Starflame13
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The dawn that morning brings whispers, faint words that stir the crimson sand into life and send the wisps of clouds dancing across the lightening sky. It is time. The Arena rouses itself slowly, magical sigils illuminating along its sturdy walls of stone as the ancient power of the Eight breaths once more. It is time. Bren awakens with anticipation, chaos filling its streets as preparations are made and finished quickly. It is time. It is time once more to come and bear witness to the ancient tournament, that final trial for fame and glory. Come, adventures. Come, challengers. Come, hunters and warriors and fighters of all the lands. Come and bear witness to the Elemental Championships. It is time for the battle to begin once more. The Elemental Championships have arrived once more! This round, I will be serving as director and main judge, with some help from Gingkage. This is the first time for both of us in organizing this, but we're very excited to be bringing the EC's back to you and are planning on running a spectacular competition! While ANYBODY, regardless of prior roleplaying experience, is free to enter and participate, you will need to provide a character biography that passes certain requirements and my inspection. To begin with, you need to provide some form of identification for your character - a name, usually, but titles or other designations for “nameless” characters will serve - as well as the Element your character shall participate for and strive to earn favor enough to advance. Then outline your character’s appearance, including obvious carried weaponry, and outline any skills or abilities that require elaboration. Further details, such as history and personality, are not required. However, if a decision is extremely close and in need of tie-breaker material, additional well-crafted detail and backstory may be considered. Any action performed in the tournament itself, including spells, attacks, and abilities, should have some reference in your biography. If you wish to use spoiler tags in the hopes of keeping certain abilities secret from competitors, you may do so, though this does not guarantee that they won't peak. At the least, I as Judge should not be surprised if your character is able to do something. It is based off of your listed abilities, skills, and so forth that your character will be balanced and admitted to the tournament. Applications shall remain open until Saturday, July the 22nd, at which point we will reveal which Arenas will be utilized and randomly assign participants to each, based off of the number of participants who sign up. Submissions will be evaluated by myself and Gingkage, and approved competitors will be added to a sorted list at the bottom of this post. If your initial submission is not approved, you have until that date to either resubmit a fixed application in a new post, or an entirely new character. To that end, characters not approved will be given a brief reason why, and you can request further elaboration via PM. Please do NOT edit your biography's after posting without express permission. You must submit a new post to correct an error or update your character, and the most recent post submitted will be the one evaluated. The preliminaries, or Paragon Phase, will last anywhere from two to three weeks, with some variance depending on how active the competition is and how tight the decisions may get. If you need to plan your time out, plan on the full three week period. Currently, the period will end as expected on Saturday, August the 12th, but if that changes, I will change the date here in addition to posting why. At the end of the Paragon Phase, one finalist from each element will be selected to move on, and this usually takes a day to process decisions and get the Finals thread ready. Anticipated start date of the Finals will be Monday, August the 14th. More information on the Finals will be forthcoming when the time grows nearer. Rules: All normal RP Boards Rules will apply. Violators will be immolated, electrocuted, drowned, and pulverized. Survivors will be undone at an atomic level. Lists are kept of violators, and depending on severity, you may be barred from future participation. In addition, by participating in this Elemental Championships, you recognize my role as Judge and my say as final. 1. Characters must engage in combat. This is a combat RP event. Make war, not love. If you can manage both...kudos to your multitasking. 2. Do not use cross-element powers. This is the Elemental Championship. Your character is competing for the favor of one of the Elemental Lords in the preliminaries, and against the other elemental Paragons in the Finals. No Lord will ever choose as their representative someone who cannot win upon the strength of their Element alone. 3. You must post regularly. Consistent activity is paramount. Please do not enter the tournament if you are not committed to remaining active for the full duration. During the preliminaries, any competitor who does not post at least once every 4 days (counted from the post time of your last post) will automatically forfeit. Your character will then be considered free for the slaughter - any other character in your arena will be allowed to kill him/her/them/it. If something comes up and you know you are going to miss the deadline, PM me. Exceptions can be made in these cases, but you MUST inform me beforehand. 