12th Gozran 18 - The Rushlight Tournament Day 5 - The Final events

Iron Body

Contestants can undertake upto Five gruelling challenges designed to test their mettle by being locked in special containers and subjected to various damaging environmental hazards consisting of Poison, Pain, Winter, Fire and Drowning.

Participants:

Kingdom of Gralton: Ankus,

Kingdom of Dragonmere: Vaneer,

Kingdom of Mivon: Jaz,

Kingdom of Daggermark: Memon,

Kingdom of Tymon: Veelda,

Kingdom of Pitax: Alesgar.

Gralton: Passes 4 tests but fails the pain test,

Dragonmere: Passes all,

Mivon: Passes all,

Daggermark: Passes 4 tests but fails the winter test,

Tymon: Passes 3 tests but fails the drowning and winter tests,

Pitax: Passes 4 tests but fails the drowning test.

After the tournament’s fifth day time event the kingdom rankings are as follows;

6^th place –2 points – Daggermark,

5^th place – 5 points – Mivon,

4^th place – 7 points –  Gralton,

3^rd place – 9 points – Tymon,

2^nd place – 14 points – Pitax,

1^st place – 18 points – Dragonmere.

Before the midnight joust, all contestants take part in the traditional ‘unofficial’ event of,

Drinking Bout

An unofficial drinking contest for any and all that wish to enter (consisting of 8 rounds of drinking a mysterious brew). It is an unspoken tradition for those competing in the following midnight joust to have at least one drink.

Participants: All

Round1: Darkwater mead DC12 – All pass

Round2: Blackberry mead DC14 – All pass – Natalia with draws from the competition

Round3: Serine Spice Wine DC16 – All pass – Gregor with draws from the competition

Round4: Mwangi Whiskey DC18 – Vaneer/Boss/Miro passes, Otto/Hugo fails

Round5: Daggermark Special DC20 – All pass

Round6: Water of Life (Moonshine) DC24 – Miro Passes, Vaneer/Boss/Otto/Hugo fails

Round7: Darkwater mead special DC18 – All pass

Round8: Darkwater mead extra special DC20 – All pass

Those contestants that make it to the end of the drinking bout each received a reward of 2,385 gold.

Midnight Joust

Atop a horse, jousters wield a lance and shield and must compete 1 on 1 in several stages until only one remains who must then face off against last year’s champion.

Participants:

Kingdom of Gralton: Sir Briannel Paulson,

Kingdom of Dragonmere: Natalia,

Kingdom of Mivon: Khristel,

Kingdom of Daggermark: Chantal,

Kingdom of Tymon: Damanjot,

Kingdom of Pitax: Villamor.

Natalia makes it through to the second round but sadly gets knocked from her horse,

The last round ends up being Khristel of Mivon vs Villamor of Pitax (the returning champ)

Villamor wins the final round and remains champion

After the tournament’s final event the kingdom rankings are as follows;

5^th place – 5 points – Daggermark,

4^th place – 7 points –  Mivon,

3^rd place – 9 points – Gralton,

2^nd place – 14 points – Tymon,

1^st place – 18 points – Dragonmere & Pitax.

It’s a tie!

King Irovetti invites the delegates of Dragonmere to his viewing platform where he offers 1^st place to Dragonmere as they had placed 1^st in more events compared to Pitax.

Otto agrees the generous offer from the kingdom of Pitax though Miro and Vaneer wonder what the catch is.

11th Gozran 18 - The Rushlight Tournament Day 4

Duelling

In a series of 1 on 1 duels, contestants race to score five hits on their opponent.

Participants:

Kingdom of Gralton: Kilbaskian,

Kingdom of Dragonmere: Emissary,

Kingdom of Mivon: Naomi,

Kingdom of Daggermark: Memon,

Kingdom of Tymon: Dimanshot,

Kingdom of Pitax: Alesgar.

The judge’s results for the event are eventually agreed by the following;

3^rd Place – Alesgar from Kingdom of Pitax,

2^nd place – Naomi from Kingdom of Mivon,

1^st place – Emissary from Kingdom of Dragonmere.

