Events of the realm

The Long Tally

The first archery competition, 13 to 15 November 2026

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The story in words
  1. On 10 November Mur scheduled the first archery competition of the realm: 'scheduled for friday, 36 hours, to cover all timelines. have fun!' The Long Tally ran from Friday 13 November 15:00 to Sunday 15 November 03:00 (game time) at Archers' Range and the Root Range.
  2. Its rule: a shot scored nothing by itself. Every hit gave a proof, which faded after six hours; the proofs counted only when handed in at the River Tally or the Keeper's Tally before the end. The keeper counted a bag by its size times its marks, so three hundred proofs together were worth a hundred times thirty. The best average proof score over at least 100 proofs won the Truest Aim Trophy.
  3. Friday 15:00: 18 players had shot in the last three days, 10 were needed, and it started. Obrac loosed the very first arrow at 15:00; redneck loosed his first at 15:02 and handed in his first bag of 92 at 15:15.
  4. At 16:10 Seigheart queued four heavy rains, and at 16:18 Ledah four storms. They broke over the ranges on Saturday: Seigheart's heavy rain from 09:54 to 15:58, then Ledah's storms until 01:16 on Sunday. Aelis: 'Have fun competing, fine people of the realm.' Invie: 'Good luck everyone. You are going to need it.'
  5. At 16:13 Aelis sent Blackshade Rider down the currents to the Well of Tears. The Rider: 'That wasnt nice.' Aelis: 'I wasn't aiming for nice.' At 16:19 Ledah bound him ('Come for a walk, pet'), at 17:26 turned him to stone. At 21:58 Aelis bound him again, at 22:32 sent him to the House of the Tainted Times and locked his feet.
  6. At 17:55 and 18:08 redneck handed in two bags of 280 proofs at the River Tally, 56 million points. At 18:58 Invie handed in 250 proofs at once, 25.6 million, and stood second; nearly all of Invie's 29.4 million came in those sixteen seconds. At 21:24 the Rider handed in 322 proofs at the Keeper's Tally and went past Invie for good.
  7. At 23:12 Ledah, who shot for pleasure, wished redneck the best of luck and flew away in his spaceship. Saturday 00:11, at Archers' Range, Ledah beat redneck and took his heads, and MRAlyon beat them both. At 02:11 Mur, shooting at the Root Range: 'I did it!!!' redneck: 'nice!' The Rider: 'Nice mur.' Mur finished sixth.
  8. At 03:09 Death Ray cast Lock in Chaos on the Rider; at 03:12 Fang Archbane lifted it. Death Ray cast on the Rider again, the Rider cursed Death Ray back. Else: 'mind letting BSR compete with redneck fairly?' The Rider: 'He wants to make an enemy out of one of his very few friends. Ill be back for him.' At 03:30 Death Ray turned the Rider and Else into frogs, and Else turned Death Ray into one: 'Ribbit! Ribbit!'
  9. At 04:43 the Rider handed in 379 proofs at the River Tally, 55.3 million, the largest bag of the competition. At 05:23: 'Gg night.' At 05:59 he handed in his last bag of 313 and stopped with 245 million.
  10. redneck did not sleep: bag after bag at the River Tally through the dawn, then at the Root Range, 330 proofs at 09:30 for 38.9 million, and on into Seigheart's heavy rain. At 10:11 he stopped with 471 million and slept.
  11. Saturday night, in the storms, Aksel shot at the Root Range for the Truest Aim Trophy, and at 22:59:57 handed in the six proofs that made 102, an average of 80.1. At 21:52 redneck handed in his last bag of 170 and put the bow down, five hours before the end. The last bag of all, Marvolo's, came at 01:13 on Sunday.
  12. The results at 03:00 on Sunday: 17 took part. redneck 480 million tally points (100 gold), Blackshade Rider 245 million (25 gold), Invie 29.4 million (10 gold), then Ledah, Else, Mur, Aksel, Syrian, Seigheart and Obrac. Aksel won the Truest Aim Trophy. At 03:11 the Rider claimed his gold, and redneck his forty seconds later.

Thirty six hours, two tallies, one frog. Written down so that it is not forgotten.