4. Do not edit your posts once you have submitted them. As with bios, you may only edit your posts with the express permission of myself. Editing of bios or of posts without foreknowledge creates suspicion of foul play. Double-check your post before you submit it, and live with any errors you might have once it is submitted. 5. Each RPer is allowed one and only one character. You may not enter pairs, squads, platoons, battalions, armies, or swarms. 6. Do not use colored text or other excessive formatting. We require your posts to be easily readable. The default formatting of the forum is the best option for this. While you may use bold, italics, and underline as normal, do not, for example, create a post consisting entirely of bold text. 7. Death has Consequences. Characters who die within the Elemental Championships are dead in the AEF RP forums. This is a Canon event with regards to normal RP Board rules. Characters who die during the Paragon Phase are still eligible for being chosen as Finalists, and this is the only free pass to revival. Dying in the Finals is, sadly, permanent. 8. Have some fun! All these rules and regulations may seem daunting, but while this is a tournament and a competition, the entire objective is to have some fun. We all like to win, sure, but try to enjoy yourselves along the way! The penalty for failing to follow the rules may result in immediate disqualification from the tournament. Failure to comply with the direction of the Director may also result in immediate disqualification from the tournament. While discussion of a ruling may be allowed, as stated before, I have the final say. General info and tips: Though this is a competition, collaboration is still extremely helpful! Your character is in combat with other characters, but you are not in combat with the other players. We urge you to discuss combat and options with your fellow contestants. You are free to make collaborative posts, and to work out battle sequences. Please keep records of your discussions for collaboration, however, as they may be requested depending on how close the competition is! OOC threads will be provided for each arena for the express purpose of communication with your fellow contestants and with us. Additionally, if you are able, the channel #RPooc will be available on irc.caelestia.net. We have created an IRC tutorial for RPers, that can be found here. Additional information on IRC can be located here. Additionally, the master list of approved entries also has link buttons for PMs as an additional shortcut for your potential collaboration needs. If you need to get in contact with me directly, either a PM or a post in one of the OOC threads is the best bet. Best of luck to all who participate, and let the Elemental Championships begin!!! List of Accepted Entrants by Element Fire [2] Inigo Arias , created by TitanDragonLord! Michelle Verona , created by Axicia! Idle Out Darkness [3] Arthok Mesorason, the Blackblooded, created by Apocalypse! Cyril Kovac, the Red Hand, created by Ryu Viranesh! Arde En’Foe, created by Arthur! DQ'd Energy [3] Teras Rukoli, the Iron Mantis , created by Kellehendros! Prota Wavis, created by Caststarter! Anki - Block C3, created by draketh99! Wind [1] Ee-nuk Chuk va Tuktuk, created by TormentedDragon! Ice [2] Sir Gervase Irven, created by Necro-Knight! Ayiso, created by Tdub! Light [1] Lieutenant Irina von Ra, created by Kooroo! Water [3] Kana the Rain-Caller , created by Starstruck! Idle Out Alastasia Mayvendel, created by Dragonknight315! Molly Halfcrow, created by Rayen! Earth [2] Willow Man, created by Ronin of Dreams! Edward, created by deathlord45! Master List of Accepted Characters Total: 17 Teras Rukoli, the Iron Mantis , created by Kellehendros competing for Energy! Inigo Arias , created by TitanDragonLord competing for Fire! Kana the Rain-Caller , created by Starstruck competing for Water! Idle Out Prota Wavis, created by Caststarter competing for Energy! Sir Gervase Irven, created by Necro-Knight competing for Ice! Arthok Mesorason, the Blackblooded, created by Apocalypse competing for Darkness! Ayiso, created by Tdub competing for Ice! Ee-nuk Chuk va Tuktuk, created by TormentedDragon competing for Wind! Anki - Block C3, created by draketh99 competing for Energy! Michelle Verona , created by Axicia competing for Fire! Idle Out Alastasia Mayvendel, created by Dragonknight315 competing for Water! Cyril Kovac, the Red Hand, created by Ryu Viranesh competing for Darkness! Willow Man, created by Ronin of Dreams competing for Earth! Edward, created by deathlord45 competing for Earth! Molly Halfcrow, created by Rayen competing for Water! Lieutenant Irina von Ra, created by Kooroo competing for Light! Arde En’Foe, created by Arthur competing for Darkness! DQ'd Rosters by Arena Forge Arena Roster: Anki - Block C3, created by draketh99! Michelle Verona , created by Axicia! Idle Out Alastasia Mayvendel, created by Dragonknight315! Teras Rukoli, the Iron Mantis , created by Kellehendros! Edward, created by deathlord45! Ee-nuk Chuk va Tuktuk, created by TormentedDragon! Sky Arena Roster: Inigo Arias , created by TitanDragonLord! Molly Halfcrow, created by Rayen! Willow Man, created by Ronin of Dreams! Kana the Rain-Caller , created by Starstruck! Idle Out Ayiso, created by Tdub! Lieutenant Irina von Ra, created by Kooroo! Fountain Arena Roster: Prota Wavis, created by Caststarter! Arde En’Foe, created by Arthur! DQ'd Cyril Kovac, the Red Hand, created by Ryu Viranesh! Arthok Mesorason, the Blackblooded, created by Apocalypse! Sir Gervase Irven, created by Necro-Knight!
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