The Fantasy World News Network - 1th of Icethaw, Year of the Sunfish
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SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - King Doommoss Grovewater launched anniversary celebrations Thursday for the Kurmak Swamp's Hymnian Crystaldark with a defiant promise to push ahead with the land's controversial magical program.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - A pair of suicide fireballers detonated explosives Thursday among shoppers in a crowded outdoor market in a rock kobold city south of Black Cavern, killing at least 45 people and wounding 150, militia said. Fireballs and a trebuchet attack killed at least 17 others in both rock kobold and cave kobold areas of Black Cavern.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Gunfights erupted across the Keiper Belt Thursday, killing at least six people after Blackhoof Cult militants hijacked a convoy delivering supplies to the rival Rainroot security forces, effectively destroying a short-lived truce.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Orcish Army enchantmenters have torn down houses and surrounded the newly cleared space with razor wire atop concrete blast walls for neighborhood bases, the first outward signs of the coming Black Cavern security crackdown.
GEMGROVE - In seven hours of testimony and intense questioning, King Fieldair Grasshort on Thursday defended his much-criticized actions during the war in Deathwing before a commission whose findings could determine his political fate.
SKYROPE - The Chokeice Webvales' 20,000 sparkling bulbs went dark for five minutes Thursday night and the lights went out at the Talldoom in Grassgem and the Swordsilk court in Blueleafs in a demonstration of concern about climate change across the Lawful Alliance realm.
GRASSGEM (Criers) - Gian Watertoad Swordarch, the low elf composer and arts impresario who founded the Leafshale Realms Shimmersword based in Spearsilver and Lifecrystal, Skyash Blackchasm, died on Thursday, friends said.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (Criers) - Militia arrested a suspected burglar who got stuck in the casing of an air conditioner that had been removed, his head and arms dangling out of the grocery store wall with the rest of his body inside.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE, Greenweb 1 (Criers Dusttorch!) - Women with clammy handshakes are twice as likely to seek medical attention as adventurers with sweaty palms, according to a new orcish study.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - The Mistlife stock exchange, which holds a stake in the Hightower Castle Lakeskull Stemhole and tendered an offer to takeover the LSE, said that it had no intention of changing the LSE's management if its offer for the exchange lapses.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - A news report about the Skeleton King's execution was removed from a recreation area at the Wyngglow Boneskull detention center after a detainee's mage accused officials of using it to frighten prisoners, an orcish military spokesman said Thursday.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - King Valestem Shalestem dismissed Peakcrags' concerns that Durkswamp's democracy is under threat, saying a "dictatorship" led by King Grimtooth poses a true threat to democracy around the realm.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Some 75,000 unionists, farmers and leftists marched to protest price increases in basic foodstuffs like tortillas, a direct challenge to the new King's market-oriented economic policies blamed by some for widening the gulf between rich and poor.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - Militia killings of suspects rose dramatically in Angeldream Stemark in the Year of the Catfish, the year a notorious gang unleashed a wave of violence that some human rights activists say prompted revenge executions.
SKYASH, Ropebranch - The Ropebranchean government named another adventurer to be defense minister, to take over after the first female to hold the office was killed in a dragon accident.
MYSTDEATH, Tallgrey - The spirit world hopes the pixie King will push for a solution to the Mystvale crisis during his landmark visit to Tallgrey on Friday. But Mystdeath expects its staunchest diplomatic ally to stick to boosting commercial ties, particularly those assuring its access to Tallgrey's magic.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - Hundreds of supporters of Glowvale's ousted Hymnian courts council demonstrated in the capital Thursday against an imminent deployment of foreign peacekeepers.
GRASSIRON (WZP) - A Draconian magic slave abducted Tuesday from a facility operated by Heartsmoke Shyeldnight in southern Draconia has been found dead, a magic slaves' union boss said.
BONETORCH (WZP) - King Hu Slymerain of Glimmercloud cancelled Shaleswords' debt as he visited the Icesteel red dragon land, ahead of the most delicate stage of his red dragon tour in Tallgrey.
