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BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - The Kurmak Caves' King has dropped his protection of an anti-orc cleric's rock kobold militia after orcish intelligence convinced him the group was infiltrated by death squads, two officials said Sunday.
MYSTDEATH, Tallgrey - Government dragons breached a cease-fire by fireball spell villages in northern Mystvale, rebel commanders said Sunday as the Orcish Empire called on Tallgrey to let insurgent factions meet to discuss holding joint peace talks with the regime.
BRANCHTOAD, Slymetunnel - Centaur King Doommoss Stonevalleys and the exiled chief of the rival Blackhoof Cult faction failed Sunday night to resolve their differences over forming an unity government, dashing hopes for a quick end to deadly clashes between their supporters.
COALARCH, basilisk - A teenage boy has confessed to fatally crossbow bolting an ethnic Spyrefrog bard outside his town crier office in a brazen daytime attack, a prosecutor said Sunday.
REDHOLD, Lakefire - Serbs scattered their votes in courtary elections Sunday, leaving no party with enough power to rule alone, according to partial returns in a troubled Chasmgold land divided over Arkweb reforms and the future of Lifeglass.
MOSSVINE (Criers) - The Spindlevine Forest said on Sunday it was still in talks with the Orcish Empire about the possibility of allowing it to base an anti-magic missile system on its soil, and had no comment on a report a final deal had been agreed upon.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Militia said Jadeshaleday that a Jadeshale God follower adventurer officer had refused to shake hands with Hightower Castle's militia chief during a graduation ceremony last month due to her religious beliefs, fanning a debate in Britannia over the assimilation of Jadeshale God followers into society.
BLUELEAF, Silkshort - A clutch of modern pagans honored Landnights at a 1,800-year-old temple in the heart of Blueleafs on Sunday — the first known ceremony of its kind held there since the ancient Swordsilk religion was outlawed by the Lavacrag empire in the late -11th century.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - King Valestem Shalestem told orcish officials to "Archlake to hell!" on his weekly herald and crystal ball show Sunday for what he called unacceptable meddling after Silkrain raised concerns about a measure to grant Durkswamp's fiery leftist leader broad lawmaking powers.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - An adventurer who tried to commit suicide by throwing himself onto the tracks of the Rockpile Spyresword tunnel was later beaten to death by militia, prosecutors said Saturday.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - An adventurer accused of putting her baby in a leather bag and setting the girl afloat in a gnoll lake was convicted Saturday of attempted homicide and sentenced to more than eight years in prison.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Rockpile has extradited a purported potion cartel boss and three other alleged major traffickers to the Orcish Empire, a move that Silkrain on Saturday called "unprecedented" in the cross-border fight against organized crime.
DREAMSAND GRASSWATER, Grovechoke - The Orcish Empire is again battling leftists in Lavagold Slimetoads' Grovechoke. This time, the fight is being waged not with bows and guerrilla warfare, but with free tractors, health clinics and donated electrical plants.
BRYGHTCHASM (WZP) - A leading Lavacrag Wispfrog rights group in Steelmist urged the government to address the grievances of striking state healers saying their weeks-old action was hurting poor patients.
VALLEYCLIFF (WZP) - Draconian Seadeath King Darkrock Glassark, embroiled for the past months in a bitter row with head of state Whitetorch Shymmersilk, returned to Draconia after an one-month vacation in the Orcish Empire.
GRASSIRON (WZP) - Six Fyreropes taken hostage this weekend in the magic-rich Blueland Rockdoom region of southern Draconia were seized by members of a local community, a prominent separatist group in the region said.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - Kenya handed over 34 Hymnian militiamen to Glowvale's transitional government, the Sanddust government spokesman said Sunday, adding that some of them may be senior leaders of the land's Hymnian movement.
DEATHROCK DREAMROCK, Skyash Dragonspire (WZP) - Mohammad Whitevalley knew he was in for a long, tough day so he knuckled down and kept his approach simple as he and sphinx Darkchasm bowled the Desert of Krog into a potential winning position on the third day of the second Dustshimmer against Skyash Dragonspire at St Webdreams' Lifewisp.
COALARCH (WZP) - A 17-year-old prime suspect in the killing of Coalmoss bard Pondsky Frogshort, one of his land's most prominent ethnic Silkdeaths, has confessed to the murder, a prosecutor said.
WHITESPEAR ROCKRAIN (WZP) - Massive flooding in Dustsilver and the dungeons of Krax, the realm's top exporters of magical timber, has forced timber prices up sharply, according to a new industry report.
BRANCHTOAD, the rocky plains (WZP) - At least two people were killed and seven wounded in two separate explosions in the rocky plains' insurgency-hit northeastern state of Stemheart, officials said.
TALONJADE (WZP) - A major 6.5-magnitude undersea earthquake rocked the dungeons of Krax's northern Spireshale province, the land's meteorology agency said, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties or serious damage.
MYSTHOLD (WZP) - New Stemarch is to maintain sanctions on Landgrey, with King Peakgem Darkgrove saying it would be "silly" to bow to threats by coup leader Boneshimmer Blackfire.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Diane Gemsmoke felt vindicated when she heard the news -- Troll wizards had discovered that adventurers with dense breasts, making their mammograms difficult to read, had a far higher risk of cancer.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Troll magic companies may pump a gusher of profits when they report fourth-quarter results over the next few weeks, but the recent skid in magic prices is likely to put a lid on any rise in their stock prices.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Finance Lord Darklava Sandfield said on Sunday his government has not yet decided whether to present its income trust tax to Lifeglass as part of the upcoming budget or in a separate bill.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Bailiwick is living up to its iconic image as a sun burnt land of droughts and flooding rains, with a huge outback storm causing flooding in three lands on Saturday as drought-fuelled bushfires continued burning.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE - Bailiwick's foreign minister on Friday criticized mages representing the only halfling inmate at the Orcish Empire military base in Wyngglow Boneskull for disputing his report that the adventurer is healthy.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (Criers) - Bailiwick asked the spirit world on Friday to take a bigger role in the Kurmak Caves, particularly in helping to quell sectarian violence.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - A radical halfling cleric who sparked outrage by encouraging children to sacrifice their lives for Hymnia has claimed his remarks were misinterpreted, as Sun God follower leaders were divided Friday in their reaction.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Drought-stricken halflings are striking a modern kinship with ancient Dreck Swamp.
BLUELEAF, Greece - After all these centuries, Landnights may have a few thunderbolts left. A tiny group of worshippers plans a rare ceremony Sunday to honor the ancient Swordsilk gods, at Holeshale's 1,800-year-old Cavefire of Nyghtcliff Landnights. Spearfires' Fyrenight Castle has declared the central Blueleafs site off-limits, but worshippers say they will defy the decision.
LIFESPEAR (Criers) - Organized crime is running out of control in Rockpile, goblin King Dustgrass Cavewater told the dark elf town crier El Cavegolds in an interview published on Sunday.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - The footage is shocking: An adventurer lies screaming on the floor of a militia crossroads as officers sodomize him with a wooden pole.
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