I want to applaud Miss Lenora of Yew and her cousin Nadine for a wonderful job at a historical landmark of our lands. She has made great strides for the PaxLair library in the Mage Tower and her efforts are appreciated.

Please post any results of contests in this thread, so we don't lose the information. Post the winners, what event, what they won, etc.

More drawings from the net toss

Drawing 1 ~ The Captain's decide on a location in deep water just off the shores of PaxOku

Drawing 2 ~ Each boat was manned with approximately 4 players including the Captain. Each boat had approximately 25 nets

Drawing 3 ~ Death was inevitable to those unprepared to fight or hide. Some of us just couldn't fit in the hold!

Drawing 4 ~ Confusion abounds as an anchor is smashed and a ship goes astray in the mayhem.

Drawing 5 ~ A Fabled net was tossed and took many lives

Drawing 6 ~ Lady Winmere entertains the weary combatants with a jokle at the Blue Light Tavern in PaxOku

Elias and I would like to thank all those who participated with special regards to Lord NANOC and Lady Winmere for thier assistance

Se'an Silverfoot

Here was the story I told. I prefaced my introduction at the story-telling content that my story is not a story about the past, but perhaps about the future (who knows). Yet it is a most memorable subject in the Realm for me ... friends and fishing:

Fishing Forever
by Winfield, Old Man

Alas, I found myself washed up on a sandy beach near Trinsic one day. How did I get there? I looked around seeing dead fish scattered everywhere. What a waste! I thought to myself. All this good fish rotting for the ravens and crows to feast on.

It was painful to stand ... my clothes completely water soaked. Salty air blew in from the sea giving me quite a chill.

Then I smelled the smoke, an acrid smoke. Rubbing the saltwater from my eyes, I look along the beach. A campfire glowed a few paces away in the darkening evening. And there sat a man, humming to himself.

Still having no idea how I came to be on this beach, I walked over to the man. My leg hurt, so I limped a bit. The man kept humming.

He was dressed in a bright blue and red suit and wore a hat with four bells jingling when he shook his head. Ah, he must be a jester! But what was HE doing here? What am I doing here?

"Hail there," I said. The jester stopped humming and looked up at me. A wide grin formed on his face as he jumped up and gave me a huge hug!

"Winfield! It's really you!" the jester exclaimed. I broke his embrace so I could get a better look at him.

"Wizzie? Wizzie, is that really you?" I remembered Wizzie from PaxLair City where he was a barkeep and our wild and crazy city jester.

The jester shook his head violently and jingled his bells. Then he juggled three rocks in the air with expertise I have not seen, well, since I last saw Wizzie.

"Wizzie it is you!" I said now recognizing him. "What are you doing here?"

"Waiting for you, Winfield," Wizzie said still juggling the rocks.

"Waiting for me? But I was not heading here, in fact I don't even know where here is."

"Oh, it's my Island! Wizzie's Island!" He dropped the rocks and spread his arms wide, and wider towards the rest of the island. "It's all mine!"

A little skeptical, I asked him a question. "Alright Wizzie, how did you get an Island?"

"It was simple Winfield. I just wished it."

"You wished it?"

"Yep, I wished it and then here I was, on the beach. But I don't know how to get off the beach."

I looked at the island, then back at Wizzie.

"But why am I here," I asked still looking around. "Last thing I remember I was on my fishing boat pulling in a big net of fish."

"Yep," he said pointing behind me. "And there's your fish. Well, a little rotten by now."

"My fish? You mean I fell overboard or something and I washed up here with my fish?"

"Oh no, Winfield. I wished you here, just like I wished me here. Isn't it nice?" He jingled his bells again.

I blinked in amazement. "So now I am stranded here too?"

Wizzie looked down, "I think you are, Winfield, but isn't that great?"

I just shook my head, looked around the island, and saw all my dead fish.

"I'm not sure that's so great Wizzie."

"But now you can fish all you want! Don't mind your old fish, there's plenty here!"

So, with a shrug and a smile, I pulled out my fish bait and pole. Wizzie jingled his bells and we went fishing.

THE END

Story Entry by Winfield on January 18, 2008 at the PaxLair 10th Anniversary.

FOR JANUARY 19, 2008 EVENT LOCATIONS:



Location - Tea House at the end of Monks Crossing in PaxOku, Homare-jima, Tokuno



Tea House at the end of Monks Crossing in PaxOku, Homare-jima, Tokuno




Location - Gryphon Hall, Luna, Malas, Chesapeake



Gryphon Hall, Luna, Malas, Trammel




Enter any Moongate and head to Malas - Luna, then head SW of Luna.

Rune is also on the Steps of the Tea House in PaxOku

PAXLAIR SMALL CLAIMS COURT CASE

The Case of the Destroyed Kryss

The Plaintiff loaned a kryss to the Defendant who returned it in extremely poor condition. In fact, when the Plaintiff tried to repair it, the kryss broke and turned to dust. The Plaintiff is suing the Defendant for 10K gold to recover the cost of the kryss.

The Defendant borrowed the Plaintiff's kryss for a long hunting adventure. He claims the kryss worked fine for a while, then didn't kill anything. So he returned the kryss to the Plaintiff as per their agreement and should not have to pay anything for such a shoddy weapon that almost got him killed by monsters.

PAXLAIR SMALL CLAIMS COURT CASE: "The Case of the Destroyed Kryss"

Defendant found responsible to replace blade or pay 10,000 gp to claimant.

Kathleen: I have considered the evidence provided in this case.
Kathleen: Klinfreth loaned a weapon to Freezun after he was asked.
Kathleen: However, the weapon is still the property of the person who loaned it out,
Kathleen: and the person who loaned it has a reasonable chance of expecting to get it back
Kathleen: in a similar condition as to when it was lent.
Kathleen: From the testimony of Freezun, it would seem that even after the kryss started to show wear,
Kathleen: he continued to use it, even going back several times after leaving.
Kathleen: And, as he said, he could not leave all that loot behind,
Kathleen: which tends to discredit his statement that he can not afford to replace the blade.
Kathleen: Therefore,
Kathleen: it is the judgement of this court that Freezun is responsible for replacing the blade
Kathleen: or pay to the claimant the 10,000 gold he has requested.

Courtroom Image of Defendant Freezun:

Treasure Hunt went well yesterday as well. We succesfully found three treasure chests and had an excellent hunt! Thanks to Evadne Howard for her hard work with this event!

Quite apparently Titans enjoy their cake just as much as the next creature, but this last one wasn't able to eat it, too!