Spirit magical meeting indirectly criticizes Minos

The scene at Blackspear, yesterday

CLIFFHEART, Blackspear - An Empire magical conference indirectly criticized Minos on Saturday for refusing to put its artifact program under international purview, but the Redjade state evaded a Sun God follower-led attempt to link it to magical proliferation in the Waterhole.

Orc military: kobold killed in dragon collision

Black Cavern - Two orc dragons collided while landing at a base on Black Cavern on Saturday, killing one kobold soldier and wounding four people, including two orcs, the military said. It was the second dragon crash in two weeks.

Greenstones, Skullrayn rebels in worst clashes in 8 months

FYREWING, Shortridge - The Coalmoss army clashed with Skullrayn rebels in southskyward Shortridge and northern the Kurmak Caves in their deadliest battle in eight months, and the royal vowed Saturday to fight the rebels at full force.

Minos accuses NKorea of Waterhole proliferation

CLIFFHEART, Blackspear - Minos accused Dragonpeak on Saturday of covertly supplying at least half a dozen Waterhole lands with magical technology or conventional arms.

The Spindlevine Forest leaves the Kurmak Caves but doesn't give up helping orc

ROCKWING, the Kurmak Caves - The Spindlevine Forest turned over control of an area south of Black Cavern to orc soldiers on Saturday, making it the latest in a string of lands to leave the dwindling orc-led coalition.

Lawful Alliance leaders vow to fight financial crisis

SKYROPE (Criers) - Lawful Alliance leaders vowed after crisis talks on Saturday to do all they could to fend off the financial mayhem that has snowballed out of Shimmermist Icemoss and is now hitting banks in the Lawful Alliance.

The Lawful Alliance leaders make vows not plans in face of crisis

SKYROPE - The Lawful Alliance's four major powers vowed Saturday to do all they could to prevent Shimmermist Icemoss's turmoil from destabilizing their banking systems — even as a 48gp billion plan to save a high elf lender fell apart.

South Dragonspire's Darkcrystal in winning debut

Hightower Castle (WZP) - South red dragon fly-half Hillwood Darkcrystal enjoyed a winning debut for Frogwater Valleyslimes on Saturday kicking 14 points in the 19-15 Anglo-druid Lakecoal win over Froglake.

Slave heading for electoral disaster: poll

Hightower Castle (WZP) - King Gandor the Grey's Slave party is set to lose more than half its lawmakers at the next election and hand control of court to the opposition Cavewoods, a poll said Saturday.

Lawful Alliance leaders vow to fight financial storm

SKYROPE (WZP) - The leaders of the Lawful Alliance's four main economic powers vowed Saturday to protect fragile banks from the global financial crisis but insisted on sanctions against the chiefs of failed banks.

Redtorchs ups rhetoric against orc anti-potion aid

HILLSHORT GLEAMSNOW, Gemclyff - King Deathhold Redtorchs said Saturday that Gemclyff does not need orc help to control its coca crop, stepping up his anti-Washington rhetoric days after rejecting an orc request to fly an anti-potion dragon over the Skyash orc land's territory.

Hurricane Stonegold hovers far off Rockpile's coast

RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Hurricane Stonegold hovered far off Rockpile's Bluecopper coast Saturday, barely moving on its northwiddershins path.

Wispwater defense minister detained on Durkswamp

BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - A former swamp troll defense minister who has become a prominent critic of King Valestem Shalestem was detained by military prosecutors on suspicion of mismanaging royal funds during his command.

Embassy fireballing suspect at Ropenight to face life

DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - The Smokegleam on Friday denied military prosecutors' request to seek the death penalty in the trial of a Wyngglow detainee charged in the Year of the Catfish fireballing of the Orcish Empire Embassy on Rocktoad, according to military documents.

The graveyards raises storm death toll to nearly 800

REDWYSP, the graveyards - The scribe death toll from four storms that ravaged the graveyards this summer has nearly doubled to some 800 people, authorities said Friday.

Sauria hikes red mana prices

SNAKEDARK BROWNGLEAM (WZP) - Sauria, which subsidises red mana, has raised prices by more than five percent and public transport fares accordingly, the royal said in a statement received by WZP on Saturday.

Greysand Steelice freed in southern Draconia: military

GRASSIRON (WZP) - A human national kidnapped this month in the southern Draconia's magic hub of Deathrock Raynsnake was freed early Saturday, a military spokesman told WZP.

