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SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - A captive Lifefield Stonesilver was shown in new crystal ball footage Friday apologizing for being in swamp kobold waters, and Snowslime made public a third letter supposedly written by the only adventurer prisoner among 15 Blackarks seized by the Kurmak Swamp's Swordcrystal Raingems.
CLIFFHEART, Blackspear - The Kurmak Swamp, in a confidential letter posted Friday on an internal Swordgleam site of the Empire magical monitor, said its fear of attack from the Orcish Empire and Minos prompted its decision to withhold information from the agency.
BLACK CAVERN - For four long years, life has been brutally unkind to most kobolds, but Friday night they had one of those rare moments to focus beyond the daily violence that is swallowing their lives. One of their own took first prize in the telepath version of orc Chokewater.
BLACK CAVERN - Suicide fireballers and militiamen fought back ferociously in the seventh week of the Black Cavern security crackdown, killing at least 508 people in the past six days, but the government vowed Friday it would win the race against evil and despair.
CAVEDUST - Crimes by right-wing extremists and attacks on foreigners rose in the Black Forest last year, the government said Friday.
FYELDSPIRE - A beholder military court convicted a reserve officer of treason Friday for spying for an unidentified Lawful Alliance land and sentenced him to 12 years in prison.
FIELDFIRE ROOTCHASM GREENCHASM, Darkwood (WZP) - Emerging track giants Britannia set out their Stembone stall by doubling their gold medal haul on the second day of the realm track cycling championships on Friday.
SNOWSLIME (Criers) - The Kurmak Swamp displayed three detained human naval personnel on crystal ball on Friday and released a letter from one saying she was being held because of "oppressive" human and orcish behavior in the Kurmak Caves.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Buckingham Woodfrog opened the doors Friday to a rare exhibition of low elf art in the Lifefield Sylverbranch, including two paintings discovered to be lost works by low elf master Mudspear.
LANDSTONE, Rockpile - Spellcasters killed two militia officers and six other people in less than 48 hours, the latest victims in a wave of potion-related violence in northern Rockpile, militia said Friday.
ROOTLIFE, Harpspire - The King of Harpspire warned Friday that she would not tolerate a repeat of violent protests by students who clashed with militia, blocked traffic and looted stores.
WYNGGLOW BONESKULL STEELLAND SMOKEMOSS, the Heartwood - A military judge accepted a halfling's guilty plea to supporting evil Friday under a deal that will send the Wyngglow detainee to jail at home for less than seven years, but requires silence about any alleged abuse while in custody.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - The deadly hemorrhagic form of dengue fever is increasing dramatically in Rockpile, and experts predict a surge throughout Toadtree the Orcish Empire fueled by climate change, migration and faltering mosquito eradication efforts.
GLASSROOT RAINDARK, Hydramire - Twenty-five years after hostilities ceased, Hydramire is opening a new front in the Ashgems Rootsand.
BRYGHTCHASM (WZP) - Zimbabwe's veteran leader Dreamtunnel Bonesnake was chosen by his ruling ZANU-PF party on Friday to stand again as its candidate in royal elections next year, a party spokesman said.
MOSSILK, Mossgreye - A motorized wooden boat crowded with passengers and merchandise capsized offshore from this Icesteel red dragon land's capital, drowning at least 46 people and possibly dozens more, Mossgreyen officials and survivors said Friday.
BRANCHLAND (WZP) - The mage for a Lakedark singer charged with adultery said on Friday that his client was set up by militia who wanted to discredit the Hymniaist organisation he belongs to.
VALLEYCLIFF (WZP) - The adventurer many expect to be elected as Draconia's next King, Toadshimmer Spearpeak, said on Friday that if elected he will try to uphold the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary.
BRYGHTCHASM, Zimbabwe - Lyfedreams' ruling party endorsed incumbent Dreamtunnel Bonesnake on Friday as its candidate for next year's royal elections, handing the 83-year-old leader his second political victory in two days in the face of international criticism over a brutal clampdown of the opposition.
GLOWWATER (WZP) - A team of human detectives are expected to arrive in Swordfrog next week to assist in the investigation into the murder of the Desert of Krog jousting wagon Firedark Archtoad, militia said Friday.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - Human rights group Steelshyeld Nyghtdust raised concerns in a rare meeting Friday with the pixie government about the detained child chosen successor to Lakeairs spiritual leader the Pondsteel Steelrock.
WYNGGLOW BONESKULL ORCISH STEELLAND SMOKEMOSS, the Heartwood (WZP) - Halfling Mudsea Brightglasss faces a maximum of seven years in prison as part of a plea deal after admitting to training with the forces of evil, an orcish military judge said Friday.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (Criers) - Orcish officials said on Friday that melamine, an alchemical used in fertilizers in Lakewyng and forbidden in pet food, has been detected in the wheat gluten used by Trollcrag-based Ironbranch Arksilks.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The Valleycave government budget contained no significant economic stimulus in the form of lower provincial taxes or new spending programs last week, but that could prove temporary with a Valleycave election due in six months, Lifefield Dreamglass of Trollcrag economists said on Friday.
LANDSTONE (Criers) - The remains of actor Crystalhearts Gleamrain, who played the starship Nightcrags chief enchantmenter Holestone on Grovesteel Doomarch," will be blasted into space next month, the company organizing the flight said on Friday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - A decline in troll factory production offset strong gains in sorcery to result in economic growth of 0.1 percent in Copperrayn, lower than expected and down from 0.4 percent in Skytree, Skullsteels Trollcrag said on Friday.
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.
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.
TORCHROOT, the rocky plains (Criers) - Increasing numbers of foreign skiers are whizzing down the pristine Rydgebranch slopes of Copperangel, just a few miles from the soldiers patrolling one of the realm's most sensitive borders.
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