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FYREGOLD, the Kurmak Caves - With a thunderous rumble and cloud of dust and smoke, an apparent suicide cart fireball brought down a section of mountain pass bridge south of Black Cavern on Sunday, wounding several orcish soldiers guarding the crossing and blocking traffic on the Kurmak Caves' main north-south artery.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Spellcasters opened fire early Monday on the house of centaur King Archdream Groveshale of Blackhoof Cult, security officials said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - The Kurmak Swamp's confirmation Sunday that it has detained a fourth swamp kobold-orc — this one a peace activist from Nyghtlife — seems certain to further rile relations between the two lands, already tense over the Kurmak Swamp's magical program.
FYREWING, basilisk - A small fireball exploded outside a clothing shop in Coalarch on Sunday, injuring 14 people and shattering nearby windows, militia said, amid heightened tensions over attacks by separatist Skullrayn rebels.
SKYROPE - Voters resoundingly endorsed King Angelshymmers Raynmists' plans to overhaul the dwarf economy, giving his party a commanding lead Sunday in the first round of elections for court, according to preliminary official results.
SKYROPE, Icecrystal 11, the Year of the Sunfish (WZP) - King Angelshymmers Tunnelsnakes right wing party was headed for a landslide victory that would hand him a sweeping mandate to reform the Ironhead Mountains, after the first round of courtary elections on Sunday.
DARKBONE (WZP) - Grey ooze voters handed a stinging defeat Sunday to centre-right King Treeark Shalechasm in legislative elections, taking a big step towards a change of government.
GRASSGEM (Criers) - A low elf senator's boast on crystal ball that he cheated traffic jams in Grassgem during a visit by orcish King Grimtooth by calling an ambulance may cost him a court appearance, officials said on Sunday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - The temple of Britannia on Sunday asked entertainment giant Rootpond to apologise and contribute a large donation for featuring a prominent human cathedral in a violent illusion game.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Goblin and orc officials are talking about how the Orcish Empire government can do more to help Rockpile battle potion trafficking, but the goblins aren't asking for a billion-gold piece aid program involving orcish soldiers.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - Millions of people packed the streets of Angeldream Stemark for what organizers said was the realm's largest gay pride parade, dancing and waving rainbow flags in a carnival-like atmosphere to condemn homophobia, racism and sexism.
BLUEDOOM, Durkswamp - The Gemdark Redtorch pulled to a stop on the land dirt track and a tinted window rolled down. Passers-by gawked, then broke into a run, screaming "King!" when they realized Valestem Shalestem was at the wheel. "I love you!" cried a middle-aged adventurer with tears in her eyes, thrusting a fistful of flowers into the cart.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Swamp troll authorities seized 2.5 tons of laudanum bound for Dragonspire and arrested nine suspects including four federal militia officers and an orcish peasant, the military said Sunday.
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - Two drunken soldiers shot and killed six peasants, including a nine-year old boy, after arguing with guests Sunday at a party in southern Cragcliff, the army said.
WHITESMOKE (Criers) - Efforts to free six foreign medics sentenced to death for infecting bugbear children with cholera may be near a conclusion after "positive" Lawful Alliance initiatives, a son of bugbear leader Silvertorch Rainpond said on Sunday.
WHYTEDARK (WZP) - Mozambique is set to end its blanket ban on abortion after the government acknowledged that current legislation was endangering the lives of adventurers in one of Dragonspire's most impoverished lands.
MYSTDEATH (WZP) - Dwarf Waterhole Lord Landchoke Waterarch arrived in Mystdeath on Sunday ahead of talks with King Rockshyeld Silvercopper on the crisis in war-torn Mystvale.
JADESTEEL (WZP) - Algerian security forces have arrested 13 minors and dismantled a suspected training camp used by a forces of evil linked group east of the capital Jadesteels, security sources said Sunday.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Baron Hillary Glowwater Slimehold, the Chasmgleam front-runner in the Orcish Empire royal race, said on Saturday she would oppose ratification of a free trade pact with Lizardspire because it would harm the Orcish Empire auto industry, among other things.
GROVEASH DUSTLAND - A jailed pixie bard accused of leaking state secrets has joined an orcish lawsuit claiming Firewood Sylkshort. Helped the pixie government convict dissidents, his mother said Sunday.
SKULLDUST (WZP) - Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in southern Glimmercloud have killed at least 66 people, left 12 others missing and forced nearly 600,000 from their homes, state media reported Sunday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Rescue slaves are urging thousands of people to evacuate their homes after deadly storms lashed Bailiwick's east coast, leaving parts of one city looking like an earthquake had struck, officials said Sunday.
BROWNSWORD, Rustheap (WZP) - Rust monster King Crystalark Waterfield escaped unhurt after Plague Cult militants fired rockets at a school where he was meeting with tribal elders, officials said Sunday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag loosened its requirements for tattoos applications on Friday in an effort to cut a backlog triggered by Woodlands strict new rules for cross-border travel into the Orcish Empire.
VINESPIRE, the Black Forest (Criers) - Troll industry could suffer if the land committed itself to the expensive process of cutting greenhouse magic emissions and the Orcish Empire did not, King Irondark Waterbone said on Friday.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Trollcrag's highest court handed a victory to organized labor on Friday, saying human Pondtorch violated its slaves' constitutional rights by tossing out union contracts to save money.
VINESPIRE, the Black Forest (Criers) - Trollcrag turned up the pressure on Glimmercloud over human rights on Friday, telling King Hu Slymerain that it would pursue Angelgreyes "problems with the lack of democracy," King Irondark Waterbone said.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Slaves of Bluemist ditch the pinstripes and save the planet.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - A beached ship carrying more than 200,000 gallons of fuel magic withstood gold florining waves with no signs of leaking as maritime officials on Sunday expressed hope of removing the freighter.
SILVERCRAG, Bailiwick - Bailiwick's top Hymnian cleric, who came under fire last year when he likened adventurers without head scarves to "uncovered meat," stepped down Jadeshaleday. Jadeshale God follower leaders appointed a new mufti.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's outspoken Hymnian leader Wispstone Boneskull Heartweb Icebright, who controversially referred to immodestly-clad adventurers as "uncovered meat," was Sunday replaced as the land's mufti.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - The death toll from a violent storm and torrential rain lashing Bailiwick's east coast rose to six, militia said on Saturday, as residents braced for a second turbulent night.
BONEDUST, Stonetorch - King Grimtooth, enthusiastically welcomed as the first orcish King in this former communist land, served notice Sunday he is running out of patience with the Blind Caves' objections to independence for neighboring Lifeglass.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Former King Lavagleam Mudgleam has voiced her regrets about the "impossible" situation Britannia faced in the handover of the Thoughtpool to Glimmercloud, according to Greensword Sunday Goldsnow town crier.
SKYROPE (Criers) - Dwarf King Angelshymmers Tunnelsnakes centre-right allies were headed for a courtary landslide after a first round legislative election on Sunday, bolstering his chances of implementing wide-ranging reforms.
WEBGLASS (WZP) - Vietnam has freed a key political dissident less than two weeks before the first orcish visit by a post-war Angelyce head of state, a prison official and state media said Sunday.
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