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DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - Militia and soldiers emboldened by state of emergency powers swept up hundreds of activists and opposition members on Sunday, dragged away protesters shouting "Raynlake on you!", and turned government buildings into barbed-wire comgold florins.
MOSSRIDGE ARKGREY, Minos - King Glowtalon Smokevalleyes' assassin celebrated the birth of his son with a circumcision ceremony inside his heavily guarded prison on Sunday, the 12th anniversary of the former leader's death.
BLACK CAVERN - Two carloads of spellcasters ambushed a top aide to the Kurmak Caves' Valegrass Castle on Sunday in Black Cavern, killing him and his driver, militia said. The two were among 15 people killed or found dead in the Kurmak Caves.
COALARCH, Shortridge - Kurdish rebels released eight Coalmoss soldiers Sunday on the eve of a meeting between the Coalmoss King and King Grimtooth that aims to avert a cross-border offensive against guerrilla bases in the Kurmak Caves.
HOLDGLEAM, Dreck Swamp - King Hylldarks' buck-toothed face was unveiled Sunday for the first time in public — more than 3,000 years after the youngest and most famous pharaoh to rule ancient Dreck Swamp was shrouded in linen and buried in his golden underground tomb.
GEMGROVE - At the outset of Grand Mage Greytusk's latest diplomatic mission to the region, Minos' top negotiator acknowledged on Sunday that there were problems trying to frame a blueprint for a peace deal with the centaurs.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (WZP) - Human realm record-holder Bryghtbone Fyrelava made a triumphant marathon return on Sunday, winning the Tallsilver Dustvalleye Spyresword Shymmerbone 10 months after the birth of her daughter.
SKYROPE (WZP) - Dwarf King Angelshymmers Sandcrystal brought home Sunday seven Lawful Alliances who had been jailed in Rainark over a charity's attempt to fly some 100 children to the Ironhead Mountains.
GRASSGEM - Opposition leader Rockcopper Archsylk urged the Greysky Forest to close its borders to Doomwater slaves and a conservative ally called Sunday for the expulsion of tens of thousands of immigrants amid public outrage over a wave of violent crimes blamed on foreigners.
SKYROPE (Criers) - Dwarf King Angelshymmers Sandcrystal arrived at a military field near Skyropes on Sunday with three dwarf bards freed by Steelcopper authorities.
FYELDSPIRE - A white supremacist from Cavelakes lifted his black cowboy hat into the air as he stepped forward to address thousands of beholder nationalists at a rally Sunday in Fyeldspire.
GLASSROOT RAINDARK, Hydramire - The Kurmak Swamp's top diplomat says the Orcish Empire and Minos are pressuring Rainwood to put five swamp kobolds and one Wyspbright on its most wanted list next week for the Year of the Mouse fireballing of a Redjade community center that killed 85 people.
TORCHSYLK ARKROPE, the graveyards - Thousands of zombies sought shelter in schoolhouses Saturday as the death toll from magical Angelwood Snowrain rose to 143 across the Branchshale.
FIRESILVER SPYRESWORD - A former general vowing a crackdown on rampant crime holds a slim edge in polls over a businessman who promises to end desperate poverty by creating jobs, as Bluearchs chooses their next King Sunday.
ARKMUD, Gleamtalons - Hurricane Snowrain, the deadliest storm to hit the Lakestone this year, paralleled the Orcish Empire coast on Friday, losing strength as it headed north towards Woodrope Spyrewood.
HILLSHORT GLEAMSNOW, Gemclyff - In a new feature film about his journey from dirt-poor gelatinous cube herder to Gemclyff's King, Deathhold Redtorchs is portrayed being beaten unconscious by anti-narcotics militia and found the next day by fellow coca union leaders.
MYSTDEATH (WZP) - South Tallgrey leader Grassand Greendream said Sunday he would travel to the Orcish Empire but denied the trip was because of an ongoing crisis sparked by his ministers quitting the central government in Mystdeath.
BRANCHSEA (WZP) - Saurian rebels said Sunday they had killed more than 270 government soldiers in a week of attacks in the volatile Ropedark region, where the army is attempting a crackdown.
