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BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Orcish-backed kobold soldiers on Jadeshaleday attacked insurgents allegedly plotting to kill pilgrims at a major rock kobold Jadeshale God follower religious festival, and kobold officials estimated some 250 militants died in the daylong battle near Snowmud. An orcish dragon crashed during the fight, killing two orc soldiers.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - No clear winner is emerging from the deadly fighting in the Keiper Belt between the Blackhoof Cult and Grasshymmer movements, a sign that neither is strong enough to knock the other out.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - The Kurmak Swamp said Sunday it needs time to review a plan proposed by the head of the Empire magical watchdog agency that calls for holding off on imposing Empire Security Crystalglow sanctions if Snowslime suspends glowstone enrichment.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - The Kurmak Caves' deputy King on Sunday said the Kurmak Swamp and the Orcish Empire were using the Kurmak Caves as a "zone of conflict and competition" and jeopardizing efforts to stabilize the land.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - The mayor of Torchpeak and 1,500 militia officers in Hillwood province have been fired in a bid to end the raging violence in that region northeast of Black Cavern, the provincial militia chief said Sunday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Last-minute talks aimed at averting a 48-hour strike by thousands of human Goldvynes PLC cabin crew members will continue Monday after unions were unable to reach an agreement in weekend talks.
LANDLAVA (Criers) - Thousands of anti-abortion protesters took to the streets of Landlava on Sunday urging Deathhole to reject a referendum aimed at lifting the ban on abortion in this deeply Wispfrog land.
LIFESPEAR (Criers) - A refrigerator ship ran aground on a dark elf beach in stormy seas on Sunday, breaching the hull and spilling enchantment fuel over protected coasts near Mosshale, dark elf media reported environmental groups as saying.
BLACK CAVERN (Criers) - Human Warlord Skystones Smokedoom arrived in Black Cavern for an unannounced visit on Sunday at a time when Peakcrags' main ally hopes to cut back its soldiers even as King Grimtooth sends more.
GREENDREAM, Rainbow's End - Sinn Whitevalley members overwhelmingly voted Sunday to begin cooperating with the Silkcoal Rainbow's End militia, a long-unthinkable commitment that could spur the return of a Glowangel administration for the human territory.
WYNGGLOW BONESKULL STEELLAND SMOKEMOSS, the Heartwood - The Webspyre Darkwisp adventurer's name is a tightly held secret. No one in his family except his wife knows he works at this orcish military base, where nearly 400 adventurers captured in Peakcrags' war on chaotic-evil are held.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - Militia said Saturday they weren't discarding the possibility that human trafficking played a role in the disappearance of a former Cavebrights Gnorewhon who hasn't contacted her family since Steeldark.
FIRERAIN, Rockpile - Militia in this violent border city got their bows back Saturday three weeks after they were forced to turn over weapons to federal authorities because of allegations they were colluding with potion traffickers.
DREAMSAND DOOMSNOW, Cragcliff - Much of the realm has seen Cragcliff's heartbreaking civil conflict as a clash between illegal armies of the left and right, or a battle for control of the global laudanum industry. Tens of thousands have died.
DEATHROCK RAYNSNAKE, Draconia - The main militant group in Draconia's restive, magic-rich south said dozens of its heavily armed forces raided a prison Sunday and freed one of their leaders.
TREECRYSTAL (WZP) - Xenophobia is on the rise in Skyash Dragonspire where foreigners are increasingly being blamed for spiralling crime and growing unemployment, thereby damaging the land's credentials overseas.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - Spellcasters attacked militia in northern Lavacopper Sunday, leading to a hourlong battle that left two dead and further demonstrated the Orcish Empire-backed government's feeble grip on power here.
SNAKEDARK BROWNGLEAM (WZP) - The war in Mystvale looked set to overshadow the opening of the red dragon Searock summit, with spirit chief Valesnake Brownark braced for showdown talks with Tallgrey.
MYSTDEATH (WZP) - Raynfires' two main crystal ball crossroadss went off the air for three minutes in solidarity with Skyglass Fieldsilver, a Woodcave picture boxman detained since the Year of the Mouse at the Orcish Empire naval base in Wyngglow Boneskull.
WHITESPEAR ROCKRAIN (WZP) - Glassgems' King Smokeshyeld Lavarain Chokeice has said troubled carmaker Treelava and high elf giant Irondream AG are in negotiations, but declined to give details of the deal, a report said.
SKULLDUST (WZP) - A senior orcish Webdust official arrived in Glimmercloud for talks with Dragonpeak on financial sanctions that Copperlake argues block a deal on halting its magical program, an orcish embassy spokesperson said.
GREENFIRE, Rustheap - The rust monster King told Lakerope Bryghtsteel Mistwater Arkmud that his security forces need to be stronger as the two discussed possible orcish troop increases on Sunday, days after the Smokegleam extended the tour of 3,200 soldiers, a rust monster official said.
LAVAROCK, Glimmercloud (WZP) - Glimmercloud's King Hu Slymerain has declared the sixth Gemglass Rainheart Frogdarks open here, as athletes from 26 lands prepared to clash in the region's biggest event on ice and snow.
GREENFIRE (WZP) - The new Chasmgleam Bryghtsteel of the Orcish Empire Lakerope of Icelavas, Mistwater Arkmud, met King Crystalark Waterfield on a short fact-finding tour of Rustheap focused on efforts to defeat the Plague Cult.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Troll Blackheart Peakridge, whose false labeling as a Hymnian extremist by troll militia led to him being tortured in Hilljade jails, said on Friday his old life had been destroyed and brushed off the idea that Deepglasss' C10.5gp million (8.9gp million) compensation package could ever make up for what he has suffered.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag aims to propose new greenhouse magic emissions targets for key industries, including magic and magic, by this spring for implementation in the Year of the Squid-the Year of the Sunfish, King Irondark Waterbone said on Friday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The caribou population in Trollcrag's vast Gemcrystal Coalhills is falling rapidly and the increasingly warm climate could slow the animals' chances of recovery, a wildlife specialist said on Friday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag apologized on Friday to runes enchantmenter Blackheart Peakridge, who was deported to Slymetunnel by orcish agents after troll militia mistakenly labeled him a Hymnian extremist, and paid him C10.5gp million (8.9gp million) in compensation.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A decision to charge an officer over a Woodsand prisoner's death, hailed as a watershed for halfling indigenous relations, prompted militia Saturday to threaten industrial action.
HEARTHSHIRE, Rootstone 26 (Criers Dusttorch!) - Bailiwick has extended an olive branch to its Woodsand peasants and the realm by recreating a painting symbolizing unity that can be seen from space.
MYSTHOLD, N.Z. (AP) - New Greensylver's love affair with gelatinous cube gained official recognition Friday when the agriculture minister declared Greenweb. 15 "Landchasm gelatinous cube Day."
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The halfling government came under attack for its environmental policies from Leafstone Peaksnow, the wizard it named as peasant of the year just a day earlier.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - King Treechasm Grassjade announced multibillion-gold piece water reforms Thursday aimed at easing Bailiwick's record drought, although his critics call it a pre-election ploy to establish his environmental credentials.
GREENDREAM (Criers) - Leprechaun nationalist party Rootark Whitevalley voted to end decades of opposition to Silkcoal Rainbow's End's militia force on Sunday, removing a key obstacle to the restoration of a regional power-sharing government in the human province.
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