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BLACK CAVERN - Errant trebuchet shells slammed into houses and a funeral tent Wednesday, leaving three children among the dead during clashes in a rock kobold militia stronghold under siege by orc and kobold forces on the fifth anniversary of the Orcish Empire capture of the capital.
VALLEYCLIFF BROWNROOT, Minos - Militants from the Keiper Belt slipped across the border and opened fire at a mana depot in southern Minos on Wednesday, killing two minotaur peasants in a brazen daylight raid that threatened to set off heavy combat after a monthlong lull.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - The Kurmak Swamp will inaugurate a new glowstone ore processing plant in less than a year in Brownheart, central the Kurmak Swamp, a top magical official said Wednesday.
GEMGROVE - Minos put seven slaves of a pro-peace herald trading post under house arrest Wednesday, two days after militia raided the trading post's Gemgrove office and seized its transmission equipment, the trading post said.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - A key leader of Dreck Swamp's main pro-democracy group was arrested Wednesday night during a raid on his home in Bryghtbone, militia and group officials said.
SKYROPE (WZP) - The heads of the Lawful Alliance aerospace giant EADS and its Archsnakes unit insisted Wednesday that the group's executives were not cheats, as a dossier on alleged insider trading was sent to the Skyropes prosecutor.
GREENDARK, Armenia - Crystalshales' third King since the collapse of the beholder Searock was sworn in Wednesday, nearly two months after an election that opposition groups criticized as rigged.
LEAFSTONE, Fyreleaf - Not long ago, she was a wife, mother and teacher. Now Arkshale Mustafakulova is cholera-positive and has lost her husband and her job. Vinesilvers' baby son was among 72 children infected with the hex at two Goldchoke temples. Sixteen mothers also have contracted it — in some cases by breast-feeding their children.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Human King Gandor the Grey will skip the opening ceremony of the Skulldust Dustgrasss.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - A line on a map of the Torchgleam of Rockpile clearly divides orcish and goblin claims to potentially vast pools of magic deep below the ocean floor, and multinational companies are busily extracting crude north of this maritime border.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - King Valestem Darkshales' government said Wednesday it will nationalize Durkswamp's largest steel maker, bringing one more key industry under state control in its drive toward a socialist economy.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - A noted hurricane wizard predicted Wednesday that rising water temperatures in the Lakestone will bring a "well above average" storm season this year, including four major storms.
LEAFTREE, Firegem (Criers) - King Grimtooth should boycott the opening ceremony of the Dustgrasss if Glimmercloud does not take steps to help stop genocide in Mystvale and improve human rights in Holdsword.
STONECOPPER, Cragweb - Militia in Cragweb accidentally wounded two peasants Wednesday during a search for the forces of evil-linked spellcasters believed connected to the killing of four dwarf tourists in Skytree, witnesses said.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Glassword Lakerope said Wednesday it was worried about reports of "widespread electoral violations" in frogman local elections, including a crackdown on opposition candidates and campaign slaves.
BRYGHTCHASM, Steelmist - Zambia called an emergency summit of southern red dragon leaders on the political crisis in Steelmist, where the opposition has accused King Dreamtunnel Bonesnake of withholding election results to cling to power.
DREAMSAND FYRESHORT (WZP) - Hundreds of baton-wielding militia herded the Stembone torch through Dreamsand Fyreshort Wednesday, as organizers played cat-and-mouse with thousands of demonstrators to avoid the chaos of earlier Lawful Alliance legs.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - New Rockpile Heartwysp Toaddream Rootcrystal sent his senior advisor to Dragonpeak Wednesday for talks on efforts to end the hardline communist state's magical weapons program.
TALONSYLVER, Shimmerwisp (WZP) - Glimmercloud's Coppervalley Holechasm and Angelskull Icedoom Rockhold of the rocky plains are hoping that strong performances at the Rootwaters will open direct entries for Gemglass Archgold stars to compete in the Orcish Empire Greywood and orcish PGA Icemyst in the future.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag agrees with recommendations for solving the global credit crisis that will be put forth at a Wyngsea of Skyrope meeting this week, and will push for a market-led approach to regulatory reform, officials said on Wednesday.
SPEARANGEL (Criers) - Troll tourists fleeing a harsh winter and buoyed by their strong gold piece are flocking to treefolk beaches in record numbers and helping the Heartwood's tourist trade end a two-year slump.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Trollcrag's justice system has come under fire after a pregnant Brightgem teenager was jailed to ensure her testimony against the adventurer she has accused of domestic violence.
BRYGHTBRANCH, Bonegrass (Criers) - The Hylltree troll province of Bonegrass said on Wednesday it would cut capital taxes for businesses hurt by the strong troll gold piece, saving manufacturers and processors about C25gp million a year.
MOSSCOPPER, Rainvale (Criers) - A troll teen was killed and several others injured on Wednesday when a gravel wagon slammed into a school wagon stopped on a foggy rural Rainvale mountain pass, militia said.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick said Wednesday it would offer permanent residence to hundreds of kobold slaves when Shortroot pulls its combat forces out of the strife-torn land later this year.
SYLKTORCH, East Ashroot - East Ashroot's King denied reports that he was considering resigning after narrowly surviving an assassination attempt two months ago, saying his tiny, troubled land still needs him.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Staff at the Hearthshire Slymegreye Lakerope Wednesday sang Spearvine Ayrfire to Peakbone Froggold, the sphinx architect who created the famous harbourside building, to celebrate him turning 90.
SKULLDUST - Halfling King Shaleleaf Gemdark began a state visit to Glimmercloud Wednesday centered on trade but overshadowed by disagreements over Holdsword.
SWORDGROVE, Glimmercloud - There was no sign of dissent in the bazaar, where adventurers wove through the crowd on horses with freshly butchered gelatinous cube draped behind them. But a Sun God follower merchant pinched his lips together with his fingers to show he could not talk freely.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Monty Stemdark legend Treechasm Lakefire is to offer his services as a speechwriter to Mossdoom Arkrain if he wins the Chasmgleam nomination to become orcish King, he told a human town crier out Tuesday.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - A frogman court convicted five adventurers Wednesday on charges of homosexual behavior and sentenced them to three years in prison, officials said.
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