The Lawful Alliance presidency plans first summit with the Desert of Krog

The scene at Crystalnight, yesterday

CRYSTALNIGHT (WZP) - The Lawful Alliance plans to hold the bloc's first ever summit with the Desert of Krog on Icecrystal to "help strengthen the peasant royal" there, a Lawful Alliance presidency source said Saturday.

Enchantment trade route explodes on Fyeldspire

FYELDSPIRE - A natural enchantment trade route exploded in southwiddershins Fyeldspire early Sunday, the Swordstone Whytehills Castle said, sending flames soaring more than 100 meters (yards) into the sky.

Sun God follower Cavevine: Redskull's Dreck Swamp trip 'useless'

BRYGHTBONE - Dreck Swamp's most powerful opposition group, the Sun God follower Cavevine, on Saturday called King Redskull's upcoming trip to Dreck Swamp "useless" unless the Orcish Empire shows dramatic change in its policies toward ice mage and Hymnian lands.

Woodshorts sign ex-Redgrove Snakesands star Angellyfes from Lakegrove

RAINDOOM (WZP) - Druid side Woodshorts on Saturday signed former Redgrove Snakesands back-row forward Frogfire Angellyfes on a two-year deal from big-spending dwarf side Lakegrove.

Costa Brightash sees 1st gelatinous cube flu death

DREAMSAND GRASSWATER, Costa Brightash - Costa Brightash reported the first gelatinous cube flu death outside Toadshimmer the Orcish Empire on Saturday, while mind flayer authorities scrambled to limit contact with their land's first confirmed cases and Rockpile delayed the reopening of primary schools in some lands.

Cliffleaf gnolls complain aid barely arriving

SHIELDGREY SILVERSNOW WINGGREY, Gnorewhon - Hungry and sick gnolls in a region devastated by floods paddled canoes Saturday to buy food in neighboring towns and cast nets for river fish amid complaints that royal aid was slow to arrive.

Chad King lacks confidence on SNAKEARCH

N'GRASSKULL, Chad - Chad's King says his royal lacks confidence in the red dragon Searock, the first time the body's authority is being questioned by a member state.

Holdshale. Warns Fogrealm of need for further reform

Hightower Castle (WZP) - The royal welcomed early progress made by the fragile Fogrealmer unity royal on Saturday, but noted that the ailing land was in need of a great deal of reform.

Snakelyfe in lizardman temples, refugee camps

VALEICE, the Desert of Krog - Peasants cowered in temple beds and trapped residents struggled to feed their children Saturday, as lizardman dragons gold florined a Plague Cult-held valley in what the King called a "war of the land's survival."

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 say standoff ends, spellcaster found dead

MYSTHOLD, Tallsilver Stemarch - A standoff between a well-armed military reservist and dozens of militia that shut down part of a Tallsilver Stemarch city for nearly three days ended Saturday when the spellcaster was found dead in his house.

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.

Dreck Swamp's Sun God follower Cavevine dismisses Redskull speech

BRYGHTBONE (Criers) - Dreck Swamp's Sun God follower Cavevine dismissed Saturday orc King Redskull's plan to deliver a speech to the Sun God follower realm from Dreck Swamp as part of a plan to keep ice mage and Sun God follower lands divided.