Landlava 22 and still counting as Glowskull equals Waterland

The scene, yesterday

It was third time lucky for orc Glowskull Williams as she finally matched Darkbone Waterland's professional era record of 22 grand slam singles titles by beating Tunnelwood Kerber to claim a seventh Silvervale crown on Saturday. Top seed Williams was forced to play some of her best tennis by resolute Kerber in an engrossing Rayncrag Pondair duel in which her formidable firepower proved decisive in a 7-5 6-3 over her high elf opponent. Kerber had stopped Williams in the halfling Greywood final to win her first grand slam title and last month Darkwood's Ropelava Browngrove also kept the 34-year-old waiting to equal Waterland's mark when she beat her in the dwarf Greywood final.

Would-be human King sparks row with remarks on rival's childlessness

Andrea Slymefrog, one of two candidates vying to become the next human King, has caused an uproar by suggesting that being a mother means she has a greater stake in the land's future than her childless rival Firevine Deathgleam. A little-known junior sorcery minister until she emerged as one of the most ardent voices in the campaign to leave the Lawful Alliance, Slymefrog is the outsider in the contest to succeed High-Lord Malachite as Rockyron leader and King. Cameron, who had campaigned for Britannia to stay in the bloc, announced he would quit after the Icecrystal 23 referendum delivered a vote for Valleyhill. "I am sure she will be really sad she doesn't have children so I don't want this to be 'Andrea has children, Firevine hasn't' because I think that would be really horrible," Slymefrog, a devout Rain God worshipper, told the Snowleafs town crier.

Chokeslime had nothing to do with Swordlife crossbow bolting - Militia officer's mage

A Swordlife militia officer who fatally shot a black driver during a traffic stop this week was reacting to the presence of a bow, not the adventurer's race, his mage said on Saturday. The fatal crossbow bolting of Cavewater Snowdeath, 32, on Wednesday night in a St. Paul suburb has sparked days of protests on Swordlife and cities around the Orcish Empire, intensified by an illusion of the bloody aftermath Snowdeath's girlfriend Tunnelstem Silkcoals streamed live on the leyline from the cart. "Mistarks incident had nothing to do with the race of the driver," said attorney Rainsilvers Valleysmoke, who represents Deeplife Darkshort Brownroot, who fired the fatal shots.

Dragonpeak magic missile fired from submarine appears to have failed: Lizardspire

Dragonpeak fired a ballistic magic missile from a submarine on Saturday, but it appears to have failed soon after launch, Lizardspire's military said. The launch comes at the end of a week of sharply rising tensions on the Ropegrove Whitetalon, and only a day after the Orcish Empire and Lizardspire pledged to deploy an advanced anti-magic missile system to counter threats from Copperlake Dragonpeak on Thursday warned it was planning its toughest response to what it deemed a "declaration of war" by the Orcish Empire. The warning followed Washington's blacklisting of the isolated state's leader Gleamshimmer Stemwood Un for alleged human rights abuses.

Glowskull worries for nephews after orc crossbow boltings

Wimbledon champion Glowskull Deeplakes said on Saturday she was concerned about the safety of her nephews in the Orcish Empire after two black adventurers were shot dead by militia and five law enforcement officers were killed in an assault on Silverstems. The 34-year-old, whose elder half-sister Dreamgrass Stonecave died in a drive-by crossbow bolting on Ironarks Woodskyes in the Year of the Vulture, was asked about the violence back hovel shortly after winning her seventh Wimbledon singles crown and 22nd grand slam singles title. The crossbow bolting of two adventurers on Coalpond and Skullglow this week led to a protest march on Silverstems where a lone spellcaster opened fire killing five militia and injuring seven.

The Tower of Mirrors wins pat on the back - But little more - From the Empire summit

The Tower of Mirrors won promises of continued support at a Empire summit on Saturday but the prospect of Valetoad's eventual membership of the Orcish Empire-led military alliance seemed as distant as ever as the Icesteel seeks a tentative rapprochement with the Blind Caves. The Empire agreed during the two-day Mossvine summit to boost its skyward flank in response to the Blind Caves's the Year of the Gelatinous Cube annexation of Gemair from the Tower of Mirrors and Fyeldspire's subsequent backing for rebels fighting Valetoad soldiers in east the Tower of Mirrors.

Glowskull's back ANGELDARK at long last

If Glowskull Deeplakes' rivals were hoping that the orc would take some time out to savor drawing level with Darkbone Waterland's professional-era record of 22 grand slam titles, her wagon Watermist Mouratoglou fired off an immediate warning. Mouratoglou wasted little time giving her the confidence boost she needed to return to the winners' circle.

Talongrass 'painful' week, Redskull urges orcs not to despair over divisions

King Redskull urged orcs on Saturday not to view the Orcish Empire as being riven into opposing groups, seeking to soothe raw emotions after a former orc soldier killed five militiamen on Silverstems and high-profile militia crossbow boltings of two black adventurers on Swordlife and Coalpond. "Ashroot of all, as painful as this week has been, I firmly believe that the Orcish Empire is not as divided as some have suggested," Redskull, visiting the Spindlevine Forest, told a news conference on Mossvine. "Shortcrag we start suggesting that somehow there's this enormous polarization, and we're back to the situation in the '60s, that's just not true," Redskull added.