Paths of Legend: The Azgundi Tournaments

[Voda Vosa]

Muzdum waits his turn in th line, and when he reaches the official, he says "Sign me in fer all the competitions! And Ah'll compete fer the Lordship of Silvergard". The dwarfs signs his name and his clan name, and step a side. Noticing Aohdan Valen and Johen, he approaches his companions to greet them.
"Hail te ye mates." Muzdum places his hands over his belly, smiling as usual, with his tiny eyes almost hidden beneath his populates red eyebrows.

 

[Arkhandus]

Alaric briefly considers cutting ahead in the line to greet his adventuring companions from a few months ago, but decides that nobody would likely accept the excuse that they were 'saving his spot'. So he waits, yawning from time to time, chewing the piece of grass until its nothing but mulch to toss aside, and whistling.

At one point he sketches out a sort of self-portrait in the dirt alongside the line, with his foot. Later he tries to occupy himself with thinking of new recipes to try, and ways to attempt covertly making Entan the taste-tester of his culinary creations.

Craft (Painting, or Sculpting?)To make a dirt-portrait.... (1d20+4=8)

Finally, upon reaching the registration desk, he sighs and mutters something crude in Dwarven. To the official, though, he says in Azgundi "Hoy there, sign me up fer competin' in castles, debate, drinkin', duelin', oratory, and wrasslin'. I'm Alaric, the Alchemist, from the Barony o' Reislau, in Azgund o'course." He fishes out his Adventurer's Guild membership card, since he wouldn't bother carrying something so silly as a birth certificate around. Really, what'd he need that for? He's already born!

After thinking on it a minute, making everyone behind him wait that much longer, he leans one forearm on the desk and adds "Y'know, I wasn't really thinkin' o' competin' fer a lordship, but mebbe I got an obligation t' try fer some acquaintences o' mine. So sign me up fer the lordship o' Silvergard. Not expectin' I'll make it that far, but I figure I oughta try or my friends'll question my dedication t' the cause."


That done, he heads over to the small cluster of familiar faces nearby, calling out "Hail an' well met again, Valen! Still as dour as usual, or are my eyes playin' tricks an' ya look a bit more cheerful? Naw, couldn't be..." in Elven, "Greetin's from the backwoods o' Azgund to ye backwooders o' Turen, Johen an' Aodhan! Have fun watchin' grass grow or whate'er ya do without us around?" in Common, and "Ey there Muzdum, good t' see my strong dwarven friend doin' well!" in Dwarven.

In Common again, he adds while approaching, "We need t' share a few rounds o' ale an' see what all o' ya been up to! Drinks're on me, o'course!" He goes to slap each of his adventuring companions on the back, friendly-like.

 

[Voda Vosa]

Muzdum rubs his hands together. "Aye, a couple of ales aint soundin' bad a' all, HA! We could warm up tha engine fer the competition" he says slapping his stomach.

 

[Shayuri]

Shayuri watches the display, feeling a cold sinking feeling in her gut. Everyone KNEW each other. They were all old friends! Suddenly she couldn't help wondering if this 'contest' was rigged somehow.

Flustered, she looked towards the tournament attendant in front of her to see if he looked like he was going to answer her question.

And then what?

Well, there was the Lady Dawn's invitation...but she thought she might hover discretely around Alaric's friends first. Just to get a better idea of who they were and what they were up to.

 

[crazy_monkey1956]

OOC: Aleera is not present. I'm going to wait to do the full update until bedford posts, but to answer Shayuri's question....

"Each lordship is judged by different criteria, based on the whims of the House of Commons. Thus you must choose only one lordship to compete for."

 

[Amaury]

Johen welcomed both Muzdum and Alaric though he was only mildly amused at the joke of the alchemist.

But what surprised him more was the new energy and more laddish way of talking of Alaric which he didn't recall on the Plateau.
The image of these famous purple and pinkish mushrooms immediately popped up to his mind. Hallucineo fungi major?
would he have tried them? Here in Azgund? hmm, maybe some backstreet vendor's job.. the young Tureni druid thought.

Johen goes back to the tournament assistant and asks: "A question if I may. Now that we have registered, what's happening?
When does it all start and what are we supposed to do?"

 

[bedford]

Rungner asks one of the officials to sign him up for the wrestling, drinking and dueling contest.

 

[crazy_monkey1956]

OOC: Summary of Player Character Participation in Tournament Events

Archery - Aohdan, Lucius, Muzdum, Shayuri, Valen

Debate - Alaric, Aohdan, Johen, Muzdum, Shayuri

Drinking Contest - Alaric, Aohdan, Lucius, Muzdum, Rungner, Shayuri, Valen

Dueling Tournament - Alaric, Aohdan, Lucius, Muzdum, Renaldo, Rungner, Shayuri, Valen

Fox Hunt - Johen, Muzdum, Valen

Joust - Aohdan, Muzdum, Valen

Oratory - Alaric, Johen, Muzdum, Shayuri

Castles - Alaric, Johen, Lucius, Muzdum, Shayuri, Valen

Wrestling - Alaric, Aohdan, Lucius, Muzdum, Rungner, Valen

OOC: Summary of Player Characters Competing for Lordships

Belle Cheval - Lucius

Silvergard - Alaric, Aohdan, Muzdum, Valen

Un-named Frontier Land - Shayuri

Tournament Grounds: The Line

An official answers Johen's question, "The opening ceremonies commence two days from now. All entrants are required to attend and you will receive instructions on where and when each event takes place at that time."

OOC

Where is everyone off to? You have two days, game time, to kill. Some characters have appointments (Lady Dawn, for example) or duties (Renaldo, for example) but other than that, your time is your own.

 

[Scott DeWar]

Renaldo returns to duty, of course.

 

[Yttermayn]

Aohdan pesters Valen, Johen, and Muzdum about following up on the icky feeling he got from the mercenary. Or at least finding some way to sneakily torment the fellow.