This is your intrepid reporter, Rhonda the Werebear. - First, I'd like to thank you, are dear readers, for your support. This support make the trouble we go through - to give you stories you want and need to hear that our stuffy competitor, THE VISARIA TIMES can't be bothered with. They can arrest me, but they'll never stop my driving to get you the stories you want! - and with That, ITEM - We heard the reports of a Succubus from the Lower Planes tempting citizens in the San-Cisran region to our Southwest. We sent a crack team, and we found the naked lass, red from her head to the tips of her toes, was simply a part of a body art exhibition in the area. This well endowed lass certainly brought young males of many species to the festival. I guess the publicity only helped. - ITEM - a number of young clerics were recently seen scurrying to the entertainment area of the city, specifically towards the bordello area. Seems an outbreak of some kind had occurred and needed treatment. We hope all are well, nobody wants to have a bad time in the Entertainment Disctrict! - ITEM - A Scandal arose when a young aristocrat lady of one of Visaria's established bloodlines - who was pining for her mystery lover who serenaded her nightly - discovered that her mystery beau was in fact a lovelorn Troll! Does true love conquer all? Not in this case - her family chased the troll of with silver weapons and fiery magical display. Some mysteries are best kept unknown, at least in this case. - ITEM - and in our exclusive, this truth needs to be let out. Our esteemed, self-important 'newsletter' happily reported my most recent arrest, stating I was trying to pass notes to one of the held bandits in the Beggars Hollow jail. As usual, their facts were lacking. After my release, I went through the notes I already had, and can give you this exclusive report. - My exclusive, note-by-note interview , states that the bandits awaiting the time to attack the caravan. Observing it all night, they ascertained which carts were not being heavily guarded, and deduced the unguarded wagons were the ones containing food rations. Shortly after dawn, they launched their attack, throwing burning oil on the non-food wagons, hoping to distract the guards so they could pillage the food supplies. - their plans were thwarted by a team of 'do-gooders' who killed many of their ranks. My contact fled, the returned and hid to see if any of his friends had survived the onslaught. - the team of adventurers helped quench the fires and then discussed issues with the guards, who left, leaving the adventurers and two hostages, fellow bandits who were tied up with ropes. - He then saw something horribly cruel. what was it? - If this was that pompus rag of self-importance, THE VISARIA TIMES, we'd hold it back for another edition - but here at THE IRRATIONAL INQUIRER, we don't! - He reports - that one capturned bandit was left sleeping. The other was partially untied and fed. He heard his fellow bandit give all the details of their operation, their location, information of the captured Gnome Faggert who refused to leave and their leader Mogun's fascination with the gnome. - After this, he claims, as the team dissected this information, one member - who looked, from a distance - to be a Tiefling with bagpipes (we don't judge, we only report) suddenly got into a struggle with his teammates, and then - in cold blood, slit the throat of the bound prisoner. - He states he ran away from his hiding spot as fast as he could, and was thankful for the elven boots of speed he had purloined to get out of the area. - In closing, banditry is a crime. We all can acknowlege that. But murder - of a bound captive - is something totally different. The guard hasn't told you anything about this. What are they hiding? I don't know about you, but I know I'm going to stay clear of any Tiefling's I see with bagpipes! - (Editor's note) - Thank you Rhonda for your reporting. As of this time, We are pondering terminating Rhonda's contract with our paper. We appreciate her effort in bringing stories, but this is yet another case of our staff having to cover her mistakes. I want to make clear that the official stance of THE IRRATIONAL INQUIRER is that all are innocent until proven guilty, and I want to reiterate that we bear no ill will to any species in our great country, Tieflings included. We sincerely hope nobody was offended by Rhonda's report, as that was not the intention, I've been assured. We'll have a resolution on Ms. Werebear's employment status tomorrow. Have a wonderful day, and be sure to INQUIRE - Knowlege is always important, and we are happy you come here to aquire it at the IRRATIONAL INQUIRER. - The Editor