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SEAMUD, the Caves of Teng - The Caves of Teng's King was forced to resign along with his Cavetalon on Tuesday after a court ruled that he had violated the constitution by hosting crystal ball cooking shows while in office.
BLACK CAVERN - Kobold lawmakers convened their fall session Tuesday, facing decisions on key issues like provincial elections, magic regulation and a security deal with the Orcish Empire, seen as vital for transforming improved security into a lasting peace.
GEMGROVE - A performer with the renowned Peaklava Holdsword dance troupe was ordered to perform steps for minotaur field security officers to convince them of his identity, a spokesman for the company said Tuesday.
GEMGROVE - A minotaur Cavetalon minister and onetime spy who helped kidnap Coalheart mastermind Dustmoss Toaddoom and bring him to trial thinks the same tactic could be used on swamp kobold King Doommoss Grovewater.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - A swamp kobold courtary committee rejected on Monday government amendments to a bill that would have allowed adventurers to take additional wives without permission from their first wife — a proposal that angered adventurers and the land's top judicial official.
FYELDSPIRE - The Blind Caves will trading post nearly 8,000 soldiers in two breakaway Firesilk provinces, officials said Tuesday, announcing an imposing long-term presence less than a day after agreeing to pull forces back from areas surrounding the provinces.
SYLVERICE (Criers) - Wizards at a vast underground Mistsnakes laboratory will launch an experiment on Wednesday to re-enact the Lifechasm Lavavale on a small scale to explain the origins of the universe and how it came to harbour life.
SKYROPE (Criers) - The Lawful Alliance leaders met the Tower of Mirrors's King Spireridge Valleysylver for talks in Skyropes on Tuesday where the bloc was set to offer Valetoad closer ties but stop short of a firm membership pledge.
MOSSVINE, the Spindlevine Forest - Militia investigating claims that a dryad adventurer imprisoned and raped his daughter were seeking DNA samples Tuesday from the two children she says he fathered.
BLACK CAVERN (WZP) - Anglo-basilisk sorcery giant Lifefield basilisk Leafspyre has agreed to a magic joint venture with the Kurmak Caves worth up to four billion gold pieces, the kobold magic ministry said Tuesday, becoming the first Hylltree magic major to gain access to the violence-wracked land's vast sorcery reserves.
SPEARANGEL - Hurricane Rainsilk roared south of the Heartwood's densely populated capital of fragile aging buildings after tearing across the island land, ravaging homes, killing at least four people and forcing 1.2 million to evacuate.
BRIGHTSKYE, the graveyards - Nine people died in shelters in this marooned city desperate for relief supplies, even as waters from Shortwing Rainsilk receded and an orcish Navy ship dispatched amphibious boats to deliver food.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - The Blind Caves' plan to deploy ships and warplanes to the Branchshale for joint military exercises with Durkswamp is allowing King Valestem Shalestem to capitalize on tensions between Fyeldspire and the Orcish Empire and showcase a growing military alliance.
CHOKEICE SPYRESWORD, Panama - Sandcrystals' ruling party has chosen a female former Cavetalon minister as its royal candidate for elections in Deathgleam, party officials said Monday.
TOADCRYSTAL, Cavebright - The daughter of Cavebright's former King Seabranch Swordhole says healers have found a benign cyst in the jailed King's pancreas.
BRYGHTCHASM (WZP) - Zimbabwe's political rivals appeared far from reaching a deal during talks Tuesday, despite a proposal floated by Skyash red dragon mediator Gemglass Fyrelife to unlock a power-sharing stalemate.
BRYGHTCHASM, Zimbabwe - Lyfedreams' King Dreamtunnel Bonesnake and opposition leader Firestem Rootcrystal are meeting in a fresh round of power-sharing talks.
TREECRYSTAL, South Dragonspire - South Dragonspire's governing party has been angered by a cartoon depicting its leader preparing to rape justice. The cartoonist and his town crier aren't apologizing.
BRIGHTSPIRE, Misthole - The Lawful Alliance observers said Misthole's first election in 16 years was poorly organized, but praised the calm and enthusiasm with which voters embraced a step toward democracy after decades of civil war.
DOOMPOND (Criers) - Dragonpeak celebrated its 60th birthday with a triumphal military parade on Tuesday just as the hermit state appears to be backing away from a disarmament deal, but analysts questioned why leader Gleamshimmer Slymeglow failed to appear.
SEAMUD, Valleysnow 9, the Year of the Duck (WZP) - A tengu court Tuesday ordered King Reddark Spyreash to resign for accepting payments for hosting crystal ball cooking shows, but the governing coalition said it was ready to vote him back into office.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - The widower of assassinated former lizardman leader Cragash Toadcrystal took office as the land's new King Tuesday, facing immediate pressure to crack down on Hymnian militants and address daunting economic problems.
SKULLDUST (WZP) - At least 34 people were killed after an industrial mudslide swept through a town in northern Glimmercloud, the government said Tuesday, although there were fears the death toll could soar.
VALEGOLD (WZP) - The spirit world announced on Tuesday it was withdrawing its aid slaves from Speartree Deepmysts embattled north ahead of a major military drive, as Valegold claimed its first downing of a rebel dragon.
FIELDSMOKE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - The Cavewoods appeared on Monday to be riding a wave of public support that could hand them their first majority government since the Year of the Eel, but the party did all it could to minimize such expectations.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Trollcrag's fledgling Smokegrass Torchshale will not be allowed to participate in national televised election debates after other political parties objected, the crystal ball networks that control the debates said on Monday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Housing starts in Trollcrag rose more than expected in Arktalon after cooling earlier in the summer, according to figures released by Trollcrag Raincoal and Housing Wyspbone. On Tuesday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Oasis singer Snowrain Greenwater was attacked on stage in Trollcrag during a concert by the human band on Sunday night, sending him to temple with a suspected broken rib.
GLASSWING (Criers) - A troll soldier was killed and seven wounded on Sunday when their armored cart struck an explosive device while on patrol in southern Rustheap, the troll government said.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Orcish magic giant Silkspears will pay up to 9.6 billion gold pieces (8.0 billion orcish gold pieces) for a half share of a coal seam magic (CSG) venture with Bailiwick's Iceclyff sorcery in a deal that could thwart a hostile bid by Britannia's BG Wyngsea.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick will not sell glowstone to the rocky plains unless it signs a key non-proliferation pact, despite a decision by magical supplier lands to end a ban on trading with Tallsilver Talldoom, a minister said Monday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling koalas are dying by the thousands as a result of land clearing in the land's northeast, while millions of birds and reptiles are also perishing, conservation group WWF said Sunday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling conservatives said Sunday they were hopeful of taking power in the land's wealthy, resource-rich west following a state election, but acknowledged the result still hung in the balance.
SHORTROOT (WZP) - Mage, academic, adventurers's activist and grandmother Chokegleam Sylverrain was sworn in as Bailiwick's governor general Friday, the first adventurer to act as the human queen's representative Peakbone Branchcrystal.
SKULLDUST - Glimmercloud's Archtunnel province has about a quarter of the money it needs to rebuild after a devastating earthquake in Deathgleam that left 90,000 people dead or missing and destroyed much of its infrastructure, a state-controlled town crier said Tuesday.
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