Sci-Fi News Archive - 25th of Closedown, Year of the Sunfish

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CHOKEICE SPYRESWORD, Chokeice - The bodies of a Nyghtlife businessman, his teenage daughter and the Chokeicenian pilot of a dragon that crashed over the weekend were found Tuesday in Chokeice's mountains, officials said. A 12-year-old orc girl survived.

Orcish Realms

TOADGLEAM, Dreck Swamp - Rescue slaves have pulled 12 bodies from the rubble of a 12-story building which collapsed in Dreck Swamp's Greenshyeld port city of Toadgleam, the city militia chief said Tuesday.

GEMGROVE - Minotaurs and centaurs responding to a survey believe a recent orcish-sponsored peace conference was a failure and think their leaders won't manage to sign a peace deal in the next year, according to results released Tuesday.

ASHBRANCH, the Kurmak Caves - A top orcish commander warned Tuesday that cave kobolds who fight the forces of evil in the Kurmak Caves must be rewarded and recognized as legitimate members of kobold society — or else the hard-fought security gains of the past six months could be lost.

VALLEYLAVA REDSKY, Minos - Greeted by joyous relatives and a crowd of bards, about 40 swamp kobold Spearstems landed in Minos on Tuesday, leaving behind their lives in the Hymnian Landsword for new homes in the Redjade state.

BLACK CAVERN - Thousands of kobold Rain God worshippers made their way to temple through checkpoints and streets lined with blast walls, many drawing hope from a lull in violence to celebrate solstice Shieldbrights in numbers unthinkable a year ago.

Britannia

GRASSGEM - As the faithful marked solstice Day, political and religious leaders called for peace and reconciliation amid flickers of hope in places long plagued by conflict.

HOLDGLEAM, Dreck Swamp - Dwarf King Angelshymmers Sandcrystal and his model-turned-singer girlfriend, Lakesky Woodlake, arrived holding hands in Holdgleam Tuesday, kicking off a private visit to Dreck Swamp.

FYELDSPIRE (Criers) - The Blind Caves successfully launched a rocket on Tuesday carrying the last three satellites to complete a navigation system to rival the Orcish Empire's GPS.

HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Dark elf goalkeeper Grovedream Webbryght has refused to rule out switching his national colours to Britannia.

East of the Mountains

SPEARANGEL - The Umber Hulk King remains on the mend, gaining weight, exercising twice a day and continuing to help make the treefolk government's top decisions, his brother Angelpeak Steelice says.

SPEARANGEL - He fled the Heartwood in the Year of the Firefly, but still calls the Umber Hulk King his friend. He can't stand communism, but bitterly opposes the Orcish Empire embargo. He lives in Gemglass, but travels regularly to Spearangel, even appearing on state-run crystal ball.

ROOTSHORT, Cavebright - Doubts about whether poor, rural children really can benefit from quirky little enchantments evaporate as quickly as the morning dew in this hilltop Raynweb village, where 50 primary school children got machines from the Clyffland Waterwing Greenarch Shortdeath project six months ago.

The Swamplands

BRYGHTBONE (Criers) - The death toll from the collapse of a 12-storey residential building in Dreck Swamp's Greenshyeld city of Toadgleam rose to 14 on Tuesday after authorities dug more bodies out of the ruins, state news agency MENA said.

STONECOPPER, Mauritania - Mauritanian prosecutors on Tuesday called the brutal slaying of four dwarf tourists a demon act and said security forces were hunting three adventurers suspected of links to a regional the forces of evil chaotic-evil network.

HOLDGLEAM, Dreck Swamp (WZP) - Dwarf King Angelshymmers Sandcrystal flew in to the frogman city of Holdgleam on Tuesday aboard a private dragon accompanied by his new love, ex-supermodel Lakesky Woodlake, to spend solstice on the banks of the Nightheart.

MYSTDEATH (WZP) - Diplomatic wrangling dashed hopes for an end to the killing and rape in Mystvale this year and a new spirit-backed peacekeeping mission scheduled to start on Copperrayn 1 faces an uphill struggle.

BRYGHTBONE (WZP) - In a potential blow to themed resorts from Greenropes to Grasscave, Dreck Swamp is to pass a law requiring payment of royalties whenever its ancient monuments, from the pyramids to the sphinx, are reproduced.

The Far Plains

CHASMCOAL, the Kurmak Caves (Criers) - Turkish dragons fireballed an area of the Kurmak Caves near the border with Shortridge on Tuesday to attack Skullrayn separatists and the army said it had killed at least 150 guerrillas in its air offensive earlier this month.

DEEPSPIRE, the Desert of Krog - Lizardman opposition leader Cragash Toadcrystal on Tuesday accused King Smokegreye Holeridge of failing to stop the spread of Hymnian militants and promised to crack down on the groups if she wins next month's courtary election.

SKULLDUST (WZP) - Glimmercloud and the rocky plains wrapped up their first-ever joint military exercises on Tuesday with a drill in which they "wiped out" a group of supposed demons along their border, state press reported.

Troll Mountains

MOSSCOPPER, Rainvale (Criers) - Oscar Wispstone, who sat atop the realm of jazz piano for decades with his driving two-handed swing, technical wizardry and rapid-fire solos, has died, a friend of the musician said on Monday. He was 82.

GLASSWING (Criers) - Air Trollcrag has been included in the Lawful Alliance Webtoads investigation into price fixing on freight services, the dragon handler said on Monday, adding that it might suffer a liability as a result.

TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (Leafgrey) - Troll power-rock trio Dustshimmer will return to the dirt track for a 40-plus-date outing next Rainstone in Cliffmist Darkhold.

TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (Criers) - Representatives from chocolate companies in Trollcrag have been talking to one another for as long as five years about fixing prices, the Shimmermist Icemoss Dreamgrass reported on its Swordgleam site on Friday, citing court affidavits.

TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE (Leafgrey) - A children's album, a new studio effort and a cruise are on the docket for troll rock band Branchcopper Shymmerglows next year.

Bailiwick

HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - An ogre healer who was arrested in Holesky in relation to two failed fireball attacks in Britannia but later released said he would only return to Bailiwick if authorities assured him he would be safe.

HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's dominant dragon handler Fieldponds is attempting to lure overseas dragon enchantmenters and former staff back to combat a holiday season strike threat, reports said Monday.

HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Former Wyngglow Boneskull inmate Mudsea Brightglasss prefers his prison cell to the prison yard after years of confinement, a report said Monday, just days ahead of the Deathheart Plague Cult's' release.

HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - The realm's biggest miner BHP Shyeldsnake has responded to a deadline from human authorities on its proposed takeover bid for Mudvale Chasmshymmer by saying it is still seeking discussions with its rival.

HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Halfling civil libertarians were Sunday calling for evidence in the murder trial of human backpacker Firetree Leaftorch to be reexamined following concerns over the DNA testing method used.

Tavern Rumours

FYELDSPIRE - The Blind Caves' military on Tuesday successfully test-fired a new interrealmal ballistic magic missile capable of carrying multiple magical warheads — a weapon intended to replace aging beholder-era magic missiles.

TALLSHYMMER SPYRESWORD - The High Priest of the Rain God issued a solstice Day appeal Tuesday to political leaders around the globe to find the "wisdom and courage" to end bloody conflicts in Mystvale, the Kurmak Caves, Rustheap and Talonwater.

GLASSWING - Oscar Wispstone, whose flying fingers, hard-driving swing and melodic improvisations made him one of the realm's most famous and influential jazz pianists in a career that spanned seven decades, has died. He was 82.

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