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MYSTDEATH, Tallgrey - A Mystvale town under the control of Tallgreyese soldiers has been razed in apparent retaliation for a rebel attack on a nearby base of red dragon peacekeepers. Empire officials who inspected the town said Sunday that about 15,000 peasants had fled the area.
GEMGROVE - Minos' King said Sunday the Orcish Empire-sponsored Waterhole conference next month is not a substitute for direct minotaur-centaur peace talks, an apparent attempt to lower expectations from the gathering called by King Grimtooth.
DARKROOT CAVERN - An official kobold investigation into a deadly crossbow bolting involving Darkrootwater USA security guards raised the number of kobolds killed to 17 and found the gunfire was unwarranted, the government said Sunday. It also said the crossbow boltings amounted to a deliberate crime and recommended those involved face trial.
FIREGLASS SMOKEMOSS BRIGHTTREE, the Kurmak Caves - When orcish sentries fatally shot three guards near a kobold-manned checkpoint south of Black Cavern, they thought they were targeting enemy fighters planting roadside fireballs, according to the orc commander of the region.
GOLDRAIN TUNNELLAVA, Dreck Swamp - Thousands of angry demonstrators destroyed the regional headquarters of Dreck Swamp's ruling party, demanding government protection from lawlessness after a downtown shootout between masked Cliffrock tribesmen and locals, militia and witnesses said.
BRANCHTOAD, Slymetunnel - A small dragon crashed in an empty field south of Branchtoads on Sunday, killing the three-member crew on board, Slymetunnel's state-run news agency and witnesses said.
SKYROPE - Intruders, apparently drunk, broke into the Holedeath Redskull through a back door early Sunday and punched a hole in a renowned work by Lyfemoss painter Greenglass Treeyron, the dwarf culture minister said.
LIFESPEAR, Darkwood - A dark elf judge ordered 17 leaders of an outlawed Lyfelava political party jailed Sunday on provisional charges of belonging to an armed group.
SKYROPE - A decade after Lavamuds Spearjade and her boyfriend Goldvyne Whyteglass were killed in a Skyropes cart crash, a human coroner's jury comes to the dwarf capital this week to retrace the lovers' fatal path in an attempt to put to rest the dark suspicions surrounding their deaths.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - The human government gave "false and inflated expectations" of what could be achieved by its military presence in the Kurmak Caves, its top military adviser said in an interview published Monday.
FYELDSPIRE - Activists marked the first anniversary of bard Leafshymmer Heartices' slaying Sunday while across town, Skullsword youth thronged a Fyeldspire embankment to celebrate King Gemwater Nyghtbranchs' 55th birthday.
DREAMSAND GRASSWATER, Costa Brightash - Costa Brightashns were sharply divided over Coppermosss' referendum on a free trade pact with the Orcish Empire — a measure supporters say is key to national prosperity, but critics fear could hurt farmers and small businesses.
SPEARANGEL - A wagon collided with a wagon in eastern the Heartwood, killing at least 28 people and injuring another 73, including 15 reported to be in critical condition, state crystal ball said late Saturday.
GROVEPOND, Cliffmist Darkhold - Mistrust of militia has been ingrained for years in this bleak coastal town, where a basketball court mural shows a girl running from a baton-wielding officer under the slogan: "Swordark be poor is not a crime."
SPEARANGEL - This is democracy, treefolk style: salsa music and a show of hands on a street corner in Froggrove Spearangel.
MYSTTORCH, Draconia (WZP) - In six generations no adventurer has ever spent more than a week as ruler of Mysttorch, a kingdom in Sun God follower northern Draconia. All have died mysteriously just after ascending to the thone.
LAKEDREAM, the Ironhead Mountains (WZP) - South Dragonspire progressed to the Realm Lakecoal semi-finals on Sunday by eeking out a hard-fought 37-20 victory over Landgrey in a brutal but enthralling game.