After the tournament’s fourth day the kingdom rankings are as follows;

6^th place – 0 points – Daggermark,

5^th place – 2 points – Mivon,

4^th place – 5 points –  Gralton,

3^rd place – 7 points – Tymon,

2^nd place – 12 points – Pitax,

1^st place – 15 points – Dragonmere.

10th Gozran 18 - The Rushlight Tournament Day 3

Test of the Axe

Use an axe to destroy or damage as many logs as possible within a set time (10 rounds) with the aid of augmentation of 6^th level or lower spells.

Participants:

Kingdom of Gralton: Kilbaskian,

Kingdom of Dragonmere: Hugo,

Kingdom of Mivon: Dizon,

Kingdom of Daggermark: Yegina,

Kingdom of Tymon: Timsina,

Kingdom of Pitax: Villamore.

The judge’s results for the event are eventually agreed by the following;

3^rd Place – Timsina from Kingdom of Tymon,

2^nd place – Villamore from Kingdom of Pitax,

1^st place – Hugo from Kingdom of Dragonmere.

Boasting

Contestants must boast to an audience about one of their most notable accomplishments, each boast must contain a beginning, a middle and an end.

Participants:

Kingdom of Gralton: Ankus,

Kingdom of Dragonmere: Gregori,

Kingdom of Mivon: Ceala,

Kingdom of Daggermark: Memon,

Kingdom of Tymon: Mialolessa,

Kingdom of Pitax: Annamede.

During the boasting Natalia notices that Ankus has a ringer in the crowd casting subtle magic that turns the crowds attitude towards Ankus in a more favourable manner, which gets the dwarf disqualified.

The judge’s results for the event are eventually agreed by the following;

3^rd Place – Gregori from Kingdom of Dragonmere,

2^nd place – Mialolessa from Kingdom of Tymon,

1^st place – Annamede from Kingdom of Pitax.

After the tournament’s third day the kingdom rankings are as follows;

4^th place – 0 points – Daggermark and Mivon,

3^rd place – 4 points – Gralton,

2^nd place – 5 points – Tymon,

1^st place – 6 points – Dragonmere and Pitax.

9th Gozran 18 - The Rushlight Tournament Day 2

Archery

Contestants fire 6 arrows within a set time at several inanimate targets.

Participants:

Kingdom of Gralton: Florante,

Kingdom of Dragonmere: Boss,

Kingdom of Mivon: Navarathna,

Kingdom of Daggermark: Ilraith,

Kingdom of Tymon: Damanjot,

Kingdom of Pitax: Villamor (King Irovetti’s right hand man),

Boss:

Round 1 – Rapid shot with 3 arrows with 3 hitting the red target which includes 1 critical.

Round 2 – Rapid shot with 3 arrows with 3 hitting the red target.

Rounds 3 -6 – Spare rounds earning points for early completion.

Damanjot:

Round 1 – 1 arrow shot at the red target and hits.

Round 2 – 1 arrow shot at the red target and hits.

Round 3 – 1 arrow shot at the red target and hits.

Round 4 – 1 arrow shot at the red target and hits.

Round 5 – 1 arrow shot at the red target and misses.

Round 6 – 1 arrow shot at the red target and hits.

Villamor:

Round 1 – 1 arrow shot at the red target and hits.

Round 2 – 1 arrow shot at the red target and hits.

Round 3 – 1 arrow shot at the red target and misses.

Round 4 – 1 arrow shot at the red target and hits.

Round 5 – 1 arrow shot at the red target and hits with a critical.

Round 6 – 1 arrow shot at the red target and hits.

Navarathna:

Round 1 – Rapid shot with 3 arrows with 3 hitting the red target.

Round 2 – Rapid shot with 3 arrows with 3 missing the red target.

Rounds 3 -6 – Spare rounds earning points for early completion.

Florante:

Round 1 – Rapid shot with 3 arrows with 3 hitting the green target.

Round 2 – Rapid shot with 3 arrows with 3 missing the red target with 1 critical.

Rounds 3 -6 – Spare rounds earning points for early completion.

Ilraith:

Round 1 – casts ‘True Strike’ then shoots one arrow at the red target and hits.

