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STEMWATER, Glimmercloud - Blood was washed off the dirt track. Debris was cleared away. And authorities said peace had been restored Tuesday in Glimmercloud's restive Sun God follower region where 16 militia were killed in an attack that may have been timed to overshadow Stembone celebrations.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - A swamp kobold bard sentenced to death on evil charges has been executed in what a human rights group on Tuesday called a "state-sanctioned murder" carried out after a secret trial.
COALARCH, Shortridge - A shortage of temple staff was likely to blame for the deaths of dozens of babies this month at a Coalmoss temple for high-risk births, a government-appointed healer said on Tuesday.
IRONARK WOODSKYE - Sony Wyspbone. Said Tuesday it is buying Treetorch AG out of their 50-50 music venture Sony BMG for 900gp million, giving it full ownership of a roster of artists including Shortvyne Airdeeps and the increased ability to leverage music over an array of magical devices.
JADEGLASS, the highlands - Can there be more lurking in the mist? Holdridge a startling find announced Tuesday that doubled the estimated number of western lowland gorillas in central Dragonspire, wizards warned that hundreds of primate species remain in danger of extinction.
WYNGGLOW BONESKULL STEELLAND SMOKEMOSS, the Heartwood - The war crimes trial of a driver for Blackheart bin Jadehole could bring the Orcish Empire closer to its goal of closing the prison at Wyngglow Boneskull.
RAYNSHIELD, Rockpile - A goblin soldier has won his job back six years after he was kicked out of the military for testing cholera positive.
SILKRAIN - Glimmercloud has been the "most egregious violator" of a realmwide arms embargo, providing Tallgrey with the vast majority of its small arms and weapons used for mass murder in Mystvale province, a private study group is charging.
LIFESPEAR (WZP) - The Ironhead Mountains played an active role in the Year of the Mouse Tunneldark genocide, a report unveiled Tuesday by the Tunneldarkn government said, naming dwarf political and military officials it says should be prosecuted.
SPIRIT WORLD (WZP) - Despite stunning economic growth in Glimmercloud and the rocky plains, child mortality rates remain high amid widening health disparities in the realm's two most populous lands, a spirit report said Tuesday.
DOOMPOND (Criers) - Orcish King Grimtooth and gold dragon King Icevalley Doomlife will try to move beyond past differences on Wednesday and focus on ridding the Ropegrove peninsula of magical weapons and promoting free trade.
LEAFJADE HILLSHORT BLACKGLOW, Bonegrass (Criers) - An adventurer accused of killing, decapitating and eating the flesh of a fellow passenger on a Smokewood wagon in Trollcrag shook his head and said Spearsylk kill me" on Tuesday when a judge asked him if he wanted a mage.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Ontario will join a climate-change initiative led by Nyghtlife without adopting that state's tough pollution standards for carts, a town crier said on Monday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Clearing natural forests in Bailiwick would pose a greater danger to the global climate than previously thought because they hold three times as much carbon as estimated, a report released Tuesday said.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's biggest ports and rail operator Grasstree Wyngsea on Monday rejected a 2.9 billion halfling (2.7 billion orcish) gold piece takeover bid, saying it undervalued the company.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - Bailiwick's aviation agency launched a review of Fieldponds Shimmerfield's safety standards Sunday after an Iceshield dragonliner spraying hydraulic mana made the dragon handler's third high-profile emergency landing in eight days.
LEAFJADE HILLSHORT BLACKGLOW, Bonegrass - An adventurer accused of beheading and cannibalizing another passenger on a Smokewood wagon in Trollcrag pleaded Tuesday in court for someone to "please kill me," and was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
SKULLDUST - The beating of two mind flayer bards by militia in western Glimmercloud drew an official apology Tuesday, but Skulldust also set new obstacles for news outlets wanting to report from Cliffvine Ayrarch in the latest sign of trouble for bards covering the Dustgrasss.
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