Alchemists be Mirthful! The Hexenblood Circle, In conjunction with the Civics Ministry of Regalia, is proud to host… An Alchemy Competition As refugees seek shelter from conflict in Carrhen, an influx of humanitarian aid is needed along Regalia’s Western front. It is for this reason that a charitable competition will be held, to raise funds for the refugees, and to encourage the city’s brightest alchemists to rise to this challenge! Any alchemist of common or noble birth may compete. Nobility who wish to donate may choose to sponsor their alchemist of choice (recommended donation of 1-3 wealth tokens). When all donations are made, the cash pool will be split 70%-30%. 70% will be donated, and 30% will form the cash prize for the winner! This means that any house can offer a small donation for the chance to win a payout, and for the bragging rights of sponsoring the finest alchemist in the city! Alchemists without a sponsor can also move in to swipe the cash prize away, and prove their mettle to the rest! Nobility who wish to simply donate without taking part in the competition are, of course, also welcome to do so. Spectators are encouraged to attend and support their favored alchemist! Alchemists must be registered by April 10th! Please send donations promptly, as the refugees need your help today! The competition will take place on April 15th at 7 PM EST at the Caellfal estate. Three challenges will be issued: Ooc Note: See the scoring details below! Don’t be intimidated if you don’t have the wiki memorized. Wiki reference enhances score, but isn’t required. The Challenge of Spectacle: In which participants may use any means to create as significant and impressive a display as possible, using their alchemy. This can include smoke, fire, sparks, glitter, ice, or whatever means they can achieve. Examples: A fireworks display involving dragon iconography (Pyrignis powder and slizzar blood that erupts in a spire-shape) The spontaneous construction of an ice sculpture (Ice leaf and powdered fermanic acid with vocalitic dust) A rain of glitter onto an array of drums to the beat of music (A pipeline of silver poison toad glitter and timed miniature explosions using pyrignis powder on delayed fuses) Spectacle displays should be their own creation, and not enhance another object. It is alchemy used to create and bewilder. Additional items can be added to enhance the spectacle (such as the drums in the third example) The Challenge of Glamor: In which participants will have to apply their alchemy to a mundane item in order to make it exceptional. Participants will be given access to all supplies needed, and will be given a SURPRISE item to glamorize! They will have ten minutes to prepare, and then will present the item for judging. Examples: A plain dress is transformed into a moving picture of tidal waters (Kaolinite powder mixed with oil then poured over a dye of fermatic acid and sprayed with water) Ink in a fountain pen becomes only visible at night, when it glows. (Ink is made invisible and then solucrux is added) A bottle of champagne will release a volley of sparkles when it is uncorked. (Galenata powder mixed with popfruit essence in a small container placed on the end of the cork, so that it explodes when sliced by a saber) Glamor displays will be applied to the mundane object. The effect can be passive, or it can be activated by the alchemist (such as by slicing a champagne cork with a saber to cause the explosion). The Challenge of Enhancement: In which participants will apply their alchemy to a willing individual, who will then perform an impressive feat of the alchemist’s choosing. Examples: A dancer is given a dress which whirls up a mystical smoke while she dances (trace amounts of fireweed slowed by vocalitic dust with black orchid powder for color) A mathematician is given a tonic which allows them to solve complex equations aloud (Avant leaf powder and ground Drowdan stag horn) A man is given a tonic and his beard grows three feet and turns blue (Cahal tooth and slizzar blood) Any effect, athletic, performative, or physical, on another person is welcome for this part of the challenge. The alchemy can be applied to the alchemist themselves if they wish, or to a person they have brought with them for the purpose. Do no harm to the person upon whom this alchemy is applied. Effects can change the characteristics of a person (beard growth), or can assist in making their performance more