I just saw this sort of thing posted in the RP section and I really think its a great idea! Pit all of the characters we have developed here against one another. It would all be just for fun and there should be no sore losers. Each participating writer should give a vivid description and very quick background giving insight to those who have yet to read through everyone's fics. From there battles can be decided by a voting process.

I really liked the idea of Hircine ripping our characters from our current location for his enjoyment. I would love to see how many people are all for this cause I know I am.

If we all worked the details of this out it could really take off. Maybe have one writer that isn't directly involved in the current battle narrate the events. (Eg. Have Trey write up the battle between Oasis and me..) It seriously has potential.

Remember this isn't my idea, It was actually started on the RP section. I just thought I would take it over here too to see if it would fly.

Taillus, this is a pretty good idea, whether you came up with it or no. I would be all for this one. Sirin could use quite the workout. Doesn't get much action just sitting around in a fanfic, ya know. Plus, it would make for a nice breed of fanfic: interchanging of the stories in a grand, climactic clash. Let's do it.

Alright, I'm in. But first give me some time to save, ok?

Ahem, Luper Alkad (Oasis for friends). Is an aproximately 23 years old Redguard. Though he doesn't know his biological parents, it doesn't really bother him. He was raised by a couple of smugglers and learned the tricks of the trade on a boat.

That changed when he was eight. The Imperials caught up with his boat and a big fight between the smugglers and the Legionaires started. In panic, he fried one of the Imperials with a big fireball.

The Imperials won the fight, and everyone was braught to a prison. The punishment for the smugglers was execution with the exception of Luper, who was too young to be held responsible for his actions. But killing someone with an oversized fireball wasn't something that's easily forgotten so they threw him in jail to rot for the rest of his life.

He was released a few years later, having spent more than half his life in prison. The resulting person seems to be a bit rebellious and doesn't respond too well to authority, instead preferring to make up all kinds of weird stories to get what he wants.

When in Morrowind, he came in contact with the spymaster Caius Cosades. Though at first he was openly hostile, he has warmed up a bit since that time as well as having made a few friends in the mage guild.

In combat (that's what this is all about, right?) he wields all kinds of Long blades as well as a surprising amount of magic. A surprising amount for a Redguard, that is. His preferred method of fighting is by using all kinds of tricks to give him the advantage and he doesn't care about things such as honour or fair play.

Weapons: (chose from the list, I've put in all the weapons he used in the fic by now.)
Iron Saber
Steel Katana
Iron Sparksword
Silver CLaymore

armour: Medium armours, either Bonemold or Orcish.

Spells:
Levitate
Telekinesis
Greater Fireball
small icebolt
paralysis
and a bucketload of different kinds of healing spells.
Edit: forgot to add waterwalking and Waterbreathing to the list. He also knows Mark, Recall and Soultrap, but those won't really help. Oh yeah, a low level chameleon spell, but he prefers the amulet of Shadows.
And the Scimitar was a Saber. Sorry about that.

I'llpost Telina later....but if I was to go against someone, and have a balanced battle, Telina would have to fight either Sudhendra or Serene, as I think all of those three would be a clash between titans, and there is actually no way telling who would win....

OK...here we go.........

Telina Delvanni...called Tellie by friends ( not to many of those yet ), was raised by the Dark Brotherhood, as she was sold to them when she was only a couple of months old.

She was eventually betrayd by some jelaous master in the Brotherhood, and thrown in jail after a failed assassination atempt. In jail, she spent three and a half years of her life, and she was constantly beaten up by other inmate as well as the guards, so you might say she has lost ALL respect of the imperials.

She was suddenly exiled to Morrowind, where she met Caius Cosades an imperial spymaster....since he was an imperial, she left him as soon as possible, and joined up in the great house Telvanni, on the godess Azuras bidding. There she befriended the Wizard Baladas, who thaught her up, and after a little while, she had started to get quite a collection of legendary artefacts.

She is one of the better telepathists in the world, and she somehow learns spells without exercising them ( the reasons she learns some powerfull spells without exercising on them, will be revealed in the next update at my story).

She have an uncanny ability to get into trouble...heck she even treatned the Arch-Magister of the house, that combined with her bad luck and somewhat destructive curiousity, often gets her in major problems.

But her powerfull intellect makes her able of extreme acts of willpower, such as telepathy, and that often makes up for her poorer fighting skills. In combat, she relies on the element of surprise, combined with magic to survive...I mean she had troubles of killing a skeleton, but she managed to take on three redoran soldiers...simply beacuse she had the element of surprise.

