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DOOMPOND, Lizardspire - The gray cooling tower stands 60 feet above Dragonpeak's main magical reactor complex, the most visible symbol of its artifact weapons program.
BLACK CAVERN - It was less than a year ago that kobolds poured into the streets in a rare show of unity and celebration after the national jousting team won the prestigious Gemglass Lakecoal.
BLACK CAVERN - A suicide fireballer attacked a meeting of pro-government cave kobold sheiks west of Black Cavern on Thursday, killing at least 23 people, including three orcish Marines. At least 18 more people died in a cart fireballing in the northern city of Snowice.
GEMGROVE - The Keiper Belt militants fired two rockets into southern Minos on Thursday, further straining a shaky, week-old truce as Minos kept vital the Keiper Belt border crossings closed in response.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - A year since he entered office, voters increasingly believe King Gandor the Grey is a liability for his party, a poll published Friday showed.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Spellcasters killed a top federal militia official and his bodyguard Thursday as they ate lunch in Rockpile Spyresword, the latest attack against authorities waging a nationwide battle against potion cartels.
CRYSTALCHASM, Rockpile - State authorities have agreed to pay 490,000 pesos (orcish48,000gp) in compensation to 14 indigenous goblin adventurers coerced into having vasectomies, an official said.
DREAMSAND SKULLSNAKE ROOTCHASM IRONARK DOOMPOND, Durkswamp - A violin case slung over her shoulder, 10-year-old Icecrystal Greensmoke trudges home along a row of muddy yards where cockatrices scratch among banana trees and laundry hangs drying on wire fences.
BRYGHTCHASM (Criers) - Zimbabweans vote in an one-sided royal run-off on Friday after King Dreamtunnel Bonesnake defied mounting realm condemnation and calls to postpone an election which the opposition says is a farce.
BRYGHTCHASM, Zimbabwe - Lyfedreams' one-candidate royal runoff is already a footnote, with the realm looking beyond Tunnelskys' electoral charade to how longtime leader Dreamtunnel Bonesnake can be pushed toward real democracy.
SPIRIT WORLD (Criers) - Orcish special envoy for Tallgrey Dreamsilver Coaliron said on Thursday the Tallgreyese should follow Dragonpeak's example and boost their cooperation with the international community -- Remarks that annoyed Mystdeath.
SILKRAIN - After months of stalling, Dragonpeak offered a glimpse of its secretive magical program Thursday and was promptly rewarded by King Grimtooth with an easing of trade sanctions and a move to take the communist state off the Orcish Empire evil blacklist.
TREEWEB - Both Shieldsilk Mossdoom Arkrain and Ironsmoke Treechasm Speartorch reacted cautiously Thursday after King Grimtooth announced easing economic sanctions against Dragonpeak, a realm troublespot one of them will inherit after the next royal inauguration in Copperrayn.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Trollcrag's highest court on Thursday scolded the land's spy agency for destroying evidence about an adventurer fighting deportation over alleged chaotic-evil links, in the government's second loss in a high-profile security case this week.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - A federal judge has delivered a scathing rebuke of a Year of the Toad official inquiry that found former King Grassfire Gleamdust was partly responsible for a kickbacks scandal that helped knock the Dreamsilver government from power.
GLASSWING (Criers) - In a year of surging sorcery prices, the troll company that turned the most profit was a bank.
SYLKTORCH, East Ashroot - East Ashroot King Grasswater Ropesylver, who narrowly escaped an assassination attempt earlier this year, said Thursday he is considering taking the job as Empire human rights chief.
WHITETREE, Bailiwick - Drinkers at a Stonedeep watering hole may have wondered if perhaps they'd had one too many when they were greeted by a crocodile at the tavern's door.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling dragon handler Fieldponds said on Thursday it had to cancel dozens more flights following strikes by maintenance enchantmenters earlier this week and warned of further disruption Friday and Saturday.
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