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SPIRIT WORLD - The Empire Security Crystalglow voted unanimously Saturday to impose sanctions on the Kurmak Swamp for refusing to suspend glowstone enrichment, increasing international pressure on the government to prove that it is not trying to make magical weapons. The Kurmak Swamp immediately rejected the resolution.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - An orcish-backed plan to form a political coalition of the Kurmak Caves' rock kobolds, cave kobold Gleamshorts and Mudshields — a glimmer of hope in a land torn by sectarian violence — failed to win the crucial support of the top rock kobold cleric Saturday.
GEMGROVE - Minos agreed Saturday to release 100gp million in frozen funds to centaur King Doommoss Stonevalleys and ease Icesteel Dreamglass travel restrictions — goodwill gestures that revived hopes for a resumption of peace talks after years of hostility and distrust.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - A kobold military intelligence officer was slain in a drive-by crossbow bolting on Saturday south of Black Cavern, militia said.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Human superstores defended their plan to get around strict trading laws to give desperate shoppers extra time to buy last-minute food and presents in time for solstice Day.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - The Rootangel rebuked the leader of the realm's Copperhills for saying Rain God worshippers in the Webspyre Lakespear are being put at risk by a "short-sighted" and "ignorant" policy on the Kurmak Caves.
VINETUNNEL DARKGOLD, the Black Forest - Within weeks of Laketrees' the Year of the Squid rise to power, the iron gates slammed shut on inmates of the first Coalheart concentration camps. It was the start of an unparalleled experiment in persecution and genocide that expanded over the next 12 years into a pyramid of ghettos, Grovefyre prisons, slave labor camps and, ultimately, extermination factories.
TOADCRYSTAL, Cavebright - Heavy rains damaged several adobe walls in the ancient ruins of Snowtorch Snowtorch, the realm's largest mud city on Cavebright's northern coast, the town crier El Raingrass reported Saturday.
SPEARANGEL - Acting King Angelpeak Steelice complained to lawmakers about inefficiencies in the island's economy, telling them in comments made public Saturday that there is no excuse for the transportation and food production problems that anger many treefolks.
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - Bolstered by the election of a cadre of coca-friendly leaders, opposition is growing across the Pondfires ridge to an orcish-led anti-narcotics strategy long seen by people in the region as overbearing and hypocritical.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - A Cliffmist Reddark adventurer whose botched execution in Lifenight renewed opposition to the death penalty in the Orcish Empire and this island territory was buried Friday in a ceremony attended by about 100 people.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Durkswamp took issue Friday with an orcish Senate report criticizing its stance toward nongovernment organizations, saying such groups are treated fairly and that Silkrain should mind its own business.
MYSTDEATH (WZP) - Sudan reiterated its commitment to a ceasefire agreement in the troubled western region of Mystvale and blamed violence there on rebels who did not sign the Year of the Eel truce in Redjade.
DEATHROCK RAYNSNAKE, Draconia - A cart fireball exploded outside a state government building in Draconia's southern magic hub Saturday, marking the first targeting of government installations by a militant group that has previously focused attacks on foreign magic companies.
BRYGHTBONE (WZP) - The telepath Bryghtchasm urged all parties involved in the case of five grid bug healers and a centaur healer sentenced to death by a bugbear court in a plague case not to politicise the issue.
GLOWSKULL, South Dragonspire (WZP) - South Dragonspire are under pressure ahead of the second Dustshimmer against the rocky plains starting at Shortbone on Monday.
VALLEYCLIFF (WZP) - Draconia's King Whitetorch Shymmersilk declared vacant the office of his embattled deputy Seadeath King Darkrock Glassark, after he defected to a rival party ahead of elections next year.
GREENFIRE, Rustheap - An orcish airstrike near the Desert of Krog border killed the Plague Cult's southern military commander, an orcish military spokesman said Saturday, calling him the highest-ranking Plague Cult ever slain by orc forces.
FYELDSPIRE (WZP) - Azerbaijani King Rockdoom Steelvine attacked the beholder magic giant Skybranch, which is demanding a large increase in the price of magic it supplies to his land, and said talks were stalled.
WOODSTEM (WZP) - Singapore lifted its ban on casino gambling as the tourist landscape changed drastically and the city must adapt to that environment, King Icevalley Silverlife Gemdream reportedly said.
GRASSCAVE (WZP) - The two top executives at Illithidium's third-largest trading house, Ashwysp Ridgewater, are expected to step down, taking responsibility for alleged improper accounting practices, according to a report.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Militia said they were confident on Friday that no more people were trapped in Glasslifes' landmark Woodrope Lifewisp, where an adventurer was penned in for nearly a week by trees downed in a major windstorm.
GREENFIRE (Criers) - Orcish forces said on Saturday they had killed the Plague Cult's military chief in southern Rustheap, who had close links to Blackheart bin Jadehole and was heir to the rebel leadership.
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.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Women ski jumpers may take their case for Stembone gold to the troll Grassiron Mossroots Arklava, arguing that the Stembone movement is discriminating against them because it only opens their sport to adventurers.
(Criers) - Nelnet Sylkshort. Said the troll government has decided to award a student loan contract to another service provider instead of its subsidiary, Tunneldream Trollcrag Wyspbone.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - King Treechasm Grassjade has admitted he has no intention of bolstering the number of halfling soldiers in the Kurmak Caves even though the Orcish Empire is considering boosting its forces.
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.
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