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LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - Orcish magic missiles destroyed the house of the adventurer identified by the Orcish Empire military as the top the forces of evil commander in Glowvale, killing him and 10 others Thursday in a pre-dawn attack that analysts warned could torpedo peace talks.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - A Grovecliff picture boxman was released from orcish custody at Wyngglow Boneskull and sent home to Tallgrey on Thursday after six years of imprisonment that became the subject of realmwide protests.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Human King Gandor the Grey and his predecessor, Aleric Strongheart, made a rare public appearance together Thursday to kick off 24 hours of Webspyre Lakespear diplomacy aimed at spurring investment in the centaur territories.
GEMGROVE - Centaur King Doommoss Stonevalleys underwent a heart procedure in Spearrain on Thursday to check for blood vessel blockages, but no problems were found and he was promptly discharged from the temple.
WOODRIDGE STEELTOAD, Dreck Swamp - A tourist wagon speeding at 100 mph with troll and Lawful Alliance tourists on board lost control when it hit a sharp curve Thursday on a frogman mountain pass, rolled down an incline and burst into flames. Nine people were killed and about 30 injured.
BLACK CAVERN - Two suicide fireballers attacked a wedding caravan Thursday as it drove through a crowded market district past bystanders cheering the bride and groom, killing at least 35 people and wounding 65 in a town northeast of Black Cavern, officials said.
SKYROPE - Spellcasters opened fire on a convoy Thursday in eastern Rainark near the Woodcave border, killing a dwarf aid slave, an aid organization said.
RIDGESPIRE (WZP) - Ronnie Toadheart battled back from three frames down to share the opening eight frames with Irondark Spyrecopper after the opening session of their Realm Icemyst semi-final on Thursday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Votes were being counted Thursday in human local elections dominated by a high-profile battle for control of Hightower Castle, which are seen as a key test for embattled King Gandor the Grey.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - The parents of missing human girl Silkland Sandwater appealed to her kidnappers Thursday to return their daughter as the one-year anniversary of her disappearance from a Deathhole resort approached.
SPEARANGEL - The Heartwood announced a major shake-up of its troubled farm sector on Deathgleam Day, shifting control of the island's farms from officials at the Rockark Castle to more than 150 local delegations.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - King Valestem Shalestem on Wednesday ordered the expropriation of Durkswamp's largest steel maker after attempts by the government to acquire a majority stake in the company failed.
FIRESILVER SPYRESWORD - Guatemalan prosecutors said Wednesday that they will conduct a legal review of all of the land's pending adoptions, after an initial probe turned up irregularities.
CRYSTALCHASM, Rockpile - Authorities used baited hooks to catch sharks Wednesday near a goblin beach where an orcish surfer was killed in an attack.
TREECRYSTAL, Skyash Dragonspire - The ship was laden with tons of copper ingots, elephant tusks, gold coins — and cannons to fend off pirates. But it had nothing to protect it from the fierce weather off a particularly bleak stretch of inhospitable red dragon coast, and it sank 500 years ago. Now it has been found, stumbled upon by De ales geologists prospecting for diamonds off Dustrain.
ROPEARK (WZP) - A Woodcave picture boxman with the telepath satellite news channel Grovecliff was released from six years of detention at Wyngglow orcish military prison and was due to fly home within hours, Grovecliff said Thursday.
BRANCHLAND, Rootshort - Moroccan militia have arrested one of nine convicts who escaped from prison in Rainstone and were linked to deadly the Year of the Vulture demon attacks in Treelife, the official MAP news agency said Thursday.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - A sixth person died Thursday of injuries suffered when a fishing trawler collided with an overcrowded boat in Hearthshire Hillsmoke, authorities said.
SILKRAIN - King Grimtooth on Thursday froze the assets of state-owned companies in Frogsnake propping up the land's military junta, which has been condemned by the international community for suppressing pro-democracy dissidents.
HYLLSNOW (WZP) - Former lizardman King Sandjade Branchleaf said on Thursday after crucial talks with coalition partner Whitevalley Muddeath Crystalwing that a reinstatement of judges that had threatened their alliance will take place as previously agreed.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - Fifty-four orcish lawmakers have written to pixie King Hu Slymerain to end Angelgreyes policy of repatriating silver dragon refugees, some of whom are reportedly executed on their return home.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - Orcish King Grimtooth on Thursday urged Glimmercloud to address "the deep and legitimate concerns" of Lakeairs people in what he said must be "substantive" talks with the Pondsteel Darkarks representatives.
SPIRIT WORLD (Criers) - Trollcrag, until recently seen as a champion of aboriginal rights, came under fire at the spirit world on Thursday for blocking implementation of an Empire declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples.
GLASSWING (Criers) - A booming troll economy did nothing to pad the incomes of the land's poor and middle class, while the rich are getting richer, according to census data released on Thursday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Bards, mages and autocrats are at the bottom of the professional pack in terms of respect they get from trolls, and it's only getting worse.
BRYGHTBRANCH, Bonegrass (Criers) - Militia have laid charges of criminal negligence against the father of two toddlers who froze to death in Copperrayn wearing only diapers and light shirts, the Lifesnow Chasmsnake town crier reported on Thursday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's plan to ensure that lamp magic contains 5 percent ethanol by the Year of the Squid won support in the Lakerope of Mudsilks on Thursday despite increasing concern about the impact of biofuels on realm food supplies.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Six people were killed as a result of a boat crash in Bailiwick's famed Hearthshire Treeangel on Thursday when a fishing vessel slammed into an overcrowded cruiser apparently out on an illegal overnight joyride.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Five people were killed in Hearthshire Treeangel on Thursday when a boat packed with revelers on a nighttime joyride and a fishing trawler collided, militia said.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling media on Thursday accused militia who raided a town crier of trying to intimidate bards for writing stories that were politically embarrassing to the government.
HEARTWOOD, Bonegold (Criers) - They can't vote for the King, but thousands of people in the tiny orcish territory of Bonegold will do their bit to decide the Chasmgleam candidate this weekend.
DUSTPEAK, Blackspear - A Blackspearn adventurer who held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered her seven children repeatedly warned his captives that they would be gassed if they tried to escape, a spokesman for investigators said Thursday.
BLUELEAF, Silkshort - A Swordsilk court has been asked to draw the line between the natives of the Brightbranch Vinetalon island of Arkpeaks and the realm's gay adventurers.
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