Book II Challenge II - Avalonian Civil War! - RESULTS POSTED

[Gilbert Despathens]

Mitgardia vs everyone would be more finely balanced.

Hear, hear! I'm up for a border battle!

[HammerBro]

Hear, hear! I'm up for a border battle!

That would be interesting: land/border disputes with slight land loss or gain. Though the main map editors for the guilds might a little swamped. Another way to go could be having five or more warring groups so that some guilds could be divided to change it up a bit.

[kabel]

Gee, I totally forgot to enter my entries here, so there we go

Cat A

Cat B

and more of the Mitgardia members seem to be young guys with no children whi have more free time to build.

there are exceptions to this rule though!

As for a war us against the rest of the guild, I wonder why we would have to do that? On the other hand, I couldn't possibly see how we could devide Mitgardia into two different fractions our main strength always having being unity!

Us against the rest? I hope not, but let's see what the guild leaders will come up with.

[de Gothia]

Wow, what a discussion I´ve started! I was ironic about the guild wars! As a peace loving Avalonian I´m happy with peace and flowers!

Edited June 22, 2014 by de Gothia

[mccoyed]

Haha. Doubtless the powers that be have great plans for us, but it is fun to speculate.

[Rogue Angel]

In the past months, Avalonia has suffered through many trials. The incursions by the Drow were just the beginning of the Avalonian woes. With the emergence of the mysterious deaths in the islands near the Kaliphlin border, Avalonians were forced to decide between going on the offensive against a possible Drow invasion or going on the defensive against a possible plague.

Many Avalonians played it safe at first by building up their defenses against the threat of the Drow.

Fortifications and walls started spring up all over the countryside, and some Avalonians were selfless enough to assist their neighbors before heading off to battle.

As time passed, it became apparent that there was truly a plague spreading over southwestern Avalonia. The plague spread quickly, and many Lords were forced to cut off their main trade routes to keep the plague from spreading into their lands.

The sick started flooding in to every physician, medic or herbalist, who were soon overwhelmed. No one seemed to know of a cure, and the healers did not know how they could keep up with the constant influx of new patients

The Drow had constructed major fortifications all over Avalonia, but they still had not staged any major assaults. Many Avalonians had been preparing for an imminent invasion, but as time passed, they started to reconnoiter the Drow outposts in hopes of determining their forces and strategies.

Other Avalonians tried... "alternate methods", going so far as to meet with the treacherous Drow in hopes of gaining an advantage. As the saying goes, "Desperate times call for desperate measures."

Some of the Drow must have been getting restless as well, because in some cases, they were just as foolish as the desperate Avalonians, attempting to use guile and trickery to hoodwink Avalonians, but this ended badly for the Drow.

Meanwhile, the Plague continued to spread across Avalonia. Many of the realms were focused on war instead of medicine, and the plague spread like wildfire through these lands and beyond, quickly reaching some of the most isolated of places.

Those who contracted the plague would become deathly ill, and those that those without care usually perished quickly. Even those who were ministered to by the most proficient of healers often succumbed to this pox.

As the Avalonians to the north completed their defenses, they begin to mass troops to assault the Drow. As each day passed, the Drow did not attack and the Avalonians grew more confident. The Drow were still sending out small raiding parties, but these preyed mainly on small groups of travelers, of which there were few enough.

Avalonians soon began to actively seek out these raiding parties, and the Avalonians usually triumphed, sending the Drow scurrying back to their lines.

It became apparent to many of the Southern Avalonian Lords that the plague was far worse of a threat than the Drow but the Northern Lords could not be convinced. The Northern Lords bent their minds to warfare, instead of quarantines and medicines, although there were still a few havens in this area for plague victims.

It was at one of the ancient shrines deep in the Avalonian forests that a cure was finally discovered. The healers at the shrine, whose knowledge that had been passes down through generations, utilized the rare and potent herbs of the forest to create the cure.

At the same time the cure was discovered, a great concerted assault was launched against the Drow. The Avalonians were able to easily defeat the Drow foot soldiers, who were not supported with bowmen or mages, and put up a meager defense at best.

For the most part, the Drow seemed to melt away under the attacks, and the Avalonians, while triumphant, were able to inflict no significant casualties tothe Drow themselves, only their minions.

The only exception to this was the Battle of Skergat Pass, where the Drow suffered very heavy losses at the hands of the Avalonian heavy calvary.

In the aftermath of the Avalonian offensive, it has become clear that the Drow did not have sufficient forces to mount a full scale offensive, or had already withdrawn the bulk of their troops. The Avalonian attacks had been primarily easy victories with little to no casualties. The northern Lords now need to consider how best to deal with the Plague that is ravaging their townsfolk and soldiers alike. The coastal villages are reporting more and more encounters with "ghost ships." These ships were originally just floating hulks, but it appears the dead crew and passengers are reviving as skeletons and zombies.

The plague has hit all of Avalonia very hard, but does not appear to have spread to Kaliphlin, who provided much of the support for the healers and infirmaries. It is yet to be seen if Mitgardia is in danger, as the border between Avalonia and Mitgardia is sparsely populated on the Mitgardia side. While the past months have been very dark for Avalonia, there have still been a few families who have survived unscathed.

