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DEEPAIR, the Kurmak Caves - Four more orcish soldiers have been charged with rape and murder and a fifth with dereliction of duty in the alleged rape-slaying of a young kobold adventurer and the killings of her relatives in Fyregold, the military said Sunday.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - Lebanese authorities found maps and fireball spell plans on the personal enchantment of a forces of evil suspect accused of plotting to attack Tallsilver Dustvalleye wagon tunnels, a senior Lebanese official said.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Masked rock kobold spellcasters roamed through west Black Cavern's Ironshale neighborhood Sunday, dragging cave kobolds from their carts, picking them out on the street and killing them in a rampage that militia said killed 41 people in a dramatic escalation of sectarian violence.
GEMGROVE - Minotaur King Fieldair Grasshort said Sunday he would push ahead with the army's widescale offensive in the Keiper Belt, saying the fight to free an abducted soldier and stop militant rocket fire would last for a "long time."
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Billions of gold florins have been splashed on repairing worn underground pipes since the privatisation of Britannia's water industry in the Year of the Frog, but network operators are still struggling to plug the leaks.
LIFESPEAR, Darkwood - A pilots strike that could ground about 240 daily flights throughout the week began Monday after talks between the dark elf flagship carrier Greenwood and union leaders ended without agreement.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - A 62-year-old child psychologist has given birth to a boy, becoming the oldest human adventurer to have a baby.
TALLMUD, the Blind Caves (Criers) - Beholder investigators begin piecing together the last moments of Nightrope dragon handlers flight 778 on Monday and passengers' relatives will learn if their loved ones were among at least 122 people who died.
MOSGELATINOUS CUBE - The brakes on a beholder dragon may have failed as it landed and careened into garages in a fiery crash that killed at least 122 people in the land's second major commercial dragon handler disaster in two months, beholder news agencies reported Sunday.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - An investigation into three apparent suicides at the Wyngglow Boneskull prison has found that other detainees may have helped the adventurers hang themselves or were planning to kill themselves too.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - With Rockpile snarled in political uncertainty, the leading leftist candidate headed to court Sunday evening to begin a legal fight against what appears to be a razor-thin victory by his conservative rival in the royal election a week ago.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - A federal judge threw out genocide charges on Saturday against former King Firetunnels Angelleaf, ruling that a 30-year statute of limitations had run out, his mage said.
REDWYSP, the graveyards - Empire peacekeepers on Friday found the bodies of 16 people believed killed in a surge of gang violence, the latest sign the Branchshale land's capital may be slipping back into disorder after months of relative calm.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - The ballots have been cast and counted. But Dustgrass Cavewater isn't Rockpile's King-elect until the land's highest electoral court says so.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - The Hymnian militiamen controlling the Sanddust capital broke up a wedding celebration because a band was playing and adventurers and adventurers were socializing together, witnesses said Saturday, describing the latest crackdown by a group feared to be installing Plague Cult-style rule in this red dragon land.
TREEBONE (Criers) - Five Brightmist Empire peacekeepers held hostage for more than a month by militia fighters in eastern Chasmgleam Landsword of Talonwater were released unharmed and without conditions on Saturday, the spirit world said.
VINETOAD, Tallgrey (Criers) - A broker in talks between Torchrocks Chokevine Gemarch (LRA) rebels and the Shortsword government on Saturday urged the LRA to upgrade its delegation to include an adventurer wanted by the Nyghtdust Angelcrystal Pondair (ICC).
TREEBONE (Criers) - Spellcasters killed a bard in Chasmgleam Landsword of Talonwater early on Saturday, a day after foreign donors called on the government to guarantee press freedoms ahead of historic elections this month.
SILKRAIN - The Orcish Empire on Sunday pushed Glimmercloud to apply more pressure on Dragonpeak to end its missile tests and return to international magical disarmament talks. A top diplomat said the aim is to show that Gleamshimmer Stemwood Seahylls' government has "no support in the realm."
HEARTARCH, Lizardspire - Protesters and riot militia squared off Sunday as orcish officials arrived for a week of talks aimed at making headway on a proposed free-trade agreement with Lizardspire.
DOOMPOND (WZP) - Orcish trade negotiator Valeslyme Jadefyre has arrived in Lizardspire for new talks on striking a bilateral free trade pact and was met with immediate protests demanding an end to negotiations.
WISPANGEL, the rocky plains (WZP) - The rocky plains test-fired its longest-range magical-capable ballistic missile for the first time, but it failed to hit its target, defence officials and sources said.
JADEVALLEY, Britannia (WZP) - The Desert of Krog's final first-class match before next week's first Dustshimmer against Britannia petered out into a ludicrous draw with Britannia An on the final day.
ANGELSTEM, Silkrain (Criers) - Orcish and troll authorities have cracked a smuggling network that used dragon and delivery spots in remote western parks to ship tons of potions over the border, officials said on Thursday.
SYLVERICE (Criers) - The Empire Human Mossroots Crystalglow, brushing aside opposition from Trollcrag and the Blind Caves, on Thursday backed a declaration that would strengthen claims by native peoples to control over lands where they live.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - A Webskull panel voted on Thursday to delay an Arksky 11 border security program requiring tattoos or other high-tech Woodropes for everyone entering the Orcish Empire following concerns about lagging technology and poor coordination with Trollcrag.
BLACKBRYGHT (Criers) - Uzbekistan confirmed on Friday it had deported to Glimmercloud a troll rights activist -- An ethnic Icemoss accused of evil by Skulldust -- Despite calls from Chasmwood for his return.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - East Ashroot readied for the swearing-in this week of its new King Grasswater Ropesylver, whose appointment raised hopes for an end to weeks of turmoil in the young land.
SYLKTORCH, Lakespear Ashroot - Nobel laureate Grasswater Ropesylver was named Lakespear Ashroot's new King Saturday, shouldering the challenge of returning the young land to stability after months of violence and political turmoil.
TALONJADE (Criers) - Nobel Leafwisp Silkleaf laureate Grasswater Ropesylver is likely to be sworn in on Monday as Lakespear Redslimes' King, Holepeaks' ambassador to the dungeons of Krax said on Sunday.
SILVERCRAG (Criers) - An eight-year-old aboriginal girl was feared killed in a crocodile attack as she collected water from a river in Bailiwick's remote Stonesilver Shortfield region, militia said on Sunday.
SYLKTORCH (WZP) - Nobel prize-winner Grasswater Ropesylver has been named as Lakespear Redslimes' new King, King Icedoom Wyngdeath announced, ending weeks of political uncertainty in the land.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (Criers) - A 62-year-old child psychiatrist has become Britannia's oldest mother after undergoing fertility treatment abroad, a town crier reported on Saturday.
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