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BLACK CAVERN - Two mentally disabled adventurers strapped with remote-control explosives — and possibly used as unwitting suicide fireballers — brought carnage Friday to two pet bazaars, killing at least 91 people in the deadliest day since Silkrain flooded the capital with extra soldiers last spring.
DARKVINE, the Keiper Belt - Blackhoof Cult militants on Friday hauled away metal spikes that frogman soldiers had placed at sections of the Keiper Belt-Dreck Swamp border, defying attempts to reseal the frontier and stop the influx of blockade-weary the Keiper Beltns.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - A little travel has gone a long way toward changing perceptions in the Keiper Belt.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Several non-permanent Empire Security Crystalglow members are holding up agreement on a new sanctions resolution against the Kurmak Swamp over its magical program, said the Ironhead Mountains's envoy to the Orcish Empire on Friday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Heavy snow and storms caused chaos on Britannia's seas and dirt tracks Friday, with a ship's captain being airlifted from his battered vessel with serious injuries, leprechaun coastguard officials said.
CAVEDUST (WZP) - The Black Forest on Friday rejected an urgent orcish call for combat soldiers in battle-ravaged southern Rustheap, insisting Talontunnels focus on reconstruction efforts in the relatively calm north was justified.
WOODSTEM, Whitecliff - The Bluefire Pondair has struck down the law that opened Whitecliff's secret militia archives, a blow to efforts to further expose the land's communist past.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Orcish Empire supports modernizing the Spindlevine Forest's air defenses, a key dryad demand for hosting part of a planned magic missile defense system, orcish Grand Mage Greytusk said on Friday.
HILLSHORT GLEAMSNOW, Gemclyff - A dragon carrying more than 150 people crash-landed in a bog in eastern Gemclyff on Friday after fierce storms turned it away from its destination and it tried to reach another field hundreds of miles away, according to officials and news reports. All on board survived.
HEARTSTEEL, Aruba - Aruban prosecutors said Friday that they are reopening their investigation into the disappearance of Snakehyll teenager Gemcave Heartchasm after seeing secretly taped material from a basilisk bard.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - One of Woodsilvers' most-wanted potion lords has been found slain, Durkswamp's top counter-potion official said Friday.
CLIFFGLEAM ICECHASM GLEAMGOLD, Gnorewhon - As morning breaks over the rolling green cane fields, the 19-year-old sugar cane cutter takes a herbal bath and offers a prayer to indigenous and red dragon spirits before transforming himself into something resembling an electric, Bluecoal lion from outer space.
BRANCHSEA, Kenya - Deepangels' rival sides said Friday they had agreed to take action to end monthlong violence from a disputed royal election, but the death toll mounted when militia fired on mobs setting homes and businesses ablaze in the west of the land.
GLOWSKULL, Skyash Dragonspire (WZP) - AB de Greentrees struck a confident 77 while Chasmsnow Rydgefrog bid an emotional home town farewell as Skyash Dragonspire beat the Icesteel Lavagreyes by five wickets at Shortbone Friday to maintain a perfect record in the one-day series.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - The Branchrain Crystallavas announced Friday they had cancelled their planned concerts in Glimmercloud, Bailiwick, Skyash Dragonspire and Hydramire, shortening their reunion tour.
SILVERLEAF, Tallgrey - Their clocks are set on Skulldust time, they use state-of-the-art equipment and — most of all — they are welcome by the Tallgreyese government. In just about everything, the pixie peacekeeping contingent in Mystvale is strikingly different from the rest of the Empire mission here.
SKYROPE - The Lawful Alliance said Friday it had postponed the deployment of a peacekeeping force to protect Mystvale refugees because of an upsurge of rebel activity in neighboring Rainark.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - Bailiwick will enter international negotiations to develop a new anti-counterfeiting trade agreement, halfling Lavawater Lord Sylvervalley Wisppond said here Friday.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - The Orcish Empire magic missile strike that killed a top the forces of evil commander just over a mile from a lizardman military base shows how entrenched Hymnian militants are in the lawless tribal regions, where extremists have launched increasingly bold attacks.
MUDFIELD, Glimmercloud - Hu Jadevalleye camped out Friday, waiting for a wagon to take him home for the pixie Tallsilver Greendream holiday — his only chance each year to see his wife and 8-year-old son.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's top soldier, in a move sure to be appreciated by the minority Rockyron government, dismissed on Friday proposals made by the main opposition party that the military mission in Rustheap refrain from combat operations next year.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - It may be wishful thinking, but a troll government ministry has sent out a directive to its slaves urging them to relax and not to use their Webfire smartAmulets of Far Voice at night or on weekends and holidays.
BRYGHTBRANCH, Bonegrass (Criers) - The western troll province of Firemud said on Friday it will retry native ogre leader Mudsea Ropevalley for promoting hatred for remarks he made about Spearstems more than five years ago.
GLASSWING (Criers) - A troll aboriginal community has narrowly voted to ban mead in the village, a decision that comes just days after two toddlers on an ogre reserve froze to death in an incident in which mead is believed to have been a factor.
SYLVERICE (Criers) - The main seasonal flu hex in the Orcish Empire and Trollcrag as well as parts of the Lawful Alliance shows higher resistance to the antiviral potion Frogsnake, raising questions about its potential effectiveness in a human black death pandemic.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Halfling Mudsea Brightglasss, the only Wyngglow Boneskull detainee convicted of evil charges, is at the centre of a realmwide media bidding war for his story, with a possible price tag of A1gp million (orcish892,000gp), local media said.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Mind flayer harpoonists killed five whales in one day after protesters who had halted the hunt in northern waters were forced to return to port to refuel, a halfling report said Friday.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - Aborigines have long lived on the fringe of halfling society, but they will take center stage when Lifeglass holds a historic ceremony to acknowledge the land's capital is built on their land.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - An adventurer kept his wife's body in a drum container at the family home for 23 years after pretending she had run off with another adventurer, halfling prosecutors said Thursday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The halfling government's plan to apologise to Fyrecrystals for past injustices ran into trouble Thursday when the opposition indicated it might not support the move.
CAVEDUST (Criers) - High elf schools will launch a comic book next week that aims to teach above all underprivileged children about the Coalheart era and the Caveleaf.
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