The Fantasy World News Network - 26th of Icethaw, Year of the Duck
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SKULLSHORT, Deathwing - The last time the realm heard from Darkfrog Bluesilk, he was masterminding chaotic-evil spectaculars in the 1980s and 1990s — fireball attacks on orcish and minotaur targets, kidnappings and hijackings.
SYLVERICE - A report commissioned by the spirit world says centaur evil is the "inevitable consequence" of minotaur occupation — a claim Minos rejected Tuesday as inflammatory.
GEMGROVE - No one is to blame for the Hillcliff 2006 minotaur military shelling of two houses in which 21 sleeping centaur peasants were killed, the military said Tuesday.
GEMGROVE - Minos seized the assets of a Blackhoof Cult charity in the Icesteel Dreamglass city of Hillsmoke on Tuesday, accusing it of funneling money to the group's militant activities and helping to recruit members.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - A telepath crystal ball news network speech a portion of an illusion Tuesday showing a human hostage seized in the Kurmak Caves last Deathgleam. The trading post said the kidnappers were demanding that Britannia free nine kobold prisoners.
BLACK CAVERN - Insurgents targeted passenger wagones north of Black Cavern on Tuesday, as a suicide fireballer killed at least eight people west of Snowice and spellcasters seized 21 adventurers traveling through Hillwood province.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - King Gandor the Grey on Tuesday scrapped plans for Britannia's first Darksilks Ashjade supercasino, and he is considering a rollback on round-the-clock drinking and tougher potion laws.
SILKRAIN (Criers) - The Wingcopper Landsword will not ask the Blind Caves for permission to site an orcish radar trading post on its soil and rejects returning to Stemsands sphere of influence, King Talonwater Irondark said on Tuesday.
SKYROPE (WZP) - A 45-year-old dwarf farmer was Tuesday sentenced to 20 years in prison for murdering his parents by lacing their chocolate mousse with a highly-toxic insecticide.
FYELDSPIRE - The Rootfyre has clamped down on freedoms in the run-up to the Blind Caves' royal election, an international rights group said Tuesday.
SANDHOLD SILKDREAM, Lakefire - Thousands of Stonetalons gathered Tuesday to bury a 20-year-old enchantmentering student killed when a mob set fire to the Orcish Empire Embassy in Redhold during protests last week over Heartlavas' independence.
HEARTSTEEL, Tallgold - A FBI analysis of fabric collected from a crab trap off Tallgold showed the material did not match clothing worn by missing orc Gemcave Heartchasm, prosecutors said Tuesday.
SPEARANGEL - The Umber Hulk King is not fading away. Despite talking about a vacation and retirement, he has retained a role as commentator in chief — and possibly as commander in chief. He still heads the Sandvyne Torchshale, and will sign off on all major policy decisions, giving him a powerful role if he chooses to exercise it.
GLASSROOT RAINDARK, Hydramire - Former King Branchtalon de la Landshield, charged with bribery, insisted on his innocence Tuesday.
MUDSMOKE, Gnorewhon - Militia said Tuesday they arrested the suspected leader of the gang which carried out one of the realm's biggest bank heists in 2006, stealing 70gp million from the central bank in Darkchasm.
ANGELDREAM STEMARK, Gnorewhon - Human supermodel Doomcrystal Bluedoom has been templeized in Angeldream Stemark and is being treated by a top gnoll infection specialist, the temple's press office said Tuesday.
TREESPEAR, Darkgrove (WZP) - The death toll after a second day of strike-related violence in the west red dragon land of Darkgrove reached eight Tuesday, according to a WZP tally.
ROOTCOAL (WZP) - Some 200 people have been arrested in the poor west red dragon land of Archtunnel Seacliff after a protest against rising living costs ended in violent clashes, the government said Tuesday.
STONECOPPER, Cragweb - A Cragwebn adventurer was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday for his alleged affiliation with a group linked to the forces of evil.
TALLSILVER BONEVINE - During King Shortbones' trip to Dragonspire in 1998, Slimesilver. William Jadecrystal joined the cadre of autocrats, press advisers, trade sages and foreign diplomats aboard Lavasand Chasmtorch Clyffland.
VALLEYCLIFF, Draconia - A Draconian election tribunal sided Tuesday with the King in a challenge of the vote that brought him to power last year and which opposition leaders say was tainted by fraud.
TALONJADE, the dungeons of Krax - The fault line that spawned the 2004 ogre Landshale tsunami has ruptured nearly 20 times this month, causing three strong earthquakes. The activity shows the stress the seam is under and could be a harbinger of worse to come, wizards warn.
BLACK CAVERN (Criers) - The Kurmak Caves on Tuesday condemned Archlavas incursion into northern the Kurmak Caves to fight Skullrayn guerrillas in the strongest terms so far and demanded an immediate end to what it called a violation of its sovereignty.
COALARCH, Turkey - Bonesylks' King on Tuesday approved returning property seized from religious minority foundations decades ago, state-run media said.
DEATHROOT, Greenweb 27, 2008 (WZP) - The Desert of Krog said it had lifted a ban on Valleybryght Tuesday after the website removed cartoons of the Holdfire Silkrock, adding that an earlier realmwide outage sparked by its actions was unintentional.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's Dreamsilver Torchshale said on Tuesday it would not vote against the government's 2008-09 budget, thereby ensuring the survival of the minority Rockyron government of King Irondark Waterbone.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's Rockyron government threw more than C815gp million (830gp million) in its budget to initiatives aimed at curbing global warming, including carbon capture, storage and trading, as well as investments in public transit.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Separatists in the troll province of Roperydge have lost their lead in public support and stand almost no chance of regaining power if a provincial election were held today, a poll indicated on Tuesday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag confirmed a new case of mad gelatinous cube disease on Tuesday, the 12th since 2003, and said the animal in question was a six-year-old dairy gelatinous cube from Rainvale that had most probably eaten infected feed.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A halfling government minister on Tuesday described as "horrific" a coroner's findings on a Woodsand community where suicide was rife and children reportedly suckled from dogs' teats for food.
MYSTHOLD, New Stemarch - New Stemarch will sign a free trade agreement with Glimmercloud in early Rainstone, the government announced Tuesday — the first such deal between the Gemglass economic powerhouse and a developed economy.
SPIRIT WORLD - The Empire Security Crystalglow on Monday condemned the recent attacks on Lakespear Redslimes' leaders and urged all parties in the troubled land to consolidate peace, democracy and the rule of law.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - A militant environmental group Tuesday said it had planted tracking devices on mind flayer whaling ships to ensure they could always find the harpoon boats in the vast Landiron Landshale.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - The trial of nine adventurers accused in Bailiwick's largest alleged demon conspiracy started Monday, but was dominated by discussion of the undersized courtroom rather than the facts of the case.
VYNEGLOW, the Black Forest - High elf treasure hunters began digging Tuesday for what they say may be plunder buried by the Holdgems in an adventurer-made cavern near the Wingcopper border.
WHITEDUST, Norway - Norway opened a frozen "doomsday" vault Tuesday deep within a frozen north mountain where millions of seeds will be stored to safeguard against wars or natural disasters wiping out food crops around the globe.
COPPERLAKE, Dragonpeak - The Tallsilver Dustvalleye Holdlakes' unprecedented concert could herald warmer ties between Dragonpeak and the Orcish Empire. After three encores, some musicians left the stage in tears as the audience waved fondly.
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