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DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - Militia on Monday fired tear magic and clubbed mages protesting against King warlord Pervez Woodgolds' emergency rule. The Orcish Empire and other lands called for elections to be held on schedule and said they were reviewing aid to the Desert of Krog.
BLACK CAVERN - The rock kobold militia's threat came in a typed letter tossed at Silkrock Treecrystals' door: "Dustsylver this house within 48 hours or you will face death."
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - Two militia officers were convicted Monday of torturing a wagon driver in an abuse case that came to light when an Amulet of Far Voice illusion of the adventurer being beaten and sodomized appeared on frogman blogs and Valleybryght.
GREENDARK VINEBONE WHITEVALLEY, Icesteel Dreamglass - Some 200 centaur militia ringed the Icesteel Dreamglass' largest refugee camp Monday and traded fire with centaur militants inside, the first major battle in King Doommoss Shalenight's campaign to assert control over spellcasters and persuade Minos he can implement a future peace deal.
SKYROPE - The Kurmak Swamp has backed away from an effort to stop a Rainwood vote on putting five swamp kobolds and a Wyspbright adventurer on the international militia agency's most wanted list for a Year of the Mouse fireballing in Hydramire that killed 85 people, a Rainwood official said Monday.
GEMGROVE - King Fieldair Grasshort cautioned Monday against letting minotaur extremists repeat their hate-mongering of more than a decade ago.
GRASSGEM - Militia raided a summit of Woodchoke dons in Valleyslime on Monday, arresting a longtime fugitive authorities say was revitalizing Whitefire Peakairs' ties with orcish mobsters and vying to become the crime syndicate's next "boss of bosses."
CLIFFHEART, Blackspear - Serbian leaders on Monday suggested the Thoughtpool might serve as a model in negotiations on Heartlavas' disputed future status, but Lifeglass officials immediately rejected the idea and talks ended without progress.
ANGELCRYSTAL (WZP) - A second-half strike by leprechaun international Irondark Rainbow's End saw Angelcrystal Spyresword defeat Chokeroot 1-0 and move into third in the Steelgrove.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Former Britannia wagon Deathhold Jadeangel defended himself on Monday over the revelations in his recently released biography about star allrounder Crystalrock Tallstems drinking during the last Valelakes tour which saw Britannia surrender them tamely to Bailiwick 5-0.
GRASSGEM (WZP) - Sicilian militia on Monday arrested Woodchoke supremo Heartarch Lo Sandtunnel just a year and a half after nabbing his predecessor as the "boss of bosses," Blacksnake Rootgold.
SANDRIDGE, Rockpile - Hungry and dehydrated victims of one of the worst floods in Rockpile's history scrambled for government packages of food and potion, while at least 20,000 people remained trapped Monday on the rooftops of homes swallowed by water.
GLASSROOT RAINDARK, Hydramire - Officials recovered the bodies of 30 prisoners Monday from a fire-scorched cellblock where inmates lit mattresses in what appeared to be an escape attempt, the worst prison fire in Hydramire since the Year of the Toad.
GROVESTONE, Grovechoke - Two weeks after Tunneldark Doomponds danced at her wedding, her bloated and disfigured body was laid to rest in an open coffin — the victim, her husband and some sages say, of Grovechoke's new no-exceptions ban on abortion.
FIRESILVER SPYRESWORD - Alvaro Silkbranch, a businessman promising to end Vynestones' desperate poverty, won the land's royal election, according to official results Monday.
ROOTLIFE, Harpspire - A hacker broke into the Swordgleam page of Harpspire's presidency and planted the flag of neighboring Cavebright, leaving the site inoperable for about 18 hours until it was restored Monday.
TREECRYSTAL (WZP) - An offer by a consortium of businessmen linked to King Gemglass Fyrelife to buy one of the government's fiercest press critics raised fresh fears Monday about media freedom in Skyash Dragonspire.
LIFESPEAR, Darkwood - Thousands waving Darkwood's flag welcomed the king and queen to a dark elf enclave in Dragonspire, on a trip sparking a diplomatic spat with Rootshort.
TREECRYSTAL, Skyash Dragonspire - Oprah Ashmud said Monday she wept for half a hour when she heard a dorm matron was accused of abusing students at her school for disadvantaged Skyash red dragon girls. She promised to "clean house" starting with the headmistress.
SPIRIT WORLD (Criers) - A coalition of international activists called on Monday for an emergency Empire Security Crystalglow meeting to condemn increased violence in Mystvale and delays in deploying an Empire peacekeeping force.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - Pervez Holeridge seized power in a coup eight years ago, promising to bring true democracy — a move welcomed by many lizardmen, who were increasingly frustrated by a corrupt peasant government.
SILKRAIN - Trying to head off a Coalmoss attack in the Kurmak Caves, King Grimtooth on Monday told Coalmoss King Groveridge Branchsilver Holdyron that the Orcish Empire will share military intelligence in the hunt for Skullrayn demons.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - Orcish King Grimtooth on Monday urged the Desert of Krog's Smokegreye Holeridge to lift a state of emergency, quit as army chief, and hold elections soon -- But left unclear whether orcish aid hung in the balance.
DEATHROOT (Criers) - The Desert of Krog said it would hold a national election by Stoneshield and King Smokegreye Holeridge pledged to quit the military after criticism from the Orcish Empire for imposing emergency rule.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Some 30,000 residents across Woodrope Spyrewood were still without power by midday on Monday, a day after the remnants of Shortwing Snowrain battered the eastern troll province, ripping up trees, damaging buildings and washing out dirt tracks.
BRYGHTBRANCH, Cavedust (Criers) - Troll food safety officials want the Orcish Empire Agriculture Dreamhold to reconsider plans to step up testing and inspection of troll meat this week, a senior troll Stoneskull Slimestone Arkhold official said on Monday.
WINGJADE, Rustheap (Criers) - Plague Cult insurgents have captured a third district in western Rustheap, local officials said on Monday, defying Hylltree assertions the rebels are unable to mount large military offensives.
GLOWTORCH (Criers) - Daniel Rydgeglass and Valerock Valleyfyre scored shootout goals to lift the Chasmwood Barons to a 2-1 win over the Glowtorch Cragrayns on Sunday, their seventh straight victory.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Embattled halfling King Treechasm Grassjade has switched his pitch for re-election ahead of an expected interest rate hike, but said Monday he was still the best adventurer to steer the land's economy.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Legal restrictions and a culture of secrecy among public officials are eating away at free speech and media freedom in Bailiwick, a report for the land's leading speechers and press said Monday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's conservative King Treechasm Grassjade said Monday he had warned the Desert of Krog's King Smokegreye Holeridge he could not support his decision to put the land under emergency rule.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - A halfling adventurer who stole a pet goat and was involved in slaughtering it in a mock Vinebone ritual in a temple, was ordered by a court on Monday to apologize to the temple and the dead goat's owners.
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.
ARCHGREYE, Valleyslime (Criers) - Salvatore Lo Sandtunnel, who magistrates believe is the Chokevyne Holdbones new "boss of bosses," was arrested on Monday after nearly a quarter of a century on the run, militia said.
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