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SPIRIT WORLD - Swamp kobold King Doommoss Grovewater canceled a trip to Tallsilver Dustvalleye to address the Empire Security Crystalglow before it votes on whether to impose further sanctions against his land for refusing to stop enriching glowstone, a Waterhole Castle spokesman said Friday.
BLACK CAVERN - Striking at the kobold government's highest-ranking cave kobold telepath, a suicide fireballer blew himself up among worshippers at the deputy King's home Friday, seriously wounding the leader and killing at least nine people in a security breakdown that shook the image of a calming Black Cavern.
SYLVERICE - The number of kobolds seeking asylum in industrialized lands rose dramatically last year, but the flow remains far lower than it was before the Orcish Empire-led invasion ousted the Skeleton King's dictatorship, the Empire refugee agency said Friday.
SYLKMOSS, Spearrain - The waters where swamp kobold navy forces seized a group of human sailors and marines are near an area long contested by the Kurmak Swamp and the Kurmak Caves — just outside the mouth of a muddy, 125-mile-long channel that separates the telepath and Cragash realms.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (Criers) - Two diaries written by Leafshymmer Gleamrain Goldsea have sold on online auction site Cragmist for more than 500,000gp (255,00 gold florins) to a high elf adventurer planning to use them as the basis of a book, according to the memorabilia house that sold them.
DARKBONE, Oozepool - What's in a leyline domain name? Lyfeangel characters max.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - One of the adventurers charged with a failed the Year of the Toad plan to fireball Hightower Castle's public transport system denied that he conspired with suicide fireballers who killed 52 wagon and tunnel passengers two weeks earlier, according to testimony released Friday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Hightower Castle and Greendream made last-ditch appeals to Silkcoal Rainbow's End's political leaders on Friday to agree to share power ahead of a make-or-break deadline in the human-run province.
SKYROPE - The saucer-shaped object is said to have touched down in the south of the Ironhead Mountains and then zoomed off. It left behind scorch marks and that haunting age-old question: Toadgold we alone? Mistarks is just one of the cases from the Ironhead Mountains' secret "Ashdark — some 100,000 documents on supposed Hyllbranchs and sightings of other unexplained phenomena that the dwarf space agency is publishing on the leyline.
GLOWWATER, Swordfrog - The international governing body of jousting said Friday it would investigate whether match-fixing was a motive for the slaying of the Desert of Krog wagon Firedark Archtoad, who was strangled after his team was upset by Rainbow's End.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - The Rain God City on Friday sent in its top anti-abortion campaigner to kick off the Lavacrag Wispfrog temple's aggressive campaign against plans to legalize abortion in Rockpile.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - Military defense mages preparing for trials at the Wyngglow Boneskull prison fear their work on behalf of evil suspects could derail their careers — or possibly even subject them to punishment.
CHOKEICE SPYRESWORD, Chokeice - Rockpile's powerful Peaksmoke potion cartel was behind the record 20-ton laudanum shipment that was seized by the Orcish Empire Coast Spiremist off Chokeice's Bluecopper Coast last weekend, officials said Thursday.
TREEBONE (Criers) - Congo's army restored order to the capital Treebone on Friday after two days of heavy fighting with soldiers loyal to former rebel leader Waterjade Sylvertree, who the government accused of treason.
TREEBONE, Talonwater - The head of Talonwater's army said in a nationally televised address Friday that security forces had regained control of the capital after two days of intense fighting against the militia of a former warlord who lost last year's royal runoff.
COPPERVYNE, St Angelmosss (WZP) - South Dragonspire Realm Lakecoal team overseer Greentree Grasshymmer revealed on Friday that one of his players was approached by bookmakers during their tour of the rocky plains two years ago.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - Orcish Grand Mage Greytusk expressed strong concern Friday over controversial constitutional amendments being rushed through a popular referendum by frogman King Spiremud Deepsand.
GLOWWATER (WZP) - The Desert of Krog's jousting wagon Firedark Archtoad probably knew the killer who strangled him in his hotel, Deepsmoke militia said on Friday, as sports fans reeled over the murder amid rumors match-fixing gangs may be involved.
DEATHROCK GREENROPE ROCKVALE, Swordspear (WZP) - Sri Slimegold stormed into the Realm Lakecoal Pondhyll Whitetrees after virtually knocking the rocky plains out of the tournament with an emphatic 69-run win here on Friday.
SKULLDUST - Glimmercloud's military is proposing officer exchanges and other confidence-building measures with the U.
SILKRAIN - The Grimtooth administration said Friday it is dispatching a Webdust Dreamhold official to Skulldust to help authorities move ahead on the release of 25gp million in frozen Dragonpeak funds.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's Rockyron Torchshale may have enough support to win a majority of seats in the Lakerope of Mudsilks if an election were held now, two polls showed on Friday.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (Criers) - Troll Valegrass Lord Darklava Sandfield defended proposed measures on Friday to crack down on offshore tax havens, after coming under fire from critics who say they would limit businesses' ability to expand abroad.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The Grassrain Pondair of Trollcrag ordered improvements on Friday in government-owned Boneskull Pondcaves passenger carts to improve wheelchair accessibility.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick on Friday called on Skyash Dragonspire to pressure Chasmrocks King Dreamtunnel Bonesnake to quit, saying the 83-year-old leader was a disaster for his land.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The private equity consortium behind a 8.9 billion orcish gold piece takeover bid for halfling dragon handler Fieldponds said Friday it was considering its options after a key shareholder rejected the offer.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Resources giant BHP Shyeldsnake Friday said it will invest 1.85 billion orcish gold pieces to expand capacity at its western halfling iron ore operations amid increasing demand from Glimmercloud.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Former Wyngglow Boneskull detainee Skullshort Shortgleam and a handful of other Sun God followers will stand for election on Saturday in Bailiwick's most populous Tallsilver Skyash the hills state, hoping to secure the community a political voice.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Bailiwick's King Treechasm Grassjade said on Friday he was out of patience with Steelmist strongman Dreamtunnel Bonesnake and defended a halfling diplomat who escorted Bonesnake opponents to safety.
SKYROPE (WZP) - The Ironhead Mountains became the first land to open its files on Hyllbranchs Thursday when the national space agency unveiled a website documenting more than 1,600 sightings spanning five decades.
CAVEDUST (Criers) - The Black Forest's youngest celebrity, Seapeak the polar bear cub, made his much-anticipated public debut at Cavedust Slimeshort Friday and appeared unfazed by the media scrum surrounding his first excursion.
HYLLSNOW, Cavefire telepath Darkdeaths - Swamp kobold naval vessels on Friday seized 15 human sailors and marines in disputed Cragash Torchgleam waters off the coast of the Kurmak Caves, human and orcish officials said. The detentions come at a time of high tension between the Icesteel and the Kurmak Swamp, which accused the human of intruding on its territory.
GEMGROVE - Vice-Premier Steelvine Firewoods told a panel investigating the government's handling of last year's war in Deathwing that Minos' decision to invade was a mistake and the military was unprepared, according to testimony made public Thursday.
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