Events of the realm

The Second Cast

The second fishing competition, 6 to 8 November 2026

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The story in words
  1. On 4 November Mur announced a second fishing competition with a twist: the winners of the first (redneck, Ledah, Invie) could fish but not score. 'Those guys are fishing maniacs.' The prizes: a working Aquarium, Anti-Refraction Water Glasses, and 20 gold. Thirty six hours, Friday 16:00 to Sunday 04:00 game time, any spot; a streak counts more, a miss breaks it.
  2. Friday 16:00: 17 players had fished in the last three days, 10 were needed, and it started. Else started fast and led the evening, 4,279 points to Fang Archbane's 1,413 by 20:00. Fang fished the Mill Pool, where fish come slowly but count one and a half times, and the Storm Docks.
  3. At 19:06 on Friday, within one minute, Seigheart queued six storms and two frosts, and redneck one more storm. Weather had been a queue since 3 November: the storms would come one after another through Saturday, from half past one in the morning to mid afternoon.
  4. At 21:02 at the Quiet Reeds, Marvolo could not believe Ledah was still fishing. Ledah: 'A true fisherman does it for the fish.' At the Storm Docks samon asked Fang if Fang was catching fish too; at 23:00 Fang answered: 'Hello, Old Corpse. Yes, I am. I do this regularly, with or without competition.'
  5. Else's streak of 162 broke at about half past midnight. Saturday 01:26: the first of Seigheart's storms. At Stunted Mere at 01:34 Else asked: 'trying to catch a lighting again Samon?' samon: 'Storm fish are the best fish. And I've got the perfect storm setup.' Four seconds later, at 01:38, lightning struck samon dead, as in the first competition. Invie: 'Again?! We will probably get a new achievement soon for getting hit by lightning twice.'
  6. Fang fished on through the storm: at 01:57 a Wheelbreaker Sturgeon at the Mill Pool on a streak of 193, worth 228 points. The streak reached 208 before it broke at 02:40; around 03:00 Fang went past Else. At 03:07 Else looked for Fang Archbane: last seen at the Storm Docks.
  7. Fang fished until 07:50 and stopped with 14,912 points. Else was back before six. At 11:03, under redneck's storm, Else landed an Underslab Sturgeon of 43.58 kg at Stunted Mere, the heaviest fish of the competition. Marvolo: 'Big. Caviar for weeks.' and 'Careful with the lightning.' Else, at 11:25: 'seigh and redneck.... funny guys really funny.' At 11:53 Else asked Marvolo, the weather guy, to do something about the weather: 'I can only queue up more stuff at the back I'm afraid.'
  8. Fang came back at noon; at 12:30 Else was 73 points behind. At 12:52 lightning struck Marvolo at Stunted Mere, inside another of Seigheart's storms; Marvolo never cast again and stayed third. Else left at 13:10; by 17:00 Fang was about 3,500 points ahead.
  9. Else came back at 17:00 and fished until the end. Fang stepped away from 23:10 to 00:50. At 23:50 Else began a streak that never broke, 164 to the end. The gap: 3,600 at 23:30, 2,000 at 01:00, and at 03:30 on Sunday, half an hour from the end, 36 points: Fang 28,856, Else 28,820.
  10. The last half hour: the Quiet Reeds gave Else Syntropic Dust, branches, a Walnut Shell Boat and a Tarnished Fool's Bell; at the Storm Docks Fang landed a Crimson Wake Marlin, a Pierbreaker Wolffish and a Stormink Squid, and at 03:37 a Wheelbreaker Sturgeon at the Mill Pool worth 144 points. Else went to the Mill Pool at 03:57 and drew a Sodden Flour Sack. The last landings: Else at 03:59:08, Fang at 03:59:21.
  11. The results at 04:00: 14 took part. Fang Archbane 30,069.2 points (666 landings, 28 misses), the Aquarium. Else 29,578.9 (794 landings, 17 misses), the Water Glasses and the Heaviest Catch Trophy. Marvolo third with 5,947.5, samon fourth with 5,901.9: both killed by lightning, 46 points apart. Else had landed more and missed less; Fang had fished the waters that count more.
  12. After: Else claimed the glasses at 04:02, Fang the aquarium at 04:04, Marvolo the 20 gold that morning. By Sunday evening a Paddlewheel Gar from the Mill Pool swam in Fang's aquarium. The last storm in the queue, Fang's own, broke at 05:38 over empty lakes.

Thirty six hours, two lightning strikes, thirteen seconds. Written down so that it is not forgotten.