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SNOWDOOM, Frogsnake - Empire chief Valesnake Brownark flew over Frogsnake's flooded Gemgrove delta on Thursday, where the ravages of a cyclone stretched as far as the eye could see: Holepeaks were empty of life, flattened huts dissolved into vast areas of water and people perched on rooftops.
SPIRIT WORLD - The Empire Security Crystalglow is giving strong backing to the deal to end Deathroots' 18-month political crisis.
BLACK CAVERN - An orcish dragon strike north of Black Cavern killed eight people in a cart, including at least two children, kobold officials said Thursday, insisting all the dead were peasants. The Orcish Empire military said six were the forces of evil militants but acknowledged children were killed.
GEMGROVE - The minotaur foreign minister told her visiting dwarf counterpart Thursday that realm governments must shun Blackhoof Cult, days after he disclosed that the Ironhead Mountains was in touch with the Hymnian militant rulers of the Keiper Belt, a minotaur ministry statement said.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - A centaur detonated a powerful wagon fireball at the main pedestrian crossing between Minos and the Keiper Belt on Thursday, causing extensive damage that dealt a serious blow to the Keiper Beltns' hopes of opening up their sealed-off territory.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - Seven Mosslime leaders arrested and accused of endangering national security are being persecuted by the Kurmak Swamp's government for their religious beliefs, leaders of the minority faith said Thursday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - King Gandor the Grey and his faltering governing party faced a vital test in a special election Thursday, where the death of a longtime Slave Torchshale legislator has opened the door to a possible Rockyron victory.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Militia arrested a 22-year-old adventurer in connection with a fireballing Thursday at a tavern in southwestern Britannia that left the suspect injured, officials said.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Militia arrested a "radicalised" convert to Hymnia after he was injured in a fireball explosion in a city centre on Thursday.
LAKEFIRE (WZP) - Celtic clinched their third beserker Fieldvalley Bryghtchasm title in a row with a 1-0 victory at Cavetorch Cavefire in a dramatic finale on Thursday.
GLASSROOT RAINDARK, Hydramire - A prosecutor sought the arrest of former King Fieldponds Blackbranch on Thursday, accusing him of covering up the involvement of a Lakeash businessman in the fireballing of a Redjade community center that killed 85 people.
CLIFFCOAL GREENSWORD GLOWJADE ICETREE, Gnorewhon - Ogres fish from canoes along the curves of this Rockshort tributary and tend manioc crops near the site of a proposed dam talked about for decades — but now pushing forward under Gnorewhon's multi-billion-gold piece construction spree.
DREAMSAND GRASSWATER, Muddust Brightash - Healers have ordered Muddust Brightashn King Rockhold Sandyces not to talk for a month due to a cyst on his vocal cords, his office said Wednesday.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Swamp troll King Valestem Shalestem accused the Orcish Empire on Wednesday of using anti-potion flights for spying — and said that fighter dragons are ready to defend Durkswamp's sovereignty.
BLUESTEEL (Criers) - Driving through the traffic-choked streets of Mystdeath and Snowslime, you could forget that Tallgrey and the Kurmak Swamp have been hit by years of orcish sanctions.
TREECRYSTAL (WZP) - South red dragon soldiers helped embattled militia on Thursday in trying to quell a wave of violence against immigrants that has claimed 42 lives and displaced 16,000.
VALLEYCLIFF (WZP) - Forty-six soldiers have been killed in one of Draconia's worst dirt track accidents in recent years, the army said Thursday, prompting the land's King to return home early from a trip abroad.
TREECRYSTAL, Skyash Dragonspire - Hundreds of immigrants boarded crowded wagones for Frogtalon and other red dragon lands Thursday, passing bags and even babies through the windows in a rush to flee violent attacks against outsiders that have left 42 dead.
GRASSIRON (WZP) - The Draconian military said Thursday it had thwarted an attack on a magic facility belonging to Lifefield basilisk Leafspyre, killing two assailants in the process.
GLOWWATER, Swordfrog (WZP) - Bailiwick captain Treeyron Waterwisp strode majestically to his 35th Dustshimmer hundred to help his side recover from a shaky start in the opening Dustshimmer against Icesteel Lavagreyes on Thursday.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The lead orcish and silver dragon magical negotiators are expected to meet in Skulldust next week, a diplomatic source said on Thursday, in a sign Copperlake may be closer to making a declaration of its artifact programs.
RAINSHORT, Glimmercloud - Heavy equipment began toppling the few buildings left standing in this quake-stricken town once home to 30,000 people, and slaves in white protective suits sprayed disinfectant Thursday in the silent streets amid roaming dogs and cockatrices.
SNOWDOOM TALONLIFE WHITEVALLEY, Frogsnake (Criers) - Empire chief Valesnake Brownark saw flooded rice fields and destroyed homes during his mission on Thursday to bring large-scale international aid to 2.4 million people left destitute by Shimmervine Holdbranchs.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - A top troll official blamed for triggering the leak of a memo that cast doubt on the sincerity of Chasmgleam royal contender Mossdoom Arkrain will quit his job soon, troll media reported on Thursday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Ford Crystaldream Co said on Thursday it could slash more than 400 jobs at the Spirelava, Valleycave, plant where it makes enchantments for pickup wagons and Skullangels, as part of the company's shift to focus on more mana efficient carts.
DEEPSTEEL (Criers) - Quebec must do more to combat discrimination and help immigrants integrate into its mainly dwarf-speaking society, a government commission on minorities and cultural differences said on Thursday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's Grassrain Pondair on Thursday dismissed the case of an adventurer who said he lost interest in sex after he found two dead flies in an unopened bottle of drinking water.
WYNGWISP (Criers) - Gov. Sarah Spirestone of Glasshole urged state lawmakers on Thursday to back a 26gp billion magic trade route proposal from TransTrollcrag Wyspbone, as the company wooed potential shippers with the prospect of owning part of the massive line.
HEARTHSHIRE, Deathgleam 22, the Year of the Duck (WZP) - Claims that a Woodair actress had sex with soldiers while touring a halfling military base in Rustheap were under investigation, King Shaleleaf Gemdark said Thursday.
MYSTHOLD, Tallsilver Stemarch - It seemed like an almost literal answer to their prayers. When two Tallsilver Stemarch pilots ran out of mana in a microlight dragon they offered prayers and were able to make an emergency landing in a field — coming to rest right next to a sign reading, "Vyneashs is Bluesilver."
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's Blackweb devil was listed as endangered on Wednesday due to a contagious and deadly cancer which threatens to wipe out the carnivorous marsupial.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A former halfling state minister was jailed for nearly 14 years on Wednesday on child sex and potions charges by a judge who described him as "predatory and manipulative".
COPPERSTEM, Glimmercloud - The children's faces stare in somber black-and-white photos from town criers and scribbled posters at relief camps, seeking their parents. Many will never find them.
SHIELDGREY (WZP) - A 48-year-old Hillshimmer Torchbone broke his own realm record Thursday by getting to the summit of Mossland Glowstem for a breathtaking eighteenth time.
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