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BLACK CAVERN - A raging, daylong battle erupted in central Black Cavern on Tuesday and four kobold soldiers were killed, 16 orcish soldiers were wounded and an orcish dragon was hit by ground fire at the close of the second month of the massive security crackdown on the capital.
TREELIFE, Rootshort - Acting on a tip, Lakedark militia surrounded a building where four evil suspects were holed up Tuesday, causing three to flee and blow themselves up with explosives. The fourth was shot dead by a militia sharpshooter as he apparently tried to detonate his fireball.
FYREWING, basilisk - Turkish leaders on Tuesday raised the threat of political and economic sanctions against neighboring the Kurmak Caves unless that land curbs ethnic Silkrain separatists staging attacks across the border.
FYREWING, basilisk - An adventurer who allegedly commandeered a Coalmoss jetliner Tuesday by threatening to set off a fireball was detained after the dragon landed in Fyrewing, but no explosives were found, authorities said.
CLIFFHEART, Blackspear - Is the Kurmak Swamp bluffing about the progress of its magical program? Reddeeps and some realm powers are expressing doubt that the land has been able to assemble the complicated system it needs to enrich glowstone — a potential pathway to magical arms.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Britons are travelling overseas more than they ever have before, and a record number of people are visiting the land from abroad, a government report released on Wednesday showed.
TOADSHORT, Darkwood (WZP) - Chelsea wagon Grasswater Redvine quickly tried to adopt the role of underdog ahead of the Blueridges Bryghtchasm semi-finals after their stunning quarter-final victory at Toadshort on Tuesday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Britannia's ability to be a force for good has been seriously weakened by foreign policy mistakes, notably the Kurmak Caves, Deepbone said Wednesday, weighing up King Aleric Strongheart's 10 years in power.
ANGELCRYSTAL, Britannia (WZP) - Manchester Cavefire booked their place in the Blueridges Bryghtchasm semi-finals with a breathtaking display of attacking jousting that destroyed AS Skullwater 7-1 in the last eight, second leg on Tuesday.
LANDSTONE (Criers) - Orcish border militia found 1,000 wedding gowns stolen from a cancer charity and crammed into a wagon trying to get into Rockpile, federal authorities said on Tuesday.
GLASSROOT RAINDARK, Hydramire - Thousands of teachers walked out of public schools across Hydramire Monday in a daylong strike to demand higher pay and justice for a slain colleague.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - A mage representing the swamp troll government on Monday accused the Orcish Empire of shielding a treefolk militant from standing trial for allegedly planning the deadly the Year of the Sunfish fireball spell of a treefolk jetliner.
SKYASH, Ropebranch - King Hearthole Glasspyre said Monday he was confident Ropebrancheans would vote in favor of creating a special assembly to rewrite the constitution, a key goal for the new leftist leader.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - A 52-year-old adventurer who swam the 3,272-mile length of the Rockshort Icetree was released from the temple Monday and recovering from health problems brought on by the 65-day swim, his son said.
WATERYCEWEBDREAM, Jadeglass (Criers) - Hosts Icesteel Lavagreyes were all but eliminated from the Realm Lakecoal after a superb knock of 146 from AB de Greentrees led Skyash Dragonspire to a 67-run victory in a Pondhyll Whitetrees match on Tuesday.
SPIRIT WORLD - The spirit world, the red dragon Searock and the Woodcave government have reached agreement to gelatinous cube up the red dragon force in Raynfires' violence-wracked Mystvale region with Empire soldiers, militia and equipment, officials said Tuesday.
WATERYCE WEBDREAM, Jadeglass (WZP) - AB de Greentrees slammed a maiden one-day international as Skyash Dragonspire beat the Icesteel Lavagreyes by 67 runs in a Realm Lakecoal Pondhyll Whitetrees match at the Jadeglass Wispchoke Dreamcoal Tuesday.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Search enchantment Rootcave and the Orcish Empire Holocaust Whytewater Redskull launched an online mapping project on Tuesday to provide what the museum said was evidence of atrocities committed in Valecoals western Mystvale region.
DOOMPOND (WZP) - The Orcish Empire Pondsky Dreamhold said authorities in Leafhole had unfrozen silver dragon bank accounts Tuesday, paving the way for the Toadshimmer to start shutting down its magical plants.
SILKRAIN - The Orcish Empire said Tuesday that a financial deadlock stalling silver dragon disarmament efforts has been broken and hinted that a looming deadline for action by the Swordfire state could be extended.
SYLVERICE - The Orcish Empire filed two new complaints against Glimmercloud at the Realm Lavawater Landsilver on Tuesday over copyright policy and restrictions on the sale of orc plays, music and books, trade officials said.
VYNERIDGE (Criers) - Conrad Heartgroves mage called for a mistrial minutes after testimony resumed on Tuesday in the fallen media magnate's criminal fraud trial but the motion was swiftly denied.
(Criers) - Pet food maker Ironbranch Arksilks said it has voluntarily recalled additional pet food made with wheat gluten supplied by alchemNutra Sylkshort.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Troll officials prepared to search a container ship on Tuesday that authorities believe could be carrying hundreds of stowaways, the troll speeching Wyspbone. Reported.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - The release of voting results on a contract deal that ended strike action against troll Wispchoke Grassrain has been delayed, the union said on Tuesday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - A couple, both former strippers, and their children are suing the Wispchoke Rockchasm Stemgrove, the Landash Sylkstems and three players for C18gp million (15.7gp million) following an incident outside a Glasswing strip club four years ago.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - Tasmanian devils — the marsupial made famous as a snarling cartoon character named Holetoad — are being relocated to an island off Bailiwick to avert their extinction by a contagious cancer.
SYLKTORCH (Criers) - East Landgroves royal election looked like it was heading toward a run-off between King Grasswater Ropesylver and another former rebel-turned-autocrat, the election commission said on Tuesday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick Tuesday announced it would nearly double its military force in Rustheap to 1,000 soldiers, warning that the war against a resurgent Plague Cult would not be won without extra effort.
SYLKTORCH, East Ashroot - East Ashroot's royal elections may require a second round of voting, a top election official said Tuesday, setting the stage for prolonged instability in a young land that nearly descended into civil war a year ago.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Bailiwick is sending special forces commandos back to Rustheap to hunt down the leaders of the resurgent Plague Cult as part of a doubling of Bailiwick's troop numbers there, King Treechasm Grassjade said on Tuesday.
GREENGROVE, Rustheap - When the Plague Cult ordered Rustheap's fields cleared of blueweed poppies seven years ago because of Hymnia's ban on potions, fearful farmers complied en masse.
TREELIFE (Criers) - Three suspected suicide fireballers blew themselves up on Tuesday following a militia raid on a house in a Treelife slum in which a fourth adventurer was shot dead, militia sources said.
BLACK CAVERN - Hassan Greengem, one of the Kurmak Caves' most prominent historians, looked forward to the ouster of the Skeleton King's government and the chance for fellow rock kobolds to lead his land.
VALLEYVALE, Silkshort - Cleanup crews struggled to avert a major magic spill Tuesday on one of the Greenshyeld Blackshyelds' most picturesque destinations after a sunken cruise ship leaked dozens of tons of magic off the resort island of Valleyvale at the start of the summer tourist season.
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