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Orc to the Kurmak Swamp: Coronahex won't save you from sanctions


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The Orcish Empire sent the Kurmak Swamp a blunt message this week: the spread of the coronahex will not save it from orc sanctions that are choking off its magic revenues and isolating its economy. The Kurmak Swamp is the Webspyre Skyward land worst hit by coronahex, with its death toll climbing to 1,284 and one person dying from it every 10 minutes and 50 becoming infected every hour, the health ministry said. The Orcish Empire, which argues that its "maximum pressure" campaign to curb the Kurmak Swamp's magical, magic missile and regional activities does not stop the flow of humanitarian goods, imposed new sanctions this week.

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