Blademas

Every year on Woundsday, Soldiermoon, followers of the Soldier celebrate Blademas with a grand tournament. In a specially constructed arena, participants compete for the trophy and other prizes in a variety of combat situations, including one-on-one duels, group battles and strategic games designed to test their skills in strength, martial prowess, and strategy.

Date

Woundsday, Soldiermoon

Related Deity

The Soldier

Related Organizations

• Church of the Soldier

Events

Wrestling (Central Arena)

Victor: Scarhide

Lindie Asklepa

Angus Ferdinand

Cody Bakerstreet

Melchior Ironside

Grappling and pinning.

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Catching the Iron Rhino

Central Arena

Victor: "Furry"

Archdeacon Reinhart Claymore-Nashorn

Minarette Mason

Guard Captain Whistlethorp Lovelace

Hlo-Hlo Chittercap

Huge sized construct in the shape of a rhino covered in whipping chains and belching smoke. It has a gem on its back clamped in place by 4 iron clamps and the goal is to get that gem off the rhino and hold it up. Requires getting onto the rhino and them breaking or disable devicing on all 4 clamps. Rhino will be trying to kill you.
Just steal gem - don't need to bring it down.

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Rhinoceros Slaying

Central Arena

Victor: Clayton Quarrier

Ash

Arib Darktusk

Slatestalker Nightghost

Every contestant in the rhino slaying is going to be placed in the central of the arena. An equal number of rhinos are released. The first person to kill one of the rhinos takes the prize.

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Archery

Central Arena

Victor: Vitra Granatine

Hooksy

Koshmar Longshaft

Tonkus Ratrider

Archery contest. Contestants lined up on one side of arena and targets gradually moved further and further away with only ranged attacks allowed must keep hitting the target. Have a set number of rounds where they move the targets further away each time and accumumlate points.

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Test of Strength

Central Arena

Victor: Balthazar Ironside

Guardswoman Sherman Bloodsport

Captain Keratin Slag

Hlo-Hlo Katterpat

There is a pressure plate that is protected by an iron shell. Must smash shell and then hit the pressure plate. There's a normal damage to smash the thing and then strength roll to hit plate.

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The Obstacle Footrace

Circular marathon course

Victor: Vulpix

Captain Ahab Magellan

Zephyr Windrun

Agamemnon Ironside

Buttons (disqualified)

Literally just completing a circuit of this course around the outside. Whoever reaches the end first. Course is designed to mimic the terrain of all four elemental planes. Muddy swamp and then a rocky crevace and then a strip of magma with a crust on the top which is fragile and may break and then magma. Then there is a strip of igneous rock where there will be flames summoned at random. Then there's a wind tunnel with platforms and debris floating and suspended in the buffetting winds. Then there is a thin strip of platform where there is buffeting winds trying to blow you off. Then there is a path of ice over water that is foggy. Then there is a bunch of rocky stepping stones through the water that leads back to the swamp.

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Elemental Slaying

Central Arena

Victor: Phileus Danforth

Britomart Ironside

Captain Sithrak Khopesh

Florette Rocket

Timed thing. Elementals will be summoned into the arena constantly for a certain number of rounds. And it's whoever can kill the most within the time limit.

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Boar Hunting

Circular marathon course

Victor: Tank Bloodsport

Thale

Hydra Quartermaster

Huntmaster

Release a boar onto this circuit. Release you. Catch up to the boar and bring it down.

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Anything Goes Melee

Central Arena

Victor: "Scarhide"

"Furry"

Vulpix

Clayton Quarrier (d.)

Phileus Danforth

Tank Bloodsport (d.)

Balthazar Ironside

Vitra Granatine (d.)

Anything goes, last man standing melee to put the champions against each other for the final trophy.

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