Achaean News
Making a Name
Written by: Anonymous
Date: Thursday, September 17th, 2020
Addressed to: Everyone
As a dark-hulled ship rolled into the harbour of Tasur'ke, Achaeans were greeted by the familiar, but long-absent face of Haidar the Lion.
The Kashari rebel immediately sought the location of Kavaya, his former associate and fellow escapee from the peculiar continent's harsh and unforgiving ways.
There, in the camp amid the hills, Haidar offered a retelling of an ancient tradition:
"Every century, the owners of Kashari slaves allowed one from each household to pit themselves against the others in order to earn their family name. In earning this name, a slave earns his freedom. He can sign for himself, he may have a family, he can own property, he is considered a member of society."
"Famous among my kinsmen is the warrior poet Lucaine Pyramides. He escaped slavery in Kashar and granted himself a surname. This is not the proper procedure. I am known as the Lion because I do not have a surname. I did not participate in this barbaric and horror-laden tradition. Instead, Kavaya and myself escaped our captivity. Our story is known to the lore-masters among you and need not be retold here."
"Nevertheless, it is this tradition I will be sharing with you on the 12th of Ero, 840 AF. It will last for six days, or until one slave remains standing, whichever comes first."
"I bring this to your shores so that you may join with me in remembering a terrible crime against my people, and also so that those who wish to may experience what it is to fight ceaselessly simply to be recognised with the greatest gift that should have been innate to us all, a name. In the process of winning you may realise that you also deny others the chance to do so in their lifetimes."
"Participants will fight as the slaves did: barely armed and at odds with all others of their kind. The winner will not be afforded a name, as this is a luxury you already enjoy. Instead, great honour and riches will be bestowed upon them."
Having thrown down the gauntlet to all of Sapience, Haidar began accepting entrants. Atalkez Al'Jafri was the first to seize this gauntlet, and many others soon followed.
Time will unveil the victor.
Penned by My hand on the 25th of Phaestian, in the year 839 AF.
Making a Name
Written by: Anonymous
Date: Thursday, September 17th, 2020
Addressed to: Everyone
As a dark-hulled ship rolled into the harbour of Tasur'ke, Achaeans were greeted by the familiar, but long-absent face of Haidar the Lion.
The Kashari rebel immediately sought the location of Kavaya, his former associate and fellow escapee from the peculiar continent's harsh and unforgiving ways.
There, in the camp amid the hills, Haidar offered a retelling of an ancient tradition:
"Every century, the owners of Kashari slaves allowed one from each household to pit themselves against the others in order to earn their family name. In earning this name, a slave earns his freedom. He can sign for himself, he may have a family, he can own property, he is considered a member of society."
"Famous among my kinsmen is the warrior poet Lucaine Pyramides. He escaped slavery in Kashar and granted himself a surname. This is not the proper procedure. I am known as the Lion because I do not have a surname. I did not participate in this barbaric and horror-laden tradition. Instead, Kavaya and myself escaped our captivity. Our story is known to the lore-masters among you and need not be retold here."
"Nevertheless, it is this tradition I will be sharing with you on the 12th of Ero, 840 AF. It will last for six days, or until one slave remains standing, whichever comes first."
"I bring this to your shores so that you may join with me in remembering a terrible crime against my people, and also so that those who wish to may experience what it is to fight ceaselessly simply to be recognised with the greatest gift that should have been innate to us all, a name. In the process of winning you may realise that you also deny others the chance to do so in their lifetimes."
"Participants will fight as the slaves did: barely armed and at odds with all others of their kind. The winner will not be afforded a name, as this is a luxury you already enjoy. Instead, great honour and riches will be bestowed upon them."
Having thrown down the gauntlet to all of Sapience, Haidar began accepting entrants. Atalkez Al'Jafri was the first to seize this gauntlet, and many others soon followed.
Time will unveil the victor.
Penned by My hand on the 25th of Phaestian, in the year 839 AF.