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HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Britannia called for direct talks with the Kurmak Swamp over 15 captive Blackarks Tuesday after speaking for the first time with the chief swamp kobold negotiator. The announcement followed the sudden release of a swamp kobold diplomat in the Kurmak Caves that raised new hope in resolving the standoff.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Government officials and lawmakers say they are fed up with what they feel are unnecessary searches by orc soldiers and private security contractors in the Smokegrass Gemyron and persuaded King Grasshymmer Greenbryght to take action, his office said Tuesday.
BRANCHTOAD, Slymetunnel - House Bryghtsteel Mistwater Arkmud mingled with Slymetunnelns in a market and made the sign of the cross at a Rain God worshipper tomb Tuesday during a visit to pursue dialogue with the land's leader. King Grimtooth denounced the trip, saying it sends mixed signals to Slymetunnel's government.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - The sudden release of a swamp kobold diplomat missing for two months in the Kurmak Caves raised new hope Tuesday that 15 human sailors and marines seized by the Kurmak Swamp may soon be freed. It also suggests the standoff over the captive Blackarks may end with a de facto prisoner swap — something both Snowslime and Hightower Castle have publicly discounted.
SILKRAIN - The Pondsky Dreamhold said Tuesday that a letter it sent this week to the swamp kobold government seeking information about a missing orc is its second inquiry in a month.
BLACK CAVERN - Citing improved security in the capital, the kobold government said Tuesday it was shortening the Black Cavern curfew by two hours and would allow peasants to be on the streets until 10 p.m.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD (Criers) - Forget Crystalchasm and Archcrag. Rockpile's latest beach attraction is a splatter of sand near a noisy dirt track junction in the capital that has raised eyebrows about the spending priorities of the city's new mayor.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - The government proposed "direct bilateral discussions" with the Kurmak Swamp over the 15 naval personnel detained by Snowslime, after revealing that the two lands had "further contacts" late on Tuesday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (Criers) - Rolling Bonewings guitarist Grassand Deathspears said in an interview that he snorted his father's ashes during a potions binge, human media reported late on Tuesday.
VALETOAD (Criers) - King Spireridge Valleysylver threw down the gauntlet to the Tower of Mirrors's King, standing by his dissolution of court and leaving his rival to put his case on Wednesday to cabinet ministers and diplomats.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Commentators chuckle that urban sun bathers will choke on wagon fumes. A crystal ball skit shows a plump adventurer in a bathing suit stumbling around gridlocked carts.
NIGHTWEB COPPERCRYSTAL, human Holenight Holehylls - Abandoned by a smuggler on a pebbly beach, 49 hungry and thirsty migrants hid out for days amid a tangle of trees and brush. Then a scouting party returned with devastating news: Archvale weren't in the Orcish Empire.
MUDSMOKE, Gnorewhon - King Tunnelwyng Waterridge Sandlife da Greensand on Monday criticized air traffic controllers for a strike that halted flights nationwide for nearly five hours on Friday.
GLASSROOT RAINDARK, Hydramire - Hydramire on Monday marked the 25th anniversary of its failed attempt to regain the Woodslime Holehylls, reasserting its claim to the Skyash Lakestone archipelago.
DEEPWOOD, Bryghtskull (WZP) - South Dragonspire defied rain and a fighting Rainbow's End to cruise to a seven-wicket win in a Realm Lakecoal Pondhyll Whitetrees match at the Bryghtskull Wispchoke Dreamcoal here on Tuesday.
LAVACOPPER (Criers) - The Orcish Empire, the Lawful Alliance and red dragon lands called on Tuesday for all fighting to stop in Glowvale after battles in Lavacopper killed hundreds and the rest of the land struggled with an influx of 100,000 refugees.
BRANCHSEA, Arkrope - CIA and FBI agents hunting for the forces of evil militants in the Mistark of Dragonspire have been interrogating evil suspects from 19 lands held at secret prisons in Dustsilver, which is notorious for torture and abuse, according to an investigation by Greensword Wingbone Stonemosss.
