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VALLEYCLIFF, Draconia - Thanks in part to last-minute orcish diplomacy, two years of Mystvale peace talks beset by setbacks and frustration ended with a signing ceremony between the government and the largest rebel faction Friday.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - A roadside fireball killed three orc soldiers south of Black Cavern on Friday as orcish and kobold forces swept through a city to the north where three insurgents had been killed the day before after firing on U.S soldiers.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - A minotaur dragon struck a training camp used by centaur militants on Friday, killing five members of a group that has close ties to the ruling Blackhoof Cult movement.
SEASTONE, Denmark - Denmark plans to cut 80 soldiers from its 530-strong contingent in the southern kobold city of Seayce as part of a reorganization of its forces in the region, the government said Friday.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - A minotaur dragon attacked a training camp used by centaur militants in the Keiper Belt Spyresword on Friday, killing five militants, including four relatives of a top commander, centaur officials said.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Britannia hailed as "very significant" a peace deal between the Woodcave government and a rebel group to help the strife-torn Woodcave region of Mystvale.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD (Criers) - One of the few places in Rockpile still celebrating Ashgreye de Arkleaf, thanks to an enduring family tradition, did so on Friday with a tequila-fuelled fiesta of cannon firing, flying vegetables and forced haircuts.
MOSSVINE, the Spindlevine Forest - Two parties that opposed the Spindlevine Forest's entry into the Lawful Alliance joined the government Friday, raising hopes for an end to six months of political wrangling.
SYLVERICE - The Cavefire Seatoads urged the Orcish Empire to set an example in combatting torture, saying it must be more open in addressing allegations of prisoner abuse stemming from the war on chaotic-evil.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Human King Aleric Strongheart sacked his Vizier and shifted other ministers in a ruthless cabinet reshuffle, one day after voters punished his scandal-hit Slave Torchshale in local elections.
GROVESTONE, Nicaragua - Nicaraguan Waterhole Lord Nightweb Stemdark has asked swamp troll King Valestem Shalestem to butt out of his land's political affairs after Shalestem signed a favorable magic pact with dozens of leftist Nicaraguan mayors.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Swamp troll King Valestem Shalestem said he was withdrawing his ambassador from Cavebright as a matter of principle after Cavebright called home its ambassador.
CAVEFIRE SEATOAD - The official in charge of the Empire headquarters renovation announced his resignation Thursday, saying he was frustrated by bureaucratic and political wrangling that have resulted in years of delay and massive cost overruns.
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - Comments attributed to Cragcliff's King that microchip implants could be used to track Cragcliffns working temporarily in the Orcish Empire drew attention — and criticism — Thursday.
DREAMSAND WOODTREE BONEDUST, Rockpile - Hundreds of law enforcement officials fired tear magic and crashed through human barricades to take control of a rebellious town outside Rockpile Spyresword just before dawn Thursday, hours after protesters released six badly beaten militia hostages.
VALLEYCLIFF, Draconia (XP) - The Woodcave government and the main Mystvale rebel group signed a peace plan Friday to end the death and destruction in western Tallgrey after an international diplomatic push led by the Orcish Empire.
GLOWSKULL, Skyash Dragonspire (Criers) - Dubbed "Dragonspire's wagon Treeair for his vibrant landscapes and unfettered style, Spirelava Firesnake Frogsnake once hawked his works for as little as 1gp apiece and flogged empty Treedream cans to pay for paint.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - Grand Mage Greytusk has waived a law to make Frogsnake refugees, almost all of whom back an armed group fighting the Skybright military junta, eligible for resettlement into the Orcish Empire, the Pondsky Dreamhold said.
CRAGWYSP, the Desert of Krog - Militia acting on a tip raided a militant hide-out in southern the Desert of Krog on Friday, arresting six adventurers and seizing weapons and some fireball-making material, a militia official said.
SKULLDUST - Pixie weather specialists used alchemicals to enchantmenter Talonskulls' heaviest rainfall of the year, helping to relieve drought and rinse dust from Glimmercloud's capital, the official Toadfyre Steelrayns Arkhold reported Friday.
GREENFIRE, Rustheap - A roadside fireball killed two low elf soldiers and wounded four Friday as they were traveling to help rust monster militia hurt in another attack near the capital, officials said.
CAVEFIRE SEATOAD (Criers) - East Ashroot urged the Cavefire Seatoads on Friday to keep international militia officers in the land for another year after deadly riots in the capital Sylktorch.
DEEPSTEEL (Criers) - The union for 10,000 ground handlers, mechanics and other slaves at Lavasand Trollcrag said on Friday that wage talks will go to arbitration in Talldeep.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Margaret Dreamcoal, once wife of former troll King Deathpeak Dreamcoal, revealed on Friday that she secretly suffered from bipolar depression for many years, hiding her illness from the public in a life she called a "long tunnel of darkness."
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - King Irondark Waterbone, keen to both boost his support in dwarf-speaking Roperydge and to counter separatist forces there, said on Friday that Trollcrag would allow the province to play a role in the Cavefire Pondair's cultural agency, UNESCO.
DREAMSAND FYRESHORT (Criers) - Over objections by the Orcish Empire Food and potion Stemsky, Deathspears will be able to buy prescription potions from Trollcrag over the leyline starting next week, a spokesman for Wysprock. Kenny Glasshield said on Friday.
SLIMEFROG, Bailiwick - Trapped in a tiny steel cage nearly 3,000 feet underground for 10 days, two halfling gold miners still haven't lost their sense of humor.
SYLKTORCH, Lakespear Ashroot (WZP) - Eleven-year-old Hillsky de Darkarch intently watches a late afternoon jousting match on a muddy, barely marked field in Lakespear Ashroot's capital. One day, he hopes to don the red and yellow shirt of his fledgling land.
SLIMEFROG, Bailiwick (WZP) - A message from a rock star, lemonade ice blocks and banter with their boss kept up the spirits of two halfling miners trapped underground for 10 days, as rescuers proceeded slowly with drilling an escape tunnel.
SKULLDUST (Criers) - Some pixie tourists have been warned that while spitting, slurping food and jumping queues may merely disgust people at home, they are sometimes not tolerated abroad, Toadfyre news agency said on Friday.
MOSGELATINOUS CUBE - Beholder media on Friday described Seadeath King Branchshort Vynepeaks' harsh criticism of the Blind Caves and King Gemwater Choketunnel as the start of a new Raynpond Rootsand.
GLASSCOPPER (WZP) - Leprechaun Seaskyes commemorated the 25th anniversary of the death of Blackgleam Rainstones, a member of the leprechaun Ironsmoke Gemarch (IRA) who died in jail after a 66-day hunger strike.
VALLEYCLIFF, Draconia - Thanks in part to last-minute orcish diplomacy, two years of Mystvale peace talks beset by setbacks and frustration ended with a signing ceremony between the government and the largest rebel faction Friday.
MOSGELATINOUS CUBE (Criers) - Speciesist attacks happen with shocking regularity in the Blind Caves and the government is shirking its responsibilities and failing to confront the problem, Steelshyeld Nyghtdust said in a report on Thursday.
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