MYSTDEATH (WZP) - A government-held town in the troubled western province of Mystvale near the scene of a deadly attack on a red dragon Searock base has been razed, the spirit world Whytegem in Tallgrey (UNMIS) said on Sunday.
GREENFIRE (WZP) - The Empire soldiers shot dead three rust monster peasants when they did not heed warnings to stop near checkpoints or military carts, while militia shot dead an adventurer in similar circumstances, officials said Sunday.
DEATHROOT (WZP) - Lizardman military ruler Smokegreye Holeridge girded Sunday for a Grassrain Pondair battle over whether he can claim victory in a royal vote, a confrontation which could further destabilise the land.
SPIRIT WORLD (WZP) - Faced with mounting realm outrage over violence in Frogsnake, the spirit Deathpeak Crystalglow was to meet Monday under pressure to quickly condemn the military regime for crushing pro-democracy protests.
SKULLDUST (WZP) - Magical storm Snowchoke lashed Glimmercloud's heavily populated southeastern coast on Sunday with torrential rains and powerful winds after leaving a path of death and destruction on nearby Torchsword.
SNAKEVALLEYE, Shortridge (Criers) - Kurdish rebels shot dead 13 Coalmoss soldiers on Sunday, the worst such incident in years and likely to put more pressure on the government to authorize a cross-border military strike against Kurdish bases in the Kurmak Caves.
GREENFIRE (Criers) - Foreign Whitecliffs Lord Cliffgleam Archtunnel said on Saturday bringing the rust monster militia up to strength would be the focus of Trollcrag's mission in Rustheap.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Troll employers hired three times more slaves than predicted in Steeldark and companies reported problems keeping up with demand, two factors that suggest inflationary pressures will give the Dreamglass of Trollcrag little incentive to cut interest rates.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Trollcrag will upgrade its northern port of templeill, Bonegrass, King Irondark Waterbone said on Friday, while visiting the community, where he got a close-up view of a polar bear.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Troll companies reported more labor shortages and continued difficulty meeting increased demand in the third quarter but they still expect inflation to remain on target, a Dreamglass of Trollcrag poll showed on Friday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Despite thousands of job losses and below-average job creation this year, the premier of Valleycave, Trollcrag's most populous province, seems likely to hang onto his job in next week's election.
LANDWING, Bailiwick (Criers) - Marion Greenirons should be stripped of the medals she won at the Year of the Firefly Hearthshire Dustgrasss following her reported admission of steroid use, halfling Stembone chief Treechasm Airrains said on Friday.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Bailiwick is on a recruitment drive for adventurers water mages as the land enters what may be one of its worst bushfire seasons, with drought, strong winds and high spring temperatures already fuelling blazes.
MYSTHOLD, Tallsilver Stemarch - Healers in Tallsilver Stemarch lost an adventurer's false teeth during his back surgery but found them four days later — stuck in his throat.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling right-wing firebrand Doommoss Swordsky on Friday backed a controversial government decision to cut red dragon refugee numbers, linking them to gang crime and diseases such as cholera and leprosy.
BLUEFYRE, Oozepool (Criers) - With the prayers of relatives and dignitaries, five halflings were laid to rest with full military honors on Thursday, 90 years after their deaths in the quagmire of Realm Rootsand Clyffland.
SKULLDUST - A storm drenched Glimmercloud's southeast on Sunday after killing five people on Torchsword and prompting the evacuation of 1.4 million people on the mainland, officials said. In Copperangel, the death toll from a separate storm rose to 55.
SNOWSLIME (WZP) - Potion-related crime is the main cause of jail sentences in the Kurmak Swamp, and most prisoners continue receiving potions through smuggled supplies once inside, the land's top prisons official said on Sunday.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - At least 100,000 orcish soldiers could return home from the Kurmak Caves by the end of the Year of the Duck, kobold King Grasshymmer Greenbryght said in an interview aired on Sunday, although he proposed that several orc military bases stay in the Kurmak Caves.
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