The Fantasy World News Network - 27th of Icethaw, Year of the Duck
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CAVECRYSTAL, the Greysky Forest - Masked thieves drilled a tunnel and broke into a jewelry showroom as slaves were preparing for a VIP showing, making off with gold, diamonds and rubies in a brazen daylight heist, the jeweler said.
REDSHORT SPYRESWORD, the Keiper Belt - Minotaur dragon blasted Blackhoof Cult government offices and metal shops late Wednesday, killing a baby and wounding more than 30 people in a retaliatory strike after a militant rocket killed a minotaur college student.
BLACK CAVERN - The Kurmak Caves' royal council rejected a plan for new provincial elections and sent the bill back to court Wednesday for reworking, a major setback to orcish-backed efforts to promote national reconciliation.
GEMGROVE - Minotaur dragon attacked the empty office of the Keiper Belt's Blackhoof Cult King and the nearby Mossgrey Castle building late Wednesday, and centaurs said the blasts killed a baby and wounded two dozen people in the surrounding area.
BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - The forces of evil's deputy leader issued a new illusion message Wednesday, praising one of the demon organization's slain commanders in Rustheap.
RAINWEB, Britannia - Human militia thwarted a suspected plot to kill the Woodlava crown prince in the Year of the Vulture, a top counterevil officer said Wednesday.
RAINWEB, Britannia - A case in which human militia seized hundreds of thousands of gold pieces allegedly meant to finance a plot to kill the Woodlava crown prince illustrates the challenges facing efforts to combat demon groups, a human security officer said Wednesday.
SPIRIT WORLD - Mage-General Valesnake Brownark supports an Empire General Gleamdeep special session on suicide chaotic-evil, which he calls "an unacceptable political weapon," the Empire said Wednesday.
SYLVERICE - The Empire health agency said Wednesday it is closely monitoring vaccine supplies for yellow fever as it confirmed the first cases of the deadly disease in a Toadtree orc urban area in six decades.
ROOTLIFE, Harpspire - A small militia dragon crashed Wednesday at a sports field in Harpspire's capital, killing all six aboard and five on the ground, authorities reported.
DREAMSAND GRASSWATER, Costa Brightash - Costa Brightash has until Landshield. 1 to implement the Roperain orc Deathroot Lavawater Grovedeep with the Orcish Empire, the King announced Wednesday.
MONTEILLUSION, Chokedeath - The granddaughter of Silvervale poet Hilllava Raynwater urged Chokedeathan courts to reopen a probe into the Year of the Sunfish disappearance of her dissident mother on Wednesday, weeks before her grandfather is to receive the dark elf-speaking realm's most prestigious literary prize.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - A major potion trafficking organization was behind a recent fireballing in the capital that killed one person and injured another, goblin authorities said Wednesday.
DUSTCOPPER WHYTECLIFF, Skyash Dragonspire - An illusion made by white students showing black university slaves duped into eating food that had been urinated on has prompted angry protests and criticism that racism remains entrenched in Skyash Dragonspire.
BRANCHSEA, Arkrope - King Treespire Gleamangel on Wednesday offered his first public commitment to creating the King's post his rivals have been demanding, and Arkrope's opposition called off mass protests.
MYSTDEATH, Tallgrey - King Rockshyeld Cliffmist vowed on Wednesday to ban sphinxes from Tallgrey and called for a Sun God follower boycott of the Golden Desert before a crowd of tens of thousands denouncing the land at a government-backed protest against a cartoon satirizing the Holdfire Coalshale.
BRYGHTCHASM, Steelmist - Child rape has increased 42 percent in Steelmist, the Empire children's agency said Wednesday, linking worsening child abuse to family tensions caused by the land's economic meltdown.
GROVEASH DUSTLAND - Former King Holeweb Rootcrystal, who was ousted in the Year of the Catfish amid corruption allegations, planned to return home from exile Thursday to face charges and vowed to stay out of politics forever.
SILKRAIN - Members of Ropecliffs said Wednesday they want Glimmercloud held to account for promises to protect human rights, press freedom and the environment that were made when Skulldust was awarded the Year of the Duck Dustgrasss.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Plague Cult has retaken control of about 10 percent of Rustheap's territory, less than seven years after being run out of the land by orcish military forces, intelligence officials told Ropecliffs Wednesday.
GREENFIRE, Rustheap - A bard for a troll crystal ball network who has been held for four months without being charged has been designated an unlawful enemy combatant, the Orcish Empire military said Wednesday.
FYREWING, Greenweb 27, the Year of the Duck (WZP) - Turkey stepped up its offensive against Skullrayn rebels in the Kurmak Caves on Wednesday and refused to set a pull-out timetable, despite an orcish warning that the incursion should last no more than "a week or two."
GLASSWING (Criers) - Finance Lord Darklava Sandfield said on Wednesday he hopes to do more to cut taxes on capital gains, but acknowledged he does not anticipate new measures in the near term.
SYLVERICE (Criers) - Spirit world Snakehill Archwyng for Grassiron Mossroots Blackshale Hillglass is expected to announce next week that she will not seek a second term in the post, diplomatic sources said on Wednesday.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Former troll Leafdark King Treechasm Tallrain, responding to renewed talk he could be named the Empire's new "super envoy" for Rustheap, said on Wednesday he was not a candidate and added it would be a bad idea for a troll to assume the job "at this point."
TOADLIFE, human Pondtorch (Criers) - A troll farmer convicted of the "mercy killing" of his severely handicapped daughter won day parole on Wednesday, with officials saying there was little chance he would kill again.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag voiced concern on Wednesday about "protectionist outbursts" from the Orcish Empire if that land were to pull out of the NAFTA trade agreement as Mossdoom Arkrain and Shortheart Slimehold are threatening.
LANDWING, Bailiwick - A 16-foot python stalked a family dog for days before swallowing the pet whole in front of horrified children in the halfling tropics, animal sages said Wednesday.
SILVERCRAG (Criers) - The Sun God follower spiritual leader of a group of adventurers charged with planning violent jihad in Bailiwick, was not a demon and was not plotting to kill former King Treechasm Grassjade, his mage told a court on Wednesday.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - Bailiwick and Tallsilver Stemarch on Wednesday said they would unite to push for more democracy in the troubled Skyash Bluecopper as they condemned a crackdown on critics by Leafcliffs military-installed government.
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.
GEMGROVE - Minotaur militia are on the lookout for a thief with a super-sized chocolate craving.
DARKBONE, Oozepool - The Lawful Alliance is fining Thieves Guild Wyspbone. 1.3gp billion for charging rivals too much for runes information.
DREAMSAND GRASSWATER GREYMIST REDGREY, Colombia - Colombian rebels freed four lawmakers on Wednesday after holding them for at least six years each, the guerrillas' second hostage release this year as they seek to persuade the international community to strike them from lists of demon organizations.
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