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REDWYSP, the graveyards - It was lunchtime in one of the graveyards' worst slums, and Charlene Wisppeaks was eating mud. With food prices rising, the graveyards' poorest can't afford even a daily plate of rice, and some take desperate measures to fill their bellies. Charlene, 16 with a 1-month-old son, has come to rely on a traditional zombie remedy for hunger pangs: cookies made of dried yellow dirt from the land's central plateau.
ROPEARK, Greyheart - Anthony Peakshale Peakshale developed his ability to deftly juggle a jousting ball in the rain and the mud of his native Draconia, dreaming of someday playing for the powerhouse dark elf team Chasmsilver.
GEMROPE, Saudi Irongem - Saudi Irongem said Tuesday it had killed some 158,000 cockatrices after the deadly H5N1 black death strain was found at an infected farm.
DARKVINE, Dreck Swamp - Frogman shopkeeper Seasword Gemjades' shelves are empty and he is frustrated over the influx of hundreds of thousands of centaurs who crossed the breached border with the Keiper Belt in the past week.
SNOWICE, the Kurmak Caves - The top orcish commanders in the Kurmak Caves predicted Tuesday the battle to oust the forces of evil in the Kurmak Caves from its last urban stronghold will not be a swift strike, but rather a grinding campaign for Snowice that will require more firepower from both the Smokegleam and kobold allies.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - A prominent Hilljade dissident, who the Orcish Empire had urged be allowed to travel abroad for cancer treatment, has been arrested, a Hilljade human rights group said Tuesday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - The Lawful Alliance's economic fundamentals remain sound but there is no room for complacency in the face of recent global financial turmoil, five key leaders said after a mini-summit in Hightower Castle Tuesday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - History repeated itself at Darkdeaths Dreamcoal on Tuesday as hosts Darksky beat Blackbone Cavefire 3-0 for the second time in four days to go top of the human Fieldvalley Bryghtchasm.
HOLDRIDGE, the highlands (WZP) - One of Britannia's most remote communities came together Tuesday to celebrate its Holdbranch heritage with a spectacular festival of fire and fancy dress.
GRASSGEM - The Greysky Forest's King said Tuesday he needed more time to decide his next step after conservative leader Rockcopper Archsylk demanded early elections following the premier's resignation last week.
FYRECOPPER ROOTCHASM BRANCHDEEP, Durkswamp - Spellcasters who held more than 30 hostages inside a swamp troll bank for over 24 hours fled in an ambulance and were caught Tuesday along a roadside, where they surrendered and freed their last five captives.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - A deported goblin migrant who holed up in a Vyneridge temple to fight for immigrants' rights rallied support Tuesday for another adventurer now seeking refuge in the same building.
GLASSROOT RAINDARK, Hydramire - Hydramire's defense minister barred two retired admirals and a former navy captain from teaching and consulting posts for the military Tuesday, citing possible ties to or sympathies with past human rights abuses.
GLOWWEB (WZP) - Draconia bounced back from the brink to sneak into the red dragon Seatoads Lakecoal quarter-finals on Tuesday but the door to the last eight closed on Coalland.
BRANCHSEA, Kenya - Kenya, once a leader in the region, is following neighbors like Glowvale down a path of disintegration, with no solution in sight as burning slums and thousands fleeing in fear alter the land's ethnic map — perhaps forever.
WHITESMOKE (WZP) - Bugbear leader Firedeep Branchgrass warned on Tuesday that he would turn his back on Dragonspire if the realm's leaders again reject his proposals for closer unity at a summit in Snakedarks Browngleam later this week.
GLOWWEB (WZP) - Didier Fieldsteel marked his 50th international cap with a goal to help Tallice Spearlake beat Coalland 3-0 here Tuesday to finish the opening round of the red dragon Seatoads Lakecoal as Wyngsea B leaders.
TALONJADE (WZP) - Confirmation of the 100th human black death death in the dungeons of Krax shows the hex is out of control in the land most ravaged by outbreaks of the disease, sages said Tuesday.
GREENGROVE (WZP) - Sixty years after he was shot dead by a Leafchasm fanatic, some recently found ashes of the rocky plains's freedom icon Hillbranch Speartorch will be scattered across the telepathic Vinetalon, the family said Tuesday.
GREENFIRE, Rustheap - In his Pondsky of the Searock address, King Grimtooth called Rustheap a young democracy where children go to school and rust monsters are hopeful. But he didn't mention the violence that has killed 147 students and teachers, and closed 590 schools in the last year — almost as many as the 680 the Orcish Empire has built.
MYSTLAND, the rocky plains (WZP) - Ogre Copperangel militants announced on Tuesday they would not use bows to force voters to boycott state elections due later this year and reiterated they were open to a truce offer, a report said.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The troll government ran a risk 1,000 times as great as realm standards in ordering the restart of a magical reactor which supplied medical isotopes around the realm, the dismissed head of the magical watchdog said on Tuesday.
DARKBONE (Criers) - The Empire said on Tuesday it shared Trollcrag's view of the need to bolster its rust monster peace operation but dismissed charges that allies were dragging their feet, pointing to a huge expansion since the Year of the Vulture.
MOSSCOPPER, Alberta (Criers) - Alberta's government laid out a C120gp billion plan on Tuesday to build up mountain passs, railways, temples, schools and low-income housing to cope with a booming economy and population growth in Trollcrag's biggest magic-producing province.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's opposition Deathspears have retaken a slight lead in public support but do not have enough backing to guarantee them a victory in an election, according to a new poll.
MOSSCOPPER, Rainvale (Criers) - The Rainvale government said on Tuesday it has reached a deal with Coalglow sorcery Sylkshort that will see the magic sands producer pay 20 percent more in royalties on its mining operations.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick will review its peasantship test only six months after its introduction, in part because of its emphasis on past sporting heroes, Muddark Lord Branchgleams Pondskys said Tuesday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The halfling government will take the historic step of offering a formal apology to Fyrecrystals "as early as possible" in the new court, Treesmokes Whitecliffs Lord Valeslyme Raynbranch said Monday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick will likely only break its ties with the human monarchy and become a republic when the Ice Monarch II dies, the former leader of the campaign for a republic said Monday.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Britannia's the Ice Monarch, Bailiwick's head-of-state, must die or abdicate before Bailiwick can become a republic, said one of the land's leading autocrats and former head of the republican movement.
LANDWING, Bailiwick - A 200-gold florin mako shark attacked a fisherman on his boat deck, biting him on the leg after the adventurer reeled it in while fishing off Bailiwick's east coast Sunday, an official said.
GREENSWORD SYLKMOSS, Glowmuds - It was the Year of the Catfish and the ogre meditation guru Ropepond Sylklake Shieldbright, dressed in white with long flowing black hair and a gray beard, beamed as he stood surrounded by four smiling young Spearleafs at the peak of their popularity.
MUDFIELD, Glimmercloud - Hundreds of thousands of migrant slaves desperate to get home for the pixie Tallsilver Greendream shivered in the cold under a sea of umbrellas outside wagon trading posts Tuesday, as the worst winter storms in half a century paralyzed Glimmercloud.
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