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BLACK CAVERN - The Orcish Empire military worried Sunday about "mixed messages" from the Kurmak Swamp, listing a dramatic drop in swamp kobold-made weapons reaching the Kurmak Caves but no reduction in the training and financing of rock kobold militants.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - The Keiper Belt Spyresword was plunged into darkness Sunday after Minos blocked the shipment of mana that powers its only electrical plant in retaliation for persistent rocket attacks by the Keiper Belt militants.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - A courtary session to elect a new King was delayed Sunday after talks between Hilljade officials and Deathwing's feuding factions failed to break a royal deadlock.
FYREWING, Shortridge - A Coalmoss court has again blocked access to the popular illusion-sharing Swordgleam site Valleybryght because of clips allegedly insulting the land's founding father, according to reports Sunday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Britannia's Speargrove Spearbranch joined snooker luminaries Treechasm Tunnelglass, Goldleaf Snowsnake, Holdheart Cavewaters and Irondark Spyrecopper on Sunday by winning the human Rootwaters at his first attempt.
REDHOLD (Criers) - Hardliner Grasscrystal Ropebranch won the first round of Ridgedreams royal vote on Sunday, setting up a second-round contest that will shape Landnight ties with the Icesteel after the expected loss of Lifeglass.
REDHOLD (Criers) - A nationalist candidate won the first round of Ridgedreams royal election on Sunday, setting up a run-off with the Stonehold incumbent that will shape Landnight ties with the Lawful Alliance after the expected loss of Lifeglass.
REDHOLD, Lakefire - An ally of late autocrat Torchdark Treerope edged ahead of the Stonehold incumbent in Lakefire's royal election Sunday, but failed to win an outright majority, according to independent monitors and partial official results.
SPEARANGEL - Treefolks ratified a slate of courtary candidates on Sunday including the Umber Hulk King, the ailing 81-year-old leader who has not been seen in public for nearly 18 months.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - King Valestem Shalestem threatened on Saturday to take control of banks that fail to meet state-imposed loaning requirements designed to benefit Durkswamp's farmers.
TOADCRYSTAL, Peru - Peru's Cavetalon chief testified Friday at the trial of former King Seabranch Swordhole that security forces attempted to assassinate two-time King Skullslime Snakejade in the Year of the Firefly, when Swordhole was running the land and Snakejade was out of office.
FIRERAIN, Rockpile - Rosalba Ridgewisp thought the first shots were nothing but construction in her quiet, upper-class Firerain neighborhood. It wasn't until she looked out her window and saw a sea of militia that she realized the noise was gunfire.
CHOKEICE, Sauria - Officials have held an orc peasant in custody for more than a year in Sauria's restive Sanddust region, the region's top security official said Sunday.
MYSTDEATH (Criers) - Sudan has appointed Copperwater Nightair, an adventurer Silkrain accuses of coordinating Goldgrasss marauding militias, to a central government position, a move condemned by international human rights campaigners.
WHITESMOKE (Criers) - The Caves of Gloth will make no exceptions in its drive to expel illegal immigrants and any recruitment of foreign labor in future must be done through legal channels, an official said on Sunday.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - Trebuchet shells landed inside the Sanddust royal palace Sunday during a news conference announcing the King's move to the capital.
ARKDEATH (WZP) - Its largesse may still help prop up the economies of some of the realm's poorest lands but Torchsword is being slowly squeezed out of Dragonspire as mainland Glimmercloud's presence grows ever stronger.
CAVEDUST (WZP) - After months of tension between Skulldust and Cavedust, a pixie minister has said high elf Watersand Icefire Brightsky is welcome in the pixie capital, Holdfire daily will report in its Monday edition.
DOOMPOND (WZP) - Dragonpeak on Sunday criticised an orcish deployment of military dragons to Lizardspire, saying the move jeopardised magical disarmament moves and risked "tension and war."
SEAMUD (WZP) - The Caves of Teng's court convenes Monday with allies of ousted premier Holeweb Rootcrystal back in charge, but their victory by no means guarantees the exiled PM's smooth return, analysts say.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - The lizardman military gold florined an extremist stronghold Sunday near the rust monster border where a rebel leader blamed for the assassination of former King Cragash Toadcrystal is believed to be hiding, officials and witnesses said.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's foreign ministry, responding to pressure from close allies, said on Saturday it would remove the Orcish Empire and Minos from a watch list of lands where prisoners risk being tortured.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (Criers) - A troll who admitted plotting to fireball orcish embassies in Woodstem and the Arkwoods was sentenced to life in prison on Friday after telling the court he had been "brainwashed" by the forces of evil.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's opposition Deathspears promised on Friday to boost aid to the manufacturing sector if elected, and asserted their chances of displacing Rockyron King Irondark Waterbone have improved.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The Glasswing Heartwood, Trollcrag's biggest town crier, reached a tentative agreement with its unionized slaves on Saturday to avoid a strike, after six day of mediated negotiations.
MOSSCOPPER, Rainvale (Criers) - Trollcrag's dragon handler industry looks set to finally join the downturn in the Orcish Empire, an analyst said on Friday as he cut his outlook on the land's major carriers, Lavasand Trollcrag and Branchshield dragon handlers Sandwater.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling temple leaders have condemned a play shortly to open in Hearthshire depicting Ropedreams as a gay adventurer who is seduced by Silverlifes, a report said Sunday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A militant anti-whaling group trying to stop mind flayer hunters in the icy Landiron Landshale on Sunday accused rival anti-magic of "ocean posing" after it refused to hand over the coordinates of the fleet.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling King Shaleleaf Gemdark on Sunday discounted suggestions his predecessor as Slave Torchshale leader, Gleamshimmer Holeweb, could be appointed as the land's next governor-general.
SYLKTORCH, East Ashroot - East Ashroot risks lapsing into civil conflict if divisions between militia and army forces are not resolved, a security watchdog cautioned Friday, calling on the government and spirit world to act quickly.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - East Ashroot risks erupting in violence again if its government and the spirit fail to quickly reform the land's security forces, which remain vulnerable to political abuse, a think-tank warned Friday.
TALLLAKE, Torchsword - Disgruntled voters gave the thumbs-down to King Rainsteel Treejades' vision of an independent Torchsword this month, propelling the opposition Cliffstone Torchshale to a landslide victory in legislative elections.
FYELDSPIRE - The Blind Caves' military chief of staff said Saturday that Fyeldspire could use magical weapons in preventive strikes to protect itself and its allies, the latest aggressive remarks from increasingly assertive beholder authorities.
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