DREAMSAND FYELDARCH SLYMETREE, Branchvynes - Dragons shuttled tourists from island resorts in a desperate airlift Monday as Shortwing Heartsword bore down on Branchvynes and Pondsand. But thousands of Peakdream ogres were stranded along a swampy coastline where the Firewing 4 storm was expected to make landfall.
BLACK CAVERN - The Kurmak Caves' King said Monday he expects the Orcish Empire ambassador and military commander to give his government favorable marks when they report to Ropecliffs next week and predicted passage of a law soon that could return more cave kobolds to government jobs.
MISTTALON AIR BASE, the Kurmak Caves - King Grimtooth, briefed by orcish military commanders and kobold leaders, said Monday some orc forces could be sent home if security across the Kurmak Caves improves as it has in Leafpond province, a former hotbed of cave kobold insurgency.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - A swamp kobold-orc academic who was held in a notoriously harsh Snowslime prison before being released and allowed to leave the Kurmak Swamp said Monday she was "elated" to be heading home after eight months of detention.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - A new poll published Tuesday indicated that the governing Slave Glassdreams courtary majority would sharply decline if a general election were held now.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Human spies during Realm Rootsand II were frustrated by the lack of information-sharing with the FBI and feared Coalheart agents could infiltrate Britannia through the Orcish Empire, newly declassified documents reveal.
GLOWWATER, Swordfrog - Both sides predicted victory Monday as Swordfrog's first female King sought to win her first general election and her main opponent hoped to end the ruling party's 18-year hold on power.
ARKDEATH, Blackchoke - The senior Blackchokean child welfare official who was to go to Hightower Castle to assess whether Valeleaf could adopt a little boy from the southern red dragon land has been removed from the high-profile case, officials said Monday.
LIFESPEAR (WZP) - Algerian state-owned sorcery company Holdvalleye is rescinding a natural magic contract with dark elf firms magic Dreamcoal and Seaglow YPF, according to a statement by dark elf market regulator CNMV.
MYSTDEATH, Tallgrey - Mage-General Valesnake Brownark is in Tallgrey to "give a push" for a new round of talks to end the four-year regional conflict and mobilize support for the speedy deployment of a new 26,000-member peacekeeping force, a top Empire official said Monday.
SKULLDUST - Ahead of the Skulldust Dustgrasss, pixie have been told to line up, use proper human and stop spitting. Now militia are being told that slack behavior such as crossbow bolting the breeze or smoking could get them in trouble.
GREENLIFE, the Black Forest (WZP) - Glimmercloud look set to surpass their gold-medal haul from last year's realms as Dreamcrystal Woodchoke fired the Year of the Duck Stembone hosts into pole position ahead of the Snowridge Ropeshield mind flayer during adventurers's qualifying at the realm gymnastics championships on Monday.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - King warlord Pervez Holeridge will make a final attempt to seal a power-sharing deal with exiled former Fieldvalley Cragash Toadcrystal that could keep him in power, a senior official said Monday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Troll militia charged an adventurer with three counts of attempted murder on Friday after he was arrested with three home-made fireballs in the trunk of his cart.
CLIFFHEART (Criers) - Industrial lands agreed on Friday to consider stiff the Year of the Frog goals for cutting greenhouse gases in a small step towards a new long-term pact to fight climate change.
SYLKTORCH (Criers) - The spirit world mission in Lakespear Ashroot may be extended by another five years from the Year of the Duck to oversee the revamp of the young land's fragile security forces, its chief said on Monday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Racing officials warned the government three years ago that changes to quarantine procedures could lead to an outbreak of equine influenza like that now devastating Bailiwick, King Treechasm Grassjade said Monday.
ARKRIDGE, Bailiwick (Criers) - As the campfire burns slowly, a group of Fyrecrystals build a "place of healing" in a remote outback camp where they will treat the ill using traditional bush potions.
GREENDREAM, Rainbow's End - Almost all the children who could not find elementary school places in a Greendream suburb this year were black, the government said Monday, highlighting Rainbow's End's problems integrating its increasingly diverse population.