Round 2 – 1 arrow shot at the red target and hits.

Round 3 – 2 arrows shot at the red target and misses.

Round 4 – 1 arrow shot at the red target and hits.

Round 5 – 1 arrow shot at the green target and hits with a critical.

Round 6 – Spare round earning points for early completion.

Just before Ilraith took his turn the group happen to notice that the villain had fooled all but them as he slipped the ‘tournament approved’ arrows into his haversack and pulled out some ‘almost the same looking but not tournament approved’ arrows.

Once the judges were informed of the “slight” and the accusation was proven correct Ilraith was disqualified from the event.

The judge’s results for the event are eventually agreed by the following;

Disqualified – Ilraith of Daggermark,

4^th place – Damanjot of Tymon & Navarathna of Mivon,

3^rd Place – Florante of Gralton,

2^nd place – Villamore of Pitax,

1^st place – Boss of Dragonmere.

Tower of Jewels

A race to climb a large tower, retrieve jewels from a locked box and return to the starting point, all without any equipment and magic. Points are awarded to the quickest contestant and to the contestant with the most valuable gem.

Participants:

Kingdom of Gralton: Ankus,

Kingdom of Dragonmere: Miro,

Kingdom of Mivon: Jaz,

Kingdom of Daggermark: Mermin,

Kingdom of Tymon: Veelda,

Kingdom of Pitax: Aliashya.

The race is long running as must of the contestants (including Miro) struggle to climb up the tower without anything to assist their ascent which isn’t helped by gems flying out of the tower causing them to reach for the falling gems.

The judge’s results for the event are eventually agreed by the following;

Gem award – Ankus from Kingdom of Gralton.

Speed award - Aliashya from Kingdom of Pitax.

After the tournament’s second day the kingdom rankings are as follows;

4^th place – 0 points – Daggermark and Mivon,

3^rd place – 4 points – Tymon,

2^nd place – 5 points – Gralton and Pitax,

1^st place – 6 points – Dragonmere.

8th Gozran 18 - The Rushlight Tournament Day 1

The Casters Ball

Each kingdoms contestant must put on a magical performance in front of viewers, displaying their magical skill and knowledge (the showier the better!).

Participants:

Kingdom of Gralton: Ponfer,

Kingdom of Dragonmere: Otto,

Kingdom of Mivon: Hyram,

Kingdom of Daggermark: Gina,

Kingdom of Tymon: Lashuna,

Kingdom of Pitax: Dray

Ponfer sets out a bed of hot coals and uses the resist energy spell to allow himself to walk across the coals multiple times before stopping dead centre on them, he then picks up several coals and starts to juggle with them. After some time, the coals start to turn into little salamanders which start to run all over his body which eventually burns away his trousers revealing a very tight pair of shorts with “Geologists Rock!” written across his rear end in Sylvian.

Otto casts mirror image creating numerous copies of himself which circle the arena floor and begin to throw fireballs into the air as he gives an impressive speech on unity and then casts a cone of cold into the air causing snowflakes to fall to the ground.

Hyram wheels out a chalk board and lectures the arena crowd about arcane research, though whilst he was drawing on the chalkboard both Natalia and Otto notice that the symbols contain those required to cast symbol of laughter which is what happens at the end of his lecture as the crowd burst into tears of laughter.

Gina plants a seed which grows into a large Rose bush which flowers and releases numerous coloured pines into the sky where they gather before clashing together causing flowers to fall from the sky.

Lashuna turns herself into a bronze dragon and creates a duplicate image of herself before the two dragons perform a stunning Ariel act with lightening dsplay.

Dray casts a planar ally (Hideous Nighthag) and starts to dance with her, as they dance a veil spell is then cast which slowly turns the hag into a beautiful maiden by the end of the dance.

The judge’s results for the event are eventually agreed by the following;

4^th place – Dray of Pitax, Gina of Daggermark & Hyram of Mivon,

3^rd Place – Ponfer of Gralton,

2^nd place – Otto of Dragonmere,

1^st place – Lashuna of Tymon.

