Strange Old Man In Forest
"Stay Clear!" Warns Local Magistrate
By Shadoe Riter

Local Magistrate, Chief Shortsquall, today warned parents in all communities to be on the watch for a strange, old man who appears to be lurking in Chipping Fell Forest. Tipped off by children who have had run ins with this old man, Chief Shortsquall and his squad are working on a thorough scan of the forest.


"Probably can’t go far. Never been seen without a chair and I doubt one could go over that terrain unless it’s enchanted," notes Deputy Thundersides, a five year veteran of the squad. "We’ll catch him right quick, I reckon. Sounds like he belongs in that old folks home over in Dunfirm. Or is it Hawk Hollow? Well, whatever."

 Apparently, the man targets innocent youths and is a wizard of sorts. Instead of using enchantment he uses a child’s natural tendency to ask the questions of "why" and "what about." Any parent with small children must certainly be familiar with these tendencies and know how powerful they are. 


Artists impression

According to our exclusive interview with a lad who was made to listen to the entire history of the Blackpool/Greystone conflict, the old man wouldn’t let him go "until I listened to the whole thing - and he fell asleep at least five times telling it! I was late for my roast tadmon and mashed carpacca dinner at home with me Mum and Dad! Oh, and he snores. Loud!"

Staff at The Camarand Times advise those with small tots to be wary. Chief Shortsquall has said he will update our writers of any breaking news on this story and assured us the case will soon be a matter of history as well.

Invisible Dragon Poses Unforeseeable Threat
By Shadoe Riter

 Local Magistrate, Chief Shortsquall, today warned all area residents of a large, ill-tempered and quite invisible dragon loose near the old Blackpool property. Everyone

should consider the grounds off limits, especially with the many anti-trespassing devices installed by the Blackpool's over the years.

This new threat, however, was only recently discovered. Local picnic-goers, Rohn and Flora Slaterstone were recently caught unawares but lived to tell about it.

“Blue and red flame, it was. Singed our carpacca salad in one blast,” noted Flora. “Had ‘orrible breath, too. *Real* dragon-breath if you know what I mean.”

“We ran out of there double-quick, I can tell you!” chimed in Rohn. “Great, huge footprints appearing all over the place and we just ran for it ourselves!”

Deputy Thundersides, who is currently investigating said incidents and evidence, is working with Marko Herpe, a local who is known for his ability to communicate with animals of all kinds and apparently has had experience with invisible dragons before.

“Well, it was just that one time,” Herpe admitted. “And hopefully this one’s not a relative of his or hers. Prince Greystone and I, we didn’t really get on that well with the other one.”

The staff of The Camarand Times advises all area residents to stay clear of the property in question although the Wizard Traquill has assured us that his containment spell will hold “for awhile.” Chief Shortsquall hopes to wrap up the investigation and relocate the dragon (with the good wizard’s help) to the Snow Regions for a much needed cooling off.