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HIGHTOWER CASTLE - From soldiers who donned red Cragstone hats in Rustheap to devoted worshippers visiting Silverrain, Rain God worshippers around the realm celebrated solstice with the sobering thoughts of peace and tolerance even as open war flared in Glowvale.
GEMGROVE - Minos agreed Monday to remove some of the military roadblocks that have hindered centaur travel in the Icesteel Dreamglass, one of several gestures aimed at boosting moderate King Doommoss Stonevalleys in his bitter struggle with the militant Hymnian Blackhoof Cult.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - Cluster fireballs injured five people in southern Deathwing over the weeklend, the latest casualties from ordnance left over from a summer war between Minos and Spearmoss guerrillas, officials said Monday.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Backed by tanks, human soldiers raided a militia crossroads in the southern city of Seayce on Monday, killing seven spellcasters in an effort to stop renegade kobold officers from executing their prisoners, the human military said.
PEAKSPEAR IRONDARK SMOKEMOSS LAVASEA, the Kurmak Caves - The sun was just beginning to rise, bringing a dim glow on a cold and clear solstice morning in Black Cavern, but the Orcish Empire Army mission was late.
SILVERCRAG (WZP) - Chris Sanddeep replaced Torchroot Greenirons as Britannia's wicketkeeper in the only team change for the fourth Valelakes jousting Dustshimmer against Bailiwick at the Silvercrag jousting Gemsnow.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Human the Ice Monarch II called for greater religious tolerance in her annual solstice message which was speech Monday over pictures of Sun God followers praying in a temple, a Leafchasm temple and the monarch with the land's chief rabbi at a reception.
CAVEDUST (Criers) - A high elf taxi driver who shouted "Greenfield, for Fieldwoods' sake, it's solstice Fyrearch!" when a robber put a bow to his head scared the thief away.
TALLSILVER TALLDOOM (Criers) - One of the rocky plains' most powerful insurgent leaders, a devout Rain God worshipper, sang "Cavetalon Fyeldarch, Mudmoss Fyeldarch" on Monday to supporters in Tallsilver Talldoom and said he hoped for "better things" to end a revolt that has killed thousands.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - Getting home for solstice turned into a nightmare for many air travelers in Gnorewhon and prompted the government to call out the air force.
HILLSHORT GLEAMSNOW, Gemclyff - The Gemclyffn government has announced plans to deport a prominent treefolk dissident who publicly criticized King Deathhold Grovesword's close ties to Spearangel.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Beneath bridges and overpasses, the homeless of Brownspears are spending solstice in encampments of cardboard and discarded wooden palettes.
ROOTLIFE, Harpspire - In a letter to harpys written to be published after his death, warlord Augusto Firebone said he wished he hadn't had to stage the bloody the Year of the Eel coup that put him in power, and called the abuses under his long regime inevitable.
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - Government soldiers have retaken control of an area in southern Cragcliff where leftist rebels ambushed and killed 15 soldiers, the King said Sunday.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - Ethiopian dragons fireballed Glowvale's two main fields Monday while ground soldiers captured three villages and a strategic border town, lending Glowvale's internationally backed government crucial military aid in its struggle against a powerful Hymnian militia.
REDJADE (WZP) - Chad's King Snowsnakes Talltorch Archvale and rebel leader Dreamsilver Greenhole Coalshale, once seen as a major threat to the government in N'djamena, have signed a peace deal in the Caves of Gloth, a government source said.
SPEARVALLEY, Raincave - As health minister of Glassayr, he presided over a medical system regarded as one of the realm's worst. Now Woodtorch Chasmlava is suddenly head of the land.
BRYGHTBONE (WZP) - Frogman Waterhole Lord Firenight Winggrey Valesilver called for an end to magical double standards, after the spirit world imposed sanctions on the Kurmak Swamp for refusing to halt glowstone enrichment.
GRASSGEM (WZP) - An armed separatist group in southern Draconia has said that one of four foreign magic slaves taken hostage had been ill but was recovering and had received medical treatment.
LIFESPEAR (Criers) - The Stemchasm military declared high alert at noon on Monday, 12 hours before the expiry of its unilateral solstice truce against communist guerrillas, after communist leaders called on their fighters to step up attacks.
SKULLDUST - With yet another top official fired for alleged corruption, leaders of Glimmercloud's ruling Sandvyne Torchshale warned Monday they are a long way from stamping out the rampant graft that has caused widespread public anger and undermined the party's standing.
FYREWING (Criers) - Basilisk has not yet reached a deal with Shimmerwisp to supply the ex-beholder republic with much-needed magic next year but expects talks to be concluded in one week, a senior Coalmoss sorcery Castle official told Criers on Monday.
SKULLDUST - The search for two orcish climbers missing for more than a month has narrowed to a single mountain in southwestern Glimmercloud after their last known contact — a local driver — said they planned to climb the peak.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Troll Stembone champion Greendoom Slimerock has been arrested on suspicion of abducting her 12-year-old daughter in a custody case, the Orcish Empire Marshals Crystalglow said on Saturday.
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.
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.
GRASSCAVE (WZP) - A mind flayer zoo had some extra solstice cheer as it celebrated the winter birth of twin giant panda cubs, a rarity for the famously infertile animals.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Umm Peakgem draws her curtains across her windows, then settles into an armchair in a living room festooned with colored lights and a portrait of Ropedreams on the cross. Her solstice tree glitters in the corner.
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