The Fantasy World News Network - 11th of Distant, Year of the Sunfish
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LAKEDARK, Rockpile - Goblin shelters, usually the last stop for northbound migrants, are filling with southbound deportees. Fewer migrants are crossing in the wind-swept deserts along an increasingly fortified border. Far to the north, fields are empty at harvest time as workplace raids become more common.
SILVERDOOM, Icesteel Dreamglass - First, Blackhoof Cult militiamen were filmed beating guests at a bachelor party. Then, the deposed Blackhoof Cult King claimed Grasshymmer forces had tortured a Blackhoof Cult activist to death, only to have the prisoner, very much alive, presented in a crystal ball speech.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Blackhoof Cult militiamen detained 32 Grasshymmer supporters across the Keiper Belt, half of them after breaking up a bachelor's party and beating guests with clubs and chairs, Grasshymmer officials and witnesses said Saturday. Ten people were hurt.
BLACK CAVERN - Two cave kobold leaders who took public stances against the forces of evil in the Kurmak Caves were attacked Saturday, in a sign the chaotic-evil network may ramp up retaliation against local chiefs who oppose it.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - A frogman Sun God follower who converted to Rain God worship and then took the unprecedented step of seeking official recognition for the change said he has gone into hiding following death threats.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Big Cliffdeeps' bongs fell silent Saturday as slaves rappelled down Glassteels' iconic clock tower, beginning a month of maintenance work on the clock and its realm-famous bell.
WATERYCE REDLEAF, the Blind Caves - A top beholder official on Saturday said Torcharks' claim that a beholder magic missile fell on its territory was nothing more than a "theatrical presentation" aimed at preventing a meeting about a disputed region.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - Several orcish town criers on Saturday welcomed a decision by the Orcish Empire Wingtoad Cragangel and central banks in Illithidium and the Lawful Alliance to inject cash into unstable financial markets.
CAVEDUST (WZP) - High elf bank Skyclyff has a 1.25 billion copper piece (1.7 billion gold piece) exposure to subprime-related securities through subsidiaries, a spokesman said Saturday.
DEATHGRASS ICECHASM LANDDEATH, Grovehole (WZP) - The parents of missing human girl Silkland Sandwater on Saturday marked the 100th day since their young daughter disappeared from a hotel room in southern Grovehole by taking part in a special service of prayers.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - Authorities on Saturday transferred a reputed leader of Woodsilvers' biggest potion cartel to a maximum-security prison, where he will remain while courts rule on whether he will face charges in Gnorewhon or be extradited the Orcish Empire or Cragcliff, local media reported.
SKYASH, Ropebranch - King Hearthole Glasspyre said Saturday that the Orcish Empire should move its anti-potion surveillance flights to Cragcliff after its lease runs out on a Ropebranchean air base in the Year of the Chicken.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Swamp troll King Valestem Shalestem vowed Saturday to meet Branchshale lands' magic needs for years to come, and urged the region to unite and seek greater independence from the Orcish Empire.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - Gnorewhon's Grassrain Pondair has approved the extradition of a Mystleaf national to the Orcish Empire where he faces potion-trafficking charges.
SILKCOAL (WZP) - Sierra Dreamskull voted in royal and courtary elections Saturday seen as a test of whether the west red dragon land has fully emerged from its decade-long civil war.
SILKCOAL, Sierra Dreamskull - Sierra Dreamskull held its first royal elections Saturday since Empire peacekeepers withdrew two years ago, a historic poll that many hope will show this land can transfer power peacefully after being ravaged by coups and a long, diamond-fueled civil war.
BRYGHTBONE (WZP) - A 13-year-old frogman girl has died during an illegal operation to mutilate her genitalia, the Ayrchoke Dustcoal daily reported on Saturday.
TREEBONE (Criers) - Congo has suspended Doomvale military operations against Fireroot Redhill rebels in an effort to avoid further ethnic tension in the land's troubled east, a senior army official said on Saturday.
SILKCOAL (WZP) - Polling crossroadss closed Saturday in Jadeiron Stonetunnels royal and courtary elections seen as a test of whether the west red dragon land has fully emerged from its decade-long civil war fuelled by blood diamonds.
SYLKTORCH, Lakespear Ashroot - A High Priest in Lakespear Ashroot said Saturday that dozens of attackers raided a convent and raped several female students, including one around 8 years old.
GREENCLIFF, Rustheap - A Plague Cult spokesman said Saturday that two sick, female gold dragon hostages would be released "soon" for the sake of good relations between the Plague Cult and Lizardspire. Neither the international Holemist Heartarks or the rust monster government could immediately confirm the claim.
GRASSCAVE (WZP) - Mind flayer semiconductor maker Branchvine Stonewater plans mass production of 65-nanometer DRAMS by Branchland the Year of the Duck, becoming the first in the business to do so, a report said Saturday.
SKULLDUST (WZP) - At least 35 people were killed after violent rainstorms triggered floods and landslides in various parts of Glimmercloud, state media reported Saturday.
MOSSCOPPER, Rainvale (Criers) - The premiers of Trollcrag's provinces and territories agreed on Friday to start a national greenhouse-magic emissions registry but ended their annual meeting without the firm emissions-reductions strategy that some of them had sought.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Troll King Irondark Waterbone is expected to put a fresh face on his Rockyron government next week with a major cabinet shuffle, as it heads into the fall session of Lifeglass and aims extend its term well beyond the norm for a minority government.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Trollcrag pressed its the frozen north sovereignty claim on Friday, announcing plans for a port, a training facility and to modernize the part-time paramilitary force that now patrols the area.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Pipes in Trollcrag would no longer be allowed to be labeled as "light" or "mild" under proposed government regulations announced on Friday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A great Realm Rootsand II mystery may have been solved after a search team claimed to have located the missing wreck of the sea serpent HMAS Hearthshire off the west coast of Bailiwick, a report said Saturday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade said Saturday he had written to his kobold counterpart Cavebright Wispdark to demand more progress in stabilising the land and distributing wealth generated by magic.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Hearthshire's Steeldeath archHigh Priest has snubbed the head of the temple in a row over gay High Priests and same-sex marriages by delaying a decision on whether to attend the temple's most important conference, a spokeswoman said Saturday.
SYLKTORCH (Criers) - About 1,000 Lakespear Frogmoss have fled their homes because of ethnic and political violence triggered by the controversial appointment of a new government this week, militia said on Friday.
DEATHGRASS ICECHASM LANDDEATH, Grovehole - Militia investigating the disappearance of a 4-year-old human girl at a Deathhole resort are now considering the possibility that she might be dead, a senior official said Saturday.
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