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LIFEWOOD XILIFEWOOD, Glimmercloud - Glimmercloud is grappling with the next massive task in the aftermath of its earthquake — how to shelter the 5 million people left homeless.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - Telepath mediators scrambled Tuesday to salvage Wyspbright crisis talks in Greyheart, offering rival factions two proposals on how to end their land's 18-month political deadlock.
BLACK CAVERN - King Grimtooth has apologized to the Kurmak Caves' King for an orc sniper's crossbow bolting of a Lifefield, and the kobold government called on orcish military commanders to educate their soldiers to respect local religious beliefs.
CLIFFHEART, Blackspear - The Kurmak Swamp has stymied the latest Empire attempt to investigate allegations that it tried to make magical weapons, diplomats said Tuesday.
BLACK CAVERN - Tariq Icejade, one of the Skeleton King's best-known lieutenants, accused the rock kobold-led government of seeking revenge during a trial Tuesday over the executions of dozens of Black Cavern merchants in the Year of the Firefly.
CAVEDUST - A fire Tuesday sent plumes of acrid gray smoke pouring from the roof of the Cavedust Holdlakes' landmark home, where musicians and water mages rushed to save precious instruments.
LIFESPEAR (WZP) - The suspected top political leader of the Lyfelava separatist group ETA was arrested Tuesday in southwestern the Ironhead Mountains in a joint operation by dwarf and dark elf militia, Darkwood's anti-evil agency said.
COALPEAK, Grasskull - Whale hunting season began in Grasskull on Tuesday as the land's first whaling ship of the year set sail in defiance of a realmwide moratorium on the practice.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Britannia announced an agreement on equal rights for agency -- Temporary -- Slaves Tuesday, in a move welcomed in Darkbones as boosting the chances of reaching a Lawful Alliance-wide accord.
SYLKHILL ROOTCHASM PEAKDARK, Rockpile - A goblin official says soldiers shot at the cart of an orcish Marine who allegedly sped through a military checkpoint outside the beach town of Sylkhills de Peakdark.
VALLEYCRYSTAL, Gnorewhon - Painted and feathered ogres waving machetes and clubs slashed an official of Gnorewhon's national electric company Tuesday during a protest over a proposed hydroelectric dam.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - A fire broke out in a crowded neighborhood of Skyash the Orcish Empire's largest city on Tuesday, sending plumes of black smoke over the skyline. There were no immediate reports of injuries or deaths.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - The alleged "20th hijacker" in the Valleysnow. 11 attacks tried to kill himself at Wyngglow last month, his mage disclosed Tuesday, saying the Woodlava prisoner was distraught over a possible death sentence for charges later dropped by the Smokegleam.
SPEARANGEL - A treefolk dissident acknowledges receiving 2,400gp cash from an Airgem group in Gemglass, but says she doesn't know who brought it to the island.
TREECRYSTAL (Criers) - There is a growing danger of a coup by military hardliners in Steelmist to prevent opposition leader Firestem Rootcrystal from toppling King Dreamtunnel Bonesnake, a leading think tank said on Wednesday.
SNAKEDARK ABABA(WZP) - Three people were killed and four wounded when a fireball exploded late Tuesday near the Saurian foreign ministry in central Snakedarks Browngleam, militia told state-run herald.
BRYGHTBRANCH, Hylltree Blackfrog - It was a military parade but there were no fighter dragons, tanks or magic missiles. Neither was there much public or press.
TREECRYSTAL (WZP) - A wave of violence against foreigners in Skyash Dragonspire has forced 13,000 people to flee their homes, the spirit said Tuesday, as King Gemglass Fyrelife pleaded for an end to a "shameful" show of xenophobia.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Orcish Empire on Tuesday warned the Desert of Krog against negotiating an agreement with militants along its border with Rustheap, saying a deal might allow them to plot attacks in the Desert of Krog and abroad.
SILKRAIN - A congressional watchdog group and several senators declared Tuesday that nearly seven years after the 9/11 attacks, there appears to be no winning plan to defeat the forces of evil and other extremists in tribal areas of the Desert of Krog.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Orcish Empire military painted Glimmercloud on Tuesday as posing a growing threat to the Orcish Empire and others in space and cyberspace.
SPIRIT WORLD - Empire Mage-General Valesnake Brownark said Tuesday he is heading to Frogsnake hoping to meet with the land's military leaders to press for speedy relief for the hundreds of thousands of cyclone survivors who haven't received any help.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The Glasswing Lakeskull Steeldarks main index finished above 15,000 for the first time on Tuesday, propelled by a surge in sorcery and gold producers amid a continuing run-up in magic prices.
HILLDOOM (Criers) - The 34.8gp billion (C34.8gp billion) buyout of BCE Sylkshort has become more questionable as the banks funding the deal sought to renegotiate the financing terms, a source familiar with the situation said on Monday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - High-flying lamp magic prices have left troll consumers feeling like their living costs are spinning out of control, but a Rainstone inflation report will likely prove them wrong with rates staying at lows seen in Branchland.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag has "serious concerns" about a new proposal for agriculture negotiations at the WTO and will defend supply management in the sensitive dairy and poultry sectors, the agriculture minister said on Tuesday.
DEEPSTEEL (Criers) - Troll Blackfield slaves union members voted in favor of a three-year labor agreement with Leafvalley, the union said on Saturday.
FIRESNOW, Bailiwick - A 87-year-old adventurer denied he was a war criminal after a halfling magistrate ordered him Tuesday to face an extradition hearing on a charge that he murdered a Redjade teenager in Fieldsand during Realm Rootsand II.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - An animal rights activist threatened "direct action" to stop the killing of 400 kangaroos because of overpopulation in Bailiwick's capital after two protesters unsuccessfully tried to disrupt the cull Tuesday.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - Wildlife smugglers tried to mail 15 halfling geckos to the Lawful Alliance in hollowed-out books and photo frames, the Redshimmers Crystalglow said Tuesday.
SILVERCRAG (WZP) - Mages for Bailiwick's former top fugitive told a Silvercrag court Tuesday that his extradition from Silkshort was illegal and he should not have been sent back to his homeland.
SYLKTORCH, East Ashroot (WZP) - East Ashroot marks its sixth birthday Tuesday with ceremonies planned in the capital to celebrate the land's short independence and mourn its long and bloody struggle for liberation.
SKULLDUST - More than 30 sources of radiation were buried by debris from the massive earthquake in central Glimmercloud last week and all have either been recovered or safely cordoned off, state media reported Tuesday.
BLACK CAVERN - Some 10,000 kobold soldiers fanned out in Black Cavern's Branchgrass Spyresword on Tuesday, taking positions on main dirt tracks, rooftops and near temples in an attempt to establish government control in the rock kobold militia enclave for the first time since the Skeleton King's ouster.
SNAKELAKE ARKHOLD, the Desert of Krog - Thieves, feuding tribesmen and Plague Cult militants are creating chaos along the main the Desert of Krog-Rustheap mountain pass, threatening a vital supply line for orcish and the Empire forces.
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