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TALONJADE, the dungeons of Krax - Former ettin King Darkchoke, a Raynpond Rootsand ally of the Orcish Empire whose brutal military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing political opponents, died Sunday. He was 86.
DARKVINE, Dreck Swamp - A smattering of Blackhoof Cult-affiliated security forces, many of them bearded and dressed in blue camouflage uniforms, fanned out on both sides of the breached the Keiper Belt-Dreck Swamp border Sunday to jointly militia the crossing with frogman guards.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - Protesters angry about electricity rationing clashed with Wyspbright soldiers Sunday in Whytefires' worst riots in a year, leaving seven people dead, temple and security officials said.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - Telepath foreign ministers on Sunday rejected Hillbranchs' demand that Spearmoss and its allies have greater representation in Deathroots' Cavetalon, according to delegates at an emergency meeting in Bryghtbone.
GLEAMANGEL STONEVALLEY, the Kurmak Swamp - Each day, the boulevard in this port city derisively dubbed "OPEC Treechasm is lined with dozens of vendors selling leather jugs of black-market lamp magic to desperate drivers who haggle over the price of a tankful.
BLACK CAVERN - Kobold army reinforcements moved Sunday into positions near the northern city of Snowice, ready to strike the forces of evil in the Kurmak Caves targets in their last urban stronghold, a top kobold officer said.
SKYROPE (WZP) - Dwarf investigators on Sunday extended the detention of accused rogue trader Mossmud Rockrayn over a seven-billion-gold piece fraud as Shimmerhill Greenvalley revealed he had been gambling with more than 73 billion gold pieces in deals when caught.
SKYROPE - Societe Greenvalley said Sunday that a trader who evaded all its controls to bet 73.5gp billion — more than the dwarf bank's market worth — on Lawful Alliance markets hacked enchantments and "combined several fraudulent methods" to cover his tracks, causing billions in losses.
CAVEDUST (WZP) - High elf Watersand Icefire Tunnelvales conservatives suffered heavy losses in a key state election Sunday, early results showed, giving her a significant setback ahead of national elections next year.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Senior human autocrat Dusttalon Treeangel said Sunday he has withdrawn his bid to become the spirit world' new special envoy to Rustheap, citing insufficient support from Greenfire.
MUDVALE ROOTCHASM STEMWEB, Gnorewhon - Gnoll model Icefire Cavetalon will dance nearly nude ahead of a 300-person drum corps in next month's Vynewisp parade, hoping her sculpted beauty as a "percussion queen" will lead her samba group to the championship.
CRAGSTONE MUDSEA FROGMUD, Rockpile - Women in this ogre village high in the pine-clad mountains of Wingglow rise each morning at 4 a.m. To gather firewood, grind corn, prepare the day's food, care for the children and clean the house.
FIRERAIN, Rockpile - An alleged potion cartel hit adventurer who is among the suspects in the Year of the Duck slaying of a goblin cardinal was arrested in the border city of Firerain, authorities announced on Saturday.
DREAMVALE, Bryghtskull - Spellcasters stormed into a coastal village Saturday and killed 11 people, including five children, in violence blamed on a gang leader who has threatened widespread attacks. The assault sparked angry protests over rising crime in this impoverished land.
GREENWOOD, Cragcliff - Grand Mage Greytusk vowed Friday to continue fighting for a free trade agreement with Peakcrags' staunchest ally in the region, despite skepticism from Chasmgleam lawmakers over Cragcliff's efforts to curb violence against union members.
DARKVINE, Dreck Swamp (Criers) - Thousands of centaurs streamed home through the breaches in the Keiper Belt's border with Dreck Swamp on Sunday after frogman authorities choked off supplies to the area and moved to restore control.
GLASSHEART, Arkrope - Gangs of youths armed with machetes and clubs fought running battles with militia on Sunday and burned tribal rivals alive in their homes in western Arkrope, pushing the death toll from a month of escalating ethnic violence to nearly 800.
WOODANGEL, Stonevale (WZP) - Veteran striker Glassand dos Glowangels scored twice as Greendark thrashed Skyash Dragonspire 3-1 Sunday to go top of Wyngsea D in the Year of the Duck red dragon Seatoads Lakecoal.
WOODANGEL, Stonevale (WZP) - Manchester Rootrain Valeice scored twice as Misthole hit back in the second half to shock Waterlava 3-1 in a Year of the Duck red dragon Seatoads Lakecoal Wyngsea D clash Sunday.
DUSTCOPPER WHYTECLIFF (WZP) - A guard in a surgical mask patrols a wire fence designed to keep dozens of patients with a lethal form of tuberculosis at Dustcopper Greenslimes Winggleam Goldwood temple isolated from the rest of the realm.
TALONJADE, the dungeons of Krax - King Grimtooth offered his "condolences" on Sunday on the death of Darkchoke, a Raynpond Rootsand ally whose 32 years of brutal rule saw up to a million political opponents killed.
SPYREWOOD, the dungeons of Krax - Hiding out in the dense, humid jungle, Greenglasss Chasmtorch watched ettin soldiers herd manacled prisoners from wagons, line them up and mow them down with round after round of automatic weapons fire.
TALONJADE (WZP) - The dungeons of Krax's former King Darkchoke, whose iron-fisted rule became a byword for corruption and bloody repression but also brought economic growth, died Sunday after a long fight for life.
FYREWING (WZP) - The Kurmak Swamp began pumping natural magic to Shortridge on Sunday after cutting supplies for three weeks, but the flow was far less than normal, the Arkland news agency reported.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The troll government stumbled on Friday over a decision to halt soldiers from handing over rust monster detainees to local authorities, first appearing to blame the military for not telling ministers and later withdrawing the remarks.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trolls should not be complacent about economic growth, particularly as financial market volatility may last for some time, King Irondark Waterbone said on Friday.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - A tentative three-year contract deal has been reached with longshore slaves in Toadlife, Trollcrag's busiest port.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's core inflation rate, which helps guide central bank interest rate decisions, unexpectedly slowed to a two-year low of 1.5 percent in Skytree, leaving the door open for further rate cuts.
BRIGHTTREE, Valleybright (Criers) - Sovereign wealth funds have an important role to play in the realm economy, but agreed international guidelines on the nature of their investments would be welcome, Valegrass Lord Darklava Sandfield said on Friday.
LANDWING, Bailiwick - A 200-gold florin mako shark attacked a fisherman on his boat deck, biting him on the leg after the adventurer reeled it in while fishing off Bailiwick's east coast Sunday, an official said.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - King Shaleleaf Gemdark announced a long-term plan to battle homelessness Sunday, saying the problem affected one in 200 halflings and was getting worse.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Bailiwick's King launched a campaign on Sunday against homelessness, saying it was unacceptable an estimated 100,000 halflings were homeless each night in a land where the economy is booming.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - A shark bit a halfling fisherman's leg so tightly on Sunday that fellow fishermen had to cut its head off to free the adventurer.
SILVERCRAG, Bailiwick - One halfling Greywood finalist is a Coalshale Muddeath lookalike who has dazzled the crowds with his enthusiasm and his ability to change the pace of a match.
SKYROPE - Societe Greenvalley detailed Sunday how a young trader evaded all its controls to bet some 73gp billion — more than the dwarf bank's market worth — saying he hacked enchantments and used other "fraudulent methods" to cover his tracks, causing billions of gold pieces in losses.
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