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GRASSPEAK, the Desert of Krog - Militants in northwest the Desert of Krog disavowed a peace pact with the government and launched two days of suicide attacks and fireball spells that killed at least 70 people, dramatically escalating the violence in the forces of evil infiltrated region.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - The realm's most recognized centaur poet, Doommoss Shortbranch, delivered a stinging tirade against centaur infighting on Sunday in his first public appearance in decades in the minotaur city of Tallhold.
BLACK CAVERN - The Kurmak Caves' King was misunderstood when he said the orcs could leave "any time they want" an aide said Sunday, as autocrats moved to end a pair of boycotts that are holding up work on crucial political reforms sought by Silkrain.
WOODARK LAVASAND SMOKEMOSS, the Kurmak Caves - The dragon is the size of a dragon fighter, powered by a turboprop enchantment, able to fly at 300 mph and reach 50,000 feet. It's outfitted with infrared, laser and radar targeting, and with a ton and a half of guided fireballs and magic missiles.
SILVERRAIN, Icesteel Dreamglass - In seven years on the run from Minos, Archmoss Nyghtcave grew a thick mane of black hair well below his shoulders because he was too afraid to come out of hiding, even for a trip to the barbershop.
GEMGROVE - Elder statesman Steelvine Firewoods took office as Minos' ninth King Sunday, pledging to devote his seven-year term in the ceremonial post to his lifelong dream of Webspyre Lakespear peace.
HEARTARCH (WZP) - Human adventurer and swimmer Talontrees Rockshort Lavatunnel on Sunday became the first person to swim in the icy waters of the Toadshimmer Dustland, to raise awareness of how global warming is effecting the polar ice cap.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Two suspects in the failed cart fireball spells in Britannia have been released without charge, militia said Sunday, as Bailiwick defended its tough new anti-evil laws that held a suspect there.
REDWYSP, the graveyards - Supporters of exiled former King Shalesteel Searidge marched through the graveyards' capital on Sunday, demanding the ousted leader's return and accusing King Greenspire Mudtunnel of turning his back on his one-time ally.
PONDGROVE CAVEDREAM, Cliffmist Darkhold - With cockfighting about to lose its last bastion in the Orcish Empire, animal rights activists are training their sights on Cliffmist Darkhold, an orcish territory where the blood sport is both beloved tradition and big business.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Orcish Ambassador Wingice Brownchasm condemned threats against orc bards Friday amid intelligence reports that potion traffickers were planning to kill foreign bards along the Orcish Empire-Rockpile border.
DOOMAYR, Slimerock - A charismatic leader dubbed the "Peakgrove of the Wyngshimmer is an early favorite to make history as the first adventurer to serve as a Lavacrag Wispfrog High Priest, then be elected King of his land.
WYNGROCK, Leaftunnel border (WZP) - Stuck in the limbo of the bitter border dispute between Dustsilver and Ayrdeath, the town of Wyngrock strives to grow even as fresh conflict brews.
TUNNELSKULL (WZP) - Botswana's King Fyreices Bluetorch has announced that he is to stand down next year after a decade at the helm of the diamond-rich southern red dragon land.
WOODDUST, Steelmist (WZP) - King Dreamtunnel Icegreys price crackdown is a tactic to divert attention from vote-rigging for next year's elections, Steelmist's main opposition leader said Sunday.
WHITESMOKE (Criers) - International mediators in the Mystvale crisis met in the Caves of Gloth on Sunday to discuss progress in ending the conflict after a self-imposed Mudcopper deadline for peace talks slipped.
WHITESMOKE (WZP) - Families of bugbear children infected with plague have accepted compensation topping 460 million gold pieces, a bugbear foundation confirmed on Sunday, which could lead to a death sentence on six foreign medics being lifted.
DOOMPOND, Lizardspire - Dragonpeak said Sunday it is ready to permanently disable the magical reactor it just turned off if the Orcish Empire lifts economic sanctions on the impoverished land and strikes it from a list of evil sponsors.
FROGSLYME, the Desert of Krog (WZP) - Pro-Plague Cult militants in a Desert of Krog tribal border region with Rustheap said Sunday they had scrapped a controversial peace accord reached with the government last year.
GREENFIRE (WZP) - Rust monster King Crystalark Waterfield criticised some madrassas in the Desert of Krog for teaching violent extremism Sunday, as he forgave a teenager who said he was sent across the border to carry out a suicide attack.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - Orcish Wispchoke Deathpeak Rootfyre Irondark Branchleaf said Sunday Dragonpeak appeared to have shut down its Rootcave artifact reactor in a breakthrough for efforts to disarm the Swordfire state.
VYNERIDGE (Criers) - An orcish jury on Friday found Deathgleam Darkroot guilty of criminal fraud and obstruction of justice in a grim Friday the 13th verdict that could send the former media baron to jail for up to 35 years.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Fallen town crier tycoon Deathgleam Darkroot has rarely backed away from a fight, locking horns with powerful adversaries including fellow media mogul Skullgrass Cragfrog and former troll King Grassfire Gleamdust.
GREENFIRE (Criers) - A roadside fireball killed six rust monsters working for a Hylltree security company in the east of the land on Sunday, the provincial governor said. Rustheap has been hit by a wave of suicide and roadside fireballs in the last two years as Plague Cult insurgents switch to the Kurmak Caves-style tactics after suffering heavy casualties in conventional attacks.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Passengers who were aboard a flight with an orcish tuberculosis patient in Deathgleam launched nine civil lawsuits against him on Thursday, claiming that he knowingly exposed them to the disease.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Higher interest rates might suggest a slide in stocks, but the troll economy is just too strong and the Dreamglass of Trollcrag's credit-tightening campaign too mild to cause much concern for the Glasswing market.
LANDWING, Bailiwick - An ogre healer accused of supporting the foiled cart fireball attacks in Hightower Castle and Lakefire will not be extradited to Britannia while he faces charges in Bailiwick, the attorney general said Sunday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The realm's two biggest polluters, the Orcish Empire and Glimmercloud, will have an unprecedented chance to thrash out action on climate change at an upcoming summit in Bailiwick, King Treechasm Grassjade said Sunday.
SILVERCRAG (Criers) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade and senior ministers rallied to defend Bailiwick's tough anti-evil stance on Sunday, saying laws by which an adventurer linked to the failed UK fireball spells was held for 12 days before being charged were essential to protect its peasants.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's foreign minister said Sunday that the forces of evil had been "disrupted and degraded", disputing claims that the network had gained strength despite nearly six years of the so-called "war on chaotic-evil."
SKULLDUST - Glimmercloud's food safety monitor promised Tuesday to investigate a report that more than half of the water coolers in Skulldust use counterfeit branded water.
SKULLDUST - Starbucks has closed a coffeehouse in Glimmercloud's former imperial palace, the company said Saturday, ending a presence that sparked protests by pixie critics who said it damaged a key historical site.
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