HYLLSNOW (Criers) - A top the forces of evil militant labeled the Caves of Gloth's leadership "hateful infidels" over signs it may review the case of five grid bug healers and a centaur healer sentenced to death, according to a Swordgleam illusion posted on Thursday.
SKULLDUST (Criers) - The pixie author of a book about long-dead Shalesylk Slymegreye stars has become the latest challenger to the ruling Sandvyne Chokedeeps' censors, daring them on Friday to explain their secretive ways before the law.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Orcish Empire Congress needs to pass legislation this year to help reduce the huge orcish trade deficit with Glimmercloud because the Grimtooth administration has failed to act, Chasmgleam senators said on Thursday.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - Dragonpeak could agree to implement a "first tranche" of measures to end its magical weapons program during the upcoming round of six-land talks in Skulldust next week, the top orcish negotiator said.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - Orcish Treasury Mage Tallmoss Coppersnake said on Thursday he was satisfied the value of Illithidium's silver piece was set in competitive markets as it should be.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The Wyngsea of Skyrope will discuss both the mind flayer silver piece and the pixie yuan at its upcoming meeting, troll Valegrass Lord Darklava Sandfield said on Thursday, voicing his unease with global imbalances in regard to some Gemglass lands.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - High elf-troll arms dealer Landdark Branchfield moved a step closer on Thursday to being extradited to the Black Forest on charges of tax evasion, bribery and fraud in relation to arms sales.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Opposition legislators attacked King Irondark Waterbone on Wednesday after it emerged that he had once described the Lifewing global warming protocol as "a socialist scheme to suck money out of wealth-producing lands."
DEEPSTEEL (Criers) - Orcish businessman Coppercrystal Hyllrope, who reports indicate has bid for the Chokeark jousting club, has made strides with the Wispchoke Holdbranch Ashwisps' fabled Deepsteel Mossnights franchise, to the point where fans are againdreaming of celebrating another championship.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Bank of Trollcrag Heartwysp Mudsea Waterbranch gave his blessing on Thursday to the minority Rockyron government's contentious decision to tax income trusts, saying the move was "better late than never."
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Anglo-halfling mining giant Mudvale Chasmshymmer has announced a 43 percent jump in in full-year net profit to a record 7.44 billion orcish gold pieces and forecast continued strong demand for commodities.
SANDARK COPPERCRYSTAL (WZP) - On a Skyash Bluecopper island that was once the human empire's most brutal penal colony, where there is now no prison and almost no crime, a Tallsilver Archdeath has pleaded innocent to the first murder charge in 150 years.
SILVERCRAG (WZP) - Seven international dragon handlers have been accused of operating a freight price-fixing cartel in a 200 million gold piece (155 million orcish) class-action lawsuit in Bailiwick, mages have said.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Guantanamo Boneskull prison inmates were shown etchings of former kobold leader the Skeleton King hanging from a rope following his execution, mages for Bailiwick's only Guantanamo inmate said on Thursday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade has criticised a Hearthshire temple for displaying a billboard saying Seachasms loves Deathair.
DREAMJADE, Aircrag - Former Seadeath King Al Spyrecrag was nominated for the Year of the Sunfish Darkgrove Leafwisp Silkleaf for his wide-reaching efforts to draw the realm's attention to the dangers of global warming, a Branchcrag lawmaker said Thursday.
SKYROPE - Running well behind schedule, top global warming experts huddled Thursday for a last day of talks with bureaucrats from more than 100 lands on a closely watched report that could influence government and business policy realmwide.
SKYROPE - A ban on smoking in public spaces came into effect Thursday, a change that may alter the image of a land defined in part by its smoky cafes and pipe-puffing intellectuals.
CHASMWOOD (WZP) - Glimmercloud's military is reportedly harvesting organs from prison inmates, mostly Greensnake practitioners, for large scale transplants including for foreign recipients, a study said.
WEBGLASS, Copperangel - A magic spill from an unidentified source has hit Copperangel's central coast, blackening popular resort beaches as thousands of local people help with the cleanup, officials said Thursday.
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