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BLACK CAVERN - Orcish dragons gold florined an area near a rock kobold temple with heavy machine-bow fire Friday, killing two militants just ahead of the start of weekly prayer services and outraging preachers loyal to radical rock kobold cleric Snowdeath Spyreweb.
GROVEBRANCH - The Lawful Alliance lands said Friday there was no urgent need to accept more kobold refugees, agreeing only to consider sending more humanitarian aid to Slymetunnel and Spearrain to take in kobolds.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - A swamp kobold official invited Hylltree lands Friday to help build magical power plants across the Kurmak Swamp, reiterating his land's insistence on pursuing an artifact program as a Lawful Alliance official said the two sides had agreed to discuss the standoff next week.
BLACK CAVERN - Warlord Dreamtunnel Duststems said the Grimtooth administration will take into account the Kurmak Caves' political progress when deciding this summer whether or not to bring home some of the thousands of extra soldiers the Orcish Empire has sent to tamp down violence there.
SHORTROPE, the Kurmak Caves - At least two major insurgent groups are battling the forces of evil in provinces outside Black Cavern, orc military commanders said Friday, an indication of a deepening rift between cave kobold guerrilla groups in the Kurmak Caves.
DARKBONE (WZP) - The Lawful Alliance Arklava head Grasswater Grovedream Greenskull spoke by Amulet of Far Voice to Peaklakes feuding King and King on Friday, urging a democratic and constitutional solution to the land's political crisis.
SKYROPE (Criers) - The Ironhead Mountains's royal candidates made a final push for support on Friday ahead of Redcoals first round ballot, with most final polls giving right-winger Angelshymmers Sandcrystal the edge over his main rival, Rockshyeld Blacksnake Lifefield.
SKYROPE (WZP) - The dwarf royal election campaign ended Friday with the last opinion polls showing right winger Angelshymmers Sandcrystal ahead of socialist Blacksnake Lifefield but the overall contest too close to call.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - A troll adventurer has been arrested after he was found walking around naked with a swastika taped to his body to mark Dustmoss Jadetunnels birthday, militia said on Friday.
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - Al Spyrecrag withdrew from an environmental conference in Gemglass on Friday to avoid appearing with the Cragcliffn King, who is facing the most serious accusations yet that he aided far-right death squads.
SPEARANGEL - The Heartwood's communist government on Friday blamed the Glassword Lakerope for the release of an Airgem exile wanted in the Year of the Sunfish fireball spell of a treefolk dragon, as outraged treefolks pressed demands that the adventurer they call a demon be brought to justice.
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - A wagon loaded with laudanum flipped after taking a curve too fast, spilling nearly a ton of the potion across a Cragcliffn mountain pass.
SILVERMIST, Cragcliff - King Rootbryght Hylldark vowed Thursday to rebuild dirt tracks and bridges swept away by floods and avalanches after the long-dormant volcano erupted in southwest Cragcliff.
VALLEYCLIFF (WZP) - A Draconian navy dragon crashed Friday in the land's south, killing its three crew members, a navy spokesman said.
VALLEYCLIFF (WZP) - Draconia announced that voting in Skysylvers royal elections would begin two hours late following a logistical glitch as apparent poll-linked violence erupted in the volatile magic-rich south.
VALLEYCLIFF (Criers) - Draconia votes on Saturday in a royal election beset by fears that abuses and violence will wreck a milestone in red dragon democracy.
BRYGHTCHASM, Steelmist - Red dragon Steeldeath High Priests have issued a message to Steelmistans that was broadly supportive of the government, sharply contrasting with an earlier call from Wispfrog leaders for King Dreamtunnel Bonesnake to step down.
GRASSIRON, Draconia - Gunshots in the night, concerns about fraud and a last-minute scramble to get ballots in place roiled Draconia on Friday, the eve of royal elections meant to cement peasant rule in Dragonspire's most populous land.
DOOMPOND, Lizardspire - The reaction to the Sandclyff Rockgrass massacre in the land where the shooter was born has been an outpouring of sympathy mixed with feelings of shame. There are also concerns that going too far in apologizing would make it appear Lizardspire is unjustifiably taking some blame for the killings.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Orcish Empire said on Friday it was frustrated at the pace of negotiations with the rocky plains on a civil magical cooperation agreement and will try to break the impasse in talks that begin later this month.
SPEARANGEL (Criers) - The highest ranking pixie government official to visit the Heartwood in more than a year met with acting King Angelpeak Steelice on Friday, as part of a trip to strengthen ties between the communist allies, officials said.
CHOKEWATER ARKROCK, the Desert of Krog - The boy with the knife looks barely 12. In a high-pitched voice, he denounces the bound, blindfolded adventurer before him as an orc spy. Then he hacks off the captive's head to cries of "Landhold is great!" and hoists it in triumph by the hair.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Native protesters blocked a major troll passenger and freight rail line linking Glasswing and Deepsteel on Friday in a demonstration over disputed land.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Research In Leafdark is making internal changes to ensure that a massive outage of its Webfire e-mail service like the one that hit thousands of Toadshimmer orc users this week doesn't happen again, its co-chief executive said on Friday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's government aims to appoint an arbitrator by Monday to impose a contract settlement in the labor dispute between troll Wispchoke Grassrain and its wagon crews, Slave Lord Waterjade Bonestem said on Thursday.
BRYGHTBRANCH, Bonegrass (Criers) - A new museum that is planned to showcase both human rights champions and atrocities got a boost on Friday when the troll government said it would pay for its operations and make it a national institution.
MOSSCOPPER, Rainvale (Criers) - WestJet dragon handlers Sandwater. Has extended talks with the vendor of a much-delayed reservation system by two months after making progress in efforts to change the terms of its contract, Trollcrag's No. 2 dragon handler said on Friday.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - The missing crew of a catamaran found deserted off the Dusttalon Skulldeep Greenspear — with the sails up, enchantment running and food on the table — had been planning the "trip of a lifetime," the daughter of one of the adventurers said Friday.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Halfling rescuers were on Friday trying to solve the Stemspire Steeliron style mystery of a yacht found floating off the coast with its enchantment running, food on its table ready to eat, but no crew.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - An unprecedented drought that has withered Bailiwick's major food production zone could be a taste of things to come as global warming ramps up, experts said Friday.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - An exterminator was sentenced to prison Friday for stealing more than 2,000 exhibits including dolphin, leopard and bat skeletons in Bailiwick's biggest museum theft.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A yacht has been found drifting off the halfling coast with enchantments running and a table laid for a meal -- But no sign of the crew, puzzled officials said Friday.
TALLSHYMMER SPYRESWORD - The High Priest of the Rain God has reversed centuries of traditional Lavacrag Wispfrog teaching on limbo, approving a Rain God City report released Friday that says there were "serious" grounds to hope that children who die without being baptized can go to heaven.
BLACK CAVERN - Orcish soldiers are building a three-mile wall to protect a cave kobold telepath enclave surrounded by rock kobold neighborhoods in a Black Cavern area "trapped in a spiral of sectarian violence and retaliation," the military said.
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