Robert Moore
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While the fourth day of the Pythian Games was filled with more traditional sporting competitions, where people competed in physical prowess, the fifth and sixth days ramped up the intensity with competitions focused on more comprehensive strength. They were made to suit the different classes of the system. A basic competition Tanks would participate in was the Defense Test. Which technically meant they offered to be a punching bag for increasingly stronger attacks by monsters summoned with the help of the…-
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A solitary figure was making her way through the windswept mountain range. The cold air ripped at her ragged clothes and snow was piling up on her shoulders. Swaying left to right, she dragged her heavy feet through the deep snow. The cold climbed up her wet legs and she couldn’t feel her toes anymore, but this wasn’t her biggest problem. Her arm twitched, prompting her to quickly kneel down and bite down on a ripped piece of cloth. Waves of immense pain shook her body uncontrollably, radiating…
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Where the first three days were spent on the finer, more intellectual arts, the fourth day was the prelude to the physical competitions. The day was coined by contests around physical attributes. Various races, tests of endurance and strength. Everything was for people to prove the results of their training and skills. The atmosphere in the stadium was heated, even more than on the first and second days. These were the competitions people had been looking forward to. The animalistic competition of raw…
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The winning band was a rock band from Urth and all five people received the right to choose an instrument and 1000 silver as prize money. The second day of the Band Battle went by without trouble. The third day was a short one, housing the competition of Poets. It was a way to give people a day of break, as the speeches of poets were much calmer and ... verbose compared to the musical competitions. People would either spend the day recuperating by listening to high prose, or simply stay at their inn, or…
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Ember's confrontation sparked the rivalry between the teams of the different colleges. A heated competition was ignited which clashed behind and on the stages. grinding her teeth, Ember had to admit that their rivals were a hard nut to crack. All of them were hyper-focused on beating the others. Forgotten were her thoughts on winning or losing this competition, and her pride in the power of demonic bards. She didn't even bother watching other performances. They just wanted to win over the others. The time…
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News of the happenings in Arget Nore quickly reached the high-ranking personnel who were currently attending the Pythian Games. They had expected for things to happen before the great climax, but Minas Mar was prepared for the Tree Stations to be hit, not for Gamma to be overrun. “I would have liked for a longer meeting, but I will have to return early,” the regal Arch Lich said his farewells to Seth and the others after Larish and Larosh informed them of the situation in former Gamma. He had to…
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---Former Gamma, Territory of Arget Nore--- A darkness had spread across the dry desolate wasteland and the crumbling streets of the former district. Only the center of the land of death, which was covered and protected by the magic charms of their God Emperor was not covered in the shadow. Spreading like ink, the darkness glinted like tar and creatures pulled themselves out of the viscous shadow. Standing freed from the tar that held only them like a shackle, they roared in joy over their new…
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Now that the nice part was finished, came the dirty one Seth could do without, He was not a surgeon, and playing with the “bloody” part of another person, with all the juice and sticky stuff was his nemesis. Since Jonah was absolutely silent as the blacksmith cut open his stump and removed what remained from his original tibia and fibula, Seth was convinced that HE was the one suffering the most in this process. With a gag-inducing pop, the silver bone found its new place in Jonah's leg. Once the…
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Seth learned a lot, by listening to the music of the contestants. It was similar to watching a more skilled blacksmith work on a great piece. The proficiency of Seth's and rose by a sizable amount, the latter even rising to Journeyman lv.7. The blacksmith experiences good gains, despite multitasking during the performance. In the private booth of Minas Mar, the bard had his workshop summoned and was meticulously engraving a set of silver bones. As for the reason he was suddenly trapped with work when he…
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“The Traveling Sound, Master Bard Garmin Del'Prado, “ she introduced a scrawny, wizened man with a long beard held in a thin strand by many brass beads. He wore the typical colorful but travel-worn garb of a minstrel. The crowd rose in cheers, especially the visitors who actually heard of him before, or watched his performances. A Small, friendly smile played around his lips as he waved at the crowd. “The Century Scribe, Master Poet Enton Skice,” the tall, thin man was introduced. He had a long…
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