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The Fate of Chairs

In the early days of July of 269 The Ravens of Keys Crossing held a secret meeting. This was a meeting of supreme importance, the utmost care was given as those in attendance all took separate meandering paths through the town before arriving at a predetermined, undisclosed location. Each member entered through different doors and some whispers even tell of Felix coming up through a previously unknown trapdoor in the floor. Before their meeting began, Aethulwulf made sure that area was secure and removed any unneeded personnel from the building. What then happened has remained a mystery to the people of Keys Crossing as no one was present in the room where it happened.

Some people tell tales of walking by the building and hearing shouting and the occasional breaking of furniture, but beyond that all that exists is rumor. Only one thing is known to be the truth. After several hours The Ravens emerged from the building with a scroll, sealed in shimmering blue wax bearing the mark of Viscount Alestear. Few words were overheard between the Viscount and his messenger, but a man in the vicinity swears that he heard, “Utmost importance, official unofficial, updated, chairs. Aylin’s…only”

Quicker than a rabbit over coals the messenger left the town.

Within the week a declaration came from Aylin’s Reach detailing the tournament process for the various feats of cunning and strength, finishing with the official entry protocol for this year’s Official Unofficial Chairs Street Rules Championship. Things seemed to be much the same they had been in years past, with only one notable change. This year all chairs must be turned over to the organizers three days before the championship so they may be inspected for any illegal reinforcements and kept safe from potential sabotage from rival chairs-warriors. Within time dozens of chairs poured into the testing and storage building and overall things seemed fine. Only a couple chairs were disqualified for steel reinforcements.

What happened next was, without a doubt, one of the greatest tragedies to strike Mardrun. Late one night one of the guards around the storage facility must have fallen asleep as eyewitnesses recount stories of several men wandering around the area and sometime around three in the morning reports came in of smoke pouring out of the storage building. A chain of volunteers rushed to the area and through diligent effort were able to put out the flames, but unfortunately the damage had been done; the chairs, the precious and wonderful chairs, were no more. 

With heavy hearts the news was called by the criers throughout Aylin’s Reach: This year’s Official Unofficial Chairs Street Rules Championship was cancelled. Since then rumors have swirled over how this atrocity could have come to pass. The majority of Chairs Aficionados have come to the conclusion that it was all orchestrated by one of the men who had his chair disqualified. Some claim that he must have paid off the guard to gain access. In the end, we may never know.

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