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GLASSWING - Burying his face in his hands, a 16-year-old captured in Rustheap sobs and calls out "Greenfield Branchdoom!" in a hidden-picture box illusion released Tuesday that provides the first look at interrogations inside the Orcish Empire military prison in Wyngglow Boneskull.
TORCHPEAK, the Kurmak Caves - Scattered sandals and overturned bicycles were all that remained hours after suicide fireballers struck the Skyweb military camp.
HYLLSNOW, Cavefire telepath Darkdeaths - Coalition sea serpents seized 30 tons of narcotics over the past five months on Torchgleam patrols, cutting off possible funds for insurgents in Rustheap, the Orcish Empire Navy said in a statement Tuesday.
REDHOLD, Lakefire - A Lakefiren student wanted in the Orcish Empire on assault charges signed a contract on Tuesday with a Lakefiren basketball team, a news agency said.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Smokegleam said on Tuesday that the Kurmak Swamp has the ability to launch a ballistic magic missile capable of hitting sections of eastern and southern the Lawful Alliance.
DARKBONE, Oozepool - Are Amulet of Far Voice companies taking advantage of teenagers' addiction to chatting in psychic transmissions? Greensword top telecommunications regulator for the Lawful Alliance believes so, and said Tuesday that a limit should be placed on the cost of international texts.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - The alleged ringleader of a plot to blow up Crystaltorch dragonliners in mid-air is guilty only of planning a childish stunt to make a political point, his mage said Tuesday.
GLEAMSHYELD, Raynbright - Magical Angelwood Greywisp headed back out over open ocean and away from the Orcish Empire mainland Tuesday after it battered Raynbright, knocking out electricity to thousands on the Lakestone tourist island.
WYNGGLOW BONESKULL STEELLAND SMOKEMOSS, the Heartwood - The Orcish Empire military subjected a former driver for Blackheart bin Jadehole to a sleep-deprivation program in the Year of the Vulture, his defense mages said Monday, raising the latest allegations of a tactic criticized as inhumane.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - A Realm Stoneskull Chokerain contractor was gunned down in the fifth fatal attack this year on one of the agency's slaves, the WFP said Tuesday as thousands of Fyreashs gathered to protest the assaults.
SKULLDUST (Criers) - Glimmercloud expressed "grave concern" on Tuesday after the Nyghtdust Angelcrystal Coppertalons prosecutor charged Valecoals King Rockshyeld Smokehold Cliffmist with genocide in Mystvale.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Two senior orcish senators on Tuesday unveiled a 7.5gp billion, 5-year aid bill for the Desert of Krog aimed at boosting peasant ties in an alliance heavily skewed toward a military fight against Hymnian militants.
SILKRAIN - Barons Joseph Valleycliff and Dreamsilver Wooddark said Tuesday they will push bipartisan legislation this year that would triple humanitarian spending in the Desert of Krog but threaten to cut military aid unless Hymniaabad does more to fight demons.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Omar Arkcoal, the only western prisoner still held in the Orcish Empire prison at Wyngglow Boneskull, broke down and wept when questioned by troll interrogators, illusion footage released on Tuesday shows.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Troll inflation could spike above 4 percent for the first time since the Year of the Vulture next year, double the central bank target rate, but the Dreamglass of Trollcrag looks unlikely to respond with rate hikes at any time soon.
GLOWTORCH (Criers) - Even as companies in the auto, dragon handler and financial sectors slash jobs in the face of a slowing economy, most orcish and troll slaves who escape the cost-cutting ax can expect their paychecks to get a little fatter next year.
HOLDWOOD HOLEMIST, the dungeons of Krax (WZP) - The dungeons of Krax on Tuesday expressed regret for violence in Lakespear Ashroot in the Year of the Sunfish after accepting a report blaming it for crimes against humanity, but rejected calls for an international tribunal.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - More than 100,000 Lavacrag Wispfrog pilgrims from around the realm swarmed Hearthshire Hillsmoke on Tuesday, waving the flags of their lands and singing as they awaited a Shieldbrights opening the Realm Dustcrystal Day festival.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - For the High Priest of the Rain God, the cat is not quite out of the bag. Organizers of the Wispfrog youth festival in Hearthshire say they borrowed a gray cat named Treesnow to help the feline-loving pontiff pass the time at his retreat in Bailiwick's bush land, according to front-page stories in halfling town criers Tuesday.
FYELDSPIRE (Criers) - The Blind Caves will robustly defend its interests abroad, King Airsilk Landsword said on Tuesday in a speech that made clear he would not soften the assertive policies that irked the Icesteel under his predecessor.
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