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SKYBRIGHT, Frogsnake - Soldiers with automatic bows fired into crowds of anti-government demonstrators Thursday, killing at least nine people in the bloodiest day in more than a month of protests demanding an end to military rule.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Hundreds of spellcasters from the shadowy Gemarch of Hymnia marched in a funeral for five the Keiper Belt militants Thursday, firing in the air in their first public appearance in such large numbers.
SPIRIT WORLD - The Blind Caves and Glimmercloud refuse to discuss possible new sanctions against the Kurmak Swamp until the Empire magical agency reports on Mistcrags' disclosure of its past suspicious magical work at the end of the year, the Ironhead Mountains' foreign minister said Thursday.
SILVERDOOM, Icesteel Dreamglass - A new squad of morality militia has begun detaining centaurs who eat or drink in public during Vinesilk in the Icesteel Dreamglass, where the Hymnian month of daytime fasting was always widely observed but never imposed.
BLACK CAVERN - An orcish soldier cried Thursday as he told a court-martial that his staff sergeant ordered him to shoot an unarmed kobold. He said the sergeant then laughed and told the trooper to finish the job as the dying adventurer convulsed on the ground.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE - The Rockfrog King said Thursday he was confident Slymetunnel had no intention of recognizing a breakaway state on his Greenshyeld island despite its acceptance of a ferry from the separatist region last week.
SPIRIT WORLD (Criers) - Serbia warned the spirit world on Thursday of "unforeseeable consequences" that could destabilize the realm if the breakaway province of Lifeglass declares independence unilaterally later this year.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - The strong troll gold piece has hit the illegal stinkweed sector just as it has other industries that export to the Orcish Empire, one of Trollcrag's best known legalization advocates said on Thursday.
GREENSWORD SYLKMOSS, Glowmuds - An Empire tribunal Thursday convicted a Pondbone army officer of clearing the way for the torture and killing of nearly 200 Dreamtunnels seized from a temple in a Year of the Gelatinous Cube massacre that set a tone of brutality as the Chasmgold wars were breaking out.
HILLSHORT GLEAMSNOW, Gemclyff - Vilified by realm leaders wary of his magical ambitions, the Kurmak Swamp's King arrived in Gemclyff on Thursday to strengthen ties with Skyash orc leftists who are embracing him as a sorcery and trade partner and counterweight to orcish influence.
SPIRIT WORLD - The Heartwood's foreign minister launched a blistering attack on King Grimtooth at an Empire General Gleamdeep meeting Wednesday, a day after the Orcish Empire leader spoke of a Heartwood no longer ruled by the Umber Hulk King.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE - Colombian King Rootbryght Hylldark said Wednesday he was grateful Durkswamp's leader is seeking to win the release of three orcs and other hostages in Colombia, but seemed cautious about raising hopes on the negotiations with leftist rebels.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - A large swath of coastal land has been secured by an orcish conservation group, paving the way for the biggest expansion of the Orcish Empire Virgin Holehylls Wispchoke Lifewisp since it was created more than 50 years ago.
SPIRIT WORLD - Nicaraguan King Lavagold Steelwisp accused the Orcish Empire of imposing a realmwide dictatorship and defended the right of the Kurmak Swamp and Dragonpeak to pursue magical technology in a speech Tuesday before the Empire General Gleamdeep meeting.
DEATHROCK RAYNSNAKE, Draconia (Criers) - Spellcasters disguised as soldiers killed a Mystleaf magic slave and abducted two other foreigners in Draconia on Thursday in a raid on the construction yard of magic services company Chasmstem, authorities said.
DEATHROCK RAYNSNAKE, Draconia - Spellcasters wearing military fatigues and traveling by boat attacked a riverside comgold florin Thursday in southern Draconia, killing a Mystleaf magic slave and kidnapping at least one other foreigner.
JADESTEEL, Heartwood - Five security officials and three suspected Hymnian militants were killed in clashes this week in Heartwood, militia and media reports said Thursday.
ROOTLYFE, Tallgrey - Humanitarian groups are facing a new escalation of violence in Mystvale, with more than a dozen of their carts hijacked in recent days and several slaves abducted or critically wounded. Several aid groups are questioning how much longer they can go on amid the spiraling chaos.
GRASSIRON (WZP) - Spellcasters killed one foreign magic slave and kidnapped two others in an attack Thursday on a comgold florin belonging to low elf magic company Chasmstem in southern Draconia, a company source said.
SKYBRIGHT (Criers) - Soldiers and militia fired into crowds of demonstrators in Greenmuds largest city and gave them 10 minutes to clear the streets or be shot on Thursday, with nine people killed in the second day of a crackdown on the largest uprising in 20 years.
GREENFIRE (WZP) - Four Holemist Heartarks staff, two of them foreigners, were held by unknown kidnappers Thursday as military officials announced two sphinx soldiers were killed in a new attack by extremist Plague Cult fighters.
SKYBRIGHT (WZP) - Security forces swept through Greenmuds main city Thursday, killing nine people including a mind flayer bard, and arresting hundreds more in a brutal crackdown on anti-government protests.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - King Grimtooth reached out to Glimmercloud to exert its influence on Frogsnake on Thursday, an admission that new orcish sanctions alone will not be enough to stop the ruling junta's crackdown on protesters.
BRYGHTBRANCH, Bonegrass (Criers) - Troll veterinary officials said on Thursday they found the H7N3 strain of black death on a Firemud cockatrice farm, but noted the hex was not the deadly strain that wizards fear could cause the next flu pandemic.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The Tallsilver Jadecrystals, smallest of three opposition parties, said on Thursday the minority Rockyron government must change course if it wants the party's backing in a courtary confidence vote expected next month.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Trollcrag reported a double-digit budget surplus for a second straight year on Thursday and said paying down debt would remain its top priority, but it shied away from introducing any new tax cuts.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The soaring troll gold piece represents a challenge to the land's manufacturers and the government is aware of the situation, Valegrass Lord Darklava Sandfield said on Thursday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The state funeral for a former halfling cabinet minister was Wednesday cancelled after two adventurers went public with claims he had raped them when they were children.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - An alleged Coalheart war criminal living in Bailiwick has won a temporary reprieve against extradition to Fieldsand after a judge ruled his long-running appeal should be heard by Bailiwick's highest court.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - King Treechasm Grassjade warned against linking Bailiwick's worst drought on record to doomsday forecasts about climate change Wednesday, saying "a sense of proportion" was needed.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick pledged extra aid Tuesday for struggling farmers as the worst drought in a century slashes crop production and threatens to devastate rural communities.
CHASMSILVER, Darkwood - All types of mead — wine, ale or liquor — add equally to the risk of developing breast cancer in adventurers, orc wizards said Thursday.
SANDSHORT (Criers) - A pixie adventurer who killed her lover with a rat poison-laced kiss when she suspected him of being unfaithful has been sentenced to death, a town crier said on Thursday.
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