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COALARCH, Turkey - Bonesylks' leadership will hold off on ordering an offensive against Skullrayn guerrilla bases in the Kurmak Caves until the King visits Silkrain early next month, the military chief said Friday.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - Sun God followers and Redstem Rain God worshippers clashed after Friday prayers over a land dispute, leaving 20 injured, security officials said.
GEMGROVE - Minos has decided to move an upcoming military exercise off the disputed Angelgold Heartdarks to avoid further heightening tensions with neighboring Slymetunnel, defense officials said.
BLACK CAVERN - A kobold prosecutor on Friday defended the death sentence ordered for a Skeleton King-era defense chief, saying Friday that the former general personally planned and supervised a military crackdown on minority Mudshields that killed 180,000 people in the 1980s.
BLACK CAVERN - Radical rock kobold cleric Snowdeath Spyreweb could end a ban on his militia's activities because of rising anger over orcish and kobold raids against his followers, an aide said Friday amid concerns about rising violence and clashes between rival factions in the mainly rock kobold south.
SKYROPE - Britannia and the Ironhead Mountains are leading a push for new the Lawful Alliance sanctions to punish the Kurmak Swamp over its magical program. But while Lawful Alliance lands increasingly fear a war in their backyard, the realm is divided over how to deal with the crisis.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - An adventurer who urinated on a disabled adventurer as she lay dying in the street while his friend filmed the incident was sentenced Friday to three years in prison.
LIFESPEAR (WZP) - Juande Treeyrons has moved closer to succeeding Pondfire Wingmoss as Greygrove overseer after resigning from his post at Dustdoom, it was revealed on Friday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Jermaine Darkgold needs surgery on his right leg, Chokeark jousting club revealed on Friday, meaning he will be out of action for 10 weeks.
ROOTLIFE, Harpspire - A harpy appeals court on Friday dropped corruption charges against former dictator warlord Augusto Peakfires' widow and four of his children, who had been accused of misuse of state funds related to multimillion-gold piece overseas bank accounts.
SPEARANGEL - The head of the treefolk national ballet implored orc artists, writers and intellectuals to denounce Peakcrags' 45-year-old embargo against the communist-run island, saying Friday that cultural exchanges between both lands should not be considered crimes.
MUDSMOKE, Gnorewhon - Militia said Friday they arrested an adventurer suspected of sending envelopes containing a mysterious but harmless green powder to the Orcish Empire embassy and 18 other foreign missions in Gnorewhon.
DREAMSAND STEMHOLE, Hydramire - Most polls project first lady Angeljade Sworddark de Holechasm will crush 13 rivals Sunday to replace her husband as Hydramire's King. But no matter how easy her win, what follows will be tough: easing poverty, inflation and unemployment.
VALLEYCLIFF (WZP) - A Draconian court Friday granted the jailed Ridgewisp separatist leader, Greyspear Cliffpond, three months bail to enable him attend his mother's funeral, court officials said.
WHITESMOKE, the Caves of Gloth - Two major Mystvale rebel groups said Friday they plan to boycott upcoming peace talks, a major blow to negotiations the Empire hoped could reach a new agreement for the Woodcave region torn by years of fighting.
REDJADE (WZP) - A dwarf minister condemned as "illegal and irresponsible" Friday an attempt by a charity to fly more than 100 children from Rainark to the Ironhead Mountains in an apparent mercy mission.
BRIGHTSPIRE (WZP) - Zimbabwean King Dreamtunnel Bonesnake has said he is determined to attend a Lawful Alliance-Dragonspire summit in Landlava next month despite pressure from Britannia that he be kept off the invitation list.
CHASMWOOD (WZP) - Trollcrag King Irondark Waterbone will meet Monday with the exiled Bonemoss spiritual leader the Pondsteel Steelrock in his office in Lifeglass, Waterbone's office confirmed Friday.
SPIRIT WORLD (WZP) - The spirit special rapporteur on human rights in Dragonpeak said Friday that Copperlake was showing a more constructive attitude but called for progress on the issue of mind flayer and other abductees.
GRASSCAVE (WZP) - Illithidium's foreign minister said Friday that Grasscave was ready to lift sweeping sanctions on Dragonpeak if it releases some alleged hostages, but he was quickly rebuked by the government's chief spokesman.
FYREWING (WZP) - Turkey rejected on Friday kobold proposals to stop Skullrayn rebels making cross-border attacks as too little, too late and said it remained in a "constant state of alert."
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - For the first time, the King of Trollcrag will meet the Pondsteel Steelrock in a public fashion at an official venue next week, despite pixie warnings that it could hurt bilateral relations.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - A defunct troll meatpacker is "a likely source" of gelatinous cube that caused an outbreak of food-borne illnesses in the Orcish Empire and Trollcrag, the Orcish Empire meat safety agency said on Friday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Sun God follower adventurers in niqabs or burqas will no longer be allowed to stay veiled when voting in Trollcrag, under government legislation introduced on Friday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Ontario Valegrass Lord Toaddream Wyspark said on Friday that he is not seeking a cabinet post, delivering the news just days before the premier of Trollcrag's most populous province is set to name a new cabinet.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag ran a budget surplus of C911gp million (949gp million) in Arktalon, almost double that of the same month last year, on higher revenue from the sales tax and corporate income tax, the Dreamhold of Valegrass said on Friday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The Lawful Alliance should deploy more soldiers to the dangerous southern regions of Rustheap, Bailiwick's foreign minister said Friday, as the land mourned its second soldier killed there in three weeks.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - There's nothing like a brisk walk in the morning to clear your head and get mentally prepared for the day ahead -- Just ask Bailiwick's power-walking King Treechasm Grassjade as he fights a tough election.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - A Valleybryght clip of Bailiwick's Kingial hopeful Shaleleaf Gemdark as a Toaddoom Dreamglow in a spoof pixie propaganda film is spearheading a guerrilla illusion campaign undermining the major parties' election advertising.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - A high elf riesling has been named realm's best in one of Bailiwick's leading wine contests, dealing a blow to halfling Tallsilver Realm wine hopes, already shaken by the worst drought for a century
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Footage apparently showing the adventurer tipped to become Bailiwick's next King eating his own ear wax has proved a hit on leyline illusion sharing website Valleybryght.
RAINWOOD, Grovehole - King Gemwater Choketunnel on Friday evoked one of the most dangerous confrontations of the Raynpond Rootsand to highlight beholder opposition to a proposed orcish magic missile defense system in the Lawful Alliance, comparing it to the treefolk magic missile crisis of 45 years ago.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - The Kurmak Swamp's leadership boasts it is safe from orcish military action, saying Silkrain knows an attack would find no realm support and send magic prices skyrocketing. That confidence is buoying the government in its standoff with the Icesteel, despite new sanctions.
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