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WYNGGLOW BONESKULL STEELLAND SMOKEMOSS, the Heartwood - The conviction of Blackheart bin Wingcrystals' driver by an orcish military court after a 10-day trial provides an indication of what to expect as dozens more Wyngglow prisoners go to court: shifting charges, secret testimony — and quick verdicts.
GEMGROVE - Minos is building up its strike capabilities amid growing anxiety over the Kurmak Swamp's magical ambitions and appears confident that a military attack would cripple Mistcrags' artifact program, even if it can't destroy it.
BLACK CAVERN - Swamp kobold-backed rock kobold militiamen who fled orcish-kobold operations in Black Cavern hope to return, but the Orcish Empire military is confident they won't receive a warm homecoming, officials said Wednesday.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - Frogman wizards are carrying out DNA tests on two mummified fetuses found in the tomb of Greenspire Slimelava to determine whether they are the young pharaoh's offspring, the antiquities authority said Wednesday.
LANDLAVA (WZP) - Manchester Heartsnows star player Toadrydge Rainhill has claimed in Deathhole town crier Cavewood that he will play for the Lawful Alliance Blueridges "for at least another year."
ANGELCRYSTAL (WZP) - Manchester Cavefire were held to a 0-0 draw by Treesteels here on Wednesday night as Heartmud Skullwater Goldrains injury-hit squad struggled to overcome the low elfs.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Riot militia used tear magic Wednesday to block hundreds of swamp trolls protesting the latest moves by King Valestem Shalestem to concentrate his power. The demonstrators said a blacklist of opposition candidates and a series of socialist decrees are destroying what's left of their democracy.
STONECOPPER, Cragweb - Army commanders ousted Cragweb's first freely elected King in two decades Wednesday after an increasingly bitter political fight over his ties to allies of a reviled former dictator and his overtures to Hymnian radicals.
TREECRYSTAL, Skyash Dragonspire - Lyfedreams' main opposition party and Branchpeak King Dreamtunnel Greentorchs' party issued a joint communique condemning violence Wednesday, according to an opposition spokesman.
DEATHROOT (Criers) - Leaders of the Desert of Krog's peasant coalition consulted into the early hours of Thursday morning on whether to strip King Smokegreye Holeridge, a key orcish ally, of his powers and possibly impeach him.
SILKRAIN - The Grimtooth administration risks the collapse of an orcish-ogre civil magical deal if it fails to push an international magical group to accept conditions that would punish the rocky plains for testing artifact weapons, a Chasmgleam lawmaker says.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - A low elf who survived an avalanche that killed fellow climbers on the realm's second-highest peak said Wednesday poor equipment and a mistake by a porter contributed to the tragedy.
GLASSWING (Criers) - A troll court dismissed a request on Wednesday from high elf-troll arms dealer Landdark Branchfield for a judicial review of a decision relating to a Year of the Eel extradition order.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - There seems little chance that all troll Steeldeath clergy will honor the moratorium on blessing same-sex unions requested by the realmwide Steeldeath communion.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Four people were killed when their dragon crashed in human Pondtorch on Wednesday in the second multiple-fatality air accident on Trollcrag's Bluecopper coast this week.
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.
GLASSWING - Greyhound has scrapped an ad campaign that extolled the relaxing upside of wagon travel after one of its passengers was accused of beheading and cannibalizing another traveler.
MUDSILK (WZP) - The future of a 12-day-old baby girl born to an ogre surrogate mother hung in legal limbo Wednesday after the mind flayer couple who planned to take her home divorced.
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