Rp Writing Contest (In-Character Competition!)

[Sister Sequoia 438]

A tall, shapely elven woman in flowing robes the colors of tree and leaf walks through an underground library, her thoughts distant and curious as she trails her fingers across  dozens upon dozens of unique works from across all the lands the Descendants have travelled.  Tomes and books and scrolls ranging from ancient Aegis, to the expansive lands of Asulon, more yet from the turmoil-covered lands of Anthos, and a large number from here on Athera.

'Knowledge and books, two things that never fade from interest, never left in the past.' the Archdruid thinks to herself, tilting her head as her good eye takes in the tones of the room, her false eye providing a red tint to her sight as the tinkered creation whirs to focus on the still-empty shelves around the room. 'I wonder what makes them all love the world in their own ways...' she suddenly thinks, smiling gently and heading up the spiraling root stairs of her grove, grasping her ferrum-engraved staff and leaving her grove, heading to the north.

After a few hours, she arrives at the Father Grove and enters her office there, starting to pen several identical messages, addressing them to the leaders and important figures of each nation, some with specific names, others simply with titles such as 'Emporer' or 'Rex'.

 

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Peoples of Athera, honorable descendants!

 

I, Archdruid Lillith Winterleaf, have decided to

hold a contest of literature.  I want to know what

makes this world beautiful to you, no matter your

answer.  I think we all share a love of the beauty

and mystery this land has to offer us, and we overlook

this beauty far too often.  So, I am making a contest to

entice everyone, from our greatest authors and scholars

to the simplest, humblest farmer, to express their love

of this world in writing, be it poem, short story, or a

long epic text.  Please use the first page of your book

to indicate if it is a Poem, Short Story, or Epic Tale. A

Short Story is under 30 pages, an Epic Tale is 30 or

more pages.                                                                

 

From the moment you read this message, the contest

has begun!  In one Elven Month, I will take the entries

I have recieved and read through them to determine

the TEN best entries taken from three different styles

of writing: Four Poems, Two Epic Tales, and Four

Short Stories.  You can submit your entries to the

contest at the booth I have set up beside the Druid

roadside shop, Nature's Bounty, along the main road

between the Cloud Temple and Petrus, in front of the

Father Grove.  Simply deposit your books into the chute

and they will be deposited into a collection box.  Be sure

to include your full names and where you live if you

intend to accept any prizes from this competition.

 

Prizes are as follows for each category::

Poems:

1st - A Skill Tome bundle, including Tinker, Blacksmith, and Lumberjack

2nd - plans to craft the Sword of Thorns and a crate of Ferrum Ingots

3rd - Recipe for the creation of Carbarum Dust and a crate of Shimmering Blocks

4th - A masterfully carved Sword of Thorns and a music disc (mellohi)

 

Short Stories:

1st -plans to craft the Carbarum Warhammer, 10 Aurum Blocks, and a music disc (13)

2nd - plans to craft the Thanhium-studded Tunic, 5 Aurum Blocks, and a music disc (blocks)

3rd - A Skill Tome bundle, including Alchemy, Cooking, and Fishing

4th - A Skill Tome bundle, including Breeding, Woodworking, and Leatherworking

 

Epic Tales:

1st - A Ferrum Diving Helmet, A Skill tome of Fishing, and an enchanted Fishing Rod

2nd - A Skill Tome of the Stonemason and two music discs (chirp and far)

 

Good luck and I look forward to seeing your entries!

~Sequoia Druid Lillith Winterleaf, Archdruid of the Druidic Order

 

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OOC DETAILS!!

 

-Contest Entries will be accepted until December 23rd, winners will be decided before the new year.

 

-Poems may be any length and must have some logical sense of rhyme,

 

-Short Stories must be less than 30 pages in length.

 

-Epic Tales must be at least 30 pages in length. They may also span multiple books, label such cases appropriately for ease of keeping them together.

 

-Entries must be made INGAME written with a book and quill (you must provide your own).

