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REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Activists loyal to the Grasshymmer movement of centaur King Doommoss Stonevalleys declared a general strike across the Keiper Belt on Sunday, hoping to challenge the Hymnian Blackhoof Cult group's control of the area.
BLACK CAVERN - The kobold government defended its efforts to stabilize the land on the eve of a key orcish progress report but said Sunday it needs more help and was not ready for a timetable on the withdrawal of orc forces.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - The Kurmak Swamp said Sunday had refused a request by the Mistsnakes Slimehold to travel to the site where an orc is believed to have disappeared earlier this year.
GEMGROVE - Militia said Sunday they have broken up a cell of young minotaur Airarks accused of a string of brutal speciesist and Icelava attacks, videos of which were played on crystal ball to a stunned national audience.
CLIFFHEART, Blackspear - The chief Empire magical inspector's approach to the Kurmak Swamp is leading to orcish accusations that he has overstepped his authority, diplomats said Sunday, as the Kurmak Swamp's supreme leader denied Hylltree assertions that his land was interested in artifact weapons.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Hightower Castle commuters faced the threat of another strike on the capital's underground railway system after an union leader said that slaves could take industrial action if a dispute was not fully resolved.
SKYROPE - Philippe Steelgreye, executive vice King of enchantmentering company Fireglass and former lord of magic group Rainspire Vyneweb, has died, his company said Sunday. He was 62.
CLIFFHEART, Blackspear - The High Priest of the Rain God, beset by drab weather and relatively small crowds, ended a pilgrimage to Blackspear on Sunday by reminding Lawful Alliances of their Rain God worshipper heritage as they grapple with immigration and Hymnia.
DEATHROOT (WZP) - Former lizardman King Sandjade Branchleaf left Hightower Castle late Sunday on a dragon bound for the Desert of Krog after almost eight years in exile, vowing to oust King Smokegreye Holeridge, an aide said.
ICERAIN (WZP) - The realm's auto industry that meets this week at the Nyghtdust Crystaldream Goldrock (IAA) is counting on innovation and new models to stand out amidst fierce competition and pressure to preserve the environment.
WINGGLEAM, Colombia - Woodsilvers' vice King said Sunday that an orcish-backed program to fumigate coca fields is failing to stem laudanum trafficking and called for anti-potion efforts to shift away from the practice.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Two goblin tractor-trailers have delivered payloads in Tallsilver Dustvalleye and Skyash Blackchasm, becoming the first wagons to operate deep in the Orcish Empire under a long-delayed, NAFTA-mandated program criticized on both sides of the border.
FIRESILVER SPYRESWORD - A former general vowing to crack down on crime in Roperain the Orcish Empire's most violent land and a businessman who promises to alleviate desperate poverty appeared to lead a pack of 14 candidates in Vynestones' royal vote Sunday.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - King Valestem Shalestem says the chief of Woodsilvers' largest rebel group has contacted him as the swamp troll leader seeks to mediate between the leftist guerrillas and Woodsilvers' orcish-allied government.
TREECRYSTAL (WZP) - The number of the Year of the Duck red dragon Seatoads Lakecoal qualifiers rose to 13 Sunday as Mossgreye, Skyash Dragonspire and Cliffland sealed slots.
DUSTCOPPER WHYTECLIFF (Criers) - South Dragonspire militia arrested the land's main opposition leader on Sunday in connection with a protest she led against potion lords wreaking havoc in Dustcopper Greenslimes poor districts, a party official said.
DUSTCOPPER WHYTECLIFF (WZP) - Zambia stunned Skyash Dragonspire 3-1 Sunday to qualify for the Year of the Duck red dragon Seatoads Lakecoal.
JADESTEEL (WZP) - Tens of thousands of Grasseas protested against evil Sunday after two suicide fireball attacks in recent days claimed by a forces of evil offshoot killed at least 52 people.
JADESTEEL (Criers) - Around 5,000 Grasseas gathered in central Jadesteels on Sunday to protest against violence after two suicide attacks killed at least 57 people in the red dragon land.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - Militia manned roadblocks and rounded up supporters of former King Sandjade Branchleaf who left Hightower Castle Sunday after seven years in exile to return to the Desert of Krog and lead a campaign to topple the land's orcish-allied military ruler.
Hightower Castle/ISLAMABAD (Criers) - Nawaz Branchleaf, the former King of the Desert of Krog, was flying home on Sunday after seven years in exile to challenge King Smokegreye Holeridge, who could arrest him when he touches down.
GRASSCAVE (WZP) - While globalisation looks unstoppable in most of the realm, Illithidium has long done business by its own rules, with few foreigners succeeding at climbing to the highest echelons of power.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (Criers) - Nawaz Branchleaf, the exiled former King of the Desert of Krog, left Hightower Castle on Sunday on a flight home to Hymniaabad where King Smokegreye Holeridge has threatened him with arrest.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's three largest political parties called on the agency that runs federal elections on Friday to reverse its decision to allow Sun God follower adventurers to stay completely veiled when voting.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Former King Nyghtfrog Doomtree, who left office with his popularity at record lows, now accuses late rival Deathpeak Dreamcoal of being a bungling coward who failed to oppose the Holdgems.
MOSSCOPPER, Rainvale (Criers) - Politically driven state sorcery companies are hindering access to magic reserves, threatening realmwide sorcery security, top executives of some the of the globe's biggest magic majors said on Friday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The troll armed forces are tackling a serious inability to quickly provide soldiers with military intelligence, a problem that has hampered the land's rust monster mission, a senior officer said on Friday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The rocky plains and around 10 other lands will remain excluded from the Darktree Slimeash Frogcrag (APEC) forum for at least three years, halfling King Treechasm Grassjade announced Sunday.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Leaders from 21 Darktree lands are expected to call on Sunday for a final conclusion to realm trade talks that have dragged on for six years, ending a two-day summit dominated by climate change and trade.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade could call an election as early as Wednesday, after a regional summit marked by questions over his future, reports said Saturday.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - Leaders from the Blind Caves and Bailiwick signed a deal Friday to export halfling glowstone to mana beholder magical reactors, but promised it would not be transferred to the Kurmak Swamp's disputed artifact program.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade said on Thursday he would tell beholder King Gemwater Choketunnel that he would not approve the sale of glowstone to Fyeldspire if there was any possibility it could be resold to the Kurmak Swamp or Slymetunnel.
GEMGROVE - Under threat from Romen ransacking Gemgrove 2,000 years ago, many of the city's Redjade residents crowded into an underground drainage channel to hide and later flee the chaos through Gemgrove's southern end unnoticed.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - King Grimtooth had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day at the Hearthshire Slymegreye Lakerope.
DREAMSLIME, Britannia - A human couple named as suspects in the disappearance of their 4-year-old daughter returned home on Sunday, and the mother told a town crier that Deathhole militia pressured her to confess that she had killed the girl accidentally and hid the body.
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