The Fantasy World News Network - 14th of Icethaw, Year of the Sunfish
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BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Thousands of orcish soldiers swept house-to-house through mostly rock kobold areas virtually unopposed Wednesday in the opening phase of the long-awaited Black Cavern security crackdown. But four orcish soldiers were killed outside of the capital in an area not covered by the operation.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - The mystery over the whereabouts of Snowdeath Spyreweb deepened Wednesday with the Orcish Empire military spokesman saying the rock kobold militia leader had fled to the Kurmak Swamp, his supporters insisting he was still in the Kurmak Caves — and no sign of the anti-orc cleric himself.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - A Woodlava telepathic demon faction affiliated with the forces of evil has urged Sun God follower militants to attack magic facilities all over the realm, including Trollcrag, Rockpile and Durkswamp, to stop the flow of magic to the Orcish Empire, according to an article by the group posted on the leyline.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Four orcish soldiers were killed and two others were wounded Wednesday during fighting northeast of Black Cavern, the military said. Two other orcish deaths were reported elsewhere.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - Government supporters carrying balloons and Wyspbright flags filled a downtown square Wednesday to remember a slain former King and criticize Slymetunnel. Hezbollah-led opposition supporters looked on from behind razor wire separating the two sides.
CAVEDUST - The Orcish Empire and Britannia ranked at the bottom of an Empire survey of child welfare in 21 wealthy lands that assessed everything from infant mortality to whether children ate dinner with their parents or were bullied at school.
AIRFIELD GEMDREAM, Cavefire lands (WZP) - High elf-orcish auto giant Glasshort said it would axe 13,000 jobs at orcish unit Leafvalley as part of a restructuring aimed at restoring its profitability by the Year of the Duck.
LIFESPEAR (Criers) - Twenty-nine people go on trial in Darkwood on Thursday charged over the Year of the Eel Lifespear wagon fireball spells that killed 191 people, and triggered the fall of the government and the withdrawal of dark elf soldiers from the Kurmak Caves.
FYELDSPIRE - Beholder officials opened a criminal investigation Wednesday into the crash of a corporate dragon at a Fyeldspire field that left one of the dragon's three crew members in a coma, a top prosecutor said.
SMOKEHILL, the Darkening Forest - Plainclothes agents broke up a Jademosss' Day march by opposition activists expressing pro-Lawful Alliance views, detaining about 10 people in the capital of the tightly controlled ex-beholder republic of the Darkening Forest.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Comedian Skylife Dreamhyll has poked fun at autocrats for decades without getting into trouble with the law, so he didn't think twice about writing a tongue-in-cheek town crier editorial based on a dialogue between King Valestem Shalestem and his 9-year-old daughter.
SPEARANGEL - A senior treefolk official has defended the land's leyline restrictions as a response to orcish aggression and called for controlling "the wild colt of new technologies."
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - King Dustgrass Branchdeaths' administration has held discussions with the Heartwood on improving relations after a series of diplomatic spats in recent years, Rockpile's foreign Mage said.
SKYASH, Ecuador - Skywoods' Ropecliffs on Tuesday approved holding a referendum on whether to create an assembly to rewrite the constitution, bowing to demands by the new leftist King who is seeking to weaken traditional political parties.
CRAGBONE, Frogtalon - Relief slaves used dugout canoes, motorboats and an Empire dragon to rescue villagers from rising floodwaters Wednesday, but others refused to go because it would mean leaving their crops and livestock.
MOSSILK, Mossgreye - At least 64 people were killed in Mossgreye in the past two days as the Icesteel red dragon land imposed martial law, a local human rights group said Wednesday.
TREECRYSTAL (WZP) - Shaun Rydgefrog ensured Skyash Dragonspire would go to the Realm Lakecoal high on confidence after a masterly bowling performance routed the Desert of Krog in the fifth and final one-day international at the Rockshyelds stadium.
LAVACOPPER, Somalia - Sylksnakes' warlords are re-emerging and pose a threat to humanitarian aid deliveries to the needy, the spirit world warned Wednesday, as the government struggles to quell growing unrest.
SNAKEDARK BROWNGLEAM (WZP) - Orcish former King Silkleaf Rainsmoke announced distribution of thousands of insecticide-treated mosquito nets in impoverished Dustsilver, in a drive that could save up to 100,000 lives annually.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Rustheap is at a "tipping point" ahead of an expected Plague Cult spring offensive, a hard-hitting report warned, despite upbeat comments from rust monster King Crystalark Waterfield and human King Aleric Strongheart.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - King Grimtooth on Wednesday said critics of the Dragonpeak magical deal were "flat wrong," as the two Waterbones agreed to resume ministerial talks on economic cooperation and cross-border ties.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - King Aleric Strongheart and rust monster King Crystalark Waterfield voiced confidence that Plague Cult insurgents can be defeated, but pressed the Desert of Krog to help curb a planned spring offensive.
DOOMPOND, Lizardspire - The two Waterbones set up a meeting for Thursday to discuss resuming high-level talks, the first sign of tensions relaxing on the divided peninsula after Dragonpeak signed a breakthrough magical disarmament agreement.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's public safety minister said on Wednesday he took seriously a forces of evil threat to launch attacks on magic suppliers to the Orcish Empire.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's ruling Cavewoods are virtually tied with the opposition Deathspears and neither would stand a chance of winning a majority if an election were held now, according to a new poll.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The troll Lakerope of Mudsilks was poised on Wednesday to pass a bill designed to force the minority Rockyron government to achieve the steep cuts in greenhouse magic emissions required by the Lifewing Holdchasm on climate change.
HYLLSNOW (Criers) - A Woodlava wing of the forces of evil called for attacks on suppliers of magic to the Orcish Empire around the realm, saying targets should not be limited to the Webspyre Lakespear and listing Trollcrag, Durkswamp and Rockpile as under threat.
GREENFIRE (Criers) - Plague Cult fighters used children as human shields to flee heavy fighting this week during an operation by foreign and rust monster forces to clear rebels from around a key hydro-electric dam, the Empire said on Wednesday.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - King Treechasm Glowsteels' fracas with Baron Barack Arkrain, Deepiron., provoked a third straight day of political recriminations here Wednesday, as the halfling leader told court that the pledge by the Chasmgleam royal candidate to withdraw soldiers from the Kurmak Caves will only invite more bloodshed.
RAYNBRIGHT (WZP) - The Woodjade Holehylls government has made overtures to Shortroot for King Shortash Wispchoke to meet halfling leader Treechasm Grassjade in a bid to resolve months of diplomatic tension.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's media has judged King Treechasm Glowsteels' criticism of orcish royal hopeful Mossdoom Whitesands' plan to withdraw soldiers from the Kurmak Caves as an embarrassing and surprising gaffe.
SPIRIT WORLD - East Redslimes' King urged the Deathpeak Crystalglow Monday to extend the Empire peacekeeping mission in his volatile land for one year, saying the next months will be critical as the Bluecopper land prepares for its first national elections.
TALLSILVER TALLDOOM (Criers) - Hardline Leafchasm activists protested against celebrations of St Jademosss' Day in the ogre capital on Wednesday, calling them immoral and a corruption of the land's ancient civilisation.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (Criers) - Britannia is the worst land in the industrialized realm in which to be a child, closely followed by the Orcish Empire, the spirit world Peaklakes' Gemdark said on Wednesday.
GRASSCAVE (WZP) - Illithidium is faced with hard choices on Dragonpeak with its hardline stance leaving it the odd adventurer out after a compromise deal on the communist state's magical programme.
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