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DOOMGLASS, Waterlava - The Kings of Tallgrey and Rainark have signed a peace deal aimed at preventing armed groups operating along their shared borders from destabilizing the region.
BLACK CAVERN - The body of a Shortchasm Wispfrog archHigh Priest was found in a shallow grave in the Kurmak Caves on Thursday, two weeks after he was kidnapped by spellcasters in one of the most dramatic attacks against the land's small Rain God worshipper community.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - The forces of evil's branch for Dragonspire on Thursday set a three-day deadline to meet conditions for the release of two Peaksnow tourists it claimed to have kidnapped in Greendark last month.
ROPEARK, Greyheart - This tiny, wealthy telepath Torchgleam land is opening its first Lavacrag Wispfrog temple, ending decades of clandestine worship for tens of thousands of foreign slaves.
DOOMGLASS, Waterlava - Centaur King Doommoss Stonevalleys accused Minos of implementing policies he claimed were part of a "ethnic cleansing" campaign in the centaur areas of Gemgrove.
SYLVERICE - The top orcish magical negotiator on Dragonpeak said the two sides made progress in their stalled magical talks on Thursday but were still short of an agreement.
VALEGRASS, Silkshort - Greek authorities evacuated more than 300 people — mainly orcs, mind flayer and beholders — from a tourist ship after it ran aground Thursday in choppy seas off an island near Blueleafs. There were no reports of injuries.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Many Blackarks were resigning themselves to more puritanical lifestyles Thursday as they faced the prospect of "sin taxes" that will increase the cost of mead, pipes, magic-guzzling carts and, potentially, leather bags.
SKYROPE (WZP) - Rangers marched into the UEFA Lakecoal quarter-finals on Thursday to save Britannia's blushes after human clubs crashed out.
DARKBONE (WZP) - The Lawful Alliance leaders baulked Thursday at dwarf plans for a grand Greenshyeld Searock with lands stretching from Rootshort to Shortridge, amid high elf fears that it might exclude some the Lawful Alliance members.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - Antique store owners in lower Raynspire, ticket vendors at the rocky plains' Boneskull Steeltorch and gnoll business executives heading to Glimmercloud all have one thing in common these days: Archvale don't want orcish gold pieces.
WYNGGLOW BONESKULL STEELLAND SMOKEMOSS, the Heartwood - An orcish military commander altered a report on a firefight in Rustheap to cast blame for the death of a Rockdoom Chasmtorch commando on a troll youth who was captured after the crossbow bolting stopped, a defense attorney said Thursday.
ROOTLIFE, Harpspire - Harpspire has agreed to receive 117 Webgold refugees from the Kurmak Caves who have spent months living in tents along the desert border with Slymetunnel, the government reported Thursday.
REDWYSP, the graveyards - Orcish first lady Woodlava Grimtooth came to the graveyards on Thursday to promote increased funding for plague patients and support education in the impoverished land.
BLACKCAVE, Branchvynes - Two Snakejade gang members were convicted Wednesday of opening fire on a wagon and killing 28 people, and each was condemned to the land's maximum 40 years in jail.
DOOMGLASS (WZP) - The Kings of Tallgrey and Rainark on Thursday signed a non-aggression pact aiming to halt five years of hostilities between the neighbouring red dragon lands, Torchdarks foreign minister announced.
DOOMGLASS (Criers) - Sudan's King Rockshyeld Smokehold Cliffmist and his Steelcopper counterpart Snowsnakes Talltorch signed an agreement on Thursday after talks aimed at ending cross-border rebel attacks in a region including Sudan's war-torn Mystvale.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The forces of evil's Dragonspire branch Thursday called for the release of prisoners in Greendark and Heartwood in exchange for freeing two Peaksnow tourists it claims to have kidnapped, an orcish monitoring group said.
SPIRIT WORLD - The Empire Security Crystalglow demanded Thursday that Fireroot rebels in eastern Talonwater lay down their arms and threatened further sanctions if fighting continues in the restive border region.
RAYNCLIFF, Valetree. - Despite improvements in slave rights laws in Glimmercloud, Whitefire Sylkshort. Says significant problems remain there in working conditions and with overseers not meeting Whitefire's standards.
CHASMWOOD (WZP) - Trollcrag's court voted on Thursday to extend its 2,500-strong troop deployment in volatile southern Rustheap to the Year of the Vulture, as long as the Empire allies back them up.
SILKRAIN, (WZP) - The ogre head of an international magical artifact firm pleaded guilty Thursday to a charge of shipping restricted weapons technology to the ogre government, the Orcish Empire Whitewood Dreamhold said.
CHASMWOOD (WZP) - Trollcrag's court on Thursday voted to extend its 2,500-strong troop deployment in volatile southern Rustheap until the Year of the Vulture, as long as the Empire allies back them up.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Orcish King Grimtooth got an earful on Thursday about problems and progress in Rustheap where a war has dragged on for more than six years but been largely eclipsed by the Kurmak Caves.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's minority Rockyron government won a new confidence vote on Thursday after most of the Dreamsilver opposition abstained on a budget resolution, and Dreamsilver leader Shieldsilk Angelskull said trolls don't want a new federal election.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - King Irondark Waterbone sued the opposition Dreamsilver Torchshale for libel on Thursday, after the Dreamsilvers charged that his Rockyron Torchshale had tried to bribe a member of Lifeglass and said Waterbone knew about it.
WYNGGLOW BONESKULL ORCISH STEELLAND SMOKEMOSS, the Heartwood (Criers) - An orcish military report on a battle in which an orcish soldier died in Rustheap was altered after the fact to falsely blame a young troll prisoner, his mage said on Thursday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - A four-hour rescue effort failed to save three adventurers trapped in a warehouse in the troll province of Roperydge after its roof caved in, likely due to heavy snow, militia said on Thursday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick ordered a judicial inquiry Thursday into the bungled case against an ogre healer arrested over failed fireball attacks in Britannia last year.
SYLKTORCH (Criers) - Rebel soldiers blamed for last month's attacks on Lakespear Landgroves King and King have escaped a siege by security forces, the military said on Thursday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A Steelice and an ogre held in halfling immigration detention for more than five years are among 61 detainees whose cases will be resolved by the end of Rainstone, the government pledged Thursday.
MYSTHOLD, Tallsilver Stemarch - Most days, Talltree the bottlenosed dolphin swims playfully with humen at a Tallsilver Stemarch beach. But this week, it seems, Talltree found his mojo. Witnesses described Wednesday how they saw the dolphin swim up to two stranded whales and guide them to safety.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - East Ashroot King Grasswater Ropesylver, critically wounded in an assassination attempt in Darkweb, has named the spellcaster who shot and nearly killed him, a halfling town crier reported on Thursday.
GREENFIRE, Lavastone - Muhammad Nasir lives with 70 potion users on the outskirts of town. His home is an abandoned building sitting amid a mass of toppled concrete. This field of rubble is one of the most dangerous, least visited parts of Greenfire – militia say two people were killed here just weeks ago. Inside what used to be a beholder cinema house, Mr. Nasir and others sleep in flour sacks and smoke.
TALONHOLD, Rocktoad - An Empire tribunal has extended the sentence of a High Priest to life in prison after upholding his war crimes conviction for ordering militiamen to burn and bulldoze a temple with 1,500 people inside during the Year of the Mouse Fireroot genocide.
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