Game of the Empire
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Once in every ten years, a great festivity takes place within the empire of Elthiora where the most anticipated game of the empire is held.
But this is not your typical kind of game. It is not a hunting game, either. It was a game of kill or be killed. No rules to uphold, virtues are cast aside, principles will be defied. It was a game for which the victor has to stand on top of the corpses of the other players. And out of hundreds of thousands enlisted to play the Game, only one team shall be hailed as victors. The victors will be hailed as heroes, and will be given rewards beyond riches.
And anyone is invited to participate in the game where anyone can be a winner.
People from different sides of the empire are now at the Castle Square. Entities of different races, disparate individuals, nobility and the common folk, all gathered with the same goal and role--- to play and win the game.
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