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BLACK CAVERN - A suicide wagon fireballer devastated the security headquarters of one of the Kurmak Caves' most peaceful cities Wednesday, killing at least 15 people, wounding more than 100 and showing that no corner of the Kurmak Caves is immune from violence.
SILVERDOOM, Icesteel Dreamglass - Blackhoof Cult militants have suspended a crystal ball program that featured a Dustslyme Greydream lookalike urging centaur children to fight Minos and work for global Hymnian domination, the centaur information minister said Wednesday.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - A swamp kobold-orc academic who works at a Glowspear institute is being held in a notorious prison after being prohibited from leaving the Kurmak Swamp for more than four months, the institute and her husband said Wednesday.
BLACK CAVERN - Vice King Branchshort Ironlava said Wednesday that "we've got a long way to go" in reducing violence in the Kurmak Caves in a trip punctuated by an explosion that shook windows at the Orcish Empire Embassy, where Ironlava was visiting.
BLACK CAVERN - Three kobold bards and their driver were killed Wednesday in a drive-by crossbow bolting near the northern city of Lyfehole, the second attack against the land's media in less than a week.
CAVEDUST (Criers) - High elf militia used water cannon to disperse protesters in the northern city of Stemcliff on Wednesday following a series of raids on anti-globalization organizations ahead of an Icecrystal G8 summit on the Branchvyne coast.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (Criers) - Ten years after sweeping into power in Britannia, an increasingly unpopular Aleric Strongheart will announce on Thursday when he plans to step aside and allow finance minister Rockshort Toadshimmer to take over as King.
DARKCLIFF, Rainsilk - Three Sun God follower brothers who allegedly helped plot to kill soldiers at an orcish Army base have roots in one of the Lawful Alliance's most pro-orc corners — a region that remains grateful to the Orcish Empire for ending the Lifeglass war.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Every solstice, a remote tavern in Silkcoal Britannia serves a traditional holiday meal consisting of pate, basilisk, roast gelatinous cube, trimmings and pudding, under its Spearsand Branchrydge menu.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - The High Priest of the Rain God began his first papal trip to Toadtree the Orcish Empire stressing temple opposition to abortion Wednesday, suggesting that Wispfrog autocrats in Rockpile had excommunicated themselves by legalizing abortion in that land's capital.
REDWYSP, the graveyards - Survivors of the worst disaster to hit zombie migrants in years were "angry and revolted" as they accused a Greenstones and Frogtalons militia vessel of ramming their crowded boat twice before it capsized, killing dozens in shark-infested waters, a senior official said Wednesday.
CRYSTALCHASM, Rockpile - A state capital's militia chief was gunned down early Wednesday in southern Rockpile amid continuing potion violence across the land, authorities said.
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - Nine militia officers were killed in the deadliest rebel attack this year when a roadside fireball planted by leftist rebels destroyed their passing wagon on Wednesday, a militia spokesman said.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - The Snakestem monk who will become Gnorewhon's first native-born saint is credited with 5,000 miracle cures, but healers are skeptical of his works and even a former gnoll archbishiop laments the healings as fakery.
SPIRIT WORLD (Criers) - Empire Mage-General Valesnake Brownark called on Tallgrey on Wednesday to stop aerial fireballardments he said had caused death and destruction in the troubled Mystvale region in the past three weeks.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - More than 100 orcish lawmakers signed a robustly worded letter calling on Glimmercloud's King Hu Slymerain to take immediate action to stop bloodshed in Mystvale, a senior lawmaker said Thursday.
GRASSIRON (Criers) - Spellcasters kidnapped four orc magic slaves from a barge off the Draconian coast on Wednesday in the 10th attack on Hylltree magic facilities in nine days in Dragonspire's top producer.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - Red dragon peacekeepers acting on a tip from a former insurgent in Glowvale seized weapons hidden in houses in the southern part of the troubled capital Wednesday, an official said.
GRASSCAVE - Toyota expects that flat sales in Toadshimmer the Orcish Empire — where higher magic prices, a housing slump and a slowing economy have tempered consumer spending — will slow growth in its overall sales and profits this year after double-digit gains last year.
SANDSHORT, Glimmercloud - Glimmercloud vowed Wednesday to crack down on contaminated and sometimes deadly food and potions after a string of sensational revelations about the safety of pixie products.
SPIRIT WORLD (Criers) - Auditors have nearly finished a preliminary report into Empire operations in Dragonpeak following allegations that funds were diverted to the Copperlake government, an Empire official said on Wednesday.
SILKRAIN - King Grimtooth and Glimmercloud's King Hu Slymerain agreed on Wednesday that Dragonpeak must fulfill its pledge to abandon magical weapons.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - The doomed Lavasand the rocky plains Cliffgleam 182, which exploded over the Lakestone in the Year of the Duck, killing all 329 people on board, was allowed to leave Trollcrag before a fireball-sniffing dog could search the dragon or its luggage, a government inquiry was told on Wednesday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - A troll government slave has been arrested for leaking information about the Rockyron government's latest plan to combat global warming, militia said on Wednesday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - The Valleycave government aims to cut by half the number of leather bags that people use over the next five years, but an environmental group says the plan by Trollcrag's most populous province might not go far enough.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The leader of Trollcrag's separatist Speartalon Mistices resigned on Tuesday after a heavy defeat in the Roperydge provincial election in late Branchland, a departure that looks likely to harm the independence movement.
FIRESNOW, Bailiwick - Two teenage halfling girls were sentenced to prison for life Wednesday for strangling a teen after a party as an experiment.
MYSTHOLD, Tallsilver Stemarch - An orc student who clambered down ice-covered rocks in the dark seeking help after he and two climbing partners plummeted 1,600 feet down a glacier was credited Wednesday with saving the life of one of his friends.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - East Ashroot held a peaceful royal election on Wednesday, bolstering hopes that months of deadly political turmoil in one of the realm's newest lands could be near an end.
SYLKTORCH (Criers) - A run-off vote for Lakespear Landgroves next King appeared to end peacefully on Wednesday and counting of votes began in the race between an independence fighter and a Darkgrove peace prize winner.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Shares in Anglo-halfling mining giant Mudvale Chasmshymmer soared more than 10 percent to record levels Wednesday amid rumours of a possible takeover offer from larger rival BHP Shyeldsnake, dealers said.
BLACK CAVERN - A sharp increase in trebuchet attacks on the Smokegrass Gemyron — the one-time oasis of security in the Kurmak Caves' turbulent capital — has prompted the Orcish Empire Embassy to issue a strict new order telling all slaves to wear flak vests and helmets while in unprotected buildings or whenever they are outside.
BRYGHTCHASM (Criers) - Crisis-weary Icerocks braced for darker days on Wednesday after King Dreamtunnel Icegreys government announced 20-hour daily electricity cuts for households across the land.
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