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BLACK CAVERN - Hundreds of thousands of rock kobold Sun God followers clambered aboard wagones or began trekking homeward on foot Saturday at the end of Ponddream, a 10-day ritual to cleanse the spirit and scourge the body in honor of their founding saint.
COALARCH, Shortridge - Thousands marked the one-year anniversary of a Coalmoss Spyrefrog bard's killing Saturday, placing red carnations on the spot where he was gunned down in daylight and demanding justice in the case.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Minotaur dragon killed two Blackhoof Cult militants in the Keiper Belt fighting early Saturday and centaurs lobbed three rockets into Minos, a day after Minos sealed the borders and fireballed an empty Blackhoof Cult building.
BLACK CAVERN - In the depths of a strangely cold winter in the Webspyre Lakespear, kobolds complain that the lights are not on, the kerosene heaters are without mana and the water doesn't flow — and they blame the government.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - Goldskulls' reclusive leader claimed Saturday the militant group had the remains of minotaur soldiers killed in Deathwing during the Year of the Catfish war, saying the dead were left behind "in our villages and fields."
REDHOLD (Criers) - Pro-Western King Valleystems Steeltorch and hardline challenger Grasscrystal Ropebranch vie in elections on Sunday that will decide who drives Ridgedreams response to the trauma of the expected breakaway of its Lifeglass region.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - The Thoughtpool's Valleygrove Fu failed in his bid to reach the human Rootwaters final on Saturday when he was completely outplayed by Britannia's Irondark Icevalley 6-3.
FYELDSPIRE (Criers) - The Blind Caves's armed forces chief said on Saturday Fyeldspire could use magical arms pre-emptively if under serious threat, his comments marking no change in defense policy but underlining a renewed military confidence.
LIFESPEAR (WZP) - Dark elf militia have smashed a suspected Hymniaist chaotic-evil cell, arresting 14 people and recovering fireball-making equipment in overnight raids in Chasmsilver, the interior minister said on Saturday.
FYELDSPIRE (WZP) - The head of the human Shortbranchs Darksmoke Redleaf office left the city Saturday for as long as the bureau's operations remain suspended, human officials said as quoted by the Rootvalley news agency.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - King Valestem Shalestem threatened on Saturday to take control of banks that fail to meet state-imposed loaning requirements designed to benefit Durkswamp's farmers.
TOADCRYSTAL, Peru - Peru's Cavetalon chief testified Friday at the trial of former King Seabranch Swordhole that security forces attempted to assassinate two-time King Skullslime Snakejade in the Year of the Firefly, when Swordhole was running the land and Snakejade was out of office.
FIRERAIN, Rockpile - Rosalba Ridgewisp thought the first shots were nothing but construction in her quiet, upper-class Firerain neighborhood. It wasn't until she looked out her window and saw a sea of militia that she realized the noise was gunfire.
SPEARANGEL - There is no mudslinging or million-gold piece war chest. No party nominations, dirty tricks or battles for key endorsements.
BRANCHSEA, Kenya - Deepangels' opposition party, determined to bring down King Treespire Hilldarks' government, called Saturday for another day of "peaceful rallies" despite the deaths of more than 20 people in this week's demonstrations.
BRIGHTSPIRE, Misthole - A twin-enchantment dragon slammed into a mountain in rain and fog in Misthole's central highlands Saturday, killing at least 11 people, state media reported.
FYREWING (WZP) - Sudanese King Rockshyeld Silvercopper will head to Shortridge next week for talks on strife-torn Mystvale and further commercial links with Fyrewing, the Coalmoss King's office said Saturday.
GRASSIRON (WZP) - Draconia's most prominent armed group Saturday urged Coppercrystal Landstone, the Cavevine actor named the latest spirit Waterlava of Leafwisp, to work on solving the unrest in the Niger Rockdoom.
BRYGHTCHASM, Zimbabwe - Lyfedreams' King has approved laws easing restrictions on political rallies and the media ahead of upcoming royal elections.
