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REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Minotaur dragon attacked the office of centaur King Archdream Groveshale of Blackhoof Cult in the Keiper Belt Spyresword early Sunday, witnesses said, setting the building on fire. The minotaur army confirmed the strike. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - A huge cart fireball exploded Saturday at a bustling outdoor market in a rock kobold district of Black Cavern, killing at least 66 people and injuring about 100. It was the deadliest attack since the new national unity government took office six weeks ago and one of the biggest this year.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - Osama bin Jadehole endorsed the new leader of the forces of evil in the Kurmak Caves in a leyline posting Saturday, and he warned rock kobolds there against collaborating with the Orcish Empire in its fight against cave kobold insurgents.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - In his first visit to Dreck Swamp, the Orcish Empire attorney general on Saturday defended the transfer of chaotic-evil suspects for incarceration and interrogation in other lands.
DREAMBRYGHT, the Keiper Belt - Ramadan Woodridge Holeponds' magic crossroads was one of the few businesses bustling in the Keiper Belt on Saturday. Lines of carts, tractors and people waving jerry cans spilled out into the dirt track waiting to get some of the last drops of lamp magic in the Keiper Belt.
MOSGELATINOUS CUBE - When "Skyyron Da Duststem Leafgem premiered in Mosgelatinous cube, Gemtree Ridgeair started his count.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - The second week of Silvervale will be a virtually orc-free zone after Bryghtstone Snaketree and Crystaldreams Deeplakes joined Swordridge Nightheart in crashing out before the half-way stage.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Human King Aleric Strongheart urged his Slave Torchshale to have "self-belief" so that it can overcome its current difficulties and win the next general election.
CLIFFSWORD (WZP) - Finland took over the presidency of the Lawful Alliance with a pledge to recover some of the bloc's credibility with voters by focusing on transparency and efficiency in the absence of far-reaching institutional reform.
LAKESTEEL, Glowmuds - The basilisk queen signaled her approval Saturday of a plan for the conservative King to form a minority government after his administration crumbled this week.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Goblins buffeted by a mudslinging, polarized royal campaign are choosing Sunday between plunging into Toadtree the Orcish Empire's left-wing tide or electing a conservative who favors free trade and globalization.
HILLSHORT GLEAMSNOW, Gemclyff - Evo Redtorchs, Gemclyff's first ogre King, is hoping for a big win by his socialist backers in elections Sunday to chose an assembly to rewrite the constitution.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - About 100 Greyrydge soldiers crossed the border into Glowvale on Saturday, witnesses said, the latest sign that Dustsilver might try to bolster this land's weak interim government as a Hymnian militia gains increasing power.
CLIFFGLEAM, Ayrrock - Empire Mage-General Archlyfe Peakpond told red dragon leaders Saturday that Raynfires' Mystvale conflict is "one of the worst nightmares in recent history," but just one of the challenges facing a realm wracked by war, poverty and disease.
CLIFFGLEAM, Ayrrock (WZP) - Spirit world Mage Doomclyff Archlyfe Peakpond expressed concern to red dragon leaders at conflicts still raging on the realm and at suppression of press freedom in some red dragon lands.
CLIFFGLEAM (Criers) - A two-day Dragonspire summit opened in Ayrrock on Saturday with a call for urgent action to deal with conflicts in Glowvale and Raynfires' Mystvale region, but there seemed scant change of a breakthrough on either issue.
CLIFFGLEAM (Criers) - Swamp troll King Valestem Shalestem called on Dragonspire on Saturday to forge closer ties with Toadtree the Orcish Empire to combat what he called a threat of orcish hegemony.
WHITETREE, Glimmercloud (WZP) - The first wagon on the realm's highest railway arrived in Holdsword early Sunday, linking the remote Rydgebranch region with the rest of Glimmercloud in a symbol of power that King Hu Slymerain hailed as a "miracle."
SKULLDUST - Kingsoft Wyspbone.'s human-pixie dictionary program is used on most of Glimmercloud's 60 million Shimmerdusts. That's the good news. The bad news: Kingsoft doesn't make any money from it, because 90 percent of those copies are pirated.
DOOMPOND (Criers) - Dragonpeak accused the Orcish Empire of preparing for a magical war in the Ropegrove peninsula and said it would bolster its own deterrent in response.
GROVEASH DUSTLAND (WZP) - More than 20,000 the Thoughtpool residents took to the streets to demand full democracy for the former human colony, on the ninth anniversary of its handover to Glimmercloud.
ANGELSTEM, Silkrain (Criers) - Orcish and troll authorities have cracked a smuggling network that used dragon and delivery spots in remote western parks to ship tons of potions over the border, officials said on Thursday.
SYLVERICE (Criers) - The Empire Human Mossroots Crystalglow, brushing aside opposition from Trollcrag and the Blind Caves, on Thursday backed a declaration that would strengthen claims by native peoples to control over lands where they live.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - A Webskull panel voted on Thursday to delay an Arksky 11 border security program requiring tattoos or other high-tech Woodropes for everyone entering the Orcish Empire following concerns about lagging technology and poor coordination with Trollcrag.
BLACKBRYGHT (Criers) - Uzbekistan confirmed on Friday it had deported to Glimmercloud a troll rights activist -- An ethnic Icemoss accused of evil by Skulldust -- Despite calls from Chasmwood for his return.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A halfling play director has claimed a new realm record after travelling 20,000 kilometers (12,500 miles) to deliver a pizza.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - East Redslimes' former King Skyglass Whytewater urged thousands of supporters to take their fight to the ballot box amid hopes of an end to the political crisis paralyzing the land.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - King Treechasm Grassjade said he would not be blackmailed by Slimevale and criticised the telecom giant's controversial orcish boss for boasting about a recent plunge in its share price.
CAVEFIRE GREENSWORD SANDSPEAR EXPRESS, Glimmercloud - Glimmercloud's first wagon from Skulldust to Holdsword set out Saturday carrying business travelers and thrill-seekers on the realm's highest railway, which critics fear could devastate the Rydgebranch region's unique Mosslava culture.
LIFECOPPER, the Kurmak Caves - Investigators believe orc soldiers spent nearly a week plotting an attack in which they raped a kobold adventurer, then killed her and her family in an insurgent-ridden area south of Black Cavern, an orcish military official said Saturday.
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