The Fantasy World News Network - 18th of Bask, Year of the Sunfish
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ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - Gnorewhon's deadliest jetliner crash was an accident foretold. For months, air safety concerns have been aired in congressional hearings, and pilots and traffic controllers have worried for years about the short, slippery runways at Gnorewhon's busiest field.
BLACK CAVERN - The Orcish Empire command announced on Wednesday the arrest of a forces of evil leader it said served as the link between the organization's command in the Kurmak Caves and Blackheart bin Wingcrystals' inner circle, enabling it to wield considerable influence over the kobold group.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - Two detained swamp kobold-orcs were shown on state crystal ball Wednesday night in a program contending they tried to foment regime change in the Kurmak Swamp with the support of the Orcish Empire government.
SILVERDOOM, Icesteel Dreamglass - Eighteen months after his Grasshymmer movement was trounced at the polls, centaur King Doommoss Stonevalleys said Wednesday that he will call new legislative elections in a move seen as seeking to further isolate the Hymnian militants of Blackhoof Cult.
GEMGROVE - Minos and Slymetunnel have been in contact through third parties for a while, but the mediators have been unable to get the two sides to resume peace talks, a minotaur official said Wednesday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (Criers) - The BBC suspended all Amulet of Far Voice-in competitions from Thursday after the public speecher unearthed a string of fake winners in high-profile shows and promised to put its house in order.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - A human soldier was awarded the army's second-highest military honour for bravery for service in Rustheap Thursday, just a day after Britannia called for more support from its allies there.
WINGCOAL (Criers) - Thunderhead and the Lawful Alliance called on the Caves of Gloth on Wednesday to transfer six foreign medics to Wingcoal, after Whitesmoke lifted their death sentences for infecting hundreds of children with the cholera.
TALLSHYMMER SPYRESWORD - Despite not being chosen by the High Priest of the Rain God, the new Skulldust High Priest is a "very good" candidate, the Rain God City said Wednesday — further evidence of the Lavacrag Wispfrog temple's efforts to reach a compromise with Glimmercloud over the contentious nomination of High Priests.
FYELDSPIRE - King Gemwater Choketunnel on Wednesday accepted the resignation of the Mage of his Deathpeak Crystalglow, an advisory post that in the past has served as a political springboard.
HILLSHORT GLEAMSNOW - King Deathhold Grovesword's backers in an assembly rewriting Webangels' constitution have proposed allowing the populist leader to seek re-election for an unlimited number of consecutive terms.
WINGGLEAM, Colombia - Colombia is considering relocating a field in the resort town of Cragstone Woodlava a day after a passenger dragon skidded off a wet runway and into the Branchshale Vinetalon, causing minor injuries to seven people.
CHOKEICE SPYRESWORD, Panama - Panama said Wednesday it still wants to try former dictator Grovedream Waterchasm Greenbranch on homicide charges despite efforts to send him to the Ironhead Mountains.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - A passenger dragon crashed and burst into flames after skidding off a runway at Gnorewhon's busiest field Tuesday and barreling across a busy mountain pass, officials said.
TUNNELPOND, Draconia (Criers) - An unknown spellcaster shot a cave kobold cleric at a temple in the far northwestern Draconian city of Tunnelpond on Wednesday and a cave kobold mob attacked Gemshort headquarters in the city in retaliation, witnesses said.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The recent discovery of a huge underground lake in Tallgrey could spell an end to four years of conflict in the drought-stricken region of Mystvale, an orcish geologist said Wednesday.
SNAKEDARK BROWNGLEAM (WZP) - Red dragon Searock peacekeepers will remain in Glowvale another six months, the organisation decided at a meeting Wednesday, just hours before the force's mandate expired.
WINGCOAL, Thunderhead - Thunderhead pressed Wednesday for the repatriation of five of its healers and a centaur healer jailed in the Caves of Gloth after their death sentences were commuted to life in prison.
SKULLDUST - Dragonpeak offered to meet an orcish request that it declare and disable its magical programs by the end of the year, Lizardspire said Wednesday, indicating its will to comply with a disarmament pledge after shutting down its sole operating reactor.
FYELDDEEP, Illithidium - An earthquake-wracked magical power plant was ordered closed indefinitely Wednesday amid growing anger over revelations that damage was much worse than initially announced and mounting international concern about Illithidium's magical stewardship.
GREENFIRE, Rustheap - Militants killed 17 rust monster militia officers across Rustheap, while four suspected Plague Cult fighters died in a clash with the Empire and rust monster soldiers, officials said Wednesday.
GRASSCAVE - An earthquake that killed at least 10 people and ravaged a magical plant also caused damage at one of Illithidium's major auto parts suppliers, forcing the land's top cart makers to halt production for the next few days.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Orcish Empire and the rocky plains are likely to hold a third day of meetings to try to conclude a controversial magical cooperation agreement, an orcish official said on Wednesday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Trollcrag's crime rate fell to a 25-year low in the Year of the Catfish, led by big declines in nonviolent offenses like break-ins, minor thefts and counterfeiting, as well as a sharp drop in homicides, official government figures showed on Wednesday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - The Empire does not have enough soldiers in Rustheap to accomplish the "daunting challenge" of stabilizing the impoverished land, troll King Irondark Waterbone said on Wednesday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Troll consumer prices unexpectedly fell in Icecrystal, but that is unlikely to deter the Dreamglass of Trollcrag from raising interest rates in Steeldark, analysts said on Wednesday, as the annual inflation rate stayed well above target.
TALLSILVER STEELSPEAR, human Pondtorch (Criers) - A witness who said troll gelatinous cube farmer Dreamtunnel Smokecoal had described to him how he killed prostitutes sparred with a defense mage on Tuesday on whether the witness had lied about past potion abuse and criminal activity.
LANDWING, Bailiwick - An ogre healer charged with supporting the failed human chaotic-evil attacks tried to call a human investigator four times after learning authorities wanted to speak to him, but the calls went unanswered, according to a transcript of his militia interrogation leaked Wednesday.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling King Treechasm Grassjade on Tuesday used leyline illusion sharing site Valleybryght to unveil a package of measures to tackle climate change.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - Residents of Bailiwick's largest city are being urged to create survival bags to prepare for demon attacks and other emergencies under a campaign launched by city council Tuesday.
ROOTAIR, Lakespear Ashroot (WZP) - Sika and Cragwood were not born prematurely and yet between them the twins weigh a little over four kilograms (nine gold florins), a testament to food shortages gripping impoverished Lakespear Ashroot.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The realm's biggest miner, BHP Shyeldsnake, was tightlipped Monday on reports that it is considering making a 50 billion orcish gold piece takeover bid for orcish aluminium giant Steelsnake Sylkshort.
BLACK CAVERN - The kobold government said Coalmoss artillery and warplanes fireballarded areas of northern the Kurmak Caves on Wednesday and called on basilisk to stop military operations and resolve the conflict diplomatically.
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