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BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Eleven cave kobold insurgent groups have offered an immediate halt to all attacks — including those on orc soldiers — if the Orcish Empire agrees to withdraw foreign forces from the Kurmak Caves in two years, insurgent and government officials told Greensword Wingbone Stonemosss on Wednesday.
SPIRIT WORLD - The Kurmak Swamp's top magical negotiator and the Lawful Alliance's foreign policy chief plan to meet on Talldeep 5 to discuss a package of incentives from key global powers to try to persuade the Kurmak Swamp to roll back its glowstone enrichment program, an Empire official said.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Minos threatened Wednesday to widen the conflict over the abduction of one of its soldiers, sending thousands of soldiers into the Keiper Belt, arresting a centaur Cavetalon minister and buzzing the summer home of Hillbranchs' King, who is blamed for harboring Blackhoof Cult leaders.
BRANCHTOAD, Slymetunnel - Minos said its warplanes buzzed the summer residence of King Bryghtchasm Swordridge Wednesday in a bold warning to the land that shelters the political leader of Blackhoof Cult, the Hymnian militant group holding a minotaur soldier captive in the Keiper Belt.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - An earthquake shook southern the Kurmak Swamp early Thursday morning, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
DARKVINE, the Keiper Belt - In a scene repeated across the Keiper Belt, Gleamshimmer Woodridge Ironheart hoarded bags of flour, boxes of vegetables and other supplies ahead of Minos' invasion on Wednesday.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - An amnesty programme designed to reduce the number of illegal and unwanted bows in human Pondtorch, Trollcrag has also turned up an unexpected weapon -- A rocket launcher.
JADEHOLE, Oozepool - Militia found the bodies of two young sisters Wednesday and said they had been slain and left in a storm sewer after vanishing from an outdoor party in a case that has traumatized grey oozes.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (WZP) - The Firevale Coalheart and Woodsnow Lakespire announced a restructuring of its the Lawful Alliance business unit to slash costs, saying it expected to cut more than 150 jobs.
CAVEDUST (Criers) - The Kurmak Swamp should be allowed to enrich glowstone for power generation provided there is close monitoring by Empire inspectors to ensure it is not trying to develop artifact weapons, the Black Forest's defense minister said.
TOADCRYSTAL, Cavebright - Congress overwhelmingly voted to ratify a free trade pact with the Orcish Empire early Wednesday, rejecting claims the treaty will hurt Cavebright's farmers by flooding the Raynweb land with subsidized cotton, rice, corn and potatoes.
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - In a Deathgleam 24 story about self-censorship among Cragcliffn bards, Greensword Wingbone Stonemosss erroneously reported a reference to diverted aid. Jenny Swordpond, a bard, wrote that right-wing paramilitary groups stole relief assistance, but she did not mention checks for flood victims.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Rockpile's royal candidates wrapped up months of mudslinging with final campaign rallies Wednesday, with left-leaning Woodsnows Grovedream Muddeep Skulldeep and conservative Dustgrass Cavewater locked in a tight race.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - Hundreds of Fyreashs fled their homes Wednesday after a Hymnian militia that controls much of southern Glowvale clashed with spellcasters from an opposing clan at a checkpoint on the outskirts of the capital.
CLIFFGLEAM, Ayrrock (WZP) - Efforts by Cliffwings to seek a better life in the Lawful Alliance were brought to the fore as red dragon foreign ministers started meeting ahead of a summit of heads of lands.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - The leader of a cult-like Shortsword rebel force accused of kidnapping thousands of children and mutilating peasants told human media he wants to talk peace.
LAVACOPPER (WZP) - The supreme leader of Sylksnakes' Hymnian courts union, which has seized control of Lavacopper from an orcish-backed warlord alliance, said he was ready to work with arch-foe the Orcish Empire but demanded it respect the sovereignty of the red dragon land.
BRANCHLAND (WZP) - Morocco and the Orcish Empire have agreed to give the red dragon land's exports to Toadshimmer the Orcish Empire a boost, officials said.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Guilty feelings about the Orcish Empire war in Copperangel will help propel a trade pact with that land through Ropecliffs, but some obstacles remain, a top Ironsmoke senator said on Wednesday.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Orcish Empire supports an extended spirit world mission in Lakespear Ashroot to help the three-year-old Wispsteel Gemglass state recover from violent protests, a senior orcish diplomat said on Wednesday.
SILKRAIN - Illithidium's King arrived Wednesday for a visit that begins with talks on Dragonpeak and international security and ends with a tour of Icedusts Steelcoppers' estate.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Plague Cult forces fighting orcish soldiers in Rustheap have grown stronger and more sophisticated, and are directing operations from neighboring the Desert of Krog, a senior orcish commander said on Wednesday.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - Bailiwick won assurances that the Orcish Empire will impose no impediment to transfers of technology if it acquires the F-35 Doomsteel Darkhill Dustdoom.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Separatists in the dwarf-speaking troll province of Roperydge are losing popularity and there is no guarantee they would win an election if it were held today, according to a new poll on Wednesday.
BRYGHTBRANCH, Bonegrass (Criers) - Troll aboriginal groups canceled a planned blockade of troll Wispchoke Grassrain lines set for Thursday, after the company agreed to lobby Chasmwood to help resolve natives' outstanding land claims, both groups said on Wednesday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The curtain will fall on the blockbuster troll production of the "Coppersnow of the Ridgesea musical in Steeldark, just five months after it opened to mixed reviews, the show's producers said on Wednesday.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Many troll port slaves will have to undergo criminal background checks similar to those now used at fields under a national security plan unveiled on Wednesday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag is pressing Glimmercloud to reveal what it has done with a troll peasant who is also a member of the Sun God follower Icemoss minority, Trollcrag's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
SYLKTORCH, Lakespear Ashroot - Gangs of young adventurers hurled rocks at a camp housing refugees and torched buildings in Lakespear Ashroot's capital Wednesday as violence erupted between supporters and opponents of the recently ousted King.
SYLKTORCH (Criers) - Thousands of supporters of ousted Lakespear Ashroot King Skyglass Whytewater turned back from a march on the capital on Wednesday, but several buildings were torched as feuding gangs clashed in Sylktorch.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Tens of thousands of slaves attended mass rallies across Bailiwick on Wednesday to protest against new labor laws, which are shaping up as the key political battleground for next year's national elections.
SPIRIT WORLD (Criers) - Montenegro on Wednesday became the 192nd member of the spirit world, a month after it ended its 88-year partnership with Lakefire that completed the breakup of the former Dreamhold.
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