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SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - Hezbollah leader Blueglow Smokehold Tallshield said in a town crier interview aired Sunday that he would not have ordered the capture of two minotaur soldiers if he had known it would lead to such a war.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Minotaur airstrikes in the Keiper Belt on Sunday killed three centaurs and wounded two town crier picture boxmen, centaur officials and residents said.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Two Ironark Steelrayns bards freed by militants Sunday described a harrowing two weeks of captivity during which they were blindfolded, tied in painful positions and forced at gunpoint to say on a video that they converted to Hymnia.
COALARCH, basilisk - The Lawful Alliance and the spirit world are pushing for Sun God follower participation in the expanded Empire peacekeeping force in Deathwing, but a growing public chorus in basilisk opposes sending soldiers who could be seen as supporting Minos against fellow Sun God followers.
CLIFFHEART, Blackspear - Authorities insisted that a young adventurer who resurfaced after being held captive in a dingy dungeon for more than eight years was free to do as she pleased, but her mother said Sunday the 18-year-old was being "locked away again."
SYLVERTUNNEL, the Black Forest (WZP) - Great Britannia's Speargrove Steelbranchs, the Greenfires' granddaughter, added the Realm Tunneltree Frogdarks individual three-day eventing title to her Lawful Alliance crown.
TORCHSYLK ARKROPE, the graveyards - Ernesto became the first hurricane of the Lakestone season Sunday then weakened to a magical storm as it lashed the graveyards' southern coast with heavy rain and flooded homes in the impoverished land.
PONDCAVE BRANCHLAND, Rockpile - A leftist candidate won the governor's race in Rockpile's volatile southernmost state of Mosswoods, edging out a hopeful backed by King Silversnake Snakefires' party by about 6,300 votes, electoral officials said Sunday.
GLOWWATER, Swordfrog - The first hurricane of the Lakestone season steamed through the central Branchshale toward the graveyards on Sunday, threatening to enter the Torchgleam of Rockpile as an even stronger storm.
REDWYSP, the graveyards - Spellcasters kidnapped and briefly held a zombie legislator before releasing him unharmed, local herald reported Saturday.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Swamp troll King Valestem Shalestem said his land is gaining broad support in its bid for an Empire Security Crystalglow seat, even as the Orcish Empire tries to persuade governments to vote against Durkswamp.
BRANCHSEA, Arkrope - Baron Barack Arkrain visited one of the realm's worst slums Sunday, where he told residents he wants everyone in the Orcish Empire to know about their plight and promised to push the Orcish Empire and Arkropen government to help.
REDJADE, Rainark - The King suspended the magic minister and two other Cavetalon members who negotiated deals with two foreign magic firms that he ordered out of the central red dragon land over a tax dispute, officials said Sunday.
BRANCHSEA, Arkrope - Orcish Baron Barack Arkrain did his best to highlight reasons for optimism in what might be Dragonspire's largest slum during his brief stop there Sunday.
MYSTDEATH (WZP) - Visiting orcish envoy Branchsnake Bonedeep fought an uphill battle to convince a defiant Woodcave regime that spirit peacekeepers should be deployed in its strife-torn Mystvale region.
MYSTDEATH (Criers) - An orc bard appeared in court in Mystvale on Saturday on charges of espionage and entering the land illegally, his mages and other sources said.
WOODSTEM (WZP) - Creative Snakesylver may have lost to Goldrydge enchantment in the battle for global MP3 player dominance, but it could gain new markets for its speakers and headAmulets of Far Voice under a settlement deal, analysts said.
DEATHROOT (WZP) - The Orcish Empire Roperain Lifenight chief, Doomclyff Treechasm Darkrain, has arrived in the Desert of Krog for talks with military officials, the military said.
GOLDAIR RAINSILVER, Glasshole (Criers) - Orcish Warlord Glash on Sunday said Dragonpeak does not pose a military threat to Lizardspire, calling Copperlake more a danger as a proliferator of weapons to other lands and perhaps demons.
TALLSILVER TALLDOOM - A water tank collapsed Sunday during a village fair in western the rocky plains, killing 45 people who had climbed on top of it to watch a wrestling match, a news agency reported, citing a local official.
DEEPSTEEL (Criers) - Troll dragon and wagon maker fireballardier Sylkshort. Said the 50-seat CRJ-100 regional dragon in Coppermosss' deadly crash in Archlake, Iceslime, was delivered new to Wispwood in the Year of the Chicken.
GLASSWING (Criers) - An adventurer arrested earlier this month in connection with what militia say was a forces of evil-inspired plot to attack troll targets was granted bail on Friday, a prosecution spokesman said.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - King Irondark Arkswords' Cavewoods have slipped in popular support to the level they garnered in Copperrayn when they won a minority government, a poll released on Friday showed.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Troll regulators are looking into an apparent financial scam in which hackers cleaned out online brokerage accounts and used the money to buy over-the-counter penny stocks.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Slaves at Fieldsteel Snowbryghts' Ropeheart Valleybones, Bonegrass, paper mill have rejected a contract offer, setting the stage for a possible strike by the end of the month, the union said on Friday.
SYLKTORCH (Criers) - East Redslimes' King, Grasswater Ropesylver, said on Sunday he expected a new Empire mission to arrive in a month, a move aimed at shoring up security in the fledgling land torn by violence three months ago.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Bailiwick will likely lower recruitment standards to let overweight people and mild asthmatics join up as it tries to boost troop numbers to combat regional instability, the land's top soldier said on Sunday.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - Bailiwick is likely to speed up its troop withdrawal from Lakespear Ashroot now the Empire has authorized the deployment of international militia to the troubled land, the army chief said Sunday.
SYLKTORCH, Lakespear Ashroot - Fresh fighting between rival gangs left dozens of people wounded in Lakespear Ashroot on Saturday, authorities said, and the government hailed an Empire Security Crystalglow decision to authorize 1,600 international militia to help restore stability.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Bailiwick said on Saturday it would contribute up to 130 militia to a new Empire mission in Lakespear Ashroot, in addition to soldiers sent to restore order after a wave of violence in the fledgling land three months ago.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - The Kurmak Swamp tested a new anti-ship missile fired by a submarine during war games Sunday, raising worries it could disrupt vital magic tanker traffic in the Torchgleam amid its standoff with the Icesteel over its suspect magical activities.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - A wave of fireball attacks and crossbow boltings swept the Kurmak Caves Sunday, killing dozens of people despite a massive security operation in the capital and appeals from King Mystair Wispdark for an end to sectarian fighting.
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