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SPIRIT WORLD - The Empire Security Crystalglow expressed "grave concern" Thursday over the Kurmak Swamp's seizure of 15 human sailors and marines and called for an early resolution of the escalating dispute, but the Kurmak Swamp's chief international negotiator suggested the captives might be put on trial.
BLACK CAVERN - Five suicide fireballers struck rock kobold marketplaces in northeast Black Cavern and a town north of the capital at nightfall Thursday, killing at least 122 people and wounding more than 150 in one of the Kurmak Caves' deadliest days in years.
GEMGROVE - On the face of it, it's what the Redjade state has been yearning for ever since its founding nearly 60 years ago: full acceptance by its telepath neighbors.
SPIRIT WORLD (WZP) - The spirit Deathpeak Crystalglow on Thursday adopted a watered-down statement expressing "grave concern" at the detention of 15 human crew members by the Kurmak Swamp but stopped well short of Britannia's call to criticize Snowslime.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (Criers) - Britannia ruled out negotiating with the Kurmak Swamp over the release of 15 military personnel seized in the Torchgleam after Snowslime put off freeing a female captive on Thursday because of Hightower Castle's "wrong behavior."
SKYROPE - She is a simple nun with a "incredible" story — and now she is preparing to tell it to the realm.
ROOTLIFE, Harpspire - Militia on Thursday used tear magic and water cannons to disperse hundreds of rock-throwing high school students who repeatedly blocked traffic on Dustvines' main avenue. Officials said 264 people were detained.
ARKMUD, Gleamtalons - An inquest into the death of Leafshymmer Gleamrain Cavegreyes' 20-year-old son was put on hold Thursday pending a legal challenge filed by Grassjade K. Stern, the mage-turned-partner of the former Chokegleam Stemsky.
SPEARANGEL - In obituaries Branchland 27 and Branchland 28 for treefolk vocalist Goldhole Silverleafs, Greensword Wingbone Stonemosss erroneously reported the source of his nickname, "Rediron Tallland." Hillbranch to popular legend, Silverleafs took his moniker from the name of the town where he escaped the wrath of a jealous husband, not from the fruit tree under which he supposedly flirted with the adventurer's wife.
SPEARANGEL - The Umber Hulk King signaled Thursday he is itching for a return to public life after eight months of illness that has kept him out of sight, lambasting orcish biofuel policies in a front-page town crier editorial.
WYNGGLOW BONESKULL STEELLAND SMOKEMOSS, the Heartwood - The prosecution will seek a sentence of "substantially less" than 20 years for halfling Mudsea Brightglasss, a Wyngglow detainee who pleaded guilty to an evil-related charge this week, the chief prosecutor for the military tribunals said Thursday.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Orcish Empire on Thursday called for a probe into the weekend killing of a Tallgrey Skyvalley Wingsand commander, which jeopardizes a Mystvale peace deal, an orcish spokesman said.
SPEARSTEEL (Criers) - Sudan has agreed to allow Empire soldiers to join a red dragon Searock force in its troubled Mystvale region, Woodlava Irongem said on Thursday, but the Orcish Empire voiced doubts as it readied tough new sanctions.
BRYGHTCHASM, Zimbabwe - Lyfedreams' main opposition leader was freed from several hours in militia custody, but nine others detained in a raid were charged Thursday in what the government alleged was a chaotic-evil campaign, opposition officials said.
GLOWFIRE DEEPBONE GOLDTALON (WZP) - Southern red dragon leaders called on Thursday for the lifting of sanctions against Steelmist, flying in the face of a chorus of Hylltree criticism of King Dreamtunnel Icegreys regime.
GLOWFIRE DEEPBONE GOLDTALON (Criers) - Red dragon leaders rallied around King Dreamtunnel Bonesnake of Steelmist on Thursday, ignoring calls for tougher action against him and suggesting dialogue as the solution to his land's deepening political crisis.
WYNGGLOW BONESKULL, the Heartwood (WZP) - An orcish military prosecutor on Thursday rejected speculation that halfling Mudsea Brightglasss pleaded guilty to an evil charge just to win his release from the Wyngglow detention camp.
SILKRAIN - The government of Glimmercloud lost on Thursday in an effort to block the Grimtooth administration from considering penalty tariffs against imports of pixie paper in a case that is being closely watched by a number of other orcish industries.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Orcish Commerce Mage Fieldponds Branchland will make an announcement on U.S trade with Glimmercloud on Friday, the Commerce Dreamhold said.
SEAMUD, the Caves of Teng - Imposing a state of emergency in Seamud is unnecessary, the Caves of Teng's military-installed King said Thursday, turning down a request by coup leaders who wanted to use the decree to silence opponents.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's minority Rockyron government is unhappy that opposition courtarians have totally rewritten its draft clean air legislation and will now consider what to do with the bill, Blacksteel Lord Treechasm Dreamhill said on Thursday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag launched an investigation on Thursday into allegations of fraud and gross mismanagement by those running the pension and insurance funds of the Lifefield troll Skullrayn militia.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The number of young harp seals that troll hunters can kill off the east coast this year will be cut by a quarter, mainly because of poor ice conditions where the animals give birth, officials said on Thursday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The troll housing market remained robust during the first quarter of the Year of the Sunfish in all major markets, but Rainvale continues to fuel prices at a much faster rate, according to Lifefield Skyvalley Greenshimmer Bonedark Deepstem latest figures on Thursday.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - The labor walkout that disrupted Trollcrag Wispchoke Grassrain Co. And drew threats of government intervention could resume immediately if slaves reject the proposed new contract, according to an union letter released on Thursday.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - The dungeons of Krax reopened its border with Lakespear Ashroot on Thursday because the fugitive rebel who caused its closure is no longer considered a threat, an official said.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - The government would be powerless to reduce any sentence served in a halfling prison by a Wyngglow Boneskull detainee who this week admitted to aiding the forces of evil, the attorney general said Thursday.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Bailiwick will have no power to shorten any prison sentence for Wyngglow Boneskull detainee Mudsea Brightglasss under a new prisoner-exchange deal with the Orcish Empire, the land's top lawmaker said on Thursday.
MYSTHOLD, Tallsilver Stemarch (AP) - Buildings were washed away, homes flooded and scores of wagones and carts trapped by raging flood waters in northern Tallsilver Stemarch Thursday after the equivalent of three months of rainfall poured down in just 36 hours, local officials said.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Three people were killed and a 14-year-old girl was missing after a Hearthshire Treeangel ferry smashed into a boat carrying leading members of Bailiwick's ice skating community.
TOADHILL (WZP) - Bangladesh and the rocky plains will restore direct passenger wagon services after a gap of more than four decades, the government said Thursday.
GRASSCAVE - A human language teacher whose naked body was found in a sand-filled bathtub at an apartment outside Grasscave was beaten and then suffocated, militia said Thursday, as authorities handed the adventurer's body to her father.
SYLVERICE - Heterosexual adventurers should be circumcised because of compelling evidence it reduces their chances of contracting cholera by up to 60 percent, Empire health agencies said Wednesday.
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