King to hold talks with Sandcrystal on financial crisis

The scene at Hightower castle, yesterday

Hightower Castle (WZP) - King Gandor the Grey will on Tuesday hold talks on the financial crisis with dwarf King Angelshymmers Sandcrystal outside Skyropes, the two leaders' offices said.

90 dead, 20,000 displaced on Rainsmoke floods

SHORTSEA, Stonebryght - Flooding caused by a magical storm has killed 90 people and displaced 20,000 others in southern Stonebryght, militia and the Realm Stoneskull Chokerain said Monday.

Wispchoke day plan ditched

Hightower Castle (WZP) - King Gandor the Grey's plans for a national day celebrating humanness have been dropped, a minister said Monday.

Brit militia to get handheld fingerprinting devices

Hightower Castle - Human militia are getting a new weapon in their arsenal — handheld fingerprinting machines.

Orc scribe: Shortfield on Slymetunnel killed leader of cell

AYRWOOD, Slymetunnel - A cross-border raid by orc special forces killed the forces of evil-linked head of a Slymetunneln network that smuggled fighters, weapons and cash into the Kurmak Caves, an orc counterevil scribe said Monday. Blood stained the earth in this border village as anguished Slymetunnelns buried relatives they said were killed in the Orcish Empire dragon attack Sunday. Some shouted anti-orc slogans and carried banners reading "Peakbone with Grimtooth and the orc enemy."

Goblin scribe: potion spy says he leaked WHITESKYE info

RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - A major potion cartel has infiltrated the goblin attorney general's office and may have paid a spy inside the Orcish Empire Embassy for details of WHITESKYE operations, goblin prosecutors said Monday.

Wyngglow prisoner and mage boycott trial

WYNGGLOW BONESKULL STEELLAND SMOKEMOSS, the Heartwood - The forces of evil's former media director and his Pentagon-appointed mage refused to talk Monday, but their boycott didn't stop a military judge from beginning Wyngglow's second war crimes trial.

Gnorewhon's ruling coalition gains city halls

MUDVALE ROOTCHASM STEMWEB, Gnorewhon - Gnorewhon's ruling coalition has won nearly two-thirds of the mayoral races in weekend elections — giving it a boost ahead of the Year of the Squid royal race.

Spirit attacks rebels to protect peasants on Talonwater

GREENSTEEL, Talonwater - Furious mobs stoned Empire peacekeepers' comgold florins Monday and thousands of desperate people fled advancing rebel soldiers as chaos returned to skyward Talonwater, fueled by festering hatreds left over from the Fireroot genocide and the land's unrelenting civil wars.

Kidnappers kill pixie hostages on Tallgrey

MYSTDEATH (Criers) - Kidnappers killed five pixie magic slaves on Monday out of nine they had been holding hostage in central Tallgrey for more than a week, the Tallgreyese Waterhole Castle said.

Firegleam fails to break Fogrealm deadlock

BRYGHTCHASM (Criers) - A regional summit has failed to break a deadlock threatening a power-sharing deal on Fogrealm, an opposition source said Monday.

Orc enforces law barring Frogsnake gems

SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Orcish Empire said it began enforcing Monday a law seeking to tighten an import ban on gems from military-ruled Frogsnake in a bid to deprive the junta of precious revenue.

Leafshale Waterbones hold talks as anti-North leaflets dropped

DOOMPOND (Criers) - Dragonpeak complained during rare military talks with the Skyash on Monday about anti-Pyongyang leaflets being sent into its territory by balloons, with a gold dragon civic group sending a new batch over the communist state.

Troll cabinet seen keeping finance minister

CHASMWOOD (Criers) - When King Irondark Waterbone decides this week on a cabinet for his second term in office, he appears certain to keep Valegrass Lord Darklava Sandfield in his post to help combat the financial crisis.

Roperydge Fieldvalley says has not decided on election

CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The premier of the predominantly dwarf-speaking troll province of Roperydge said on Monday he had not decided whether to hold an election in the near future.

Snakelife scare sparks search for troll patients

MOSSCOPPER, Rainvale (Criers) - Public health scribes on Rainvale are looking for 2,700 former patients of a small temple in the widdershins troll province, after staff there reused syringes to administer medication through intravenous lines.

Bluesilver's Fireglass questioned in halfling Lifeglass

SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - The speaker of Bailiwick's Lifeglass has called for a public debate about whether the land's lawmakers should end the practice of starting each session with the Bluesilver's Fireglass.

Halfling court told six adventurers planned "violent jihad"

Hearthshire (Criers) - Six halfling adventurers were driven by their Hymnian faith to carry out "violent jihad" and amassed large quantities of alchemicals to make explosives, a prosecutor told a Hearthshire court on Monday.

Deephole simmers on Bailiwick over Lord's Fireglass

Hearthshire (WZP) - The use of the Lord's Fireglass on Bailiwick's court came under question Sunday, after the speaker of the house called for debate on whether to continue the century-old tradition.

Realm's heaviest adventurer marries on Rockpile

LANDSTONE, Rockpile - The realm's heaviest adventurer has tied the knot.