In a arena fight she would fare bad, if she wasnt allowed to use spells, and in some arenas she cant use her best spells, as they have to high an damage radius.

She have a total disrespect for autorities, and will often kill an imperial....if she can get away with it...she have a complete lack of diplomacy sence, and combine that with her big attitude, and love for nasty insults, she can quite often be seen fighting a person, who if she had been polite could have avoided to fight...but thats just not her way.

Weapons:Twin ebony shortswords...they will come in her possession, in my next update actually.LOTS of throwable stuff.

Armour:Full Dark Brotherhood...minus the helmet.

Spells:
Divine bolt of lightning
Electrocution.
blast of lightning.
shocking grasp.
root.
strenght of the earth.
stoneskin.
entangeling vines.
hardned skin.
blizzard.
frozen hell.
blast of frost.
chilling touch.
Levitate.
Telephaty.
And many other nasties.

Alright folks now we're talking! This is going to be some event. So if anyone has any ideas on how this would work better please say so but until further notice:

this will be a tournament hosted by the Daedric Prince Hircine, who has ripped all of our chatacters out of time and pits us all against one another to see who would be victorious. This is not to prove who is "Strongest" it is simply a for fun event. Whatever happens in this tournament will have no impact on what happens in each writer's fic.

Two characters will face of per event in a one on one, no holds barred battle. A single, or team of writers will be chosen to describe the battle but cannot be a writer for a participating character (Eg... Oasis would write a battle between Taillus and Trey.)

The winner will be decided by a voting process and voters should take in consideration what each character is like and what his/her strengths and weakness are, try not to base a decision on how much you like a fanfic.

*Remember if anyone thinks of a rule or an idea please don't hesitate to let everyone know.. And move this to the Role Playing section if it deserves to be there *

Here he is...



simply known as Taillus, he is a man that was raised by a well respected knight in Cyrodiil but was beaten daily by the closet alcoholic. When Taillus retaliated and killed the noble, he was sent to a labor prison and worked building outposts and buildings for the Imperial Legion.
He was released in Morrowind because of his fiery spirit and impressive strength in hopes that he would join the blades and work for Caius Cossades but he quickly took his own path.

When he was eventually betrayed by a new friend as they visited a Deadric ruin, Taillus was taken in by the Daedric Prince Molag Bal. He was recruited as a Harvester of Souls in Morrowind and was instructed to kill its entire population.
He has recently emerged from the Shrine of Molag Bal with newly acquired magicka, strength and power that was never thought possible for a mortal to possess.

Despite his overwhelming power and magical abilities, he is very headstrong and cocky. He underestimates everyone he faces and the constant arguing with Molag Bal who contacts him often and through telepathy distracts him.

Taillus uses a custom suit of silver and ebony armor that he has abandoned the chest piece and all armor covering his left arm. He uses no helm and he hides beneath a deep blue extravagant hooded robe. This makes him much more agile but drastically less protected.

His main weapon is the mace of Molag Bal which, when coupled with his newest souls that power him, makes for a devistating swing that can shatter most weak to moderate weapons and shields.

He also favors an ebony broadsword that he leaves strapped to his back. He has two amulets around his neck, one that houses his trapped souls that give him power and the other is loaded with both mark and recall spells.

Lastly, Taillus has a small lot of (usable) magicka. He has strong weapon and armor eater spells, a Dire Noise spell that allows the moans and howls of tormented souls that have been trapped by Taillus to comunicate with the target causing confusion and pain. He can also summon daedroths and has weak, but still developing telekinesis....

Well my character is pretty much of a rookie (heck, he's only killed two people so far!) and wouldn't fare well in a fight with someone better trained, like Jonacin for example or Trey. Despite all of these things Arthago will be participating in the clash of the Titans.

Arthago was born in the quiet village of Vulnim Gate, son to a peasant girl and a knight. His father soon died when Arthago was younger and his mother was forced to take a job at the local tavern. She died too after catching a disease from a traveller. After beeing left an orphan, Arthago decided to head off to Sentinel and make a name for himself as a knight.

Once he arrived he was treated with disrespect and was given a task to prove himself as a knight. He was suposed to go off to some town on the fringe of the Alik'r desert and kill a traitor to the order. Things went acording to plans and the traitor killed himself in the end. Arthago brought the treasure that the traitor had stolen from the order back to Sentinel and received some armour as a reward. His next task was to fight in a duel with some noble demanding some land. He proceded to the noble's estate and fought his champion, Raccan.

