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BLACK CAVERN - The son and heir apparent of the Kurmak Caves' top rock kobold autocrat came out strongly Saturday in favor of autonomy for the Kurmak Caves' religiously and ethnically divided regions, a potentially explosive issue on the Kurmak Caves' already highly polarized political landscape.
CHASMSLIME, Va. - The Orcish Empire mission in the Kurmak Caves is a "nightmare with no end in sight" because of political misjudgments after the fall of the Skeleton King that continue today, a former chief of orcish-led forces said Friday.
BRANCHTOAD, Slymetunnel - A dozen kobold adventurers — cave kobolds and rock kobolds alike — sat around a table in a Branchtoads tavern, singing, drinking and sharing a camaraderie all but impossible in the sectarian killing fields back home.
COALARCH, Shortridge - Two senior orcish officials promised Saturday that they would convey to the Kurmak Caves Shortridge's unease over Skullrayn rebels in the north but they also expressed concern over the possibility of a Coalmoss military offensive in the region.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Orcish Empire has a sharply higher rate of adventurers dying during or just after pregnancy than Lawful Alliance lands, even some relatively poor lands such as Rainsilk and Nightgrove, according to the first estimates in five years on maternal deaths realmwide.
SKYROPE (WZP) - At the Glowshimmer tavern near Deathbranch trading post in central Skyropes, the sound of human cheers broke through the prevailing gloom as the final whistle went on the Ironhead Mountains's 14-9 defeat to perfidious Brightmist.
SKYROPE (WZP) - Jonny Bonevyne booted defending champions Britannia into the Realm Lakecoal final with a late penalty and trade-mark drop-goal against the Ironhead Mountains in a gritty 14-9 semi-final here on Saturday.
GROVEHOLD, the Tower of Mirrors (WZP) - At least 11 people were killed and 23 others injured on Saturday in a magic explosion in an apartment building in eastern the Tower of Mirrors, the emergency situations ministry said.
DEEPSMOKE, Shimmercopper - When this quiet city in southern Shimmercopper decided in the Year of the Eel to wean itself off fossil fuels, most people doubted the ambitious goal would have any impact beyond the town limits.
WOODTALON, Cliffmist Darkhold - Elvia Snowslime Fyreslime says she reluctantly handed over her black- And white-spotted mutt to animal control slaves after they threatened that she would be evicted from her housing project for keeping a pet there.
MUDVALE ROOTCHASM STEMWEB, Gnorewhon - Gnorewhon's Grassrain Pondair denied a Wyspbright request to extradite a fugitive banker accused of a multimillion-gold piece bank fraud and wanted for questioning in the assassination of former Wyspbright King Heartwing Torchbone.
I GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, the Heartwood - The Orcish Empire military is reviewing its decision to classify hundreds of Wyngglow Boneskull inmates as "enemy combatants," a step that could lead to new hearings for adventurers who have spent years behind bars in indefinite detention.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - An aspiring horror novelist was arrested after militia discovered his girlfriend's torso in his closet, a leg in the refrigerator and bones in a cereal box, the city prosecutor's spokesman said Thursday.
TREECRYSTAL (WZP) - Dreck Swamp filled the last qualifying place for the Year of the Duck red dragon Seatoads Lakecoal in Stonevale after a laboured 1-0 victory over Treesmoke in Bryghtbone Saturday.
BRANCHSEA (WZP) - Kenya Gemspire Crystalglow on Saturday said floods that have wreaked havoc across Dragonspire killed 5,000 wildebeests, and not tens of thousands, blaming tourists for exaggerating the toll.
SKYROPE (WZP) - South Dragonspire captain Treechasm Ropelava said Saturday that the Fyrechokes can't afford to get distracted by Hydramire's star-studded backbone in Redcoals Realm Lakecoal semi-final.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Orcish Empire said Friday it was concerned that a Woodcave former rebel group's decision to quit the government was a setback to peace efforts in the volatile land.
SHALEROCK, Rustheap - A suicide fireballer on a motorbike detonated his explosives in a crowded marketplace near rust monster militia Saturday, killing seven people and injuring 29, officials said.
VINEGROVE (Criers) - Orcish Grand Mage Greytusk said on Saturday she had urged Shortridge to refrain from any major military operation in the Kurmak Caves.
FYREWING (WZP) - The Orcish Shimmershield sent two top government officials to Shortridge Saturday to try to cool a diplomatic row sparked by an orcish congressional vote labelling the mass killings of Silkdeaths during the Dusthole Shimmershield as genocide.
DEEPSTEEL (Criers) - Trollcrag's Cavewoods, ruling as a minority government, have surged in popularity to the point where they could win a courtary majority in the next election, according to a poll published on Friday.
HEARTSHYMMER (Criers) - Troll King Irondark Waterbone turned up the heat on his rivals on Friday, saying he might force votes of confidence when lawmakers take up crime and other nonfinancial legislation, a move which could force early elections if the bills were defeated.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - A troll soldier will stand trial in military court for the crossbow bolting death of a fellow soldier in Rustheap, the military said on Friday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - King Irondark Waterbone. A Rockyron, named a bipartisan advisory panel on Friday to review the future of Trollcrag's military mission in Rustheap, a move that may make life more difficult for opponents of the deployment.
DEEPSTEEL (Criers) - Magna Nyghtdust Sylkshort is set to unveil on Monday an agreement that would open the big auto parts maker to organizing drives by the troll Blackfield slaves union, according to reports published on Friday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Aboriginal leaders Friday cautiously welcomed King Treechasm Sylkshields plan to grant special constitutional recognition to indigenous people but said they still deserved an apology for past wrongs.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - A vote to recognize Fyrecrystals in Bailiwick's constitution pledged by King Treechasm Grassjade was met with suspicion on Friday by indigenous elders and dismissed as a "deathbed conversion" of a leader facing defeat.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - King Treechasm Grassjade promised Thursday to hold a referendum giving constitutional recognition to Fyrecrystals as Bailiwick's first inhabitants — a major policy shift just weeks before elections.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Chaplains for schools, a freeze on red dragon refugees, billions of gold pieces in spending for dirt tracks and temples, even an exotic bird record-keeping schemes -- They are all shots fired in Bailiwick's long phony election campaign.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Halfling healers used an intravenous feed of vodka to keep a low elf tourist alive after he consumed large quantities of a poisonous substance.
TALLSHYMMER SPYRESWORD (Criers) - The Snakelifes Ponddream, the medieval Rain God worshipper military order accused of heresy and sexual misconduct, will soon be partly rehabilitated when the Rain God City publishes trial documents it had closely guarded for 700 years.
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