memorable (enhanced dancing). Demonstrations will be scored on the following points: Creativity: The uniqueness of the effects of the concoction, and creativity of the alchemist. Innovation: Clever use of alchemical ingredients ((Referenced from the wiki, either the alchemy page or various flora and fauna pages as noted. Creative liberties implied. The more grounded in wiki references, the better!)). Efficacy: The scale of efficiency of the alchemy (how large is the spectacle? How drastic is the change?) Scores will be tallied upon these criteria, with a possible 1-5 range for each, and a total of fifteen. Scores from each judge will then be averaged for a single event. The final three scores will be combined to declare the winner! Want to be a judge? Pen the Civics Minister Sivrid Sorenvik @MrsCripple (Discord or Forum pm) to be added to the list! (Alchemy experience not required). The first place winner of this competition will be rewarded with 30% of the pooled donations. Every noble family with a hired alchemist is encouraged to submit their challenger! Want to participate? Respond to this thread to apply, or donate. Alchemist Application: Alchemist name: Noble sponsored? (Yes or no, include name if yes) Tag @MrsCripple Donation Form: Donor name: Donation amount (in wealth tokens): Tag @MrsCripple If you want to be an alchemist, you must arrive with your own willing participant for Round 3. Or, be willing to use alchemy on yourself. Entries for round 1 and 3 MUST be pre-typed, and copy-pasted, otherwise the event will take hours. Do NOT type your alchemy at the time of the event. Have it pre-typed in a google doc, at the ready when your character is called. For round 2, a period of ten minutes will be given for emotes to be pre-typed, so that they can be called upon and copy-pasted expediently. Thanks for understanding! Hopefully this will make it so that we can have long, wordy emotes, without being bogged down for fifteen minutes per person. Ooc Notes/Disclaimer: This event is not meant to indicate that any of the actions performed can be duplicated. Assume they required expensive or rare materials, or are illegal or immoral to use outside of this very specific event. All attending parties agree not to ask for replications of the alchemy shown, because it is demonstrated as a fun way to flex creativity, and not to sway game mechanics. All attending parties agree not to argue with the effects of the alchemy, on the grounds that no alchemists in attendance of this event will be permitted to harm another person as an OOC rule. Use Common alchemy only, and just show off fun ideas. No effects are permanent, and the ingredients list should be referenced if possible, though it isn’t 100% required to only use listed ingredients from the lexicon (using wiki articles to source ingredients will improve the Innovation score). Participants must have the relevant points invested into alchemy. Effects should be justified through physical means of the alchemy. For example, you cannot simply generate a walking talking robot, or a magical painting. All effects should be within the realm of possibility of fantasy chemistry, and not magic.
Alchemist name: Ortoak Teotl Noble sponsored? (Yes or no, include name if yes): Yes, House de Azcoissia Tag @MrsCripple
Donor name: Tuija Nordhjem of House Nordhjem Donation amount (in wealth tokens): 1 @MrsCripple OOC Note: Please let me know when to submit the prog to send over money! I sometimes get sidetracked with work and school :).
Alchemist Application: Alchemist name: Amelina Peirgarten Noble sponsored? No, am Noble Tag @MrsCripple Donation Form: Donor name: House Peirgarten Donation amount (in wealth tokens): 2 Wealth Tokens Tag @MrsCripple
Alchemist Application: Alchemist name: Emilienne di Civita Noble sponsored? I sponsor self yes Tag @MrsCripple Donation Form: Donor name: House di Civita Donation amount (in wealth tokens): 1 Wealth Token Tag @MrsCripple
Alchemist Application Alchemist Name: Lily Janssen Noble Sponsored: Yes, Viduggla (2) tag @MrsCripple
ALCHEMIST APPLICATION Username: Weenlet Alchemist name: Jip van Sneek Noble sponsored?: Yes, House van Hal Tag @MrsCripple @Weenlet
Alchemist Application: Alchemist name: Snefrid Svenken Noble sponsored? (Yes or no, include name if yes): Possibly. Going as independent just in case, so no. Tag @MrsCripple
Donation Form: Donor name: The Athosian Celacy Donation amount (in wealth tokens): 10 Tag @MrsCripple