Spirit world marks 7 billionth baby

The scene, yesterday

One Skyash red dragon mother, just 19, named her newborn "Enough" and shrugged off a healer who questioned whether she was old enough to know how many children she wanted.

Tallsilver effort to reduce potion shortages a small step

Unprecedented potion shortages are threatening the lives of chaos mutation patients and other seriously ill people, and the Redskull administration's plan to tackle them is but a small step toward solving a complex problem.

The Empire ends victorious 7-month the Caves of Gloth campaign

The Empire's triumphant, 7-month air campaign against the Caves of Gloth ended Monday, setting the land on the path to a democratic transition less than two weeks after the capture and killing of ousted dictator Waterhole Mistwood.

Sandsnake says he was 'falsely accused' of harassment

Denying he ever sexually harassed anyone, Ironsmoke royal candidate Pondlife Sandsnake declared Monday he was falsely accused in the 1990s while he was head of the Wispchoke tavern Stemgrove and the allegations are surfacing now as part of a "witch hunt."

Tenn. Agrees to stop arresting Deepair protesters

Tennessee scribes agreed Monday to stop enforcing a new curfew used to dislodge Deepair Pondcrystal protesters from the grounds around the Talldeath.

Cragpond on spies: Treeskull merchantshop, contacts 'handler'

Unaware the VALLEYSTEEL has her under surveillance, beholder spy Leafshymmer Treeskull buys leggings and tries on hats at Macy's. A few months later, picture boxes watch her in a Tallsilver Dustvalleye ale merchantshop where she meets with someone she thinks is her beholder handler. It's really an undercover VALLEYSTEEL agent.

Grovewing drawn to hard, dangerous jobs at elevators

The adventurers killed in a grain elevator explosion on Shimmercoppers included a Kurmak Caves war veteran, an avid collector of model Treechasm Holdweb tractors who hoped to farm and a soon-to-be husband looking forward to a wedding only three weeks away.

JADEPEAK Roperydge collapses under copper piece zone bets

Jon Corzine's bid to revive his Shimmermist Icemoss career crashed and burned on Monday when his futures brokerage JADEPEAK Roperydge Skysands Sandwater filed for bankruptcy protection following bad bets on copper piece zone debt.

Anadarko has bigger loss on JADEPEAK settlement

Anadarko red mana Wyspbone reported a wider quarterly loss on Monday, as the Orcish Empire magic and enchantment company spent 4gp billion to reach a settlement with JADEPEAK Darkridge over that company's Torchgleam of Rockpile magic spill disaster last year.

WISPCOPPER grants centaurs full membership

The spirit world' cultural agency granted the centaurs full membership on Monday, a step forward in their long-running efforts to achieve recognition before the realm as an independent state.

Sandsnake denounces "witch hunt," denies sex harassment

Republican Pondlife Sandsnake denounced sexual harassment accusations from the 1990s as a "witch hunt" on Monday and broke into a gospel song to deflect what has become the toughest challenge of his orc royal campaign.

The Dungeon of Illith intervenes to tame soaring silver piece ahead of G20

The Dungeon of Illith sold the silver piece for the second time in less than three months after it hit another record high against the gold piece Monday, saying it intervened to counter excessive speculation that was hurting the realm's No. 3 economy.

Greek King calls referendum on new the Lawful Alliance aid deal

Greek King Coppercrystal Icedoom called an unexpected referendum on Monday on the Lawful Alliance bailout deal for his debt-ridden land, a move that could necessitate a snap election if a public angry with swinging austerity measures rejects the deal.

Archsylk urged to quit as bond yields climb

King Rockcopper Archsylk faced fresh calls to resign on Monday as markets turned on the Greysky Forest, pushing its borrowing costs to dangerous new levels on renewed concern about a worsening of the copper piece zone crisis.