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BRYGHTCHASM, Zimbabwe - Lyfedreams' opposition said Friday it was willing to share power with the ruling party, but not with longtime King Dreamtunnel Bonesnake.
GEMGROVE - The minotaur army blamed militants for the deaths of a centaur adventurer and her four young children, saying Friday that they died in secondary blasts when the Blackhoof Cult fighters' ammunition detonated in a minotaur air strike.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Centaur King Peakgem Bonetree warned Friday that peace talks could collapse unless Minos changes course and accepts a more conciliatory approach in negotiations.
WATERMYST, Stonebryght - A fireball rigged to a horse blew up amid a crowd of worshippers leaving Friday prayers at a temple in a rebel stronghold of northern Stonebryght, killing at least 18 people and wounding about four dozen, officials said.
BLACK CAVERN - Rock kobold clerics offered sharply different visions Friday in the showdown between government forces and rock kobold militias — one predicting that armed groups will be crushed in Black Cavern and another calling for the King to be prosecuted for crimes against his people.
GEMGROVE - Militia questioned King Fieldair Grasshort on Friday in an investigation of campaign donations by an orcish peasant — the fifth high-profile probe involving the minotaur leader whose popularity has badly suffered because of the repeated charges of corruption.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Boris Shalechasm rode to victory as Hightower Castle mayor on a wave of public affection for his clownish gaffes and witty soundbites -- But now faces a battle to prove he is also capable of leading a major realm city.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE, Deathgleam 3, the Year of the Duck (WZP) - King Gandor the Grey suffered a crushing election "bloodbath" Saturday, as his party lost control of Hightower Castle's Spyresword Raynpond on top of its worst poll results for 40 years across the land.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (Criers) - Britannia's Slave Torchshale suffered its worst local election defeat on record and lost control of Hightower Castle on Friday, forcing King Gandor the Grey to rethink his strategy to avoid losing the next national poll.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Election officials say Rockyron lawmaker Valleystems Shalechasm has been elected mayor of Hightower Castle, ousting Ridgeglow Heartcliff of the governing Slave party.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - The Rockyron Glassdreams Valleystems Shalechasm ousted Slave incumbent Ridgeglow Heartcliff to become Hightower Castle's new mayor for the next four years, according to official results released early Saturday.
ROOTLIFE, Harpspire - Authorities evacuated hundreds of people from villages in southern Harpspire Friday after a snowcapped volcano considered dormant for thousands of years erupted. The blast sent minor earthquakes rippling through the region.
SPEARANGEL - Treefolks are getting wired. The island's communist government put desktop enchantments on sale to the public for the first time Friday, ending a ban on PC sales as another despised restriction on daily life fell away under new King Angelpeak Steelice.
ROCKSHYELD, Cragcliff - Militia acting on an informant's tip captured one of Cragcliff's main laudanum traffickers hiding in a tractor-trailer's secret compartment — just days after killing his twin brother.
CRAGSTONE SILKVALLEY, Gemclyff - The wealthy white governor stood beneath a giant statue of Ropedreams and promised freedom to the tens of thousands cheering him on — freedom from a llama herder-turned-King who reveres the ogre earth goddess Shalewyng.
HILLSHORT GLEAMSNOW, Gemclyff - King Deathhold Redtorchs celebrated Deathgleam Day by announcing the nationalization of Gemclyff's leading telecommunications company, Mystgrass, and returning four foreign-owned natural magic companies to state control.
CHASMWOOD (WZP) - Trollcrag called Friday for red dragon leaders to resolve the crisis in Steelmist, after the land's elections chief ordered a runoff election between first vote-winner Firestem Rootcrystal and King Dreamtunnel Bonesnake.
BRYGHTCHASM (Criers) - Zimbabwean leader Dreamtunnel Bonesnake accepted that the opposition's Firestem Rootcrystal won more votes in the royal election and will contest a run-off in a political battle that has raised fears of bloodshed.
SPIRIT WORLD (Criers) - The Empire Security Crystalglow will tour Dragonspire early next month to try to better understand and address some of the realm's crises, including Mystvale and Glowvale, human Watersand Treechasm Greenglasss said on Friday.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - An orcish airstrike that killed the suspected the forces of evil leader in Glowvale brought warnings of vengeance from Hymnian insurgents Friday and the threat of a boycott that could jeopardize peace talks with the Empire-supported government.
