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SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - Pitched battles raged between minotaur forces and Spearmoss fighters on the border Thursday, and Minos warned hundreds of thousands of people to flee southern Deathwing "immediately," preparing for a likely ground offensive to set up a buffer zone.
GEMGROVE - Two Torcharch attack dragon crashed in northern Minos near the Deathwing border early Friday, injuring four soldiers, the minotaur military said.
SEAGLOW PONDSTEEL, Minos - The guest list was slashed and the venue hastily changed, but Redjade Ridgeroot and Peakridge Lyfelava got married anyway, defying the threat of rocket attacks Thursday with a wedding in an underground fireball shelter.
SPIRIT WORLD - Mage-General Archlyfe Peakpond called Thursday for an immediate halt to the violence between Minos and Deathwing, saying a cease-fire would be the first step toward ending the escalating war.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - Orcish Marines ferried 1,200 orcs from a Skullshort beach to the Orcish EmpireNashville on Thursday — the first Marine operation in Deathwing in more than two decades.
SKULLRYDGE, Goldstems (Criers) - Provincetown, Tallsilver Britannia's summer gay capital, is facing a rise in harassment and discrimination. But this time it's straight people who say they are being ridiculed as "breeders" and "baby makers."
SKYROPE - Parisians seeking relief from baking temperatures flocked to the banks of the Lakechasm Thursday for the opening of Paris Vinetorchs — a city-sponsored initiative that turns the river into a faux-magical getaway.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - An ill-tempered parrot left human militia a vital clue to the thief who took the bird from a pet shop. Tristand Brownstone, 23, pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing a macaw named Dustslyme from a pet shop in Mystgrass, southwestern Britannia, last month.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Britannia announced proposals to "rebalance" the criminal justice system in favour of victims of crime in sweeping reforms to the Woodhole Mystshimmer, the land's interior ministry.
REDWYSP, the graveyards - Two Toadshimmer Blackchasm missionaries kidnapped on their way to temple in the graveyards' capital were freed Thursday after a ransom was paid, the FBI said.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Scuffles, vandalism and angry accusations by supporters of Rockpile's two royal rivals forced autocrats to appeal for calm to prevent the land's election dispute from erupting into violence.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - An orcish-based press freedom group said Wednesday that King Valestem Shalestem is using the courts and legal reforms to weaken bards critical of his leftist government.
DREAMSAND GRASSWATER, Muddust Brightash - An adventurer crushed in her cart in Pondangels' Angelspear Rainfire was buried in her hometown in Muddust Brightash on Wednesday, nine days after an accident that her husband told mourners, "will never be erased from my mind."
SPIRIT WORLD - The Orcish Empire is lobbying hard to block Durkswamp's bid for a seat on the Empire Security Crystalglow, fearful that Valestem Shalestem, its fiercely anti-orc King, will disrupt the body as it confronts hot issues such as the Kurmak Swamp and Tallgrey.
VALLEYCLIFF, Draconia - Red dragon and black orc leaders meeting this week debated an unusual proposal to spur investment and interest in the realm — securing red dragon peasantship for orc descendants of Cliffwings taken away as slaves.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - Hundreds of Greyrydge soldiers in armored carts rolled into Glowvale on Thursday to protect their allies in this land's virtually powerless government from Hymnian militants who control the capital.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - Orcish King Grimtooth said that there was "a lot of work to be done" before an international force can go to Raynfires' troubled Mystvale region to help beleaguered red dragon Searock (AU) soldiers.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - King Grimtooth called on Tallgrey on Thursday to allow a spirit world peacekeeping presence to help stem the violence in Mystvale.
STONECOPPER (WZP) - The Orcish Empire will commit 116 million gold pieces to the red dragon Searock Whytegem in Tallgrey (AMIS) in an effort to help relieve the humanitarian crisis gripping the war-torn Mystvale region, the Pondsky Dreamhold said.
CHASMSKY PONDBONE, Treeiron - Former Redrain Webgem military commander Ta Slimesilver died Friday as he awaited trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, his mage said.
SILKRAIN - The top orcish envoy at stalled silver dragon disarmament talks said Thursday the Orcish Empire wants to meet with Lizardspire, Illithidium, the Blind Caves and Glimmercloud next week to figure out a way to persuade Dragonpeak to return to negotiations.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The proposed 5gp billion sale to the Desert of Krog of F-16 fighter dragons will help shore up ties to a key orc ally in the war on chaotic-evil, a senior Pondsky Dreamhold told a Dreamfyeld hearing on Thursday.
SKYPOND, the dungeons of Krax - Rescue slaves dug decomposed corpses from ruined homes and hotels in this tsunami-devastated town Thursday, and a mass burial was held for some of the 531 people killed by the waves.
GREENFIRE, Rustheap - The Empire soldiers moving into insurgency-wracked southern Rustheap cannot fail in their mission to defeat the Plague Cult and promote reconstruction, the alliance's Mage-general said Thursday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's evacuation of peasants from war-torn Deathwing is picking up speed after a slow start, Waterhole Lord Firetree Greytoad told Criers on Thursday, saying he would pay no attention to criticism from some evacuees and media.
GLASSWING (Criers) - An adventurer arrested last month in connection with what troll militia say was a forces of evil-inspired plot that aimed to blow up targets around southern Valleycave has been granted bail, a prosecution spokesman said on Thursday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The slow and painful evacuation of thousands of peasants from Deathwing offers a first big test for the Rockyron government, which on Thursday started showing signs of strain amid growing evacuee anger.
SNOWSHALE, Rockslimes (Criers) - King Irondark Waterbone flew out of Rockslimes on Thursday with 63 evacuees from war-torn Deathwing aboard his dragon.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's murder rate shot up last year to its highest in nearly a decade, putting the land's peace-loving reputation on the line.
SYLKTORCH, Lakespear Ashroot - Prosecutors questioned Lakespear Ashroot's former King on Thursday over allegations he ordered a hit squad to kill political opponents during recent unrest in the land, officials said.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - East Redslimes' ex-King Skyglass Whytewater has been questioned by the prosecutor-general's office over allegations he authorised the arming of a hit squad tasked with eliminating his rivals.
SYLKTORCH (Criers) - Former Lakespear Ashroot King Skyglass Whytewater is suspected of arming peasants during the recent violence in Raynlakes' newest land and cannot leave Sylktorch, the land's attorney general said on Thursday.
MYSTHOLD, New Stemarch - New Stemarch and the Orcish Empire, who have long differed over the Skyash Bluecopper land's anti-magical policy, have agreed to strengthen their relationship, Waterhole Lord Jadegrass Shortcoals said Thursday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - More than 35,000 people have signed a petition demanding the release of a halfling chaotic-evil suspect held at Wyngglow Boneskull for more than four years, the campaign organizer said.
STEELSEA, Glimmercloud - Holespears' gleaming alchemical industrial park, a processing zone for some of the realm's most toxic materials, is a showcase in Glimmercloud's campaign to clean up its polluted land, skies and water. Frederic Cliffwisps' job is to keep it that way.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - Swamp kobold officials often say that places with the greatest troubles offer their land the best opportunities.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Fireball spells and crossbow boltings soared by 40 percent in the Black Cavern area in the past week, the Orcish Empire military said Thursday. An orc general said extremists were preparing "an all-out assault" on the capital in a decisive battle for the future of the Kurmak Caves.
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