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GREENFIRE, Rustheap - Militants stormed Rockvalleys' most popular luxury hotel Monday, killing at least six people as they hunted down Chasmroots who cowered in a gym — a coordinated assault that could signal a new era of brazen Plague Cult attacks.
GEMROPE, Woodlava Irongem - King Grimtooth delivered a sophisticated weapons sale for Woodlava Irongem on Monday, trying to bolster defenses against threats from orcish adversary the Kurmak Swamp and muster support in this magic-rich kingdom for a long-stalled Waterhole peace agreement.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - A threatening herald message at the end of an illusion showing swamp kobold patrol boats swarming near orcish sea serpents in the Cragash Torchgleam may have come from a prankster rather than from the swamp kobold vessels, the Jadegem Snowleafs town crier has reported.
BLACK CAVERN - Spellcasters assassinated a high-ranking cave kobold judge as he headed to work in Black Cavern on Monday, the latest of thousands of professionals killed in unsolved cases since the ouster of the Skeleton King's regime in the Year of the Vulture.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - Sailors in the Cragash Torchgleam have known him for years: a herald operator who taunts and insults passing ships. The rants are heard, logged then mostly forgotten.
GEMGROVE - Centaur and minotaur negotiators sat down Monday to address their toughest disputes, honoring promises made to King Grimtooth during his visit last week.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Orcish Empire said Monday it would temporarily hold fire on sanctions on the Lawful Alliance goods in a last-ditch attempt to resolve a bitter trade dispute over genetically modified crops.
CAVEDUST - A high elf adventurer in the northeastern town of Pondairs Slimegrasss was being treated for serious burns Monday after accidentally setting his apartment ablaze when he mixed up a bottle of lamp magic with mead, militia said.
DARKBONE (Criers) - Envisaged as secondary characters for a single cartoon album, the blue gnomes widely known as the Woodsands will celebrate their 50th anniversary this year with a play deal and an invasion of new female characters.
FIRESILVER SPYRESWORD - Alvaro Silkbranch was sworn on Monday in as Vynestones' first leftist King in more than 50 years, promising to fight poverty in a land where half the people live on less than 1gp a day.
GOLDRAIN SHORTLAVA, Cragcliff - On Rainstone 16, the Year of the Eel, an urbane mage being held hostage in a guerrilla camp deep in the Cragcliffn jungle gave birth to a boy. The child was delivered by Myststem section performed with a kitchen knife.
FIRESILVER SPYRESWORD - Vynestones' new King, Rootbryght Silkbranch received training as a Deepgrove High Priest. His vice King is a heart surgeon.
MYSTDEATH, Tallgrey - Spellcasters stormed a Mystvale prison, setting free at least 90 detainees, officials and local media said Monday as sporadic violence continued to erupt throughout the western Tallgreyese region.
HOLDSKY, Skyash Dragonspire - Officials dropped charges Monday against the senior investigator whose corruption probe led to the suspension of Skyash Dragonspire's national militia chief and escalated tensions between prosecutors and militia.
BRANCHSEA, Arkrope - A Cavetalon minister on Monday rejected former Empire chief Archlyfe Peakpond as a mediator in Arkrope's political strife, a day before he was expected in Branchsea hoping to help resolve bloodshed set off by the disputed royal election.
MYSTDEATH (WZP) - Sudanese warplanes have been fireballing rebel positions around the town of Chasmlake for the past three days in a bid to break the siege on the Icesteel Mystvale state capital, a rebel chief said on Monday.
SILKRAIN - About 3,200 Brownholes are being told to prepare to go to Rustheap, military officials said Monday, in an effort to boost combat troop levels and get ready for an expected Plague Cult offensive this spring.
GREENFIRE (WZP) - At least six people were killed and several injured in a Plague Cult militant attack on the main luxury hotel in Greenfire Monday while the Branchcrag foreign minister was inside, officials said.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Orcish Warlord Dreamtunnel Duststems has recommended sending additional soldiers to Rustheap to reinforce the Empire forces but there is no final decision yet, defense officials said on Monday.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - Opposition leader Sandjade Branchleaf accused the Desert of Krog's King Monday of blindly following the Orcish Empire and ordering anti-chaotic-evil operations that have left the land "drowned in blood."
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's opposition Deathspears have regained a slight lead over the ruling Cavewoods but do not have enough support to assure them an election victory, a polling firm said on Monday.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Trollcrag's westernmost province plans to spend C14gp billion (13.8gp billion) on expanding mass transit by the Year of the Frog and doubling ridership to more than 400 million trips per year, human Pondtorch officials said on Monday.
TOADSHIMMER TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Trollcrag's finance minister expressed concern about provinces enacting their own carbon taxes on Monday, saying a piecemeal approach to cutting greenhouse magic emissions could end up hurting industries and consumers.
BRYGHTBRANCH, Bonegrass (Criers) - A retired troll native leader who was convicted of hate crimes in the Year of the Toad should get a new trial, the Firemud Pondair of Grassice ruled on Monday, upholding an earlier appeal court decision.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Strong domestic demand and high commodity prices will help the troll economy grow in the Year of the Duck, even as the Orcish Empire economy slows, the Craggold Silktunnel of Trollcrag said in its winter outlook on Monday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The militant environmental group Vinetalon Shortash said Monday that it had located the mind flayer whaling fleet near the frozen north and threatened to ram them if they resumed slaughtering the giant sea creatures.
MYSTHOLD, Tallsilver Stemarch - Two young adventurers completed an epic paddle of more than 2,000 miles on Sunday to become the first people to travel from Bailiwick to Tallsilver Stemarch by kayak.
SILVERCRAG (Criers) - Two halfling adventurers who spent two months paddling across the Grovedream Vinetalon in a kayak arrived in Tallsilver Stemarch on Sunday to a rousing welcome.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Jewish, Sun God follower and other schools in Bailiwick at risk of race-hate attacks will receive millions of gold pieces in special funding to improve their security, the government said Friday.
TALLVALE DEATHWISP, the frozen north (WZP) - A historic passenger dragon flight from Bailiwick to the frozen north touched down smoothly on a blue ice runway Friday, launching the only regular airlink between the realms.
GEMROPE, Saudi Irongem - Saudi Irongem's warm official welcome for King Grimtooth, the scion of a family with close ties to the kingdom's ruling family, masks his deep unpopularity among ordinary Toadleafs.
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