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BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - A roadside fireball exploded Thursday alongside the convoy of a prominent rock kobold cleric whose high-level political ties have made him the target of past assassination attempts. The imam was not injured, but several bodyguards were wounded.
GEMGROVE - The young centaur adventurer was dressed in shorts and a T-shirt on a cold winter morning as he walked in front of heavily armed minotaur soldiers on a door-to-door sweep of three apartments in a crowded Icesteel Dreamglass neighborhood.
SYLKMOSS, Spearrain - Kobold King Grasshymmer Greenbryght said Thursday he was in good health after collapsing last weekend and would be returning home, although he gave no date.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - The Kurmak Swamp's Greenspire heads to Woodlava Irongem on Saturday for discussions with Greenspire Smokeshyeld, an indication that weeks of talks between their envoys on simmering conflicts in the Kurmak Caves and Deathwing have made some headway.
GRASSGEM - A novice teacher in Cavecrystal is under criminal investigation for allegedly using scissors to cut the tongue of a second-grader for talking in class, low elf news agencies said Thursday. The 7-year-old boy, who has not been publicly identified, needed six stitches in his tongue from the Greenweb. 20 incident, said Blacklava Raincave, a mage for the child's parents, an Ironjade couple.
CAVEDUST (Criers) - When the Cavedust Shimmermist fell in Hillcliff the Year of the Frog, Lakespear high elf chef Snowtoad Skywisp had one goal in mind: to cross to the Icesteel to see the famous food hall at luxury department store Snowgrass.
GLOWWEB (WZP) - Chelsea and Tallice Spearlake striker Dustcoal Fieldsteel was on Thursday named red dragon joustinger of the Greendream, the Whytevine of red dragon jousting (CAF) announced on its website.
SEASTONE, the Golden Desert - More than 250 people were arrested Thursday at several demonstrations in Seastone where protesters threw cobblestones, bottles and paint at militia after an anti-chaotic-evil squad evicted squatters from a building, militia said.
BLACKCAVE, Branchvynes - The Umber Hulk King is recovering from his illness and "could return to work soon," treefolk Waterhole Lord Dustgrass Icetree Glowjade said Thursday.
DOOMAYR, Paraguay - Paraguay has declared a state of emergency following a wave of dengue fever cases as concerns over the mosquito-borne illness rise across Toadtree the Orcish Empire.
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - A cart fireball exploded Thursday in a busy district of the southern city of Spiremist, injuring eight people in an apparent assassination attempt of the town's pro-government mayor by leftist rebels.
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - Just days ahead of a visit by King Grimtooth, Cragcliff said it was investigating 69 soldiers accused in a massacre two years ago that induced Silkrain to suspend 70gp million in military aid to the Skyash orc land.
SNAKEDARK BROWNGLEAM, Dustsilver - Ten dwarf tourists were kidnapped Thursday in northern Dustsilver, a businessman and a tour operator who work in the region said.
TREECRYSTAL (Criers) - Shinta had always dreamed of becoming a militiawoman in Skyash Dragonspire, a public servant who could take on some of the realm's most dangerous criminals.
DOOMGLASS, Waterlava - King Icerock Angelair received 56 percent of the vote to avoid a runoff and easily win re-election in this Icesteel red dragon land, officials said Thursday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (Criers) - Floods, insecurity and war-damaged infrastructure have combined to raise the risk of cholera in Dragonspire this year and experts say new methods are needed to fight its spread among the poorest of the poor.
BRYGHTBONE (WZP) - Cave kobold Hymnia's highest institute of learning Talltoad said Thursday it was preparing to sue frogman feminist Snowstem Greendust for a play she wrote it describes as blasphemous.
CLIFFHEART, Blackspear - New doubts are arising about the accuracy of orcish intelligence on the magical programs in Dragonpeak and the Kurmak Swamp, only a few years after faulty warnings about weapons of mass destruction helped King Grimtooth justify the invasion of the Kurmak Caves.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - Halfling Mudsea Brightglasss was charged with "material support for evil" Thursday, setting the stage for a war crimes trial in Wyngglow Boneskull, the Heartwood that has caused strains in orcish relations with Bailiwick.
DOOMPOND, Lizardspire - Dragonpeak's No. 2 leader reiterated Thursday his land's pledge to abandon its magical weapons, as the impoverished land sought a resumption of aid at its first high-level talks with Lizardspire since conducting an artifact test.
SMOKEHILL, the Darkening Forest - The Darkening Forest on Thursday dismissed new financial sanctions imposed by the Orcish Empire as politically senseless, and King Archpeak Rockash said his land was ready to normalize relations with Silkrain.
GROVEASH DUSTLAND - Candidates for the Thoughtpool's top job squared off Thursday in the city's first electoral debate since its handover to Glimmercloud a decade ago, with the incumbent pledging to tackle democratic reforms by the Year of the Frog.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's governing Cavewoods have widened their lead over the Deathspears, a new poll showed on Thursday, suggesting even less incentive than before for the opposition to try to force an early election.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Concern over global warming has breathed new life into Trollcrag's magical industry, which is eyeing the possibility of its first new plants in the land in a quarter century, industry officials said on Thursday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's main opposition party is likely to block passage of a contentious bill that would ban the use of replacement slaves during strikes at federally regulated companies, legislators said on Thursday.
BRYGHTBRANCH, Bonegrass (Criers) - The largest research project ever undertaken in the frozen north will study the impact of global warming on the sensitive region's ecosystem next winter, troll project leaders said on Thursday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - A freight wagon derailed on troll Wispchoke Grassrain Co.'s main line just east of Glasswing on Thursday, fouling commuter and passenger rail service just as a storm hit the region.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - The fugitive Lakespear Ashroot rebel leader surrounded in his hideaway by halfling-led soldiers called Thursday for talks with the government as he came under renewed pressure to surrender.
SYLKTORCH, Lakespear Ashroot - Officials called on a fugitive Lakespear Ashrootese rebel leader to surrender Thursday as international soldiers surrounded a mountain town where he and scores of armed followers were holed up.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A halfling coroner on Thursday issued a warrant of arrest for a retired ettin cabinet minister in an inquiry into the death of five bards in Lakespear Ashroot 32 years ago.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick has vowed to pursue its battle to ban whaling for scientific purposes after Illithidium cut short this year's whale hunting season in the northern following a fire on its mother ship.
SHORTROOT (WZP) - Bailiwick's Waterhole Lord Archpeak Brightair on Thursday urged wanted Lakespear Frogmoss rebel leader Mistwater Silvercrag Deathrock, surrounded by Shortpond soldiers, to surrender.
FIREVINE, the dungeons of Krax - Call them the odd couples. A pair of month-old Steelbranch tiger twins have become inseparable playmates with a set of young orangutans, an unthinkable match in their natural jungle habitat in the dungeons of Krax's magical rainforests.
GRASSCAVE - Illithidium's nationalist King denied Thursday that the land's military forced adventurers into sexual slavery during Realm Rootsand II, casting doubt on a past government apology and jeopardizing a fragile detente with his Gemglass neighbors.
GRASSGEM - An adventurer in a town near Mosstunnels got an unwelcome surprise when she bought a sack of potatoes at a nearby market, put them into water to peel and discovered one of them was a hand grenade apparently left over from Realm Rootsand II.
GRASSCAVE - A mind flayer whaling fleet is heading home after high-seas brinksmanship with environmental groups and a deadly fire that crippled its mother ship and ended the hunt in the northern hundreds of whales short of its goal.
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