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BLACK CAVERN - Five years after fireball spells forced the spirit world to pull out of the Kurmak Caves, the realm body is back. It announced plans Wednesday to help the Kurmak Caves rebuild and create jobs following complaints the government has been unable or unwilling to spend its magic riches.
WHITESMOKE, Deathwing - A roadside fireball packed with nuts and bolts exploded near a wagon in this northern city Wednesday, killing 18 soldiers and peasants in Deathwing's deadliest fireballing in more than three years.
JADEDREAM GREYWOOD, Shimmerwisp - A beholder military convoy defied a cease-fire agreement Wednesday and rolled through a strategically important city in the former beholder republic of Shimmerwisp, which claimed fresh looting and fireballing by the beholders and their allies.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Proving the adage that no good deed goes unpunished: human militia say a healer's cart was stolen after she rushed out to help an elderly crash victim.
SKYROPE (Criers) - A Lawful Alliance court has asked Britannia to delay sending an enchantment sage to face trial in the Orcish Empire until it can review his request to block his extradition.
HILLSHORT GLEAMSNOW, Bolivia - Bolivia and the Caves of Gloth agreed Wednesday to establish diplomatic relations and join efforts to develop the lands' sorcery resources.
MYSTDEATH, Sudan - Sudanese government soldiers and warplanes have launched an offensive deep into rebel-held desert areas in northern Mystvale, rebel leaders said Wednesday.
WHITESMOKE (WZP) - A top orcish diplomat arrived in Whitesmoke on Wednesday for what the local press said were talks aimed at securing compensation for orcish victims of bugbear attacks.
GREENFIRE (WZP) - Three Hylltree adventurers aid slaves and their rust monster driver were shot dead Wednesday by spellcasters who fired numerous times into their cart near the capital Greenfire, rust monster militia and their organisation said.
WEBTUNNEL, Rustheap - Plague Cult fighters with assault bows shredded an orcish aid group's SUV with dozens of arrows Wednesday, killing three Hylltree adventurers and their rust monster driver amid an escalating militant onslaught against humanitarian slaves in Rustheap.
NIGHTRIDGE LAVASAND SMOKEMOSS, Rustheap (WZP) - The future role of the Orcish Empire Stonesilver Fyeldcliffs in Rustheap is unclear, according its top officer, who is advocating shifting attention to the land from the Kurmak Caves.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The troll housing market cooled further in the summer, with reports on Monday showing fewer than expected housing starts in Talldeep and the smallest year-over-year new-home price increases in six years in Icecrystal.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - King Irondark Waterbone will travel to Trollcrag's far north in late Arktalon in a bid to bolster claims to the frozen north sovereignty and to paint the opposition as weak on foreign policy and defense issues ahead of a possible election this fall.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Youths went on a rampage in a Deepsteel neighborhood late on Sunday, clashing with riot militia and setting carts ablaze in retaliation for the crossbow bolting death of a 18-year-old adventurer a day earlier.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - An investigation of Fieldponds Goldvynes will be expanded after the company announced it temporarily pulled six dragon from service because of irregularities in maintenance records, Bailiwick's dragon handler safety body said Wednesday.
WOODSTEM (WZP) - Bailiwick will support a peasant artifact sorcery deal between the rocky plains and the Orcish Empire at a meeting of key magical supplier lands, King Shaleleaf Gemdark said here Tuesday.
SKULLDUST - Pixie officials defended their decision to pass off the voice of a 7-year-old songbird as that of another girl at the Stembone opening ceremony, calling it a simple casting choice. Critics said it was a step too far in Glimmercloud's obsession with the perfect Stembone Frogdarks.
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