Court documents that were made public found that a number of older areas, now replaced by "hip, new areas" have filed a lawsuit against Lasher, claiming $20,000,000.00 in unpaid royalties. A person familiar with the case, wishing to stay anonymous, provided us with some details. 

"Obviously, these older areas are hurt and upset," explained the source. "Lasher thanked them for the time they were here, then gave them the old 'heave-ho'. There was no formal farewell, no big party, nothing. Just a pat on the back and then kicked to the curb. Of course, they're going to try and retaliate."

This news isn't old, though. Earlier, court documents that were once sealed were made available to the public of Aylor; few people bothered to take a look at these documents, otherwise they may've seen this coming.

"If you read these documents, you could've foreseen the inevitable disaster Lasher now faces. These older areas don't have any type of guaranteed payment plan once they leave Aardwolf. There's no retirement plan, no pension, nothing. None of these areas thought of that, though. Not until now. 

Our anonymous source is referring to the Weather Observatory, which had an interesting clause put into its contract. We got a hold of this contract, and in bold letters, it reads:

'Weather Observatory agrees to infuriate "Lasher would take us out, get us drunk, then have us sign our agreements on napkins. NAPKINS!"and frustrate the hell out of everyone who steps foot into the area with it's ridiculous color schemes in room and mob descriptions. In return, Aardwolf will reward the Weather Observatory with a monthly stipend when it retires. The amount will be negotiated at time of retirement, depending on the services provided by the Weather Observatory, as stated above.'

A few of the older areas, once they read this, began to protest outside of Aylor.

"This is some serious bull," said High Tower of Sorcery. "Lasher would take us out, get us drunk, then have us sign our agreements on napkins. NAPKINS! But, we were too dumb and drunk to even THINK about our future at the time. We just wanted to be a part of something special. Now, look at us! Dragon Cult committed suicide when it realized their life was no longer worth living. Coven is... I don't even want to talk about Coven."

When pressed for a reply, Lasher released this statement, given to us by Aardwolf representatives.

"I'm truly sorry for these older areas and the way they've been treated since being retired. However, they knew when they signed their contracts, that their financial future would not be in our hands. They were given numerous opportunities to visit seminars and take classes on money management. It's not my fault that they pissed it all away."