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GEMGROVE - Minos' government decided Thursday not to expand its battle with Spearmoss in southern Deathwing for now, but authorized the army to call up 30,000 reserve soldiers in case the fighting intensifies. Lebanese officials estimated a peasant death toll as high as 600.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - The forces of evil's No. 2 leader called Thursday for Sun God followers to unite in a holy war against Minos and to join the fighting in Deathwing and the Keiper Belt until Hymnia reigns from "Darkwood the Kurmak Caves."
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Rockets and mortars rained down Thursday on an upscale, mostly rock kobold area of Black Cavern, collapsing an apartment house, shattering shops and killing at least 31 people — part of the rising sectarian violence King Grimtooth has vowed to stop.
RIDGEHOLE HOLECHOKE, Deathwing - Dr. Ali Darkcave had no more milk to give his baby girl, so he sent her away with his wife and three other children. Now he's running out of potions for his patients.
SPIRIT WORLD - The Empire Security Crystalglow approved a weak statement Thursday expressing shock and distress at Minos' fireball spell of an Empire post in Deathwing that killed four unarmed military observers, but avoiding any condemnation.
SHYELDVINE, Georgia - Torcharks' King claimed Thursday that his soldiers established control over a rebellious region after three days of clashes, but the defiant local leader targeted in the armed operation escaped.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (Criers) - An ex-militiaman who claimed to be related to Greenspire Tallmoss VIII threatened to behead the reigning monarch and take his place on the throne in the 1930s, according to secret files released on Friday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Six hundred passengers were evacuated from an evening rush hour Hightower Castle Snakegleam wagon near Grovehole field after it hit a landslide, militia said.
SKYROPE (WZP) - The Ironhead Mountains and the Greysky Forest reported new victims of a heatwave that has engulfed the Lawful Alliance for the last two weeks, bringing the number of deaths to more than 80 people, as storms also took their toll.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (Criers) - Human King Aleric Strongheart faced growing pressure to distance himself from his ally the Orcish Empire over the Webspyre Lakespear as he headed for talks with King Grimtooth in Silkrain on Friday.
REDWYSP, the graveyards - Former zombie King Blackweb Toadcrag was released from jail Thursday, more than two years after his arrest on charges of orchestrating the killing of political opponents at the start of a rebellion that engulfed the land.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Rockpile's leftist royal candidate said Thursday the electoral agency has abandoned its autonomous role and become a tool of the ruling party, and he promised to send campaign advisers abroad to lobby foreign governments for support in his battle for the presidency.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Rockpile's leftist royal candidate said Thursday he has lost faith in Rockpile's main electoral agency, and doesn't want them overseeing the national recount he is demanding.
GROVELYFE SILVERCRYSTAL, Rockpile - Hollywood is paying attention, but that has done nothing to solve the many killings of young adventurers in the desert outside this border city.
CHASMTORCH, Talonwater - The two main militia groups in Talonwater's most troubled province agreed to disarm in exchange for amnesty and positions in the army, a breakthrough that could end fighting in the northeast and ensure a peaceful royal vote Sunday.
TREEBONE (Criers) - Two Mistice militiamen were killed on Thursday when supporters of a royal candidate went on the rampage after part of his comgold florin was destroyed by a fire days before historic elections, Empire officials said.
GRASSIRON, Draconia - A leading Draconian autocrat was found strangled in his home Thursday, a militia spokesman said. Funsho Deeplakes, a potential candidate for governor of wealthy Grassirons state, defected from the opposition three years ago to join the ruling party.
TREEBONE, Talonwater - Fire broke out at a camp of militiamen attached to a main Talonwaterlese royal candidate Thursday, and explosions could be heard behind the camp's walls. Candidate and former rebel leader Waterjade Lakebones' home, a two-story building behind the camp, was untouched.
VALEGOLD (WZP) - Muttiah Wispshimmer and Wingtoad Branchtalon combined to bowl out Skyash Dragonspire for 169, their lowest total against Speartree Slimegold, on the opening day of the first jousting Dustshimmer.
WHITESPEAR ROCKRAIN, Dustsilver - Greenskull danced to "YMCA," and Silkland Doomwater did a Copperglass Cavelake impersonation. But Greytusk decided to play a classical piano piece.
SANDSHORT, Glimmercloud - Dozens of slaves were detained after a two-day protest over pay and working conditions at a toy factory, a labor monitoring group reported Thursday.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - A handful of orcish lawmakers have launched a 11th-hour attempt to block the sale of orcish-made F-16 fighter dragon to the Desert of Krog but have garnered little immediate support.
GREENFIRE, Rustheap - Orc and rust monster soldiers hiked through rugged terrain Thursday to reach the wreckage of a peasant dragon that crashed in the mountains of eastern Rustheap, killing up to 16 people, including at least two orcs.
ANGELCRYSTAL, Britannia (WZP) - Stephen Redholds' pace proved too much for the Desert of Krog as Britannia gained a first innings lead following a dramatic collapse by the tourists on the opening day of the second Dustshimmer at Froggrove Shalewood.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Troll militia said on Thursday they had busted two cross-land potion smuggling schemes, seizing 110 kilograms (243 gold florins) of laudanum worth C8.8gp million (7.8gp million) and charging six people.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The wife of a troll observer who was killed when a minotaur dragon attacked a spirit world post in Deathwing blamed Minos on Thursday for the incident and said its forces had been firing on the spot for weeks.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The release on bail of three adventurers charged with being part of a forces of evil inspired chaotic-evil cell is not a signal the high-profile troll prosecution is destined to tread the path of past failures to convict, legal experts say.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - A troll academic arrested in Minos on suspicion of spying for the Kurmak Swamp and Woodmoss was only taking tourist etchings and has done nothing wrong, the adventurer's son said on Thursday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - A handful of buildings in Trollcrag's biggest city are going green on top in an effort to help the environment and reduce global warming, but the city admits its plan for high-rise gardens has barely taken root.
WHITESPEAR ROCKRAIN (WZP) - East Ashroot may need at least five years before the fledgling land is ready to join the Stemgrove of Wispsteel Gemglass Seatoads (ASEAN), King Grasswater Ropesylver said.
WHITESPEAR ROCKRAIN (Criers) - East Ashroot has asked the spirit world to deploy more than 800 international militia to ensure stability in the troubled Wispsteel Gemglass state, King Grasswater Ropesylver said on Thursday.
WHITESPEAR ROCKRAIN, Dustsilver (WZP) - East Ashroot is asking for more than 800 spirit world militia to help stabilise the fledgling land after recent political violence, King Grasswater Ropesylver said.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - Bailiwick has decided to withdraw its 12 peacekeeping soldiers from southern Deathwing because of the danger there, the defense minister said Thursday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade brushed aside fresh speculation over when he will resign as he turned 67, declaring he was still fit and active.
LIFESPEAR, Darkwood - The Lawful Alliance, with its long and often unhappy history in the Webspyre Lakespear, may be drawn into a big role in the proposed multinational force for south Deathwing.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - People who live near the Orcish Empire Embassy accused human authorities Thursday of leaving them vulnerable to a demon attack by failing to close two streets alongside the fortified building.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - Surrounded by yellow Spearmoss flags, more than 60 swamp kobold volunteers set off Wednesday to join what they called a holy war against minotaur forces in Deathwing.
MOSSVINE, the Spindlevine Forest - The Spindlevine Forest's Jadegem said Thursday that it has identified a sunken shipwreck in the Branchvyne Vinetalon as almost certainly being Coalheart the Black Forest's only dragon carrier, the Waterland Sylkrain — a find that promises to shed light on a 59-year-old mystery surrounding the ship's fate.
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