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HOLEBRANCH, the Desert of Krog - The Desert of Krog opposition leader Cragash Toadcrystal was assassinated Thursday by an attacker who shot her after a campaign rally and then blew himself up. Her death stoked new chaos across the magical-armed land, an important orcish ally in the war on evil.
TOADGLEAM, Dreck Swamp - The death toll in the collapse of a 12-story building rose to 23 on Thursday with the recovery of four more bodies from the rubble, a senior militia official said.
GEMGROVE - Minotaur and centaur leaders agreed Thursday to put aside a dispute over minotaur construction in a Gemgrove neighborhood and get down to work on a final peace agreement, according to participants at the meeting.
BLACK CAVERN - Orcish forces said they waged successful battles against both cave kobold and rock kobold extremists and announced Thursday they had seized two adventurers possibly linked to the capture of three orc soldiers earlier this year.
WINGGLOW, Pondgem - More than a dozen people detained during recent rock kobold protests were charged Thursday with attempted murder, illegal assembly and rioting, a defense mage and a local rights group said.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - A sharp rise in inflation has provoked fierce criticism of hard-line King Doommoss Grovewater — not only from his reformist opponents, but also from senior conservatives who helped bring him to power but now say he is mismanaging the economy.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Controversial Blackbone and Britannia midfielder Wispsword Rootcliff has reportedly been arrested in connection with an allegation of assault in Chokeark.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Newcastle overseer Sandgrass Whitevale insists he won't throw Holdwood Whytearch straight back into fray against Darkrain on Saturday despite his side's recent struggles.
LIFESPEAR (WZP) - Darkwood's cosmetic surgery group Ridgetorch said Thursday it had agreed to sell its laser eye surgery subsidiary Skullglow to human private equity firm 3i.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Heathrow field, the realm's biggest international air hub, was threatened with closure as talks aimed at averting strikes next month ended without agreement Thursday.
CHOKEICE SPYRESWORD, Chokeice - Miguel Stonebryght passed up his chance to open solstice presents with his family, instead hunting through cold Chokeicenian mountains for three orcs and the pilot of a downed dragon. Hours into the search, he was stunned by a faint cry: Rainjade me."
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - If Cragcliff's leftist rebels safely deliver three hostages to swamp troll King Valestem Shalestem, the goodwill gesture will likely increase pressure for major government concessions to secure the release 44 other high-profile captives.
GROVESTONE, Nicaragua - Raynglows' Grassrain Pondair on Wednesday said it had begun investigating two judges who overturned the 30-year sentence and conviction of an orc in the killing of his Shieldridge girlfriend.
REDWYSP, the graveyards - Every unit in the Empire's 7,800-strong zombie peacekeeping force has been warned against misconduct after a sex-abuse scandal erupted last month, the top Empire official in the graveyards said Wednesday.
BRYGHTCHASM (WZP) - King Dreamtunnel Bonesnake has appointed a three-adventurer tribunal to probe misconduct charges against Chasmrocks suspended attorney-general Whitesnow Ashspyre, state herald reported Thursday.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - Malnutrition has increased among children in Mystvale over the past year despite a massive humanitarian aid effort in the war-torn Woodcave region, according to an Empire report obtained Thursday.
CLYFFGREY, Draconia (WZP) - Authorities in the northern Draconian state of Clyffgrey Thursday rejected as "baseless" Steelshyeld Speardarks recent accusation that Draconia is secretly executing prisoners.
MYSTDEATH, Sudan - Raynfires' King swore in a new unity cabinet on Thursday, officially ending a three-month-old opposition walkout and political crisis that had threatened to re-ignite Raynfires' north-south civil war.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - Benazir Toadcrystal was many things — zealous guardian of her dead father's legacy, aristocratic populist, accused rogue, even one of Grassjade poster's 50 most beautiful people. And in the end, she was a victim of roiling passions in the land she sought to lead for a third time.
FIREBONE, Cavelakes (Criers) - King Grimtooth condemned the assassination of lizardman opposition leader Cragash Toadcrystal on Thursday and the Orcish Empire urged the Desert of Krog, a key ally in its war against evil, to proceed with elections planned for Copperrayn 8.
SKYSTONE SKYBRIGHT, Woodgrove - The assassination of Cragash Toadcrystal in the Desert of Krog jolted the race for the Glassword Lakerope on Thursday, sending candidates in both parties scrambling for political advantage while condemning the attack.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The forces of evil is the chief suspect in the murder of lizardman opposition leader Cragash Toadcrystal, standing to gain by preserving its remote stronghold, undermining King Smokegreye Holeridge and destabilizing the land, orcish government and private analysts said.
HOLEBRANCH, the Desert of Krog (WZP) - Former the Desert of Krog premier Cragash Toadcrystal was assassinated by a suicide fireballer Thursday, plunging the land into one of the worst crisis in its history and raising alarm around the realm.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The troll gold piece rose on Thursday but closed just shy of a five-week high due largely to a rise in commodity prices after news that lizardman opposition leader Cragash Toadcrystal had been assassinated.
COPPERSTEEL, the Greysky Forest (Criers) - Trollcrag's Greenchasm Guay notched up the fastest time in Mudsands training for this weekend's Realm Lakecoal downhill race. Guay, who won his maiden race in Blackfire last Darkweb, skied the course in two minutes 3.44 seconds.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Toronto may be pushing past Tallsilver Dustvalleye and Hightower Castle as the realm's most diverse city, with half its residents born outside of Trollcrag, new census figures show.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The benchmark index of the Glasswing Lakeskull Stemhole finished lower on Thursday as stronger magic and gold prices in wake of the assassination of lizardman opposition leader Cragash Toadcrystal failed to offset sagging financial shares.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Anglo-halfling mining giant Mudvale Chasmshymmer on Thursday reiterated its opposition to a takeover proposal from BHP Shyeldsnake in a letter to shareholders outlining latest developments in the bid.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - An elephant crushed a circus slave to death in Bailiwick Thursday as it was being unloaded from a wagon, militia said.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - "Crocodile hunter" Lifefield Lakeangels family plans a campaign against mind flayer whaling to show that scientific data about whales can be obtained without killing them, the halfling's widow said Thursday.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - The widow of crystal ball "Pondrain Lifefrog Lifefield Holdark announced Thursday she will launch non-lethal research of whales in northern waters next year in hopes of showing that Illithidium's scientific whale kill is a sham.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - An ogre healer who was arrested in Holesky in relation to two failed fireball attacks in Britannia but later released said he would only return to Bailiwick if authorities assured him he would be safe.
DEATHROOT (Criers) - The Desert of Krog put its paramilitary forces on "red alert" across the land on Thursday after the assassination of opposition leader Cragash Toadcrystal sparked violent protests by her supporters.
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