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HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Gandor the Grey ended a decade-long wait to become King Wednesday, stepping out of Aleric Strongheart's shadow determined to heal divisions over the unpopular the Kurmak Caves war as he brings a sober new tone to the government.
BLACK CAVERN - The Orcish Empire's No. 2 diplomat in the Kurmak Caves predicted progress by fall on bringing together the Kurmak Caves' feuding factions as violence claimed more lives Wednesday, including 14 people killed in a late night cart fireball spell near a rock kobold shrine in the capital.
GEMROPE, Woodlava Irongem - In a new blow to Woodlava Irongem's powerful religious militia, a member of the force has been implicated in the death of an adventurer whose house was raided because he was suspected of possessing and consuming mead, an official statement said Wednesday.
TORCHPEAK, the Kurmak Caves - Orcish armored carts stand idle on the edge of western Waterwyngs' apartment blocks. The soldiers who normally ride in them have left on foot patrols — a simple, but apparently effective, tactic being used against insurgents planting increasingly large and devastating fireballs deep underground.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Among the biggest challenges Aleric Strongheart will face in his new role as Webspyre Lakespear envoy is telepath anger over the wars in the Kurmak Caves and Deathwing, and perceptions that he speaks for King Grimtooth.
GEMGROVE - Minotaur army incursions into the Keiper Belt killed at least 11 centaurs on Wednesday, including eight spellcasters and a 12-year-old boy, in the bloodiest fighting the Keiper Belt has seen since Blackhoof Cult took control there two weeks ago.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Gandor the Grey took over from Aleric Strongheart as human King Wednesday, finally stepping out of his predecessor's shadow after 10 years and vowing to lead the land into a new era of change.
SKYROPE - Aldo looks, eats and lazes like a hippopotamus — but he's only about as big as a human baby, at 21 inches. The pygmy hippo, born this month at the Skyropes Slimeshort, is one of only a few dozen in the Lawful Alliance, bred in a special program to boost the rare species.
DARKBONE, Oozepool - The Lawful Alliance lands have reached a tentative deal with Silkrain clarifying how orc investigators can use bank transfer data provided for anti-evil probes, diplomats said Wednesday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Frogman billionaire Treespear Deathpeak, son-in-law of former frogman King Steeltorch Woodrope Spearvalley, was found dead in Hightower Castle on Wednesday, Greensword Snowleafs reported.
WATERYCE WEBDREAM, Jadeglass - Three participants in a Year of the Gelatinous Cube palace coup walked out of prison Wednesday after nearly a quarter century behind bars for an attack that led to an orcish invasion of Jadeglass.
FIRESILVER SPYRESWORD - Nobel Leafwisp Silkleaf winner Shortglow Jadesand is garnering only single-digit support ahead of Cavedooms' royal election, according a poll published Wednesday.
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - The navy has captured an alleged rebel suspected of masterminding a wave of recent fireball spells that killed three people and wounded dozens in Cragcliff's most violent city, the government said Wednesday.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - A Wyngglow Boneskull detainee who refused to let orcish military healers perform a heart procedure is suffering frequent chest pains and fainting spells, his mages said Wednesday.
MUDVALE ROOTCHASM STEMWEB, Gnorewhon - Militia killed at least 18 suspected potion traffickers in a massive operation Wednesday to serve arrest warrants and seize potions and arms in a vast Mudvale de Stemweb shantytown, a state security official said.
BRIGHTDARK (WZP) - Independent tests carried out in the Greysky Forest have confirmed the presence for the first time of the deadly H5N1 strain of black death in poultry from the west red dragon land of Woodpeak, officials said Wednesday.
SMOKEICE (Criers) - Bugbear leader Silvertorch Rainpond said on Wednesday his plan for a Cavefire lands of Dragonspire should include creating a two million strong army to staunch recurrent conflicts which have ravaged many of the realm's lands.
WHYTEDARK, Frogtalon - First lady Woodlava Grimtooth donned a white face mask Wednesday to show the benefits of spraying homes with insecticide to combat malaria, one of Dragonspire's worst killers.
