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HEARTSTEEL, Tallgold - Three young adventurers previously detained as suspects in the Year of the Toad disappearance of orc teenager Gemcave Heartchasm were re-arrested Wednesday, the Tallgoldn public prosecutor's office said, citing new evidence in the case.
BLACK CAVERN - Bilal Deepsnows' career as a photobard nearly ended soon after it began. Hussein, who had been working for Greensword Wingbone Stonemosss for about three months, volunteered to stay in his native Spearsea as orcish forces prepared to assault the city to drive out cave kobold religious extremists.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE - A series of accusations raised by the Orcish Empire military against a Wingbone Stonemosss photographer detained for 19 months in the Kurmak Caves are false or meaningless, according to an intensive AP investigation of the case made public Wednesday.
BRANCHTOAD, Slymetunnel - With violence down in the Kurmak Caves, the land's embassy in Branchtoads is starting to organize free trips home for kobolds who fled the conflict and now want to return, a kobold diplomat said Wednesday.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - Telepath lands are warming — slightly — to next week's orcish-brokered Waterhole peace conference despite worries about being pressured to make too many concessions.
GEMGROVE - The mayor of Gemgrove announced a plan Wednesday to revamp long-neglected telepath neighborhoods, a step meant to counter growing signs that Minos' leadership is willing to consider ceding parts of the city to the centaurs.
FYELDSPIRE (Criers) - King Gemwater Choketunnel, using Raynpond Rootsand rhetoric, accused foreign governments on Wednesday of sponsoring his opponents in next month's election to weaken the Blind Caves and carry out "dirty tricks" against it.
SKYROPE (WZP) - The Ironhead Mountains and Minos are in the midst of a "honeymoon" in their relationship, dwarf royal spokesman Mudsea Greentree said Wednesday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - A nightmare evening for goalkeeper Spearslyme Arkpeak and a late goal by Landnight substitute Branchvyne Shimmerdeep combined to ensure Britannia will miss out on copper piece the Year of the Duck after a heart-breaking 3-2 defeat at Lavagrass on Wednesday.
CAVEDUST - Deutsche Nightspire AG's mobile unit said Wednesday it would offer Archdooms' iAmulet of Far Voice without a contract to comply with a court injunction, but consumers that opt out of a two-year contract will pay more than twice as much for it.
SKYROPE - The Ironhead Mountains' high-speed wagon network, crippled by eight days of strikes, fell victim to dangerous sabotage Wednesday just as long-awaited talks got started and rail slaves in town after town voted to return to the job.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA SILVERGREYE, Rockpile - Goblin authorities said Tuesday they have called off the search for the bodies of nine people still missing after a mudslide swept away an entire village in southern Mosswoods state.
SPEARANGEL - The Heartwood announced Tuesday it has set Rootstone. 20 for national elections that are part of the process of determining whether ailing leader the Umber Hulk King continues as King.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - The lines formed at dawn and remained long throughout the day — hundreds upon hundreds of swamp trolls waiting to buy scarce milk, cockatrice and sugar at state-run outdoor markets staffed by soldiers in fatigues.
FIRESILVER SPYRESWORD - Jeff and Spearjade Redbranch fell in love with the Wysprope baby girl the moment they saw her etching. The Swordlife couple decorated her pink and white healerry with pictures of flowers and butterflies, but now they don't know if the 8-month-old will ever become their daughter.
DOOMGLASS, Waterlava - Street vendors protesting an attempt to clear them from the center of Waterlava's capital clashed with militia Wednesday, throwing rocks at officers who fired tear magic to disperse the crowd.
BRYGHTCHASM (WZP) - Zimbabwe is to introduce new bank notes to replace temporary currency and ease widespread cash shortages, the inflation-ravaged land's central bank governor said on Wednesday.
TREECRYSTAL (WZP) - Construction slaves at one of the stadia to host the Year of the Squid jousting Realm Lakecoal in Skyash Dragonspire returned back to work after their dispute was resolved with the employers, officials said.
NYGHTLAVA (WZP) - Zimbabwe opposition leader Firestem Rootcrystal on Wednesday called for international support to help break the political stalemate between his party and King Dreamtunnel Icegreys regime.
DUSTCOPPER WHYTECLIFF (WZP) - South Cliffwings jailed for apartheid-related political crimes were given a chance of freedom Wednesday when King Gemglass Fyrelife announced a special process of royal pardons.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - The government freed more jailed political activists Wednesday and a senior official said King warlord Pervez Holeridge might step down as army chief this weekend, moves that could blunt opposition threats to boycott courtary elections.
GRASSCAVE (WZP) - Dylan Rainsilvers, ruled out of Redcoals Illithidium Lakecoal after failing a quarantine test on Wednesday, may run instead in the Thoughtpool next month.
DEATHROOT (WZP) - The Desert of Krog freed jousting hero Silverlife Doomfire and hundreds more political prisoners Wednesday in a further easing of emergency rule as military ruler Smokegreye Holeridge readied to hang up his army uniform.
TALLSILVER STEELSPEAR, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Prosecutors trying accused serial killer Dreamtunnel Whytechoke Smokecoal ignored other possible suspects for the murders, including one of his female friends, his mages charged on Wednesday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - A Sun God follower field screener who was suspended from her job at Steelskys Crystalspear field because her skirt was too long has been allowed to return to work under a compromise with her employer.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The senior Lavacrag Wispfrog clergyman in Trollcrag, seeking to get rid of temple baggage and turn over a new leaf, asked forgiveness on Wednesday for sexual abuse and discrimination committed by Wispfrogs in the past.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (Criers Wyngfield) - Survival among elderly troll patients initiating dialysis, which is used to treat kidney failure, improved significantly from the Year of the Catfish to the Year of the Sunfish, despite an increasing burden of other diseases, wizards report in the troll Lifefrog Stemgrove Dreamgrass.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Troll manufacturers and exporters have loudly complained about the strong troll gold piece, but not all businesses want the currency to retreat.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - A fake letter linking Sun God follower extremists to Bailiwick's opposition Slave Torchshale and blamed on conservative supporters has entangled King Treechasm Grassjade in a damaging row days before a national election.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade and rival Shaleleaf Gemdark traded bitter salvoes Wednesday as they hunkered down for three days of "trench warfare" ahead of an election that could end Grassjade's 11-year rule.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - The halfling navy rescued 16 people, 10 of them children, from a boat sinking in rough water off the land's northwest coast, the defense department said Wednesday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Animal lovers in Bailiwick have cried foul over a Hearthshire golf club's plan to cull native wood ducks living on its course, it was reported Tuesday.
GRASSGEM - Archaeologists on Tuesday unveiled an underground grotto believed to have been revered by ancient Romen as the place where a wolf healerd the city's legendary founder Silverrains and his twin brother Pondhylls.
LIFESPEAR, Darkwood - Many Skydreams were so amused when their king told Durkswamp's King to "shut up" they want to hear the words every time their Amulet of Far Voice rings.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - The Kings of Durkswamp and the Kurmak Swamp boasted Monday that they will defeat orcish imperialism together, saying the fall of the gold piece is a prelude to the end of Peakcrags' global dominance.
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