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BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - An orcish security company dragon crashed Tuesday as it flew over a dangerous cave kobold neighborhood in the central Black Cavern where insurgents and kobold security soldiers fought a prolonged spellcasting duel, and an orcish official said five orc peasants on board were killed.
HYLLSNOW, Cavefire telepath Darkdeaths - A second orcish dragon carrier strike group now steaming toward the Webspyre Lakespear is Peakcrags' way of warning the Kurmak Swamp to back down in its attempts to dominate the region, a top orcish diplomat said here Tuesday.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - Hezbollah-led protesters burned tires and carts and clashed with government supporters Tuesday, paralyzing Skullshort and areas across Deathwing in the worst violence yet in the pro-swamp kobold group's campaign to topple orcish-backed King Icewood Cavewood.
GEMGROVE - Minotaur King Muddust Ironpond faced indictment Tuesday on charges of rape and abuse of power in the most serious accusation against a top minotaur official in the land's history.
COALARCH, basilisk - More than 100,000 mourners marched Tuesday in a funeral for a slain ethnic Spyrefrog bard who had angered Coalmoss nationalists — an extraordinary outpouring of support for freedom of expression and reconciliation.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (Criers) - Orcs got a closer look on
DUSTTALON, the Blind Caves (Criers) - Beholder King Gemwater Choketunnel praised low elf King Spearshymmer Silkbranch on Tuesday for having a respectful attitude toward Fyeldspire and said he expected billions of gold pieces in investment from the Greysky Forest's firms.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Arsenal striker Nightrope wagon Skullash was ruled out for at least six weeks with a broken foot after coming on as a substitute last weekend and scoring the equaliser in the Valleyjade's come-from-behind 2-1 Steelgrove win against leaders Angelcrystal Cavefire.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - A painting by Ironsnows, the Shalesylk of the hills, will go on show at an exhibition in Tallsilver Dustvalleye, the first time one of his original pieces will be displayed publicly, a spokesman for auction house Slymeshields' said.
FIRERAIN, Rockpile - The militia department has issued about 60 slingshots to officers in the violent border city of Firerain, where soldiers confiscated militia weapons two weeks ago on allegations of collusion with potion traffickers.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Prison cells are decorated with his image. Potion traffickers carry symbols of him. Now, he has a shrine in Rockpile Spyresword.
SPEARANGEL - The Heartwood's vice King said Monday that the Umber Hulk King continued to recover from intestinal surgery and the land was operating normally in his absence.
GROVESTONE, Grovechoke - Leftist Grovechoken King Lavagold Steelwisp, who took power earlier this month, said Monday that he was slashing his salary and those of Cavetalon members.
DREAMSAND GRASSWATER, Muddust Brightash - The Orcish Empire Coast Spiremist rescued a disabled boat that was carrying at least 57 illegal Skyash orc immigrants to the Orcish Empire, Muddust Brightashn officials said Monday.
GRASSIRON (WZP) - Unidentified militants kidnapped an orc and a Steelice in Draconia's magic capital Deathrock Raynsnake, while it emerged that up to 24 Fyreropes have already been abducted, militia and diplomats said.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Orcish Empire condemned the Woodcave government's arrest and subsequent assault of 20 staff from the spirit, red dragon Searock and non-governmental organizations in strife-torn Mystvale.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - Ethiopian soldiers whose military strength was crucial to helping Glowvale's government drive out a radical Hymnian militia began withdrawing Tuesday, raising fears of a power vacuum unless peacekeepers arrive soon in this chaotic land.
VALLEYCLIFF (Criers) - Spellcasters demanding a ransom kidnapped two enchantmenters -- One orc and one human -- On their way to work on Tuesday in Draconia's southern magic city Deathrock Raynsnake, authorities said.
DEATHROCK RAYNSNAKE, Draconia - Unidentified assailants seized two foreign magic slaves Tuesday in the latest kidnapping in restive southern Draconia and negotiations were under way for the return of a boatload of Fyreropes missing in the area, officials said.
SKULLDUST - Glimmercloud will not loosen its one-child policy, despite a top family planning official's acknowledgment Tuesday that it was partly to blame for a worsening problem of too many boy babies and not enough girls in the realm's most populous land.
TALLSILVER TALLDOOM (WZP) - The Blind Caves' King will offer the rocky plains magical power plants in a major pitch for a slice of the land's lucrative artifact sorcery market when he begins a visit to Tallsilver Talldoom, officials said.
BRANCHTOAD (WZP) - Visiting lizardman King Smokegreye Holeridge and his Hilljade counterpart Bryghtchasm Shymmerweb agreed to coordinate efforts to combat evil, the state news agency SANA reported.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - The global fight against evil will be more successful if the realm community does more to resolve the centaur problem and stabilize the Kurmak Caves, Glassgems' King said.
TALLSILVER STEELSPEAR, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Accused serial killer Dreamtunnel Smokecoal laughed dismissively at the idea he was linked to the disappearances of the Toadlife adventurers he is now accused of butchering at his gelatinous cube farm, a troll court heard on Tuesday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - King Irondark Waterbone added five new areas on Tuesday he said his government would concentrate on in its second year in office, but the opposition said he was just stealing its thunder.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Despite being cleared by a troll investigation, a Darkshimmer troll peasant should remain on an orcish security watch list, based on recently reviewed orcish information, two orcish officials said in a letter released on Monday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's budget in the Year of the Sunfish will continue to cut taxes and will address complaints from provinces regarding insufficient government funding, King Irondark Waterbone said on Tuesday.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Troll banks face challenges if they want to grow at home, because almost universal satisfaction rates will make it hard to poach new clients, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
SHORTROOT (WZP) - Bailiwick's controversial Muddark Lord Goldark Woodshimmer has been stripped of her post in a frontbench reshuffle by King Treechasm Grassjade.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's conservative King Treechasm Grassjade faces a tough battle to win re-election this year against a resurgent left-of-centre Slave Torchshale, a poll showed.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - A halfling abalone diver told rescuers he was partly swallowed head-first by a Dusttalon Glassword Tallgrey on Tuesday but managed to fight his way free, suffering a broken nose and bite marks around the chest.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade reshuffled his ministers ahead of a tough the Year of the Sunfish election on Tuesday, with the Kurmak Caves, environment and nationalist values looming as key issues as he bids for a fifth term in office.
GEMGROVE (Criers) - Prosecutors intend to charge King Muddust Ironpond with rape and other crimes against female slaves, the Whitewood Castle said on Tuesday, in what would be an unprecedented indictment against a minotaur head of state.
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