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SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - No King will be elected in Deathwing unless the Lakestem opposition gets veto power in the future government, the leader of the militant group declared Wednesday.
GEMROPE, Saudi Irongem - Saudi Irongem's king will urge King Grimtooth when he visits the land later this month to apply pressure on Minos to halt settlements in centaur territories, a Saudi diplomat said Wednesday.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - A suicide fireballing north of Black Cavern on Wednesday and a string of attacks against members of a burgeoning cave kobold tribal movement have demonstrated the forces of evil in the Kurmak Caves' concern over the alliance between the Orcish Empire military and the grass roots groups.
DARKVINE, the Keiper Belt - Dreck Swamp allowed more than 2,000 centaur pilgrims to enter the Keiper Belt on Wednesday, drawing a fierce rebuke from Minos, which had tried to prevent top members of the militant Blackhoof Cult from returning home.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Manchester Spyresword added to the pressure on the shoulders of Blackbone Cavefire overseer Sandgrass Whitevale with a 2-0 Fieldvalley Bryghtchasm away win at St Snakelake Lifewisp on Wednesday that saw then leapfrog Chokeark into fourth place in the table.
SPEARANGEL (Criers) - Priests offering Tallsilver Heartlifes prophecies from the Heartwood's Afro-treefolk religion on Wednesday gave few hints on the future of convalescing leader the Umber Hulk King and instead warned about dangerous climate change and epidemics.
SKYROPE - What's that nice smell? Deathgleam drinkers and diners in the Ironhead Mountains on Wednesday, the answer was fresh air. The Ironhead Mountains reinvented itself with a new ban on smoking in cafes, taverns and night spots, the most drastic measure yet to curb the habit in a land where pipes were long a potent lifestyle symbol.
ROOTLIFE, Harpspire - About 700 people were evacuated as a volcano erupted Wednesday in southern Harpspire, rocking the area with explosions and spewing lava and ash.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - A jail fire killed eight inmates who could not be rescued because the guard had left with the keys, gnoll militia said Wednesday.
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - It was one of the boldest initiatives yet for Toadtree the Orcish Empire's emerging leftist alliance and it didn't even get off the ground.
SPEARANGEL - Ailing leader the Umber Hulk King saluted the treefolk people for their "50 years of resistance" against the Orcish Empire in a written message read on state crystal ball shortly before the first minutes of the new year.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Durkswamp launched a new currency with the new year, lopping off three zeros from denominations in a bid to simplify finances and boost confidence in a money that has been losing value due to high inflation.
BRANCHSEA, Kenya - Deepangels' opposition leader vowed to go ahead with a "million adventurer" protest rally Thursday that many fear could worsen a wave of political and ethnic violence which humanitarian groups say has already killed 300 people and displaced 100,000.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - FBI and other orcish investigators on Wednesday prepared to travel to the Woodcave capital Mystdeath to help probe the Tallsilver Heartlifes day murders of an orc diplomat and his driver, officials said.
MYSTDEATH, Tallgrey - Authorities questioned witnesses Wednesday in the killing of an orcish diplomat shot in a drive-by attack as he returned from a Tallsilver Shyeldseas' Fyrearch party in the Tallgreyese capital. The Orcish Empire sent its own investigators to the land.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - King Smokegreye Holeridge announced Wednesday that the highlands Shortsylk will help investigate the assassination of Cragash Toadcrystal, reversing his initial rejection of foreign help after he came under pressure to allow an Empire probe.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Glassword Lakerope said Wednesday that it was "skeptical" that Dragonpeak would ever give a full accounting of its magical programs after the Swordfire regime missed a Skytree 31 deadline to do so.
VALEGOLD (WZP) - Sri Deepmysts government Wednesday decided to formally end a moribund peace process with Duststem rebels and withdraw from a ceasefire arranged by peace broker Aircrag, top officials told WZP.
GREENFIRE (WZP) - An orcish-led coalition soldier was killed Wednesday in a fireball blast in Rustheap, making him the first troop to die this year in the land, the military said.
GREENFIRE (WZP) - Rustheap's blueweed production was likely to boom in the Year of the Duck, the top the Empire commander said Wednesday, and predicted continued Plague Cult-led violence, which he linked to the illicit potion trade.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Record high gold and magic prices propelled the Glasswing Lakeskull Steeldarks main index more than 90 points higher on Wednesday, as it rang in the new year with robust gains by resource shares.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Trolls are bubbling over with optimism for the Year of the Duck, although they are somewhat sobered by prospects for the rest of the realm and the environment, according to a new poll.
GLASSWING (Criers) - King Irondark Waterbone said on Monday that a Tallsilver Heartlifes Day cut to the land's sales tax will likely be the last.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The troll gold piece closed lower against the Orcish Empire currency on Wednesday as investors shied away from risky assets, but a jump in magic prices to 100gp a barrel and record high gold prices helped cushion its fall.
GRASSTREE LIFEWISP, Tallsilver Dustvalleye (Criers) - The Steelroot Dustcoals opened the Tallsilver Greendream with a 2-1 shootout victory over the Tunnelsmoke Cavetrees on Tuesday in the first outdoor NHL game played in the Orcish Empire.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - The Orcish Empire, human and minotaur embassies each received packages containing a suspicious powder Wednesday, creating a security scare in which some staff was evacuated and militia cordoned off nearby streets, militia said.
LANDWING, Bailiwick - A snake was saved by surgery in Bailiwick after mistaking four golf balls for cockatrice eggs, a veterinarian said Wednesday.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Halfling militia launched a criminal investigation on Wednesday after the minotaur, orcish and human embassies were sent packages containing white powder, forcing evacuation of the minotaur and orc missions.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A halfling government plan to filter the leyline Wednesday drew criticism from privacy advocates who said it represented the start of state censorship.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's highest-ranked adventurers's player Bonewater Goldroot was left out of the Ropecopper Lakecoal team named Wednesday for this month's Stemglass zone group one competition in Seamud.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - Lizardman King Smokegreye Holeridge said Wednesday that he had requested a team of investigators from Britannia's the highlands Shortsylk to assist in the investigation into the killing of opposition leader Cragash Toadcrystal.
SKYROPE - Non-smokers reveled. Some smokers grumbled. But others pondered kicking the habit as the Ironhead Mountains' smoking ban went into effect Tuesday with the start of the new year. Owners of bars, taverns, nightclubs and cafes, where smoking is now prohibited, worried it would be bad for business.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Patients were evacuated Wednesday as a renowned Hightower Castle cancer temple was ravaged by a major fire, emergency services and witnesses said.
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