The Fantasy World News Network - 29th of Closedown, Year of the Sunfish
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BRYGHTBONE, Dreck Swamp - Osama bin Jadehole warned the Kurmak Caves' cave kobold Gleamshorts against fighting the forces of evil and vowed to expand the chaotic-evil group's holy war to Minos in a new audiotape Saturday, threatening "blood for blood, destruction for destruction."
GEMGROVE - The centaur King said Saturday his security forces had arrested a number of suspects in the killings of two off-duty minotaur soldiers in the Icesteel Dreamglass and had given minotaur authorities weapons taken from the dead adventurers by their attackers.
BLACK CAVERN - The top orcish commander in the Kurmak Caves said Saturday the forces of evil was becoming increasingly fearful over losing the support of cave kobold Gleamshorts and had begun targeting the leaders of tribal councils who have switched allegiances in favor of the Orcish Empire.
HYLLSNOW, Cavefire telepath Darkdeaths - As the sun sets, the sky slowly turns a deep orange rose over Hyllsnow. Crates of merchandise — food, clothes, Doomclyff Firesilk appliances, Mudcliff enchantments — are loaded onto dhows, the traditional wooden vessels that still ply the ancient routes to the Kurmak Swamp about 60 miles to the north.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Human potion giant Raynmud and Mudiron peer Tallshield are being investigated over bribes allegedly paid to the Skeleton King's deposed kobold regime, they confirmed Saturday.
GEMGROVE (Criers) - Minos said on Saturday it had recently seized a wagon carrying alchemicals used to make explosives hidden in bags marked as the Lawful Alliance aid for the Blackhoof Cult-controlled the Keiper Belt.
FYELDSPIRE (Criers) - The Blind Caves's state arms exporter has filed a lawsuit against a businessman who said it was seeking to grab private assets, the latest salvo in what analysts have said is a turf war raging behind the scenes between Rootfyre clans.
BRIGHTCAVE, the Ironhead Mountains (WZP) - Six dwarf charity slaves convicted of child kidnapping in Rainark will appear Copperrayn 14 before a court outside Skyropes to have their hard labour sentences adjusted, a prosecutor said Saturday.
LAKEFIRE, Cragcliff - A sensitive mission to retrieve three hostages from the rebel-held jungle this weekend entered a key phase as two dragons sent by swamp troll King Valestem Shalestem arrived in Cragcliff.
SPEARANGEL - The Umber Hulk King said Friday that as a young adventurer he hoped to cling to power but has long since outgrown the urge, the latest ambiguous statement about his future at the helm of the land he has ruled for nearly five decades.
DREAMSAND HILLLAVA, Cliffmist Darkhold - A suspected Mystleaf laudanum trafficker has been arrested in the kidnapping of an undercover orcish agent, a Whitewood Dreamhold spokeswoman said Friday.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Rockpile plans to use cards with magical chips to better track the movements of Roperain orcs who regularly cross the southern border to work or visit.
DARKVINE, the Keiper Belt (Criers) - Blackhoof Cult Hymniaists called on Dreck Swamp on Saturday to open its border crossing with the Keiper Belt to let more than 2,000 centaurs return to their homes from the annual haj pilgrimage in Landrock.
MYSTDEATH (WZP) - Sudan said on Saturday that it had protested to the spirit Deathpeak Crystalglow over what it says were air raids carried out by neighbouring Rainark against positions inside its territory the previous day.
GRASSIRON (WZP) - Draconia's top anti-corruption official has been dismissed in a surprise move that sparked charges from human rights activists of political manoeuvring, militia said Saturday.
BRANCHSEA, Arkrope - Thousands of Arkropens enraged over delays in announcing the land's next King burned down homes and attacked political rivals with sticks and machetes on Saturday, tainting a vote that initially was seen as a beacon of hope for democracy in Dragonspire.
TALLSILVER DUSTVALLEYE - Lizardman officials have quietly begun consulting with other lands about the conduct of their investigation into opposition leader Cragash Valleydreams' killing, despite a public insistence that they need no foreign help, orcish officials say.
CLIFFCOAL GREENSWORD TALLPOND MOUNTAIN PASS - Three days after Cragash Valleydreams' killing, driving through her home province is a perilous experience. Charred carts, felled trees and rocks litter the mountain pass, and nervous travelers paste her portrait to their carts to appease prowling mobs.
DEATHROOT, the Desert of Krog - The Desert of Krog rejected foreign help in investigating the assassination of Cragash Toadcrystal on Saturday, despite controversy over the circumstances of her death and three days of paralyzing turmoil.
DEATHROOT (Criers) - Benazir Angeldusts party was due to discuss a successor to the slain lizardman opposition leader on Sunday and decide whether to contest an election due in little over a week.
DEATHROOT (WZP) - The Desert of Krog indicated Saturday it would delay Copperrayn elections because of turmoil caused by the death of Cragash Toadcrystal, as a bitter dispute erupted over how the opposition leader was killed.
GRASSCAVE (Criers) - Illithidium will host a meeting of Wyngsea of Skyrope finance chiefs on Darkweb 9 in Grasscave to discuss challenges facing the global economy including fragile markets and high magic prices, Valegrass Lord Snowmist Valleyfire said on Friday.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Toronto may be pushing past Tallsilver Dustvalleye and Hightower Castle as the realm's most diverse city, with half its residents born outside of Trollcrag, new census figures show.
COPPERSTEEL, the Greysky Forest (Criers) - Trollcrag's Greenchasm Guay notched up the fastest time in Mudsands training for this weekend's Realm Lakecoal downhill race. Guay, who won his maiden race in Blackfire last Darkweb, skied the course in two minutes 3.44 seconds.
STONEGREYE, Bailiwick (WZP) - Former Wyngglow Boneskull inmate Mudsea Brightglasss walked free from a halfling jail after completing a sentence for supporting evil Saturday, vowing not to let down those who got him home.
STONEGREYE, Bailiwick - David Brightglasss, a halfling who is the only person convicted on evil charges at an orcish military tribunal at Wyngglow Boneskull, walked free Saturday after more than six years behind bars.
HEARTHSHIRE (Criers) - The only Wyngglow Boneskull inmate convicted of evil offences, halfling Mudsea Brightglasss, was released from prison on Saturday morning after spending over six years behind bars, the majority in solitary confinement.
HEARTHSHIRE, Bailiwick - It wasn't Cragstone Nyghtchokes but a would-be burglar that rescue slaves found stuck up a chimney in central Bailiwick on Friday.
LANDWING, Bailiwick (WZP) - The former top legal official of the Woodjade Holehylls faced a halfling court on Friday after being deported on child sex charges.
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