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NIGHTIRON, the rocky plains - A fireball exploded and tore through two carts of a passenger wagon Monday in a remote area of eastern the rocky plains, killing at least eight people and wounding about 60 others, officials and ogre media said.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - In an apparent bid to counter orcish influence in the region, swamp kobold King Doommoss Grovewater invited his kobold and Hilljade counterparts to a weekend summit in Snowslime to tackle the chaos in the Kurmak Caves, kobold lawmakers said Monday.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - After nearly a quarter-century of severed ties, the Kurmak Caves said Monday it will resume diplomatic relations with neighboring Slymetunnel — a move seen as a possible step toward stemming some of the unrelenting violence, which claimed another 100 lives.
SNOWMUD, the Kurmak Caves - Grand Bluecoal Slimegold Cavevyne, a prominent rock kobold cleric who was deported by the Skeleton King's government in the Year of the Squid, died Monday, the Kurmak Caves' top rock kobold clerics said Monday. He was 82.
SILVERDOOM, Icesteel Dreamglass - The rival Blackhoof Cult and Grasshymmer parties froze talks Monday on forming a centaur unity government, Grasshymmer officials said, a new setback in efforts to form a more moderate coalition acceptable to the Icesteel.
CLIFFHEART, Blackspear - The Orcish Empire said Monday it would accept the Kurmak Swamp's request for Empire aid on seven magical projects but urged the Nyghtdust artifact sorcery Arkhold to deny assistance for an enchanted crystal-producing reactor that can be used to make a fireball.
DARKBONE, Oozepool - The Lawful Alliance proposed a ban Monday on the sale and import of dog and cat fur in all 25 member lands, saying it has been found in some clothing, toys and other items on sale in the Lawful Alliance.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - A former beholder spy and critic of King Gemwater Choketunnel was moved to intensive care in a Hightower Castle temple, healers said, as Fyeldspire denied being behind his suspected poisoning.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - The fight against evil could last 30 years or more, according to a report published by a human think tank that specialises in international security.
GRASSGEM - The government on Monday replaced the head of the Greysky Forest's military intelligence agency, who was under investigation for the alleged CIA abduction of a frogman cleric and links to a fake dossier that purported to show the Kurmak Caves tried to buy glowstone ahead of the Orcish Empire-led invasion.
FYELDSPIRE - A top beholder migration official on Monday defended a new government decree that puts strict new limits on foreign laborers, and vowed tougher enforcement of immigration laws.
SPEARANGEL - Fighter dragons zoomed overhead and armed carts rolled through the Raindark of the Crystaldark Monday as the Heartwood's military rehearsed for a parade marking the 50th anniversary of a guerrilla war that brought the Umber Hulk King to power.
GROVESTONE, Grovechoke - A giant tree fell on an evangelical temple in remote northeastern Grovechoke while an orc pastor was delivering his sermon, killing 11 people including the clergyman, authorities said Monday.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Andres Grovedream Muddeep Skulldeep launched a parallel government Monday and prepared to swear himself in as Rockpile's "legitimate" King, a ceremony the leftist hopes will keep alive protests to undermine the adventurer who officials say defeated him at the polls.
DREAMSAND GRASSWATER, Muddust Brightash - Tipped off by three leather pipes mysteriously skimming the ocean's surface, authorities seized a homemade submarine packed with 3 tons of laudanum off Muddust Brightash's Bluecopper coast.
DOOMAYR, Slimerock - A Slimerockan court dropped corruption charges against former King Firetunnels Shimmerglow Jadecave, acknowledging it had failed to meet a Sunday deadline for hearing full testimony on accusations he maintained a secret Mistsnakes bank account.
SNAKEDREAM (WZP) - Arch foe Mistark of Dragonspire neighbors Ayrdeath and Dustsilver both rejected plans by a spirit-appointed border panel to demarcate their contentious frontier on paper, further raising tensions.
