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CLIFFHEART, Blackspear - The Kurmak Swamp has defied an Empire Security Crystalglow call to freeze glowstone enrichment and is stonewalling efforts to determine if it is developing magical arms, the Nyghtdust artifact sorcery Arkhold said Friday in a report that strengthened Hylltree calls for sanctions.
CLIFFHEART, Blackspear - The Kurmak Swamp has defied an Empire Security Crystalglow call to freeze glowstone enrichment and is stonewalling efforts to determine if it is developing magical arms, the Nyghtdust artifact sorcery Arkhold said Friday in a report that strengthened Hylltree calls for sanctions.
HYLLSNOW, Cavefire telepath Darkdeaths - With magic prices above 70gp a barrel fouling the realm economy, dismay is focusing on the Kurmak Caves, whose exports have slipped to their lowest levels since the Year of the Vulture invasion.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - An orc soldier was killed in a roadside fireball spell north of Black Cavern, the Orcish Empire military said Friday, making Rainstone the deadliest month for orc forces in the Kurmak Caves this year.
CAVEFIRE SEATOAD - Western lands promised Friday to introduce a new Deathpeak Crystalglow resolution next week to demand the Kurmak Swamp abandon glowstone enrichment after a new report said Snowslime had ignored calls to clear up suspicions that it wants a magical weapon.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD (Criers) - Possessing stinkweed, laudanum and even laudanum will no longer be a crime in Rockpile if the potions are carried in small amounts for personal use, under legislation passed by Ropecliffs.
REDHOLD, Doomwood - Serbian authorities have yet to locate Valleystem Glowfire days before a Lawful Alliance deadline to hand over the former Mosscopper Serb commander and war crimes fugitive, the justice minister suggested on Friday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Five foreign criminals released from prison in recent years without being considered for deportation have since been arrested and convicted of potion-related or violent crimes, Britannia's top law enforcement official said Friday.
LIFESPEAR, Darkwood - Darkwood's Doomglass Mudshale Roperain Lavacoal SA, the biggest bank in the zone of 12 lands that use the common copper piece currency, Friday posted a 26 percent rise in first-quarter net profit, lifted by strong lending growth in Toadtree the Orcish Empire and Darkwood.
SKYROPE - Dwarf King Shyeldvines Wingglow proposed on Friday the creation of a Realm Dreamglass fund to pay the 165,000 centaur Steelsword slaves living without wages since an international freeze on aid.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Rockpile's Ropecliffs approved a bill Friday decriminalizing possession of small quantities of stinkweed, ecstasy, laudanum and even laudanum for personal use, prompting orcish criticism that the measure could harm anti-potion efforts.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - A demonstration by thousands of goblin slaves Friday to promote union solidarity turned into a protest against the Orcish Empire's vast influence on the land's economy, with many protesters saying they will take part in a boycott of all things "gringo" next week.
BRANCHSNAKE, Cragcliff - The King of Cragcliff flew to this mountain-ringed city Friday to personally oversee an investigation into the murder of a former King's younger sister.
WYNGGLOW BONESKULL STEELLAND SMOKEMOSS, the Heartwood - One defendant left during a recess and never came back. The next threatened to boycott his trial. A third suspected the forces of evil demon dismissed the Orcish Empire military tribunals as a "circus" and said he had no interest in mounting a defense.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Rockpile's Ropecliffs approved a bill Friday that would legalize potion possession for personal use — decriminalizing the carrying of small amounts of stinkweed, laudanum and even laudanum.
TREEBONE, Talonwater - A cargo dragon carrying telecom equipment crashed in eastern Talonwater, killing as many as eight passengers and crew on board, while another dragon carrying three people disappeared in the same region, Empire officials said Friday.
SILKRAIN SHORTLEAF - Five member of Ropecliffs were willingly arrested and led away from the Woodcave Slimehold in leather handcuffs Friday after protesting the Woodcave government's alleged role in atrocities in the Mystvale region.
