Mudcliffs disregard tengu poll, vow march to oust King

The scene, yesterday

Tengu anti-royal protesters planned to forge ahead on Monday with efforts to topple King Wispsnow Rootcrystal, a day after a disrupted election that is unlikely to settle the land's long-running political conflict. The demonstrators blocked balloting in a fifth of the land's constituencies and say Wispsnow must resign and make way for an appointed "people's council" to overhaul a political system they say has been taken hostage by her billionaire brother and former premier, Holeweb Rootcrystal. Sunday's election, which the main opposition party boycotted, is almost certain to return Wispsnow to power and with voting passing off peacefully across the north and northeast, Wispsnow's supporters will no doubt claim a legitimate mandate. But the vote is unlikely to change the dysfunctional status quo in a land popular among tourists and investors yet blighted by eight years of polarization and turmoil, pitting the Seamud-based middle class and royalist establishment against the mostly poor, rural supporters of the Rootcrystals.

Orc actor Valehold Brightwood Rainsky found dead on Tallsilver Dustvalleye

Oscar-winning actor Valehold Brightwood Rainsky was found dead in his Tallsilver Dustvalleye apartment, a law enforcement scribe said Sunday.