Age of Raine - Dawn Period

He exhibited the spider battle at court events, and it became so popular that Royal members would often bet on the outcome of the result. However, when the Queen banned betting, the game lost its appeal and was removed from the court.   Although it remained a favourite pastime for children, King De Raine wanted something more, so came up with the idea of using real Imperials and trapping them in a box with a ball made of layer upon layer of animal skin.   But obviously spitting the ball was out of the question, so they kicked the ball. The origins of what would eventually become Battle Balt began and consequently also the inception of the now popular art versus life debate.   At first, it was called ball-on-foot, with the idea to use your foot to project the ball into the other players' goal. It failed to generate interest. Imperials couldn't get excited about seeing someone kick a ball in a goal which required little skill and zero intelligence. It made no sense until one creative footer, as they were called, had the bright idea of picking up the ball. She dropped it on her foot and kicked it with a force that could harm the opponent.   Imperials suddenly became interested.