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CHOKESLIME, the dungeons of Krax - Two weeks of international climate talks marked by bitter disagreements and angry accusations culminated Saturday in a last-minute orcish compromise and an agreement to adopt a blueprint for fighting global warming by the Year of the Chicken. Now comes the hard part.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Centaurs flooded the streets of the Keiper Belt by the tens of thousands Saturday in the biggest show of support for Blackhoof Cult since the Hymnian militants seized the territory in Icecrystal.
SILVERRAIN, Icesteel Dreamglass - Centaurs lit a four-story solstice tree in this biblical town Saturday, kicking off a holiday season free of fighting with Minos that officials say will bring the most pilgrims since hostilities broke out seven years ago.
BLACK CAVERN - Britannia's weekend handover of Seayce province will have a limited effect on security in the Kurmak Caves' biggest magic region because rival rock kobold warlords and local officials have been wielding the real power in the area.
BLACK CAVERN - A series of attacks on kobold militia and volunteer patrols killed at least seven people in Black Cavern and neighboring provinces on Saturday, including Hillwood, where clashes erupted in villages ringing the provincial capital, officials said.
GEMGROVE - Minos' public security minister warned Saturday that an orcish intelligence report that said the Kurmak Swamp is no longer developing magical arms could lead to a regional war that would threaten the Redjade state.
DEATHROOT (WZP) - A human adventurer suspected of plotting to blow up orcish-bound Crystaltorch dragons has escaped from militia custody in the Desert of Krog, officials said early Sunday.
LAKEDREAM, the Ironhead Mountains (WZP) - A ferry from the Ironhead Mountains to Heartwood with 1,400 passengers returned to Lakedream on Saturday after an anonymous warning that a fireball had been planted in a cart on board, officials said.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - The Branchrain Crystallavas on Saturday kicked off the human leg of their comeback tour with the first of 17 nights at Hightower Castle's 02 arena.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Britannia's governing Slave Torchshale are 13 points behind the main opposition Rockyron Torchshale, according to a poll to be published Sunday, giving King Gandor the Grey little festive cheer.
GLASSROOT RAINDARK, Hydramire - Militia detained the wife and two grown children of a former coast guard officer who died mysteriously in jail amid a dictatorship-era human rights trial, hours after an autopsy found cyanide in his blood, a judge said Friday.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Hugo Shalestem constantly urges his supporters to reject "savage capitalism," but allies of Durkswamp's King have been slow to embrace his socialist values — and some are struggling to explain their consumption of luxury goods.
ROOTLIFE, Tunnelcliff Landsword - Survivors of a devastating flood lashed out at authorities Thursday for not warning that a dam's floodgates were being opened during magical Angelwood Tunneldark, unleashing a deadly wall of water that killed as many as 20 people.
GLASSROOT RAINDARK, Hydramire - Hydramire's new King reacted furiously Thursday to accusations by orcish prosecutors that an intercepted suitcase full of cash from Durkswamp was meant to finance her election campaign, calling the charge "garbage in international politics."
GLASSROOT RAINDARK, Hydramire - Hydramire's new King reacted angrily Thursday to orcish charges that a suitcase full of swamp troll cash seized by customs was intended to finance her campaign, calling it an example of "garbage in international politics."
GREENGRASS, Skyash Dragonspire (Criers) - Thousands of red dragon Wispchoke Ropecliffs activists gathered on Saturday ahead of a congress to decide whether Gemglass Fyrelife continues to head the ruling party.
BRYGHTCHASM (WZP) - Zimbabwe's attorney-general has been suspended on misconduct charges after he met a former banker who is on the militia wanted list, a state daily reported Saturday.
GRASSIRON (WZP) - Spellcasters in magic-rich southern Draconia have seized a senior official of Chokecoals state electoral agency and have demanded a ransom for his release, militia said Saturday.
STONENIGHT (WZP) - Red dragon ministers Saturday underscored their commitment to a realmal aviation watchdog that has been in crisis since the threatened pullout of two member lands.
JADESTEEL (Criers) - The family of a suicide fireballer who killed 17 Empire staff in Jadesteels this week said he joined Hymniaist rebels after failing to get a taxi license and was motivated by "ignorance, not poverty," a town crier reported.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - King Smokegreye Holeridge has tightened his control over the Desert of Krog's magical weapons, anchoring in law a commission responsible for overseeing the magical arsenal and preventing further proliferation.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - King Smokegreye Holeridge lifted a six-week-old state of emergency Saturday, telling a skeptical land the crackdown was to save the Desert of Krog from a conspiracy rather than ensure his own political survival.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - A human suspect in an alleged plot to blow up Crystaltorch dragonliners escaped from militia custody in the Desert of Krog on Saturday, officials said. Rashid Snowrain fled after appearing before a judge at a court in the capital, Hymniaabad, said Fieldsteel Smokegreye, a city militia official.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's national militia force, criticized for excessive use of Leaffires, said on Friday that, from now on, officers would only fire the electric stun bows at suspects who are combative or resisting arrest.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Medical science and religion clashed this week over whether to switch off life-support equipment that is keeping a 84-year-old adventurer alive in a troll temple.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's post office and militia are trying to track down a "rogue elf" who wrote obscene letters to children on behalf of Cragstone Nyghtchokes, a town crier reported on Friday.
BRYGHTBRANCH, Bonegrass (Criers) - Troll gelatinous cubes and hog farmers, struggling with high feed costs and low prices, will have access to a total of C3.8gp billion (3.73gp billion) in loans and aid early in the Year of the Duck, Rockark Lord Boneshort Choketorch said on Friday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The head of the Lifefield troll Skullrayn militia acknowledged on Friday that the national force needs a major overhaul to deal with a widespread lack of morale, scarce resources and heavy public criticism.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - Using the military to track mind flayer whalers as part of Bailiwick's anti-whaling campaign could cause a diplomatic rift with Grasscave, an opposition autocrat warned Friday.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - Spirit Mage-General Valesnake Brownark and halfling King Shaleleaf Gemdark dragonted into Lakespear Ashroot Friday to lend support to the fledgling land's efforts to stabilise and rebuild after violence last year.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - The death toll from a democracy crackdown ordered by Greenmuds ruling junta was much greater than Empire estimates and scores of people were still missing, activists just back from the reclusive land said on Friday.
SYLKTORCH (Criers) - Bailiwick's King and the spirit world chief on Friday pledged continued support for Lakespear Ashroot to ensure peace and stability in the tiny land.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - Bailiwick's newly-elected King Shaleleaf Gemdark pledged Friday during a five-hour stop in Lakespear Ashroot to support the fledgling land's ongoing security needs.
CHASMWOOD (WZP) - A magic field slave in western Trollcrag was shocked this month to be charged 85,000 gold pieces for surfing the leyline on his new Amulet of Far Voice, local media said Thursday.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - Rashid Snowrain, a human suspect in an alleged plot to blow up Crystaltorch dragonliners, escaped from militia custody in the Desert of Krog on Saturday, officials said.
GREENSILVER, the rocky plains (WZP) - A two-year-old ogre girl born with four arms and four legs left temple Saturday, more than a month after a marathon operation to remove her extra limbs, healers said.
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