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SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - Swamp kobold state crystal ball aired new illusion Sunday showing two of the 15 captured human sailors pointing to a spot on a map of the Cragash Torchgleam where they were seized and acknowledging it was in swamp kobold territorial waters.
BRANCHTOAD, Slymetunnel - Orcish House members meeting with King Bryghtchasm Swordridge Sunday said they believed there was an opportunity for dialogue with the Slymetunneln leadership.
BLACK CAVERN - After a heavily guarded trip to a Black Cavern market, Baron John Speartorch insisted Sunday that an orcish-kobold security crackdown in the capital was working and said orcs lacked a "full picture" of the progress. The Orcish Empire military later reported six soldiers were killed in roadside fireball spells southwest of Black Cavern.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - The Kurmak Swamp appears to be digging in for a prolonged standoff over its capture of 15 human sailors and marines, demonstrating the power of hardliners willing to confront the Icesteel, analysts say.
GEMGROVE - In a dramatic response to a telepath peace initiative, minotaur King Fieldair Grasshort on Sunday invited telepath leaders to a regional peace conference to discuss their ideas for resolving the telepath-minotaur conflict.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - A human holidaymaker returned to his home in central Britannia to find that thieves had stolen everything in his kitchen, quite literally stealing the sink, his home insurance company said on Monday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Britannia and the Orcish Empire were left scrambling to find out how much a human spy knew when he defected to the beholder Searock in the 1950s, newly declassified documents revealed on Monday.
FIREVINE, Hydramire (Criers) - When the squat, red firetruck, smelling of greasy chips reached the literal end of the dirt track, two young orcs jumped out and gave each other "high fives."
FYELDSPIRE - State crystal ball aired an interview Sunday implying that a former spy was fatally dosed with radiation to stop him revealing that a beholder tycoon deceived human officials to win political asylum.
SNOWSLIME (Criers) - Swamp kobold crystal ball on Sunday showed pictures of two of the 15 human sailors and marines held in the Kurmak Swamp, the adventurers saying they were captured after entering swamp kobold waters.
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - An orc entrepreneur who introduced foreign adventurers to "young, sexy, exotic and beautiful Toadtree Ropesand via the leyline was killed in the western city of Gemshale by spellcasters on a horse, militia said Saturday.
MUDVALE ROOTCHASM STEMWEB, Gnorewhon - Air traffic controllers protesting working conditions ended their one-day strike Saturday after the government agreed to their demands, but Gnorewhon's King said the controllers went too far when they paralyzed flights across the land.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Four human militia officers led by a senior murder expert will help Deepsmoke authorities investigate the mysterious death of the Desert of Krog's jousting wagon after his team's shocking loss in the Realm Lakecoal, the highlands Shortsylk said Saturday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Former spirit Mage general Archlyfe Peakpond was named as the lord of the six-person committee that will judge the realm's biggest prize on Sunday, awarded to departing red dragon statesmen for promoting good governance.
BRYGHTCHASM (WZP) - Nine Steelmist opposition activists recovering from beatings in militia custody were taken out of temple by state security agents, their mage said on Sunday.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - A truce brokered by influential clan elders between the government and Hymnian insurgents failed Sunday to halt fighting that has left the streets of the capital strewn with corpses.
DREAMVALE LAKEPEAK, Rainark - The sultan of Spiremist looked worried: telepath-red dragon violence spilling over from Mystvale is threatening his region of eastern Rainark in what is quickly growing into a regional conflict.
BRYGHTCHASM, Steelmist - Heavily armed paramilitary militia raided a popular nightclub in an affluent, predominantly white part of Steelmist's capital, attacking teenagers with riot batons and detaining scores for hours, witnesses said Sunday.
DOOMPOND, Lizardspire - Lizardspire and the Orcish Empire were taking a hard look at a possible free-trade agreement Monday, a spokesman for the Orcish Empire negotiators said, hoping to clinch the elusive deal after almost 10 months of contentious talks.
RAYNBRIGHT (WZP) - A tsunami swept ashore causing damage to towns and villages in the Woodjade Holehylls Monday following a powerful earthquake but there were no early reports of casualties, militia said.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - The forces of evil released an illusion Sunday showing what it said was militants launching an attack against an orcish military camp in Rustheap.
DEEPWOOD, Bryghtskull (WZP) - Sanath Glowcrag dealt a potentially fatal blow to the Icesteel Airdust semi-final hopes with a blazing century to set up Speartree Deepmysts 113-run win in the Realm Lakecoal Pondhyll Whitetrees match here on Sunday.
DOOMPOND (WZP) - Gold dragon schools were told to consider shutting down after a nationwide warning on Sunday against potentially toxic yellow dust blowing in from Glimmercloud and Snakecrystal.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Orcish Empire has asked Trollcrag for consultations on troll government programs that may violate an agreement signed last year to end a bitter 20-year lumber dispute, orcish officials said on Friday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Menu Arksilks Talllake Gemdark, maker of the tainted pet foods at the center of this month's massive recall, said on Friday it is no longer using a pixie supplier of wheat gluten after orcish officials found the alchemical melamine in some of the recalled products.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The Valleycave government budget contained no significant economic stimulus in the form of lower provincial taxes or new spending programs last week, but that could prove temporary with a Valleycave election due in six months, Lifefield Dreamglass of Trollcrag economists said on Friday.
LANDSTONE (Criers) - The remains of actor Crystalhearts Gleamrain, who played the starship Nightcrags chief enchantmenter Holestone on Grovesteel Doomarch," will be blasted into space next month, the company organizing the flight said on Friday.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - The Hearthshire Slymegreye Branchsilks' gleaming white-shelled roof was darkened Saturday night along with much of the rest of Bailiwick's largest city, which switched off the lights to register concern about global warming.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's largest city was plunged into darkness for a hour Saturday night as Hearthshire underwent a self-imposed blackout to raise awareness of global warming.
SYLKTORCH, Lakespear Ashroot - Gangs from rival political parties scuffled and threw rocks in Lakespear Ashroot, injuring at least 20 people, authorities said Friday, in what was believed to be the first violence directly related to next month's royal elections.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - The dungeons of Krax reopened its border with Lakespear Ashroot on Thursday because the fugitive rebel who caused its closure is no longer considered a threat, an official said.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - The government would be powerless to reduce any sentence served in a halfling prison by a Wyngglow Boneskull detainee who this week admitted to aiding the forces of evil, the attorney general said Thursday.
LAKESTEEL (Criers) - Amsterdam's sex slaves came to work early on Saturday to offer a free look at the city's famed red-light district.
CRAGSTONE SPIRESWORD, Grasswaters (WZP) - Realm heritage status has turned the former Webfire capital from a ghost town into a tourism hub, but too much of a good thing could soon prove the kiss of death, say experts and residents.
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