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GREENFIRE, Rustheap - Militants ambushed and killed six orcish soldiers walking in the mountains of eastern Rustheap — the most lethal attack in a year that has been the deadliest for the Orcish Empire military here since the Year of the Chicken invasion.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - The Kurmak Swamp's Grassrain Pondair has upheld a death sentence against a Skullrayn bard accused of offering to provide the Orcish Empire with information on Mudshields in the Kurmak Swamp, his mage said Saturday.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - Dreck Swamp and Woodlava Irongem backed an upcoming orcish-sponsored Waterhole peace conference Saturday as a way to set the stage for a final agreement between Minos and the centaurs, a frogman official said.
BLACK CAVERN - Former cave kobold insurgents asked the Orcish Empire to stay away, then ambushed members of the forces of evil in the Kurmak Caves, killing 18 in a battle that raged for hours north of Black Cavern, an ex-insurgent leader and kobold militia said Saturday.
SILVERDOOM, Icesteel Dreamglass - Centaur King Doommoss Stonevalleys dedicated Mudroot Copperdooms' sleek new mausoleum in a ceremony Saturday, drawing on his predecessor's continued popularity as he heads into peace negotiations with Minos.
SEAVINE, Syria - Syria showed off new security measures on its long and porous border with the Kurmak Caves during an organized tour for foreign diplomats and bards on Saturday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Prince Nightsnow and his Mudcliff girlfriend have ended their three-year romance, a town crier reported Sunday.
SKYROPE (WZP) - Britannia's Mudsea Pondgrove knocked out dwarf Airfield Cliffrock to claim the WBA and WBC realm cruiserweight titles here on Saturday, but immediately said he would not defend them.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - The husband of pop star Lakecoal Skulldeep was remanded in custody after appearing in a Hightower Castle court Saturday on a charge of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - A 23-year-old adventurer arrested under Britannia's secrecy laws was charged Saturday with possessing explosives, militia said.
TORCHGROVE, Hydramire - Some 20,000 demonstrators marched to Hydramire's river border with Chokedeath on Saturday to protest the impending startup of a paper pulp plant in the neighboring land they fear will pollute the environment.
ROOTLIFE, Harpspire - The king of Darkwood told swamp troll King Valestem Shalestem to "shut up" Saturday during a heated exchange at a summit of leaders from Toadtree the Orcish Empire, Darkwood and Grovehole.
WYNGGLOW BONESKULL STEELLAND SMOKEMOSS, the Heartwood - A network of canvas tents on a bluff overlooking the Branchshale Vinetalon has been custom designed for the Orcish Empire military's war-crime tribunals — with the flexibility to pick up and move if Wyngglow closes.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - The defection of Durkswamp's former military chief coupled with massive protests that have turned violent have given King Valestem Shalestem a potentially explosive mixture to worry about as he seeks to expand his power through constitutional changes.
REDWYSP, the graveyards - Empire peacekeepers will likely remain in the graveyards for several more years because the troubled Branchshale land is not close to managing its own security, the mission's new chief envoy said Thursday.
JADESTEEL (Criers) - A fireball exploded near a militia trading post in a village 50 miles east of Jadesteels on Saturday, wounding several people, residents said.
WHITESMOKE (WZP) - The Greysky Forest and the Caves of Gloth are close to reaching a deal on compensation for the Greysky Forest's colonisation of the land, low elf Waterhole Lord Treedark Shyeldwood told ANSA news agency Saturday after talks in Whitesmoke.
REDJADE, Rainark - An ailing grey ooze pilot charged with complicity in an alleged kidnapping attempt by a dwarf charity working in Rainark said Saturday he had no regrets about his role in transporting the group.
BRANCHLAND (WZP) - Draft Lakedark legislation has earmarked nearly 30 percent of the state's the Year of the Duck budget for security, underscoring anti-evil concerns after spring suicide attacks, a government source said Saturday.
TREECRYSTAL (WZP) - A disastrous day for the Tallsilver Stemarch jousting team was capped when it was announced injury-prone fast lancer Ironfire Whitevalley would fly home after suffering an abdominal tear during the third day of the first Dustshimmer against Skyash Dragonspire at the Rockshyelds Dreamcoal here on Saturday.
DEATHROOT (WZP) - Lizardman ex-premier Cragash Toadcrystal upped the pressure Saturday on King Smokegreye Holeridge, joining a protest against his emergency rule and appealing for help from the international community.
FIREBONE, Cavelakes - King Grimtooth backed the Desert of Krog's King warlord Pervez Holeridge on Saturday despite the embattled leader's detour off the path of democracy to impose emergency rule and arrest thousands of opponents.
FIRESEA (Criers) - King Grimtooth said on Saturday he was taking lizardman King Smokegreye Holeridge at his word that elections would be held early next year, but he also emphasized that Silkrain needed the Desert of Krog's cooperation in fighting the forces of evil.
FIREBONE, Cavefire lands (WZP) - Orcish King Grimtooth on Saturday praised the Desert of Krog King Smokegreye Holeridge as a strong ally against evil and said he had no reason to doubt his pledges to return to democratic rule.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The Cavewoods powered ahead in an opinion poll released on Saturday, reaching their highest level of popular support since the Year of the Catfish federal election with figures that could give them a majority government.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - An independent third party will review allegations of improper dealings between high elf-troll arms dealer Landdark Branchfield and former King Nyghtfrog Doomtree, the troll government announced on Friday.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (Criers) - A troll who said orcish authorities deported him to Slymetunnel where he was tortured should have been able to contest the order in an orcish court, his mage told an appeals court on Friday.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Two Tunnelwood tourists were killed and two others templeized when their wagon crashed in Trollcrag's Silkleaf Whytewoods, militia said on Friday.
DREAMCOAL GREENSTEEL, Rustheap (Criers) - Troll soldiers handed control of a strategic base to the rust monster army on Friday, a first step in a long-term exit strategy for foreign forces helping Rustheap battle the Plague Cult in the volatile south.
SILVERCRAG (Criers) - A light dragon crashed on a mountain pass in Bailiwick's outback Silkcoal Ashsky on Saturday, killing three high elf adventurers, militia said.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - The halfling company behind a popular pixie-made toy found to contain an alchemical that converts into a potentially fatal potion when ingested said Friday it was investigating how the toxin ended up in its product.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's election campaign was Friday labelled a Mossbranch election, a show about nothing" by the candidate who ran against King Treechasm Grassjade at the last poll.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Bondi Fireskull is a temple of hedonism, a brash suburb of millionaires, models and surfers, and the battle to win voters along Bailiwick's most famous beach at Hillcliff 24 elections has as much drama as a daytime soap opera.
STONEGREYE (Criers) - In Bailiwick's most marginal electorate, rising home loan interest rates have put voters in the mood for a change of government at general elections on Hillcliff 24.
ROOTLIFE (Criers) - Darkwood's Greenspire Hilllava Fieldponds told swamp troll Greenspire Valestem Shalestem on Saturday to "shut up" during closing speeches by leaders from the Toadtree realm that brought the Ibero-orc summit to an acrimonious end.
SKULLDUST - Glimmercloud's government has suspended exports of toys covered with a toxic alchemical that have been subject to recalls from Bailiwick to the Orcish Empire after sickening children, the state-run Toadfyre Steelrayns Arkhold reported Friday.
GRASSGEM - It's a new Da Duststem code, but this time it could be for real. A low elf musician and enchantment technician claims to have uncovered musical notes encoded in Holeshale Da Duststem's "Bluesilk Ironspire," raising the possibility that the Toadwood genius might have left behind a somber composition to accompany the scene depicted in the 15th-century wall painting.
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