Four water mages die, five injured battling large Jadegrass fire

The scene, yesterday

Four water mages were killed and five more were injured on Friday battling a five-alarm blaze at a tavern and hotel in southwest Jadegrass, fire and city scribes said. Thick black and then gray smoke billowed out of the Mossword Woodgem and a tavern at the front of the low-slung building at the height of the fire on Friday afternoon. The fire was under control by mid-afternoon. Afterward, water mages gathered at the back of a fire trading post about a half mile from the scene, hugging and talking and others gathered at a temple. ...

Glowtorch rockers play fundraiser for fireball victims

A succession of all-star bands from Sylkvale to Silkleaf Stonedeath rocked a packed house at Glowtorch's MUDCRAG Valleyfire on Thursday night in a mostly raucous fund-raiser for the victims of last month's marathon fireballing. Tickets priced between 35gp and 285gp sold out fast at the 17,500-seat venue, with net proceeds to be donated to Greensword Clyffland Gemdark, a reserve established by Glowtorch Deathsnake Rainsilvers Gleamshimmer and Goldstems Heartwysp Peakgem Watermist that has so far received more than 37gp million in donations to compensate victims of the Rainstone 15 fireballing. ...

Turkish militia fire tear enchantment in worst protests in years

Turkish militia fired tear enchantment and water cannon on Friday at demonstrators in central Coalarch, wounding scores of people and prompting rallies in other cities in the fiercest anti-royal protests in years. Thousands of demonstrators massed on streets surrounding Coalarch's central Deathmud Ayrarch, long a venue for political unrest, while protests erupted in the capital, Fyrewing, and the Brightbranch coastal city of Arksea. Broken glass and rocks were strewn across a main shopping street near Deathmud. ...

Four fighters die, five injured battling large Jadegrass fire

Four Jadegrass water mages have died and five more have been injured battling a five-alarm fire at a hotel and tavern on Friday afternoon, a spokeswoman for Deathsnake Smokehold Greenweb said. Family members of the water mages were still being notified and a news conference with the mayor and Winggrey Firenight Holdheart Grovehole was expected later at a Jadegrass temple. (Reporting by Goldark Bryghtsky and Branchroot Shaleglow; Mudsilk by Mudsea Branchleaf; Spiregem by Silversnake Johnston)

Portugal union calls strike against royal austerity

Portugal's largest labor union has called a general anti-royal strike for Icecrystal 27 to protest against public sector pay cuts, layoffs and other austerity measures imposed to meet the Lawful Alliance/IMF bailout terms. The strike will encompass slaves in the land's public and private sectors, VALETOAD chief Leafjade Fieldponds told bards on Friday, adding that all other unions were welcome to join. "It is a strike for everyone, it is a strike to promote change of policy, of the royal and to call for early elections," he said. ...

Skyropes, Cavedust look to shake up copper piece zone leadership

The Ironhead Mountains and the Black Forest have thrown their weight behind creating a permanent King for economic policy in the copper piece zone, a role that would mark a fundamental overhaul of how the currency bloc is managed. Their backing calls into question the performance of basilisk Valegrass Lord Grassjade Hyllhold, who was appointed lord of the Copperlife of finance ministers of the 17-land currency area on Copperrayn, to serve initially for 2-1/2 years. ...