7th Gozran 18 - The Rushlight Gathering

The tournaments participants from Dragonmere and the four other river kingdoms have now gathered in a large field in the kingdom of Pitax where the tourney is to be held.

Shortly after arriving Otto and his son Ichabod go to introduce themselves to King Irovetti and perform whatever political things Kings do when they meet each other, I won’t put down Miro’s impression otherwise it make you blush.

On the opening night Pitax put on an enormous firework display after which a sole wizard steps out into the middle of the field and puts on a magical show that sculpts the field in front of the spectators into the arena that will be used for the tournament.

2nd Gozran 18 pt2 - To Tourney or Not...well that's a silly question!

Vaneer read out the tournament invite,

“Greetings from his Supreme and Initiable Magnificence Castruccio Irovetti, … ”

Vaneer smirked before saying “Ego much!?!”

“by the grace of the gods the rightful King of Pitax, Marvel of Numeria, Master Mormouth, and Prince-Regent of the Sellen.”

“I think someone is over compensating if you know what I mean” Miro chuckled and winked at Vaneer,

“Well we know who will be doing the boasting for Pitax at least” Vaneer snorted,

“It is with great delectation and delight that I greet you, my fellow River Kings. I would be honoured if you would accept my invitation to attend the seventh annual Rushlight Tournament as my guests. I know you be discerning rulers, and trust you would not dare miss such an extravagance, for I plan for this to be the finest Rushlight yet! And to sweeten the pot, as it were, I have secured a mighty magical item, a gold and gemstone rod of lordly might, which I am willing to bestow upon the Kingdom that proves itself by fielding the true Rushlight Champion! Could this champion be one of your own?”

Vaneer yawned, “Sounds a bore, we’d beat them no matter what so they might as well just give us the reward”

Miro grunted and nodded in agreement

“Eeeer my lord?” came a nervous voice from the side

The pair turned to their heads to notice that the Pitax herald that brought the invite was still standing there as they realise that he had obviously heard their conversation.

“I’m no lord boy!” Vaneer boomed making the herald take a step back in fright,

“But….but the letter is meant for King Otto only, you said you were he!” the herald stammered,

“We said nothing of the sort, you just merely assumed he was Otto” Miro hissed with an evil stare,

“You know what Miro, I think we keep the message and not tell Otto but obviously the boy needs dealing with as he knows too much, do you not agree?” Vaneer raised an eyebrow at Miro,

The blood in the herald’s face gave way turning him a ghostly white as he realised what he was listening and showed clear signs that he was about to faint whilst wetting himself when both Miro and Vaneer burst into laughter.

“Oh! don’t be so serious lad!” Miro exclaimed whilst laughing and struggling to catch his breath,

“We’re not gonna kill you so relax, what sort of kingdom do you think we’re running here to consider killing young men carrying messages!” Vaneer snorted before throwing Miro a stare to keep quiet as he obviously raised a finger to answer that question,

“Come on, then!” Vaneer held out the parchment to the herald with a smile on his face,

“Sir?” the Herald questioned,

Vaneer sighed, “Oh dear Miro, its seems Pitax might be missing a brain cell or two. Come on lad, take the parchment and we’ll take you to Otto”,

“King Otto?” the herald question,

“Yeah, yeah ‘King’ Otto” Miro teased.

Otto read the message and the council was gathered, the discussion was short and the council agreed that Dragonmere should attend the tournament and sent the herald on his way with their decision.

The debate about whom from the kingdom should represent them at the tournament took a bit longer though, ideas where thrown out like Zamas the phase spider, Sagroc, Lady Quintessa Maray and Auchs but they were eventually ruled out leaving the following agreed participants.

Dragonmere’s Contestants:

Casters Ball – Otto Von Bismark

Archery – Boss

Tower of Jewels – Miro Larson

Test of the Axe – Hugo

Boasting – Grigori Yefimovich

Duelling – Emissary

Iron Body – Vaneer Cankerbond

Drinking Bout – Otto Von Bismark, Boss, Miro Larson, Hugo, Grigori Yefimovich, Natalia Rovska, Vaneer Cankerbond

Midnight Joust – Natalia Rovska