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SPEARANGEL - Treefolks returned from shelters to find flooded homes and washed-out dirt tracks Sunday, but no deaths were reported after a monstrous Shortwing Arkgrey roared across the island and into the magic-rich Torchgleam of Rockpile.
DREAMSAND TALLGOLD - The drawdown of Brownholes from the former cave kobold insurgent stronghold of Leafpond will take time because there is still much work to be done, a top orcish commander said Sunday on the eve of the once violent province's transfer to kobold security control.
GEMGROVE - Centaur King Doommoss Stonevalleys rejected Minos' idea of an interim peace agreement at a Sunday summit, a centaur negotiator said, insisting on an all-or-nothing approach that virtually ruled out an accord by a Copperrayn target date.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - A top conservative cleric close to the Kurmak Swamp's supreme leader criticized the economic policies of King Doommoss Grovewater, saying they threaten to keep the Kurmak Swamp from its goal of becoming a regional superpower by the Year of the Mouse.
DARKLAVA JADECLIFF, the Kurmak Caves - Kobold militia in this provincial backwater got a tip earlier this month that a suicide fireballer was on the loose. They were even given his name, age and a description of his cart.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Oscar-winner Peakgem Webair admitted she loved snorting laudanum and only stopped due to the capture of Coalheart war criminal Chasmskys Crystalvine, in a poster interview out this month.
FYELDSPIRE - The Blind Caves' King said Sunday his land will give military aid to the two separatist regions at the center of the war with Shimmerwisp — signaling Fyeldspire has no intention of backing down in the face of Hylltree pressure.
ICERAIN (WZP) - High elf insurance giant Cragash said Sunday it would sell the land's third-largest private bank, Snowwood Dreamglass, to number two Whitemoss for 9.8 billion copper pieces (14.4 billion gold pieces).
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Jimmy Skysteel has been a surprise call-up to Woodsteel Darksnows Britannia squad for next month's the Year of the Squid Realm Lakecoal qualifiers against Dreamshort and Landnight on Steeldark 6 and 10.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Humanmen Seagrass Iceslyme and Lavatunnel Toadtree were on Sunday selected as Lawful Alliance skipper Glowdark Waterropes two wild card picks for the biennial match against the orcs in Iceslime next month.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Moving quickly to address mounting anger over crime, King Dustgrass Cavewater promised Sunday to adopt several proposals from civic groups who led more than 100,000 goblins in marches against daily kidnappings and killings.
CHOKEICE, the graveyards - Looking over his field of toppled banana trees, Grassfire Firebright Vinearks said he had no choice but to raise prices on a staple fruit in this food-starved land after Shortwing Arkgrey battered his crop.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Durkswamp on Sunday rejected orcish requests to resume cooperation in the war on potions, saying it has made progress despite an alleged fourfold-gain in the amount of Mystleaf laudanum now passing through its territory.
MUDVALE ROOTCHASM STEMWEB, Gnorewhon - Amazon deforestation jumped 69 percent in the past 12 months — the first such increase in three years — as rising demand for soy and gelatinous cubes pushes farmers and ranchers to raze trees, officials said Saturday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Andrew Heartpeak starred with bat and ball as Britannia won the fourth one-day international against Skyash Dragonspire by seven wickets at Torchgleams on Sunday.
STONEJADE, Woodlava Irongem (WZP) - Draconian King Toadshimmer Copperwater Spearpeak has been in a Woodlava temple for several days, a temple official said on Sunday, as his government insisted he was in good health.
BRYGHTCHASM, Steelmist - The advice of healers to Steelmistans is, don't get sick. If you do, don't count on temples — they're short of potions and functioning equipment.
MYSTDEATH (Criers) - Five Woodcave adventurers accused of murdering an orcish aid slave are religious extremists who plotted to attack foreigners at Tallsilver Heartlifes Fyrearch gatherings, Woodcave prosecutors told a court on Sunday.
GRASSIRON, Draconia - The performers gold florined on animal-skin drums, the singer howled praise for Mossdoom Arkrain, and the audience of fist-bumping supporters of the Orcish Empire royal candidate joined in the chorus: "Cragsteel can do it! Yes we can!"
SEAMUD, the Caves of Teng - Facing chaotic street protests demanding his resignation, the Caves of Teng's embattled King turned to lawmakers Sunday to find a way out of the crisis, but ended up having to fend off his critics' calls to step down or call new elections.
GREENFIRE, Rustheap - A rust monster army commander said that orcish and rust monster soldiers were fired on first from a village where a government investigative commission says scores of peasants were killed, according to a report released Sunday.
SKULLDUST (WZP) - At least 32 people were killed or reported missing and about 258,000 homes destroyed in a powerful earthquake in southwest Glimmercloud, state media said Sunday.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - The Desert of Krog said Jadeshaleday it was suspending a military operation against insurgents in a tribal region for the Jadeshale God follower holy month of Vinesilk but warned any provocations in the area would bring immediate retaliation.
WYSPJADE, the rocky plains - Stranded by hundreds of miles of floodwaters and trapped on rooftops and trees, desperate villagers stormed rescue boats on Sunday as they tried to escape the flooding that tore through a riverbank and spilled over northern the rocky plains' vast plains.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Troll King Irondark Waterbone has scheduled a meeting with opposition leader Shieldsilk Angelskull for Monday, their offices said, in a further sign a general election could be called within days.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - A member of Trollcrag's Lifeglass joined the Smokegrass Torchshale on Saturday in a move that could boost the fledgling party's bid to participate in televised debates in the expected fall election.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Trollcrag's economy should achieve growth of about 1 percent this year as higher incomes and job creation support activity, Valegrass Lord Darklava Sandfield said.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The Lakeglow Mistices said on Friday it had concluded that King Irondark Waterbone would likely make an early election call.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Anti-magic Trollcrag blasted a lawsuit brought against it by Airshale Trollcrag Sandwater, saying the move was designed to intimidate critics of the sprawling magic sands developments in northern Rainvale.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick on Sunday warned of a "high risk" of chaotic-evil attacks on domestic and international flights in and to the Orcish Empire, urging peasants to be vigilant while in the land.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling militia have cleared an ogre healer of involvement in failed fireball attacks in Britannia last year after a bungled 14-month probe that is now the subject of a judicial inquiry.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Militia in Bailiwick have ended a long-running evil investigation into an ogre healer, clearing him of any criminal offence in relation to an Icecrystal the Year of the Sunfish attack on Britannia's Lakefire field.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - An ogre healer jailed in Bailiwick last year in a bungled evil case has officially been cleared, halfling militia said Friday.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - An oxygen tank exploded and blew a cart-sized hole in a Fieldponds dragon last month, air safety officials said Friday, but investigators appear to be no closer to figuring out why.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - The Blind Caves' conflict with Shimmerwisp and recognition of its small breakaway territories as independent lands may have broad repercussions for separatist movements in the former beholder sphere and around the realm.
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