After a hard battle, Raccan lay dead in the sand of the arena to Arthago's feet. Arthago then made his way back to Sentinel to receive his reward. Arthago doesn't have a very complex fighting style. He doesn't use dirty tricks as some do and doesn't know anything about magic. His weapon of choice is a steel scimitar. He doesn't have too much armour, a cuirass, a pair of pauldrons and a steel helm with adequate vision. I wish Arthago and all the others luck in this great competition.

Sirin Kalimian. Steel Katana. No armor, save steel gauntlets, which he commonly uses as weapons or defense. Works under his own steam as a bringer of order and balance. Nimble and acrobatic, tends to search for a weakness in his enemies before he strikes. Born and raised in Hammerfell, but decided to travel various provinces of Tamriel. *SPOILER ALERT! IF YOU READ ANIMA DI NEREZZA, DON'T READ THIS!* Sworn enemy of Mabriel Tan'yadiel, who threatens to undo the very order that Sirin has fought for.

Hey guys! When I get home on my own comp,I´ll post the greatest of them all.....Serene!!

We have a nice growing list here. When do we start?

Hmmm....are you sure on this..what about Telina...we have only started to see her powers...but I guess none of us can never say never....

But I do think that Telina...OR Serene would top the list...oh nad Sudhenra also actually.. , A female can beat any man...if she is shrew enough... , your own words minkey....

well I think we should get started here in just a little while. I want to give any newcomers a chance to enter as well. But we need to decide an order of who is fighting who, anyone wanna set that up? We will also have to design a prologue of why we are all doing this so if anyone wants to help with that we could get started in no time. I can't wait to have this take off.

So this is basically moderator combat only its between forum members right? The fight is done by other members voting on who they think would prevail in a fight? If it is then I'll gladly enter Kiln into it but I'll wait for confirmation since I might be misunderstanding something.

it could go one of two ways:

* Forum members vote on the current fight and decide who they think would win the battle. (Based on characters and their traits, not how well the character's fanfic is written) Then a fanfic writer (or writers) that do not own one of the competing characters in said battle will describe the battle as they see fit.
This will be nice in the sense we can see our characters in battles not created by us and also we can use some characters that we are not familiar with giving us a break from our own work.

* The other option could be the same idea but a battle could be typed up to a certain point, again by an author (or authors) that do not own the current characters and the ending could be decided by voting, followd by a written end of the battle showing who won and how based on the votes.

Remember that I am not bossing over this thread or this idea and at any point the rules can be changed. If anyone thinks that we should be doing this differently please post saying so. I want this to be an amazing event!

So.... when do we start?

I say we start now! No time like the present but we need to decide who is facing who...

If its not too late then I'll enter Kiln into it, if this contest is closed then oh well I just posted for nothing.
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Name:Kiln
Age:32
Race: Dark Elf

Kiln was native born on Morrowind and raised by his parents until a series of events unfolded leaving both of his parents dead, causing him to set off on his own in his early teenage years. Years of self education and combat experience make Kiln intelligent and arrogant.

Many years of his life were consumed by a quest that he found involving a red journal found in an ancestral tomb during one of his countless adventures. From then on out he slowly grew further and further away from his occupation as a thief and grew better and better in the arts of combat strategy, always relying on luck and speed to keep him alive.

Kiln's weakness for alcohol tends to get him in over his head but he never drinks before a fight, after learning from experience that liquor does not highten the senses.

His extensive use of the shield and sword make him a worthy adversary, though lacking in strength, he makes up for this in intelligence and agility, exercising quick thought, strategy and maneuverability as a primary tactic during combat.

Equipment: Carries a steel shield,steel longsword with a golden handle (which has been passed down through his family for generations), and his trusty iron chestplate which has helped him to survive many battles.

Hope thats good, best of luck to everyone and lets have no sore losers as Taillus said.

Oh I can't wait to get this started! Welcome in Kiln!!! Lets figure out who is facing who in the beginning rounds..

How exactly do you think we should decide? Just pick two random people who joined I guess...I dunno.

Until further notice we can group by when we added our profiles to this thread. We should start a new thread per battle so we can use the poll.

Luper Vs. Telina

Taillus Vs. Arthago

Kiln Vs. Serene

.....and more if they join in time.
Now we just have to decide who writes for Lup and Telie.
Whoever we decide on (can be one or more writers) Cloudy and Tellie should think about sending a message to the writer(s) of the battle describing battle tactics, character traits and so on.