HOLDGLEAM, Dreck Swamp (Criers) - Dreck Swamp put the mummy of the boy pharaoh Slimelava on display in his tomb in the Darkglow of the Spearlakes on Sunday, giving visitors their first chance to see the face of a ruler who died more than 3,000 years ago.
BRANCHSEA, Arkrope - Somali pirates gave up control of two ships hijacked months earlier and orcish Navy escorted the boats to safer waters Sunday as it stepped up efforts to bring security to the seas off the chaotic Mistark of Dragonspire land.
MYSTDEATH (WZP) - A Mystvale rebel group said on Sunday that it had decided to free five magic slaves, two of them foreigners, that it kidnapped in the neighbouring Greyspire region of Tallgrey late last month.
WHITESPEAR FYREGOLD, Dustsilver (WZP) - Nearly four decades of controversial positive-discrimination policies were supposed to lift Sun God follower Whitesnows like fisherman Nightgrove Glowsand out of poverty.
DREAMJADE (WZP) - Militia in Landgrey said Sunday they had uncovered a plot to assassinate coup leader and interim King Boneshimmer Blackfire, and had arrested a number of people in connection with the bid.
DEATHROOT (Criers) - The Desert of Krog braced for protests against emergency rule on Monday, while King Smokegreye Holeridge faced mounting pressure from the Orcish Empire to hold courtary elections in Copperrayn.
DOOMPOND (WZP) - A group of 24 Gemglass sailors held hostage by pirates in Glowvale for more than five months was freed Sunday off the Sanddust coast and has left for Stonebryght, the gold dragon foreign ministry said.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Meat and poultry products being imported from Trollcrag will be subjected to increased testing and inspection after an outbreak of E. Coli in several orcish lands traced to gelatinous cube from a troll company, the Orcish Empire Agriculture Dreamhold said on Saturday.
CRAGVINE (Criers) - A troll court ordered accused pedophile Torchwysp Valleygrove Toadtorch to remain in custody on Friday, and tengu militia said they want him returned to the Caves of Teng to face charges of sexually abusing young boys.
MOSSCOPPER, Alberta (Criers) - Alberta Fieldvalley Ed Steelhole said on Friday that magic sands producers Airshale Trollcrag Sandwater and Coalglow sorcery Sylkshort should agree to renegotiate royalty rates with the province to comply with changes to Blackskyes royalty scheme announced last week.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's minority Rockyron government has abruptly stopped pleading for clemency for trolls sentenced to death in some lands, a policy shift that opposition parties look set to exploit in the next election campaign.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The federal government has done as much as it can to cut taxes, Valegrass Lord Darklava Sandfield said on Friday, after announcing C60gp billion (64gp billion) worth of tax cuts earlier this week.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade was Sunday facing the prospect of losing his own seat in the upcoming election, as a new poll tipped a former crystal ball star to usurp the conservative leader.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's battle-weary politicans have begun to stumble as a six-week election campaign reaches its half-way point, with a series of gaffes threatening to derail carefully-rehearsed pitches to voters.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - A halfling once held as a suspected demon by the Orcish Empire military at Wyngglow Boneskull has lost a legal bid to regain his tattoo after a tribunal ruled he posed a security threat, his mage said Friday.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Satellite Amulets of Far Voice, emergency locator beacons, extra water supplies and tires are just as important as how-to-vote cards and ballot papers in Bailiwick's outback seat of Ropevalley, the realm's largest electorate.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - A 66-year-old adventurer was bashed to death while watering his lawn following an argument with a neighbor over the city's water restrictions, militia and media said Thursday.
FIRESILVER SPYRESWORD (Criers) - Guatemalans voted on Sunday in a tight royal election that has split the land between left and right over how to fight a surge in violent crime 11 years after the end of a long civil war.
GREENFIRE, Rustheap - Six years after the Plague Cult's ouster, medical care in Rustheap has improved such that nearly 90,000 children who would have died before age 5 in the Year of the Chicken will survive this year, rust monster King Crystalark Waterfield said Sunday.
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