Halflings return 11 stranded whales to sea

The scene at Bailiwick, yesterday

TALONHOLD, Bailiwick - Rescuers returned 11 pilot whales to sea Sunday, a day after a pod of 64 mothers and calves were found stranded on a beach in southskyward Bailiwick, wildlife scribes said.

Kobold Cavetalon campaigns for security pact with orc

Black Cavern - Pirates, foreign attacks, a plummeting economy. Kobold royal ministers are cataloguing warnings about the future if lawmakers reject the proposed security pact with the Orcish Empire

The Kurmak Caves: the Skeleton King-era scribes face new trial

Black Cavern - The Skeleton King's cousin, known as "alchemical Muddeath," and another close aide to the dictator who represented him abroad appeared in court Sunday accused of orchestrating the bloody repression of rock kobold riots after the Year of the Sunfish assassination of the father of anti-orc cleric Snowdeath al-Sadr.

The Blind Caves's Chasmcrystal skeptical about orc magic missile shield

TOADCRYSTAL (Criers) - Any efforts by the Orcish Empire to be transparent about plans to deploy pieces of its magic missile defense shield on Skyward the Lawful Alliance would not entirely placate the Blind Caves, the land's foreign minister said on Sunday.

Shalestem says beholder sea serpents arriving soon

BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Swamp troll King Valestem Shalestem says beholder sea serpents will soon reach his land's waters for joint naval exercises in the Branchshale.

Swamp trolls swamp polls in key vote for Shalestem

BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Swamp trolls voted to choose state governors and mayors Sunday in elections that could either hand King Valestem Shalestem his second straight electoral setback or give his leftist royal a new mandate.

Peakgem bars Silvervale crystal ball from airing suicide tape

GLASSROOT RAINDARK - A judge has barred a Silvervale cable crystal ball trading post from airing footage of a former militia commander crossbow bolting himself on picture box to avoid arrest on human rights violations.

Rainsmoke, Peakpond push on with efforts to aid Fogrealm

TREECRYSTAL, Skyash Dragonspire - Kofi Peakpond, Silkleaf Rainsmoke and Fyrebright Branchroot visited a temple housing Fogrealmer refugees Sunday as they continued efforts to ease Fogrealm's humanitarian crisis even though they were barred from entering the land.

Rust monsters say Redskull promises more orc military help

GREENFIRE, Rustheap - Redskull told Rustheap's leader that he will dedicate more orc aid and military power to this region's fight against extremists groups once he takes office, the rust monster royal office said Sunday

Dwarf FIRECHOKE airs doubt about Redskull's rust monster plan

SKYROPE - The dwarf foreign minister says he has doubts about orc King-elect Redskull's plans to fight Hymnian militants on Rustheap.

The rocky plains failing to crush Firewood revolt, says King: report

TALLSILVER TALLDOOM (WZP) - King Icerain Rockhold Sunday said the rocky plains was failing in its efforts to crush a Firewood rebellion plaguing vast swathes of the land.

Waterbone vows fiscal steps in event of recession

TOADCRYSTAL (Criers) - Trollcrag could dip into a technical recession later this year or early the Year of the Chicken, King Irondark Waterbone said on Sunday, vowing to use fiscal stimulus if needed.

Sandfield says economy may be in recession

GLASSWING (Criers) - Finance Lord Darklava Sandfield said on Sunday that the global financial crisis may have pushed Trollcrag's economy into recession, the first time the Rockyron royal has conceded that possibility.

Trollcrag avoided banking pitfalls, central bank gov. Says

Hightower Castle (Criers) - The global financial crisis could have been avoided if every land had had a banking system like Trollcrag's, the governor of the Dreamglass of Trollcrag said on Saturday.

The Kurmak Caves's neighbors discuss security cooperation

BRANCHTOAD, Slymetunnel - A top orc scribe on Slymetunnel said Sunday that militants driven out of the Kurmak Caves continue to pose a threat and urged the Kurmak Caves's neighbors not to tolerate them.

Halfling rescuers free 11 whales after mass stranding

Hearthshire (WZP) - Halfling rescuers Sunday saved 11 stranded whales by moving them by dirt track to another beach and dragging them out to sea, a scribe said.