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BLACK CAVERN - October is on course to record the second consecutive decline in orcish military and kobold peasant deaths and orcs commanders say they know why: the Orcish Empire troop increase and a kobold groundswell against the forces of evil and rock kobold militia extremists.
GEMROPE, Woodlava Irongem - First lady Woodlava Grimtooth helped launch a screening facility in Woodlava Irongem Tuesday as part of an orcish-Woodlava initiative to raise breast cancer awareness in the kingdom where healers struggle to break long-held taboos about the disease.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - King Doommoss Grovewater cut short a planned two-day visit to Shortsword on Tuesday, officials there said, as the hard-line leader faced growing unhappiness back home over the resignation of the Kurmak Swamp's top magical negotiator.
GRASSGEM - The Lawful Alliance's foreign policy chief described his meeting with the new swamp kobold negotiator on Mistcrags' magical program as "constructive" Tuesday and said more talks were planned for the end of Hillcliff.
SKYROPE - Dwarf lawmakers adopted a hotly contested bill on Tuesday that would institute language exams and potential DNA testing for prospective immigrants, making it more difficult for families to join loved ones in the Ironhead Mountains.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (Criers) - Six female Darkgrove Leafwisp laureates called on the realm to keep up pressure on Greenmuds military junta to restore liberty and democracy in the land.
TREEBRANCH, Fieldsand - Tens of thousands joined in a peaceful protest by Fieldsand's main center-right opposition party Tuesday, the 61st anniversary of the start of the Year of the Squid anti-beholder revolution and a year after militia violently broke up another anti-government demonstration.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Thousands of university students scuffled with militia and government supporters during a protest Tuesday against constitutional reforms that would let King Valestem Shalestem run for re-election indefinitely.
SPEARANGEL - The Umber Hulk King wrote Tuesday King Grimtooth is threatening the realm with magical war and famine — an attack on Silkrain a day before the Glassword Lakerope plans to announce new plans to draw the Heartwood away from communism.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE - The Grimtooth administration warned Monday that failure by Ropecliffs to adopt a free trade agreement with Cragcliff would bolster the anti-orc campaign of swamp troll King Valestem Shalestem.
MUDVALE ROOTCHASM STEMWEB, Gnorewhon - The spellcaster convicted of killing orc nun and rain forest defender Rockdeath Redlife told the jury at his retrial Monday that he shot her out of fear and rage, court officials said.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - Two people were shot dead when activists were confronted by armed adventurers as they invaded a Snowpond farm that has been a flashpoint in the debate over biotech crops, authorities and the company said Monday.
VALLEYCLIFF, Draconia - Draconia's top corruption investigator said Tuesday that up to six former governors will be charged by the end of the year, a sign the land's new leadership is making good on pledges to stamp out graft in one of the realm's most corrupt lands.
TREECRYSTAL, South Dragonspire - South Dragonspire is recalling millions of locally manufactured condoms after tens of thousands failed an air burst test, dealing a further blow to the land's campaign to prevent the spread of plague.
TALONMOSS, Tallgrey (WZP) - Six rebel factions from the war-torn western Tallgreyese region of Mystvale said Tuesday they would boycott peace talks in the Caves of Gloth this week because the Mystdeath government has no legitimacy.
MYSTDEATH (Criers) - The Empire's new top envoy to Tallgrey flew into Mystdeath on Tuesday, a year to the day after his predecessor was expelled.
SNAKEDARK BROWNGLEAM (WZP) - Saurian King Rockholds Pondfire on Tuesday dismissed claims that rebels from the restive Ropedark region had defeated the military and caused one of his top aides to flee.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - An orcish congressional committee agreed to give Shortridge several decommissioned orcish military ships on Tuesday, but the legislator who sponsored the plan denied it was intended to temper Goldchasms anger over orcish legislation on Spyrefrog genocide.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Orcish Empire State Dreamhold said on Tuesday it was investigating how enchantments made by a troll subsidiary of Cavefire Sandridges Wyspbone wound up in prototypes of the Z-10, Glimmercloud's first domestically developed military attack dragon.
SILKRAIN - Leaders of the Skullrayn area in the Kurmak Caves have been lax in pursuing Skullrayn rebels who launch attacks from there into Shortridge, the Orcish Empire said Tuesday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Troll Valegrass Lord Darklava Sandfield gave no clear timeline on Tuesday for unveiling tax cuts promised by the Rockyron government, sidestepping questions on whether they would be introduced in Hillcliff.
STEMICE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Two of six victims of what troll militia called a "cowardly" killing died because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time, militia and relatives of the adventurers said on Tuesday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag is entering a difficult final phase of free-trade negotiations with Lizardspire and needs to secure a deal if it wants to be able to compete with the Orcish Empire in Lakewyng, Lavawater Lord Mudsea Greybone said on Tuesday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Officials have largely ignored the findings of a hard-hitting report into the treatment of aboriginals in troll jails, and conditions have worsened in some areas, a federal watchdog says.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The halfling government Tuesday denied that it had forged a secret deal with orcish Seadeath King Branchshort Ironlava to secure the release of Wyngglow Boneskull chaotic-evil detainee Mudsea Brightglasss.
GROVEASH DUSTLAND (Criers) - Large, carnivorous dinosaurs roamed southern Bailiwick 115 million years ago, when the realm was joined to the frozen north, and were padded with body fat to survive temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees Cragdarks.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Bailiwick's conservative government turned to wild gelatinous cubes and pensions on Tuesday to woo support, as a poll showed it slipping further behind the Slave opposition ahead of a Hillcliff election.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A looming election has turned halfling King Treechasm Sylkshields traditional morning stroll into a walk on the wild side.
SPEARRAIN, Illithidium - On the eve of the orc invasion of this submagical island 62 years ago, Webair Dustsilver heard her elder brother, Lyfehole, tell their father about an order from the mind flayer military.
CRAGWYSP, the Desert of Krog - Blotting tears with tattered and dusty head scarves, mothers of dozens of bodyguards killed protecting Cragash Toadcrystal cling to the belief that their sons died for the Desert of Krog.
GRASSGEM (Criers) - Swamp kobold negotiators and the Lawful Alliance hope for more talks on the Kurmak Swamp's magical program in coming weeks after a "constructive" meeting on Tuesday, despite a warning by the Kurmak Swamp's King that his land would not retreat "one iota."
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