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Feb - March Duelyst Lore Contest
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After i get home(and finish my english essay)
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Good luck! 
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Welp, here goes nothing! It will probably suck in the shadow of @halcyon98 masterpiece, but why not write it anyways.
To be betrayed
A short backstory of Maehv Skinsolder
It was over 400 years ago, since Maehv Skinsolder became what she is now, but it wasnt the same back then. It happened long ago in the Lyonar Kingdoms, way before the battle at the God`s heel. Maehv Sunblesser was a high ranking army general with a kind heart and respect to every soldier under her command. She used the holy power of the light to gain respect and authority between her men. In every fight, her strategies were planned to the last unit. There was no reason to hate her, everything she did was to support the kingdom, to support people. She supported charities, she supported the poor. But some people, mainly the kings advisors, thought, that her kindheartness would lead to the armies downfall, as well as king getting overthrown.
So, one day, during a build up to the next army expedition, one of the royal advisors approached Maehv and gave her an ‘‘order’’, which actually was his own laid trap to remove Maehv from her post eternally. The order was to explore the lands of Styxus for potential resource scavenge. Maehv, oblivious to the trap, took her and the advisors unit and journeyed down to Styxus. When they arrived, they saw the ghostland that Styxus was, but did not give in to fear thanks to the Maehvs motivational words. The time for the betrayal had come. Upon aproaching the cave, the advisor gave order to apprehend Maehv and throw her down the cave. Maehvs troops were powerless against the royal advisors unit, and the quickly captured Maehv and disposed of her in the pits of Styxus.
Once Maehv awoke, she found herself in the Echoing Caves, the homeland of Inxikree. She knew there was no way to escape out from the way she fell in, so she decided to find an alternative way out. Unluckly for her, after a bit of exploring , she stumbled up on a horde of Inxykree, the female gender of Inxikree. Seeing Maehv, they charged at her, attempting to devour her. Maehv, terrified by the creatures attacking her, pulled out her holy whip and charged into a counterattack. It was a bloody battle, Inxykree slashing with their nails and fangs, while Maehv blasted them with jolts of holy light and flame. They fought for hours, until it was only 1 Inxykree left. Maehv, exhausted from the fight, used her last power to smite the Inxykree, but ultimately missed. The Inxykree devored Maehv, making her fall into deep darkness.
Suddently, Maehv awoke, but her kindness had withered away. Her holy powers gone, the shadows awoke in her. She had changed, one of her fists flaming. Her holy weapon had turned into a demonic whip. She walked out and suddently remembered, what happened. She chased down the betrayers, who were returning to the ship with scavenged resources. All of them almost got away, except for one of the kings advisors men. Out of anger, she ripped out his soul with her bare hands, her flaming fist burning herself and making a husk out of the soldier. That day, Maehv Sunblesser died and Maehv Skinsolder, the Immortal vanguard general, was born.
I hope everyone enjoys this story.
Edit: Added a fight scene
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As long as it follows the prompt and rules then it’s fine
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Go ahead, as we don’t have 3 entries yet you all have an extra week to work on your submissions! Good luck guys, and enjoy your spring break!
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Quick question, is it possible to be a SELF made general? as not quite a card but a character, like a bio of one you made? Cut i have a few that are kinda the rotten apples of the Duelyst world, a Male Abyssian? A songhai beauty that failed the rite to bond with a animal and became corrupt with power? A lynoar priest that creates hollow followers as meat shields? A vanar tibesman that has the power to engulf the world in frost fire? Something like that
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It’s ok to reference a non-card character (ex: doge chef in figure 1), but the focus has to be on a general in the game.
Then again, we may get a prompt like that in the future. We’ll just have to wait and see 
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Excelent. I think I will put in an epic fight scene.my spring break ended last week
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This actually looks really interesting :0 I’m surprised more people haven’t submitted anything yet.
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Just one more submission and we can start voting!
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I might do a quick one when I get back from karate training, hopefully it’ll still be open for submissions by then uwu
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I’ll be extending the submission deadline up to March 30, 11:59pm PDT! Polls will come after the end of that time period
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A Precious Spikey Bab
A Cassyva Soulreaper story
The population of Ooz had recently been in decline. Aside from their natural predators, the Ooz were heavily hunted by the people of other kingdoms for the medicinal and cosmetic benefits of the mucous they secreted. Their shells shattered or hallowed out to be used as embellishments for clothing and jewelry. Some attempted to domesticate the creatures for breeding; however the improper handling led to death in captivity.
Although laws had been implemented around Styxus to protect the now endangered species, enforcement was weak. Concerned for the welfare of these creatures, Cassyva took it upon herself to oversee the conservation program for the Ooz. Her activities included routine inspections of the Ooz habitat, and scanning the area for poachers.
Upon arrival to a forest in Ixus on routine inspection, something didn’t seem quite right. The conservation grounds appeared quieter than usual. The Ooz were not seen coming out of their cave. Cassyva knew something was wrong. She ordered her team to search the area for trespassers and to apprehend any suspicious figures. She rushed over to the cave entrance, only to be greeted with the terrible sight of shell fragments and what seemed to be shattered Ooz eggshells scattering the cave floor. It was devastating.
Cassyva reassembled her team to gather reports and found that a group of Scroll Bandits were responsible for the raid only hours before the conservation team had arrived. With the amount of time lapsed, there was no way they could track down the criminals. The least that could be done was to clean up the cave and double check for any surviving Ooz.
While searching the premises of the cave, in a small crevice, a little ways off from the cave entrance, a member of the conservation team alerted everyone that he had found some kind of prickly casing. Unsure of what it was, they carefully cut into the rather tough and leathery cocoon and discovered three unharmed Ooz Eggs. Each about the size of a fist. Cassyva was ecstatic. She knew it wasn’t safe to leave them in the cave, so she ordered her team to bring them back to Shar.
No one had ever successfully domesticated an Ooz. Little was known about how to keep them, but Cassyva was determined to ensure that they would hatch safely and live long enough to breed and multiply. She wrapped each egg in a thick towel to simulate the thick and prickly casing that had originally contained the eggs, and monitored them daily. She documented the changes she had noticed each week. As time went by, activity in the eggs seemed to increase. Sounds were heard from time to time coming from the eggs. They would sometimes shake and rock back and forth. She was excited for when they would hatch, but she knew she had to be patient.
Until one day, one of the eggs started to crack. She rushed over to the rack where they had been hanging, and carefully observed what was happening. The egg shook and rocked until a long fissure across the eggshell could be seen from the outside. Little spikes wriggled their way out of the cracks. Cassyva encouraged the little Ooz under her breath hoping that it would make it out. After a few more minutes of wriggling and struggling, the egg had hatched. The first Oozling to ever be born in captivity.
Cassyva immediately found herself endeared to the slimy and spikey creature. She gently took hold of the hatchling in her hands, and smiled as it made little goopy sounds.
“I think I’ll name you Spike.”
nth edit: 599 words, woo!
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This seems like the winner
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We can’t say for suure yeeet. I mean there’s still the poll afterall owo
@halcyon98’s was way better constructed with all the elements a short story should have.
Yours was also pretty creative! You made up your own backstory for something which I think is really cool uwu
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But this is the cutest story ever, covering the backstory of 2 cards
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Aw thank youu~ but don’t lose hope! haha
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