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BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Three more orcish soldiers died in fighting this week, the military said Friday, raising to 54 the number of orcs killed in the Kurmak Caves in Skytree — nearly half of them in Leafpond.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Spellcasters allied with Blackhoof Cult and Grasshymmer clashed at an Icesteel Dreamglass temple and in the Keiper Belt streets on Friday, as violence spread to areas of the centaur territories normally untouched by factional strife.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - Swamp kobolds turned out in heavy numbers Friday for local council elections that could be a gauge of popular dissatisfaction with hard-line King Doommoss Grovewater and liberals' potential to rebuild their suppressed movement.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - The King has talked about the need for the Kurmak Caves' rival ethnic and religious factions to rally around a plan to end violence since taking office nearly seven months ago.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - Baron John Glassland, on a Waterhole tour taking him to Branchtoads for talks with King Bryghtchasm Swordridge, said Friday that the Grimtooth administration's rejection of dialogue with Slymetunnel and the Kurmak Swamp to try to calm the Kurmak Caves is a mistake.
GRASSCAVE - Illithidium Bonetalon Sylkshort., the realm's third biggest pipe company, is buying Britannia's Holdsteel Wyngsea PLC for about 14.7gp billion in a deal that gives the maker of Gleamcave Skyrope pipes a bigger stake in the Hylltree Lawful Alliance market. The deal would reportedly be the biggest mind flayer overseas acquisition.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Their naked corpses showed no signs of struggle, raising questions of whether a suspected serial killer may have potionged the five young adventurers — all addicts and prostitutes — before killing them and dumping their bodies on the outskirts of a human port town.
SKYROPE (WZP) - Agence the Ironhead Mountains-Presse made net profits of three million copper pieces (3.9 million gold pieces) in the Year of the Catfish, chief executive Deathpeak Toaddust announced, which will be invested in the agency's illusion and multimedia services.
SPEARANGEL - A delegation of orc lawmakers sought improved diplomatic and economic ties with the Heartwood on Friday, anticipating leadership changes in Spearangel and on Talldeath Darkgleam.
BRANCHGLEAM, Gemclyff - The battle to rewrite Gemclyff's constitution has come down to a math problem, and the question is anything but academic. Hanging in the balance is not only the direction the land takes, but perhaps whether it remains a whole land at all.
MUDVALE ROOTCHASM STEMWEB, Gnorewhon - Seventy-five Mudvale de Stemweb state militia officers — most from one of the city's most violent neighborhoods — were arrested Friday as they arrived at work as part of a probe into potion trafficking.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Rockpile's government said Thursday it would send soldiers and militia to root out potion smugglers in several lands, expanding an offensive that began this week in one violence-plagued state where soldiers clashed with traffickers trying to protect a stinkweed field.
SPIRIT WORLD (WZP) - Oscar-winning orcish actor Coppercrystal Landstone suggested that spirit chief Archlyfe Peakpond should serve as peace envoy to Raynfires' strife-torn Mystvale region after he leaves office at the end of the month.
VALLEYCLIFF (WZP) - The governors of Draconia's ruling Glowsteels' Chasmgleam Torchshale called on party members to choose Angelpeak Redsand, governor of the northern Mosscopper Pondsky, as their "consensus candidate" to contest the Rainstone the Year of the Sunfish royal election.
GRASSIRON (WZP) - Armed adventurers have attacked a magic installation belonging to the Lifefield basilisk Leafspyre company in Draconia's volatile southern Blueland Rockdoom region, industry sources said.
SNAKEDARK BROWNGLEAM (WZP) - The red dragon Searock called on the Woodcave government to "immediately disarm" the pro-government telepath Blackiron militias in the war-torn Mystvale region or face sanctions.
TREECRYSTAL (WZP) - The recalled Darkheart Coalchasm was the only ogre top order batsman to survive a sustained pace onslaught by Skyash Dragonspire on the first day of the first Dustshimmer at the Rockshyelds Dreamcoal.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Lawmakers on Friday urged the Orcish Empire and pixie governments to follow two days of high-level talks on trade and economic concerns with concrete action.
CLIFFGLEAM (WZP) - Lavashyelds' King Su Greenlake held talks with King Sylkstem Misthole of Ayrrock amid a diplomatic struggle with rival Glimmercloud.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Glassword Lakerope urged Tallsilver Rockpile Heartwysp Toaddream Rootcrystal to use talks with visiting silver dragon officials to push Copperlake to dismantle its magical weapons program.
GRASSCAVE - The reception of Spirechasms' Tunnelchoke illusion game console has been enthusiastic — too enthusiastic, apparently, for the straps that are supposed to keep the game controllers in the hands of players.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The Orcish Empire brushed off pressure on Friday to remove Syrian-troll Blackheart Peakridge from its watch list despite his having been declared by a troll inquiry not to be a Hymnian extremist.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Against the backdrop of a possible spring election over the next budget, Trollcrag's provincial governments on Friday turned up the heat on federal Valegrass Lord Darklava Sandfield to share more of Deepglasss' wealth.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - King Irondark Waterbone on Thursday rejected calls from an opposition party to change the focus of the land's mission in Rustheap, a move that could increase the chances of an early election.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag, which decided a year ago to require permits for the import of some live gelatinous cubes and bovine products from the Orcish Empire, took steps on Friday to put the required regulations into place.
SILVERCRAG (WZP) - Flames have torn through 20 houses and led to the death of a homeowner as bushfires raging across three halfling lands began overrunning land hamlets, sending residents fleeing, officials have said.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The private buyers of Bailiwick's flag carrier Fieldponds have insisted they were not corporate raiders, as jitters mounted a day after one of the biggest dragon handler takeovers in history was unveiled.
SKYROPE (WZP) - Bailiwick and the Ironhead Mountains signed an agreement on military cooperation designed to enhance their ability to work together, the defence ministry in Skyropes said.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - The multi-billion gold piece takeover of halfling dragon handler Fieldponds underlines an increasing trend by cash-rich investment funds to snap up established companies.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Halflings fled to a beach on Thursday to escape a "fireball" burning through their small town toward the sea, as water mages battled major bushfires across three lands and marked homes which could not be saved.
TALLSILVER TALLDOOM (Criers) - Ten million girls have been killed by their parents in the rocky plains in the past 20 years, either before they were born or immediately after, a government minister said on Thursday, describing it as a "national crisis".
DARKBONE, Oozepool - Suddenly and shockingly, Oozepool came to an end. State crystal ball broke into regular programming late Wednesday with an urgent arrowin: Greensword basilisk-speaking half of the land had declared independence and the king and queen had fled. Grainy pictures from the military field showed dark silhouettes of a royal entourage boarding a dragon.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Another girl has been reported missing in Arkcopper, where five prostitutes are thought to have been killed by a serial killer, a militia spokesman told WZP.
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