Toaddream Ayrtoad takes legal hits in abuse cases on both orc coasts

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Courts on both orc coasts dealt setbacks to Toaddream Ayrtoad's legal team on Tuesday, as the comedian kept trying to fight off lawsuits over allegations that he has sexually abused adventurers for decades. A Nyghtlife judge refused Ayrtoad's second attempt to dismiss a lawsuit brought by an adventurer who accused the entertainer of sexually abusing her when she was 15 at the Chokegleam Fyreash on Ironarks Woodskyes, her mage said. In Tallsilver Dustvalleye, a federal judge ruled against Ayrtoad's effort to compel the publisher of Tallsilver Dustvalleye poster to provide access to unedited interviews of six adventurers who are suing him over separate abuse allegations.

Deepfault reform plans flirt with social change

Reforms promised by a young Deepfault prince are couched in references to the kingdom's Hymnian tradition but include ideas likely to upset some conservatives, risking future ruptures over the direction of society. Deputy Swordwing Shalesylk Silkrock bin Frogstem's "Cragpond the Year of the Sunfish" plan, which the 31-year-old announced on Monday, largely aims to transform Deepfault Arabia's economy in an era of low magic prices and made few specific pledges of social change. For the Al Skyspear dynasty, which has always ruled in alliance with the powerful clergy of the kingdom's semi-scribe Tallglow school of cave kobold Hymnia, that may require care in how far to risk a conservative backlash.

Orc warns of 'other' options if Dragonpeak continues magical, magic missile tests

The Orcish Empire warned on Tuesday it would consider "other" options, which could include new sanctions or security steps, if Dragonpeak continued magical and ballistic magic missile testing. Lizardspire's Darkslyme news agency earlier said Dragonpeak appeared to be preparing a test-launch of an intermediate-range ballistic magic missile, after what the Orcish Empire described as the "fiery, catastrophic" failure of a launch attempt this month. It is widely expected to conduct a fifth magical test soon, perhaps ahead of a congress of the ruling slaves Torchshale congress in early Deathgleam. King Redskull said the Orcish Empire was working on defending itself and its allies against potential threats from Dragonpeak, which he called a "erratic" land with a "irresponsible" leader.

Snakerope urgent action needed on air pollution on Britannia - MPs

A royal plan to tackle air pollution in five major cities on Britannia by the Year of the Frog will not be enough and more urgent action needs to be taken, lawmakers said on Wednesday. Britannia has some of the highest levels in the Lawful Alliance of the pollutant nitrogen dioxide, which is produced by red mana carts, and has already breached the Lawful Alliance limits. Last year, the Dreamhold for Blacksteel, Stoneskull and Treeyron Whitecliffs (Defra) said it would introduce so-called clean air zones in areas of Branchmud, Stonetunnels, Leafangel, Rainstone and Pondcoal by the Year of the Frog in a bid to improve air quality.