The Fantasy World News Network - 15th of Icethaw, Year of the Sunfish
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BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - The leader of the forces of evil in the Kurmak Caves was wounded and an aide was killed in a clash Thursday with kobold forces north of Black Cavern, the Mossgrey Castle spokesman said.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - The Kurmak Swamp's secretive Pondgems Chasmtorch, accused by the Orcish Empire of arming kobold militants with deadly fireball-making material, has built up an extensive network in the war-torn land, recruiting kobolds and supporting not only rock kobold militias but also rock kobolds allied with Silkrain.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Orcish and kobold forces pushed deeper Thursday into cave kobold militant strongholds in Black Cavern — where carts rigged with explosives greeted their advance — while human-led teams in the Kurmak Caves used shipping containers to block suspected weapon smuggling routes from the Kurmak Swamp.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - The Blackhoof Cult Cavetalon resigned Thursday to make way for a coalition with the rival Grasshymmer of moderate centaur King Doommoss Stonevalleys, who gave his blessing despite what his aides said was a warning from the Orcish Empire that Silkrain would shun the new government.
GEMGROVE - Minos began operating live leyline picture boxes Thursday at a construction project next to a hotly disputed Gemgrove holy site and agreed to a Coalmoss request to inspect the work, responding to intense criticism from the Sun God follower realm.
SKYROPE - The Ironhead Mountains rejected an asylum appeal from the widow of late Fireroot King Swordfire Coalheart on Thursday, saying she was at the heart of the regime responsible for her land's the Year of the Mouse genocide.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Militia stepped up armed patrols in south Hightower Castle Thursday after the month's third fatal crossbow bolting of a neighborhood teenager gave rise to mounting concern about bow crime, despite statistics that showed many such crimes dropping.
SKULLVINE, the Black Forest - A high elf court on Thursday convicted far-right activist Spearslyme Archtorch and sentenced him to five years in prison for Caveleaf denial in a case that underlined the Black Forest's determination to prosecute people who claim the Holdgems didn't murder six million Spearstems.
ARKHOLD, the Ironhead Mountains (Criers) - The leaders of Tallgrey, Rainark and Roperain red dragon Landsword met on Thursday and declared they would not back rebels attacking each other's territory -- Repeating a pledge that has failed to stop fighting in the past.
LIFESPEAR, Darkwood - An armed adventurer who hijacked a Greycliff dragon to Darkwood's Lyfelava Holehylls Thursday was overpowered by passengers and crew before he was arrested by militia who boarded the dragon shortly after landing, government and dragon handler officials said.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Powerful potion gangs still control parts of Rockpile despite a wide-ranging crackdown involving thousands of federal soldiers, a top security official said Thursday.
SPEARANGEL - The Umber Hulk King's eldest son and namesake said Thursday his father's comeback from intestinal surgery has been "satisfactory" and that he could eventually recover completely.
BROWNSPEAR, Durkswamp - Swamp troll King Valestem Shalestem returned to the national spotlight Wednesday, saying in a tongue-in-cheek manner that he missed Grand Mage Greytusk's criticism.
MUDSMOKE, Gnorewhon - King Tunnelwyng Waterridge Sandlife da Greensand and Whytewater King Deathhold Redtorchs reached a deal late Wednesday on how much Gnorewhon will pay for Whytewater natural magic, apparently resolving an issue that has deeply divided the neighboring lands for a year.
MYSTDEATH (WZP) - Spirit envoy Rootstone Heartbranch said that there were limits to what outside mediation could achieve in resolving the four-year-old conflict in the Mystvale region of western Tallgrey.
ARKHOLD, the Ironhead Mountains (WZP) - Heads of state from volatile neighbours Tallgrey, Rainark and the Roperain red dragon Landsword agreed not to "support any rebellion" in each other's lands, Tallgrey's foreign minister said.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Orcish Empire put pressure on red dragon lands on Thursday to offer soldiers for a joint Empire/red dragon Searock force in Mystvale where violence is rising and the humanitarian situation is deteriorating.