 

-Books may be deposited into the Siphon outside the storage room of Nature's Bounty, here's a pic of the location::  http://gyazo.com/d00f6a56ddf5d387fa869f4069b76c74

 

-Provide the following information on the FIRST PAGE of your book:

Character Name

(mc name)

Entry Type (Poem, Short Story, or Epic Tale)

Entry Title

 

-NO ITEMS ARE BEING SPAWNED FOR THESE PRIZES!!  These are all things I have accumulated on Lillith or Menarra during 4.0, either found, traded for, bought, or looted, and most of them prior to me taking up GMship again.  I've been building them up to give away for a series of contests, so I hope you all enjoy them!

 

 

Edit:: Colors changed to be less eye-straining. Sorry~

[Burkester 1247]

Rusk'Dom eats the letter and giggles.

[JVQ 1719]

Tiberius Flay... Prince of Urguan, a

The Last Flay of Old, a

He who bows to no man, b

He who is King of the Wilds, b

Son of Dreek Irongut & August Flay, c

Heir to Urguan, Hanseti, and Oren itself, c

It is only he, who can unite the Empire of Man. d

We are all, in the hands of Tiberius Flay! d

Powerful... e

- Bungo

[Zarsies 6795]

[[Could a link be put in a book to a document that contains the contest entry? One does not simply write properly formatted poems in MC books.]]

[Sister Sequoia 438]

 

[[Could a link be put in a book to a document that contains the contest entry? One does not simply write properly formatted poems in MC books.]]

 

((part of Lillith's intent with this is to fill her shelves with the "heart of the descendants", what makes them love, what drives them.  Entries must be made in-game.  If you want to include a link at the end of the book to a fully formatted entry, feel free.))

[Samson Option 9652]

Someone give me three books and I'll conquer.

[monkeypoacher 8055]

Someone give me three books and I'll conquer.

 

If I get a share.

[Judas 30]

I think that I'll allow my poetry to be viewed this time. 

[Guest]

A tall, shapely elven woman

 

"Da, must all be of shapings these days. Elf can not be thin like twig, must have hourglass." says a jolly Ruskan.

[Aedan The Bard 350]

Aedan would've sat at a table, with a quill, paper and a bottle of ink. He'd have spent a long time just sitting there, holding the tip of the quill just above the piece of paper, unable to write.
Then, he remembers: There is nothing for him to admire from this land. He finds himself unable to feel anything towards it; love? this land isn't even where he was born at. There is nothing familiar, not even the breeze, not even the sky. No one belongs here. It's all cold, strange.
Aedan would've signed the sheet of paper with his name on the very bottom, leaving it blank.

Empty and lifeless as it is, the almost completely blank piece of paper is sent to the Archdruid.
 

[Space 2335]

Aedan would've sat at a table, with a quill, paper and a bottle of ink. He'd have spent a long time just sitting there, holding the tip of the quill just above the piece of paper, unable to write.

Then, he remembers: There is nothing for him to admire from this land. He finds himself unable to feel anything towards it; love? this land isn't even where he was born at. There is nothing familiar, not even the breeze, not even the sky. No one belongs here. It's all cold, strange.

Aedan would've signed the sheet of paper with his name on the very bottom, leaving it blank.

Empty and lifeless as it is, the almost completely blank piece of paper is sent to the Archdruid.

 

 

Aeran frowns, sensing that somewhere, somehow, someone has invented abstract, avant garde, minimialistic, art in Athera.

[Dtrik 330]

Chase giggles thinking of his tale of Zahrer and Onar. 

[The Thought Police 73]

Kryllaal wishes he could read and write, before eating the letter happily.

[Detective 101]

Talia giggles to herself while saying: "Oh! Talia always wanted to do something l-like this."

[hellfiazz 879]

'Mage!' said I, 'thing of fire - Mage still, you earn my ire!

By those Seven Skies far above us - by the great one we call Creator -

Tell this soul that does often ponder if, in the land of which I'm fonder,

It shall burn the loyal Knight whom fights strong and with vigor -

Burn a just and chivalrous Knight, whom fights strong and with vigor?'

Quoth the Mage, 'For evermore'