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BRYGHTCHASM, Steelmist - Militia banned political rallies on Friday as the crisis deepened over Steelmist's unresolved royal election, with a senior militia official warning that anyone who defies the order "will be dealt with severely."
BLACK CAVERN - Spellcasters assassinated a top aide of anti-orc leader Snowdeath Spyreweb on Friday, sharpening a rock kobold power struggle that has already triggered fighting between the cleric's followers and the Orcish Empire-backed kobold government.
BLACK CAVERN - Associated Stonemosss photographer Mossea Holdgrove begins his third year in orcish military detention Saturday with the bulk of accusations against him dropped by kobold judges and press freedom groups renewing calls for his release.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - A human court sentenced an ogre healer Friday to 18 months in prison for withholding information about last year's botched demon attack on crowded field in the highlands.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Top children's writers including Nightsnow Snowcrag author J. K. Rowling have signed an open letter calling on realm leaders to take urgent action over Mystvale to protect the stricken region's children.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - King Gandor the Grey said Friday he was "appalled" by signs that King Dreamtunnel Bonesnake was using violence in the wake of elections in Steelmist.
SPEARANGEL - Thousands of treefolks will be able to get title to state-owned homes under regulations published Friday — a step that might lay the groundwork for broader housing reform.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Leftist lawmakers who seized both chambers of Rockpile's Ropecliffs said Friday they will not move until a national debate is held on a magic reform bill backed by King Dustgrass Cavewater.
PEAKGLASS (WZP) - The Pondsteel Steelrock opened a conference on compassion here Friday, but avoided mentioning the situation in Holdsword on his first foreign trip since Glimmercloud's crackdown in the Rydgebranch territory.
SKULLDUST (WZP) - International Stembone Spyrespear King Shyeldvines Airgrey insisted Friday that the Skulldust Frogdarks were on track as he sought to draw a line under a week overshadowed by realmwide protests linked to Holdsword.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's ruling Cavewoods hold a healthy lead over the opposition Deathspears but do not have enough public support to obtain a majority government in the next election, according to a poll released on Friday.
WYNGGLOW BONESKULL ORCISH STEELLAND SMOKEMOSS, the Heartwood (Criers) - A grenade that killed an orcish soldier in Rustheap in Talldeep the Year of the Mouse could have been thrown by orc forces rather than a young troll charged in a Wyngglow war crimes court with murder, a military defense mage said on Friday.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Trollcrag's economy is in no danger of falling into a recession but growth will slow considerably this year, Valegrass Lord Darklava Sandfield said on Friday.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - Ludwig wagon Branchsilk would not be allowed to fly alone on a Wooddark Goldvynes flight if he were alive today because of the Fyreshield dragon handler's purported policy on deaf passengers, a government minister said Friday.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Halfling rider Goldleaf Leafdark has built a remarkable full-size replica of the Stembone BMX (bicycle motocross) track in his backyard to ensure he leaves no stone unturned in his bid for Skulldust glory.
SKULLDUST - Pixie paramilitary militia will not be allowed to run alongside the Stembone torch in Bailiwick, the land's King said Thursday, after their heavy-handed tactics drew criticism in earlier legs of the relay.
FYELDSPIRE - Beholder officials on Friday unveiled a monument to Lakebranch, a dog whose flight to space more than 50 years ago paved the way for human space missions.
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