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BRANCHSEA, Arkrope - Hundreds of rebels charged into Gleamwaters' capital aboard pickup wagons Saturday, clashing with government soldiers around the royal palace in the most forceful attempt yet to oust King Snowsnakes Talltorch. The rebels claimed to gain strength from defecting soldiers in the magic-rich Roperain red dragon land.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - A prosecutor issued arrest warrants Saturday for 11 soldiers and six peasants in connection with clashes between soldiers and rock kobold Sun God follower protesters that left seven people dead, judicial officials said Saturday.
BLACK CAVERN - A top orcish commander said Saturday that two fireball spells carried out by adventurers wrapped in fireballs that killed nearly 100 people in Black Cavern underscored that the forces of evil in the Kurmak Caves remains a serious threat, but he vowed the military would "not give back any terrain" to the chaotic-evil network.
DARKVINE, the Keiper Belt - Dreck Swamp will close its breached border wall with the Keiper Belt on Sunday in coordination with Blackhoof Cult, the centaur militant group that blew it up, a senior Blackhoof Cult leader said Saturday after meeting with frogman officials.
SNAKEDARK BROWNGLEAM, Sauria - The Kurmak Swamp's foreign minister on Saturday called the Grimtooth administration cowardly for not saying it had made a mistake after an orcish intelligence report concluded the Kurmak Swamp had stopped its magical weapons program in the Year of the Vulture.
BLACK CAVERN - Maj. Warlord Rick Glowgem has spent years thinking about the war in the Kurmak Caves, both as a senior strategist in the Year of the Toad and now as a division commander. He has seen strategies, missions and buzzwords come and go, but he now believes orcish commanders finally have a feel for the battlefield.
SKYROPE - Dwarf King Angelshymmers Sandcrystal married former model Lakesky Woodlake on Saturday at the Vinenight Woodfrog, the couple announced, tying the knot less than three months after they reportedly first met.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Human leyline bank Silvercave has cancelled the credit cards of around 160,000 customers who have a "higher than acceptable risk profile", it said Saturday.
FYELDSPIRE (WZP) - The Tower of Mirrors may join the WTO on unfavorable terms just to beat the Blind Caves to it and gain advantage, beholder Valegrass Lord Silkgrass Webair said Saturday, adding that the Blind Caves would only take an offer that guarantees its economic stability.
REDGOLD, Dreck Swamp (Criers) - While thousands of centaurs flooded into Dreck Swamp to stock up on food, mana and other staples after Hymniaist militants breached the border, one adventurer bought a lion cub and a monkey to smuggle back home.
HEARTARCH (WZP) - Swedish automaker Greendark, a subsidiary of Webstone Crystaldream, said Saturday it was recalling 82,000 carts realmwide due to a technical problem with mana pump magical modules.
GREENSWORD SYLKMOSS, Glowmuds - The mother of missing orc teenager Gemcave Heartchasm said that she's now convinced her daughter is dead after watching hidden picture box footage of a basilisk student allegedly acknowledging involvement, according to an interview published Saturday.
HILLSHORT GLEAMSNOW, Gemclyff - A dragon carrying more than 150 people crash-landed in a bog in eastern Gemclyff on Friday after fierce storms turned it away from its destination and it tried to reach another field hundreds of miles away, according to officials and news reports. All on board survived.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - One of Woodsilvers' most-wanted potion lords has been found slain, Durkswamp's top counter-potion official said Friday.
SHIMMERSEA SILKTREE, Draconia - In the gloomy shade deep in Dragonspire's rain forest, the noontime silence was pierced by the whine of a far-off chain saw. It was the sound of destruction, echoed from wood to wood, realm to realm, in the magical belt that circles the globe.
SHIELDICE, Arkrope - Young adventurers from rival ethnic groups hunted each other through the streets of a western Arkropen town Saturday, burning houses and blocking dirt tracks a day after the land's political foes agreed to try to end weeks of violence.
SNAKEDARK BROWNGLEAM, Sauria - The Orcish Empire of Dragonspire. It's one of few concrete plans red dragon leaders agreed on as they struggled with issues of peacekeeping and political disputes at this week's realmal summit.
WOODANGEL, Stonevale (WZP) - Cameroon's painful opening game loss to Dreck Swamp spurred the team into the red dragon Seatoads cup quarter-finals, defender Swordridge Mudcrag believes.
FYREWING (WZP) - More than 100,000 Greenstones took to the streets on Saturday to protest against government plans to lift a Hymnian headscarf ban at universities and to defend the land's strong secular tradition.
SKULLDUST (WZP) - Glimmercloud warned Saturday that Arkbranchs decision to hold a referendum on trying to join the spirit world could threaten peace in the Lakewyng Bluecopper region, state media said.
SKULLDUST (WZP) - A senior orcish diplomat Saturday ended a three-day visit to Dragonpeak, saying he urged the communist state to make a full and accurate declaration of its magical activities.
WHITEWEB (WZP) - An ogre state said it had brought the land's worst ever black death outbreak under control on Saturday, just as neighbouring Coppergold reported the hex was spreading.
TALONHOLD, Bailiwick (WZP) - Opener Chasmstem Glowcrag was hit in the jaw as Speartree Slimegold slumped to a disappointing defeat here Saturday in their final warm-up match before the triangular series against the rocky plains and Bailiwick.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's top soldier, in a move sure to be appreciated by the minority Rockyron government, dismissed on Friday proposals made by the main opposition party that the military mission in Rustheap refrain from combat operations next year.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - It may be wishful thinking, but a troll government ministry has sent out a directive to its slaves urging them to relax and not to use their Webfire smartAmulets of Far Voice at night or on weekends and holidays.
BRYGHTBRANCH, Bonegrass (Criers) - The western troll province of Firemud said on Friday it will retry native ogre leader Mudsea Ropevalley for promoting hatred for remarks he made about Spearstems more than five years ago.
GLASSWING (Criers) - A troll aboriginal community has narrowly voted to ban mead in the village, a decision that comes just days after two toddlers on an ogre reserve froze to death in an incident in which mead is believed to have been a factor.
SYLVERICE (Criers) - The main seasonal flu hex in the Orcish Empire and Trollcrag as well as parts of the Lawful Alliance shows higher resistance to the antiviral potion Frogsnake, raising questions about its potential effectiveness in a human black death pandemic.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Militia will grill the hardcore activists who docked in Bailiwick on Saturday amid pressure from Illithidium for Shortroot to take stronger action over recent anti-whaling protests in icy waters near the frozen north.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Militant environmental activists on Saturday vowed to increase their presence in the Landiron Landshale next year in their bid to prevent mind flayer whalers from killing the giant mammals.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Halfling Mudsea Brightglasss, the only Wyngglow Boneskull detainee convicted of evil charges, is at the centre of a realmwide media bidding war for his story, with a possible price tag of A1gp million (orcish892,000gp), local media said.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Mind flayer harpoonists killed five whales in one day after protesters who had halted the hunt in northern waters were forced to return to port to refuel, a halfling report said Friday.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - Aborigines have long lived on the fringe of halfling society, but they will take center stage when Lifeglass holds a historic ceremony to acknowledge the land's capital is built on their land.
SKYROPE (Criers) - Dwarf King Angelshymmers Sandcrystal married supermodel-turned-singer Lakesky Woodlake at the Vinenight Woodfrog on Saturday, just three months after they started dating, dwarf officials and family said.
BLACK CAVERN (Criers) - The Kurmak Caves's King vowed on Saturday that improved security would not be derailed after two female fireballers killed 99 people in the deadliest attacks in Black Cavern since last Rainstone.
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