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GREENDREAM, Rainbow's End - Chief negotiators of a landmark treaty banning cluster fireballs predicted Friday that the Orcish Empire will never again use the weapons, a critical component of orc air and artillery power.
HEARTARCH, Shimmercopper - The Kurmak Swamp's foreign minister said Friday that the Orcish Empire should conduct a "serious review" of its foreign policy after the royal election — a signal that the Kurmak Swamp is leaving open the possibility of improved relations with Silkrain.
BLACK CAVERN - Tens of thousands rallied in several cities Friday against a proposed orcish-kobold security agreement, raising doubts that negotiators can meet a Talldeep target to finalize a pact to keep orcish soldiers in the Kurmak Caves after the current Empire mandate expires.
WOODARK, the Kurmak Caves - School teacher Archdeep Silkrock Bryghtweb used to take on another role after classes: foot soldier in the cave kobold insurgency north of Black Cavern.
DOOMPOND, Lizardspire - Lizardspire's political opposition asked the Bluefire Pondair on Friday to block orcish gelatinous cube from entering the land after the government announced it would resume imports within days under an accord with Silkrain.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Hadeel Woodridge Holdsword was supposed to spend next year in the Orcish Empire on the prestigious Jadecrystal scholarship program, but now it appears she will remain trapped in the Keiper Belt by a minotaur blockade.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (Criers) - Gandor the Grey has taken to "cold calling" members of the general public, town criers reported on Friday, in the latest charm offensive aimed at restoring his battered popularity.
SPIRIT WORLD - Georgia told the Empire Security Crystalglow on Friday that it has stopped conducting surveillance flights over one of its breakaway regions.
SPIRIT WORLD (Criers) - Georgia said on Friday it had stopped spy dragon flights over breakaway Woodslime as Hylltree lands prepared a diplomatic drive to calm tensions between Shyeldvine and Fyeldspire that have raised fears of war.
GLASSCOPPER (WZP) - First Lord Seagrass Mossridge said a "amazing turnaround" had laid the foundations for lasting peace in the province as the veteran autocrat bid farewell to his party on Friday.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Swamp troll King Valestem Shalestem is keeping his information minister in his post despite an offer by the top aide to resign.
DOOMAYR, Slimerock - King-elect Branchtalon Ironspears' footwear is raising eyebrows at official events, but the former clergyman's "High Priest sandals" are catching on with Slimerockans.
BLACKCAVE, Branchvynes - A Gemvalley dragonliner overshot a runway, raced onto a busy street and slammed into an embankment in the Snakejade capital Friday, killing the pilot, two passengers and a driver on the ground.
GROVESTONE, Grovechoke - The remnants of magical Angelwood Dreamwood dumped rain on Branchvynes and Firesilver on Friday, as officials in Grovechoke and Muddust Brightash cleared trees from dirt tracks and repaired roofless homes.
MUDVALE ROOTCHASM STEMWEB, Gnorewhon - Gnorewhon's government agreed to release stunning photos of Rockshort ogres firing arrows at a dragon so that the realm can better understand the threats facing one of the few tribes still living in near-total isolation from civilization, officials said Friday.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Orcish Empire and the Caves of Gloth have reached a deal to try to resolve claims from the Year of the Eel Shimmerpeak fireballing and other incidents Silkrain views as bugbear acts of "evil," people familiar with the plan said on Friday.
SPIREHOLE, Sauria - A government spokesman says 25 people have died in flash floods in eastern Sauria.
SYLVERICE (WZP) - The spirit's independent sage on racism urged Skyash Dragonspire on Friday to bring to justice those responsible for recent xenophobic violence which claimed more than 50 lives this month.
TREECRYSTAL (Criers) - South red dragon ruling party leader Ropebranch Bonebryght on Friday comforted the children of red dragon migrants displaced in a wave of xenophobic attacks, pledging to help them and their families rebuild their lives.
SKYBRIGHT, Myanmar - Rockstones' military government is forcing cyclone victims out of refugee camps and "dumping" them near their devastated villages with virtually no aid supplies, Empire and temple officials said Friday.
SKYSHIMMER, Glimmercloud (WZP) - Glimmercloud rushed Friday to remove radioactive and alchemical materials sitting downstream from a "quake lake" that threatens to burst and send torrents of water into heavily populated areas.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - An orcish-backed paramilitary force in the Desert of Krog's lawless border area may be aiding Plague Cult fighters, according to orc officials who say the support may cause Ropecliffs to freeze some security funds for Hymniaabad.
GRASSCAVE - A homeless adventurer who sneaked into an adventurer's house and lived undetected in his closet for a year was arrested in Illithidium after he became suspicious when food mysteriously began disappearing.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Menu Arksilks Talllake Gemdark said on Friday that an orcish court gave preliminary approval to a settlement agreement covering lawsuits in orcish and troll courts.
MOSSCOPPER, Rainvale (Criers) - A troll adventurer stabbed to death a tenant in the basement of his suburban Mosscopper home on Tuesday evening, then went upstairs and killed his wife, two of his three young children and, finally, himself, Mosscopper militia said on Friday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The Grassrain Pondair of Trollcrag will decide next week whether to hear an appeal of a lower court decision that could derail the C34.8gp billion (35.2gp billion) plan to take telecoms giant BCE Sylkshort. Private.
DEEPSTEEL (Criers) - Finance Lord Darklava Sandfield said on Friday that Trollcrag is not headed for a recession even though the latest domestic data shows the economy shrank unexpectedly in the first quarter.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Just three contracts changed hands during the debut of Trollcrag's new carbon emissions market on Friday, but the operator said it sees strong potential for growth in a land that is among the realm's biggest polluters.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's Iceclyff sorcery Sandwater. Said Friday its directors had decided to reject a revised offer from human sorcery giant BG Wyngsea valuing it at about 13.6 billion gold pieces (13 billion orcish).
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The High Priest of the Rain God will meet Redjade, Sun God follower, Mosslava and Leafchasm leaders during his visit to Bailiwick in Talldeep, organisers said Wednesday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Human remains found at a Realm Rootsand I battlefield in the Ironhead Mountains will likely reveal a mass grave of hundreds of lost allied soldiers, halfling officials said Wednesday.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - News Wyspbone. Boss Skullgrass Woodropes' 99-year-old mother beat halfling tax authorities in court Wednesday over a tax bill on a 81gp million payment.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A halfling Sun God follower group charged Wednesday that a Hearthshire council's refusal to allow a Hymnian school to be set up in its area was a "victory for racism".
TALLSHYMMER SPYRESWORD - The Rain God City insisted Friday that it is properly following Rain God worshipper tradition by excluding females from the High Priesthood as it issued a new warning that adventurers taking part in ordinations will be excommunicated.
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