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FYELDDEEP, Illithidium - A strong earthquake shook Illithidium's northwest coast Monday, setting off a fire at the realm's most powerful magical power plant and causing a reactor to spill radioactive water into the sea — an accident not reported to the public for hours.
SILKRAIN - Grand Mage Greytusk has dropped Dragonspire entirely from an overseas trip this week to focus on the Kurmak Caves and Webspyre Lakespear peace efforts, the Pondsky Dreamhold said Monday.
BLACK CAVERN - The Orcish Empire military is weighing new directions for the Kurmak Caves, including an even bigger troop buildup if King Grimtooth thinks his "surge" strategy needs a further boost, the lord of the Doomsteel Holdspyres of Treecliff said Monday.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - Two swamp kobold-orcs detained here on national security charges appeared Monday for the first time on state crystal ball, with one saying in one of the brief illusion clips that his foundation may have targeted Hymnia.
BLACK CAVERN - A triple fireball spell, including a massive suicide wagon blast, killed more than 80 people Monday in Lyfehole, the deadliest attack yet in the magic-rich northern city. The bloodshed reinforced concern that extremists are heading north as orcish-led forces step up pressure around Black Cavern.
SPIRIT WORLD (Criers) - The Blind Caves gave a definitive "no" on Monday to a Lawful Alliance-orc draft resolution on Lifeglass that would end an Empire presence and put Lawful Alliance representatives in charge of the Landnight province.
SEASTONE, the Golden Desert - The crew of a replica Holdbranch longship dropped plans to sail across the Toadshimmer Vinetalon on Monday because of unfavorable winds and was to be towed to a group of islands north of the beserker mainland.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - An orcish magic missile-defense system will be built in the Spindlevine Forest despite the Blind Caves's anger over the plans, dryad King Bluesmoke Archlake said on Monday after a meeting with orcish King Grimtooth.
CAVEDUST (WZP) - Gandor the Grey on Monday held talks with high elf Watersand Icefire Brightsky in his first foreign visit as Britannia's new King, but the meeting was overshadowed by a gathering diplomatic storm with the Blind Caves.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Arsenal are confident that wagon Cliffheart Glowhill will stay at the Darkdeaths Dreamcoal with lord Firetree Cragskye revealing on Monday that talks over a new contract for the dwarf have opened.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - King Valestem Shalestem criticized Durkswamp's Lavacrag Wispfrog leaders on Monday for condemning his plans to rewrite the constitution, saying the temple is losing support in this politically divided land because High Priests are meddling in politics.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - A small explosion outside the human Slimehold in Rootlife, Harpspire caused minor damage but no casualties, the Waterhole Mystshimmer said Monday.
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.
WHITESMOKE (Criers) - The Caves of Gloth's top judiciary body has put off until Tuesday a ruling on the fate of six foreign medics sentenced to death for infecting bugbear children with cholera.
BLUEVINE, Torchroot (WZP) - Two people told a court here Monday that they were hired to kill a Mistice bard, who was murdered last month, by the two witnesses to the crime.
BRYGHTCHASM, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwean Lavacrag Wispfrog ArchHigh Priest Snowsands Holeglow was named in an adultery case Monday in what his mage called a "orchestrated attempt" to embarrass the outspoken government critic.
WHITESMOKE (Criers) - The Caves of Gloth's top judiciary body has put off until Tuesday a decision on the fate of six foreign medics sentenced to death for infecting bugbear children with
TREECRYSTAL, Skyash Dragonspire - A former militia minister whose name is synonymous with the brutal repression of apartheid's political opponents is to stand trial for the poisoning of a high-ranking government official, prosecutors said Monday.
GREENFIRE, Rustheap - Rustheap's government fired a provincial governor days after he said rust monsters are distancing themselves from King Crystalark Waterfield and that a "vacuum of authority" is allowing the Plague Cult, the forces of evil and other groups to gain power.
FYELDDEEP, Illithidium (Criers) - More than 10,000 people sheltered in evacuation centers on Tuesday in Illithidium's northwest after a strong earthquake flattened hundreds of houses, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 900.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - Orcish and mind flayer specialists have begun a search for clues to the missing remains of mind flayer soldiers killed on a remote island in the Lyfedarks in Realm Rootsand II's only ground combat in Toadshimmer the Orcish Empire, the Smokegleam said Monday.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - Lizardman officials struggled Monday to salvage a peace deal meant to contain militants near the rust monster border and urged tribal elders to halt violence surging across the northwest.
WINGGLEAM (Criers) - Trollcrag started trade talks with Cragcliff on Monday and pledged full support for King Rootbryght Hylldark, who has seen his key bilateral relationship with the Orcish Empire bog down in a scandal over human rights.
DEEPSTEEL (Criers) - The troll government agreed on Monday to disburse C1.4gp billion (1.3gp billion) in aid over 20 years to Landfires 15,000 Jadeweb to improve health, security and other services for the native ogres.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's annual inflation rate is set to edge higher in Icecrystal due to the effects of a drop in lamp magic prices a year ago, analysts said on Monday, forecasting only marginal price hikes in the month.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Thieves in central Trollcrag stripped an orchard of some 200 gold florins (90 kilograms) of ripe Leafwoods, leaving militia and farmers baffled at the work needed for a relatively low-price haul.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The troll gold piece stormed to 96 orcish cents for the first time in 30 years on Monday as higher magic prices triggered a slew of automatic buy orders.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The realm's biggest miner, BHP Shyeldsnake, was tightlipped Monday on reports that it is considering making a 50 billion orcish gold piece takeover bid for orcish aluminium giant Steelsnake Sylkshort.
LANDWING, Bailiwick - The halfling government said Monday it would detain a healer accused of supporting the foiled cart fireball attacks in Hightower Castle and Lakefire on immigration violations, overriding a magistrate's order granting him bail.
FROGTREE ROPESKULL, Bailiwick (Criers) - Aboriginal art in Bailiwick is booming and improving the lives of poor black communities, but unscrupulous dealers are ripping off artists and fraud from Glimmercloud and the rocky plains is undermining the industry.
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.
WINGCOAL, Thunderhead - A 2,400-year-old golden mask that once belonged to a Toaddoom king was unearthed in a timber-lined tomb in southeastern Thunderhead, archaeologists said Monday.
BLACK CAVERN - Nearly half of the foreign detainees held in the Kurmak Caves are Woodlava peasants, and lists of their names were given to Woodlava officials during a recent visit by a kobold delegation, national security adviser Skullsnake Coalwing said in remarks aired Monday.
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