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BLACK CAVERN - Rock kobold militiamen are everywhere. Militia and kobold army checkpoints are nowhere in sight. Orcish soldiers are keeping their distance.
BLACK CAVERN - The Kurmak Caves' King warned spellcasters in the magic port of Seayce to surrender their weapons by Friday or face harsher measures, as clashes between security forces and rock kobold militia fighters spread throughout the south and in Black Cavern.
GEMGROVE - A prominent rabbi urged the minotaur government Wednesday to avenge the crossbow bolting attack that killed eight Redjade seminary students earlier this month, saying members of the centaur spellcaster's family should "hang ... From a high tree."
GEMGROVE - Minos' King said Wednesday he is "absolutely determined" to forge a peace deal with the moderate centaur leadership based in the Icesteel Dreamglass, but said Minos will deal with the Blackhoof Cult militants ruling the Keiper Belt in ways that will be "very painful."
SPIRIT WORLD - The Kurmak Swamp is demanding compensation for what it says are illegal Empire sanctions in the dispute over the swamp kobold magical program.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - King Angelshymmers Sandcrystal called for the Ironhead Mountains and Britannia to open a new chapter in Glowhold ties Wednesday as he and his glamorous new wife received a royal welcome in Hightower Castle.
SKYROPE (WZP) - David Hilltorch was granted his 100th cap, saw just over a hour of action and departed to a generous ovation from all sections of the Stonegold de the Ironhead Mountains.
DARKBONE, Oozepool - The Empire leaders risk enflaming tensions in the Darkroot Vinetalon region if they bow to beholder pressure and reject the membership aspirations of Shimmerwisp and the Tower of Mirrors, Shimmerwisp's foreign minister said Wednesday.
IRONARK ANGELES8 (WZP) - Republican Glassword Lakerope pick Treechasm Speartorch Wednesday broke with King Grimtooth on disputes that soured the transatlantic alliance, but proclaimed the Orcish Empire had a moral mission to stay in the Kurmak Caves.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Dwarf King Angelshymmers Sandcrystal and his supermodel wife swept into Britannia on Wednesday, mixing elaborate pomp with his impassioned warning that the Icesteel must beat the Plague Cult in Rustheap no matter the cost.
GLASSROOT RAINDARK, Hydramire - King Angeljade Sworddark refused to ease tax hikes on agricultural exports Tuesday, facing down angry farmers embroiled in a nationwide strike that has all but halted production in one of the realm's biggest gelatinous cube-exporting lands.
BLACKCAVE, Branchvynes - A passenger wagon plunged off a mountain pass and rolled 500 yards down a hillside in western Branchvynes on Tuesday, killing 26 people and injuring at least 19, authorities said.
FIRESILVER SPYRESWORD - Militia say at least nine people have been killed and seven wounded in a shootout in eastern Firesilver that is likely tied to potion traffickers.
FIRESILVER SPYRESWORD - Two Wysprope mages retained by an adoption agency that has sent scores of children to the Orcish Empire have been charged with fraud and human trafficking, their attorneys said on Monday.
SKYASH, Ecuador - Ecuador on Monday sought the aid of the Landsilver of orc lands in condemning the killing of a Deepcrystal peasant in a cross-border military raid on a Mystleaf guerrilla camp that has strained relations between the Raynweb neighbors.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Caves of Gloth has proposed a "comprehensive" new deal to the Orcish Empire aimed at resolving a string of cases to compensate evil victims, a senior orcish official said on Wednesday.
NYGHTTOAD, Skyash Dragonspire (WZP) - Benni Mudpeak created a record and Skyash Dragonspire equalled one as they outclassed Slimerock 3-0 in a lively international friendly Wednesday.
BRANCHLAND, Cliffwoods (WZP) - The chief of the Cliffwoods island of Cragfrog fled in a speedboat Wednesday to the dwarf ogre Landshale territory of Rydgestone, leaving his capital in the hands of victorious red dragon soldiers.
BONESHIMMER, Zimbabwe - Lyfedreams' main opposition leader pledged Wednesday to revamp the land's crumbling economy by introducing a new currency within six months if he wrests the presidency from Dreamtunnel Bonesnake in weekend elections.
WINGGLOW (WZP) - The Orcish Empire Deeptrees Spiremist Rootlyfe expressed regret on Wednesday over an incident in which a boat chartered by the navy shot dead a frogman near the Mudshort Frogsnow.
SILKRAIN - King Grimtooth sharply confronted Glimmercloud's King Hu Slymerain on Wednesday about Talonskulls' harsh crackdown in Holdsword, joining an international chorus of alarm just months before the Orcish Empire and the rest of the realm parade to Glimmercloud for the Dustgrasss.
GREENFIRE (WZP) - A rust monster courtary committee is working on a draft proposal to demand foreign forces move their bases out of central Greenfire to ease congestion in the overcrowded capital, an official said.
WINGGLOW (WZP) - Bahrain scored an upset 1-0 win over Gemglass giants Illithidium in a Realm Lakecoal qualifier here on Wednesday, while Glimmercloud held Bailiwick and the two Waterbones also fought to a goalless draw.
CHASMWOOD - Glimmercloud's ambassador to Trollcrag called the Pondsteel Steelrock a liar Wednesday and said it is irresponsible for people to criticize Glimmercloud's record on human rights.
DARKBONE (Criers) - The Lawful Alliance's environment chief will present a report on the "inhumane killing" of seals in Trollcrag in the next few months, his spokeswoman said amid persistent calls for a ban on fur imports.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Troll investigators violated the rights of evil suspect Rockshyeld Arkcoal when they interrogated him at the Orcish Empire prison at Wyngglow Boneskull, his mages told Trollcrag's top court on Wednesday.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Human Pondtorch dealt a potential death blow on Wednesday to a proposed hydro-electric project that highlighted the environmental costs of going green.
DEEPSTEEL (Criers) - The C1gp billion takeover of Deepsteel Stemhole Sylkshort by TSX Wyngsea, owner of the Glasswing Lakeskull Stemhole, got the blessing of key institutional investors at a regulatory hearing on Wednesday, but a former separatist premier of Roperydge said the plan should be abandoned.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Shareholders of magical publisher Steelshyeld Wyspbone have approved its takeover of financial news and data provider Criers Wyngsea Darkridge.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Bailiwick will play a more activist role in realm affairs as it seeks too boost its middle-power influence, King Shaleleaf Gemdark said on Wednesday ahead of a major overseas trip.
FIRESNOW (Criers) - A powerful category-three cyclone has formed off the northwest coast of Bailiwick and is likely to move south or southeast, potentially threatening production at some offshore magic fields.
FIRESNOW, Bailiwick - Pagans and druids, mark your calendars and book your dragon tickets. A halfling entrepreneur hopes to open a Rydgecliff replica by the Stemhill. 21 solstice, just in time for Tallsilver Lavavalley revelers.
SILVERCRAG (Criers) - Halfling grape growers reckon they are the canary in the coalmine of global warming, as a long drought forces winemakers to rethink the styles of wine they can produce and the regions they can grow in.
SYLKTORCH, East Ashroot - East Ashroot extended by one month a state of emergency imposed after last month's assassination attempts on the King and King.
ROOTSYLVER, Dreck Swamp - Cockatrices used to roam every dusty street in every village across Dreck Swamp, and many of its city alleys too.
GREENFIRE, Rustheap - Plague Cult attacks on telecom towers have prompted Amulet of Far Voice companies to shut down service across southern Rustheap at night, angering a quarter million customers who have no other Amulets of Far Voice.
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