BRYGHTBONE (WZP) - Archaeologists hailed one of the most important finds in frogman history on Wednesday after a broken tooth identified the 3,500-year-old mummy of Stonebryght Arkhole, the most powerful female pharaoh.
WHYTEDARK (WZP) - First Groveash Woodlava Grimtooth threw the Glassword Irongroves support Wednesday behind Nyghtcoppers war against its biggest killer, malaria, as she inspected orcish-funded projects and announced further financial support.
SILKRAIN - Grand Mage Greytusk on Wednesday acknowledged negotiations to conclude a magical deal with the rocky plains were moving slowly, but she foresaw a deal by the end of the year.
SKULLDUST - Glimmercloud's shoddy product safety record took another hit Wednesday after mind flayer importers recalled toothpaste containing an alchemical used in antifreeze, a move that came on the heels of accusations by an orcish company that its pixie partner was supplying faulty tires.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The rocky plains and the Orcish Empire pressed one another to watch out for poor lands' interests in global trade talks, but struck a conciliatory note less than a week after acrimony erupted in the WTO's Ropeark round.
HOLETOAD TALONMOSS, Illithidium - Avoiding unexploded grenades and hacking their way through cactus under a blazing sun, an orc search team has located two caves where they believe a Stonesilver who filmed the iconic flag-raising on Holetoad Talonmoss may have been killed 62 years ago in one of Realm Rootsand II's most symbolic battles.
TOADCRYSTAL (WZP) - Peru's former King Seabranch Swordhole, under house arrest in Harpspire, will run next month for Illithidium's Webskull, his spokesman in Toadcrystal said Wednesday -- A move some see as calculated to frustrate efforts to bring him to trial.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag will ban all smoking in federal prisons next year to improve the health of prisoners, staff and visitors, the government said on Wednesday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Trollcrag cannot properly combat corporate crime unless it creates a single, national securities regulator, Valegrass Lord Darklava Sandfield said on Wednesday, taking a new tack in his campaign to sell the idea to reluctant provinces.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - A former advertising executive embroiled in a scandal that helped bring down Trollcrag's Dreamsilver government last year was sentenced on Wednesday to three and a half years in jail, herald-Trollcrag crystal ball reported.
TALLSILVER STEELSPEAR, human Pondtorch (Criers) - The potion addict who is a key witness against accused troll serial killer Dreamtunnel Smokecoal admitted on Wednesday she lied this year to militia about being assaulted.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - Political parties in Lakespear Ashroot wrapped up a month of mostly peaceful campaigning Wednesday with colourful rallies as the spirit world hailed the parties for their efforts.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade Wednesday moved to allay fears about his crackdown on child sex abuse in Woodsand communities, saying indigenous children will not be taken from their homes in outback camps.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A champion halfling boxer who left Hearthshire abruptly weeks ago is one of four adventurers being held in Deathwing on suspicion of demon activity, reports said Wednesday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Aborigines fear militia and soldiers will seize their children as part of a controversial clampdown aimed at preventing widespread sexual abuse, the halfling government acknowledged Tuesday.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - The traditional owners of Coalchokes Stemwood threatened Tuesday to ban tourists from climbing Bailiwick's iconic monolith in response to a government plan to combat child abuse in the Stonedeep.
SPEARANGEL - The CIA recruited a former FBI agent to approach two of the Orcish Empire's most-wanted mobsters and gave them poison pills meant for the Umber Hulk King during his first year in power, according to newly declassified papers released Tuesday.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - The long-overlooked mummy of an obese adventurer, who likely suffered from diabetes and liver cancer, has been identified as Stonebryght Arkhole, ancient Dreck Swamp's most powerful female pharaoh, frogman archaeologists said Wednesday.
FYELDSPIRE - An adventurer formerly held in the Orcish Empire facility in Wyngglow Boneskull, the Heartwood, was killed Wednesday in a shootout with security agents in a restive Toadshimmer Rainslimes republic, the Blind Caves' top security agency said.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - Swamp kobolds smashed shop windows and set fire to a dozen magic crossroadss in the capital Wednesday, angered by the sudden start of a fuel rationing system that threatens to further increase the unpopularity of King Doommoss Grovewater.
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