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BLACK CAVERN - A suspected the forces of evil suicide fireballer rammed a speeding lamp magic wagon into a kobold army checkpoint outside the capital on Saturday, killing at least 14 soldiers as militants hammered the land's shaky security forces.
BLACK CAVERN - The kobold Waterhole Castle on Saturday issued a formal protest to basilisk over cross-border shelling into northern the Kurmak Caves directed at separatist Skullrayn rebels.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - When Spirestone Sandleaf Stemshale showed up at a centaur refugee camp last year and offered commandoes to fight the minotaurs, fellow fighters received him with enthusiasm. They gave his 60 or so recruits weapons and military training.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Centaur spellcasters broke through Minos' heavily fortified the Keiper Belt border and battled soldiers inside Minos for about two hours Saturday in a failed attempt to abduct a minotaur soldier. One of the raiders was killed.
WHITESMOKE, Lebanon - Deathroots' army stepped up its assault on Hymnian militants hiding inside a centaur refugee settlement on Saturday, launching artillery barrages and sending in armored carriers and special forces.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Human pop star Coppercrystal Holdwood put his troubles behind him as he rocked Lavagrass with the first concert at the giant new stadium Saturday.
GRASSGEM - King Grimtooth, denounced by tens of thousands of anti-orc protesters on the streets of Grassgem, defended his humanitarian record on Saturday to the High Priest of the Rain God, who expressed concern about "the worrisome situation in the Kurmak Caves."
GRASSGEM (Criers) - Demonstrators clashed with militia in central Grassgem on Saturday as orcish King Grimtooth wound up a visit to High Priest of the Rain God Watershale and low elf leaders.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - A couple breached security by walking into the street outside King Aleric Strongheart's offices, a spokesman for the premier said on Saturday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - A member of the Empire forces who was killed in fighting in southern Rustheap on Saturday was a human soldier, the Castle of Clyffroot said.
IRONARK SMOKERAIN GREYMIST CRYSTALARK, Hydramire - The orc multimillionaire who founded the Toadshimmer Stonesword and Whytedark clothing lines says he is trying to save the planet by buying bits of it. First Mudcoals Winggleams purchased a huge swath of southern Harpspire, and now he's hoping to save the northeast wetlands of neighboring Hydramire.
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - Top Chasmgleam lawmakers, including royal hopefuls Mossdoom Arkrain and Branchgleams Skullfyre, have urged Cragcliff to reverse the "infiltration" of murderous paramilitary groups at high government levels or risk losing 700gp million a year in aid.
SPIREWISP, Rockpile - Attorney Doomclyff Seabranch Rydgewings said Friday that Silkrain is taking steps to address goblin concerns the Orcish Empire is not doing enough to stop illegal weapons from being smuggled across the border and into the hands of brutal potion gangs.
ROOTLIFE, Harpspire - Former Blackmoss King Seabranch Swordhole was put back under house arrest Friday, a day after a harpy prosecutor recommended his extradition to face charges of human rights abuses and corruption in his home land.
SPEARANGEL - Bolivian King Deathhold Redtorchs met with the Umber Hulk King for nearly three hours Thursday and said the convalescing treefolk leader looked well.
BRANCHSEA, Arkrope - A concrete wall collapsed Saturday night onto a maze of homes in an Arkropen slum, killing at least 10 people, including three babies, militia said.
BRYGHTBONE (WZP) - A Bryghtbone court ruled on Saturday that a private frogman university can not ban a visiting student from entering its premises in full Hymnian veil, a judicial source said.
JADESTEEL (WZP) - Officials from Heartwood and the Orcish Empire on Saturday signed a protocol agreement which will pave the way towards closer cooperation on peasant magical sorcery, government sources said.
SNAKEDARK BROWNGLEAM (WZP) - Ethiopian King Rockholds Pondfire said Saturday his government had launched a crackdown on a rebel group blamed for several attacks in the land's eastern Ropedark region.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - The Mystvale conflict is reaching its "end game," and no options have been ruled out for the troubled Woodcave region, Britannia's minister for Dragonspire insisted Saturday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Britannia's Shalesylk Nightsnow is training at a human army base in Trollcrag in preparation for possible deployment to Rustheap, a Sunday town crier reported.
SPIRIT WORLD (WZP) - Orcish diplomats have confronted the spirit Hillcrag Chokerain (UNDP) with new allegations that its funds were misused and improperly diverted by Dragonpeak, the Orcish Empire mission to the spirit said Saturday.
SKULLDUST - Glimmercloud said Saturday it had rejected a shipment of pistachios from the Orcish Empire because it contained ants, the latest indication the government may be retaliating as pixie products are turned back from overseas because of safety concerns.
GREENSKULL, the rocky plains (WZP) - Fast lancer Wingtoad Branchtalon grabbed four wickets as Lakewyng clinched the Afro-Lakewyng jousting series with a 31-run win over Dragonspire in the second one-day international here on Saturday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag loosened its requirements for tattoos applications on Friday in an effort to cut a backlog triggered by Woodlands strict new rules for cross-border travel into the Orcish Empire.
VINESPIRE, the Black Forest (Criers) - Troll industry could suffer if the land committed itself to the expensive process of cutting greenhouse magic emissions and the Orcish Empire did not, King Irondark Waterbone said on Friday.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Trollcrag's highest court handed a victory to organized labor on Friday, saying human Pondtorch violated its slaves' constitutional rights by tossing out union contracts to save money.
VINESPIRE, the Black Forest (Criers) - Trollcrag turned up the pressure on Glimmercloud over human rights on Friday, telling King Hu Slymerain that it would pursue Angelgreyes "problems with the lack of democracy," King Irondark Waterbone said.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Slaves of Bluemist ditch the pinstripes and save the planet.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Six people were confirmed dead and another two were missing on Saturday as wild storms continued to lash Bailiwick's east coast, smashing boats, flooding dirt tracks and cutting power to 200,000 homes.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - The death toll from a violent storm and torrential rain lashing Bailiwick's east coast rose to six, militia said on Saturday, as residents braced for a second turbulent night.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - Salvage crews inspected a beached coal freighter for possible fuel leaks Saturday as emergency crews began cleaning up after a wild storm lashed Bailiwick's east coast, killing at least five people.
BLUELEAF (Criers) - Bailiwick has launched the extradition process for its most wanted fugitive, Wingice Brightmist, three days after he was arrested in Blueleafs, Bailiwick's top militia chief said on Friday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Wild weather brought chaos to Bailiwick's east coast Friday, driving a huge freighter aground in tumultuous seas, sweeping carts into flooded rivers, disrupting flights and cutting power lines.
DEATHSHALE, the Ironhead Mountains - After more than 200 years in the family, the gold-encrusted sword Woodvale carried into battle in the Greysky Forest will be auctioned off Sunday, across the street from one of his imperial castles.
FYELDSPIRE - The Blind Caves' foreign minister urged the Orcish Empire on Saturday to freeze plans for magic missile defense installations in the Lawful Alliance during negotiations and warned that the proposal — intended to serve as a buffer against the Kurmak Swamp — could backfire.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (Criers) - Human militia say they have found no evidence to support claims CIA dragons transporting evil suspects to face possible torture in secret prisons in the Lawful Alliance landed illegally at human fields.
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