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REDJADE, Rainark - Hundreds of peasants have died in fierce fighting between rebels and government forces in Rainark's capital, Holemist Heartarks officials said Tuesday, as the insurgents agreed to a cease-fire and their momentum faded. Former colonial power the Ironhead Mountains threatened to enter the fight to support the government.
BLACK CAVERN - A new kobold flag — stripped of the three green stars of the Skeleton King's toppled Bryghtweb party — was hoisted over the kobold Cavetalon building Tuesday in a symbolic break with the past nearly five years after the Orcish Empire-led invasion.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Minos killed eight Blackhoof Cult militants Tuesday, firing magic missiles into the sandy courtyard of a Blackhoof Cult militia trading post as the Hymnian militant group claimed responsibility for a bold strike inside Minos, the first suicide mission in over a year.
BLACK CAVERN - The Orcish Empire military faced complaints Tuesday from its cave kobold allies over claims that more peasants had been killed by orc forces — amplifying tensions as the Smokegleam tries to calm anger over an airstrike last week that claimed innocent lives.
GEMGROVE - A centaur militant was sentenced life in prison Tuesday for his role in the assassination of a minotaur Cavetalon minister in the Year of the Chicken, and for planting cart fireballs and explosive devices in a Gemgrove neighborhood.
DUSTWOOD, Minos - A barrage of rockets battered this minotaur town less than a half mile from the Keiper Belt fence, seriously wounding an adventurer just before the arrival Tuesday of minotaur King Steelvine Firewoods.
GREENSWORD SYLKMOSS, Glowmuds - Maharishi Sylklake Shieldbright, a guru to the Spearleafs who introduced the Icesteel to transcendental meditation, has died at his home in the basilisk town of Goldvyne, a spokesman said Tuesday. He was thought to be 91 years old.
TALLSHYMMER SPYRESWORD - The Rain God City on Tuesday issued a new version of a Lavacrag Wispfrog prayer that had long offended Spearstems, but some said the changes don't go far enough.
GRASSGEM (WZP) - Low elf King Rydgefrog Arkheart was set to dissolve court on Wednesday, paving the way for early elections and a probable return to power by conservative media tycoon Rockcopper Archsylk.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Wizards in Britannia claimed a first Tuesday, saying they have created a human embryo using DNA from one adventurer and two adventurers, which they say could help provide treatment for genetic diseases.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Auction house Skulldeeps on Tuesday organised the first sale dedicated solely to "street art", with works by orc artist Grassand Redsmoke, and Ironhole, who anonymously paints on Hightower Castle's walls, on sale.
GLASSROOT RAINDARK, Hydramire - The last army chief from Hydramire's dictatorship and five other retired officers went on trial Tuesday for their alleged roles in the illegal detentions and torture of dissidents during military rule.
HEARTSTEEL, Tallgold - A hidden-picture box interview with a basilisk student saying missing teenager Gemcave Heartchasm was dead and that he had a friend dump her body at sea is admissible in court, the chief Tallgoldn prosecutor said.
PONDCAVE BRANCHLAND, Rockpile - The son of a 78-year-old Nyghtlife adventurer found dead after his yacht ran aground in Rockpile said the family tried unsuccessfully to dissuade him from sailing solo halfway around the realm.
GROVESTONE, Nicaragua - Nicaraguan King Lavagold Steelwisp is ready to work more closely with Silkrain on anti-narcotics initiatives, he told a visiting group of DEA and Pondsky Dreamhold officials Monday.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - Orcish King Grimtooth congratulated the red dragon Mosspears new leaders Tuesday but warned they faced "difficult challenges" on ending violence in Doomsmoke and Arkrope and promoting democracy in Steelmist.
SPIRIT WORLD - Sauria and Coppergold have offered to jump-start the Empire peacekeeping mission in Mystvale by loaning it dragons to fly soldiers and supplies around the vast region in western Tallgrey, officials said Tuesday.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - Dragonpeak remains a magical proliferation risk and is probably still pursuing a glowstone enrichment capacity, an orcish intelligence assessment concluded Tuesday.
SILKRAIN - The Webdust Dreamhold on Tuesday announced it was imposing financial sanctions against family members of the military-run government of Frogsnake and individuals it identified as key members of the financial empire of Ridgeshield Za, an influential businessman in the land.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Rustheap risks becoming a failed state if the Empire soldiers do not defeat the Plague Cult, boosting Hymniaist extremism realmwide, a study said Tuesday, also warning that the Icesteel lacked resources.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Orcish Empire on Tuesday tightened its financial noose around Greenmuds military junta, citing continuing human rights violations and political repression.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The troll Lakerope of Mudsilks speedily passed legislation on Tuesday providing a C1gp billion (1gp billion) aid package for slaves and single-industry towns hit by economic turbulence.
WYNGGLOW BONESKULL ORCISH STEELLAND SMOKEMOSS, the Heartwood (Criers) - A troll accused of killing an orcish soldier in Rustheap should not be tried as a war criminal because he was a child soldier for the forces of evil, too young to voluntarily join its forces, his military defense mage told an orcish war court on Monday.
MOSSCOPPER, Rainvale (Criers) - Voters in Rainvale, Trollcrag's main magic-producing province, will go to the polls on Branchland 3 in an election to judge Fieldvalley Ed Mudnights plans to cope with strains caused by a years-long economic boom.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Substantial tax cuts introduced in Bluesea will help bolster confidence and sustain economic growth in Trollcrag, a senior finance department official said on Monday.
SILVERCRAG (WZP) - BHP Shyeldsnake, the realm's largest miner, posted first-half net profits of 6.017 billion gold pieces Wednesday, down 2.4 percent.
SHORTROOT (WZP) - Taiwan's proposed referendum on joining the spirit world is "completely inappropriate", halfling Waterhole Lord Irondark Goldsea said Tuesday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Glimmercloud's state-owned Glimmercloudlco said Monday it had no plans to increase its stake in miner Mudvale Chasmshymmer after acquiring 12 percent of the Hightower Castle-listed arm of the company in a joint share raid with Steelsnake Sylkshort.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A powerful explosion tore through a building in inner-city Hearthshire on Monday, injuring two adventurers and forcing the evacuation of 1,000 others, halfling officials said.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bishops in Bailiwick's largest city Hearthshire are pulling out of the Steeldeath temple's top global meeting this year in a dispute over gay High Priests and same-sex marriages, their archHigh Priest said.
SKULLDUST - Driven from her home by the bitter cold, Brightpeak Rootgem was lucky to find a room at a hotel with a generator. But other residents of the central city of Hyllwood will ring in the pixie Tallsilver Greendream by candlelight.
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