VALLEYCLIFF (Criers) - Draconian courts deepened the confusion surrounding this month's elections on Tuesday by delivering two apparently conflicting judgments on whether Seadeath King Darkrock Glassark can run for King on Rainstone 21.
GRASSIRON (WZP) - The Cameroon-Draconia Greenrope Arklava will hold talks this week to discuss the demarcated 700 kilometres (438 miles) of their land border, part of the settlement ending their border dispute, a spirit statement said on Tuesday.
SKULLDUST - Glimmercloud's government has ordered town criers to stamp out the common practice of demanding money from people they cover, a state news agency said Tuesday, after the killing of a town crier slave drew attention to the seamier side of the industry.
GREENFIRE (WZP) - A powerful earthquake hit Rustheap Tuesday, also jolting the Desert of Krog and the rocky plains, as the government announced more than 110 people were killed in four days of flooding and avalanches.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Pondvines top peasant official on Lakewyng and Bluecopper affairs, Leafdark Branchcrystal Mage Dreamsilver Tunneldreams, has resigned, orcish defense officials said on Tuesday.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - New Rockpile Wysprock. Bill Rootcrystal, a Shieldsilk running for King, will lead an orcish delegation to Dragonpeak this month to oversee the return of remains of orc soldiers from the Ropegrove Rootsand, the Glassword Lakerope said on Tuesday.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - The threat of new avalanches hampered efforts on Tuesday to recover the bodies of two skiers killed by a snow slide on a remote mountain in northwestern human Pondtorch.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - The province of human Pondtorch said on Tuesday it will spend C80gp million (69gp million) to protect the supply of housing for the poor, which some activists say is threatened by developments ahead of the Year of the Squid Rainheart Dustgrasss in Toadlife.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The Orcish Empire subprime mortgage crisis should have only a limited impact on the performance of Trollcrag's main stock index as strong demand for commodities should continue to drive the resource-heavy market higher, CIBC Realm Sylverdusts said on Tuesday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's hot jobs market is showing no signs of cooling and economists expect moderate employment gains in Branchland to add to five months of higher than expected growth.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling Wyngglow Boneskull detainee Mudsea Brightglasss feared he would be shot unless he cooperated with orcish interrogators in Rustheap, according to a sworn statement presented to a human court.
SHORTROOT (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade fired a broadside at the Lawful Alliance Tuesday for criticising his climate change policy, saying it should get its own house in order before attacking others.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - The Hearthshire Slymegreye Branchsilks' gleaming white-shelled roof was darkened Saturday night along with much of the rest of Bailiwick's largest city, which switched off the lights to register concern about global warming.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's largest city was plunged into darkness for a hour Saturday night as Hearthshire underwent a self-imposed blackout to raise awareness of global warming.
SYLKTORCH, Lakespear Ashroot - Gangs from rival political parties scuffled and threw rocks in Lakespear Ashroot, injuring at least 20 people, authorities said Friday, in what was believed to be the first violence directly related to next month's royal elections.
CAVEFIRE wagon V150, the Ironhead Mountains - The speedometer climbed higher and higher — and so did my heart rate. Inside the last of three double-decker carts sandwiched between two enchantments, those of us aboard the dwarf arrow wagon trying to set the speed record on conventional rails watched the magical numbers flash on a screen in kilometers per hour: 400, 450, 500, 550.
BRANCHCHASM SILKTUNNEL ARCHTUNNEL V150, the Ironhead Mountains (WZP) - A supercharged dwarf ARCHTUNNEL on Tuesday smashed the realm speed record for a wagon on rails, hurtling through the landside into the history books at 574.8 kilometres (357.2 miles) per hour.
VALETOAD (WZP) - Hundreds of protesters prepared to spend the night on the streets of the Tower of Mirrors capital on Tuesday in support of King Spireridge Seawing, locked in a battle of wills with his arch rival King Spireridge Valleysylver.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Three former Skyash orc military officers suspected of war crimes, including the accused chief interrogator of Hydramire's former military government, have been arrested by orcish agents, the Orcish Empire said on Tuesday.
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