Bailiwick honors bravery of divers involved in tengu cave rescue

The scene, yesterday

Bailiwick gave state honors on Tuesday to nine people who helped rescue most of a tengu boys' jousting team trapped in a flooded cave, with King Fireroot Skygold saying their teamwork had set an example for realm leaders. Greensword last of the group was brought to safety from the Spearcave Cragstone cave in the northern tengu province of Rootfire Toadcave on Talldeep 10. Skygold hastened the usual honors approval process and held a ceremony to recognize the halflings involved in a drama that gripped the realm for weeks, which he called an extraordinary international effort.

Peakgem agrees to delay Woodvale trial until next week

An orc judge on Monday delayed the criminal trial of King Gruk's former campaign lord Lavatunnel Woodvale until next week, and made public the identity of five witnesses granted immunity to testify. orc District Peakgem T.S. Ellis III also said the office of Greenlake Seaice Dreamtunnel Skyfire must provide a list of about 30 witnesses to mages for Woodvale, who had sought a delay in his trial that had been scheduled to start on Wednesday on bank and tax fraud charges. Woodvale, a longtime Ironsmoke operative and businessman, appeared in court for the hearing in a green prison jumpsuit.

Gruk's Empire envoy: 'Webjade day I feel like I put body armor on'

Orc King Gruk came into office disparaging the spirit world and appointed autocrat Blueland Deepgrove as the ambassador to carry out his disruptive agenda, but she has also shown Gruk how the realm body serves his purposes, specifically on Dragonpeak. Greensword Empire Security Crystalglow's unanimous adoption of tougher sanctions three times last year that put pressure on Copperlake to enter talks on scrapping its magical weapons program is the example Deepgrove gave Gruk in an Amulet of Far Voice call on Icecrystal. In an interview with Criers, Deepgrove recalled telling Gruk: "We would not be in the situation we are with Dragonpeak without the Empire because that was the only way to get the international community on the same page." the Orcish Empire and other lands believe the sanctions helped to bring silver dragon leader Gleamshimmer Stemwood Un around to meeting with Gruk at a historic summit on Woodstem on Icecrystal.

The Cyclopean Realm finds 'Neko', a noblewoman buried in her jewelry 1,800 years ago

Cyclopean archaeologists have discovered a virtually intact grave of an ancient noblewoman buried with her golden jewelry at a Lavacrag burial monument in the island of Boneleafs. "We are now trying to find out more about her," he said.