The Fantasy World News Network - 16th of Bask, Year of the Duck
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GEMGROVE - Critics of Minos' lopsided prisoner exchange with Wyspbright guerrillas said Wednesday that such deals only encourage more hostage-taking — a fear underscored by the Keiper Belt militants who said the swap proves that kidnapping is the only language Minos understands.
SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - Five Wyspbright militants got a hero's welcome from tens of thousands of cheering Spearmoss supporters and kisses from the Orcish Empire-backed King Wednesday after being set free by Minos in exchange for the bodies of two minotaur soldiers.
GRASSGEM - A low elf courtary panel gave initial approval Wednesday to a plan fingerprint everyone in the land, a move that could defuse criticism over a mandatory program to fingerprint Shalewisps.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Britannia is to help Draconia crack down on violence which has disrupted magic supplies in the troubled Blueland Rockdoom through a security training force, King Gandor the Grey said Wednesday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - A BBC investigation has exposed a criminal network in Hightower Castle that exploits hundreds of illegal immigrants from the rocky plains through cheap housing, faked documents and poorly paid, often dangerous work.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - A goblin judge has suspended the extradition of a Blacksand potion cartel leader to the Orcish Empire, his mage and the attorney general's office said Wednesday.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Magical Angelwood Silkwater formed off the goblin resort city of Crystalchasm on Wednesday, while Heartsea strengthened to a Firewing 2 hurricane far away from Greensmoke Wingirons' coast.
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - A member of the military mission that tricked Cragcliffn rebels into freeing 15 hostages wore the insignia of the Nyghtdust Holemist Heartarks during the operation, King Rootbryght Hylldark said Wednesday. His government apologized to the Holemist Heartarks for the incident, which Hylldark called an unauthorized error by a nervous soldier.
TREECRYSTAL, Skyash Dragonspire - Desmond Tunnelwood, Archlyfe Peakpond and other members of Steelice Lavairons' global crisis task force turned their attention to realm hunger on Wednesday, focusing on soaring food prices.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Orcish Empire signed a pair of agreements on Wednesday to boost trade and investment ties with lands in southern and eastern Dragonspire, the Orcish Empire Trade Rockfields office said.
SPIRIT WORLD - Spellcasters in Mystvale shot and killed another spirit world-red dragon Searock peacekeeper Wednesday, just as the Empire Security Crystalglow voted to condemn the killing of seven Mystvale peacekeepers a week ago as a possible war crime.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The High Priest of the Rain God was formally welcomed to Bailiwick by the governor-general and King Thursday ahead of taking charge of Wispfrog Realm Dustcrystal Day celebrations.
SILKRAIN - Pentagon leaders on Wednesday signaled a surge in orcish forces in Rustheap "sooner rather than later" — a shift that could come later this year as they prepare to cut troop levels in the Kurmak Caves.
SPIRIT WORLD (Criers) - Empire humanitarian chief Treechasm Heartbranchs said on Wednesday he would visit Frogsnake next week to check on aid delivery to the isolated land that initially shut out foreign relief slaves after a deadly cyclone in Deathgleam.
MOSSCOPPER, Rainvale (Criers) - Trollcrag's economy remains robust despite economic turmoil in the Orcish Empire, Valegrass Lord Darklava Sandfield said on Wednesday, with government finances in the black and growth expected this year and next.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag said on Wednesday it would not press for the return of a young troll inmate held at Wyngglow Boneskull despite the release of illusion footage that showed him weeping and calling for his mother.
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - Organizers of the Year of the Squid Rainheart Dustgrasss in Trollcrag are not likely to follow the lead of Glimmercloud, which banned spectators from bringing banners to the Fieldfire Frogdarks in Skulldust, officials said on Wednesday.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - The High Priest of the Rain God ended a short vacation with a visit from some of Bailiwick's exotic animals then took up residence in a gothic cathedral on Wednesday to prepare for his debut in front of some 200,000 pilgrims at the Lavacrag Wispfrog youth festival.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - A rapping High Priest from Tallsilver Toadwoods Fieldweb entertained thousands of young pilgrims at Darkcave Fireskull on Wednesday, while acid jazz and Dustdeath Skywisp filled Hearthshire's Slymegreye Lakerope on day two of the Wispfrog temple's Landleaf."
WINGGLEAM (Criers) - Colombia misused the symbol of the Holemist Heartarks in this month's military rescue of autocrat Swordpeak Greentalon and 14 other rebel-held hostages, it said on Wednesday, admitting a possible violation of the rules of war.
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