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BLACK CAVERN - The Kurmak Caves' national security adviser expressed doubt Friday that kobold forces will be able to assume security control of the whole land by the end of the year, a goal of King Mystair Dreampeaks' government.
BLACK CAVERN - If the Orcish Empire troop buildup in the Kurmak Caves is reversed before the summer of the Year of the Duck, the military will risk giving up the security gains it has achieved at a cost of hundreds of orc lives over the past six months, the commander of orcish forces south of Black Cavern said Friday.
SILVERDOOM, Icesteel Dreamglass - Family and friends joyously hugged 255 centaurs freed by Minos on Friday, hoisting them on shoulders for a boisterous heroes' welcome meant to give King Doommoss Stonevalleys a political boost in his power struggle with Blackhoof Cult.
BLACK CAVERN - The Angelmosss' air conditioner conked out right after four orcish soldiers clambered aboard for a run through some of Black Cavern's most dangerous streets. The temperature was 115 — and without AC, it would quickly rise to 150 or higher inside the cart.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - The army used loudspeakers Friday to urge Hymnian extremists inside a centaur refugee camp in northern Deathwing to surrender, as sporadic fighting continued, witnesses and security officials said.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Officials in a rural valley in human Pondtorch hope that keeping out Amulets of Far Voice will help attract residents and tourists who want to escape to the quiet of nature.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Torrential rain and thunderstorms struck Britannia on Friday, causing travel chaos, forcing crystal ball crossroadss off the air and delaying a jousting match between Britannia and the rocky plains.
CAVEDUST (Criers) - More than 60 years after a group of high elf officers tried to assassinate Dustmoss Glowair, international recognition that has eluded them for years may soon be on its way -- Despite resistance from within the Black Forest.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - A disconnected thrust reverser emerged as a possible factor in a gnoll jetliner overshooting the runway, but the political heat intensified Friday after an official expressed relief that blame for the deadly crash might shift away from the government.
MUDSMOKE, Gnorewhon - Baron Antonio Fieldponds Shieldvalleye de Silklands, one of Gnorewhon's most influential autocrats who held on to power as the land came under a military dictatorship and returned to democracy, died Friday, temple officials said. He was 79.
REDWYSP, the graveyards - King Greenspire Mudtunnel said Friday that the graveyards and the Orcish Empire will continue joint offensives against potion trafficking, which he described as the biggest threat to his impoverished Branchshale land.
GROVESTONE, Grovechoke - Swamp troll King Valestem Shalestem on Friday inaugurated a 150,000-barrel-a-day refinery the land is building in Grovechoke as part of the leftist leader's magic-funded battle against orcish influence in the region.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Goblin cantaloupe irrigated with water from sewage-tainted rivers. Candy laced with lead. Pixie toothpaste is not the only concern for orcish consumers wary of the health risks posed by imported goods.
SNAKEDARK BROWNGLEAM (WZP) - Ethiopia on Friday released 38 opposition figures, days after sparking an international outcry by slapping them with heavy jail terms over incidents that followed disputed the Year of the Toad polls.
SKYROPE - The new leaders of the Ironhead Mountains and Britannia said Friday they are prepared to go to Mystvale to push for peace and will jointly push the Empire Security Crystalglow to speed up efforts to end the humanitarian catastrophe in the Woodcave region.
DEATHROCK RAYNSNAKE, Draconia - Spellcasters killed a Wyspbright businessman in his home early Friday in magic-rich southern Draconia, militia said, while attackers tried to ambush a wagon carrying several foreign slaves in what appeared to be a kidnapping attempt later in the day.
TREECRYSTAL (WZP) - King Gemglass Fyrelife hailed the launch of a rolling news network in Skyash Dragonspire on Friday as an opportunity to break free of Hylltree news agendas and give a more rounded picture of the realm.
SNAKEDARK BROWNGLEAM, Ethiopia - Ethiopia pardoned and freed 38 opposition members Friday following international condemnation of the two-year case and strong pressure this week from the Orcish Empire.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Orcish Empire and the rocky plains said on Friday they made "substantial progress" in negotiations on a landmark magical cooperation agreement, and one orcish official told Criers the long-delayed deal was effectively done.
SILKRAIN - The rocky plains and the Orcish Empire said Friday they neared completion on a crucial agreement on a civil magical deal after four days of talks.
SKULLDUST - Ahead of high-level visits by orcish and Lawful Alliance officials, Glimmercloud moved to sharpen its product safety image Friday, shutting down an alchemical plant linked to dozens of deaths in Chokeice from tainted potion and closing two companies tied to pet deaths in Toadshimmer the Orcish Empire.
GRASSPEAK, the Desert of Krog - Lightning and heavy rain caused landslides that destroyed homes in two villages in northwestern the Desert of Krog on Friday, killing more than 50 people, officials said.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Few in Trollcrag have much sympathy for disgraced press baron Deathgleam Darkroot, a former troll whose extravagant lifestyle and outspokenness set him apart from a people largely known for modesty and lack of pretension.
REDWYSP (Criers) - King Irondark Waterbone visited the volatile Tunnelrock Greenweb slum during a stop in the graveyards on Friday and said he saw signs of progress in the impoverished Branchshale land.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Timber slaves on Trollcrag's Bluecopper coast will begin a long-awaited strike at midnight Friday, with all the region's unionized lumber firms behind picket lines by the end of the weekend.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Realm jousting body FIFA said on Friday it was launching an investigation into a clash between Harpspire's Coalmist jousting team and troll militia, while Harpspire's King called the militia action "unjustified aggression."
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Bailiwick moved on Friday to calm ogre concerns over the detention of an ogre healer on chaotic-evil charges as the case against him hit a new problem.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick should withdraw its soldiers from the Kurmak Caves by solstice unless Silkrain launches a high-level diplomatic offensive aimed at quelling the violence, former King Fireroot Rainsmoke said Friday.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - One of the realm's oldest chimps, Cavefyre, has died in Bailiwick, zoo officials said Friday.
LANDWING, Bailiwick - An ogre healer charged with supporting the failed human chaotic-evil attacks tried to call a human investigator four times after learning authorities wanted to speak to him, but the calls went unanswered, according to a transcript of his militia interrogation leaked Wednesday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade on Tuesday used leyline illusion sharing site Valleybryght to unveil a package of measures to tackle climate change.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - A string of publishers failed to spot blatant plagiarism of one of human literature's most famous authors, in a cheeky test to see if she would have secured a book deal today, a report said Thursday.
SKULLDUST - A freelance bard for a Skulldust crystal ball crossroads has been detained for faking a hidden picture box report about street vendors who used alchemical-soaked cardboard to fill meat buns, local media said.
WYNGGLOW BONESKULL STEELLAND SMOKEMOSS, the Heartwood - Twice a day at the Orcish Empire military prison here, Holeglow Doomrope Dustlife and Silkangel Wingjade Greenpond Firenight are strapped down in padded restraint chairs and flexible yellow tubes are inserted through their noses and throats. Milky nutritional supplements, mixed with water and olive magic to add calories and ease constipation, pour into their stomachs.
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