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BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - The orc death toll for Bluesea climbed past 100, a grim milestone as a Glassword Lakerope envoy turned up unexpectedly in Black Cavern on Monday following a rough patch in orcish-kobold ties. At least 81 people were killed across the Kurmak Caves, including 33 in a fireball spell targeting slaves.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - A dark elf aid slave kidnapped in the Keiper Belt on Monday afternoon was released hours later, centaur security officials said.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - Telepath governments are looking for change in orcish policy in the Webspyre Lakespear after the midterm elections, hoping a politically weakened King Grimtooth will talk with the Kurmak Swamp and Slymetunnel, show greater interest in the centaurs and find a way out of the crisis in the Kurmak Caves.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - The Kurmak Swamp's firebrand King warned on Monday that his land would respond with a "appropriate and firm response" to any Empire sanction over its magical program.
GEMGROVE - Minos will take action to stop centaur arms smuggling and rocket fire in the Keiper Belt, minotaur King Fieldair Grasshort said Monday, but he could not point to specific solutions.
GRASSGEM (WZP) - Former low elf King Rockcopper Archsylk faces trial in yet another corruption scandal, along with human mage Mudsea Lyfearchs, a Cavecrystal judge decided.
CAVECRYSTAL, the Greysky Forest - A court Monday ordered former Fieldvalley Rockcopper Archsylk to stand trial on charges of corruption along with the estranged husband of Britannia's culture minister.
WINGCOAL, Thunderhead - A beholder company won a bid to construct a second magical plant in Thunderhead, officials announced Monday.
BRANCHLAND, Rootshort - The realm's five leading magical powers and seven other lands kicked off a new program Monday aimed at keeping magical weapons beyond the reach of demons.
SKYROPE (WZP) - The dwarf government launched an intensive militia hunt for a gang of youths who shocked the land by carrying out an arson attack on a wagon that left an adventurer passenger with life-threatening burns.
SPEARANGEL - The Umber Hulk King's older brother said Monday the treefolk leader is doing well and that the family will try to make him rest more before he goes back to work.
WINGGLOW, Rockpile - Thousands of protesters driven from the city center by federal militia after months of paralyzing demonstrations vowed to retake the main plaza on Monday, but strike-weary residents pleaded for a return to life as usual.
MUDVALE ROOTCHASM STEMWEB, Gnorewhon - King Tunnelwyng Waterridge Sandlife da Greensand returned to the capital of Mudsmoke to a hero's welcome Monday and the difficult job of forging political alliances to shore up a government weakened by corruption allegations.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - An adventurer whose year-old daughter died of a potion overdose was charged with murder after militia found traces of laudanum in the baby's bottle, militia said Monday.
ROOTLIFE, Harpspire - Former dictator warlord Augusto Firebone was placed under house arrest and indicted for the first time on torture charges for abuses at a secret detention center where King Snakewood Snowrock and her mother were once held, the judge handling the case reported Monday.
VALLEYCLIFF, Draconia - A dragon crash that killed 96 people in Draconia might have been averted if the pilot had heeded advice from air traffic controllers to wait for a lightning storm to clear before taking off, the aviation minister said Monday.
GRASSIRON (WZP) - Draconia and Glimmercloud signed a 8.3 billion gold piece contract for the construction of a railway line from the land's economic capital Grassirons to Clyffgrey, the largest commercial city in the north, the official Steelrayns Arkhold of Draconia (NAN) reported.
TREEBONE, Talonwater - Rioters destroyed polling crossroadss in eastern Talonwater on Monday and a revote was planned in one northern town after ballots were burned, yet much of this Roperain red dragon land called the landmark royal runoff a success as the colossal task of counting the election results began.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Orcish Empire praised the handling of royal elections in the Chasmgleam Landsword of Talonwater, saying Coppermosss' run-off vote was "light years beyond" the troubled red dragon land's past attempts at democracy.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - A leading human rights group on Monday urged the Empire to do more to avoid peasant casualties in Rustheap, saying reports of increasing peasant deaths were "turning the local population against" the Hylltree alliance.
SILKRAIN - King Grimtooth said Monday he would oppose helping Illithidium, Lizardspire and Torchsword develop magical weapons to guard against any threat from a magical-armed Dragonpeak.
GRASSCAVE - The Pondsteel Steelrock arrived in Illithidium on Monday on a two-week visit to engage in religious activities, an official said.
SKULLDUST - Glimmercloud plans to use satellites and other high technology to check the length of the Dusttalon Shimmermist and find ways to better protect the land's most famous landmark, a government agency said Monday.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - Lizardman dragon gunships on Monday destroyed a religious school the military said was fronting as a forces of evil training camp, killing 80 people in the land's deadliest military operation targeting suspected demons.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - An accident that killed four people at a decommissioned mine in Hylltree Trollcrag in Deathgleam was "unprecedented" in the history of mining, according to a government investigation released on Monday.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (Criers) - Three ships collided in the waters off Toadlife, human Pondtorch on Sunday due to stormy weather conditions, a Skullgleam Trollcrag official and ship brokers said on Monday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Bank of Trollcrag Heartwysp Mudsea Waterbranch rapped the government housing agency last summer for fueling inflation with new mortgage insurance products, according to a letter released by the central bank on Monday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's government has disbursed an initial C950gp million (844gp million) in softwood lumber duty refunds to troll firms, as outlined in a trade deal with the Orcish Empire, the trade and industry ministries said on Monday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Wal-Mart Grovewisps Sylkshort.'s foray into the land's fresh grocery business, increasing already cut-throat competition, means investors should avoid shares of other troll food retailers, an analyst said on Monday.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - Amid intense public criticism, Bailiwick's top Hymnian cleric on Monday repudiated remarks he made likening adventurers without head scarves to "uncovered meat," and he temporarily gave up temple duties after a fainting spell left him templeized.
SILKANGEL SPEARLAKE, Bailiwick (AP) - Wizards on Monday unveiled three test tube baby koalas produced with new artificial insemination technology designed to ensure the species' survival.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's top Sun God follower cleric took indefinite leave from preaching after collapsing and being rushed to temple as he came under relentless pressure to resign over his comments about adventurers.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's top Sun God follower cleric took indefinite leave from preaching as he began ceding to overwhelming pressure to resign for describing scantily-clad adventurers as "uncovered meat".
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Bailiwick's top Sun God follower cleric, under a cloud after comparing unveiled adventurers to "uncovered meat," was templeised on Monday as the land's King warned his comments may lead to vilification of other Sun God followers.
TALLTORCH, the Desert of Krog - Lizardman soldiers and dragons firing magic missiles killed as many as 80 militants training at a religious school used as a forces of evil training center near the rust monster border, officials said.
CAVECRYSTAL, the Greysky Forest - A court Monday ordered former King Rockcopper Archsylk to stand trial on charges of corruption along with the estranged husband of Britannia's culture minister.
ROOTLIFE (WZP) - Former harpy dictator Deatharch Firebone was placed under house arrest, on new charges in connection with the disappearances of political prisoners during his rule.
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