Now to find out who will write the battle scenes...I personally think that the fight should be written up to a certain point after which the voting will be done to decide the winner, then the conclusion can be written but hey, thats just my opinion.

It also appears that Sirin entered and has no opponent, so if someone else joins then they will be pitted against him.

I seems you really have it in for my poor old knight Taillus . I forgive you though. Your much more experienced character will probably knock my noob in the dust. I am however anxious to get this started. The fixtures are interesting and I'll be keen to see the results. Good luck with your battles everyone!

If you still need one more participant, then I suppose I can put Kell in.

Name Kell-Reevor
Age 20's
Race Argonian

From Blackmoth

The son of a legendary legionnaire, Kell is brought to Morrowind at a young age when his father is assigned to Fort Darius. Their ship runs aground during a storm, and the crew is supposedly killed by a band of ex-legionnaires led by a man named Konimus. Kell is badly wounded, and is taken prisoner.

He eventually escapes with a gift from his deranged captor... a replacement arm crafted of ebony.

During his childhood, Kell spent much of his time in the company of his father's personal guards and servants. From these people he learned the ways of the sword, but showed little interest in magic.

That said, he wields a very limited skill with magic, and at an earlier point was completely void of casting ability due to his condition. However, as trouble pursued him, he learned to make due with casting through his left arm alone, using it mostly to disrupt an enemy's ranged attack. In melee, he is quick on his feet and is granted an unnatural amount of strength in his ebony right arm.

Equipment: Steel dai-katana (previously daedric, but replaced to be fair)
Steel breastplate (previously ebony, again replaced to be fair)

Magic: Custom light frost bolt (antimagic/detonation)
Custom light levitation (hold/slow)

There you go.

Oops Forgot about sirin. I posted that late last night I am terribly sorry.
So the fourth match will be Sirin Vs. Kell.

I also agree that each battle should be completed to a certain point then voted on and followed by the ending. I think that will be the best way to do this.

No we are not officially started as of yet so if anyone has any issues with who is facing who then we can mix things up a bit...

HEEEY!! Please do wait for me!!! I´ll be home sunday night CET!! You could hold your horses that long ok??? Please!



Ach.....I´ll have to post Serene first...and she´ll probably fall in love with Kiln instead of fighting him!!!

Ok....Minkey have agreed to write for me...but we have to wait for that battle, untill she returns...shorthly I believe...and we also need someone who can write for jacky...

Thanks minkey...here have some brown cheese.

Oh oh, looks like Luper is in for a hard time. Telina knows some mean tricks. I can't wait! Umm ok, who wants to write?

Minkey said yes...but now as I think on it, i did not mention she had to write your part as well....I though it was gonna be 2 writers on each battle...but now I'm not sure...I'll ask her tomorrow...she was coming home tomorrow night...and well since we live in nearly the same time zone, it should not be that big a deal for me.

So as it stands I think we should leave it to one writer per battle to save some confusion. So things start with Minque writing the battle between Luper and Telina. Gonna be a good one!
So like I said before I think we should start a new thread for each battle and I will write the prologue hopefully today or tomorrow. This is going to be great!

Both Jack and tele should email minque about their characters so the battle can be written up as accurately as possible. Lets get this started.


Min you are definately in for sure! It wouldn't be the same without ya!
So again just in case we don't know what is up we have..

Luper vs Telina

Taillus vs Arthago

Kiln vs Serene

Kell vs Sirin

Sirin I think?

If I have approvements, of minkey and Mr.Oven...or Kiln, as he is also known....I can write the battle between Serene and Kiln...if both of ya want me to do that...PM me about your characters...and I'll try to make it out to be a good one......

Oh...Jacky...Tell Oasis to be redy for a lot of magic pounding...hehe

I can do kell vs sirin if that is alright. But I need details. (No rush however)
I may need someone else to do the prologue that tells how hircine starts things. I was thinking an ice arena in bloodmoon and him watching from an ice throne with werewolves guarding him. If someone wants to take that from me I will be tied up all weekend and I would like to have this start quickly as the rest of you probably do as well.

I don't have have a problem with you writing the fight, I sent you the info you might need.

If you need anything else just ask and I'll get it to you. As for the prologue... I got nothing.

Can't wait to see who wins between Luper and Telendil. It's gonna be a tight battle. I also can't wait for Arthago's big day, although I already know who's gonna win. Tallius has much more experience and has been around for longer time than my young knight. But who knows?

