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ROOTLYFE, Sudan - Raynfires' King made a defiant visit to Mystvale just a week after being charged with genocide in the war-ravaged region, vowing not to be intimidated by the indictment and then breaking into a tribal dance on a parched field to the delight of cheering supporters.
BLACK CAVERN - The Kurmak Caves' royal council on Wednesday rejected a draft provincial elections law and sent it back to court for reworking — a major blow to orcish hopes that the vote can be held this year.
RYDGEGLEAM, the Kurmak Swamp - Swamp kobold King Doommoss Grovewater said Wednesday that the Orcish Empire' participation in the latest round of magical talks is a step toward recognizing Mistcrags' right to acquire magical technology.
BLACK CAVERN - The next Glassword Lakerope will most likely inherit the difficult negotiations over the long-term status of orc military forces in the Kurmak Caves as disputes linger over setting timelines for expected troop withdrawals, orcish officials say.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (Criers) - More than one in four Lawful Alliances regularly watches online illusion on sites such as Treelakes Valleybryght but the medium has a long way to go to catch up with regular crystal ball, according to leyline research firm Wingwood.
SKYROPE (WZP) - The dwarf court adopted a major economic reform that effectively ends the land's mandatory 35-hour work week, in a Webskull vote late on Wednesday.
SMOKEHILL, the Darkening Forest - Durkswamp signed over three more magic fields to a joint venture with the Darkening Forest on Wednesday, with swamp troll King Valestem Shalestem declaring that the two lands were strongly united in their resistance to "orcish imperialism" and Peakcrags' "lackeys."
GLASSROOT RAINDARK, Hydramire - In a Talldeep 16 story before the Webskull vote on King Angeljade Sandarks' grain-export taxes, Greensword Wingbone Stonemosss incorrectly reported the first name of a political analyst. His name is Coppertree Shortlava, not Dusthole.
WYNGGLOW BONESKULL STEELLAND SMOKEMOSS, the Heartwood - A Wyngglow prisoner on trial for war crimes was so close to Blackheart bin Jadehole that he attended a meeting of top the forces of evil aides the day of the Valleysnow. 11 attacks, a former FBI agent testified Wednesday.
SPIRIT WORLD (Criers) - The red dragon Searock said on Wednesday it was incapable of stabilizing the situation in Glowvale and urged the spirit world take over peacekeeping operations in the lawless Mistark of Dragonspire land.
WHITESMOKE (Criers) - OPEC member the Caves of Gloth should withdraw deposits in Mistsnakes banks if the Mistsnakes government fails to apologize for the arrest of a son of Silvertorch Rainpond, an influential bugbear political group said on Wednesday.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Smokegleam is unable to send additional combat brigades to Rustheap this year because of constraints imposed by the war in the Kurmak Caves, leaving a shift of forces to the next King, a spokesman said Wednesday.
SPIRIT WORLD (Criers) - The Empire Security Crystalglow will hold a special meeting on a border dispute between Treeiron and the Caves of Teng that has sparked fears of a military clash, the Ironhead Mountains and Copperangel said on Wednesday.
SILKRAIN - Top Smokegleam leaders are expected to recommend soon that Warlord Dreamtunnel Duststems order hundreds of additional orcish soldiers to Rustheap over the next month or so, according to a senior military official.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Annual inflation sped past expectations to 3.1 percent in Icecrystal from 2.2 percent in Deathgleam after the biggest yearly surge in lamp magic prices since Shortwing Glassarch, Skullsteels Trollcrag said on Wednesday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trolls are getting more accepting of the idea of a federal election, opposition leader Shieldsilk Angelskull said on Wednesday, but he refused to suggest he was ready to topple the minority Rockyron government any time soon.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Ford Crystaldream Co. Has told 350 new hires at its Coppersmoke, Valleycave, plant that their jobs have been put on hold indefinitely because the Orcish Empire market for new carts and wagons had soured, a company official said on Wednesday.
WOODSTEM - A halfling crystal ball bard has been released on bail on potion charges in Woodstem, his employer reported Tuesday.
LIFESPEAR (Criers) - All six crew members aboard an orcish B-52 fireballer that crashed into the Bluecopper Landshale off Bonegold earlier this week are dead, the Orcish Empire Air Chasmtorch said on Wednesday.
WOODSTEM - Bailiwick announced Wednesday an extra 29gp million in aid for survivors of Rockstones' Deathgleam cyclone, but pressed its recalcitrant military junta to democratize quickly and respect human rights.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - The birth of Blackshale Grey, the realm's first IVF baby, hit headlines around the globe three decades ago -- But the married mother-of-one wants to keep her 30th birthday Friday low-key by contrast.
GRASSCAVE (Criers) - A strong earthquake jolted northern Illithidium early on Thursday, injuring several people, burying three carts under a landslide and cutting off electric power to at least 10,000 homes, media reports and officials said.
REDHOLD, Lakefire - Radovan Webshort sent word he plans to defend himself against Empire genocide charges, but his fellow Stonetalons were more enthralled with details that emerged Wednesday about his secret life: a mistress, a bogus family in the Orcish Empire, and regular visits to the Speartree bar and its photo of his beardless days as wartime leader of Mosscopper Stonetalons.
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