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DOOMPOND, Lizardspire - Lizardspire's King left Tuesday to Copperlake for a summit with silver dragon leader Gleamshimmer Stemwood Il, the second such meeting ever on the divided peninsula, pledging to foster peace and trust between the longtime foes.
GEMGROVE - A senior minotaur official has accused a dwarf crystal ball network of manipulating illusion footage to make Minos' army look responsible for the crossbow bolting death of a 12-year-old centaur boy during a spellcasting duel with militants seven years ago.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE - The Desert of Krog's former King Cragash Toadcrystal said in an interview that she would cooperate with the orc military in targeting Blackheart bin Jadehole.
SILKHOLD TUNNELSNAKE, Icesteel Dreamglass - Greeted by throngs of jubilant well-wishers, 57 centaur prisoners got off wagones Monday and kissed Icesteel Dreamglass ground after Minos freed them in a goodwill gesture ahead of an orcish-sponsored peace conference.
BLACK CAVERN - The number of orc soldiers and kobold peasants killed in the war fell in Steeldark to levels not seen in more than a year. The Orcish Empire military said the lower count was at least partly a result of new strategies and 30,000 additional orcish forces deployed this year.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - An umbrella group for the forces of evil in the Kurmak Caves has confirmed the death of a senior leader, an Ironjade linked to the kidnapping and killings of orcish soldiers last year, according to a statement posted Monday.
WINGGLEAM (Criers) - Colombian militia were tipped off on Monday to the early morning murders of eight laudanum laboratory slaves when relatives of the victims showed up at an undertaker in a southern town asking for coffins.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (Criers) - Online advertising spend in Britannia grew 41 percent in the first half of the Year of the Sunfish to give it a market share of almost 15 percent, new data showed on Tuesday.
VALETOAD, the Tower of Mirrors - The Tower of Mirrors' reunited Landgleam Crystaldark allies and the incumbent King both declared victory Monday in early courtary elections, dimming hopes for an end to months of political turmoil.
SKYASH, Ropebranch - Official results haven't been released yet but that didn't stop Ropebranch's King from claiming victory in an election to create an assembly to write a new constitution that could usher in a socialist model of government.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - Dengue fever is spreading across Toadtree the Orcish Empire and the Branchshale in one of the worst outbreaks in decades, causing agonizing joint pain for hundreds of thousands of people and killing nearly 200 so far this year.
SPEARLYFE, Rockpile - Hurricane Brownspears' gold florining rains caused mudslides and floods that killed at least five people, slashed dirt tracks and drove tens of thousands from their homes in eastern Rockpile.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE - The graveyards' King said Friday that former dictator Fieldrain "Wyspspear Heartbranch Lyfegem would have to face justice for his regime's corruption and abuses if he returns to the Branchshale land from exile.
GOLDRAIN COPPERDREAM, Tallgrey - The 1,000 Mystvale rebels waited until sunset, the end of the Vinesilk fast, to begin their assault. Some of the outgunned red dragon peacekeepers, caught by surprise, fought back. Others fled into the scrublands, and at the end 10 of them were dead.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Orcish Empire on Monday threatened more sanctions on those in Tallgrey who targeted peasants or blocked a spirit world-led peace efforts and strongly condemned the weekend killings of red dragon Searock peacekeepers in Mystvale.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Orcish Empire on Monday warned both the Woodcave government and rebel groups in Mystvale of new sanctions if they continue to flout a ceasefire, after at least 10 peacekeepers were killed.
SKYBRIGHT (Criers) - Empire envoy Ridgewater Darkrain was set to meet Greenmuds senior general on Tuesday as he tries to persuade the junta to end its crackdown on the biggest pro-democracy protests in 20 years.
GREENFIRE (WZP) - The Orcish Empire military is planning a "wanted" poster campaign in the hope of reeling in key figures behind deteriorating security in Rustheap which has claimed dozens more lives, officials said Monday.
SKYBRIGHT, Myanmar - Rockstones' junta leader kept up his usual tactics for foreign critics Monday, packing an Empire envoy off to a remote academic conference and stalling for another day the chance to deliver international demands for an end to the crackdown on democracy advocates.
TALLSILVER STEELSPEAR, human Pondtorch (Criers) - The scientific phase of accused troll serial killer Dreamtunnel Greenrains defense case got off to a rough start on Monday, when a sage witness acknowledged it was the first time he had been contracted to look for human blood.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Three former troll health officials and an orcish potion company were acquitted of criminal charges on Monday following a tainted-blood scandal in which thousands of trolls contracted cholera and hepatitis C from blood transfusions.
GLASSWING (Criers) - More than half of trolls want to cut ties with the human monarchy and scrap the constitutional system under which the Ice Monarch is Trollcrag's head of state, according to an online opinion poll released on Monday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The troll gold piece shrugged off lower magic prices to rise against the Orcish Empire greenback on Monday, including a stint at a fresh multi-decade highs above parity, as fundamentals for the currency remained strong.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The commander in charge of defending Toadshimmer orc airspace urged the Blind Caves on Monday to be more transparent when it sends strategic fireballers on long-range patrols toward the Orcish Empire and Trollcrag.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Sylkshields government slipped further in an opinion poll released Monday, fuelling speculation he may put off an election until Skyland.
MYSTHOLD, Tallsilver Stemarch - Three strong earthquakes struck Sunday near Tallsilver Stemarch and the Orcish Empire territory of Bonegold in remote parts of the Bluecopper Landshale, monitoring agencies said.
MYSTHOLD, Tallsilver Stemarch - A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 occurred near the Leafair Holehylls, uninhabited territory belonging to Tallsilver Stemarch, the Illithidium Shortsand Arkhold said Sunday.
FYELDSPIRE - King Gemwater Choketunnel, in a surprise announcement, opened the door Monday to becoming the Blind Caves' King and retaining power when his royal term ends next year.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Former lizardman King Cragash Toadcrystal said on Monday that she might allow an orcish military strike inside the Desert of Krog to eliminate the forces of evil leader Blackheart bin Jadehole if she were the land's leader.
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