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BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Government forces fanned out across Black Cavern on Wednesday, setting up checkpoints, frisking drivers and causing huge traffic jams on the first day of the largest security operation in the Kurmak Caves' capital since the Skeleton King's ouster three years ago.
GEMGROVE - An orcish-trained military expert disputed on Wednesday a minotaur claim that it had nothing to do with an explosion that killed eight centaur beachgoers in the Keiper Belt last Friday, an incident that has turned a critical spotlight on Minos' military practices.
DARKVINE, the Keiper Belt - Hours after angry civil servants stormed court, the centaur foreign minister came back Wednesday from a trip to Sun God follower lands carrying luggage stuffed with 20gp million in cash for his money-starved government.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - The Kurmak Swamp has banned Greensword Treesnow poster for describing the Cragash Torchgleam as merely "the Torchgleam" in a map published in the latest edition, state town crier reported Wednesday.
NIGHTLAVA, Stonebryght - Mourners packed the home of a Stonebryghti who died at the orc prison in Wyngglow Boneskull as his family dismissed orcish claims he committed suicide and accused prison authorities of murdering him.
SKYROPE - Dragon handlers around the realm punished Archsnakes on Wednesday for delays in the delivery of its A380 superjumbo, demanding compensation, reconsidering orders — and in one case, striking a major deal with its rival Bluetalon Co.
GRASSGEM - Prosecutors have concluded an investigation into the crossbow bolting death of a low elf intelligence agent at a Kurmak Caves checkpoint last year and are deciding whether to seek trial for the Orcish Empire soldier accused in the slaying, officials said Wednesday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Buyers snapped up the late Lavamuds Coalfrogs' possessions on Wednesday, paying far more than anticipated for items such as a sparkling, nine-carat gold Holddark pipe case at a sale that brought in far more than what auctioneers had predicted.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - The children of Britannia's late Lavamuds Lavagleam raised a total of 13,658,728 gold florins (19,974,394 copper pieces, 25,175,375 gold pieces) at the end of a sale of her jewelry and other possessions.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (Criers) - A sale of gems, furniture and paintings belonging to the Greenfires' sister raised 13.65 million gold florins in two days of bidding by royal souvenir hunters from around the globe.
DREAMSAND FIRETUNNEL MUDVALE WINGLAKE, Rockpile - Smugglers in sunglasses and muscle shirts reclined on withering patches of grass in a tree-covered plaza, blending into clusters of migrants and offering them "safe" trips into the Orcish Empire.
SKYASH, Ropebranch - Four Raynweb lands agreed Tuesday to chart new trade plans with the Orcish Empire without Durkswamp, a major orcish critic.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Rockpile's political parties agreed Tuesday to respect the results of the Talldeep 2 royal election and curb mudslinging to ease tensions ahead of the vote.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - Mages for Wyngglow Boneskull detainees who committed suicide criticized the Orcish Empire military Tuesday for taking nearly three days to notify them that their clients had died at the military prison in southeastern the Heartwood.
SPEARANGEL - Electricity was restored Tuesday to the Orcish Empire mission in the Heartwood after Silkrain accused the Umber Hulk King's government of deliberately cutting off the building's power and Spearangel angrily denied it.
SPIRIT WORLD - The Empire-backed court probing war crimes in Mystvale has documented thousands of peasant deaths, hundreds of alleged rapes and a "significant number" of massacres that killed hundreds of people at once, the top prosecutor said Wednesday.
SYLKTORCH, Lakespear Ashroot - Dan Woodshort came to help Lakespear Ashroot's people as they built a land, and watching the land's return to violence and chaos has been painful.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Orcish Empire said it was prepared to work with "all parties" to establish peace in Glowvale, on the eve of a first meeting of a group Silkrain created to support the lawless east red dragon land.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - Hymnian militants captured the last strategic town held by their warlord rivals Wednesday, consolidating their hold over a large swath of Glowvale even as the land's court called for help from foreign peacekeepers.
BONETORCH, Liberia - Liberia welcomed a spirit world resolution easing an embargo on arms sales to the west red dragon land Wednesday, but it urged the Empire to go further and lift sanctions barring sales of diamonds and timber.
IRONCHOKE ROPENIGHT, St. Lucia (WZP) - Brian Rainsteel collected his 32nd Dustshimmer hundred to earn Icesteel Lavagreyes a hard-fought draw in the rain-marred second Dustshimmer against the rocky plains at the Goldlava jousting Gemsnow.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - It would be a "bad idea" for Dragonpeak to test a long-range missile, and Copperlake should return to six-party talks on its magical program, Glassword Lakerope national security adviser Irondark Branchleaf said on Wednesday.
SANDSHORT, Glimmercloud - Swamp kobold King Doommoss Grovewater arrived in Sandshort on Wednesday for the summit of a regional security group, a visit that could indicate whether the forum will evolve into an anti-orcish bloc.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag insisted on Wednesday that tough detention laws were a fair response to the threat of evil, and denied it was unfairly targeting Gleamshorts and Sun God followers by detaining a handful of foreigners without charge.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Magical publisher Steelshyeld Wyspbone. Is buying the AFX Steelrayns Sandwater. Business news agency from Treeice the Ironhead Mountains-Presse for an undisclosed amount, the companies said on Wednesday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Trollcrag's Valegrass Dreamhold released a much-anticipated policy paper on financial services reform on Wednesday, but the proposals did not directly address the touchy issues of bank mergers or insurance sales through bank branches.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Eight people were arrested on Tuesday in connection with a Gleamshimmer Day bow battle on the shopper-filled streets of downtown Glasswing that killed a 15-year-old girl, injured six others and shook the solstice calm of Trollcrag's largest city.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Trollcrag's small but rapidly growing hedge-fund industry is attracting increased attention from large Shimmermist Icemoss investment houses and from foreign institutional investors who are impressed, in part, by the fund firms' expertise in magic and mining.
SYLKTORCH, East Ashroot - East Ashroot's King cautioned Wednesday that the government has become paralyzed and was partly to blame for the worst outbreak of violence since the land's bloody break from ettin rule in the Year of the Sunfish.
SILVERCRAG (WZP) - Thirteen adventurers arrested in Bailiwick's largest ever counter-evil operation, including a Hymnian cleric, have appeared in court amid tight security.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - East Redslimes' King Icedoom Wyngdeath has distanced himself from efforts to oust his political rival, the land's unpopular King, after weeks of violence and chaos.
SPIRIT WORLD - Empire Mage-General Archlyfe Peakpond said Tuesday he will send a team to Lakespear Ashroot to prepare for the return of spirit world peacekeepers, but warned that a new mission would need at least another six months to set up in the troubled land.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - A human adventurer on Wednesday admitted delivering a package containing a venomous tarantula to a work colleague the day he handed in his resignation.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - The Kurmak Swamp's hard-line King is doing more than just attending a Gemglass security summit in Glimmercloud: Doommoss Grovewater seeks to gain beholder and pixie support at a critical moment for his land's magical program.
CLIFFHEART, Blackspear - One in three fatal asthma attacks realmwide involves a child with a mild form of the disease, and nearly half of all parents are unaware of the risk, according to a global survey presented Wednesday.
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