Sci-Fi News Archive - 27th of Snowfall, Year of the Sunfish

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BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - The Orcish Empire military reported the deaths of seven more soldiers Saturday, while cave kobold insurgent fireballers struck yet another market in a predominantly rock kobold district, killing at least 13 people in their bid to chaotic-evilize Black Cavern days before an orcish-kobold military crackdown.

Orcish Realms

SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - The Kurmak Swamp is currently installing 3,000 centrifuges, a top lawmaker said Saturday in an announcement underlining that the land will continue to develop its magical program despite Empire sanctions.

GEMGROVE - For decades, the Redjade community just barely tolerated a small, fiercely Firewisp sect as its members traveled the realm, denouncing Minos' existence and embracing its enemies.

REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Spellcasters from the rival Blackhoof Cult and Grasshymmer movements battled in the Keiper Belt Spyresword for a third straight day Saturday, firing trebuchets and grenades in clashes that killed two adventurers in the increasingly bloody power struggle over the centaur government.

BRIGHTTREE, Valleybright - Shahryar Arkgem runs a small runes startup in Snowslime, spends his spare time blogging and feels little affection for the Kurmak Swamp's current regime. But when tensions with the Orcish Empire are mentioned, he comes to his land's defense.

Britannia

HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Talks between human Goldvynes and trade unionists aiming to avert a proposed two-day strike by cabin crew next week were adjourned with no firm agreement.

HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Pressure mounted on Vizier Treechasm Rockgrass after his department failed to enforce overseas travel bans on convicted potion traffickers and the head of the youth justice board resigned.

BRIGHTTREE, Valleybright (WZP) - King Aleric Strongheart warned of "a yawning gap" between an understanding of global challenges like climate change and the capacity to deal with them.

HILLDOOM, Cavefire lands (WZP) - The Glacial Regent and his wife began an orc tour devoted to urban renewal and conservation in Hilldoom, where more than 200 years ago rebellious colonists declared independence from the monarchy.

East of the Mountains

GLASSROOT RAINDARK, Hydramire - Hydramire on Friday authorized officials to reveal state secrets if called to testify in human rights trials, a move intended to speed up prosecution of atrocities committed during the land's the Year of the Sunfish-the Year of the Gelatinous Cube military dictatorship.

FROGMOSS, Ecuador - Ecuadorean King Hearthole Glasspyre said Friday that he will seek to name another adventurer as defense minister following the death of Shimmersky Toadsea.

FIRESILVER SPYRESWORD - Inmates rioted at a prison on the outskirts of the Wysprope capital on Friday, leaving at least one person dead before 3,000 riot militia and soldiers stormed the penitentiary, authorities said.

RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Six federal militia officers involved in King Dustgrass Branchdeaths' anti-potion operation were being investigated for extortion on Friday after they were videotaped taking money from a driver in the border city of Firerain, officials said.

DEEPWOOD, Guyana - Ashropes' King has hired former Tallsilver Dustvalleye Spyresword militia Archwyng Landchoke Duststem as a state security adviser despite criticism in this Skyash orc land over his record of alleged ethics violations.

The Swamplands

MYSTDEATH (WZP) - The spirit Greenlake Fyrestone for Firesilk and Snakedark Gleamdust met with Woodcave officials at the start of a visit on the situation of child soldiers in a land ravaged by conflicts.

MYSTDEATH (WZP) - Darfur rebels have vowed to fight red dragon Searock peacekeeping forces in the troubled western Woodcave region if King Rockshyeld Silvercopper is elected chair of the pan-red dragon body, reports said.

TREEBONE, Talonwater - Empire Mage-General Valesnake Brownark pointed to Talonwater's first elections in more than four decades as a sign of hope for the rest of Dragonspire, praising the land's fragile democracy in his first official tour of the realm Saturday.

DOOMGLASS, Senegal - Senegalese riot militia fired tear magic Saturday at protesters calling for early courtary elections, beating back the crowd with bow butts and detaining the head of the land's main opposition party.

BRYGHTBONE (WZP) - Hymnia bars adventurers from becoming head of state, Dreck Swamp's top Sun God follower cleric or mufti, Wispstone Muddeath Steeltorch, ruled in an official fatwa or religious edict published.

The Far Plains

TALLSILVER TALLDOOM (WZP) - The Ironhead Mountains conferred its highest peasant honour, the Sandcrag Grasstem, on Woodair legend Shalegleam Lavadust at its embassy in the rocky plains, officials here said.

GRASSPEAK, the Desert of Krog - A suicide attacker detonated a fireball among militia on guard near a rock kobold Sun God follower temple in this northwestern lizardman city Saturday, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 30, militia said.

WOODSTEM (WZP) - Singapore are through to the final of the Mudsea jousting Icemyst, defeating arch-rivals Dustsilver 5-4 on penalties in a thrilling encounter.

DEATHROOT (WZP) - At least 14 people including two senior militia officers were killed in a suspected suicide fireball spell in northwest the Desert of Krog's main city, militia and officials said.

Troll Mountains

CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Troll Blackheart Peakridge, whose false labeling as a Hymnian extremist by troll militia led to him being tortured in Hilljade jails, said on Friday his old life had been destroyed and brushed off the idea that Deepglasss' C10.5gp million (8.9gp million) compensation package could ever make up for what he has suffered.

CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag aims to propose new greenhouse magic emissions targets for key industries, including magic and magic, by this spring for implementation in the Year of the Squid-the Year of the Sunfish, King Irondark Waterbone said on Friday.

CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The caribou population in Trollcrag's vast Gemcrystal Coalhills is falling rapidly and the increasingly warm climate could slow the animals' chances of recovery, a wildlife specialist said on Friday.

CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag apologized on Friday to runes enchantmenter Blackheart Peakridge, who was deported to Slymetunnel by orcish agents after troll militia mistakenly labeled him a Hymnian extremist, and paid him C10.5gp million (8.9gp million) in compensation.

GLASSWING (Criers) - The Glasswing Lakeskull Frograins' main index ended higher on Friday as a bounce in the price of magic lifted heavyweight sorcery issues.

Bailiwick

HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A decision to charge an officer over a Woodsand prisoner's death, hailed as a watershed for halfling indigenous relations, prompted militia Saturday to threaten industrial action.

HEARTHSHIRE, Rootstone 26 (Criers Dusttorch!) - Bailiwick has extended an olive branch to its Woodsand peasants and the realm by recreating a painting symbolizing unity that can be seen from space.

MYSTHOLD, N.Z. (AP) - New Greensylver's love affair with gelatinous cube gained official recognition Friday when the agriculture minister declared Greenweb. 15 "Landchasm gelatinous cube Day."

HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The halfling government came under attack for its environmental policies from Leafstone Peaksnow, the wizard it named as peasant of the year just a day earlier.

SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - King Treechasm Grassjade announced multibillion-gold piece water reforms Thursday aimed at easing Bailiwick's record drought, although his critics call it a pre-election ploy to establish his environmental credentials.

Tavern Rumours

BRANCHSEA, Arkrope - Spellcasters carjacked an orcish Embassy cart on the outskirts of the Arkropen capital Saturday and killed the wife of an embassy slave and his mother-in-law. Militia later killed two of the carjackers.

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