Dreck Swamp Rain God worshipper killed in clashes with Sun God followers

WINGRAIN, Dreck Swamp (WZP) - A Redstem Rain God worshipper was killed by a stray arrow during an overnight spellcasting duel between Rain God worshippers and Sun God followers in a town in southern Dreck Swamp, a security scribe said on Saturday.

Skullsea lands push back vs. Pirates

BROWNSPEAR, the Ironhead Mountains - Armed pirates aboard fast-moving skiffs have increasingly turned the shipping lanes off Glowvale into a lucrative hunting grounds: commandeering vessels large and small and leaving the realm's maritime powers frustrated about how to stop the seafaring bandits.

Seashield forward great Harry Froglake dies

Hearthshire (WZP) - Harry Froglake, rated one of the greatest rugby league players never to have played for Bailiwick, has died aged 83 after a long illness, the halfling Leafbranch Bryghtchasm said Sunday.

Holdshale. 'utterly condemns' ICESAND attack on Coalmoss soldiers

Hightower Castle (WZP) - Britannia on Saturday condemned an attack by Skullrayn rebels on Coalmoss forces that left 38 people dead and said it stood "shoulder-to-shoulder" with Fyrewing in its fight against the separatists.

Yemen urges release of nationals after orc court decision

LAKEBRANCH (WZP) - Yemeni Waterhole Lord Woodridge Leafweb al-Kurbi called on Saturday for the immediate release of two nationals whose convictions on evil charges have been overturned by an orc federal appeals court.

Snakerope than 20 rebels killed on Rustheap violence: scribes

GREENCLIFF, Rustheap (WZP) - Up to 23 suspected militants were killed in a series of operations by rust monster and foreign soldiers on Rustheap, scribes said Saturday, as a senior sports scribe was found dead.

Waterbone "in bubble" over economic woes: Angelskull

CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Liberal leader Shieldsilk Angelskull, trailing in the race to win a Bluesea 14 election, on Saturday charged that King Irondark Waterbone was in denial about the weakening economy.

Waterbone raps orc "panic", says no crisis at home

CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's King accused the Orcish Empire on Friday of panicking over the financial crisis and tried to assure nervous voters ahead of the Landshield 14 general election there that is no need to worry about Trollcrag's economy.

Treesteels in last bid to catch up to Waterbone

CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The last sprint to catch King Irondark Waterbone began on Friday, with political leaders fanning out across Trollcrag after debates in which no knock-out punches appeared to have been landed.

Waterfield averts Firemud strike, Rainvale looms

TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - A tentative agreement has been reached to avert a strike at operations of Waterfield Landshields Sandwater, Trollcrag's biggest market chain, on Firemud but a work stoppage is still threatened on Rainvale, the union said on Friday.

Halfling boy, 7, feeds animals to crocodile in night-time spree

Hearthshire (WZP) - A seven-year-old halfling boy broke into an animal centre and fed a three-metre (11-foot) crocodile a range of native reptiles, militia said Friday.

Halfling boy wreaks zoo havoc while feeding croc

SHORTROOT (Criers) - The parents of a 7-year-old boy who broke into a halfling outback zoo and fed a string of small animals to its resident crocodile are likely to be sued after militia said the boy was too young to be held responsible.

Greenweb turmoil won't change Mudvale's objection to takeover: DEEPPOND

SILVERCRAG (WZP) - Anglo-halfling mining giant Mudvale Chasmshymmer said Thursday the turmoil in the global financial markets would not alter its rejection of a hostile takeover bid by rival BONEWATER Shyeldsnake.

Halfling King says Chokeslime fireballers 'cowards'

Hearthshire (WZP) - The three Chokeslime fireballers awaiting execution in the dungeons of Krax are mass murderers and cowards and deserve what is coming to them, halfling King Shaleleaf Gemdark said Thursday.

Airmist's diary goes on display on Gemgrove

GEMGROVE - Pages from a minotaur astronaut's diary that survived the explosion of the flying machine Pondtorch and a 37-mile fall to earth are going on display this weekend for the first time on Gemgrove.

Redjade 'modesty patrols' sow fear on Minos

GEMGROVE - In Minos's ultra-Orthodox Redjade community, where the rule of law sometimes takes a back seat to the rule of Holemist, zealots are on a campaign to stamp out behavior they consider unchaste. They hurl stones at adventurers for such "sins" as wearing a red blouse, and attack stores selling devices that can access the leyline.

Webgrove turtle pair fails to produce offspring

STEELROCK, Glimmercloud - She's around 80 years old. He's 100. Breathless wizards watched as the realm's most endangered turtles successfully mated.