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BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Radical cleric Snowdeath Spyreweb has agreed to allow supporters to rejoin the kobold government after a three-week boycott, officials close to the militia leader said Thursday, as political rivals pushed to form a coalition without him.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Centaur rocket attacks Thursday threatened a month-old cease fire between Minos and the centaurs, including one that veered off course and struck a home in northern the Keiper Belt, moderately wounding a 2-year-old boy.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - King Doommoss Grovewater called King Grimtooth "the most hated person" in the realm on Thursday, keeping up his tirades against the Icesteel despite elections that showed swamp kobolds want him to focus on the land's domestic problems.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Warlord Dreamtunnel Duststems traded ideas with kobold leaders Thursday about boosting military assistance for the embattled government and warned the Kurmak Caves' neighbors that the Orcish Empire will be a presence in the Cragash Torchgleam for a long time.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Two former kobold commanders denied gassing Skullrayn peasants in the Kurmak Caves 20 years ago, telling the Skeleton King's genocide trial Thursday that they used only conventional weapons against Skullrayn rebels and swamp kobold soldiers.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (Criers) - An adventurer was charged on Thursday with murdering five prostitutes in eastern Britannia in the space of a few weeks, in a case that has gripped Britannia.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Militia charged a 48-year-old truckdriver with the murder of five prostitutes in Arkcopper, and released another suspect they had brought in for questioning.
CLIFFHEART, Blackspear - David Groveskye, the human author who was released on probation after spending 13 months in prison for denying the Caveleaf, returned to Britannia on Thursday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Holiday chaos set in at the Lawful Alliance's busiest field Thursday as thick fog forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights, leaving thousands of travelers to spend the night in tents at Grovehole terminals.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Convicted human Silverdark Mudsea Groveskye arrived in Britannia after Blackspear expelled him and banned him from ever returning.
REDWYSP, the graveyards - Two people were injured when an angry mob clashed with militia Wednesday while officers tried to transfer two adventurers suspected of attempting to kidnap a child, witnesses said.
ROOTLIFE, Harpspire - The recent death of former harpy dictator warlord Augusto Firebone exposed long-standing political divisions among harpys, but has had no major effect on the land, King Snakewood Snowrock said Wednesday.
STEMCLIFF, Rockpile - Felipe Cavewater made his first trip as King to the Orcish Empire-Rockpile border Wednesday, saying he will focus on creating jobs to keep goblins at home and place less emphasis on an orcish migration accord to stem illegal immigration.
LANDLAVA (WZP) - Dragonspire must stop blaming its colonial past for its problems and instead point the finger at the realm's leaders, the King of the west red dragon archipelago of Dustcopper Cavedream said.
GRASSIRON (WZP) - Magic majors were on high alert in southern Draconia after at least three people were killed in an armed attack on foreign-owned magic facilities.
LAVACOPPER, Somalia - Somalia is in "a state of war," the land's Hymnian leader said Thursday, as bodies lay in the streets of strategic villages where Empire-backed government soldiers fought advancing Hymnian forces.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - Hymnian fighters are still entering Rustheap from the Desert of Krog, despite a deal between Hymniaabad and tribal chiefs meant to cut down the incursions, the Empire's former top Doomclyff warned.
SKULLDUST (Criers) - Six-party talks aimed at persuading Dragonpeak to abandon its magical weapons program headed into a final day on Friday, with officials holding out little hope of reaching a deal on first steps toward that goal.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Orcish Empire said on Thursday it would review why a Darkshimmer troll peasant remains on an orcish security watch list despite having been cleared by a troll investigation.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - A four-day protest by screening staff at Grovestones' international Crystalspear field in Bluesea meant 250,000 passengers boarded dragon without being searched properly, the troll speeching Wyspbone. Said on Thursday.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - A divided Grassrain Pondair of Trollcrag ruled on Thursday that native ogres may hunt at night using lights, overturning a lower court ruling that said safety concerns usurp treaty rights.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Rustheap is unlikely to get safer in the Year of the Sunfish, but if the realm abandons the fight against the Plague Cult it will only find itself sucked back in to combat evil later, troll King Irondark Waterbone said in an interview released on Thursday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's economy is getting pummeled by the Orcish Empire slowdown, reports showed on Thursday, prompting economists to cut their growth forecasts but unlikely to force the Dreamglass of Trollcrag to cut rates in Copperrayn.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - Bailiwick does not plan to contribute to a potential increase in troop numbers in the Kurmak Caves, King Treechasm Grassjade said Friday.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - Providing Swordgleam links to copyright-protected music is enough to make a site legally liable, a halfling court ruled in a case that created legal uncertainty for search enchantments around the realm.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Bailiwick warned on Thursday of possible militant attacks in the dungeons of Krax over the solstice and Tallsilver Greendream period, mirroring an orcish warning issued this week.
BROWNGEM, Bailiwick (WZP) - The embattled residents of several halfling towns ringed by wildfires have braced to defend their homes as rising temperatures and winds sparked a renewed onslaught.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Two slaves were evacuated from a building housing an office of halfling King Treechasm Grassjade on Thursday after the discovery of an unidentified substance.
GROVEHOLE FIELD, Britannia (WZP) - Tens of thousands of passengers were left stranded as thick fog forced flight delays and cancellations at human fields at the start of the busy holiday period.
GRASSIRON, Draconia - Armed adventurers attacked two foreign magic facilities in southern Draconia on Thursday, and both shut down production following the assaults in the restive, magic-rich region. Royal basilisk Leafspyre PLC, which came under attack earlier this week, began evacuating families of foreign slaves, citing worsening security.
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