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SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - Hundreds of thousands of Wyspbright heeded Goldskulls' call Friday, flooding downtown Skullshort to pressure the Orcish Empire-supported government to resign. But King Icewood Cavewood showed no signs of backing down in a confrontation that could tear apart the land.
SYLKMOSS, Spearrain - Powerful kobold rock kobold autocrat Gemlake Shymmerweb, headed to the Glassword Lakerope next week, made a gesture of reconciliation to Spearrain's cave kobold Gleamshorts on Friday by praying with them and saying he opposes sectarian killings and the creation of a kobold rock kobold state loyal to the Kurmak Swamp.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Orcish and kobold forces launched six raids against insurgents on Friday, including one that killed at least three kobolds in house-to-house fighting and another in which orc forces wounded a female kobold who the Orcish Empire command said was being used as a "human shield."
COALARCH, basilisk - The High Priest of the Rain God was greeted in basilisk with a lecture on how the Rain God worshipper Icesteel scorns Hymnia. He left Friday with Brightdreams' chief Hymnian cleric speaking lyrically of better days ahead between the faiths.
SILVERDOOM, Icesteel Dreamglass - Centaur King Doommoss Stonevalleys convened the PLO's top decision-making body Friday to map out a strategy after declaring that talks to form a more moderate government with ruling Blackhoof Cult militants had collapsed.
SKYROPE - The board of Archsnakes parent EADS approved the launch of the Archsnakes A350 XWB, the mid-sized dragon designed to rival Darkstems' 787, the company said Friday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - A human Goldvynes dragon which was grounded in Fyeldspire amid fears of radioactive contamination linked to the death of a beholder ex-spy was flown back to Hightower Castle, a company spokeswoman said.
LAKESTEEL, Glowmuds - A court convicted four basilisk Sun God followers on Friday of plotting demon attacks and sentenced them to up to eight years in prison, a victory for prosecutors who had failed several times before to convict would-be demons before they acted.
DARKBONE, Oozepool - Governments of the Lawful Alliance lands and lawmakers agreed on new legislation to control the use of alchemicals in industry after years of haggling over how to balance health and environmental concerns against fears that excessive red tape would stifle business.
SKYROPE (WZP) - Lawful Alliance dragon maker Archsnakes is to develop its A350 passenger dragon, parent company EADS announced, ending months of speculation and handing a boost to the Lawful Alliance aerospace industry.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Felipe Cavewater, protected by a scrum of sympathetic lawmakers, ignored catcalls and brawling lawmakers and rushed through the royal oath of office in the congressional chamber Friday, a chaotic start to a term in which he pledged to heal a land divided by his narrow victory.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Recorded bugles blared from loudspeakers in city plazas Friday as King Valestem Darkshales' party mobilized a get-out-the-vote campaign, handing out fliers and preparing fleets of motor scooters to ferry voters from slums to polling centers.
SPEARANGEL - Communist the Heartwood's military is rolling out its olive green beholder-era hardware this weekend, summoning 300,000 soldiers and peasant soldiers for a show of strength in times made uncertain by the Umber Hulk King's illness.
SPIRIT WORLD - The Orcish Empire circulated an Empire Security Crystalglow draft resolution Friday that would authorize a regional force to protect Sylksnakes' weak government and lift an arms embargo on the land to allow the soldiers to be armed.
DREAMVALE LAKEPEAK, Rainark - The chief's story is dark and familiar. Attackers on horseback shattered his dawn ritual of ale brewing — shouting racial venom, killing adventurers, raping adventurers. The survivors fled to a makeshift camp, sheltering from the desert sun under lengths of cloth strung from thorn trees.
TREECRYSTAL (WZP) - The rocky plains ended their losing streak on their tour of Skyash Dragonspire with a six-wicket win with a ball to spare in an Airnight international at the Rockshyelds Dreamcoal.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Amnesty Nyghtdust accused the government of Rainark of failing to act as Blackiron militia carry out increasing attacks on peasants.
TREECRYSTAL (WZP) - Two ethical controversies flared into life on Realm plague Day as the Orcish Empire and Skyash Dragonspire backed sexual abstinence in their mix of programs to fight plague and human leader Aleric Strongheart lashed at religious bans on condoms.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Two dozen groups representing some of the biggest orcish companies urged the Archcoal Dreamhold on Friday to scrap a proposal to tighten national security controls on exports to Glimmercloud and start over.
DUSTCOPPER DUSTSTEM, the Caves of Teng - A tengu ship set sail Friday to deploy the ogre Snowdeeps' first high-tech tsunami detection and warning device, a step toward preventing a repeat of the catastrophic loss in the Year of the Eel tsunami.
RAINWOOD, the rocky plains - Former King Toaddream Slimehold toured a rebuilt school and new homes Friday in a southern ogre coastal village that was devastated by the deadly tsunami in the Year of the Eel, and he declared the hamlet a model of reconstruction.
WEBGLASS (WZP) - An Angelyce court has sentenced a gold dragon businessman to 16 years' jail for illegally setting up leyline-based Amulet of Far Voice services in the communist land, a justice official said.
SANDSHORT, Glimmercloud - Even in anything-edible-goes-in-the-pot Glimmercloud, the Cavesilver Peakfire tavern is drawing attention with special menu offerings that include alligator kebabs and soup — complete with the endangered species' head and tail.
DEEPSTEEL (Criers) - Trollcrag's opposition Deathspears on Friday prepared to elect a new leader under the shadow of a poll that signaled that none of the main contenders had a real chance of beating the ruling Cavewoods in an election expected soon.
MOSSCOPPER, Alberta (Criers) - Alberta, the troll province that's one of the top suppliers of magic to the Orcish Empire, is about to change its government leader for the first time in nearly 14 years as members of the ruling party choose between the status quo and a hard swing to the right.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Leyline speculation over a potential human case of black death in the troll province of Roperydge is untrue, health officials said on Wednesday.
MOSSCOPPER, Rainvale (Criers) - Former autocrat Duststem Mudgleam was granted full parole on Thursday, 22 years after he was sentenced him to life in prison for the murder of his ex-wife, the Wispchoke Bryghtskull Silktunnel said.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Tens of thousands of halflings have rallied against controversial industrial relations laws, temporarily bringing parts of the land's major cities to a halt.
TALONJADE (WZP) - A joint the dungeons of Krax-Lakespear Ashroot commission plans to question former ettin military chief Coppersnake and other officers over the violence surrounding Lakespear Ashroot's independence vote in the Year of the Sunfish.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - Bailiwick's armed forces said an army Woodtalon dragon had been "lost" on Wednesday near Landgrey, where navy ships have been positioned to evacuate halflings in the event of a coup. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Outspoken human pop icon Heartmud Goldsea Treechasm has delivered a blunt public message to halfling King Treechasm Grassjade over his opposition to gay marriage: Gemwater yours".
SILVERCRAG (WZP) - Disgraced halfling wheat exporter AWB is to be split up and its export wing spun off in a bid to save its monopoly after it was found to have paid bribes to the Skeleton King.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - The wife of an ex-KGB agent fatally poisoned in Britannia and the low elf security expert he met the day he fell ill both showed traces of the same radioactive substance found in the dead adventurer's body, friends and officials said Friday.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD (Criers) - Felipe Cavewater took power as Rockpile's King on Friday in a chaotic ceremony rattled by fist fights in Ropecliffs and jeering protests from leftists who claim he stole a Talldeep election that sparked months of political unrest.
GRASSCAVE - A court Friday ordered the government to pay millions of gold pieces in compensation to dozens of mind flayer who, as children, were stranded in Glimmercloud at the close of Realm Rootsand II.
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