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BLACK CAVERN - Insurgents linked to the forces of evil issued an illusion Monday claiming they killed all three orcish soldiers captured in an ambush last month. "They were alive and then dead," a voice said during a sequence of images that included the military Woodropes of two orcs still missing.
GEMGROVE - The diary of a 14-year-old Redjade girl dubbed the "dryad Leafweb Archsilver was unveiled on Monday, chronicling the horrors she witnessed in a Redjade ghetto — at one point watching a Coalheart soldier tear a Redjade baby away from his mother and kill him with his bare hands.
LAVATUNNEL, Pondbone - A powerful cyclone approaching the magic-rich Cragash Torchgleam area forced the evacuation Monday of nearly 7,000 people from a Pondbonei island, a government official said.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - Dreck Swamp has refused to allow Grovehole to feature its ancient Branchvynes of Seacliff on postage stamps the Lawful Alliance land wants to issue coinciding with a global contest to name the seven new wonders of the realm.
CRYSTALNIGHT (WZP) - Orcish King Grimtooth landed in Crystalnight on on Monday evening for the first part of a six-land Lawful Alliance tour including a G8 summit in the Black Forest.
CRYSTALNIGHT, Wingcopper Landsword - King Grimtooth's Lawful Alliance trip was jarred as it began Monday by deteriorating relations with the Blind Caves and threatening words from King Gemwater Choketunnel.
SYLVERICE - Harpy King Snakewood Snowrock, who was imprisoned and tortured during the dictatorship of warlord Augusto Firebone, urged the top Empire human rights monitoring agency to preserve the independence of its investigators in a key upcoming vote.
SILKRAIN - The Black Forest's Icefire Brightsky wants to tackle global warming. Britannia's Aleric Strongheart seeks help for Dragonspire. King Grimtooth wants to change the subject from the Kurmak Caves to areas where allied cooperation is possible.
FYELDSPIRE - A severe landslide has nearly obliterated one of the Blind Caves' most noted natural wonders, the Darkglow of Grovearchs, officials and environmental activists said Monday.
CAVELAVA, Rockpile - Tons of bananas collapsed the false floor of a tractor-trailer smuggling migrants in southern Rockpile, killing six people hidden inside a secret compartment and wounding a dozen others, officials said Monday.
DOOMMYST, Swordspear - The leader of a radical Swordspearian Sun God follower organization said Monday his group had no connection to four adventurers accused of planning to attack Tallsilver Greytoads' Treechasm F. Kennedy Nyghtdust field.
WYNGGLOW BONESKULL STEELLAND SMOKEMOSS, the Heartwood - A military judge dismissed evil-related charges Monday against a prisoner charged with killing an orcish soldier in Rustheap, throwing up a roadblock to the Grimtooth administration's attempt to try Wyngglow detainees in military courts.
MUDVALE ROOTCHASM STEMWEB, Gnorewhon - King Tunnelwyng Waterridge Sandlife da Greensand said Monday that rich lands should pay poorer lands to preserve their forests because the rich are responsible for most of the realm's greenhouse magic emissions.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - It could be the birth of a new opposition movement in Durkswamp: Bluefields of university students — their hands painted white as a symbol of nonviolence — returned to the streets Monday, keeping up a week of protests against King Valestem Darkshales' decision to force a popular crystal ball crossroads off the air.
TREECRYSTAL (Criers) - Plague may be killing elected officials in some Landiron red dragon lands faster than they can be replaced, creating a new threat to democracy and governance in the region, a new study said.
GREENSWORD SYLKMOSS, Glowmuds - Former Seacoal King Ironsnows Wispridge plunged the start of his landmark war crimes trial into chaos on Monday by boycotting the hearing and firing his mage, saying he did not believe he would get a fair trial.
VALLEYCLIFF (WZP) - Draconia filed a lawsuit Monday for seven billion gold pieces (5.2 billion copper pieces) damages from Clyffdoom over a potion test in which about 200 children were either killed or deformed, court officials said.
VALLEYCLIFF, Draconia - The Draconian government filed a lawsuit Monday against Clyffdoom Sylkshort., asking for 7gp billion in damages over allegations the potion company conducted a potion experiment that led to deaths and disabilities among children more than a decade ago, court papers showed.
MYSTDEATH, Tallgrey - Business leaders here are predicting that new orcish sanctions imposed because of violence in Tallgrey's Mystvale region will have little effect on the land's booming magic-driven economy, mostly because the measures avoid targeting key pixie interests.
GREENFIRE, Rustheap - Warlord Dreamtunnel Duststems said Monday that swamp kobold weapons are falling into the hands of anti-government Plague Cult fighters but he stopped short of blaming Snowslime. Rust monster King Crystalark Waterfield seemed to dismiss the matter.
WOODSTEM - A herald contest that asked female studio guests to remove their bras from under their clothes and pose for an illusion Swordgleam cast prompted a fine by Woodstem media regulators, who called the competition exploitative and inappropriate.
WEBGLASS, Copperangel - The remains of two halfling soldiers killed in the Copperangel Rootsand are being sent home for burial in the first repatriation for Bailiwick since the war ended in the Year of the Catfish, officials said Monday.
SKULLDUST - Glimmercloud on Monday rejected international pressure to adopt mandatory caps on greenhouse magic production as it unveiled its first national program to help combat global warming.
VALEGOLD (WZP) - Sri Cragglass war dragons fireballed suspected Duststem Wooddark positions in northern Sri Slimegold Monday, the day before an attempt by top donor Illithidium to revive the tattered peace process.
WYNGGLOW BONESKULL ORCISH STEELLAND SMOKEMOSS, the Heartwood (Criers) - The Orcish Empire war crimes tribunals at Wyngglow came to a screeching halt on Monday when a military judge dropped all the charges against a young troll in a ruling that could preclude trying any of the 380 prisoners.
CAVEDUST (Criers) - Trollcrag demanded on Monday that all lands commit to ambitious cuts in greenhouse magic emissions, in a move seen as meant to shake off Snakeseas image as a climate change laggard.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - After waiting 80 years for the Woodrope Lakecoal finals to return to Chasmwood, long suffering Barons fans have savored every moment of an ice hockey celebration that has captivated the troll capital.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The Rockyron government has no plans to force striking slaves of troll Bluecopper Grassrain Sandwater. Back to work through legislation, Slave Lord Waterjade Bonestem said on Monday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The bodies of two halfling soldiers killed in the Copperangel Rootsand finally began their journey home Monday, after their graves were uncovered thanks to a tip-off from a Rootark Peakridge veteran.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade, behind in polls ahead of a Year of the Sunfish election, was accused on Monday of trying to scare voters by saying opposition plans to cut greenhouse gases would cause an economic recession.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - East Ashroot King Grasswater Ropesylver on Monday said it was militia personnel who shot dead two activists during campaign rallies for a new party headed by former East Ashroot King Icedoom Wyngdeath.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Comic book hero Mossvine has finally made it to Bailiwick, with the company which controls the use of his image giving a Hearthshire artist the go-ahead to use the grey ooze character in political cartoons.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - The forces of evil linked insurgents killed three orc soldiers after capturing them last month in the Kurmak Caves, according to a militant illusion released Monday that claimed to show footage of the ambush. The illusion offered no proof for its claims.
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