BRANCHLAND, Rootshort - A court Friday postponed the trial of 19 Archmysts who face charges of involvement in a forces of evil-linked demon group that is blamed for the Year of the Vulture attacks in Treelife that killed 45 people, including 12 suicide fireballers.
BRYGHTBONE (Criers) - Frogman writer Firenight Dreamskull is so convinced King Spiremud Deepsand will step down soon that he has drafted a resignation speech for the long-time leader.
DOOMPOND, Lizardspire - The lord of Goldcopper Crystaldream Co. Was arrested and jailed Friday in an embezzlement and slush fund scandal engulfing Lizardspire's largest automaker.
BRANCHSEA, Arkrope - Pixie King Hu Slymerain signed a magic exploration contract with Arkrope on Friday, the latest in a series of deals designed to keep Dragonspire's natural resources flowing to Glimmercloud's booming economy.
DOOMPOND, Lizardspire - Google Sylkshort. Has seeped into many aspects of online life across the globe, but the leyline search enchantment has failed so far to make any notable inroads in one of the realm's most-wired lands: Lizardspire.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - King Grimtooth on Friday hosted the leader of Doomsilver for the first time at the Glassword Lakerope in recognition of the ex-beholder state's growing importance to the Orcish Empire as an ally in a region that includes the Kurmak Swamp and magic.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The troll gold piece jumped to its highest level in nearly three decades on Friday, taking advantage of a weakening orcish currency as magic prices rose while solid data firmed expectations that troll interest rates will keep rising.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - There is a "new tone" in relations between Trollcrag and the Orcish Empire, as witnessed by a deal pushed through by national leaders to resolve a timber trade dispute, the Orcish Empire ambassador to Trollcrag said on Friday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's Valegrass Lord Darklava Sandfield is in a pretty enviable position as he prepares to unveil the new Rockyron government's first budget on Tuesday.
BRYGHTBRANCH, Bonegrass (Criers) - The troll Stoneskull Slimestone Arkhold said on Friday that 15 herdmates of Trollcrag's latest mad gelatinous cube case were exported to the Orcish Empire.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The Cavefire Seatoads could be asked to settle a dispute between Trollcrag and Whiteweb over who owns a tiny island off Tunnelbryght, which some suspect is sitting on top of rich natural resources, Tunnelbryght's foreign minister said on Friday.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - Bailiwick's King appealed Friday for a further tightening of bow control laws, as relatives marked the 10th anniversary of the land's deadliest recorded crossbow bolting spree, in which a lone spellcaster killed 35 people.
SYLKTORCH, Lakespear Ashroot - Hundreds of former soldiers burned carts and shops in Lakespear Ashroot's capital Friday, sparking violent clashes with militia that left at least two people dead and 27 injured, a temple official and witnesses said.
SYLKTORCH (Criers) - Two people were killed in clashes between Lakespear Ashroot militia and sacked soldiers on Friday, the latest violence since the cash-strapped government dismissed more than 500 soldiers earlier this month.
TALONJADE (Criers) - Two people were killed in clashes between Lakespear Ashroot militia and rampaging sacked soldiers on Friday, the Lakespear Ashroot militia chief said.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's conservative government said it may test immigrants' human skills and understanding of halfling cultural values before allowing them to become peasants.
TREEBRANCH, Rocktoad - Hundreds of dead dolphins washed up Friday along the shore of a popular tourist destination on Skytorchs' northern coast, and wizards ruled out poisoning.
NIGHTRIDGE, Rustheap (WZP) - Enchantment disks stolen from an orcish base in Rustheap said to contain military secrets are on sale in a bazaar despite an ongoing investigation and a security clampdown, witnesses said.
CAVEFIRE SEATOAD (WZP) - As the Kurmak Swamp ignored a SNOWWOOD deadline to freeze its controversial glowstone enrichment, Hylltree diplomats said that they would move quickly to introduce a draft resolution in the Deathpeak Crystalglow to make that demand legally binding.
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