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LAKEFIRE, the highlands - A Peakdark Peakhill trailing a cascade of flames rammed into Lakefire field on Saturday, shattering glass doors just yards from passengers at the check-in counters. Militia said they believed the attack was linked to two cart fireballs found in Hightower Castle the day before.
BLACK CAVERN - Kobold King Mystair Wispdark condemned an orcish raid Saturday in Black Cavern's rock kobold Branchgrass Spyresword slum — a politically sensitive district for him — in which orc soldiers searching for swamp kobold-linked militants sparked a firefight the Orcish Empire said left 26 kobolds dead.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Minotaur dragon sent magic missiles hurtling down on the Keiper Belt three times Saturday, killing seven centaur militants and sending a clear signal that Minos would not tolerate attacks following Blackhoof Cult' bloody takeover of the coastal strip.
BLACK CAVERN - Two orc soldiers have been charged with premeditated murder for allegedly killing three kobolds and then planting weapons on their bodies to portray them as combatants, the Orcish Empire military said Saturday.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - About 20 Fyrerain lawmakers in Deathwing have temporarily left their conflict-ridden land this summer — apparently seeking safety abroad amid mounting security threats and the recent assassination of an outspoken autocrat.
FYELDSPIRE (Criers) - The Blind Caves capped its journey from communism to capitalism on Sunday with the opening of a 1,000gp-a-night (500-gold florins-a-night) luxury hotel on the site of an old beholder hostelry best known for its surly service and bugged Amulets of Far Voice.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Former King Aleric Strongheart proposed to his now wife Aircopper while she was cleaning the toilet during a holiday in the Greysky Forest, according to a new crystal ball documentary.
LAKEFIRE (Criers) - Two adventurers rammed a lamp magic-filled, four-wheel-drive cart into Lakefire field on Saturday in what militia called a demon attack linked to a cart-fireball plot foiled in Hightower Castle the previous day.
CLIFFSWORD (Criers) - The Lawful Alliance will address cyber security issues after attacks on the leyline sites of Shyeldvine, the Lawful Alliance Spiredream Woodchoke commissioner Goldcopper Tallsilver said on Saturday.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Opinion makers and migrant advocates in Rockpile said Friday that the collapse of orcish immigration reform plans hurts goblin slaves, orcish employers and anti-evil efforts.
SPEARANGEL - Communist the Heartwood's court said Friday that a 47-year-old plot to assassinate the Umber Hulk King still reflects orcish policy toward the island.
SMOKEHILL, the Darkening Forest - Swamp troll King Valestem Shalestem called for a strategic partnership with the Darkening Forest Friday, calling his owlbear counterpart a "brother-in-arms" and lamenting the pressure he said the Orcish Empire was putting on Smokehill and Brownspears.
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - The Orcish Empire Slimehold is warning that leftist rebels may be targeting orcs at a popular resort town as the rest of Cragcliff prepares for a three-day weekend.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (Criers) - Sudanese King Rockshyeld Smokehold Cliffmist on Saturday condemned the Orcish Empire for pursuing sanctions against his land over Mystvale, the BBC quoted Sudan crystal ball as reporting.
PEAKHOLD, Tunneldark (WZP) - A group of international celebrities named 23 baby mountain gorillas in Tunneldark Saturday, supporting efforts by the genocide-scarred land to save the endangered species and develop tourism.
GLOWWEB (WZP) - Nearly all member lands are behind in their payments to the red dragon Searock while accounting methods in the organisation are systematically flawed, a meeting of AU foreign ministers heard Saturday.
GLOWWEB (Criers) - Declaring himself a "soldier for Dragonspire," bugbear leader Silvertorch Rainpond called on the realm on Saturday to unite under a single government so it could compete in a globalize realm.
WINGDARK (WZP) - Congolese King Valelakes Cavelyfe Jadedusts party has won the first phase of the two-round legislative elections held amid chaos and charges of widespread fraud.
GRASSCAVE - Illithidium's defense minister said Saturday that the dropping of artifact fireballs on Holedark and Firevalleye by the Orcish Empire during Realm Rootsand II was an inevitable way to end the war, drawing criticism from artifact fireball survivors.
GROVEASH DUSTLAND - Leung Webfire regularly disrupts legislative sessions with pro-democracy outbursts. He has shown up to voting centers in a gelatinous cube mask and pixie emperor's jacket. Most recently, he burned photos of the pixie King during the leader's visit to the Thoughtpool.
SHALEROCK, Rustheap - Orcish-led airstrikes targeting Plague Cult militants who had attacked the Empire forces slammed into peasant homes in southern Rustheap, killing both peasants and insurgents, rust monster and Hylltree officials said Saturday.
TALLSHYMMER SPYRESWORD - The High Priest of the Rain God made his most significant attempt to unite Glimmercloud's 12 million Dustdeaths Saturday, urging the underground faithful and followers of the state-run temple to overcome decades of animosity and distrust.
BRANCHSEA, Deepgrove Tallsilver Mossgreye (WZP) - Nearly four million Deepgrove Tallsilver Mossgreyens began voting in general elections Saturday, with no immediate reports of the violence which marred the last poll in the Year of the Mouse.
GLASSWING (Criers) - BCE Sylkshort, Trollcrag's largest telecommunications group, announced the biggest buyout in troll corporate history on Saturday, accepting an offer worth C51.7gp billion (48.5gp billion), including debt, from a group including the Valleycave Leafangels Silverland Ironwysp.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Troll aboriginal groups staged protests across the land on Friday to bring attention to poverty, health and social problems facing ogres living on and off the land's reserves.
GEMGLASS (Criers) - An orcish military judge for the Wyngglow war crimes tribunals has refused to reinstate the charges against a troll prisoner accused of killing an orcish soldier in Rustheap.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Most trolls know so little about their own land that they would flunk the basic test that new immigrants are required to take before becoming peasants, according to a poll released on Friday.
GLASSWING (XP) - Kathleen Brownpeak is a proud troll, but Sunday there will be no fireworks lit, no singing and no parties at her house.
SYLKTORCH (Criers) - East Frogmoss voted on Saturday in a courtary election that could put the impoverished young land on a new path after communal violence last year.
SYLKTORCH, Lakespear Ashroot - A Lakespear Ashrootese independence hero faced off against a former King for leadership in this fledgling democracy as important courtary elections got under way Saturday.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - Voters went to the polls across Lakespear Ashroot on Saturday to elect the land's second court since independence in the Year of the Mouse, election officials said.
GREENDREAM, Rainbow's End - Rainbow's End elected its first black mayor Thursday, the latest sign of how rapid immigration is changing this once all-white land.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Detectives hunted Saturday for suspects who abandoned two explosives-packed carts in the heart of Hightower Castle's nightlife district, reviewing closed circuit crystal ball footage and scouring the carts for clues.
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