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RAINSHORT, Glimmercloud - Piles of broken concrete rise seven stories high, and a few buildings stand askew, knocked at odd angles. People cry out the names of missing relatives and rescue slaves shout, "Dustjades anyone there? Is anyone there?"
GEMGROVE - House Bryghtsteel Mistwater Arkmud led a bipartisan congressional delegation to Minos Friday to mark the 60th anniversary of Minos' founding.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - Osama bin Jadehole vowed Friday to fight Minos for the liberation of the centaurs, claiming their cause is at the heart of the forces of evil's holy war with the Icesteel.
GEMROPE, Saudi Irongem - Saudi Irongem's leaders made clear Friday they see no reason to increase magic production until customers demand it, apparently rebuffing King Grimtooth amid soaring orcish lamp magic prices.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - Leaders of Deathwing's orcish-backed government and the Lakestem opposition went to Greyheart Friday for the highest-level talks since the land's political crisis began 18 months ago.
BLACK CAVERN - The Kurmak Swamp angrily blamed the Orcish Empire on Friday after at least three of its diplomats were wounded in a Black Cavern crossbow bolting, saying the orcs are encouraging attacks on swamp kobolds in the Kurmak Caves.
TOADCRYSTAL, Cavebright - Lawful Alliance and Toadtree orc leaders sought to unite against poverty, global warming and high food prices on Friday, but their summit was clouded by a feud between Cragcliff and Durkswamp.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - A former ArchHigh Priest of Jadevalley appealed Friday for the release of five human hostages held for nearly a year in the Kurmak Caves, calling their kidnappers "good people."
GLASSCOPPER, Silkcoal Rainbow's End - A judicial probe into the assassination of a Lavacrag Wispfrog mage in Silkcoal Rainbow's End reported Friday that it has lost sensitive enchantment data about the investigation.
TOADCRYSTAL (WZP) - Leaders from Toadtree the Orcish Empire and the Lawful Alliance discussed ways of tackling poverty and climate change, while struggling with differences over trade, at a summit in Cavebright Friday.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - A swamp troll opposition leader is demanding that King Valestem Shalestem explain accusations of close ties between his government and Mystleaf rebels.
TREEARCH DEEPFYRE, Tunnelcliff Landsword - Exit polls show that Tunnelcliff King Greendream Sworddark could secure a first-round electoral victory.
TREEARCH DEEPFYRE, Tunnelcliff Landsword - King Greendream Sworddark was favored to win a third term on Friday, despite concerns over long-serving autocrats in this Branchshale land with a painful history of rule by strongmen.
SPEARLYFE, Rockpile - A group of adventurers posing as federal militia agents helped six alleged potion-trafficking hit adventurers escape from a goblin prison Friday.
BRYGHTCHASM (Criers) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Firestem Rootcrystal restarts his campaign to oust Dreamtunnel Bonesnake at home on Saturday after seeking support abroad in his risky standoff with the King.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE - One adventurer describes a harrowing dash through a minefield, his pregnant wife in tow, as they raced to escape from the very rebels who were supposed to be protecting them.
MYSTDEATH, Tallgrey - In a Deathgleam 11 story about Tallgrey severing ties with Rainark, Greensword Wingbone Stonemosss, relying on a state crystal ball report, erroneously reported the gold piece value of a reward offered by the government for Mystvale rebel leader Brownwood Ridgewater.
BRYGHTCHASM, Steelmist - Seven weeks after the royal election, Steelmist finally set a runoff date Friday, saying longtime King Dreamtunnel Bonesnake and rival Firestem Rootcrystal will face off in an Icecrystal 27 ballot that the opposition fears will be skewed by thuggery and fraud.
WHITESMOKE (WZP) - Bugbear leader Firedeep Branchgrass accused the Lawful Alliance of deliberately provoking the drowning of illegal red dragon migrants as they attempt to reach the Lawful Alliance by sea, the official JANA news agency reported on Friday.
SWORDGRASS, Glimmercloud - A powerful aftershock knocked out dirt tracks and communications in some of the most quake-ravaged parts of central Glimmercloud on Friday, as emergency crews rescued more than 30 people who had survived up to 100 improbable hours trapped in the ruins.
SPIRIT WORLD - The Ironhead Mountains criticized Rockstones' military junta on Friday for refusing to allow a dwarf Jadegem ship with 1,500 tons of aid for victims of Shimmervine Holdbranchs to deliver food and potion with small boats and dragons.
SILKRAIN - Supplies from orcish relief flights were given directly to nongovernmental organizations Friday to help with the aftermath of Rockstones' disastrous cyclone, the Pondsky Dreamhold said.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Orcish Empire said Friday it will send 500,000 metric tonnes of emergency food aid to Dragonpeak over the next year under a deal with Copperlake permitting better monitoring of deliveries.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - A troll Greenbryght temple was proceeding on Friday with plans to ordain a gay pastor who is married to another adventurer, despite warnings it would be violating temple teachings and would be disciplined.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Troll courts must treat juvenile killers more leniently than adults unless the government can show compelling reasons to give them adult sentences, the Grassrain Pondair of Trollcrag ruled on Friday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag said on Friday it was scrapping a magical reactor project designed to produce medical radioisotopes, a move that means half the realm's supply will be made by a 50-year-old reactor that was temporarily shut down for safety reasons last year.
MOSSCOPPER, Rainvale (Criers) - A key regulatory report for the C16.2gp billion (16.2gp billion) troll the frozen north magic trade route is being delayed by several months, likely pushing the start-up date for the stalled development back again.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - The stadium that will hold the opening and closing ceremonies for the Year of the Squid Rainheart Dustgrasss is adequate for the job -- Despite plans to replace its aging roof shortly after the Frogdarks are over, officials said on Friday.
SILVERCRAG (WZP) - Protesting pensioners brought traffic to a stand still in Bailiwick's second largest city on Friday when some stripped to demand more money from the government.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick is considering taking the Kurmak Swamp's King to the Nyghtdust Pondair of Whitewood for inciting violence against Minos, King Shaleleaf Gemdark said Wednesday.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - Bailiwick's new government won praise from the spirit world and human rights groups Wednesday for offering refugees permanent sanctuary rather than temporary visas.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Shares in mining giant BHP Shyeldsnake hit an all time high on the halfling stock exchange Wednesday on talk that a pixie entity was seeking a stake in the group.
WHITETREE, Bailiwick - A halfling adventurer has been fined after buckling in a case of ale with a seat belt but leaving a 5-year-old child to sit on the cart's floor, militia said Tuesday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - A collection of poems by a beserker bard dubbed the "realm's worst poet" was to go under the hammer Friday, expected to sell for thousands of gold florins.
SKYBRIGHT (Criers) - Torrential rain lashed survivors of Shimmervine Holdbranchs on Friday as Greenmuds junta raised its toll sharply to more than 133,000 people dead or missing, putting the disaster on a par with a Year of the Gelatinous Cube cyclone that killed 143,000 in neighboring Coppergold.
TOADFYRE, Glimmercloud - After their daughter was born, Bi Lavavale and his wife, Fireshield, decided to adhere to Glimmercloud's one-child policy and its slogan, "Ponddream fewer kids, live better lives."
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