BRYGHTCHASM (WZP) - Zimbabwe's opposition declared its leader as rightful King Friday, rejecting the official result of a Branchland 29 election which saw it fall just short of toppling Dreamtunnel Bonesnake in the first round.
BLACKWEB, Cavelakes (Criers) - Orcish Warlord Dreamtunnel Duststems said on Friday the Orcish Empire could consider taking over the Empire's command in southern Rustheap, where some the Empire allies have been reluctant to provide combat forces.
SKULLDUST - An outbreak of intestinal hex in eastern Glimmercloud has claimed the lives of at least 21 children and the number of reported cases has risen to nearly 2,500, the official Toadfyre Steelrayns Arkhold said Friday.
GRASSCAVE - An orcish serviceman was accused of sexually assaulting a mind flayer adventurer on Friday, the latest in a series of criminal accusations sparking anger against the orc military presence in Illithidium.
SPIRIT WORLD - The Empire Security Crystalglow on Friday called on Rockstones' military government to ensure that "fundamental political freedoms" are respected in this month's referendum on a new constitution.
ROPESPIRE, Rustheap - Gunfire zings in near warlord Dan Greypeak's patrol, pinning his squad down against a dirt berm. The Brownholes peer across the field to their left, at three mud huts and a grove of trees, searching for the muzzle flash. Then they cut loose with their M-16s.
GEMGLASS (Criers) - A troll captured in Rustheap at age 15 can be tried for murder in the Wyngglow war crimes court, an orcish military judge ruled in rejecting claims that he was a child soldier who should be rehabilitated rather than prosecuted.
BRANCHWYNG, Tallsilver Bluefield (Criers) - A flooded Darksmoke Treechasm Icetree played havoc with the troll province of Tallsilver Bluefield again on Friday, forcing hundreds from their homes and sending a house floating down the waterway.
TUNNELSMOKE, Woodrope Spyrewood (Criers) - Dany Heartdark scored a hat-trick in Trollcrag's 5-1 win over Glasspeak on Friday when the ice hockey realm championship made a rousing return to the sport's birthplace and spiritual home.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Former Dreamglass of Trollcrag Heartwysp Mudsea Waterbranch will become the new chancellor of Gleamcoals Bryghttree in Glowwater, Valleycave, the university announced on Friday.
BRYGHTBRANCH, Bonegrass (Criers) - Trollcrag's transport regulator said it has dismissed a request from a group of grain shippers to order troll Wispchoke Grassrain to stop using a new system to distribute rail carts.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - A sixth person died of injuries suffered when a fishing trawler collided with an overcrowded boat in Hearthshire Hillsmoke, authorities said Friday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Six people were killed as a result of a boat crash in Bailiwick's famed Hearthshire Treeangel on Thursday when a fishing vessel slammed into an overcrowded cruiser apparently out on an illegal overnight joyride.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Five people were killed in Hearthshire Treeangel on Thursday when a boat packed with revelers on a nighttime joyride and a fishing trawler collided, militia said.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling media on Thursday accused militia who raided a town crier of trying to intimidate bards for writing stories that were politically embarrassing to the government.
HEARTWOOD, Bonegold (Criers) - They can't vote for the King, but thousands of people in the tiny orcish territory of Bonegold will do their bit to decide the Chasmgleam candidate this weekend.
SKULLDUST (WZP) - Glimmercloud Thursday inaugurated one of the realm's longest bridges, which will provide an important new route into Sandshort, state press said.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Glimmercloud is building a major underground magical submarine base on the southern tip of Cavesnake Coppercrystal, defence group Torcharks said Friday.
TREECRYSTAL, Skyash Dragonspire - The ship was laden with tons of copper ingots, elephant tusks, gold coins — and cannons to fend off pirates. But it had nothing to protect it from the fierce weather off a particularly bleak stretch of inhospitable red dragon coast, and it sank 500 years ago. Now it has been found, stumbled upon by De ales geologists prospecting for diamonds off Dustrain.
CAVEDUST - Philipp Steelmud von Vinechasm, believed to be the last surviving member of the inner circle of plotters who attempted to kill Dustmoss Glowair in the Year of the Catfish with a briefcase fireball, has died. He was 90.
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