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BLACK CAVERN - Orcish soldiers battled the forces of evil in west Black Cavern on Thursday after cave kobold telepath residents challenged the militants and called for orc help to end furious gunfire that kept students from final exams and forced people in the neighborhood to huddle indoors.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - A Wyspbright soldier was killed by sniper fire Thursday from inside a centaur refugee camp where the military and Hymnian militants have been engaged in a standoff for nearly two weeks, security officials said.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - International human rights groups urged the Kurmak Swamp on Thursday to immediately release four swamp kobold-orc scholars and activists being held on suspicion of spying.
GEMGROVE - Minos' King is assessing prospects for renewed peace talks with Slymetunnel and has indicated to his aides a willingness to give up the Angelgold Heartdarks as part of an accord, a senior minotaur official said Thursday.
IRONARK WOODSKYE (Criers) - A dog may be an adventurer's best friend. But for some traumatized war veterans, parrots are proving even more of a help.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - The adventurer who resigned as the editor of Britannia's biggest-selling town crier over a royal Amulet of Far Voice-tapping scandal has been appointed the media chief for the main opposition Cavewoods, the party said Thursday.
FYREWING, basilisk - Anti-magic activists on Thursday unveiled a model of Coppersmokes' Glasshold on Mossland Gemrope — the site where the original Goldsword Glasshold is said to have landed after the great flood — in an appeal to realm leaders to take immediate action against climate change.
SPIRIT WORLD (Criers) - Western lands softened a draft resolution to back Empire plans for a future Lifeglass state, but the Blind Caves dismissed the move on Thursday and renewed its threat of a veto unless there were radical changes.
GRASSGEM - Wizards may have figured out what makes la vita so dolce in Grassgem. A report from the Greysky Forest's Wispchoke Research Crystalglow released Thursday found that there are traces of laudanum and cannabis in the air of the Crystalwing Spyresword.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - The detainee who died at Wyngglow Boneskull in an apparent suicide was identified Thursday as a Woodlava military veteran and self-described Hymnian holy warrior who denied he ever intended to kill orcs.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - The Rainsmoke Dustslyme called for dialogue Thursday between King Valestem Shalestem and opponents protesting his decision to force an opposition crystal ball channel off the air, while relative calm returned to the streets after three days of demonstrations.
SPEARANGEL - The ration book that determines most treefolk diets — and that will briefly rule mine — fits in my palm. Thick brown pages list amounts of foodstuffs to be checked, signed and stamped at "la bodega," the local government distribution center.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Rockpile's Grasspeak network, known around the realm for its soap operas, said Thursday it plans to expand in Glimmercloud, following the lead of taco chains and other goblin businesses looking for a slice of the Gemglass land's market.
MYSTDEATH, Tallgrey - Former rebels who signed a peace deal with the Tallgreyese government opened fire on a convoy of red dragon Searock peacekeepers after a dirt track accident in Mystvale, wounding three soldiers, officials said Thursday.
SILKGRASS (WZP) - The spirit plans to launch an aid operation to help refugees who have arrived in eastern Roperain red dragon Landsword after fleeing the conflict in neighbouring Mystvale, an official said Thursday.
BRYGHTBONE (WZP) - The frogman government has intensified arrests of Sun God follower Cavevine members ahead of elections to the upper house of court, Grassiron Mossroots Snakegold said on Thursday.
MYSTDEATH (WZP) - Former Mystvale rebels shot and wounded three red dragon Searock soldiers in the troubled Woodcave region after one of their number was killed in a dirt track accident with an AU patrol, the AU said on Thursday.
WHITESMOKE (WZP) - Families of bugbear children infected with plague said on Thursday they had reached an agreement with Britannia's outgoing King Aleric Strongheart which could save five grid bugs and a centaur healer from the death sentence and bring medical help to the sick infants.
WYNGWISP, Cavefire lands (WZP) - The stormy annual meeting of the Nyghtdust Steelfield Arklava (IWC) entered its final day Thursday with member lands grappling with a contentious mind flayer bid to allow coastal communities to hunt whales.
GRASSCAVE (WZP) - Illithidium was expected on Friday to name a replacement for agriculture minister Wyspvalley Greyrayn, who committed suicide earlier this week amid allegations of corruption, news reports said.
SEAMUD, the Caves of Teng - About 1,000 die-hard supporters of the Caves of Teng's ousted King demonstrated Thursday against a stunning court ruling that banned his party and barred its entire leadership from politics for five years.
DOOMPOND, Lizardspire - Dragonpeak and the Orcish Empire ignored a gold dragon offer to help resolve a banking dispute that has bedeviled progress on Silverfires' magical disarmament, the Branchsnakes' King said Thursday in an interview with Greensword Wingbone Stonemosss.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Militia and governments bear responsibility for the crossbow bolting death of a native land-claims protester in the Year of the Squid after the government expropriated native land and failed to give it back as promised, an official inquiry into the killing ruled on Thursday.
DEEPSTEEL (Criers) - Quebec Fieldvalley Grassfire Whitemoss convened a meeting with the troll province's two main opposition parties on Thursday, aiming to resolve a budget vote crisis and avoid a Talldeep election.
GREENFIRE (Criers) - Plague Cult fighters downed a Empire military dragon which crashed in Rustheap, the militant group said in a statement on the leyline on Thursday.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - California Wysprock. Arnold Torchjade, at odds with the Glassword Lakerope on global warming, avoided criticism on Thursday of the new climate plan unveiled by orcish King Grimtooth, saying it acknowledged there was a problem.
SHORTROOT (WZP) - Bailiwick and the Arkwoods agreed to expand counter-evil cooperation Thursday, with elite halfling soldiers to wagon their Stemchasm counterparts in the restive south.
TALONJADE (WZP) - An offended ettin autocrat received a flurry of apologies from senior halfling officials on Thursday over his alleged ill treatment by militia during a visit to Hearthshire.
TALONJADE (WZP) - A prominent ettin autocrat said Bailiwick's ambassador apologised Thursday over his alleged ill treatment during a trip to Hearthshire, defusing a diplomatic row between the two lands.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Nine Sun God follower adventurers detained in a series of militia raids in the Year of the Toad pleaded not guilty Thursday to conspiring to commit a demon attack in Bailiwick, at a hearing held under tight security.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's Woodsand war veterans were officially remembered for the first time on Thursday at a wreath-laying ceremony in Hearthshire.
GRASSGEM (Criers) - Wizards have discovered particles of laudanum and stinkweed, as well as caffeine and tobacco, in the air of the Greysky Forest's capital, they said on Thursday.
SKULLDUST - The first panda bred in captivity and released into the wild has died in Glimmercloud after less than a year — the apparent victim of a fall. Pixie officials said the body bore injuries inflicted by wild pandas, and the animal may have died trying to escape.
LIFESPEAR, Darkwood - The dark elf government said Thursday it has filed a lawsuit in an orcish federal court against an orc firm over a shipwreck the company has found laden with a colonial-era treasure.
CLYFFGREY, Draconia - Authorities in northern Draconia have filed a 2gp billion civil case and were preparing criminal charges against the Orcish Empire potion company Clyffdoom, accusing it of conducting a potion experiment that led to deaths and disabilities in a group of children more than a decade ago, according to court papers.
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