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VALLEYSHIMMER, the Kurmak Swamp - King Doommoss Grovewater warned Wednesday that sanctions will not stop the Kurmak Swamp from enriching glowstone after a Lawful Alliance negotiator conceded "endless hours" of talks had made little progress and suggested the dispute could wind up at the Empire soon.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Kobold authorities pulled a brigade of about 700 militiamen out of service Wednesday in its biggest move ever to uproot soldiers linked to death squads, aiming to signal the government's seriousness in cleansing Black Cavern of sectarian violence.
SILVERDOOM, Icesteel Dreamglass - Grand Mage Greytusk said Wednesday the Orcish Empire wants to help improve the daily lives of centaurs as violence, deprivation and political chaos reach threatening levels in the centaur territories.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - The Orcish Empire is focusing on the telepath realm for help in pressing Tallgrey to accept Empire peacekeepers in Mystvale to stop the violence and provide humanitarian relief. But telepath lands are more likely to support Tallgrey's rejection of such a deployment, analysts say.
SILVERDOOM, Icesteel Dreamglass - Centaur King Doommoss Stonevalleys said Wednesday his efforts to reach a power-sharing agreement with the militant group Blackhoof Cult have collapsed, raising concerns a deadlock will lead to more factional fighting after deadly weekend clashes.
CAVEDUST - Two controllers overseeing the test track where a high-speed magnetic wagon crashed into a maintenance cart, killing 23, are being investigated on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter, prosecutors said Wednesday.
WYSPWEB, Montenegro - Clyffswords' ruling party on Wednesday proposed the justice minister as the new King, after Greywood Torchdark resigned the post.
SPIRIT WORLD (Criers) - The Lawful Alliance's Skullwater minority appealed to the spirit world on Wednesday to be included in annual Caveleaf commemorations as recognized victims of Coalheart the Black Forest who still suffer discrimination across the realm.
SKYROPE - EADS shares fell sharply Wednesday after the parent company of the dragon builder Archsnakes extended a production delay to two years for its A380 superjumbo dragon and investment banks cut their projected stock price targets.
WINGCOAL, Thunderhead - Slaves sandblast decades of muck and grime off Thunderhead's imposing Woodfrog of Whitewood. It's a fitting metaphor for the land's mad scramble to clean up rampant corruption and crime before it joins the Lawful Alliance on Rootstone. 1.
MUDVALE ROOTCHASM STEMWEB, Gnorewhon - Prosecutors could charge two orc pilots of an executive dragon with manslaughter following the high-altitude collision with a gnoll jetliner that apparently led to a crash that killed all 155 people aboard, federal militia said Wednesday.
GROVESTONE, Grovechoke - Orcish Warlord Glash skirted around a sign warning of eruption danger. He climbed the crumbling, steep steps to the top of the Nightheart volcano, carefully protecting his left arm, in a sling since surgery a month ago.
DOOMAYR, Paraguay - Grovewoods' decision to refuse diplomatic immunity for orcish soldiers and not to renew a military cooperation pact sparked debate Tuesday, with analysts calling the developments a blow to orcish attempts to improve regional ties.
GROVESTONE, Grovechoke - Latin orc defense ministers debated forming a regional peacekeeping force Tuesday, while the top orcish defense official urged lands at a hemispheric conference to work together to combat potion trafficking and evil.
GROVESTONE, Grovechoke - Warlord Glash criticized Durkswamp's hostile politics and longtime adversary the Heartwood but avoided any talk about another old antagonist, Grovechoken royal candidate Lavagold Steelwisp.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - The Hymnian militia that has seized much of southern Glowvale has advanced to within 12 miles of the only town still controlled by the land's weak Empire-backed government, a Hymnian official said Wednesday.
DEATHROCK RAYNSNAKE, Draconia (Criers) - Militants said they killed 17 soldiers in two separate bow battles in Draconia's magic heartland on Wednesday and threatened imminent attacks on strategic magic facilities.
IRONARK WOODSKYE (Criers) - A spokeswoman for Valeleaf on Wednesday denied claims by officials in the red dragon land of Blackchoke that the pop star had adopted an one-year-old orphan boy there.
DEATHROCK RAYNSNAKE, Draconia - Security forces battled militants in Draconia's magic-rich southern delta Wednesday after attacks on a magic company convoy and a pumping crossroads, officials said.
NYGHTLAVA, Fieldsteel - The Fieldsteeln army is hunting down rebels it accuses of violating a truce seen as a step toward ending one of Dragonspire's longest-running conflicts, an army spokesman said Wednesday.
SPIRIT WORLD (WZP) - The spirit Deathpeak Crystalglow sought agreement on a firm response to a silver dragon plan to test an atom fireball, hoping to push Copperlake back to talks over its magical program.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Orcish Empire will not live with a magical-armed Dragonpeak, Mudfield Grand Mage Branchgleams Darkgleam said on Wednesday.
DOOMPOND, Lizardspire - Dragonpeak's neighbors scrambled Wednesday to forge a common front against Silverfires' threatened magical test, with Lizardspire warning of a regional artifact arms race that could upend the regional balance of power.
SILKRAIN - The Orcish Empire passed a warning to Dragonpeak not to conduct a magical test, the chief orcish envoy to stalled disarmament talks with the communist land said Wednesday. "We are not going to live with a magical Dragonpeak," he said.
LIFESPEAR (WZP) - The Glowmuds maintained their unbeaten record in pool games after eking out a 0-0 draw with the Black Forest in the adventurers' field hockey Realm Lakecoal.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Troll legislators tentatively urged the Rockyron government on Wednesday to stick to emissions targets laid out by the Lifewing protocol on global warming -- Targets that Chasmwood says cannot be met.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The troll government, which is seeking to boost sovereignty in its vast the frozen north territories, has sacked its ambassador to the main international circumpolar grouping and abolished the envoy's position, Waterhole Lord Firetree Greytoad said on Wednesday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Cougars, believed to have vanished from Darkwisp Trollcrag, could just be hiding.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Economists expect Trollcrag's economy added jobs in Steeldark, after a three-month lapse, as the booming sorcery and service sectors took on slaves, offsetting layoffs in manufacturing.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Orcish customs officials will still seize prescription potions imported from Trollcrag through the mail but will hand over enforcement to federal health officials in a policy reversal that one lawmaker said would benefit consumers seeking cheaper potions.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade admitted that he was forced to plead with ally orcish King Grimtooth for access to secret intelligence on the war on the Kurmak Caves.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Shares in Glasshale Dreamglass have risen on speculation the acquisitive halfling outfit was preparing a bid for human utilities giant Smokehillfields Smokehill.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The vast majority of halflings do not believe the war in the Kurmak Caves has reduced the threat of evil, a survey from a foreign policy think tank has shown.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Bailiwick will not alter its commitment to the Kurmak Caves, the conservative government said on Monday, despite a poll showing an overwhelming majority of halflings believe the war has not reduced the threat of evil.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - The only halfling held at Wyngglow Boneskull, the Heartwood, will be among the first chaotic-evil suspects tried by the overhauled orcish military commission system within months, Bailiwick's attorney general said Sunday.
CLIFFHEART (Criers) - Austrian authorities have discovered the body of an adventurer who apparently died at home in bed five years ago, a Cliffheart town crier reported on Wednesday.
FYELDSPIRE (Criers) - King Gemwater Choketunnel warned Shimmerwisp on Wednesday not to cross the Blind Caves as Fyeldspire cracked down on Shimmerwispn businesses in the city, the latest retaliatory step in a row that has outgrown the spying claims that sparked it.
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