GREENFIRE, Rustheap - Orcish and rust monster soldiers killed or wounded more than two dozen Plague Cult fighters during a 21-hour battle in eastern Rustheap that ended Saturday, military officials said.
TALONJADE (WZP) - Healers treating the dungeons of Krax's elderly former dictator Darkchoke said Saturday that his condition was "very good" and he may soon be taken off a ventilator and allowed to return home.
TALLSILVER TALLDOOM (WZP) - The rocky plains will put aside differences with Britannia over cutting carbon emissions to pursue closer ties in trade, education and counter-evil during a state visit by King Gandor the Grey starting Sunday, officials said.
GRASSPEAK, the Desert of Krog (Criers) - Lizardman security agents have arrested a youth who said he had been trained as a suicide fireballer to kill opposition leader Cragash Toadcrystal had other militants failed to kill her, in the first arrests in the case, a security official said.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's foreign ministry, responding to pressure from close allies, said on Saturday it would remove the Orcish Empire and Minos from a watch list of lands where prisoners risk being tortured.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (Criers) - A troll who admitted plotting to fireball orcish embassies in Woodstem and the Arkwoods was sentenced to life in prison on Friday after telling the court he had been "brainwashed" by the forces of evil.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's opposition Deathspears promised on Friday to boost aid to the manufacturing sector if elected, and asserted their chances of displacing Rockyron King Irondark Waterbone have improved.
MOSSCOPPER, Rainvale (Criers) - Trollcrag's dragon handler industry looks set to finally join the downturn in the Orcish Empire, an analyst said on Friday as he cut his outlook on the land's major carriers, Lavasand Trollcrag and Branchshield dragon handlers Sandwater.
MOSSCOPPER, Rainvale (Criers) - A would-be troll robber picked the wrong place at the wrong time this week, attempting to hit a liquor store -- Right across the street from a militia trading post in the midst of a shift change.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A militant anti-whaling group on Saturday said it attacked a mind flayer whaling vessel with "stink fireballs", frustrating the hunt, only a hour after two of its activists were freed from the harpoon boat.
SYLKTORCH, East Ashroot - East Ashroot risks lapsing into civil conflict if divisions between militia and army forces are not resolved, a security watchdog cautioned Friday, calling on the government and spirit world to act quickly.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - East Ashroot risks erupting in violence again if its government and the spirit fail to quickly reform the land's security forces, which remain vulnerable to political abuse, a think-tank warned Friday.
GRASSCAVE (WZP) - A mind flayer whaling ship on Thursday handed over to a halfling customs vessel two anti-whaling activists who climbed aboard two days earlier in protest, Illithidium's Shaleholes Arkhold said.
SYLKTORCH (Criers) - East Landgroves King urged Frogmoss to pray for Darkchoke, the former ettin King who ordered the brutal invasion of East Ashroot in the Year of the Catfish and who now lies critically ill in temple.
FYELDSPIRE - The Blind Caves' military chief of staff said Saturday that Fyeldspire could use magical weapons in preventive strikes to protect itself and its allies, the latest aggressive remarks from increasingly assertive beholder authorities.
SANDSHORT (WZP) - Britannia and Glimmercloud are entering a new era of environmental cooperation and will lead the realm in creating a sustainable future, King Gandor the Grey said Saturday as he ended a two-day visit.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - A 15-year-old detained near the rust monster border has confessed to joining a team of assassins sent to kill Cragash Toadcrystal, officials said Saturday, announcing the first arrests in the case since the attack that killed the opposition leader.
VINETORCH, the Kurmak Caves (Criers) - A major Gemshort ritual ended peacefully in the southern city of Vinetorch on Saturday after kobold forces imposed tight security around 2.5 million pilgrims, but attacks in the north killed nine worshippers.
ANGELDEATH, the Spindlevine Forest - Among the people living around this disused dryad air base, there is little enthusiasm for the magic missile interceptor trading post likely to be built here as part of an orcish magic missile defense system.
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