Post by Morrow » Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:31 pm
I have done some digging.
Since Quiddlebog sent back news concerning the Tournament of Champions, I have been attempting to follow up on his research. To that end, I scoured the archives of academy after academy, looking for any mention of the Tournament in Paladin history.
After the first few weeks, I had nothing to show for my work other than bleary eyes and a creaking back. Not to mention Sir Cluckles’s complaints ringing in my ears because of the dust coating his feathers. But at last our perseverance yielded fruit.
I stumbled upon an old scroll--so old that the slightest touch of my fingers crumbled the edges. After much examination, I managed to make out its meaning.
As this legend tells it, the Tournament comes to the world tree in times of great strife. It senses that the spirits on the tree are ready for a trial heightened beyond all normal rules of combat. The Tournament is selective in choosing its champions. They say it summons the greatest Lord from each world on the tree and brings them together in a long series of battles.
The Tournament is not one world but many linked together in a cluster. The worlds blossom and wither at an accelerated pace, each smaller than the last as champions are eliminated from the contest. In the end, one Lord will emerge victorious.
The scroll suggested that, in Tournament worlds, Lords will not have to build their cities from the ground up. Instead, each contender will be able to communicate with the tree itself and customize his or her starting city with a certain number of buildings and troops before world entry.
If this is true, then competitors will need a deep understanding of the strategy involved in the early stages of empire building and throughout the whole rise and fall of a world. I hope would-be champions will have the sense to seek out wisdom where they know it may be found.
If Quiddlebog is right and the Tournament does grace us with its presence, I intend to be there studying events every step of the way. I will have to make sure to prepare some popped corn for the occasion. Sir Cluckles will be beside himself with joy.
I have done some digging.
Since Quiddlebog sent back news concerning the Tournament of Champions, I have been attempting to follow up on his research. To that end, I scoured the archives of academy after academy, looking for any mention of the Tournament in Paladin history.
After the first few weeks, I had nothing to show for my work other than bleary eyes and a creaking back. Not to mention Sir Cluckles’s complaints ringing in my ears because of the dust coating his feathers. But at last our perseverance yielded fruit.
I stumbled upon an old scroll--so old that the slightest touch of my fingers crumbled the edges. After much examination, I managed to make out its meaning.
As this legend tells it, the Tournament comes to the world tree in times of great strife. It senses that the spirits on the tree are ready for a trial heightened beyond all normal rules of combat. The Tournament is selective in choosing its champions. They say it summons the greatest Lord from each world on the tree and brings them together in a long series of battles.
The Tournament is not one world but many linked together in a cluster. The worlds blossom and wither at an accelerated pace, each smaller than the last as champions are eliminated from the contest. In the end, one Lord will emerge victorious.
The scroll suggested that, in Tournament worlds, Lords will not have to build their cities from the ground up. Instead, each contender will be able to communicate with the tree itself and customize his or her starting city with a certain number of buildings and troops before world entry.
If this is true, then competitors will need a deep understanding of the strategy involved in the early stages of empire building and throughout the whole rise and fall of a world. I hope would-be champions will have the sense to seek out wisdom where they know it may be found.
If Quiddlebog is right and the Tournament does grace us with its presence, I intend to be there studying events every step of the way. I will have to make sure to prepare some popped corn for the occasion. Sir Cluckles will be beside himself with joy.