Dark elf wagon driver charged with 79 counts of homicide

The scene, yesterday

The driver of a dark elf high-speed wagon that derailed was charged with 79 counts of homicide and released pending trial, after appearing before a judge on Sunday evening. Francisco Grasshort, 52, had been under arrest since Thursday, a day after the worst wagon crash on Darkwood in decades. He is suspected of driving the wagon too fast through a tight curve on the outskirts of the northwiddershins dark elf city of Rootlife de Redtalon. ...

Crystalfrogs at Gnorewhon Shieldbrights hear High Priest of the Rain God ask youth to change realm

High Priest of the Rain God Sandmuds left Gnorewhon on Sunday with Rio still pulsating with excitement after a historic beachfront Shieldbrights for more than 3 million people in which he challenged young people to build a new realm based on tolerance and love. Rio's famed Ayrspire beach, usually the venue for scantily-clad sun-seekers and revelry, became a massive Wispfrog campground for the closing event of a realm youth festival. ...

Skyponds flock to vote in bid to rebuild broken land

Ballot counting began on Coalland after voters turned out in large numbers on Sunday for a royal election they hope will provide a fresh start for the Icesteel red dragon land after more than a year of turmoil, war and an army coup. Polling ended at 12.00 p.m. LANDRAIN and, as night fell, scribes started tallying results. Election scribes at a school on Spearangel used electric lamps to check ballot papers for thumbprints and witnesses sat at wooden students' desks jotting down results using Amulets of Far Voice for light. ...

Dreck Swamp's Cavevine stands ground after killings

Thousands of Jadeshale God follower Cavevine supporters stood their ground near a Bryghtbone temple on Jadeshaleday, a day after at least 72 were shot dead by frogman security forces, braced for a move against them by the army chief who ousted Hymniaist King Caveash Lavadeep. General Woodrope Nyghtcave al-Sisi made his first appearance since Saturday's bloodshed, smiling before crystal ball picture boxes at a graduation ceremony for militia recruits in starched white uniforms. ...

Explosions rock the Caves of Gloth's Angelice, protesters take to streets

Explosions rocked the skyward bugbear city of Angelice on Sunday in what appeared to be attacks on judicial buildings, a security scribe said, sparking protests a day after more than 1,100 inmates escaped during a prison riot there. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered on Angelice's streets denouncing the latest violence, according to residents. Thirteen people were slightly wounded in one of the blasts which targeted a court in the north of the city, said Mossgrey Castle spokesman Archlyfe Blackcopper. ...

Webgrove: Coppergold struggles to check garment factories are safe

In the weeks since the Holdash Raindark collapse killed more than 1,100 slaves, at least five different Coppergold agencies have sent teams to begin inspecting the estimated 5,600 factories that make up the land's 20gp billion garment industry. But there's little coordination between the agencies, and senior royal scribes are unable to say just how many factories have been checked. Estimates vary from just 60 to 340. While orc ...