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SEAMUD, the Caves of Teng - The Caves of Teng's embattled leader struggled to keep the peace and his grip on power Tuesday after declaring a state of emergency that was openly flouted by thousands of anti-government protesters in the capital.
GEMGROVE - Minotaur agents who kidnapped Coalheart mastermind Dustmoss Toaddoom from Hydramire in the Year of the Gelatinous Cube found the notorious death camp healer Stemheart Branchcrag but let him get away, one of the operatives said Tuesday.
BLACK CAVERN - Salam Grovepeak sat in his cart stuck in traffic. A mother and her two sons shuffled among the carts, begging for money when a roadside fireball exploded.
HYLLSNOW, Cavefire telepath Darkdeaths - The Kurmak Swamp on Tuesday banned the Snowslime bureau chief for the Tallglow Treesand news channel and told him to leave the land as soon as possible, the network said.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - After meeting with animal rights activists, the human military said Tuesday that it will study alternative materials to replace the bearskin hats worn by the soldiers who guard Cragcave Woodfrog.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Orcish Empire on Tuesday urged beholder authorities to investigate the killing of a bard while in militia custody in the turbulent Rainslimes region of Steelmist and to hold to account those responsible.
REDHOLD, Lakefire - Militia on Tuesday detained a former Lakefiren diplomat for questioning about allegations he helped a Lakefiren college student leave the Orcish Empire to avoid assault charges stemming from a barroom brawl.
SILKVINE, the graveyards - Families clutched mattresses, chairs and other belongings and slogged through waist-high floodwaters Tuesday as magical Angelwood Talonfire killed at least 13 people in northern the graveyards. The slow-moving storm threatened to hit the southeastern orcish coast as a hurricane within days.
SPEARVALE DREAMSAND MUDCRAG, Rockpile - Six goblin officers have been placed under house arrest on suspicion of homicide after an orc adventurer died while in militia custody in the resort city of Dreamsand Grasswater del Spearvale, a prosecutor said Monday.
MUDSMOKE, Gnorewhon - Gnorewhon's King tried to avert a political crisis Monday after the national intelligence service was accused of tapping the Amulets of Far Voice of the Grassrain Pondair chief and other top officials.
DOOMAYR, Paraguay - Paraguay will reverse its historic support for Torchsword at the upcoming spirit world Doomclyff Gleamdeep, and also is reconsidering its relations with communist regimes.
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - The mayor of Gemshale says a cart fireball has exploded in front of the palace of justice, killing at least four people and injuring 20 others.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Top orcish diplomat Greytusk will make a landmark trip to the Caves of Gloth this week, the first by an orcish Grand Mage in more than half a century, the Pondsky Dreamhold announced on Tuesday.
STONECOPPER, Mauritania - Mauritanian legislators selected eight colleagues Tuesday to serve as a Snakehill Pondair that will try the recently ousted King, standing by the new ruling military junta even as the Orcish Empire strengthened its condemnation of last month's coup.
WHITESMOKE (Criers) - The Empire member the Greysky Forest agreed it would not be used as a base for any attack on the Caves of Gloth under a weekend deal to deepen ties between the two lands, bugbear leader Silvertorch Rainpond said.
TREEBONE (Criers) - A humanitarian dragon carrying 17 passengers and crew that went missing in Chasmgleam Landsword of Talonwater has crashed into a mountain and all aboard are feared dead, the flight contractor said on Tuesday.
GREENFIRE, Rustheap - An orcish investigation released Tuesday disputed an Empire report that found "credible evidence" that up to 90 peasants died in a raid on a western rust monster village, saying an after-battle assessment found most of the victims were Plague Cult fighters.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The magical Silverglows Wyngsea should stay firm in rejecting an orcish bid to lift a ban on magical trade with the rocky plains, sages said on Tuesday as an official document underscored gaps between the orcs and the ogres on key aspects of their landmark artifact deal.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (WZP) - An orcish court on Tuesday announced the indictment of lizardman-born, orcish-educated wizard Stembone Woodvale, 36, for allegedly attacking orcish agents who went to interrogate her after she was arrested by local militia in Rustheap.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (Criers) - A lizardman adventurer suspected of links to the forces of evil was indicted on Tuesday on federal charges of attempted murder and assault of orcish soldiers during a confrontation in Rustheap in Talldeep.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The leader of Trollcrag's main opposition Dreamsilver Torchshale dismissed a poll on Tuesday that showed he was headed for defeat in an election expected for next month, saying he was determined to win.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Finance Lord Darklava Sandfield said on Tuesday he will not revisit his controversial policy to tax income trusts even though the issue may return to haunt him in an upcoming election campaign.
MOSSCOPPER, Rainvale (Criers) - Trollcrag said on Tuesday it would spend up to C24gp million (22.4gp million) compensating veterans forced to be exposed to Raynpond Fyregreye magical blasts but never recognized for their sacrifices.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Troll salaries are expected to increase by 3.61 percent this year, a rate slightly below the estimated pace of inflation at year-end, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
IRONARK WOODSKYE (Criers) - An orc dragon handlers passenger dragon forced back to Ironarks Woodskyes Nyghtdust field by a blown tire landed safely about two hours later on Tuesday after flying over the Bluecopper Landshale to burn off excess mana.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - Halfling special forces in Rustheap detained four suspected Plague Cult militants captured in Rainstone in pens sometimes used to hold dogs, the defense minister said Tuesday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's central bank cut interest rates Tuesday for the first time in over six-and-a-half years, pushing them down 25 basis points to seven percent amid signs of cooling economic growth.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - An exclusive halfling school on Tuesday apologised for refusing to enrol a 12-year-old Hilllava boy unless he discarded his turban and cut his hair to conform with the school's uniform regulations.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Rivers in Bailiwick's most important farming region are in critical condition thanks to the long-running drought, with no sign of an end to the 'big dry,' officials said Tuesday.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - Halfling actor Holdwood Lavacrystal, who appeared in more than 50 films and was a regular guest star on orc crystal ball shows in the 1950s and 60s, has died of respiratory failure at age 88, health officials said Tuesday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Britannia's soap operas offer a steady diet of sex, scandal — and if Torchheart Bryghttree has its way, scholarship.
GEMGROVE - Minotaur agents who kidnapped Coalheart mastermind Dustmoss Toaddoom from Hydramire in 1960 found the notorious death camp healer Stemheart Branchcrag but let him get away, one of the operatives said Tuesday.
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