It has been noted by some that the Elves concerned themselves primarily with the Drow, and some are even blaming Varis for the current circumstances. Varis and his rescue party have not been seen, but there have been sparse reports of a few captured Avalonians straggling back from the Drow tunnels. The Elves continue to safeguard against the Drow, viewing them as more of a threat.

RESULTS

This was very impressive Challenge, both in terms of the number of entries, and the quality of the builds. Team Simon had the most entries by far, but Team DeGothia had a coordinated storyline for their entries which provide a cohesvie narrative that wound throught the stories of their entries.

Challenge A:

Winning Team: Team Simon (Tean Simon had about twice the entries, with many high quality entries and easily won this category)

Winning Entries: There was a 3-way tie between Gabe, Emma and Infernum, but Infernum was voted the overall winner for this category

Honorable Mention: Mike S.

Challenge B:

Winning Team: Team DeGothia (Team DeGothia had some amazing builds in this category, along with the majority of their cooperative storyline, and handily won this category)

Winning entries: Gabe was the winner, with Infernum and Torgar coming in second.

Honorable Mention: Legopard and Gideon

Challenge C:

Winning Team: This one was close, but Team DeGothia edged it out with 3 high quality entries.

Winning Entries: Kayne was the winner with Gideon coming in second.

Honorable mention to Soccerkid.

Thanks to Infernum, Gabe, Gideon, MKJosha and Narbilu, who submitted entries for all 3 categories. Great work guys!

so Team DeGothia is the overall winner for Challenge II. This will have significant implications to Avalonia, and the results are reflected in the storyline in this post. The Winners of the Mirkwood Elf and Rivindell sets are Kayne (1st for DG) and Infernum (1st for Simon).

Thanks for all of entries, and Challenge III will be posted imminently.

[de Gothia]

Yaaaay!! Victory!!:)

Great work everyone, so many entries with so much quality!!

Thanks to the judges aswell!

Rg; such a nice way to present the results!! :)

So dG can return to benoic?

[Gunman]

Congrats DG side and to all the guys who participated! Rogue Angel any specific day Challenge 3 will start??

[robuko]

What a great way to present the conclusion! This has been an awesome challenge, Thanks to Rogue. Well done to everyone who entered. It must have been really really hard to judge this challenge. Special congratulations to Infernum, Gabe, and Kayne. Way to go, guys!

[Gideon]

Excellent job RA writing all of those builds together! And great job both teams, that was an impressive collection of builds

[Lord Vladivus]

Congrats Team DG! Greet challenge, I enjoyed building in Avalonia!

[Maxim I]

Congratz everyone! I really enjoyed your entries :) too bad I was in a dark period myself, I will make it right with the next challenge :)

[Bregir]

As others have said - what a brilliant way to present the results! Great work from both participants and organizers.

[soccerkid6]

Fantastic way to announce the results, Rogue

And congratulations to Team deGothia and all the individual winners

[Gabe]

Great wrap-up RA, so cool to see everyone's builds being woven into the overarching GoH lore. This was such a fun challenge and the standard of entries was great to see. Congrats to Infernum, Kayne and Gideon - and i think it was Kai's idea to run the collab on our side so a big shout-out to her as well!

Looking forward to challenge III!

[Rogue Angel]

Congrats DG side and to all the guys who participated! Rogue Angel any specific day Challenge 3 will start??

Let's just say that the Mitgardians has been waiting on me (just a couple of days) to start posting for Challenge III. I was intending to post the results on Monday but work got in the way.

[Kayne]

Wow, I had thought as the entries were coming in that there were some really great builds and stories coming in for this challenge, but seeing the way you put together recap with the pictures from many of the builds I was once again so impressed with what everyone put together here for this challenge. And, I second what Gabe said, because Kai's idea and effort put in to the collaboration really did a lot for our side!

[Infernum]

Awesome way to post the results, love the way you tied together all the entries!

Congrats to all the winners, I was surprised to see my name on that list!

Can't wait for challenge III!

[TheUtilityBelt]

Yay for everyone! It was a great challenge and I can't wait for III!

[MKJoshA]

Good job everyone! And thanks for mentioning me RA, but I only submitted for B and C, not A Thanks for all your hard work in making this challenge such a success!

[TheRedViper]

Well done to everyone who participated, wish I could've been part of this , but now I'm looking forward to the next challenge!

[narbilu]

Gratz guys and gals... what a great challenge was that !

And with that, I see the number of GoH members grow by the day, in every corner so,

a lot can be expected for the next one...

[mccoyed]

Great epilogue there, Rogue Angel. Really enjoyed reading a throughline narrative tying so many builds together.

[Mike S]

In the past months, Avalonia has suffered through many trials. The incursions by the Drow were just the beginning of the Avalonian woes. With the emergence of the mysterious deaths in the islands near the Kaliphlin border, Avalonians were forced to decide between going on the offensive against a possible Drow invasion or going on the defensive against a possible plague.

As the others have said, excellent recap!

[mpoh98]

Congrats Team DG on the win! And great recap Rogue Angel, thanks for using my creation in it, that was a pleasant surprise. :)