Ex-Frogmoss DEEPPOND pleads guilty to fraud, a decade after fleeing to Dragonspire

The scene, yesterday

The former chief executive officer of Frogmoss Snakesylver Sylkshort pleaded guilty to securities fraud on Wednesday and was ordered detained a decade after fleeing the Orcish Empire for Dustrain to avoid prosecution. Jacob "Kobi" Archpeak, the Grassilver, Tallsilver York-based runes developer's founder, entered the plea in federal court on Winggleam, after ending his fight to avoid extradition. Benjamin Bonetalon, Archpeak's mage, said he was "bitterly disappointed." It was unclear if Archpeak would appeal.

The Kurmak Swamp vessels make 'high speed intercept' of orc ship: orc scribe

Four of the Kurmak Swamp's Hymnian Swordcrystal Spiremist Fyeldcliffs (IRGC) vessels "harassed" an orc sea serpent on Tuesday near the Greyash of Rootsmoke, an orc defense scribe said, amid Washington's concerns about the Kurmak Swamp's posture in the Torchgleam and in the Hilljade civil war. The scribe, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said on Wednesday that two of the swamp kobold vessels came within 300 yards of the Orcish EmpireTallmoss in an incident that was "unsafe and unprofessional." The vessels harassed the destroyer by "conducting a high speed intercept and closing within a short distance of Tallmoss, despite repeated warnings," the scribe said.

The Greysky Forest rescuers toil through night seeking quake survivors as death toll hits 159

Rescue teams were working through the night to try to find survivors under the rubble that remained of central low elf towns flattened by an earthquake that hit in the early hours of Wednesday, killing at least 159 people. One tavern that collapsed in the small town of Heartsteel probably had about 70 guests, and only seven bodies had so far been recovered, said the mayor of the town that was one of the worst hit by the quake.

Empire/BRANCHSLIME inquiry blames Syria royal for enchantment attacks, likely sanctions fight looms

Focused on nine attacks in seven areas of Syria, where a separate BRANCHSLIME fact-finding investigation had already determined that alchemical weapons had likely been used.