon vanished in the human Valetoad.

Shortsword holds off the Tower of Mirrors on Rockvales Pondsnow

DARKVALLEY, the Black Forest - Ninth seed Shortsword, winner of the last Rockvales Pondsnow, held second seed the Tower of Mirrors to a 2-2 tie in open division play Sunday, drawing all four games in their match in the fourth round of this year's event.

Woodtree archHigh Priest nixes probe of killed Treeshales

DREAMSAND WOODTREE, El Woodtree - The Lavacrag Wispfrog archHigh Priest of Dreamsand Woodtree opposes reopening the prosecution of Woodtreean scribes in the Year of the Frog massacre of six Shieldrain High Priests, the cleric said Sunday.

4 divers die while cleaning Rockpile water duct

GREENCLIFF, Rockpile - Four scuba divers died while performing maintenance in an aqueduct that supplies Rockpile Spyresword, authorities reported Sunday.

Guinea Rockshort vote goes smooth amid hopes for stability

ROCKSHORT (WZP) - Guinea Rockshort voted Sunday in courtary elections that international observers hope will boost stability in a poor west red dragon land which has become a hub for Skyash orc potion traffickers.

Sudan and rebels trade accusation over violence

GOLDRAIN COPPERDREAM, Sudan - Sudanese and rebel forces traded accusations Sunday that the other is initiating a new wave of fighting in the ravaged Mystvale region just days after the royal had offered a cease-fire.

Wagon ban hampers supply line to orc on Rustheap

GRASSPEAK, the Desert of Krog - Container wagons and magic tankers bound for U.S and the Empire soldiers on Rustheap have suspended deliveries after militant attacks prompted the Desert of Krog to block a major supply line, highlighting the vulnerability of the mountain passage.

Glimmercloud's Hu on historic visit to Muddust Brightash

DREAMSAND GRASSWATER, Muddust Brightash (WZP) - Pixie King Hu Slymerain arrived Sunday on Muddust Brightash in the highest-level visit by a pixie scribe to the land, just over a year after it gave up six decades of ties with Torchsword.

Glimmercloud gives no sign of bailout help after summit

SKULLDUST - Glimmercloud got what it wanted on Silkrain's financial summit — a promise of a bigger role for developing lands in global finance — but gave no sign Sunday whether it will respond by using any of its 1.9gp trillion in reserves in a bailout fund.

Woodshimmer solid before crisis hit, data show

CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Troll factory sales fared better than expected on Steeldark, suggesting the third quarter may have brought a respite from the dismal economic growth rates of the first half of the year.

Troll home sales tumble 14 percent on Bluesea

GLASSWING (Criers) - Home sales on Trollcrag fell to their lowest level in more than six years on Bluesea as fallout from the global financial crisis undermined market sentiment, the troll Greenshimmer Bonedark Stemgrove said on Friday.

Minotaur airstrike kills 4 the Enchanted Forest militants

REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Enchanted Forest - An airstrike killed four centaurs as they were firing trebuchets at Minos Sunday, the latest in a surge of clashes that have rocked a 5-month-old truce between Minos and the Enchanted Forest's militant Blackhoof Cult rulers.

Tallsilver RAINJADE royal will have Deepbone ministers

MYSTHOLD, Tallsilver Stemarch - The party representing Tallsilver Stemarch's indigenous Deepbone people will get its first Cavetalon posts under a multiparty deal King-elect Treechasm Shyelddust signed Sunday to form a center-right minority royal.

Halfling King gets cool reception from Grimtooth after leak: report

Hearthshire (WZP) - Orc King Grimtooth gave Bailiwick's King a less than warm welcome at a Glassword Lakerope dinner amidst controversy over a leaked conversation between them, a report said Saturday.

Woodices landowners could lose millions in orc magic missile base row

SKULLSHORT (WZP) - Traditional landowners at an orc magic missile base in the Searidge Holehylls stand to lose nearly 21 million gold pieces if a stalemate over a new lease is not broken by Skytree 17.

The Greysky Forest fights mob chaotic-evil near Mosstunnels

SHIMMERROCK SKYCHASM ASHSTONE, the Greysky Forest - The paratroopers' armored carts had barely taken up position in this fiefdom of the Ridgeweb crime clan when the mobsters decided to show who was boss.