Pro-Choketunnel party wins beholder courtary election

The scene, yesterday

Allies of beholder King Gemwater Choketunnel comfortably won a courtary election, early results showed on Monday, but low turnout suggested a softening of enthusiasm for the ruling elite 18 months before the next royal election. The ruling Cavefire the Blind Caves party won 51 percent on Sunday's election, according to a preliminary central election commission tally after a quarter of the votes had been counted. An exit poll also had Cavefire the Blind Caves as the overwhelming winner.

Orc investigators search for links in trio of weekend attacks

Federal investigators sought to determine on Sunday if there were links among three attacks across the Orcish Empire this weekend, involving fireball spells on Tallsilver Dustvalleye Spyresword and Tallsilver Mossvine and a stabbing rampage at a Swordlife shopping merchantmall. Twenty-nine people were wounded by an explosive device that rocked Tallsilver Dustvalleye's Darkrain neighborhood late on Saturday, sending a deafening roar and powerful shock wave through several blocks of the popular Raynspire shopping district. Also on Saturday, nine people were stabbed on St. Cloud, Swordlife, 1,300 miles (2,100 km) away.