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faderiftooc2021-08-06 07:55 pm
poleaxed) wrote in faderiftooc2021-08-06 07:55 pm
PLOT INFO POST | the grand tourney.
The Grand Tourney is an inter-March event that takes place every few years. This year, it was supposed be hosted in Tantervale.
That fell through.
Kirkwall is now hosting the Grand Tourney in a week (it starts on the 13th). It will consist of four events (The Joust, The Melee, The Quintain & The Pas d'Armes.) The first three events are winnable, and you have to sign up below to be entered into the winning RNG. You do not have to sign up to have your character participate, just to have them potentially win. Likewise, your character can participate in as many events as you like. Along with winning, there will be a crowd favorite for every event.
But it's not all sports. Pageantry is an important component!Those of you familiar with professional wrestling may recognize some of the style. Every character who participates will need either an alias (if they're going anonymously) or an epithet, and if they have a shtick to warm the crowd up, the more the better (dyed armor! Trick weapons! A funny hat! Don't think too hard about it). Please consider if your character is a face or a heel.
(If you can't come up with one, let me know in your signups, and Jone, who volunteered to organize this, will ICly come up with one for you.)
Along with the hastiludes, there are games for non-fighters to participate in. There will be a tug-of-war game where the losers will fall backward into a mound of flowers... only to find there's a mud puddle underneath. There will be a very informal and chaotic game of tennis. There will be acrobats, jugglers, and musicians (and if anyone in Riftwatch has the skill, they are free to join the show). There will also be a drunken archery competition.
All of this is meant to bolster unity in the Marches, and show that even in the face of war, they can still rejoice.
On the 13th, a big log will be posted that lists the winners and goes over events in less clinical and more fun detail. Fun detail. Wahoo.
That fell through.
Kirkwall is now hosting the Grand Tourney in a week (it starts on the 13th). It will consist of four events (The Joust, The Melee, The Quintain & The Pas d'Armes.) The first three events are winnable, and you have to sign up below to be entered into the winning RNG. You do not have to sign up to have your character participate, just to have them potentially win. Likewise, your character can participate in as many events as you like. Along with winning, there will be a crowd favorite for every event.
But it's not all sports. Pageantry is an important component!
(If you can't come up with one, let me know in your signups, and Jone, who volunteered to organize this, will ICly come up with one for you.)
Along with the hastiludes, there are games for non-fighters to participate in. There will be a tug-of-war game where the losers will fall backward into a mound of flowers... only to find there's a mud puddle underneath. There will be a very informal and chaotic game of tennis. There will be acrobats, jugglers, and musicians (and if anyone in Riftwatch has the skill, they are free to join the show). There will also be a drunken archery competition.
All of this is meant to bolster unity in the Marches, and show that even in the face of war, they can still rejoice.
On the 13th, a big log will be posted that lists the winners and goes over events in less clinical and more fun detail. Fun detail. Wahoo.
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ANYWAY jone says benedict should play up his novice angle, he's just a little guy, it's his birthday, etc. since there's a war on with tevinter, playing a face would proBABLY BE GOOD
OH AND his backstory should totally be that his master said he couldn't compete bc he wasnt ready, get some sympathy from the crowd etc
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Scandalously, he will be reworking his outfit and persona to be that of an Orlesian Circle mage (fortunately there are lots of robes left over in the Gallows)((and still with a half-mask for safety)), and for his name will just go with The Acolyte.
Hopefully nobody notices the accent if/when he speaks Orlesian. let's not think about it