Sapience,

From 1st of Sapiarch to the 25th of Haernos of year 7, I will be holding several quarterly events to celebrate the Virtue of Strife.

The first quarter, from 1 Sapiarch to 25 Ios, will be about Growth. Challenging yourself to grow in a particular area you want to focus in. Unlike an essence contest, this will be more challenging.

The categories you can join, and you can only be top winner in ONE out of them:
-Sect battles - the most sect battles in the time frame, regardless of win or lose.
-Hunting - how much knowledge can you gain from the hunt.
-Knowledge - how many total tasks, quests as they are known, can you do.
-Exploration - climb the ranks of the Explorer's League.
-Creativity - how many new things, of note, can you craft?

The top winner in each category will receive 25 credits, proceeded by 15 for second and 10 for third.

I will elaborate more details on the other two events later, but as a preview:
-From 1 Dharos to 25 Omeian, theme is Difference. Showing how you see Strife. Individual rewards!
-From 1 Celes to 25 Ivolnos, theme is Contention. Ylem related for each city, city rewards!
-From 10 Lexadian to 25 Haernos, theme is Competition. Combat and arena challenges! Individual rewards!

To culminate the entire thing, that last theme - Competition - will also have a tiered combat competition. 1v1 battles, best of three.

NOTE: You can begin offering your name for these tiered competitions NOW. Signups will end at the 25th of Omeian so I can put together brackets and give plenty of time for people to do their spars.

For the final tiered competition, there will be various prizes and a larger credit prize compared to some of the rest.

If you have questions on any of this, seek me out. As more develops and we approach some of the other quarters, I will make a post to update how things are going.

In Service of Strife,
Officer Sysaa, Spark of Turmoil

Officially released on Gosday, the 19th of Haernos, in the year 6 AC.