2018 Lore Tournament - 22nd December: From the Ashes vs Frozen Hearts

6th December: Frozen Hearts vs An Explorer's Journey 7th December: The Black Powder Plot vs Human Blood 8th December: The Girl Who Came Back vs At the Edge of the World 9th December: Leaving Weh'Le vs Art is Life 10th December: The Cage vs The Shadow Door 11th December: Stone Cold vs Hunter of Shadows 12th December: Stains on a Name vs The Monster of Kalduga Outpost 13th December: The Dreaming Pool vs The Curator's Gambit 14th December: Then, Teeth vs Frozen Hearts (winner from 6th December) 15th December: The True and Ghastly Tale of the Beast of Boleham Tower vs The Black Powder Plot (winner from 7th December) 16th December: The Principles of Strength vs At the Edge of the World (winner from 8th December) 17th December: Confessions of a Broken Blade vs Art is Life (winner from 9th December) 18th December: A Different Hunger vs The Cage (winner from 10th December) 19th December: Twilight of the Gods vs Stone Cold (winner from 11th December) 20th December: The Eye in the Abyss vs Stains on a Name (winner from 12th December) 21st December: Where Icathia once stood vs The Dreaming Pool (winner from 13th of December) 22nd December: From the Ashes vs Frozen Hearts (winner from 14th December) 23rd December: Whom does the Desert know? vs The True and Ghastly Tale of the Beast of Boleham Tower (winner from 15th December) 24th December: QUARTER FINAL: The Principles of Strength (winner from 16th December) vs Art is Life (winner from 17th December) 25th December: QUARTER FINAL: The Cage (winner from 18th December) vs Twilight of the Gods (winner from 19th December) 26th December: QUARTER FINAL: The Eye in the Abyss (winner from 20th December) vs Where Icatia once stood (winner from 21st December) 27th December: QUARTER FINAL: From the Ashes (winner from 22nd December) vs The True and Ghastly Tale of the Beast of Boleham Tower (winner from 23rd December) 28th December: SEMI-FINAL: <winner from 24th December> vs <winner from 25th December> 29th December: SEMI-FINAL: <winner from 26th December> vs <winner from 27th December> 30th December: FINAL: <winner from 28th December> vs <winner from 29th December>

#2018 Lore Tournament: Day 17

Today, both of our stories take place in the cold and unforgiving Freljord. In the first story, the young man who would eventually become known as Brand seeks to find the truth through fire and force, while in the second story, Nunu and his mother, Layka, seek to find the truth through the songs of ice, freedom, and love.

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From The Ashes by Aaron Dembski-Bowden Kegan Rodhe, the son of a healer in Rygann's Reach, once lived a life full of fear and mistrust, being the son of a mage. Now, he is the apprentice of Ryze, the Rune Mage, who is helping him to harness his own magical gifts. However, while Ryze tries to teach him to approach magic with a hand of patience, the young Kegan seems to be bent on finding a way to command magic with a hand of power, and burning vengeance...

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Frozen Hearts by David Slagle Nunu, his mother Layka, and the rest of their Notai tribe are leaving one village for another. However, Nunu doesn't want to leave the village, and asks Layka why they have to go. In response, Layka tells him a story of the ways of their land, the freedom of their worshipped goddess, Anivia, and the task that she has given them: to bring their songs of love and joy to all the hearts of the Freljord.