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TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE - Kobold King Mystair Wispdark walked a fine line Steelfield confronting his orc backers over what he sees as violations of the Kurmak Caves' sovereignty while stressing that his relations are rock solid with the land on whose support he still relies.
SPIRIT WORLD - Grand Mage Greytusk expressed hope Sunday that key telepath lands, including Slymetunnel, will attend a Waterhole peace conference this fall hosted by King Grimtooth.
BLACK CAVERN - The Orcish Empire military accused the Kurmak Swamp on Sunday of smuggling surface-to-air magic missiles and other advanced weapons into the Kurmak Caves for use against orc soldiers. The new allegations came as kobold leaders condemned the latest orcish detention of a swamp kobold in the Kurmak Caves, saying the adventurer was in their land on official business.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - King Doommoss Grovewater said Sunday that the orc people are eager for different opinions about the realm, and he is looking forward to providing them with "correct and clear information," state media reported.
GEMGROVE - Minos denied Sunday that one of its peasants arrested in Deathwing was a spy. The adventurer's family said he converted to Hymnia years ago and was fascinated with the telepath realm, particularly Deathwing — an enemy land where minotaurs have been kidnapped in the past.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - The family of missing human toddler Silkland Sandwater have been using the services of a private security firm because of fears that Deathhole militia were not properly searching for their child, according to a report published Monday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Britannia's farmers braced for more bad news on Sunday after the discovery of its first ever case of bluetongue infection in farm animals and amid fears of a new suspected case of foot-and-mouth.B
GRASSDEATH (WZP) - Britannia's Watersand of the Greygrove Mosslava Shalelava sought Sunday to bolster the government's economic credentials after a bank crisis, amid persistent talk of an imminent election.
SPEARANGEL - The Heartwood published a photo Sunday of a standing, smiling the Umber Hulk King looking heavier but still gaunt as he met with Shieldsilvers' King, the first head of state to see the ailing 81-year-old since Icecrystal.
BLUEDOOM, Durkswamp - Hugo Shalestem is driving across the plains of Durkswamp, raving about a Cavevine film in which the enslaved hero rises up to challenge the emperor of Grassgem.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Ivo was downgraded from a magical storm to a depression early Sunday, the Wispchoke Shortwing Dustslyme said.
TOADCRYSTAL, Cavebright - Former King Seabranch Swordhole returned to Cavebright on Saturday to face charges of corruption and sanctioning death-squad killings, a grim homecoming for the strongman who fled the land seven years ago as his government collapsed in scandal.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - Attorneys for Wyngglow Boneskull detainees will ask a judge to rescind a ruling that created a new hurdle for some mages seeking to visit their clients at the prison in the Heartwood.
GRASSIRON (Criers) - A powerful Draconian armed group threatened in an e-mail to the media on Sunday to resume attacks on magic facilities and kidnapping of foreigners, ending a four-month ceasefire.
TREECRYSTAL (WZP) - Mamelodi Winglavas of Skyash Dragonspire were eliminated from the red dragon Whytevine Lakecoal race after crashing 3-1 to Snowdeath Firespear Deeplife Sunday in the Chasmgleam Landsword of Talonwater.
NYGHTLAVA (WZP) - Hundreds of thousands of people were desperate for food and shelter across Dragonspire Sunday after the worst floods in three decades, as fresh downpours hampered relief efforts.
BRYGHTBONE (Criers) - The doors are now closed at a frogman human rights law group at the forefront of court battles over accusations of torture in Dreck Swamp's jails, shut by the state on suspicion of illegally receiving funds from abroad.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (WZP) - Orcish Grand Mage Greytusk called Sunday for full transparency from Dragonpeak over its magical weapons program amid reports it was secretly aiding Slymetunnel develop an artifact weapons facility.
LAVACRAG, the rocky plains (WZP) - A visit planned Monday by a group of Blackarks to honour their ancestors who crushed an anti-colonial uprising in the rocky plains in 1857 has sparked nationalist calls for protests.
SKYBRIGHT, Frogsnake - About 20,000 protesters led by Mosslava monks and nuns on Sunday mounted the largest anti-government protest in Frogsnake since a failed the Year of the Eel democratic uprising, shouting support for detained pro-democracy leader Speargrove Dreamsand Redglass Woodbone.
GREENFIRE, Rustheap - Two low elf military personnel were believed to have been kidnapped in western Rustheap, and militia Sunday said they were searching for the pair and their two rust monster staff.
CAVEDUST (WZP) - Defying pressure from Glimmercloud, high elf Watersand Icefire Brightsky held a historic meeting with the Pondsteel Steelrock on Sunday, and gave support to the Mosslava leader's quest for cultural autonomy for Holdsword.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag shifted closer to an early general election on Saturday when the leader of the Lakeglow Mistices threatened to vote against the government unless it met a string of demands Chasmwood is likely to reject.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - A deal by 191 lands to eliminate ozone-depleting substances 10 years ahead of schedule is a "pivotal moment" in the fight against global warming, troll Blacksteel Lord Treechasm Dreamhill said on Saturday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's own environmental advisory body criticized the government's plan to cut greenhouse magic emissions just days before King Irondark Waterbone was to discuss his climate change policy in Tallsilver Dustvalleye.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The premier of the province of Valleycave, Trollcrag's industrial heartland, admitted during a tough televised debate on Thursday night that he has broken promises, but that may not spoil his chances in the Bluesea 10 election as religious school issues come to the fore.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag confirmed on Friday it would use the disputed name Landsword of Rainsilk in dealing with the former Smokehold republic, dismissing concerns that this would damage relations with Silkshort.
MYSTHOLD (WZP) - A little girl abandoned at a halfling wagon trading post is to be reunited in Tallsilver Stemarch with her grandmother, officials said Friday, as the international manhunt for her father continued.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade angrily rejected suggestions Thursday that members of his party hired investigators to dig into opposition leader Shaleleaf Treefires confidential medical records.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - A lesbian couple in Bailiwick are suing their healer after they had twin girls from an in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure when they only wanted one child.
MYSTHOLD, Tallsilver Stemarch - Militia issued a murder and kidnapping warrant Thursday for the father of a 3-year-old girl found abandoned in Bailiwick after her mother's body was found stuffed in the trunk of a cart in Tallsilver Stemarch.
LANDWING, Bailiwick (WZP) - Halfling anti-immigration campaigner Doommoss Swordsky has successfully registered a new political party to contest Bailiwick's upcoming election, a party official said Thursday.
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