In the days of old, the Ancients and the children of
Thar-Eris, set aside a special day to celebrate their
love of her. This jubilee was such a grand occasion
for all, that the Ancients thinned the veils separating
Thar-Eris and the realms of light. On this particular
day only, beings of other planes who were the beacons
of both light and love, would be permitted to experience
her love as well. Angels and Archons soared in the skies
side by side with winged beasts embracing the winds far
above the lands. Deep in the forests, dazzling lights
combined with the sounds of regalement, offer a rare
glimpse of faerie folk dancing with cherubim.

However.....Where there is love, there also resides hate.

Several men dressed in priestly garb carry a decorated
kursi inlaid with gold and rare gems. A rapturous looking
man sits atop the carriage, remaining both still in action
and unspoken in word, while they usher him through a dark
jungle. Behind the kursi, dozens of slaves march idley along
in the darkness. Suddenly, the silence is broken as the
unspoken figure shouts, "Let the massacre begin!"

The slaves run off into the night as screams begin to
knell over and over again. Muffled sounds of agony penetrate
the darkness and soon wane to empty and unspoken silence.

Loathing any aspect of Love and the fleshly constraints shackled
by such an emotion, Emnon the Unspoken One has decreed that this
ancient rite of blood flow once again upon the lands. At a place
of his choosing, the Heroes of Thera may entertain the Unspoken
Lord in a "Valentines Massacre". Flesh against flesh, until only
one stands victorious over the fallen.

Tentatively to take place on Friday, February 16th
at 8:00 pm system time. I would ask all potential
participants to note me that you will take part in
the blood bath. That way I can gauge the number of
people and the correct locations to have it.

Now for the details and rules...

The Massacre will be a full fledged battle royal
style fight. On the eve of this blood bath, I will
choose a fitting area for it to take place at.

Rules:

No participant may be hidden or concealed in any way
and must be visible at all times.

All cabal powers are allowed save for both
Chameleon and Disperse.

All preps are allowed.

All gear is allowed.

You may have an alliance with anyone, but remember it
is a last man standing event.

Alignment and cabal restrictions will be loosened for
any alliances you may partake in and killing.

You WILL NOT loot the corpse of any who have fallen in the
massacre. Any who ignore this will be slain and their own
equipment purged.

The battle royal will continue until the last man is standing.

Once a participant is slain, you cannot enter the battle area.

Those who are slain, or those who are watching the event, must
remain at the designated entry point/safe zone of the area.

Participants cannot leave the battle area or they will be both
disqualified and slain.

Immortal Judges will be present.

Rule Violations WILL result in death.

A variety of prizes and rewards will be given out.

Who will be the last Hero standing?

Emnon the Unspoken One

The event worked out like the title implied, it was a MASSACRE!

Set in the Jade Mountains, avalanches waited patiently for victims to ava-launch themselves in. Which, it so happens, they did.

Let’s move to Mr. Jade Elf, our reporter on sight for the play-by-play:

The event started off by laying out the rules and warnings. All of our contestants listening closely. Those involved were: Jeunne, Kritori, Zah, Orzmus, Ealle, Serris, Gilversplitz, Alingert, and Valtiare.

Emnon yells 'Let the Massacre...Begin!!'
The brief silence following Emnon’s shout was interrupted by Orzmus, who shouted as Jeunne and Kritori rushed him! Realizing he was outnumbered, he quickly fled…RIGHT INTO AN AVALANCHE!
Our interviewers made it on scene to the avalanche and received a quick comment from the participant, to quote Orzmus, “Son of a *****”.
Willing to follow him into danger, both Jeunne and Kritori jumped into the snowy abyss! With short work, their foe was felled.

Valtiare, on another mountain, quickly imbued Alingert with narcolepsy. Quite tired, Alingert then took a nap. While his opponent dozed, Valtiare vaulted into the air and started combat with a vicious stab! With a bit of dashing before-hand, Alingert eventually fell to the icy explosion of Valtiare’s iceball.

While that fight continued, our two avalanche-bound heroes Jeunne and Kritori were interrupted by Serris in the form of an otyugh, lugging two elementals alongside him! Serris bit, bit, and bit some more while Jeunne slashed around with his katana and Kritori clawed at him. But this rumble was interrupted when Gilversplitz jumped into the avalanche, ambushing Kritori as a beautiful golden jaguar!

