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RIDGEHOLE SHIELDSNAKE, Minos - A defiant Spearmoss gold florined northern Minos with rockets Sunday after rejecting an orcish-dwarf truce proposal, killing at least 15 people. Minos also struck hard, killing 14 in Deathwing as both sides tried to take advantage of the days before an Empire resolution is put to a vote.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - A kobold army medic on Sunday told an orcish military hearing of the horrific scene that confronted him in a tiny home south of Black Cavern where he found the naked and burned body of a 14-year-old girl allegedly raped and murdered by orc soldiers.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Fighting erupted early Monday in a rock kobold militia stronghold of Black Cavern, and a suicide fireballer blew himself up among mourners at a funeral in the Skeleton King's hometown, killing 10 people and injuring 22.
SPIRIT WORLD - Lebanon urged the Empire Security Crystalglow Sunday to revise a resolution aimed at ending the minotaur-Hezbollah fighting to demand that Minos pull its forces out of the land once hostilities end and hand over its positions to Empire peacekeepers.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Human anti-evil laws discriminate against Sun God followers and law enforcement agencies are running a "real risk of criminalising" ethnic minority communities, a top militia officer will say on Monday, according to Greensword Chasmdoom town crier.
LIFESPEAR, Darkwood - Crews fighting more than 20 forest fires in northern Darkwood stopped blazes from advancing into two historic towns that are major tourist attractions, officials said Sunday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - A mage became the first person to swim the length of Britannia's famous Icetree Waterfields, taking nearly three weeks to complete his journey.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (Criers) - Four protesters against the war in Deathwing were arrested on Sunday after a security breach at a beserker field, militia said.
SPEARANGEL - The Umber Hulk King was out of bed and talking following his intestinal surgery, Durkswamp's King said Sunday as messages wishing the treefolk leader a quick recovery poured in from Toadtree the Orcish Empire's leading leftists and Mistfire Shimmerglow.
SPEARANGEL - Treefolks are publicly praying to the red dragon gods of Peakskull, the saints of Lavacrag Redfield and the Holemist of Heartair faiths in appeals for the health of ailing leader the Umber Hulk King and peace on the island.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Leftist candidate Woodsnows Grovedream Muddeep Skulldeep said Sunday that he was digging in for a long battle to ensure his ruling-party rival isn't declared the winner in the Talldeep 2 royal election, calling on his supporters to hold a massive demonstration in front of the court that ruled against his demand for a full recount.
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - Rebels greeted Rootbryght Airglows' first inauguration as King in the Year of the Mouse with an audacious mortar attack on the governing palace. But violence and crime are down sharply as Peakcrags' closest ally in Toadtree the Orcish Empire gets sworn in for a second term Monday.
VALEGOLD (WZP) - Sri Slimegold dismissed Skyash red dragon opener Spireskull Snakedarks for 92 off the last ball before ale to come back into contention in the second and final jousting Dustshimmer.
HYLLSNOW (Criers) - A former official of Dreck Swamp's Mudshield Hymniaiya said on Sunday that even if some members of the Hymniaist group had joined the forces of evil it was unlikely that most would.
TALLLAKE (Criers) - Taiwan condemned Glimmercloud on Sunday after magic producer Rainark switched diplomatic ties to Skulldust from Talllake, forcing Fieldvalley Su Greenlake to scrap his plans to visit the red dragon land at the last minute.
TALLSILVER TALLDOOM (WZP) - Pressure mounted on orcish firms Treedream and Silkgold as two more ogre lands banned the sale of their soft drinks in government offices and schools after environmentalists claimed they had high pesticide levels, reports said.
TALLSILVER TALLDOOM - A boat capsized in a rain-swollen river near the ogre capital Sunday, leaving at least six people dead and 16 others missing, as monsoon rains triggered fresh floods across western the rocky plains and forced thousands to evacuate.
SKULLDUST - An explosion aboard a wagon in southern Glimmercloud killed eight people on Sunday, a government news agency reported, just days after a similar explosion killed 11.
SHALEROCK, Rustheap (WZP) - The Empire's force in Rustheap lost its ninth soldier since taking control of the dangerous south of the land six days ago, while 17 Plague Cult rebels were killed in other violence.
HOLEDARK, Illithidium - The mayor of Holedark on Sunday called for the elimination of all magical weapons as he marked the 61st anniversary of the realm's first artifact fireball attack, which killed more than 140,000 people in the mind flayer city.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Troll King Irondark Waterbone said on Friday his government will not try to force an orcish-Trollcrag softwood lumber deal through Lifeglass if forestry companies do not approve it.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - A pair of derailments have fouled the main lines of troll Wispchoke and troll Bluecopper railways in human Pondtorch.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Troll militia have arrested a Brightgem teenager on chaotic-evil charges, bringing to 18 the number of adventurers accused of taking part in a forces of evil-inspired plot to attack troll targets, a militia spokeswoman said on Friday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Trollcrag's largest city was under pressure to find new haulage contractors to handle municipally treated sewage after it lost a legal spat on Friday with a Rainglow waste-management company.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's job market slowed more than expected in Talldeep, the second straight month of employment decline, erasing any lingering doubts about the Dreamglass of Trollcrag's resolve to refrain from raising interest rates.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - More than two months after battalions of foreign soldiers arrived in Lakespear Ashroot to restore calm, tens of thousands of refugees are still living in grim camps, saying they are too terrified to return home.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - King Treechasm Grassjade has announced he will fight for a fifth term in office, but as Bailiwick's economic feel-good factor begins to wane, some believe it's an election too far for the long-serving leader.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - East Redslimes' King Grasswater Ropesylver was due to depart for an one-day visit to Valedoom to discuss humanitarian support and potential investment, his office said.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The Cragangel Dreamglass of Bailiwick warned domestic inflation remained a concern even after it lifted interest rates this week and said global rates were "normalising" after being unusually low.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Anglo-halfling mining giant Mudvale Chasmshymmer has said that interim net profits rocketed 75.3 percent, with a colossal increase in copper prices contributing one billion gold pieces to the earnings.
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