Many of you humans and elves have traveled to my lands to seek out new and exotic riches, treasures, and materials.
You come to slay strange monsters and face great new dangers.
But we Gargl (or Gargoyles, if your tongue prefers) offer something even greater: knowledge and enlightenment.
The Royal Library of Ter Mur will be opening soon,
located south-east (straight down) from the Ter Mur moongate.
The books are being cataloged and organized as
hundreds of new tomes pour in each week. Before
the first set of books are put on display, I would like
to invite everyone from both your lands and mine to a
writing contest.
I have thought long and hard about what topic
would be appropriate for this contest, as I wanted
it to relate to the first theme the Library will be showing.
And then while pouring through some of my ancient tomes, the solution showed itself.
This month marks the 10th anniversary of the
grand battle of Trinsic, where soldiers, knights,
and mages from all corners of Britannia came
together to face the terrible forces of Juo'nar,
and other sinister elements utilized by Minax.
So the first theme the library will be showing
will be History, with a focus on the Trinsic battles.
The writing contest is thus:
You are invited to use your own experience,
if you were around at that time, to write a
journal regarding your actions and thoughts
during the troubling times surrounding the battle
of Trinsic. This can be a memoir, if preferred, or an academic-type text (like a history book).
Alternatively, especially for those of you who
were not around at that point in time, or if you
wish to write on something else, you may choose
any point in history and write about it.
(This can be a character journal, or a historical text,
or an exposition on a guild or organization, anything
regarding Atlantic's rich history (characters, players,
guilds, named beasts, locations, events, etc), old
or new, use your creativity and imagination!)
Rules of the contest:
-Use vendor-bought blue books, the ones
with 40 pages. Multiple volumes
(stories exceeding 40 pages requiring more than one book)
will count as one entry.
-At the end of your entry, put your name
and contact information (email, ICQ, AIM, etc)
-You may enter multiple times, but remember
this: it is quality which will win, not quantity.
A well thought-out and written piece will
have a better chance than 10 sloppily written pieces.
-By submitting an entry you are allowing me
to put it on display in the Royal Library of
Ter Mur. I also reserve the right to not display it.
-When you have written your submission, put it in
the mailbox located at the front of the library (again,
straight down from the Ter Mur moongate, about one
screen or so).
-The winning entry will be decided upon by three people.
Although two of them are wingless, they have proven to be
intelligent enough for me to put my trust in them.
-Entries will be accepted until Saturday, April 10th,
in order to give everyone enough time to enter if they
wish to do so. Judging will begin shortly after that and the winners will be contacted.
REWARDS:
-The first-place winner will recieve 1,000,000 gold plus a Heritage Token.
-The second-place winner will receive 500,000 gold and a Heritage Token.
-The third-place winner will receive 250,000 gold.
The winning entries will be displayed prominently in
the Royal Library, and other entries will be on the
shelves next to the other tomes which have been
selected for the Historical theme.
I wish everyone good luck, and I look forward to
reading each and every entry!
(For any questions or concerns, or if lacking SA access,
feel free to contact me at [email protected])
-Jaggerauth, Lore Master of the Royal Library of Ter Mur
