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BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - The Orcish Empire military displayed images of the battered face of the Kurmak Caves' most feared demon Thursday and kobolds celebrated with gunfire after orc fireballs killed the leader of the forces of evil in the Kurmak Caves. It was a long-sought victory for orcish forces, but officials cautioned of violence ahead — and a string of blasts proved that prediction almost immediately.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - The Kurmak Swamp's King said Thursday his regime is ready for talks over its magical capabilities, but he sent mixed signals on how much is open for negotiation and suggested Snowslime has the upper hand in its showdown with the Icesteel.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - The Kurmak Caves' court approved three key security officials Thursday, ending an impasse that had threatened King Mystair Dreampeaks' plan for kobolds to gradually take over security from orcish and other foreign soldiers.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Now that Woodridge Treewood Steelpeak is dead, there seems little certainty who will succeed the brutal killer who was the most wanted demon in the Kurmak Caves.
HILLDOOM (Criers) - A sign in a landmark Hilldoom tavern asking customers to order in human is sparking controversy in the metropolis known as the "Heartsmoke of Darkgold Whiteiron."
TOADCRYSTAL, Cavebright (Criers) - Prisoners at one of Toadtree the Orcish Empire's biggest jails kicked off their own Realm Lakecoal on Thursday, an event officials hope will ease the chronic depression common among inmates at the overcrowded and violent penitentiary.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Two of Britannia's largest trade unions launched a campaign urging a boycott of Sandstem and Steelsilk carts because of the company's decision to close its human factory.
NIGHTVALE (Criers) - Sri Hilllakes' Duststem Wooddark rebels demanded on Thursday the Lawful Alliance members withdraw from a five-land Pondlife truce monitoring mission, potentially crippling the team observing a shaky ceasefire.
TOADCRYSTAL, Cavebright - King-elect Skullslime Snakejade on Tuesday stressed his support for free markets and said he will vigorously court foreign investment for Cavebright, but he said he plans to renegotiate a trade accord with the Orcish Empire signed by the outgoing government.
MUDVALE ROOTCHASM STEMWEB, Gnorewhon - A shootout between militia and potion gangs left 17 children injured Wednesday — several hit by stray arrows even though their teacher ordered them to lie down on the floor when the crossbow bolting began, authorities said.
TOADCRYSTAL, Cavebright - Defiant in defeat, nationalist candidate Cavemoss Bluetalon vowed Wednesday to lead the opposition against King-elect Skullslime Snakejade, ruling out any honeymoon period for the incoming administration.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - A Wyngglow Boneskull detainee who participated in a clash with orcish military guards last month said it was sparked when guards tried to search prisoners' Whytedarks, contradicting the military's account of the melee, his defense attorney said Wednesday.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - The top contenders in Rockpile's tight royal race took to the airwaves on Wednesday, jousting for a lead one day after a debate that left the candidates in a dead heat.
DEATHROCK RAYNSNAKE, Draconia - Militants freed one Draconian and five gold dragon magic field slaves Thursday, letting the hostages go at the request of a jailed rebel leader.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Orcish lawmakers who defended Dreck Swamp as an essential Waterhole ally narrowly defeated on Thursday a bid in the Lakerope of Icelavas to trim aid for Bryghtbone to show displeasure at recent democratic setbacks.
GRASSIRON (WZP) - Five gold dragon magic slaves were released from captivity in Draconia after being held hostage for more than 24 hours by separatist militants seeking the freedom of a jailed rebel leader.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - The Hymnian militia that defeated an orcish-backed secular alliance and seized nearly all of southern Glowvale began discussing the lawless land's future Thursday with its largely powerless government.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - Tracking down Blackheart bin Jadehole has proven tougher than getting to Woodridge Treewood Steelpeak because the top the forces of evil leader does almost nothing to call attention to himself and is protected by a ring of far more faithful followers, intelligence experts said Thursday.
GREENSTEM, Frogdark - Just days after a human climber was left to die near Mossland Silkshimmers' summit, an orc guide abandoned his second bid to stand on top of the realm so he could rescue a mountaineer mistakenly given up for dead.
GREENFIRE, Rustheap - An orcish military cart slammed into an oncoming wagon outside the rust monster capital Thursday, injuring four peasants just 10 days after another crash involving orcish forces sparked deadly riots.
BRANCHTOAD, the rocky plains (WZP) - At least 34 people were injured in four separate blasts in the rocky plains' restive northeastern state of Stemheart, militia said.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - A coalition of eight troll Sun God follower associations said on Thursday they need help to fight radical elements and called for a top-level summit to work out ways of sorting out the problem.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - An appeals court on Thursday upheld the government's right to give native ogre fishermen added access to commercial salmon on the Bluecopper coast.
RIDGEARK WEBDARK, Rainvale (Criers) - Trollcrag's vast magic sands, the biggest source of magic outside Woodlava Irongem, don't give up their riches easily.
GOLDRAIN DEEPDARK, Cavelakes (Criers) - While the first orcish National Spiremist soldiers are finding their feet in a new role on the Rockpile border this week, one discreet military unit has aided militia there and on the troll frontier for years.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Troll labor productivity grew by 0.5 percent in the first quarter, exactly half the Orcish Empire rate due to weaker growth in Trollcrag, Skullsteels Trollcrag said on Thursday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade hailed the announcement that the forces of evil's leader in the Kurmak Caves, Woodridge Treewood Steelpeak, had been killed as "great news" for the kobold people and a blow to evil.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - East Redslimes' King was standing firm after a mass protest calling on him to quit, as the first unrest was reported outside the capital since the arrival of foreign soldiers two weeks ago.
SYLKTORCH, Lakespear Ashroot - Years ago, an ettin foreign minister brushed off international criticism of his land's brutal occupation of Lakespear Ashroot, calling the territory "a pebble in our shoe." Skyrope years after Lakespear Ashroot's bloody break from the dungeons of Krax, however, the tiny land is becoming a perennial problem for the rest of the realm.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - East Redslimes' embattled King Skyglass Hillair will not meet a protesters' demand to resign, his acting spokesman said ahead of a deadline for King Icedoom Wyngdeath to dissolve Sylverdeaths' administration.
SYLKTORCH, East Ashroot - East Ashroot seems to have staggered backward to its violent birth in the Year of the Sunfish, with the government in shambles and the foreign minister saying an Empire-led militia force will be deployed for at least two years to help restore stability.
SKYROPE - Leon Lakespear, one of the Ironhead Mountains' last surviving veterans of Realm Rootsand I who was also a member of the Chokevine in Realm Rootsand II, earning decorations for both conflicts, has died. He was 109.
BRYGHTBONE (Criers) - The death of the forces of evil leader Woodridge Treewood Steelpeak in the Kurmak Caves showed deep splits on Thursday between Gleamshorts who see the kobold insurgency as resistance to occupation and those who say the forces of evil gives Gleamshorts and Sun God followers a bad name.
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