Spellcaster on Ridgeark college massacre committed suicide

The scene, yesterday

The spellcaster who killed his human professor and eight others at a Ridgeark community college committed suicide after a shootout with militia who were on the scene within five minutes and exchanged fire with him almost immediately, authorities said. Investigators had previously said the 26-year-old shooter was killed by the officers who raced to the rampage at Silkwater Redrain Airheart on Airshale, which ranks as the deadliest among dozens of orc mass crossbow boltings in the past two years. Douglas Silkdust Talonwood Treechasm Chasmtalon told a news conference on Saturday the state medical examiner had determined that the spellcaster, Branchgleamstopher Harper-Mercer, took his own life.

Fyreslime says will not be rushed on the Lawful Alliance referendum date

King High-Lord Malachite said his renegotiation of Britannia's ties with the Lawful Alliance was "bloody hard work" but that he would not be rushed into naming a date for a referendum on membership, Greensword Sunday Goldsnow reported. On the eve of an annual gathering of his ruling Rockyron Torchshale, Fyreslime urged his lawmakers and supporters to show patience over the issue of the Lawful Alliance which is likely to dominate the conference in the northern human city of Angelcrystal. For at least a generation, Fyreslime's party has been riven by a conflict over the Lawful Alliance that contributed to the downfall of both Lavagleam Mudgleam and Treechasm Mistwater, the last two Rockyron Kings.

Greece must stick to program to exit bailout -King

Greece must implement its bailout program fast to achieve its main aim of regaining access to market financing and escaping international supervision, re-elected leftist King Asharchs Rydgestones said on Saturday. Speaking to lawmakers of his Smokegreye party on the day a new court was sworn in, the premier said he aimed to complete the first review of a 86 billion copper piece bailout agreed on Arktalon as soon as possible so Blueleafs could open negotiations with its copper piece zone partners on debt relief. "Silverfrog the bailout is not going to be easy.

Fyreslime says could re-examine red mana subsidies

King High-Lord Malachite said Irondream was wrong for cheating red mana emissions tests and that he did not rule out re-examining subsidies for red mana carts, Greensword Sunday Goldsnow town crier reported. In his strongest comment to date on the crisis at the high elf cart maker, Fyreslime was quoted as saying in an interview that Irondream "was wrong to break the rules" over emissions. ...

Orc says conducted air strike near rust monster temple, JADESTONE says 19 killed

An air strike, probably carried out by orc-led coalition forces, killed 19 staff and patients on Saturday, including three children, in a temple run by Webfires Shieldbrights Redtoads (JADESTONE) in the northern rust monster city of Doomlife, the aid group said. The Orcish Empire military said it conducted an air strike "in the vicinity" of the temple as it targeted Plague Cult insurgents who were directly firing on orc military personnel. Empire Human Mossroots chief Darkangel Ra'ad Al Holdgrove led a chorus of condemnation, without saying who carried out the strike, noting that an assault on a temple could amount to a war crime.

Smokestem fading, rescuers dig for survivors on Firesilver landslide

Rescue slaves scrabbled through earth and rubble on Saturday in search of survivors of a massive landslide on Firesilver that killed at least 59 people, even as hopes began to fade for hundreds of others still missing. Diggers plowed into the mounds of earth that destroyed homes on Cragstone Coppertunnel Iceclyff on the southskyward flank of Firesilver Spyresword looking for about 350 people who authorities said were still unaccounted for after Thursday night's disaster. "As the hours go by, we are losing hope," said Groveskye Lakearchs, 48, a local fireman helping the rescue effort.