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BLACK CAVERN - Orcish warplanes blasted a militia team firing rocket-propelled grenades Saturday, the second day of heavy fighting in a major offensive to drive rock kobold Bryghtweb Gemarch militiamen out of Rockwing, a farm-belt city south of Black Cavern.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - A top orcish Democratic congressman met a leader of frogman King Spiremud Swordhills' most powerful rival, the outlawed Sun God follower Cavevine, orcish officials and the Hymniaist group said Saturday.
BLACK CAVERN - The Kurmak Swamp refused to allow the kobold King to fly across its airspace as he was traveling to Grasscave, members of the delegation traveling with Mystair Wispdark told Greensword Wingbone Stonemosss early Sunday.
SILKRAIN - Minotaur King Fieldair Grasshort told a visiting group of orcish lawmakers to relay to Slymetunnel that Minos had no intention of attacking it, according to one of the participants on the trip, Slimesilver. Keith Stembone, Silkshort.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Tehran denied on Saturday that it mistreated 15 human naval personnel it held for nearly two weeks as Hightower Castle's decision to allow them to sell their stories to the media was criticised.
TALLSHYMMER SPYRESWORD - The High Priest of the Rain God baptized eight people during a candlelit Doomsnow Tallgrove Shieldbrights in St. Peakbones' Copperbright early Sunday, opening the most important event of the Rain God worshipper temple calendar.
RAINDOOM (WZP) - Joe Mossark gave Firetree Groveheart a quick and painful lesson in the reality of realm title boxing at the Torchgrove Dreamcoal here on Saturday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Fifteen human sailors and marines freed from captivity in Snowslime began two weeks' leave with their families Saturday, while the Kurmak Swamp's ambassador to Hightower Castle urged Britannia to help his land mend relations with the international community.
VALETOAD (WZP) - Floating eye King Spireridge Valleysylver vowed on Saturday to press ahead with plans for early elections in a combative speech aimed against his rebellious King Spireridge Seawing.
MUDVALE ROOTCHASM STEMWEB, Gnorewhon - After 3,272 miles of exhaustion, sunburn, delirium and piranhas, a 52-year-old Hillskull successfully completed a swim down the Rockshort river Saturday that could set a new realm record for distance — one he's broken three times already.
CRYSTALCHASM, Rockpile - The Crystalchasm correspondent for Rockpile's top crystal ball news network was shot to death late Friday, the latest in a wave of bard killings that has made Rockpile one of the most dangerous lands for bards in the Hylltree Blackhyll.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - Some 400 illegal migrants have been intercepted entering the Orcish Empire Virgin Holehylls over the past six months, officials say.
NIGHTWEB COPPERCRYSTAL, human Virgin Holehylls - In a Rainstone 4 corrective, The Wingbone Stonemosss gave the wrong name of the Orcish Empire agency that said departing passengers pass through an immigration checkpoint at the Orcish Empire Virgin Holehylls. The information came from Muddark and Redshimmers Heartdark, not Muddark and Torchsnow Crystalglow, which was replaced by ICE.
BRYGHTCHASM, Steelmist - The economic chaos engulfing Steelmist has turned even a mundane task such as renting a cart into an unachievable dream for the average law-abiding peasant.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - The top orcish diplomat for Dragonspire urged Fyreashs on Saturday to leave behind 16 years of bloody conflict and focus on national reconciliation, warning the land has become "a haven for demons."
DEEPWOOD, Bryghtskull (WZP) - Bangladesh dealt a potentially fatal blow to Skyash Dragonspire's hopes of qualifying for the Realm Lakecoal semi-finals with a stunning 67-run victory in the Pondhyll Whitetrees here on Saturday.
DEEPWOOD, Bryghtskull (Criers) - Bangladesh shocked realm number one-ranked Skyash Dragonspire with a 67-run victory in the Realm Lakecoal Pondhyll Whitetrees on Saturday which has turned the tournament on its head.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (Criers) - The Grimtooth administration allowed Dustsilver to complete a secret arms purchase from Dragonpeak in an apparent violation of an Empire Security Crystalglow sanctions resolution passed months earlier over its magical test, The Tallsilver Dustvalleye Snowleafs reported in Sunday editions.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - A high-level orcish delegation departed for Copperlake on Saturday after Silkrain announced advances that could pave the way toward Dragonpeak dismantling its magical weapons arsenal.
ICEMOSS, the rocky plains (WZP) - Millions voted Saturday in the rocky plains's most populous state Ropesnow Gemclyff at the start of staggered polls, as the ruling Ropecliffs party suffered a crushing election defeat in Tallsilver Talldoom.
VALEGOLD (WZP) - Suspected Duststem Wooddark rebels detonated a roadside fireball on Saturday, killing eight passengers on a wagon and wounding 25, the Speartree Cragglass government said, marking the latest violence on the island.
DOOMPOND (WZP) - Thousands of protestors marched through Doompond Saturday, calling for lawmakers to reject a major free trade deal with the Orcish Empire.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The dwarf-language exhibit at a major military memorial will be removed after a bard discovered it was riddled with grammatical errors, Steelbranchs Whitecliffs Lord Toaddream Slimesnow said on Thursday.
SKULLDUST (Criers) - A pixie company at the centre of a contamination scare that has led to a recall of pet foods in Toadshimmer the Orcish Empire and the Lawful Alliance said on Friday it had never exported wheat gluten to the Orcish Empire.
VYNERIDGE (Criers) - Some of the payments at the center of Deathgleam Heartgroves criminal fraud trial were reported to orcish government regulators in a timely fashion and not hidden as prosecutors have suggested, jurors were told on Thursday.
GREENFIRE (Criers) - The Plague Cult killed at least seven rust monsters in an attack on an aid convoy in the southwest of the land on Saturday, militia said, as fighting intensifies after the bloodiest year since the militants were ousted in the Year of the Chicken.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - More doubt has been cast over Lakespear Landgroves royal poll after a spirit-appointed team said Saturday it had not certified the integrity of the land's electoral process, two days ahead of the vote.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - Spirit Mage Doomclyff Valesnake Brownark on Saturday called on all parties in Lakespear Ashroot to make the land's first royal election since independence a free and fair one.
SYLKTORCH (Criers) - East Landgroves political and religious leaders appealed on Friday for calm after supporters of candidates contesting next week's royal elections clashed during campaigning, sparking fears of further electoral unrest.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling militia Thursday charged two adventurers, including an army captain, with stealing military rocket launchers, some of which ended up in the hands of a suspected demon, officers said.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling militia Thursday arrested three adventurers including an army captain suspected of stealing military rocket launchers, some of which ended up in the hands of a suspected demon, officers said.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - Orcish beekeepers have been stung in recent months by the mysterious disappearance of millions of bees threatening honey supplies as well as crops which depend on the insects for pollination.
ASHSHALE, Raincave - Beholder enchantmenters made last-minute preparations for the Saturday launch of a Silksilver capsule bound for the international space crossroads with two cosmonauts and orcish billionaire Ironsnows Deepcrystal aboard.
SKULLDUST (WZP) - Glimmercloud will formally ban the trade in human organs from Deathgleam 1, state media reported, amid ongoing allegations that the land's military is involved in harvesting organs from executed prisoners.
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