Our Culture
Events & Services of Avalon

General

Ceremonies

Tournaments

Literature

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Avalon is a city made by and for the people of Baja, and its long history and enthusiastic & larger-than-life participants have given it a rich and diverse culture. Social gatherings, stage performances, and special ceremonies. Dungeon crawls and wilderness hunts. Contests and giveaways. Competitions of combat, horsemanship, boating and storytelling. All these are only part of what makes up our diverse society.

Tournaments
Avalon’s “Fight Night” tournaments have existed in many forms. It is has most commonly been referred to as the “Contest of Champions,” or CoC. Characterized by a healthy amount of desirable prizes and lack of entry fee, the CoC began humbly—in an arena with walls of flour bags. Since that time other such valorous competitions have been introduced, all of them open to any who choose to follow each game’s respective rules.

Tournaments

Event

Winner(s)

Host

Location

Date

Amazon Brawl not yet available Amazon Event Tower not yet available not yet available
Lunatic Brawl not yet available Laughing Lunatics Tavern not yet available not yet available
Contest of Champions (CoC): My Bloody Valentine Rampaugh Guards of Avalon Avalon’s Ring of Champions Saturday, 13 Feb 99
House of the Dead Busta Aurora The “House of the Dead” (now the Dead Dove tavern) not yet available

Literature
Some Avalonian writings have begun to be placed here, in our Literature section. Borealis Lume’s Baja Bardic Bash spotlighted Avalon’s literature, and celebrated her authors. The contributions given to that distinguished literary compilation are therefore reproduced herein.

Of special note here is Origin’s 49th Spotlight, on our own Avalon. It was written by Nobody, and can be read in our site here, or at www.uo.com’s official page, here.

In the words of Aya, original Queen of the Amazons and one-time webmistress for Avalon:

Stories
Some Avalonian stories are listed below. Click on the title to read the particular piece.

Stories

Title

Description

Contributor

Spotlight on Avalon Avalon was the subject of the 49th Spotlight on OSI’s official Ultima Online Web site Nobody
Albert’s Story A biographic recollection Kvarno Goldeneye
Aya’s Story An autobiographic recollection Aya
The Bridge of Fools A play Tom Foolery
The Day Began with a Dream A nine-part autobiographic recollection Jack the Fool
Forever and Beyond: Gil’s Song to Jixxa A poem GilMour
A Harried Departure A follow-up to “The Snow Drifted Carelessly” Denton the Stableman
Northstar’s Tale An autobiographic recollection Northstar
On a stormy night many years ago... A tale of the history of Avalon (12 July 98) Aidenna Shethane
Riena Faire ’s Story Remembrance of a special day Riena Faire and MacDeath Cross
The Snow Drifted Down Carelessly A sentimental autobiographic recollection Jack the Fool
Ultimax’s Story An autobiographic recollection Ultimax
What a Day A tale of the history of Avalon, adapted from the Journal of Aidenna Shethane (14 October 99) Aidenna Shethane

Songs, Poetry, and Limericks
Some Avalonian songs, poetry, and limericks are listed below. Click on the title to read the particular piece.

Songs, Poetry, and Limericks

Title

Description

Contributor

Aewin’s Limerick A limerick Aewin the Elf
Borealis’s Limerick A limerick Borealis Lume
Jack’s Limericks Three limericks Jack the Fool
James’s Limericks Twelve Limericks James, the Animal Tamer
A poetic documentary of Aya and Shadow Walker’s lunch break A limerick Aya
Aewin’s Song A drinking song about Avalon Aewin the Elf
James’s Song A drinking song about Avalon James, the Animal Tamer
Jerk’s Song A drinking song about Avalon Jerk
Piper’s Song A song about Britannia Piper
Terinda’s Song A drinking chantey Terinda
Aewin’s Song A drinking song about Avalon Aewin the Elf
James’s Song A drinking song about Avalon James, the Animal Tamer
Jerk’s Song A drinking song about Avalon Jerk
Piper’s Song A song about Britannia Piper
Terinda’s Song A drinking chantey Terinda

* Special thanks to Borealis Lume and Lucina Juno for all their hard work organizing, publicizing and archiving the Baja Bardic Bash. Their dedication is, as always, very much appreciated.

 

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