Ehem....it's not Telendil...it's Telina who is doing the fighting....I'm just gonna watch..hehe...we all make mistakes....

But well....now that I have read your story, griffie...and still reading on Taillus's stor( I have not managed to catch up yet..), Id say that Arhtago has a fair chance of beating Taillus...but well nothing is certain.

The batlle between Telina and Oasis, I believe those two are the poorest fighters enterd here...Oasis relies on surprise and dirty tricks...Telina relies heavily on the element of surprise...swiftness, and of course magic....magic is what is most important for her...take away her magic...she have fairly little to stand against someone who is actually a fighter.

I wanted to say Telina, but then I thought wait, wasn't it Telendil? Anyway, good luck with your battle against Luper, don't believe a word he says. His words are treacherous and his blade is swift.

PROLOGUE

For long and long Hircine had sat upon his throne of ice deep in the cave that was sometimes in the frozen north of the Mundus and sometimes…elsewhere. The Great Hunt, which had entertained him in the past, seemed dull now, and so his mind- crooked and branched like the antlers on his helm- turned to a new entertainment. He cast his thoughts out into the world that was and into all the worlds that might have been or might yet still be. And from each of those worlds he plucked an image, an idea, an avatar. From each he chose a hero or heroine whose feats had or would someday make them legendary. Satisfied with his choices at last, Hircine sent forth his werewolf minions to fetch forth the players, the victims for his newest game. Regardless of their abilities martial or magical, they were plucked from where they slumbered or labored or fought, unable to resist or even truly comprehend what was happening. For Hircine, in his power, lifted them out of the stream of Time and brought them to a place that was not a place, but merely a creation of his fevered imagining. With a thought and a word, he conjured a great amphitheater of ice, surrounded by benches for the unwilling spectators. Another word, and he set the ones he had chosen upon the benches, able to see and hear everything, but unable to act until he willed it so. Satisfied, he pointed at two of the figures and made a lifting motion. With his gesture, the two were brought into the arena and accoutered in their favored armor and weaponry. Hircine smiled and spoke a single word more- “BEGIN.”

Alright Lets get it started. Remember, the writer of the first battle (Lup and Telle) should start a new thread. write the battle to a certain point and rely on the poll to decide the winner. I can't wait!!!!!

Oh, nice prologue. That should get us set up. I'll send a pm to Minque right away.

Hehe, his words are as mighty as his sword. It will be interesting to see what Minque comes up with.

Oh yeah, may the best character win!

The prologue was great and Hircine was right, their acts would one time make them legendary. Now that the prologue is done, good luck to all the competitors. May you have a quick hand and a sharp blade.

Just a quick post to add my 2 septims worth. It might be wise for the combatants and the scribes to do a bit of RP style planning before anything is actually posted.

What exactly does RP style mean? I'm not exactly a big time RP-er so I might need some advice to get the ropes.

RP=role-playing. What I mean is, the participants may want to PM their actions and responses to each other and to the scribe. Then, when everyone is satisfied with the result, the scribe can post the story of the battle.

I knew that RP meant Role Playing. I didn't know what style you meant. Thanks for clarifying me though. I'm not up yet, I wonder who will moderate the battle between Arthago and Taillus?

Hey guys! even though I just came home after a very adventurous travel from Germany..I really have no energy left for writing something tonight, it´s nearly 11 pm here and since I´ve gotta work tomorrow.....I´ll have to go to bed now.

Maybe you would start with another couple? Because I don´t know when I´d find the time to write the battle, besides....as I´ve already told Tellie.....I´m not good at battles! But if you follow treydog´s advice and role-play your battle......then it´s another thing of course!"

Please bear with me!......I´ll have to post Serene first! And I´m extremely tired just now....there was a nasty accident on my way home..I´ll tell you about it in the coffee-shop..tomorrow!

well if no one objects we can move to the next battle on the list but I don't think we have a writer for it. I will be ready to PM anyone who wants to write about Taillus. I can give some insight on his character and his fighting styles.

Me too. We just have to find a narator now so the battle can commence. I'll do the same thing with the pm-ing to passs on information on my character's fighting styles and maneuvers.

I would volunteer, but we have a whole bucketload of tests coming up this week and next week at school, so I might not be able to get enough time. I could do a different battle or the one between Taillus and Arthago if no one else has stepped up by that time.

Well we still have no one for me and Arthago so you can write that up for sure!