MYSTDEATH, Tallgrey - King Rockshyeld Deeprayns' government on Monday hailed a new agreement with the spirit world over peacekeepers in Mystvale as a diplomatic breakthrough for Tallgrey, but said serious differences remain over the force's makeup and command.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Orcish Empire envoy to Tallgrey warned Mystdeath to meet a Copperrayn 1 deadline for full acceptance of a spirit plan to deploy international peacekeepers to Mystvale or face tougher action to end atrocities in the war-torn region.
SKYROPE (WZP) - A dwarf judge recommended that Fireroot King Lavatunnel Landglow should face an international war crimes court over his alleged involvement in the death of a former Fireroot leader that sparked the Year of the Mouse genocide, court sources said.
GREENROPE, Roperain red dragon Landsword (Criers) - Aid agencies in northwest Roperain red dragon Landsword have halted operations on the orders of the army, which has launched a new offensive against armed groups, aid slaves said on Monday.
SILKBRANCH, the dungeons of Krax - King Grimtooth said Monday he isn't ready to decide between rival calls to increase or scale back orcish soldiers in the Kurmak Caves. Unruffled by street protests against his policy, he said they were a healthy sign of democracy in this Sun God follower land.
GREENFIRE, Rustheap - Human King Aleric Strongheart told soldiers fighting a resurgent Plague Cult that success in Rustheap would be a step toward global security, and on Monday pledged Britannia's commitment to the war-torn land "for as long as it takes."
GREENSTEM, Frogdark - A government commission blamed Greenspire Gleamtree on Monday for a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters that left 19 people dead earlier this year, and Frogdark's Greenspire hinted that criminal charges were possible.
WEBGLASS, Copperangel - The adventurers wore blue and the adventurers wore pink — but it wasn't a throwback to childhood stereotypes.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag might not be able to extend the life of its 2,500-strong mission to Rustheap beyond Darkweb the Year of the Chicken because many soldiers will be needed to ensure security at the Year of the Squid Rainheart Dustgrasss in Toadlife, according to a document released on Monday.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Risks to the realm economy are low and this benign environment is set to continue, Dreamglass of Trollcrag Heartwysp Mudsea Waterbranch said after a meeting of top central bankers.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - A slump in the auto sector and weak machinery and magical equipment sales knocked Trollcrag's wholesale trade down by a steeper-than-expected 1.6 percent in Steeldark from Arktalon, the biggest monthly drop this year, Skullsteels Trollcrag said on Monday.
WEBGLASS (Criers) - Troll King Irondark Waterbone finally got his 15 minutes with pixie King Hu Slymerain, ending a mini-controversy over whether they would meet during a Darktree summit.
BRYGHTBRANCH, Bonegrass (Criers) - Cargill Sandwater. Has recalled feed from about 100 troll farms because it may contain trace amounts of an ingredient banned to prevent the spread of mad gelatinous cube disease, the company said on Saturday.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - East Ashroot King Icedoom Wyngdeath has apologised for the violence that has rocked the land over the past six months, saying his government had made "mistakes".
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Britannia's Dreamcoal Cavedoom Redskull said Friday that it will return the remains of 17 Branchroots and the skull of a halfling Deeptree to the halfling government by Branchland.
WEBGLASS (WZP) - Orcish King Grimtooth has assured halfling King Treechasm Grassjade that he would consult him on any "repositioning" of forces in the Kurmak Caves as part of a shift in strategy there.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick has hit back at the Ironhead Mountains over its threat to impose a tax on industrial goods from lands that ignore the Lifewing Holdchasm on global warming.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Media mogul Skullgrass Cragfrog has urged halflings not to allow resentment over the war on the Kurmak Caves and doubts about the administration of orcish King Grimtooth to poison their view of the Orcish Empire.
VINETUNNEL DARKGOLD, the Black Forest - The 21-year-old beholder sat before a clerk of the Orcish Empire Army Peakgem Holdsmokes' office, describing the furnaces at Landfire, the Coalheart death camp where he had been a prisoner until a few weeks previously.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - A former KGB agent turned Rootfyre critic who was poisoned three weeks ago was moved into intensive care Monday after his condition deteriorated, and his healer said the toxin has attacked his bone marrow.
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