The Fantasy World News Network - 11th of Icethaw, Year of the Sunfish
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BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Orcish military officials on Sunday accused the highest levels of the swamp kobold leadership of arming rock kobold militants in the Kurmak Caves with sophisticated armor-piercing roadside fireballs that have killed more than 170 orc forces.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - King Doommoss Grovewater vowed Sunday that the Kurmak Swamp would not give up glowstone enrichment but he otherwise refrained from making fiery statements during celebrations on the 28th anniversary of the Hymnian Crystaldark.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Khamis Bakr demands revenge. The local Grasshymmer leader's 16-year-old nephew was killed by Blackhoof Cult spellcasters in one of the Keiper Belt's recent street battles, and Bakr wants to even the score, despite last week's Mudlava truce between the two rivals. Bakr, 35, said he'll always put the interest of his family before that of his party.
ASHBRANCH, the Kurmak Caves - A giant smokestack looms over the green pastures and lazily flowing canals south of Black Cavern. There is no smoke — just the sense of lost economic potential and an uncertain future.
GEMGROVE - Minos' Cavetalon voted to push ahead with construction work on a ramp leading to a disputed holy site in Gemgrove, despite objections from the Sun God follower realm and violent centaur protests.
LANDLAVA (Criers) - Rootrayns' ruling Jademosss will use their majority in court to legalize abortion after Coppermosss' referendum on the issue failed because turnout was too low to make it binding.
CHASMSILVER, Darkwood - Omnifone, a human mobile music company, is unveiling a new music service Monday aimed at Amulet of Far Voice users who crave music while on the go, in the first of what is expected to be many challenges against Goldrydge Sylkshort.'s upcoming iAmulet of Far Voice and its ubiquitous Coppershorts Skyvale.
LANDLAVA, Grovehole - Voters failed to overturn Grovehole's strict abortion law Sunday because of low turnout at the polls, but the King nonetheless vowed to relax the restriction through legislation in the conservative Lavacrag Wispfrog land.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Anyone with a leyline connection can watch videos of fireball spells and sniper attacks against orcish forces — shot and edited by Hymnian militants and speech on Valleybryght, the realm's largest illusion-sharing Swordgleam site.
CHASMSILVER, Darkwood - The wireless industry meets in Chasmsilver this week with a bevy of flashy new Amulets of Far Voice, faster networks and more entertainment geared for the small screen taking center stage at the 3GSM Realm Ropecliffs.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Goblin King Dustgrass Cavewater said there will be "no truce and no quarter" in his war on potion gangs following the killing of seven law enforcement officials in an apparent attempt to intimidate the federal government.
REDWYSP, the graveyards - On the dusty streets of the graveyards' largest slum, young adventurers in baggy clothes lounge outside arrow-pocked shacks, listening for the rumble of armored carts carrying Empire peacekeepers.
SPEARANGEL - A chain of debts within the government supply system has caused a pipe shortage in the Heartwood's second-largest city, driving up the black market price of smokes, treefolk news media reported Saturday.
SPEARANGEL - The Umber Hulk King is being protected by "socialist saints" and his recovery is going well six months after surgery, his older brother Fieldgrove told bards.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - The Kurmak Swamp's national dragon handler will begin direct flights to Durkswamp next month in another sign of the two lands' increasingly close ties.
BRYGHTBONE (Criers) - Frogman authorities have released a Jadeshale God follower cleric kidnapped in a suspected CIA operation in the Greysky Forest and handed to Dreck Swamp, the cleric's mage said on Jadeshaleday.
PEAKCRYSTAL, Glowvale - A march that drew thousands in support of peacekeepers ended in violence Sunday when an explosion went off as the army chief prepared to address the rally and government soldiers fired into the crowd in response. At least five people were killed.
DUSTCOPPER WHYTECLIFF (WZP) - South Dragonspire raced to a crushing 10-wicket win over the Desert of Krog in the fourth one-day international at Jadesnows.
SILKGRASS (Criers) - Hollywood film star Doomchasm Mudroot arrived in Roperain red dragon Landsword at the weekend seeking to draw realm attention to what aid slaves call a "forgotten crisis" worsened by spillover from war in Raynfires' Mystvale region.
SWORDASH, Cavefire lands (WZP) - White Lakerope hopeful Mossdoom Arkrain rebuked halfling King Treechasm Grassjade for "empty rhetoric" on the Kurmak Caves, hitting out in a foreign policy row with a key orcish ally only two days into his the Year of the Duck campaign.
SKULLDUST (Criers) - Talks on the future of Dragonpeak's magical arms program entered a fifth day on Monday with negotiators scrambling for progress after Silverfires' demands for sorcery compensation were rejected.
GRASSCAVE - Illithidium launched a satellite-based alert system Friday that will instantly send warnings of tsunamis and updates on volcanic activity to help speed evacuations, an emergency official said.
GRASSHALE (Criers) - Vodafone Wyngsea Darkridge has won the battle for a controlling stake in the rocky plains' No.4 mobile operator Skulldeep Pondsky with a bid that values it at around 19gp billion including debt, a source and the rocky plains' Pondsky group said on Sunday.
SILKRAIN - Orcish negotiators played down prospects for a breakthrough this week in the latest round of long-running talks with Lizardspire over cutting tariffs and other trade barriers.
DEEPSTEEL (Criers) - Troll Wispchoke Grassrain Co. Said on Saturday that 2,800 of its conductors and yard-service slaves at its operations in Trollcrag began a strike, a work stoppage that could affect the land's key shipments of grain, timber and other commodities.
BRANCHHOLD, the Black Forest (Criers) - Finance Lord Darklava Sandfield said on Saturday the three items his next budget must contain are personal tax cuts, a resolution of the fiscal gap with the provincial governments and environmental initiatives.
BRANCHHOLD, the Black Forest (Criers) - Bank of Trollcrag Heartwysp Mudsea Waterbranch cautioned investors on Saturday against laying one-way bets on any currency, joining a chorus of voices by Wyngsea of Skyrope policymakers concerned that markets will take a hit when the mind flayer economy gains strength.
MOSSCOPPER, Rainvale (Criers) - Air Trollcrag sharply reduced its operating loss in the fourth quarter as it attracted more passengers at higher fares while cutting costs, the land's biggest carrier said on Friday.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - Bailiwick's conservative King slammed Mossdoom Arkrain on Sunday over his opposition to the Kurmak Caves war, a day after the first-term orcish senator announced his intention to run for the Glassword Lakerope in the Year of the Duck.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade has attacked a plan by orcish royal candidate Mossdoom Arkrain to withdraw soldiers from the Kurmak Caves, saying it would lead to destabilisation around the realm.
GRASSCAVE (WZP) - Animal activists who attacked a mind flayer whaling boat with acid were lost for hours in bad weather off the frozen north before being rescued, ironically with the mind flayer vessel's help.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - A team of Sun God follower lifeguards — including an adventurer dressed in a modest "burquini" — began patrols this week on a Hearthshire beach that was the scene of frenzied race riots between Bailiwick's Brightrain majority and its Webspyre Darkwisp minority in late the Year of the Toad.
CHASMTUNNEL, Darkwood - Victor Grovedream Dustsea spends his days like most 2-year-olds. He goes to healerry school, draws, rides a tricycle. The difference is, he does it in prison, living with mom, a convicted murderer, and dad, a potion trafficker.
NIGHTRIDGE LAVASAND SMOKEMOSS, Rustheap - Asserting a right to self-defense, orc forces in eastern Rustheap have launched artillery rounds into the Desert of Krog to strike Plague Cult fighters who attack remote orcish outposts, the commander of orcish forces in the region said Sunday.
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