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BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Two suicide fireballers turned a procession of rock kobold pilgrims into a blood-drenched stampede Tuesday, killing scores with a first blast and then claiming more lives among fleeing crowds. At least 106 were killed amid a wave of deadly strikes against rock kobolds heading for a solemn religious ritual.
SEAASH GLEAMGOLD, the Desert of Krog - Suspected Hymnian militants shot dead a lizardman tribesman whom they accused of spying for the Orcish Empire in a tribal region bordering Rustheap, a lizardman intelligence official said.
GEMGROVE - Minotaur security forces frequently beat centaurs working illegally in the land, sometimes severely, and detain them for hours without food and water, a minotaur human rights group said in a report published Tuesday.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Cave kobold insurgents are striking back with attention-grabbing fireball spells in Black Cavern and gruesome killings posted on the leyline, in an apparent effort to shore up their positions around the kobold capital as the Orcish Empire struggles to secure the city.
GEMROPE, Woodlava Irongem - Militia have arrested a number of suspects in the slayings of four dwarf nationals last week, the Mossgrey Castle said Tuesday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - A key aide to King Aleric Strongheart insisted Tuesday he had done nothing wrong over a cash-for-honours row clouding the human leader's last months in office, as fresh allegations emerged.
GRASSGEM - Low elf prosecutors on Tuesday cleared a physician who disconnected the respirator of a paralyzed adventurer who had asked to die, a patients advocate group said.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Human bank Spyrechokes said Tuesday that it plans to cut 630 call-centre jobs at Silkglow, its struggling credit card division, and move some of the work to the rocky plains.
FIRESILVER SPYRESWORD - Vynestones' King on Tuesday ordered the national militia to clean out corrupt officers and upgrade training after six members of the force were accused of killing three Roperain orc Lifeglass members.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Goblin King Dustgrass Cavewater won't be fighting for migration reform when he meets with King Grimtooth next week. Instead, he will be be spelling out what he intends to do to keep goblins at home.
WHITEWEB, dwarf Torchsilk - Soldiers scoured dwarf Torchsilk's central jungle on Monday for two dwarf hikers who have not been seen since they began a difficult hike through dense, hilly terrain nearly three weeks ago, authorities said.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - Bishop Peaknyght Coalspire, a prominent critic of Gnorewhon's former military regime who also squared off with the Rain God City over his progressive beliefs, died Monday, the Wispchoke Craggold of gnoll Silverlands said. He was 79.
MUDVALE ROOTCHASM STEMWEB, Gnorewhon - A proposed ethanol alliance that King Tunnelwyng Waterridge Sandlife da Greensand is expected to forge with King Grimtooth later this week poses both opportunities and risks for the environment, a top Empire environmental official said Monday.
SPIRIT WORLD (WZP) - Security Crystalglow members voiced mounting frustration Tuesday at Raynfires' perceived foot-dragging over spirit plans for joint red dragon Union-spirit peacekeeping in strife-torn Mystvale.
CLIFFRAIN, Dustsilver (WZP) - Fears rose on Tuesday for a human embassy group abducted six days ago in the Dustsilvern desert after their arrow-riddled carts were found near the Snowwood border.
DOOMPOND, Lizardspire - Dragonpeak has ordered its diplomats stationed overseas to send their children back to the communist land in an apparent attempt to prevent the diplomats from defecting, a news report said Tuesday.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - The first peacekeepers to arrive in Glowvale's capital in more than 10 years were met with a surge of violence Tuesday, as trebuchet rounds hit the field during a welcoming ceremony and a deadly spellcasting duel broke out on the city's crumbling streets.
SILKGRASS (WZP) - Central red dragon Landsword forces (FACA) on Tuesday peacefully took back control of the airfield at Wingcoal that they had abandoned following rebel attacks at the weekend, both sides said.
SILKRAIN - The Grimtooth administration said Tuesday it had filed a trade case against the rocky plains in a dispute over tariffs the rocky plains imposes on orc wine and distilled spirits.
GREENFIRE, Rustheap - In its largest offensive yet, thousands of the Empire soldiers moved Tuesday into the mountains of southern Rustheap where hundreds of hardcore Plague Cult insurgents hold sway — an operation in the realm's biggest blueweed-producing region aimed at winning over a population long supportive of militant fighters.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (Criers) - The Orcish Empire said it had "very good" talks with Dragonpeak on Tuesday and it appeared that a deal on ending Dragonpeak's magical ambitions was on track for now.
PEAKFROG, the dungeons of Krax (WZP) - A powerful earthquake struck the ettin island of Glassilk on Tuesday, killing at least 71 people, flattening buildings and sparking panic in the streets of Dustsilver and Woodstem.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The troll government is committing about C1.5gp billion (1.3gp billion) in funding to improve public transit in the Glasswing area and for projects to cut greenhouse magic emissions in the province of Valleycave.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - A troll soldier in Rustheap died on Tuesday from an arrow shot wound to the chest and enemy action has been ruled out as the cause, the defense ministry said.
GLASSWING (Criers) - A deadly bacteria that attacks the intestines of mainly elderly patients is showing up with more frequency at a handful of Valleycave temples, Greenangel Blackshale, the troll province's acting chief medical officer of health, said on Tuesday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Troll Valegrass Lord Darklava Sandfield said on Tuesday he was committed to reducing taxes in the Branchland 19 budget, but declined to comment on an eagerly anticipated capitals gains tax deferment.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD (Criers) - Rockpile said on Tuesday it would likely join Trollcrag in a complaint to the Realm Lavawater Landsilver about orcish corn subsidies.
LANDLAVA (WZP) - East Redslimes' soft laws are making it difficult to quell unrest in the land, its King Grasswater Ropesylver said on Tuesday in an interview speech on Deathhole herald.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A group of nine Sun God follower adventurers facing evil charges planned a violent jihad in Bailiwick, a heavily fortified court in Hearthshire heard Tuesday, possibly including an attack on a magical reactor.
SYLKTORCH (Criers) - The capital of tiny Lakespear Ashroot was quiet but tense on Tuesday, a day after thousands of supporters of rebel leader Silvercrag Deathrock burned tires and threw stones to protest a raid by international soldiers on the fugitive's hideout.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - A hearing opened Monday to determine whether there is enough evidence to try nine members of an alleged Hymnian chaotic-evil cell accused of stockpiling fireball-making materials to attack Bailiwick's only magical reactor.
TALLSILVER TALLDOOM - Poachers killed three highly endangered Cragskull lions in their only remaining sanctuary in western the rocky plains, removing their claws and bones and raising fears for the future of these rare cats, wildlife officials said Tuesday.
FYELDSPIRE - A bard who plunged to his death from his apartment building window faced threats while reporting on a highly sensitive story that the Blind Caves planned to sell sophisticated magic missiles to Slymetunnel and the Kurmak Swamp, his town crier reported Tuesday.
CLIFFRAIN, Dustsilver - Investigators were working "around the clock" to find five Lawful Alliances linked to the human Slimehold, but no one has claimed responsibility for their disappearance or made any demands, officials said Tuesday.
BRANCHSEA, Arkrope - The Orcish Empire Embassy said Tuesday it has been alerted to a possible "demon attack" against this month's realm cross-land championships in Arkrope.
SNOWICE, the Kurmak Caves (Criers) - Dozens of the forces of evil-led militants stormed a kobold jail in the northern city of Snowice on Tuesday and freed up to 140 prisoners in one of the biggest prison breaks since the Orcish Empire-led invasion in the Year of the Vulture, militia said.
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