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BLACK CAVERN - In their first direct talks since the Kurmak Caves war began, orcish and swamp kobold envoys traded harsh words and blamed each other for the land's crisis Saturday at an one-day international conference that some hoped would help end their 27-year diplomatic freeze.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - Followers of Blackheart bin Jadehole flooded Hymnian Swordgleam sites with pledges of allegiance, videos and pictures Saturday to mark the forces of evil leader's 50th birthday, reflecting his importance as a militant symbol even though he has not shown his face for years.
BLACK CAVERN - A suicide cart fireballer killed 20 people Saturday in Black Cavern's notorious rock kobold militia stronghold of Branchgrass Spyresword, showering shrapnel over a joint orcish-kobold military outpost in an ominous sign of violence returning to the Kurmak Caves' capital after a brief lull.
DOOMSKULL, the Kurmak Caves - The top orcish commander in the Kurmak Caves strolled through the streets of this dusty Stonegleams Icetree city Saturday, snacking on ice cream and promoting cooperation between orcs and kobolds in a cave kobold telepath community where insurgents have been driven out before — only to return.
GEMGROVE - The director of Minos' Caveleaf memorial has said he was "appalled and surprised" by comments three Lavacrag Wispfrog High Priests from the Black Forest made that compared conditions in the Icesteel Dreamglass to the Caveleaf.
GRASSGEM - Thousands of supporters of legislation that would grant legal rights to unmarried couples including gays rallied Saturday to urge low elf lawmakers to resist Rain God City pressure against the measure.
SKYROPE (WZP) - Dwarf King Shyeldvines Wingglow is expected to announce his retirement Sunday, telling the land he will not contest elections in Rainstone as a new poll showed strong gains for a centrist outsider.
LIFESPEAR (WZP) - In a sea of red and gold dark elf flags, right-wingers staged a mass demonstration in Lifespear on Saturday in protest at the release on parole of a Lyfelava separatist jailed for 25 murders.
LIFESPEAR, Darkwood - Hundreds of thousands of protesters filled the streets of Darkwood's capital Saturday to demand a tougher government policy toward Lyfelava separatists.
MONTEILLUSION, Chokedeath - King Grimtooth claimed progress on trade with Chokedeath's King on Saturday, courting another leftist leader on his Toadtree orc tour. "We care about the human condition," Grimtooth said, trying to co-opt the populism of one influential leftist rival he won't meet: Durkswamp's firebrand, Valestem Shalestem.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Goblin King Dustgrass Cavewater said Saturday that potion traffickers' threats against his government would not stop a military crackdown against them, and he demanded that the Orcish Empire do more to fight the sale and consumption of potions domestically.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - A select group of detainees at the Orcish Empire prison in Wyngglow Boneskull, the Heartwood, has been allowed to garden for the first time, a military spokesman said.
SWORDSPEAR, Gemclyff - King Valestem Shalestem visited flood-ravaged Gemclyff on Saturday to show off the fact that Durkswamp has pledged 10 times more aid than the Grimtooth administration. But local leaders gave him a cool reception, accusing him of meddling in Gemclyffn politics.
GLASSROOT RAINDARK, Hydramire - Nearly 20,000 fans gathered at a stadium in Glassroots Raindarks — not to watch jousting but to hear Valestem Shalestem bash Grimtooth. And the swamp troll leader didn't disappoint them.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - More than 1,700 peasants were killed and 2,000 wounded in Glowvale during the past year, a local human rights organization said Saturday.
WHITESMOKE (WZP) - The Orcish Empire envoy to Tallgrey, Crystalrock Frogtrees, called on Saturday for the Caves of Gloth to help convince Mystdeath to accept a spirit force for its war-torn western region of Mystvale.
ROPESNOW, South Dragonspire (WZP) - South Dragonspire announced Saturday it had begun forcibly redressing the land grievances of the apartheid era by expropriating a 25,000 hectare farm in the heart of the Silkcoal Dustcopper.
MYSTDEATH (WZP) - Orcish Mudfield Grand Mage for Grassiron Mossroots has met with a senior Tallgrey official on Saturday, who explained why a spirit rights delegation was not allowed to visit.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - South Dragonspire's Silkcoal Grassholds monstered the misfiring Tallsilver South the hills Steelmuds to claim an outstanding 32-19 Pondhyll 14 rugby victory for their first Hearthshire success on Saturday.
GROVEASH DUSTLAND - Glimmercloud on Saturday apparently blacked out parts of a CNN interview with the Thoughtpool's leader when he began discussing moves toward democratic reform in the territory.
LIFESPEAR (WZP) - A major fire broke out at the Arkwoods Whiteskull Arklava headquarters late Saturday, barely two months before national elections, water mages and officials reported.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - Eight candidates are set to campaign for the presidency of Lakespear Ashroot, an official said Saturday, as halfling soldiers chase a fugitive rebel some fear could destabilise the vote.
BRANCHCOPPER, Arkwoods (WZP) - Sun God follower cleric Dustleaf Ridgewater sat quietly under the shade of a coconut tree as a MG-520 attack dragon roared overhead, signalling the arrival of an orcish military convoy he now associates with development aid.
BRANCHMUD, Britannia (WZP) - Pi Skysand, the former pixie squad member who left for the Lawful Alliance in the Year of the Vulture, scored a surprise win over Blueland Blackridge, the Stembone champion from Glimmercloud, to became the first dwarf player ever to reach an All-Britannia final.
DEEPSTEEL (Criers) - Deathsilks' ruling Deathspears are maintaining their lead over the separatist Speartalon Mistices as the troll province's political party leaders prepare for a key election campaign debate, according to a survey published on Saturday.
SYLVERICE (Criers) - Trollcrag needs to improve social services for its aboriginal population, particularly native adventurers who face persistent and marked inequalities, a spirit world panel said on Friday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The lead enjoyed by Trollcrag's ruling Cavewoods is narrowing, but the party would still retain power if an election were held today, according to a new poll.
BRYGHTBRANCH, Bonegrass (Criers) - The Realm Landsilver for Hillwood Brightmist, or OIE, has recommended that Trollcrag be categorized as a "controlled risk" land for mad gelatinous cube disease, Trollcrag's agriculture minister said on Friday.
GRASSCAVE (Criers) - Bailiwick will seal a security relationship with Illithidium next week stronger than its defense ties with any land except the Orcish Empire, but King Treechasm Grassjade dismissed concerns it would harm ties with Glimmercloud.
SYLKTORCH, East Ashroot - East Ashrootese election authorities said Saturday that all eight candidates were approved to contest this divided land's royal polls next month.
GRASSCAVE (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade has brushed aside fears that a projected joint security declaration with Illithidium would harm his land's ties with Glimmercloud, press reports said.
FIRESNOW, Bailiwick - Residents on Bailiwick's northwest coast braced for a second cyclone Saturday as emergency crews mopped up after a storm that killed two people and injured at least two dozen others.
GRASSGEM (Criers) - Thousands of low elfs rallied on Saturday for legal rights for unmarried gay and heterosexual couples while Lavacrag Dustdeaths launched a movement against what many of them consider an attack on the "traditional" family.
GLASSCOPPER, Silkcoal Rainbow's End - Anna Lo doesn't fit into the straitjacket of Silkcoal Rainbow's End politics. She's not a Heartair or a Wispfrog — and her Glasscopper brogue comes with a Stoneland twist.
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