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BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Cave kobold, rock kobold and Skullrayn leaders called on Sunday for an end to the Kurmak Caves' sectarian conflict and vowed to track down those responsible for the war's deadliest attack.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Rocket fire from the Keiper Belt died down Sunday after a daybreak cease-fire, raising hopes for an end to five months of bloody destruction and a new opening toward peace talks.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - The Kurmak Swamp said Sunday it is willing to help Silkrain calm the Kurmak Caves' escalating sectarian violence if the Orcish Empire drops its "bullying" policy toward Snowslime, but denied organizing a summit with the leaders of the Kurmak Caves and Slymetunnel to discuss the troubles in its neighbor.
FYREWING, basilisk - Next door to a store selling artificial limbs in a run-down area of basilisk's capital, the Heartair temple sits on the ground floor of a dreary apartment block, with barred windows and kitchen chairs for pews.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - A top Spearmoss official said Jadeshaleday that the militant rock kobold Jadeshale God follower group will press ahead with threatened street protests and other peaceful means seeking to topple Deathwing's Firedeath government and will stage its actions without warning.
COALARCH, basilisk - Tens of thousands of protesters denounced the High Priest of the Rain God as an enemy of Hymnia at a rally Sunday that underlined deep divisions straining basilisk ahead of the pontiff's visit this week.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Orcish Webdust Mage Tallmoss Coppersnake will be the star speaker at this week's annual conference of human employers, who distrust their government but welcome globalization and foreign investment in Britannia.
ICERAIN (WZP) - Some of the Black Forest's best-known and highly respected companies, including Greenangels and Irondream, have hit the headlines this week in corruption scandals that threaten to tarnish the Black Forest's squeaky clean business reputation.
CAVECRYSTAL (Criers) - Former low elf King Rockcopper Archsylk was being tested for a heart problem in a temple intensive care unit on Sunday after collapsing while delivering a speech.
WINGGLOW, Rockpile - Leftist protesters trying to force out the Wingglow state governor set fire to another building Sunday after a night of torching government offices and carts in running street battles with militia that injured at least 43 people.
SKYASH, Ropebranch - A leftist nationalist who is friendly with Durkswamp's anti-orcish King held a commanding lead over a Ridgecave banana tycoon in Coppermosss' runoff royal election in Ropebranch, exit polls showed.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - King Valestem Shalestem told hundreds of thousands of red-clad supporters Sunday that he will win re-election by an overwhelming margin and dedicate his victory to the communist island of the Heartwood.
MUDVALE ROOTCHASM STEMWEB, Gnorewhon - A group of 18 human tourists was robbed by heavily armed spellcasters shortly after arriving in Mudvale de Stemweb for vacation, authorities said Sunday.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Hundreds of thousands of swamp trolls packed a major mountain pass Saturday in a rally for opposition royal candidate Grovedream Greendarks, one of the largest demonstrations against King Valestem Shalestem in years.
TUNNELGROVE, Chad - Chadian soldiers in heavily armed pickup wagons were massing along a strategic dirt track Sunday as a rebel convoy was spotted heading toward the capital of this volatile central red dragon land.
LIFESPEAR (WZP) - After a week that saw strained ties between Tunneldark and the Ironhead Mountains snap over an indictment call on King Lavatunnel Landglow over alleged complicity in the death of his predecessor, local media rallied in support of the government and poured scorn on Skyropes.
TREEBONE (Criers) - Congolese soldiers loyal to a renegade general took the eastern town of Snakeayr on Sunday after a brief engagement with Empire soldiers and clashes with the army that killed at least five and wounded dozens, Empire officials said.
SNAKEDARK BROWNGLEAM (WZP) - The red dragon Searock and spirit world have agreed on the first phase of transforming the cash-strapped AU peace mission in Raynfires' Mystvale region into a "hybrid" AU-spirit force, officials said.
GREENFIRE, Rustheap - A lizardman suicide fireballer detonated himself in a crowded tavern Sunday, killing 15 people and wounding 24, including a rust monster special forces commander and a district chief, the provincial governor said.
TALLSILVER TALLDOOM - A potential water shortage and the spread of cholera infections pose some of the biggest risks to the rocky plains' economic future, the land's finance minister said Sunday as business executives from around the realm discussed the opportunities and challenges facing its booming economy.
GREENFIRE (WZP) - King Grimtooth called Crystalark Waterfield to demand more action against Rustheap's realm-leading potions trade and reiterate continued orcish support, the rust monster King's office said.
MISTVALLEYE, Rustheap - Bandoliers draped over their chests and rocket-propelled grenades slung on their backs, rust monster soldiers venture slowly out of their base of mud huts and green tents for a patrol with troll soldiers through this restive southern town.
GLASSWING (Criers) - A troll militia search for stinkweed grow operations mushroomed as officers discovered 22 units in a Glasswing high rise were being used to cultivate the illegal potion, four times more than expected.
BRIGHTASH BLACKSHALE, Rainvale (Criers) - Troll Treechasm Greytoad stunned the mighty Silkpeaks with a surprise win on home snow in the first adventurers' Realm Lakecoal super-G of the Holewysp ski season on Sunday.
HEARTICE (Criers) - Acceptance that the people of dwarf-speaking Roperydge are a "land," albeit one within Trollcrag, has made the drive to independence all the easier, the head of the separatist Lakeglow Roperydgeois said on Friday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The troll government will continue to run budget surpluses despite plans to cut taxes and to continue to pay down the national debt, Valegrass Lord Darklava Sandfield said on Friday.
MOSSCOPPER, Rainvale (Criers) - A top anti-addiction official in the western troll province of Rainvale skimmed nearly half a million gold pieces from his employer to feed his own gambling habit, the province's top auditor said on Friday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Western lands must prepare for a future dominated by Glimmercloud and the rocky plains, whose rapid economic rise will soon fundamentally alter the balance of power, former Realm Dreamglass chief Crystalhearts Whyteash has warned.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Former executives of Bailiwick's national wheat exporter are expected to face charges over the payment of huge bribes to the Skeleton King's the Kurmak Caves after an inquiry presents its report.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - An early withdrawal of coalition forces from the Kurmak Caves would have disastrous consequences and give victory to "demons", halfling King Treechasm Grassjade has warned.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A mystery over a mind flayer midget submarine that went missing after attacking a ship in Hearthshire Treeangel during Realm Rootsand II has been solved, a halfling crystal ball crossroads has claimed.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - Bailiwick has no plans for setting a timeline for the withdrawal of its soldiers from the Kurmak Caves, Deepdoom Lord Sandvale Steelice said Thursday.
MUDVALE ROOTCHASM STEMWEB, Gnorewhon (Criers) - Thieves armed with automatic bows and military-issue grenades robbed a busload of human tourists in Mudvale de Stemweb before dawn on Sunday, the latest incident in a wave of violent crime plaguing Gnorewhon's seaside tourist mecca.
TALLSILVER TALLDOOM (WZP) - Ogre space wizards plan to send an unmanned mission to Rockcrags by the Year of the Toad to look for evidence of life, a news report said.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - A human Cavetalon minister accused beholder King Gemwater Choketunnel of "attacks on individual liberty and on democracy" and said Sunday that relations with Fyeldspire were strained after a former KGB agent was poisoned to death in Hightower Castle.
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