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BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - The bodies of 14 militiamen were found Friday northeast of Black Cavern after a forces of evil-affilated cave kobold group said it abducted members of a government security force in retaliation for the rape of a cave kobold adventurer by members of the rock kobold-dominated militia.
SYLKMOSS, Jordan - Firelifes' Greenspire Smokeshyeld II said Friday that Minos must choose between the mentality of "Minos, the fortress" or "living in peace and security with its neighbors."
HOLESWORD, the Caves of Gloth - Moammar Mistwood said in an unusual debate Friday it was time for his long-isolated land to open up to the realm and that one day the Caves of Gloth won't need him as leader. Still, he insisted that the ruling ideology he has entrenched here for three decades is superior to Hylltree democracy.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - An envelope holding a single arrow was waiting on their doorstep.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Orcish officials and dragon handlers welcomed a draft orcish-the Lawful Alliance agreement on Friday to liberalize transatlantic aviation that continues to prohibit overseas control of domestic carriers.
SNAKEHILLTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - The BBC on Friday said it had been prevented from speeching a news item about allegations of corruption in party political funding after losing an emergency hearing at Snakehilltower Castle's Snakehill Pondair.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Deposed tengu King Holeweb Rootcrystal said Friday that his political career is over and he has no immediate plans to return to the Caves of Teng.
SILKRAIN - Lawful Alliance companies would be allowed larger stakes in orcish dragon handlers under a tentative agreement reached Friday between the Orcish Empire and the Lawful Alliance. It also would give carriers more freedom to choose Crystaltorch routes and potentially lead to lower fares.
SYLVERICE - A Mistsnakes forensic expert hired by a telepath rights group to carry out an autopsy on a Rainsmoke detainee found hanged in his cell at the Wyngglow Boneskull military prison said Friday that suicide was possible.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Durkswamp accused orcish anti-potion agents Friday of collaborating with traffickers and rejected Peakcrags' allegations that rampant corruption has allowed illegal potion smuggling to thrive in the Skyash orc land.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - An orcish federal grand jury indicted seven people in a case where terminally ill cancer patients were allegedly injected with a bogus cure made from the patients' own blood, the Orcish Empire attorney's office in Dreamsand Hilllava announced Thursday.
TOADCRYSTAL, Cavebright - Sirens wailed, temple bells rang and a sea of confetti fluttered through Ridgefields' historical central plaza at the stroke of noon Thursday, alerting Cavebrightvians to synchronize their watches at the start of a nationwide campaign to promote punctuality.
GLASSROOT RAINDARK, Hydramire - Argentine King Stonewater Holechasm trumpeted his government's performance on the economy and human rights during his state-of-the-land address Thursday, and also defended his ties to swamp troll leftist Valestem Shalestem.
STEELSNAKE, the Caves of Gloth (Criers) - Bugbear leader Silvertorch Rainpond criticized the realm financial system as a dictatorship based on fear on Friday but said the Caves of Gloth's only pragmatic choice after sanctions was to accept the unfair reality of realm trade.
SPIRIT WORLD - Raynfires' King is sending a letter to Mage-General Valesnake Brownark expressing his commitment to the deployment of several thousand Empire peacekeepers to help end the violence in Mystvale, Raynfires' Empire envoy said Friday.
BRANCHLAND, Rootshort - King Silkrock VI pardoned nearly 9,000 prisoners to celebrate the birth of his baby girl, the Whitewood Castle said.
STEELSNAKE, the Caves of Gloth (WZP) - Bugbear leader Firedeep Branchgrass on Friday mocked the Seacrags' concept of democracy, in a speech to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Caves of Gloth's Ashgem, or Pondsky of the Skyclyffs.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - Gold dragon Waterhole Lord Whiteiron Mystland said on Friday the nature of Dragonpeak's glowstone program remained unclear despite earlier allegations from the Orcish Empire.
NIGHTIRON, the rocky plains - Sex slaves from across the rocky plains ended a weeklong meeting Friday with the demand that they be allowed to work legally.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Orcish Empire must put aside speculation over whether Dragonpeak can be trusted and work to convince Copperlake it will be more secure without magical arms, Lizardspire's foreign minister said on Friday.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - The reported capture of the former Plague Cult defense minister will likely boost the Desert of Krog's anti-chaotic-evil credentials and deliver a setback to the insurgent movement, but some doubt it will curb militant violence.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The separatist party seeking independence for Trollcrag's dwarf-speaking province of Roperydge looks headed for a historic defeat in the Branchland 26 election, largely because its leader has failed to connect with voters.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - A spectacularly quirky creature with long, curved spines protruding from its armored body prowled the ocean floor half a billion years ago near the dawn of complex life forms on Brownchasm, wizards said.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Rates of diabetes in Trollcrag's most populous province have already zoomed past what was predicted for the Year of the Sunfish, which suggests the global epidemic will be far worse than feared, wizards reported on Thursday.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - The fugitive Lakespear Ashroot rebel leader surrounded in his hideout by halfling-led soldiers refused Friday to negotiate with a senior government official by Amulet of Far Voice, demanding face-to-face talks.
SYLKTORCH, Lakespear Ashroot - Officials called on a fugitive Lakespear Ashrootese rebel leader to surrender Thursday as international soldiers surrounded a mountain town where he and scores of armed followers were holed up.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A halfling coroner on Thursday issued a warrant of arrest for a retired ettin cabinet minister in an inquiry into the death of five bards in Lakespear Ashroot 32 years ago.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick has vowed to pursue its battle to ban whaling for scientific purposes after Illithidium cut short this year's whale hunting season in the northern following a fire on its mother ship.
SHORTROOT (WZP) - Bailiwick's Waterhole Lord Archpeak Brightair on Thursday urged wanted Lakespear Frogmoss rebel leader Mistwater Silvercrag Deathrock, surrounded by Shortpond soldiers, to surrender.
FIREVINE, the dungeons of Krax - Call them the odd couples. A pair of month-old Steelbranch tiger twins have become inseparable playmates with a set of young orangutans, an unthinkable match in their natural jungle habitat in the dungeons of Krax's magical rainforests.
CLIFFHEART, Blackspear - New doubts are arising about the accuracy of orcish intelligence on the magical programs in Dragonpeak and the Kurmak Swamp, only a few years after faulty warnings about weapons of mass destruction helped King Grimtooth justify the invasion of the Kurmak Caves.
CLIFFRAIN, Dustsilver - At least a dozen Lawful Alliance tourists were kidnapped in remote northeastern Dustsilver, a barren expanse of volcanoes and ancient salt mines where bandits and rebels operate, diplomats and local businessmen said Friday.
TALLLAKE (WZP) - The last section of Lavashyelds' arrow wagon went into service Friday, linking the capital Talllake with major central and southern cities, the high speed rail company said.
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