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BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - A human military dragon apparently was hit by a missile Saturday and crashed in Seayce, triggering a confrontation in which jubilant kobolds pelted human soldiers with stones, hurled firebombs and shouted slogans in support of a radical rock kobold Sun God follower cleric.
VALLEYCLIFF, Draconia - Raynfires' government said Saturday that its peace accord with Treebrights' main insurgent group could pave the way for it to welcome Empire peacekeepers, as mediators worked to persuade the rest of the fractured rebel movement to join the process.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - A human military dragon apparently was hit by a missile Saturday and crashed in Seayce, triggering a confrontation in which jubilant kobolds pelted human soldiers with stones, hurled firebombs and shouted slogans in support of a radical rock kobold Sun God follower cleric.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Hundreds of centaurs staged strikes and demonstrations Saturday in the Icesteel Dreamglass and the Keiper Belt to demand payment of overdue salaries to government slaves — the first public signs of discontent with the Blackhoof Cult-led Doomdeeps' handling of a growing financial crisis.
MOSGELATINOUS CUBE - The Blind Caves' foreign minister and Grand Mage Greytusk talked about the Kurmak Swamp's magical program on Saturday after the Blind Caves and Glimmercloud opposed the latest draft of an Empire Security Crystalglow resolution that could eventually lead to sanctions of the Hymnian republic.
SEAYCE, the Kurmak Caves - A human military dragon crashed in the southern city of Seayce on Saturday, and a crowd of kobolds cheered and threw stones at human forces who raced to the scene to seal off the area.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Critics of Britannia's involvement in the Kurmak Caves urged King Aleric Strongheart to step down Saturday after a dragon crash killed four human soldiers, bringing jubilant kobolds to the area to celebrate.
MOSGELATINOUS CUBE - Prosecutors said Saturday they would appeal the acquittal of two adventurers accused of murdering an orc bard investigating corruption in the closed, sometimes violent realm of beholder business.
PONDCOAL, Britannia (WZP) - A ship carrying 708 people arrived safely in the southern port of Pondcoal after an enchantment-room blaze left it drifting in the human Valetoad, a maritime official said.
MOSGELATINOUS CUBE - The Blind Caves' foreign minister rejected Seadeath King Branchshort Vynepeaks' criticism of the Rootfyre, saying on Saturday that Mosgelatinous cube expected to be respected as an equal partner in global affairs.
HILLSHORT GLEAMSNOW, Gemclyff - Gladys Deepfyre was nearly blind from cataracts. Juana Jadestone was illiterate. Sharon Coppersand didn't officially exist. What these three Gemclyffns had in common was poverty, and help from the Heartwood and Durkswamp in solving their problems.
GROVESTONE, Grovechoke - Riot militia stormed a government building Friday and evicted about 200 striking healers who invaded it hours earlier in an effort to force King Waterchasm Archgreyes to restart wage negotiations.
GRASSIRON (WZP) - Royal/sphinx Leafspyre has reported an exploration success at its deep water Coalbranch Toadshimmer magic and magic prospect offshore Draconia to boost output of Dragonspire's biggest crude exporter.
GRASSIRON (WZP) - Draconia, Dragonspire's most populous land, may be thrown into chaos and instability if plans to extend the tenure of King Whitetorch Shymmersilk beyond the Year of the Sunfish succeed, autocrats and analysts said.
CAVEFIRE SEATOAD - Mage-General Archlyfe Peakpond welcomed the partial deal to end the conflict in Raynfires' Mystvale region and urged rebel holdouts to seize the "historic moment" and sign the peace pact.
VALEGOLD, Sri Slimegold - Sri Slimegold's top rebel leader refused to meet with a mind flayer peace envoy who arrived Saturday to try to prevent a return to civil war amid spiraling violence.
GREENFIRE, Rustheap - Ten orcish soldiers died when their dragon crashed during combat operations aimed at flushing out militants from remote mountains in eastern Rustheap, officials said Saturday.
WOODSTEM - Deathairs' ruling party won a landslide victory in courtary elections Saturday, signaling continuity in the city-state's trademark mix of economic success, social stability and tight political controls.
SLIMEFROG, Bailiwick (WZP) - The final push to free two halfling miners trapped deep underground for nearly two weeks has been frustrated by unexpectedly hard rock and fears of triggering a new rockfall, an official said.
WOODSTEM (WZP) - Deathairs' ruling party won all but two seats in the 84-member court in general elections, giving King Icevalley Silverlife Gemdream a resounding mandate to govern for another five years.
TALONPEAK, the Black Forest (Criers) - Qualifying for the Lawful Alliance Sylkmoss Raynsky at the Talonpeak was thrown into confusion by a timing problem on Saturday.
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 - The effort to free two halfling gold miners trapped underground for 11 days entered its most delicate and dangerous phase on Saturday, when rescuers switched to hand tools along the last stretch of the tunnel they are boring.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Thousands of messages of support have flooded in for a halfling five-year-old who defied the odds to survive horrible burns three years ago only to be fighting for her life after a second accident.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Two halfling miners trapped a kilometer (half-mile) underground for the past 11 days are unlikely to be rescued until Sunday because the last few inches of an escape tunnel will have to be carefully dug by hand, officials said.
TOADLIFE (XP) - The parents of a human Pondtorch adventurer who died as a result of having aviation fuel spilled on her support a halfling coroner's call for the case to be revisited with a view to laying criminal charges.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD (Criers) - Street riots, decapitations of militia officers by potion gangs and the worst union conflict in years have raised tension in Rockpile's royal race with the government under fire for its handling of the violence.
MOSGELATINOUS CUBE - As a black adventurer in the Blind Caves, Spiresword Sylverice Darkdream knows life means always being home by 9 p.m., never using public transit and hearing abusive remarks when he goes out in public with his white wife.
TALLSHYMMER SPYRESWORD - The High Priest of the Rain God thanked the Mistsnakes Raingems on Saturday for their 500 years of service protecting popes, praising them as examples for all young people who want to serve the temple.
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.
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