Lords and Ladies,

Kings and Queens,

Gentle Folk

For our first contest – Glorious Gossiping

Presented to you by:

The goal is to make up a myth or rumor in the form of a fiction such as an Elyrian news article, song or even a poem about the family line of our current crop of pledged kings and assorted nobility.

The PRIZES

First place will receive their very own copy of Stellaris

Second Place will receive Armello

Third place will receive (my personal favorite) The Stanley Parable

Rules:

• One entry per user
• Contest runs will run from 7/29/17 to 8/03/17 with the winners chosen 8/4/17 so that we can send you your prizes in time for the weekend.
• Points will be awarded along a scale of 1 through 10 on: Lore / Aesthetics / Creativity with the winner being the largest combined score from our beautiful judges who will be revealed in the contest thread.

Lore: How well the entry builds upon existing lore of Elyria so that it feels like it would belong in the game.

Aesthetics: This is the look and formatting of the entry, whether it be a scrawled note on a stained napkin or a clipping of a printed edition of the Elyrian Herald.

Creativity: This is scored on uniqueness of the idea for the rumor or gossip.

And now introducing our beautiful judges:

You might have seen her around the forums helping lost children and feeding stray puppies.

Nihz!

She is the leader and founder of the Church of Mann, a soon to be ingame cult dedicated to helping others.

Our second beautiful judge:

Our surly sworn paladin:

GravelordNito!

He the learder of the Swords of the Church of Man. He is the sword arm and shield of the church defending its priests and burning heretics.

And lastly, yours truly, the Architect of the Great Necropolis:

Me!

Please use our other thread for asking questions linked: here

Please use this thread only for submissions.

The final deadline for submissions is 8/3/17 at midnight MST.

On 8/4/17 our beautiful judges will decide the winners and send them their awards in time for the weekend.