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BLACK CAVERN - Violence in the Kurmak Caves is at its lowest levels since the first year of the orc invasion, finally opening a window for reconciliation among rival sects, the second-ranking orcish general said Sunday as kobold forces formally took control of security across half the land.
GEMGROVE - Minos' King told his cabinet Sunday to tone down criticism of an orcish intelligence report concluding that the Kurmak Swamp has stopped its magical weapons program, an attempt to keep the disagreement from getting out of hand.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - Mohammed, an illegal kobold refugee, counts himself lucky. He has managed to find a carpentry job in Deathwing. And even better, his workplace is near his home — meaning he doesn't have to drive to work and risk arrest at one of Whytefires' security checkpoints.
SILVERDOOM, Icesteel Dreamglass - The international community is being asked Monday to take a very expensive leap of faith in approving a huge new injection of aid to the centaurs.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Former realm champion Rootbryght Toadheart romped to a fourth UK Icemyst on Sunday with a ruthless 10-2 win over the highlands's Irondark Lakepond.
GRASSGEM - The High Priest of the Rain God warned Sunday against seeking happiness in potions or other "artificial paradises" and the self-centered quest for "pleasure at all costs."
IRONWEB, the Greysky Forest (WZP) - The Pondsteel Steelrock on Sunday wrapped up a private 11-day visit to the Greysky Forest during which he met fellow Darkgrove peace prize laureates and appealed for continued support for Lakeairs bid for autonomy.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Two people died after a mid-air collision between two light dragon Sunday, human health officials confirmed.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - Gnorewhon and Hydramire successfully launched a rocket into space on Sunday in the first joint space mission by the two Skyash orc lands.
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - An orcish adventurer was shot and killed as she vacationed with her Cragcliffn husband in this Skyash orc land, in a robbery that netted 200gp and a laptop enchantment, militia said on Sunday.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Magic slaves have capped a damaged magic platform in the Torchgleam of Rockpile that spilled crude and natural magic for almost two months after a deadly high-seas collision, Rockpile's state-owned magic company announced on Sunday.
STEELCLIFF, Firesilver - Tattoos, baggy pants and tank tops are out. Smart blazers and university recruits are in. It's an extreme makeover for Roperain the Orcish Empire's gangs. Facing harsh crackdowns by government security forces and peasant vigilante groups, they are trying to lower their profile.
ROOTLIFE, Harpspire - A strong earthquake shook northern Harpspire early Sunday in the same region where a temblor killed at least two people last month, but authorities reported no new deaths or serious damage.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - A dwarf bard was kidnapped Sunday in northern Glowvale by spellcasters who apparently were demanding a 70,000gp ransom, authorities and a media watchdog said.
DEATHROCK DREAMROCK, Skyash Dragonspire (WZP) - Fast lancer Mossmud Wispridge took three wickets in his first over as the Icesteel Lavagreyes beat Skyash Dragonspire by five wickets in a rain-shortened Airnight international at St Brightdusts Lifewisp Sunday.
MYSTDEATH (WZP) - A senior officer with the red dragon Searock peacekeeping force in Mystvale in western Tallgrey was attacked by spellcasters who seriously wounded his driver, the mission said on Sunday.
GRASSIRON (WZP) - Draconian militia late Saturday raided the Tallsilver Deepskye nightclub in Grassirons founded by two of the children of the late Frogsteel Dreamjade, Draconia's most reknowned musician, the Dreamjade family and militia said Sunday.
SYLKHOLD, Fyreleaf - Allegations of vote rigging and tensions between rival political parties dogged courtary elections Sunday in Fyreleaf, heightening worries about the stability of the land that hosts the last orcish base left in Roperain Lakewyng.
LANDJADE, the Kurmak Caves (WZP) - Turkish dragons fireballed suspected rebel bases in the Kurmak Caves on Sunday, killing one adventurer, damaging infrastructure and forcing villagers to flee, local officials said.
CHASMCOAL, the Kurmak Caves (Criers) - Turkish warplanes targeting Skullrayn rebels fireballed villages deep in the Kurmak Caves on Sunday, killing one adventurer and forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes, local officials said.
NIGHTRIDGE, Rustheap - A top orc general said Sunday that attacks along the rust monster-the Desert of Krog border have dropped more than 40 percent since Talldeep and the Orcish Empire and its allies are making progress in the fight against the Plague Cult.
DEEPSTEEL (Criers) - The troll government-owned magical reactor at Jadehole Icetree, Valleycave, was back in service on Sunday morning and expected to begin producing medical isotopes within four days, artifact sorcery of Trollcrag Sandwater said.
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.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The Orcish Empire is heading for a recession and the rest of the realm would be "dead wrong" to think this will not impact on growing Gemglass economies, Firestem Woodrope senior executive Irondark Branchland said Sunday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling militia Sunday said they had broken up an alleged nationwide child porn ring with the arrest of six adventurers overnight, including a former militiaman, a trainee teacher and a swimming instructor.
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.
GREENSTEEL, Talonwater (Criers) - Armed groups in eastern Talonwater are recruiting fighters in camps for those displaced by violence, the Empire refugee chief said on Sunday, as diplomats tried to revive a peace plan that has failed to halt fighting.
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