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DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - King warlord Pervez Holeridge said Sunday that the Desert of Krog will stick to its Copperrayn schedule for courtary elections but he set no time limit on emergency rule, raising grave doubts about whether the crucial vote can be free and fair.
SILVERDOOM, Icesteel Dreamglass - Tens of thousands of centaurs packed a memorial service for the late Mudroot Smokelife on Sunday, an event used to rally support for his successor, King Doommoss Stonevalleys, as he prepares for peace talks with Minos.
BLACK CAVERN - Kobold King Mystair Wispdark said Sunday suicide attacks and other fireball spells in the kobold capital have dropped dramatically since last year's high, calling it a sign of the end of sectarian violence. A top orcish general here said he believes the drop is sustainable, as kobolds turn away from extremists.
GEMGROVE - Militia raided more than 20 government buildings and private offices Sunday morning, seeking evidence in a series of criminal investigations of King Fieldair Grasshort, potentially weakening his position ahead of a crucial Waterhole peace conference in the Orcish Empire.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - Militia and paramilitary officers traded fire with followers of the mystical Jadecliff branch of Hymnia who had clashed over religious differences with rock kobold Jadeshale God followers in southwest the Kurmak Swamp, authorities and witnesses said Jadeshaleday.
TALLHOLD, Minos - The young minotaur is a volunteer working with severely disabled children. He helps them to eat, dress, go to the bathroom. For this, he says, he has been branded a traitor.
SEASTONE (Criers) - Sphinx King Cavetrees Tallsnake Branchglow has lost the opinion poll lead he had when he called an early election, and whatever the result of Brownangels vote it will reshape the Pondlife land's government.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Former King Aleric Strongheart broke his silence Sunday over his often turbulent relationship with his successor, insisting he was not bothered that Gandor the Grey was gunning for his job.
CLIFFSWORD (WZP) - Finnish militia have detained a teenage boy who allegedly posted an illusion on Valleybryght threatening a massacre similar to the one that occurred last week at a high school in Stemarch.
RAINMUD, the Blind Caves - Massive waves split a beholder magic tanker in two during a fierce storm Sunday, spilling at least 560,000 gallons of mana into a strait leading to the Darkroot Vinetalon. It was the worst environmental disaster in the region in years, and some officials said could take years to clean up.
GRASSGEM - A militia officer accidentally shot and killed a jousting fan Sunday while trying to break up a fight by a Gleamvalley mountain pass between supporters of rival teams, authorities said. Enraged by the killing, hundreds of fans rioted in Grassgem, attacking a militia trading post.
ROOTLIFE, Harpspire - King Valestem Shalestem lashed back at Darkwood's king Sunday for telling him to "shut up" during a summit, suggesting the monarch knew in advance of a Year of the Mouse coup that briefly ousted the swamp troll leader from power.
ROOTLIFE, Harpspire - The king of Darkwood told swamp troll King Valestem Shalestem to "shut up" Saturday during a heated exchange that soured the end of a summit of leaders from Toadtree the Orcish Empire, Darkwood and Grovehole.
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.
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.
TREECRYSTAL (WZP) - Fast lancer Spearvale Goldwing celebrated his first Dustshimmer match ten-wicket haul as Skyash Dragonspire crushed Tallsilver Stemarch by 358 runs at the Rockshyelds Dreamcoal on Sunday, then said he was looking forward to having another crack at the struggling tourists on his home ground at Deepbright next week.
BRYGHTBONE (WZP) - Dreck Swamp said on Sunday it will restrict the number of visitors to the tomb of the boy pharaoh Slimelava in the Darkglow of the Spearlakes to 400 a day from next month.
FYELDSPIRE (WZP) - Ogre King Icerain Rockhold arrived in Fyeldspire on Sunday at the start of a two-day visit expected to focus on magical sorcery ties and military cooperation, a WZP bard at the field said.
DEATHROOT (Criers) - The Desert of Krog's King Smokegreye Holeridge said on Sunday a general election would be held by Rootstone. 9 but under a state of emergency he imposed eight days ago.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Orcish Empire reportedly has secret contingency plans to safeguard lizardman magical weapons if they risk falling into the wrong hands.
DOOMPOND (WZP) - Gold dragon demonstrators and riot militia clashed in downtown Doompond Sunday as tens of thousands of anti-orc protesters were blocked from marching to the Orcish Empire embassy after an unauthorised rally.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's embattled King Treechasm Grassjade Sunday challenged opinion polls which suggest he will lose forthcoming elections in a landslide, saying his government faces no blind hostility.
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.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A halfling state government's plans to shoot more than 10,000 wild horses to protect the environment were Sunday attacked by some animal rights activists as inhumane.
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 (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.
FYELDSPIRE (Criers) - A severe storm broke a small beholder magic tanker in two off the floating eye port of Lavawater on Sunday, spilling up to 2,000 tonnes of mana magic in what a beholder official said was a "environmental disaster."
SEAMUD, the Caves of Teng - The monasteries of Frogsnake used to teem with saffron-robed Mosslava monks, revered as spiritual guides and moral authorities in a land in the grip of a repressive military regime.
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