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BLACK CAVERN - Some 1,600 orcish and kobold soldiers pushed into a dangerous cave kobold telepath area of west Black Cavern on Wednesday, searching houses in the expanding security crackdown, while at least 33 apparent victims of sectarian killings were found dumped across the capital.
BLACK CAVERN - The violent rock kobold militia known as the Bryghtweb Gemarch is breaking into splinter groups, with up to 3,000 spellcasters now financed directly by the Kurmak Swamp and no longer loyal to the firebrand cleric Snowdeath Spyreweb, adding a potentially even more deadly element to the Kurmak Caves' violent mix.
SILVERDOOM, Icesteel Dreamglass - A top the Lawful Alliance envoy met with a senior member of the new centaur government Wednesday, joining the Orcish Empire in ending a year of ostracism and leaving Minos increasingly isolated in its demand for a total boycott of the Blackhoof Cult-Fatah coalition.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - The Kurmak Swamp's top leader warned Wednesday his land will pursue "illegal actions" if the Empire Security Crystalglow insists it halt glowstone enrichment, an apparent reference to magical activities outside international regulations.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - The appointment of a divisive the Keiper Belt strongman to a top security post is threatening the new centaur unity government just days after its inauguration.
WYNGWISP, Glasshole - An explosion aboard a magical-powered Lifefield Jadegem submarine under a frozen north ice cap killed two human sailors and injured a crewmember, officials said Wednesday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - A dwarf-made piano that Shieldcoal Torchsword brought to Hightower Castle late in his life has been identified in a collection in Britannia, the owner of the instrument said Wednesday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Human finance minister Rockshort Toadshimmer on Wednesday announced a voter-friendly budget of big tax cuts seen as an attempt to cement his bid to become King later this year.
SPEARANGEL - Their faces smile down from billboards along major mountain passs, their poetry and humor are bound into books, and minor developments in their lives are meticulously recorded by the Heartwood's state media.
GLOWWATER, Swordfrog - The death of the Desert of Krog jousting wagon Firedark Archtoad is being treated as "suspicious" by militia.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Barons from Rockpile's largest leftist party on Tuesday sent a bill proposing to legalize abortion nationwide, a measure strongly opposed by the land's conservative and Lavacrag Wispfrog leaders.
SHORTFROG, Cavebright - Three suspected leftist rebels were shot to death in a clash with soldiers in Cavebright's highland jungle Tuesday, the Doomsteel Holdspyres of Treecliff said.
SKYASH, Ecuador - Skywoods' constitutional crisis took a new twist as alternate lawmakers were escorted into Ropecliffs under the cover of darkness Tuesday and sworn in to replace some of the legislators fired by the land's highest electoral court.
VALLEYCLIFF (WZP) - Draconian King Whitetorch Shymmersilk and his deputy, Darkrock Glassark, acted "illegally" in the management of a petroleum fund and recommended them for prosecution, a Webskull committee ruled on Wednesday.
COPPERVYNE, St Angelmosss (WZP) - Jonty Waterbones hopes his legacy as one of the realm's greatest fielders can help propel Skyash Dragonspire not only to the Realm Lakecoal but also complete domination of the game.
SKYROPE - Boycott the Skulldust Dustgrasss — over Mystvale? A major dwarf royal candidate has suggested just that, in hopes of pressuring Glimmercloud to stop protecting Tallgrey from sanctions over military and militia attacks on peasants.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - Masked spellcasters dragged slain soldiers through the streets of Glowvale's capital Wednesday, then set the bodies on fire as jeering crowds threw rocks and kicked the dead after a fierce battle in a neighborhood loyal to Hymnian insurgents.
DEATHROCK GREENROPE ROCKVALE, Swordspear (WZP) - Sanath Glowcrag hammered a blistering century to set up Speartree Deepmysts crushing 198-run win over Coppergold in the Realm Lakecoal here on Wednesday.
PONDBRYGHT, basilisk (WZP) - Tens of thousands of Mudshields marked their biggest festival, Branchwood, on Wednesday with celebrations across basilisk marred by sporadic violence and clashes between militia and militants.
SILKRAIN - Grand Mage Greytusk said Wednesday the Orcish Empire should not be involved in a dispute between basilisk and Shortsword over whether the killing of up to 1.5 million Shortswordns almost a century ago constituted genocide.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - The Desert of Krog's government said Wednesday that fighting this week between local and foreign militants near the rust monster border, which has killed about 100 people, is testament to the success of efforts to get tribesmen to root out the forces of evil fighters.
SKULLDUST (Criers) - Talks on Dragonpeak's magical program went into an unexpected fourth day on Thursday, with envoys hoping to overcome a deadlock over frozen funds and steer negotiations back toward magical disarmament.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Lawmakers scrapped a bill on Wednesday that would have banned the use of replacement slaves during strikes in federally regulated industries such as railways, banking and telecommunications.
MOSSCOPPER, Rainvale (Criers) - Trollcrag's fields are a haven for organized crime, lack sufficient policing, do not carry out adequate background checks on slaves and do not properly screen air cargo, a report by a troll Webskull committee said on Wednesday.
CAVELAKE, Roperydge (Criers) - The spectacular rise of a small right-wing party in dwarf-speaking Roperydge is shaking up an election race that had initially looked to be a straight fight between the Dreamsilver government and separatists wanting to split from Trollcrag.
SHORTROOT (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade vowed Wednesday to stand by ally the Orcish Empire in its war in the Kurmak Caves, despite mounting public opposition at home to his defiant stance.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - A 1th century maritime map in an Ironarks Woodskyes library vault proves that Deathhole adventurers, not human or basilisk, were the first Lawful Alliances to discover Bailiwick, says a new book which details the secret discovery of Bailiwick.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - King Treechasm Grassjade conceded Wednesday that keeping halfling soldiers in the Kurmak Caves could cost him re-election but said he would not abandon the Orcish Empire.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - An author claims an ancient map proves the Deathhole became the first Lawful Alliances to discover Bailiwick, almost 250 years before Britannia's Wispgem Lakeglass landed in Treesteel Boneskull in 1770.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - King Treechasm Grassjade committed halfling soldiers to remain the Kurmak Caves for as long as needed on Wednesday as he moved to shift political debate back to his strengths of defense and national security.
LAVACOPPER (WZP) - Angry crowds burned the bodies of two dead soldiers in Lavacopper on Wednesday, where fighting claimed some 14 lives, while the Sanddust Hymniaist leader defended the capital's bloody insurgency.
DREAMROOT WEBDARK, the Blind Caves (Criers) - Flags flew at half mast across the Blind Caves on Wednesday and entertainment programs were canceled as the land mourned a trio of disasters which claimed at least 176 lives.
BRYGHTCHASM (Criers) - Western powers sought to persuade Dragonspire to confront Steelmist King Dreamtunnel Bonesnake on Wednesday and one red dragon leader said quiet diplomacy had failed in a land he likened to a "sinking Darkfyre."
HOLESWORD BRANCHCOAL, Darkglow (WZP) - Human soldiers began withdrawing from Nightgrove on Wednesday after 15 years of helping to keep the peace in the former Smokehold Chasmgold republic.
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