You can imagine how chaotic a scene it was. Claws flashing, swords slicing, kicks flying all about! But who would win this bout of caged combat? On and on the battle went, endurance becoming a prime factor in who our early victors would be. Despite their martial training, ZKritori was the first to fall, stabbed by the sting of Serris’s otyugh, straight through his head, sending his brains splashing throughout the snowy wasteland.

Gilversplitz, seeing his chance to further even the playing field, now moved his feline attention to the still-healthy Jeunne. Jeunne, the giant, was now surrounded on all sides! An otyugh, a jaguar, and two elementals lashed out at him as he defended himself with faith and blade alike!

During this happening, one of our interviewers caught up with Zah, who had this to say: “Bah! Zah bloody lost”. Still, being lost in the mountains is better than being lost in an avalanche!

But back to our zoo. Jeunne manages to slice away, his vitality holding strong while Serris takes blow after blow. On and on the fight goes, until the still-alone Jeunne rallies his faith, bringing his katana across in a strike of faith, then again across in a strike of purity, which purified the life from Serris’s body! With the otyugh dead, his two elementals fade from this plane.

Our giant is not done yet, though. Faced with a golden jaguar, the fight continues! Despite his giant frame, his endurance is wavering, with no energy left with which to commune! And due to this, the golden jaguar’s claws find themselves in his throat, ending his life!

Of the beginning contestants, we now have: Gilversplitz, Zah, Ealle, and Valtiare remaining. If you’re wondering what has been happening with Ealle, we’ll let him tell the story: “I’m winning!” he yells from a crevice that he is stuck in. Winning, lost, stuck – they’re all the same thing if you’re not dead!

A sudden calm covers the snow, not due to the competitors deciding peace is a better option, but because it is hard to massacre each other when one person is lost, one person is in a crevice, one person is in an avalanche, and the other still wandering about!
After a period of time, Zah and Gilversplitz find each other, and the fight is back on! Scaling the mountains as a crocodile, Gilversplitz and his foe battle as Ealle scrambles to find them. Tactical retreats in this battlefield, though, result in tactical cease-fires, since nobody seems to keep up with anybody else.

As such, we now have a bloodthirsty Zah slaying jade hares, while Gilversplitz yells “Where the hell are you?”.
Ealle, after a few scuffles, bumps into Valtiare. He then bumps into an avalanche, which was an equally bad idea, and dies to its overwhelming force!
The fiend that he is, Emnon decides to have Valtiare painfully eliminated due to his inability to fight the remaining members. After the sound of a violent smash, his corpse is found tossed alongside one of the slopes.

Two members remain: Gilversplitz and Zah. Might vs Magic. Giant vs. Jaguar.

In this case, locked in an avalanche with each other, the GIANT WINS!

And so we have the final winner of Emnon’s Massacre.
The master of massacres.
The dealer of death.
The monster of mayhem.
Zah Bloodfist!

Thanks to everyone who took part in the massacre and made this valentine murder a success.

-Ish

I hope you guys do a lot more stuff like this in the future.

Minor suggestion for the future: masks! I'd love an event like this which stripped away pre-existing alliances.

Thanks again.

Going into this, I allied with 3 other characters I had never allied with before (and probably wouldn't outside this event). And it would have worked, too, if it weren't for those pesky Fortressers summoning our summoner (and having the codex)!

Not knowing who you bump into makes it a whole another level of mess.

Easily implemented as doppleganger is in the code already.

Not so easily implemented, dependent on who is running the event. You'd need an IMP to do something like that, and even then I wouldn't expect it to be a quick-easy thing.

For the folks running the events, that's not so much an option, so we work it as we can!

In my altruistic style, I allowed Jeuune to tank my magma elemental which healed him quite a bit throughout the battle until I fell. Actually, I didn't notice until I saw the logs. What a boneheaded move.

I did not notice! That would, indeed, be a problem. No wonder he lasted so long.

Posting from my phone, which I'm bad at.

Event is tonight at 8pm system, 9pm est.

Details on emnons post, cf note, cf calendar. Remember to RSVP.