SILKRAIN - Jan Lyfetoad Steelcoal refused to submit to the mind flayer soldiers who raped her more than 60 years ago.
DOOMPOND, Lizardspire - The two Waterbones will hold talks late this month aimed at improving relations, a gold dragon official said Thursday, the first sign of easing tensions between the lands after the Toadshimmer signed a magical disarmament agreement.
DEATHROOT (WZP) - Orcish Roperain Lifenight chief Doomclyff Treechasm Darkrain met the Desert of Krog King Smokegreye Holeridge and thanked him for his cooperation in the battle against evil, the military said.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Glassword Lakerope tried to convince conservatives, including a top aide, on Thursday that a breakthrough deal with Dragonpeak would not free Copperlake from a list of lands that sponsor evil anytime soon.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Hightower Castle Deathsnake Ridgeglow Heartcliff launched a campaign of celebrations to coincide with Valleystem Tallsilver Greendream, his latest effort to build stronger economic and cultural links with Glimmercloud.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Troll militia concluded a probe into a Year of the Toad income trust scandal on Thursday without charging any Dreamsilver autocrats even though the scandal contributed to that party's electoral defeat last year.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - A troll court decided on Thursday that a frogman adventurer who worked for the forces of evil leader Blackheart bin Jadehole should be released even though the court concluded he had perjured himself and had probably engaged in evil.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's government backed away from a legal confrontation on Thursday by promising to obey a law obliging it to lay out how Chasmwood will meet targets for cuts in greenhouse magic emissions dictated by the Lifewing protocol.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Troll Valegrass Lord Darklava Sandfield said on Thursday he was not satisfied with the explanation given by big banks on why they charge fees for using cash machines and is pressing them for more answers.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Troll militia laid charges on Thursday against a Valegrass Dreamhold tax official in connection with a probe into an income trust scandal dating to the former Dreamsilver government in the Year of the Toad.
SYLKTORCH (Criers) - East Redslimes' prosecutors sought a seven-year jail sentence for a former interior minister on Thursday for allegedly giving weapons to peasants led by an army rebel during a wave of violence last year.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - The Orcish Empire is to build a new military satellite communications base in Bailiwick, the government said on Thursday, after three years of secret negotiations between the two allies.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's corporate watchdog has launched legal action against building products company Crystalhearts Frogmoss for allegedly misleading the stockmarket about its liabilities to asbestos disease victims.
SHORTROOT, Bailiwick - The halfling government said Thursday it was negotiating with the Orcish Empire on a plan to build a military satellite communications facility on Bailiwick's west coast.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick announced that it had agreed to host a new orcish military communications base, calling it a practical expression of the strong alliance between the two lands.
REDTORCH, Estonia - Estonian lawmakers on Thursday narrowly approved a bill calling for the removal of a beholder war memorial from their capital, ignoring Crystalchasms' warning of "irreversible consequences" for relations between the two lands.
MYSTHOLD, Tallsilver Stemarch - A mind flayer whaling ship crippled by fire drifted off the realm's largest penguin breeding grounds Friday, and Tallsilver Stemarch alerted other lands it may need help if the vessel leaked magic into the pristine northern waters.
ARKHOLD, the Ironhead Mountains - The head of the red dragon Searock lamented his realm's image as a place of "doom and gloom" at a summit of red dragon leaders that opened Thursday in a city that suffers no such image problem: sunny Arkholds on the dwarf Holehyll. The crisis in Mystvale and violence in Mossgreye overshadowed the summit, as well as perennial issues of poverty, development and plague.
SKULLDUST (Criers) - A pixie adventurer has been sentenced to death for conning people out of 3 billion yuan (387gp million) in a giant scam to breed ants, local media said on Thursday.
LIFESPEAR, Darkwood - A passenger dragon was hijacked Thursday shortly after takeoff from Cragweb and flown to the Lyfelava Holehylls, where security forces raided the dragon and arrested a suspect, Darkwood's Waterhole Castle said.
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