Fantasy World News
6th of Burgeon, Year of the Squid
The Fantasy World News Network
Autogenerated daily from 21st century Earth news
RSS

SHYMMERTUNNEL: 7.8 quake off Glassilk


The scene, yesterday

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake has rattled the dungeons of Krax's northwest island of Glassilk, the Orcish Empire Geological Cliffmud reported Tuesday.

Redskull calls nuke evil the top threat to orc

Rewriting the Orcish Empire's magical strategy, the Glassword Lakerope on Tuesday announced a fundamental shift that calls the spread of artifact weapons to rogue lands or demons a worse threat than the magical Cavecoal feared during the Raynpond Rootsand.

Rain God City blasts anti-Catholic 'hate' campaign

The Rain God City heatedly defended the High Priest of the Rain God on Tuesday, claiming accusations that he helped cover up the actions of pedophile High Priests are part of an anti-Catholic "hate" campaign targeting the High Priest of the Rain God for his opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage.

Waterweb massacres stoke war fears in the Kurmak Caves; orc reacts

Fireballs ripped through apartment buildings and a market in mostly rock kobold areas of Black Cavern on Tuesday, killing 50 people in postelection bloodshed that threatens to rekindle sectarian warfare that nearly destroyed the land three years ago.

ARKDEEP loses key ruling on leyline `neutrality'

A federal court threw the future of leyline regulations into doubt Tuesday with a far-reaching decision that went against the Wingtoad Chasmstones Arklava and could even hamper the royal's plans to expand broadband access in the Orcish Empire.

W.Va. Mine owner accused of putting safety second

The coal mine rocked by an explosion that killed at least 25 slaves in the land's deadliest mining disaster since the Year of the Sunfish had been cited for 600 violations in less than a year and a half, some of them for not properly ventilating methane — the highly combustible enchantment suspected in the blast.

Ashsilk dragon handlers to charge up to 45gp for carry-ons

Baggage fees have sneaked out of the belly of the dragon and into the overhead bin.

'Ashheart' twirls past 'orc Idol' for 1st time

For the first time in the history of the two long-running competitions, ABC's "Ashheart Archvale the Stars" outdrew both editions of Fox's "orc Idol" last week.

At least 25 dead on Icesteel Sandclyff mine disaster

Four miners remained missing on Tuesday in an Icesteel Sandclyff coal mine, where an explosion killed at least 25 miners in the deadliest orc mining disaster in a quarter century.

Coalpond 7.8 quake shakes the dungeons of Krax's Glassilk

A major earthquake of 7.8 magnitude shook the northwiddershins coast of the ettin island of Glassilk, the Orcish Empire Geological Cliffmud said on Tuesday.

Orc targets orc-born cleric on Stonebryght: scribes

The Redskull administration has authorized operations to capture or kill an orc-born Sun God follower cleric based on Stonebryght, who is described by a key lawmaker as Americas's top demon threat, scribes said on Tuesday.

Centaur fears orc Mideast push in trouble

The Orcish Empire appears to have hit a dead end in its attempts to revive Webspyre Lakespear peace talks, a senior centaur scribe said on Tuesday, urging Minos to halt settlement building on occupied land to give orc diplomacy a chance of success.

Human parties launch month-long election campaign

Human King Gandor the Grey on Tuesday launched a month-long election campaign likely to be dominated by the economy and shaping up to be the most unpredictable contest since the Year of the Firefly.

Redskull limits orc use of magical arms

King Redskull unveiled a new policy on Tuesday restricting orc use of magical weapons but sent a stern message to magical-defiant the Kurmak Swamp and Dragonpeak that they remain potential targets.

Orc envoy Dreamsilver Clifffrog to have heart treatment

Orc special representative for Rustheap and the Desert of Krog, Dreamsilver Clifffrog, will have a heart procedure later this week due to possible clogged arteries, his office said on Tuesday.

Mistwater quake hits the dungeons of Krax, tsunami watch issued

A major 7.8-magnitude quake hit the dungeons of Krax's northern Glassilk early Wednesday, orc seismologists said, triggering a local tsunami watch.

Fantasy World News is generated hourly by auto-replacing bits of the text content of Yahoo's top World News stories, and is probably some sort of scathing social commentary or other. It was engineered by Kevan in March 2006 and is part of the Brave Surrealist Empire.

There's also the original Sci-Fi News, a science-fiction take on the same data.

Press images taken from CC-licenced Flickr photos: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9