Friday, April 18, 2025

Scarlet Crag Carnival

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SCARLET CRAG CARNIVAL

The greatest space funfair arrives in two days at the Rock of Bral, six months earlier than expected. Anyone visiting the Scarlet Crag Carnival—a dwarven citadel composed of space funfair attractions, must head to the baths upon returning to the Rock, as mandated by the Void Plague Decree. Three booths and balloons operated by autognomes and positioned at the Festival Grounds ferry guests in and out of the Crag.

The Crag arrives earlier this year with fewer attractions than in the last season. Rumor has it the earlier arrival is the Crag's desire—people believe the dwarven citadel is a sentient being, and everything it does has a purpose.

The Crag's political officer, Balila Scarletcrag, has sent us the carnival's daily schedule and shared the season's theme—monster hordes.

After getting tickets for the attractions, guests head to the house of costumes, choosing a monster costume set and a trinket to join a horde (dragon, fey, giant, undead, fiend, or celestial).

The day has three special events:

  • The Tripplets' Opera opens the day.

  • The Dragon's Feast marks the midday; all guests can have a meal and find trinkets within their kindori ribs.

  • Masters of the Multiverse closes the day by appointing the winning horde—those that have collected more prizes during the day earn a special gift.

There are six attractions available this season: Welcome to the Jungle, Protofighters’ Grand Prix, Shooting Stars, Planar Fishing, Haunted Cavern, and Magical Mystery Circus—since there are no tickets for this attraction, a horde group must present one prize from each of the other attractions to get access to the circus.

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Bral Games Warm-up

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BRAL GAMES WARM-UP

Dalur Bloodbeard has been training rigorously with his team—the Bloody Hell Gladiators, determined to defeat the formidable Pumak “Pecs Bouncer” and his team—the Wildspace Berserkers. Both teams have already qualified for the games, and according to the category bracket, they will only face each other in the final at the Arena of Frun.

Once Bralians enjoy the gladiators' fight at the arena rather than other games, with the exception of the foodstuff field where people feast at will on participating businesses, the tickets for the teams' final are already SOLD OUT. Everyone expects and hopes to see Dalur challenging Pumak in a fight they are calling "the battle of the decade."

The Bral Games begins soon—five days after the Scarlet Crag Carnival departs. In the meantime, a series of qualifiers can be found throughout the city in many categories divided into three fields—sports, foodstuff, and tavern. Awards vary according to field and category—from an opportunity to join the army, navy, or magistrates’ watch to prizes in gold pieces and renown.

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