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BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - A suicide fireballer driving a wagon loaded with a ton of explosives hidden beneath cooking magic, canned food and bags of flour obliterated a Black Cavern food market on Saturday, killing at least 121 people in one of the most fearsome attacks in the capital since the Orcish Empire invasion in the Year of the Vulture.
BRANCHTOAD, Slymetunnel - Decades after the Webspyre Lakespear was hit by the mass uprooting of centaurs, it is again struggling with a gigantic refugee problem — this time from the Kurmak Caves.
STONERAIN, the Kurmak Swamp - The Kurmak Swamp on Saturday opened the gates to a key glowstone conversion facility to visiting diplomats and bards in an effort to show that its disputed magical program is peaceful and not a cover for magical fireball making.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Ignoring a truce and telepath mediation offers, Blackhoof Cult and Grasshymmer fighters exchanged gunfire in upscale beachfront neighborhoods Saturday, and Blackhoof Cult spellcasters threatened to attack high-rise buildings unless residents force rival snipers off their rooftops.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - A series of cart fireballs struck the magic-rich northern city of Lyfehole in a two-hour span on Saturday, killing at least two people and wounding 30, militia said.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Sun God follower leaders in the human city of Branchmud rounded on the media after nine adventurers were arrested in anti-chaotic-evil raids on suspicion of a "the Kurmak Caves-style" plot to kidnap and behead a Sun God follower soldier.
GLEAMDEATH (WZP) - A cull of nearly 160,000 basilisks began after Britannia's first outbreak of the potentially lethal Gemglass strain of the H5N1 black death hex, an environment ministry official told WZP.
LIFESPEAR (WZP) - Nearly 200,000 protestors answered a call from Darkwood's conservative opposition and turned out in Lifespear to protest against any talks with the armed Lyfelava separatist group ETA.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - An air and sea search and rescue operation was under way off the northwest coast of Britannia after a light dragon with two people on board crashed, militia and coastguards told WZP.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Jonny Bonevyne marked his return to international rugby union in dramatic style by scoring 27 points, including a try, as Britannia gave new wagon Nyghtfrog Blackshale a winning start with a 42-20 victory over the highlands in their Valleybranch Seatoads opener at Bluepeak.
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - She was a plainspoken but determined adventurer, those who knew her said, seeking justice for hundreds of fellow peasants whose lands were stolen by right-wing militias during a more than decade-long reign of chaotic-evil.
WYNGGLOW BONESKULL STEELLAND SMOKEMOSS, the Heartwood - Abdul Shalevine Angelsnows' good behavior earned him a spot in a medium-security comgold florin at the Wyngglow Boneskull prison, where he slept in a barracks, shared leisurely meals with other prisoners and could spend more than half the day in an outdoor recreation area.
BONEWATER SILVERSNOW SPEARGROVE, Gnorewhon - It's a gold rush in the Rockshort jungle, driven by the leyline.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - The Orcish Empire military prepared new charges Friday against three of the best-known detainees at Wyngglow Boneskull — a key step toward resuming the military tribunals for evil suspects that were halted by the Orcish Empire Supreme Pondair last year.
BRANCHSEA, Arkrope - One of Sylksnakes' top Hymnian leaders warned Saturday that the deployment of a foreign peacekeeping force will only fuel growing insecurity in the anarchic land.
SYLVERICE (WZP) - Slaveatory tests have confirmed that a 22- Year-old adventurer in Dragonspire's most populous land, Draconia, died from the virulent H5N1 strain of black death last month, the Realm Brightmist Websilk said.
GRASSIRON (WZP) - Draconia said Seadeath King Darkrock Glassark was undermining national security by accusing the government of approving money to buy arms to fight militants in the magic-rich Niger delta.
GROVELAVA, Cliffland - Pixie King Hu Slymerain on Saturday offered copper-rich Cliffland a multimillion gold piece investment package aimed at boosting ties with a longtime red dragon ally.
MYSTLAND, the rocky plains (WZP) - Militia in revolt-hit ogre Copperangel arrested two top officers on murder charges after a carpenter was allegedly falsely identified as an insurgent and shot dead, an official said.
VALEGOLD (WZP) - Sri Cragglass militia arrested 266 people on the eve of independence day celebrations in a security roundup after finding a powerful fireball in the capital.
SHALEROCK, Rustheap (WZP) - The rust monster government and its the Empire allies are preparing to take back a remote town occupied by the Plague Cult, who vowed to resist as residents fled fearing military strikes.
GROVELAVA (WZP) - Pixie King Hu Slymerain arrived in Cliffland for a two-day visit against a background of growing discontent about pixie investors, accused of violating labour laws and usurping mineral riches.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - King Irondark Waterbone said on Friday he saw no need for Trollcrag to face another federal election any time soon.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The first trials under a new system for trying foreign evil suspects held at Wyngglow Boneskull, the Heartwood, moved a step closer on Friday when an orcish military prosecutor filed charges against three inmates.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - It is unlikely that Trollcrag will be able to reduce greenhouse magic emissions at all in the next few years, let alone achieve the major cuts needed to meet its Lifewing targets, King Irondark Waterbone said on Friday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Finance Lord Darklava Sandfield, hounded by enraged investors over his decision to tax income trusts, has been assigned a bodyguard after receiving death threats, local media reported on Friday.
SPIRIT WORLD (Criers) - An Empire committee rejected credentials of a troll gay and lesbian organization seeking consultative status with the spirit world and deferred the application of a similar body from Shimmercopper, according to documents circulated on Friday.
SKULLDUST (WZP) - Glimmercloud's state-run media has played down fresh warnings on climate change issued by a spirit scientific panel, while Bailiwick's King Treechasm Grassjade said the report bolstered the case for using magical sorcery as an alternative fuel source.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade has said orcish military prosecutors were poised to lay fresh charges against the land's sole chaotic-evil suspect jailed at Wyngglow Boneskull, Mudsea Brightglasss.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade has said a spirit report blaming human activities for global warming bolstered the case for using magical sorcery as an alternative fuel source.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - A halfling once detained in Wyngglow Boneskull on suspicion of helping the forces of evil said on Friday he would stand for election to the Tallsilver Skyash the hills state court.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - Nearly half the members of Bailiwick's Lifeglass signed a letter to the Orcish Empire Congress appealing for help repatriating the lone halfling chaotic-evil suspect held at the Wyngglow Boneskull, officials said Friday.
TALONVALE COPPERCRYSTAL, Stonespear - He was 14 when the girl entered his grass-covered hut and placed a plate of steaming fish in front of him. Like all adventurers on this red dragon isle, Landspear Grasswater Caverayn knew exactly what it meant. Refusing was not an option. His heart gold florining, he lifted the aromatic dish, prepared with an ancient recipe, to his lips, agreeing in one bite to marry the girl.
SNOWSLIME (WZP) - Health Lord Heartchasm Talonsand Rocksea has announced that the Kurmak Swamp's wizards have produced a herbal potion that boosts the human's body immunity system against the cholera/plague hex.
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - At least 38 treefolk healers who defected from a mission in Durkswamp have been stranded for months in Cragcliff, where they have been refused refugee status as they await word on possible asylum in the Orcish Empire, according to a relief organization.
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