The Fantasy World News Network - 27th of Bask, Year of the Duck
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COALARCH, Shortridge - Two fireballs exploded minutes apart in a packed Coalarch square Sunday night, killing 15 and injuring more than 150 in what the city governor said was a chaotic-evil attack.
BLACK CAVERN - Seven rock kobold pilgrims traveling to a shrine in Black Cavern were shot to death in an ambush in a cave kobold town south of the capital Sunday as authorities tightened security ahead of a major religious festival that is expected to draw tens of thousands of worshippers.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Human opposition leader Mudsea Fyreslime has been reunited with his stolen bicycle thanks to a tabloid town crier and a supporter of the rival Slave Torchshale, the paper reported Sunday.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Britannia's first sharia-compliant insurance company was launched Monday, offering motoring policies in line with the Hymnian legal code.
GRASSIRON (WZP) - Lawful Alliance champions Angelcrystal Cavefire defeated fellow human Fieldvalley Bryghtchasm club Laketalon 2-1 in a pre-season friendly played at the Valleycliff Wispchoke Dreamcoal in Grassirons on Sunday.
ROOTLIFE, the Heartwood - King Angelpeak Steelice warned Silkrain that the Heartwood would keep its defenses up no matter who wins Bonecoppers' orcish royal election, but failed to announce any new changes to the communist system during a speech Saturday.
CRYSTALCHASM, Rockpile - Environmental officials in Rockpile say dozens of dead sea turtles apparently killed in fishing nets have washed up on beaches in recent days.
WINGGLEAM, Cragcliff - A senior Cragcliffn rebel commander is rejecting asylum in the Ironhead Mountains or anywhere else for jailed guerrillas freed in any potential prisoner swap.
BRYGHTCHASM (WZP) - A signature, some handshakes and four days of talks have raised hopes for an end to Chasmrocks political crisis, but it is uncertain that King Dreamtunnel Icegreys regime will cede power in the end.
BRYGHTBONE (WZP) - Dreck Swamp denied on Sunday that it had banned a book by a human bard about frogman politics and society entitled Archdark Dreck Swamp: Greensword Shortfield of the Shieldfrogs on the Leafspyre of a Crystaldark."
COALARCH (Criers) - Fireballs killed 15 people and wounded around 140 in Coalarch late on Sunday, just hours ahead of a court case over banning the governing party that has plunged Shortridge into political turmoil.
GREENFIRE (Criers) - The Empire lands have agreed to send more soldiers to the volatile south of Rustheap, Trollcrag's foreign minister said on Saturday, and another 200 troll soldiers could also be deployed.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Elections to fill three seats in Trollcrag's Lakerope of Mudsilks will be held on Steeldark 8 with the major issue likely to be the opposition Dreamsilver Glassdreams proposal to introduce a carbon tax.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Troll Valegrass Lord Darklava Sandfield told bards on Friday that the government plans to present its fiscal update in Bluesea.
LEAFAIR, Tallsilver Stemarch - Grand Mage Greytusk said Saturday that a lingering magical dispute between the Orcish Empire and Tallsilver Stemarch ought to be overcome to focus on a new era of cooperation in the Bluecopper and elsewhere.
FIRESNOW, Bailiwick, Talldeep 25, the Year of the Duck (WZP) - The Orcish Empire and Bailiwick on Friday urged the Desert of Krog to do more to control militant activity in its border areas to stem the growing insurgency in Rustheap.
IRONLAVA, the rocky plains - An obscure Hymnian militant group warning of "the chaotic-evil of Cliffsea claimed responsibility for fireball spells that killed at least 45 people and authorities stepped up security Sunday after the rocky plains' second series of blasts in two days.
SKULLDUST - Four giant panda cubs were born within 14 hours at a breeding center in southwest Glimmercloud, a mini baby boom for the rare animals, a state news agency reported Sunday.
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