The refugees, 2nd draft

The tourney

Lenox

July 51st 5th month 2999

Now you may have seen the population counts and have wondered why the population grew so much in a few months. Well, I can tell you with great certainty that it was spring that did that.

When spring came, we planted the crops and our trees bloomed, some giving fruit, winter was over, and the sun had risen. On that day our faction met with the others and after that celebration we celebrated with a great feast for all our faction.

Mind you it was really that everyone shows up to sing traditional songs and dance and talk, it was a demonstration of daily life in the farmers faction, here we live a life of peace and plenty, here we are happy.

Why am I writing? Right on the seventh of July, like us, all the factions gathered in their central areas to celebrate our survival and growth. On the fourth of July, we all gathered in Avaleon* to celebrate with dances, songs, and drinks.

We held a tourney as well. go interview Aspira, she has something to say on the matter

Aspira

Thank you. When the tourney started, we used blunted weapons so no one would die, but they were still metal and could bruise or kill if used in a certain way. "Welcome to the great tourney," Cordlen said, "here all people who wish to fight are welcome, now for some rules.

"If someone hits you in the head or chest you are eliminated and must walk to the edge. Feel free to exaggerate your 'death' if you wish." A few people nodded; this was going to be interesting.

"Feel free to form alliances, whatever person or alliance that is the last standing wins Feel free to fight all over the tourney grounds, try not to pass the edge though for if you do you are out." Cordlen took a deep breath and said, "prepare to fight. And now the tourney begins!"

People rushed at each other or swung away quickly; I did the later. I landed on the roof of a house, but a few people were already there, they were an alliance too, a shame, I eliminated them all. Also, I will say that I killed them, but I merely eliminated them, Wǒ bǎ zhège xiàn gěi sǐwáng.

I quickly went to the basement and tapped around, quickly finding the network of tunnels below the grounds, this area had windows on the edges so people can watch. A few people had also went down there but I was in my element of darkness, each one died, Wǒ bǎ zhège xiàn gěi sǐwáng.

I wandered the caves until I heard cheering and yelling above me, I emerged into a hill, one would never have seen it if they didn't know it was there. In front of me a large war had broken out with people fighting on all sides, out on front leaders fought and walls rose and fell, streams and fire and rain covered the area, it was insane, I quickly slipped around and assassinated the weaker fighters, then a wall threw me forward and an alliance encircled me.

"Well, well, well, who do we have here?" the leader said, she had an icy beauty to her and had small surface burns, they were not in lethal spots, so she was still here. A few of her followers laughed.

I slowly got to my feet and said, "we have not been introduced so let me go first, I am Aspira of the army, leader of shadows, the Silent knife and married to Ligh of the Mikyana, the stone leader."

She bowed respectfully and said, "I am Ice, right hand of Shiani, leader of the night's watch, I am a watcher on the wall, the shield in the darkness, the fire of the dark and the horn that wakes the sleepers, die well Aspira of the Army."

She lunged at me with a blade that looked as if it was made of ice, it was a shade of light blue with small cracks etched all over it. It was probable enchanted ice, she had blunted it, which you could do with most magic weapons, I dropped the blunt knives that I had and blunted Peyter and Liliana as I drew them to block her strike.