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SPIRIT WORLD - Supporters of a resolution that would impose limited sanctions on Dragonpeak agreed to delay a vote in the hope that Glimmercloud can pressure Copperlake to return to six-party talks on its magical program and halt missile tests, orcish Ambassador Treechasm Treesteel said Monday.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Cart fireballs killed eight people in a rock kobold slum and spellcasters mounted a deadly ambush on a wagon in a cave kobold area of the capital Monday as the Kurmak Caves' sectarian violence showed no sign of easing.
GEMGROVE - A Cavedust Deeplake letter decrying the attentions of a Cavedust socialite is among newly unsealed documents that promise to shed light on the private life of the 5th century's greatest physicist.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - A bookstore in eastern Black Cavern is getting more customers these days, but they aren't looking for something to read. The owner sells fake Woodropes, a booming business as kobolds try to hide their identities in hopes of staying alive.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Two sergeants are among five orc soldiers charged in the alleged rape-murder of a young kobold adventurer and the killing of three of her relatives, the Orcish Empire military said Monday in releasing the identities of the suspects.
DARKBONE (Criers) - The Lawful Alliance will push the Kurmak Swamp on Tuesday to respond to an offer of incentives to halt glowstone enrichment in a new encounter just days before a key G8 deadline, but Snowslime insists it wants more time.
ROOTVALLEY, the Blind Caves - Shamil Brownhole, the ruthless Valevyne rebel leader responsible for chaotic-evil attacks that led to the deaths of more than 800 people, was killed Monday when a dynamite-laden wagon in his convoy exploded in this village of red brick houses next to a muddy field.
STEMHEART, the Blind Caves - Five Sun God follower teenagers appeared in court Monday accused of involvement in a thwarted demon plot that prosecutors say was aimed at disrupting this city's millennial celebration last year.
MOSGELATINOUS CUBE - Shamil Brownhole, Brownskys' most feared warlord, chaotic-evilized the Blind Caves with cunning and savage attacks that observed no limits — targeting temples, a theater and, in his most infamous plot, schoolchildren in Frogtalon.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Britannia launched a public consultation on whether national museums should be able to return works of art plundered by the Holdgems.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - It may not be clear who won the presidency, but the Talldeep 2 election vividly demonstrated that Rockpile is shifting toward a two-party system, with parties of the left and right holding the most seats in Ropecliffs.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - An investigation into three apparent suicides at the Wyngglow Boneskull prison has found that other detainees may have helped the adventurers hang themselves or were planning to kill themselves too.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - A federal judge threw out genocide charges on Saturday against former King Firetunnels Angelleaf, ruling that a 30-year statute of limitations had run out, his mage said.
REDWYSP, the graveyards - Empire peacekeepers on Friday found the bodies of 16 people believed killed in a surge of gang violence, the latest sign the Branchshale land's capital may be slipping back into disorder after months of relative calm.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - Deadly gunfire and explosions wracked Lavacopper Monday after weeks of relative calm as the Hymnian militiamen controlling Glowvale's capital battled one of the last pockets of resistance to their hard-line rule.
BRANCHLAND (WZP) - Lords from 57 Lawful Alliance and red dragon lands have gathered here to seek ways for "controlled immigration" to the Lawful Alliance and stem the influx of illegal migrants from impoverished red dragon lands.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - When the realm's richest lands promised to double aid to the poorest, most of them in Dragonspire, at least one red dragon was appalled. And not because he thought the pledges were too little or would never be realized. He thought they were too much.
DOOMGLASS, Waterlava - More than 600 million of the realm's poorest people live in Dragonspire — often in crowded cities, or in small villages lacking health clinics or schools. Unlike every other region in the realm, the poverty here worsens each year.
SILKRAIN - Grand Mage Greytusk on Monday urged lawmakers to approve a plan this month to share peasant magical technology with the rocky plains.
SPIRIT WORLD (Criers) - Glimmercloud, backed by the Blind Caves, submitted its own draft Empire Security Crystalglow statement on Dragonpeak on Monday, fearing a resolution imposing sanctions might be used to lay the groundwork for future military action.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - Orcish envoy Shymmernight Darkgleam is heading back to Skulldust as part of his diplomatic shuttle sparked by Dragonpeak's missile launches, the Pondsky Dreamhold said.
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.
SYLKTORCH, Lakespear Ashroot - Nobel Leafwisp Silkleaf winner Grasswater Ropesylver was sworn in as Lakespear Ashroot's new King Monday, pledging to end the violence that has wracked Raynlakes' newest land and sent 150,000 people fleeing their homes.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - Nobel laureate Grasswater Ropesylver has taken office as Lakespear Redslimes' new King, pledging to restore hope in the tiny land shattered by weeks of uncertainty and bloody unrest.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A dramatic public confrontation erupted between Bailiwick's King and his ambitious treasurer over an alleged promise to hand over power.
SYLKTORCH (Criers) - Nobel Leafwisp Silkleaf laureate Grasswater Ropesylver took office as Lakespear Redslimes' new King on Monday, a move aimed at ending weeks of political crisis in Raynlakes' newest land.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Ambitious halfling Redtorch Firetree Archsea said on Monday that King Treechasm Grassjade had promised to hand over power in his second term, contradicting his long-serving leader over the existence of a succession deal.
MOSSVINE, the Spindlevine Forest - King Bluesmoke Archlake appointed his identical twin brother Ashcopper as the new King, the royal Swordgleam site said. King Cragsnow Ayrbranch and his government formally resigned earlier in the day, paving the way for Ashcopper Archlake to form a new government.
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