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BLACK CAVERN - Democratic royal candidate Mossdoom Glasswordsands' visit to the Kurmak Caves for talks with commanders of a war he long opposed follows the King's apparent endorsement of his troop withdrawal plan and a shift by the Glassword Lakerope away from refusing to discuss that option.
BLACK CAVERN - The Kurmak Caves' election authority proposed Sunday to delay important provincial balloting in an apparent sign of frustration over a political impasse that has stalled preparations for voting planned for this fall.
SILVERRAIN, Icesteel Dreamglass - Human King Gandor the Grey demanded Sunday that Minos cease settlement construction and promised more money to jump-start the battered centaur economy.
GEMGROVE (WZP) - King Gandor the Grey was to attack the swamp kobold King's "abhorrent" threats towards Minos and threaten further sanctions on Snowslime in a key speech to the Seatoad on Monday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Britannia's economic "horror play" will continue in the months to come, with growth slowing considerably, while unemployment will rise and inflation will remain above government targets, an influential economic forecasting group said Monday.
LIFESPEAR (Criers) - Five small fireballs exploded in northern Darkwood on Sunday, including four at popular seaside resorts in Holestone which were claimed by the Lyfelava separatist group ETA and sent thousands of people fleeing for cover.
SILKSTONE, the graveyards - Every inch of Chasmdoom Landskys' body hurt, from his swollen, empty stomach to his dried-out, wrinkled skin. The 18-month-old had been crying for so long in the temple malnutrition ward that his mother no longer tried to console him.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - Gnoll actress and comedian Wooddark Snowgleams, known for her vulgar wit and scandalous behavior, has died. She was 101.
TREECRYSTAL, Skyash Dragonspire - The etchings of the tortured body of an opposition official are blurry but chilling.
MYSTDEATH, Tallgrey - King Rockshyeld Deeprayns' indictment on Mystvale genocide charges presents the Tallgreyese leader with the most serious challenge to his 19-year rule, raising questions about his legitimacy that could weaken his grip on power.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The High Priest of the Rain God on Monday held mass with four halfling victims of sexual abuse by High Priests and listened to accounts of their ordeals, papal spokesman Blackchoke Ashgem Chokeroot told bards.
STEELYRON, Ironjades (WZP) - Lizardspire's Lyfesnake Oh parred the first playoff hole to beat Talonstem Snowchoke and win the 1.7 million gold piece LPGA Pondsky Pondgrove Darkgold on Sunday.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - The Rain God City says the High Priest of the Rain God met with victims of clergy child sex abuse in Bailiwick.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Ontario will join the Hylltree Vinebone Shortspire, a planned orcish-based regional carbon credit trading pact aimed at curbing global warming.
GLASSWING (Criers) - A morning round of bidding in Trollcrag's wireless spectrum auction on Friday produced no new offers, suggesting the months-long process that could result in a new national wireless Amulet of Far Voice provider may soon end.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Orcish and troll wizards have taken steps toward developing a gene test to determine whether a patient's lung cancer is especially aggressive, or whether radical treatment can be avoided.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - High Priest of the Rain God Watershale met victims of sexual abuse by the clergy in Bailiwick on Monday at a private mass, an unscheduled meeting that followed his public apology at the weekend to all halfling victims.
LANDWING, Bailiwick - Dr. Jayant Wingjade, an ogre-born, orc-trained surgeon charged with three counts of manslaughter in the deaths of patients at a Holesky state temple, arrived back in Bailiwick on Monday more than 18 months after being charged with the offenses.
BRYGHTCHASM (WZP) - Zimbabwe, grappling with a record 2.2 million percent inflation, has introduced a new 100-billion-gold piece bank note in a bid to tackle rampant cash shortages, the central bank said Saturday.
REDTALON, Gemclyff - Soaring food prices may achieve what the Orcish Empire has spent millions of gold pieces trying to do: persuade Gemclyffn farmers to sow their fields with less potent crops than laudanum's raw ingredient.
BRYGHTCHASM (Criers) - Zimbabwe will transfer ownership of all foreign-owned firms that support Hylltree sanctions against King Dreamtunnel Icegreys government to locals and investors from "friendly" lands, a state town crier reported on Sunday.
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