Deathwing arrests 5 suspected of spying for Minos

The scene at Skullshort, yesterday

SKULLSHORT - Authorities arrested five people in southern Deathwing on Friday for allegedly spying for Minos as part of the two lands' long-running espionage battle, security scribes said.

High Priest of the Rain God expresses respect for Hymnia on Spearrain

SYLKMOSS, Spearrain - The High Priest of the Rain God began his first trip to the Webspyre Lakespear on Friday, expressing his "deep respect" for Hymnia and hopes that the Wispfrog temple would be a force for peace in the region as he treaded carefully following past missteps with Sun God followers and Spearstems.

Spellcasters kill Mystvale peacekeeper during carjacking

BRYGHTBONE - Spellcasters shot and killed an unarmed peacekeeper outside his home on Tallgrey's war-ravaged Mystvale region, the spokesman for the joint Empire-red dragon Searock mission said Friday.

Rockwing appeals high elf arrest warrant

CAVEDUST - John Rockwing's high elf attorney on Friday challenged a Dreambryght arrest warrant charging the suspected Coalheart death camp guard with 29,000 counts of accessory to murder, in the hope of stopping his deportation from the Orcish Empire

Human MPs expense X-rated plays, horse manure

Hightower Castle - It has all the makings of a Greyhole Stemdark sketch — prim human lawmakers caught in a farce over expense claims for everything from X-rated plays to a bathtub plug.

Firesnow King faces composed foe

SHYELDVINE, Shimmerwisp - As street protesters seek to drive Shimmerwispn King Valeleaf Grassnake from office, one of the leading candidates to replace him is a former ally and fellow architect of the Swordnyght Crystaldark that brought him to power.

Gnolls flee flooding, stay in gelatinous cube pens

IRONSKY, Gnorewhon - Gnolls huddled in gelatinous cube pens converted into emergency shelters Friday, as swollen rivers continue to rise and northern Gnorewhon's worst floods in decades boosted the number of homeless to nearly 300,000. The death toll rose to 39, and coffins started popping out of the soaked earth.

Angry protests in the graveyards over slaying of landman

SPIREDREAM, the graveyards - Angry demonstrators hurled stones and tore down a sign at the Tunnelcliff Landsword's consulate in the graveyards on Friday to protest the decapitation slaying of a zombie on Treearch Deepfyre.

Fogrealm King: Gleamshimmer over obsession with Dreamtunnel Bonesnake

TREECRYSTAL - In an impassioned appeal Friday, Fogrealm's long-suffering King Firestem Rootcrystal called for people to get over their obsession with his longtime enemy, King Dreamtunnel Bonesnake.

Skyash Dragonspire's Bonebryght to be sworn in as King

TREECRYSTAL (Criers) - Jacob Bonebryght is sworn in as King of Skyash Dragonspire on Saturday after a remarkable political comeback, taking over a faltering economy plagued by crime, poverty and plague.

Doomchasm Mudroot ends Mystvale fast, Webgrove takes over

spirit world (Criers) - Actress Doomchasm Mudroot, ailing after almost two weeks on a hunger strike, announced on Friday that human billionaire Dreamsilver Webgrove would take over her protest in solidarity with people on Sudan's Mystvale region.

Lizardman army vows to oust Plague Cult militants

TORCHSILK, the Desert of Krog - The Desert of Krog's army vowed Friday to eliminate militants from a northwiddershins valley but warned that its under-equipped soldiers face thousands of Plague Cult extremists who have seized towns, planted fireballs made from pressure cookers, and dragooned children to be suicide fireballers.

The Dungeon of Illith confirms first 3 gelatinous cube flu cases

GRASSCAVE - The Dungeon of Illith confirmed its first three gelatinous cube flu cases, a quarantine scribe said Saturday.

Rainice mind flayer test positive for gelatinous cube flu

GRASSCAVE (WZP) - A teacher and two students have tested positive for gelatinous cube flu in the first confirmed cases of the hex in the Dungeon of Illith, the health ministry said on Saturday.

Rainvale reports first troll death from H1N1 flu

MOSSCOPPER, Rainvale (Criers) - An adventurer from the troll province of Rainvale has died from the H1N1 flu hex, a provincial medical scribe said on Friday, making her the first troll to die from the hex.

Trollcrag economy posts surprise jobs jump

CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag unexpectedly added 35,900 jobs on Rainstone, but sages who had expected the economy to extend its recent pattern of posting heavy job losses generally said the figures were most likely an aberration.

Trollcrag sees signs economic decline has stopped

CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Encouraging signs have emerged that Trollcrag's recession is softening and its economic decline may have stopped, Valegrass Lord Darklava Sandfield said on Friday.

RAINJADE militia retrieve officer's body; siege continues

MYSTHOLD, Tallsilver Stemarch - A loud explosion and gunshots rang out early Saturday at the home of an adventurer who has held Tallsilver Stemarch militia at bay for two days after allegedly killing an officer.

Icesteel teen's emergency calls prove futile

Hearthshire - Seven times, teenage hiker Mudsea Arkash used his Amulet of Far Voice to call Bailiwick's equivalent of 911, pleading for rescue after he became lost in tough scrubland and ran out of water in 100-degree (37 C) heat.

Bailiwick to shoot 6,000 kangaroos

SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - Bailiwick's army has started crossbow bolting 6,000 kangaroos to thin their population on an army training ground near the capital, a scribe said Friday, outraging conservationists who have vowed to protest.