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  1. The Unknown Medallion
    LG109 - Aftermath: Ruin’s Own Luck Dedri sighed, glancing at the parlimentary hall. How far it had fallen. The spies had revealed themselves, and yet the noble lords had been too weak to kill them. Or Venture's supporters too cunning. He could see them now, picking their way through the chamber, their loyalties openly shown. They had total control of the Assembly now. Tomorrow, they would send a parley to Venture's horde. The day after, Straff would likely be crowned king of Luthadel, and the next day, there would be a new Lord Ruler. He turned, noticing Elend. He looked thin, stooped, as if caring weight on his shoulders. No wonder. He was essentially powerless in his court, the one thing every king dreads. No matter how much the people love you, the aristocrats are those who make a king great. "My Lord." he said quietly. "I'm . . . sorry. I failed you." "Dedri?" Elend glanced at him. Rusts, he had been crying. "No you're fine. It's . . . not you I'm disappointed in." Dedri nodded. "The Lords." "No. Myself. R2D2, Markus . . .they're my fault. I banished them. I stripped them of their titles. I failed them. Them and the Empire." "With all due respect, sir, no blame lies on you. You carried out the will of the Assembly." "I was led." Elend replied, a sharp note of bitterness in his voice. "I was a puppet." Dedri nodded slightly. Useless denying that. Useless denying the truth. "Elend, I . . . I want out." Elend recoiled at the abruptness of Dedri's request. "I'm sorry?" "Sir, I . . . I don't feel safe here anymore. I want out. Can you reassign me? Somewhere calm, peaceful?" "I . . . yes, Dedri. You've been faithful to the last. I'll give you an estate and everything. My father had a lovely piece of property, in the Southern Dominance . . . " "That will do nicely, my Lord." "Indeed. It has a town attached, even. Tyrian Falls. A peaceful place. Perfect for a new start." Dedri grinned, in spite of himself. Tyrian Falls. He liked the name. Perhaps he could do some good there. "Thank you, my Lord." Then, he turned, and, taking his leave of the nobles, left the city of Luthadel. ~ Another day. Another coin flip. The nobles were once again in a deadlock. The skaa seemed just as divided, so it once again came down to chance. They now cowered when Vin arrived. She tossed the coin into the air before even reaching the ground. She laughed upon seeing who it had chosen. “You're a lucky one, Lord Booknewt.” Lord Hoid began begging, but he was cut off by a coin ramming through his throat. As Lord Hoid died, Lord Booknewt responded, "One might even say, lucky as Ruin himself." With the codeword, men sprang up from among the crowd, the nobles, and even Elend's guards. They proved too much for the Mistborn, and the square was soon bathed in blood. Tin Capone walked over to the Loyalists. "Well done. I had begun to think you wouldn't pull it off." "You have our thanks, "Lord" Capone, and your payment will arrive shortly," Lord Booknewt replied. "What of my other payment?" Tin Al asked, his men turning from the slaughter to watch the Loyalist Lords. Their numbers seemed quite small indeed when not bolstered by the Mobborn. Uncertainty crossed Lord Booknewt's face. He hadn't thought he would have to fulfill this part of the deal, but his numbers had been thinned by the riots and Mistborn's efforts. "Of course, of course," he said, taking the more intelligent path, "the Metal Mob will be unhindered in its activities within the Steel Empire, in perpetuity." Tin Capone smiled. "Pleasure doing business with ya." ~ Hoid has been executed! Hoid was a New Lord. Votecount: Booknewt (3): Ksauce, Hoid Hoid (3): Newt, Akimiko Congratulations to the elims for pulling it off! I think everyone knows them by now, but @IcedOutPenguin, @Akimikoisthecutest, and @Booknewt pulled out a win despite getting two of their members scanned. I guess Booknewt had to get all that luck to counterbalance Sart's. Thank you @TwinStorm for helping to make and run this game, some things came up to make rollover hard for you, but that's why you brought me on. It was great working and chatting with you. GM thoughts from me to hopefully come tomorrow or Tuesday, I'm not sure for Twinstorm. Players: Documents:
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    Day over.
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    Indeed, apparently one of my brackets was wrong
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    LG109 - Day Four: Shadows of Silence in the Streets of Luthadel And all was silent. ~ Nobody has died! Skaa Messengers: The Messengers are silent today. Come on people, you lose nothing by sending something funny Things To Note: You may place a vote by putting a player's name in bolded red. The player with the most votes will die at the end of the turn. Ties are decided randomly. Political Power is being awarded currently. PMs are open! This turn will end on Sunday the 22nd of November at 9:00 PM Central Time. Have fun! Players:
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    Officially closing the turn, next one up in like five minutes.
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    LG109 - Night Three: Multi-use Coins Vin fell into the courtyard, a peeved look on her face. She was too busy for this political nonsense. And that last batch of alloy had her feeling worse than usual. Silent as, well, as a Mistborn, she tossed a coin into the air. It spun through the air. Vin mentally assigned one side to each noble. She lightly burned iron, not to affect the toss, but to track the clip’s movement. It clattered against the ground. Elend would want to strip the noble of their titles, expel them from Luthadel. Vin couldn't risk them helping the other side. The coin landed ash side up, condemning Lord Sart. Vin yanked the coin to her hand as the noble started to back away in fear. She threw the coin into the air and shoved it towards the man's head. She turned before the clip hit. As she walked away, she heard a thud and pulled the coin back. She let it fall to the ground in front of her, stepping forward, and pushed into the sky. ~ Sart has been executed! Sart was a New Lord. Votecount: Booknewt (3): Sart, Ksauce, Hoid Sart (3): Akimiko, Booknewt Akimiko (2): Accused Things To Note: You may place any actions you earned yesterday today. Political Power is not being awarded currently. PMs are open! This turn will end on Saturday, November 22nd at 9:00 PM Central Time. Have fun! Players:
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    Cycle closed. No further posting will be counted for Political Power.
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    This is the official announcement that this cycle is extended until normal rollover time tonight due to the outage.
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    The QF will be guaranteed to end in the next week or so, who's available to run the next MR? @StrikerEZ twice @Kasimir and @Claincy @xinoehp512 @Elandera @The Wandering Wizard
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    Important announcement I forgot to mention. Akimikoisthecutest has been Accused! If one player votes them, they will be tied for the execution. If two player or more vote them, they will be executed.
  11. The Unknown Medallion
    Writeup tomorrow ~ Ruler of the Mists has died! Ruler was a New Lord. Skaa Messengers: The Messengers are silent today. Things To Note: You may place a vote by putting a player's name in bolded red. The player with the most votes will die at the end of the turn. Ties are decided randomly. Political Power is being awarded currently. PMs are open! This turn will end on Wednesday the 19th of November at 9:00 PM Central Time. Have fun! Players:
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    Yep! Sorry, on it
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    LG109 - Night Two: Unanimity “And the judges are back with the scorecards,” announced Bruce Buffer, the crowd waiting, “and by a unanimous decision, Penguin is the SE, Champion. Of. The. Dead Doc!!!” (Real writeup later maybe) ~ Penguin has been executed! Penguin was a Final Empire Loyalist. Votecount: Penguin (6): Hoid, Newt, Ksauce, Ruler, Sart, Penguin Things To Note: You may place any actions you earned yesterday today. Political Power is not being awarded currently. PMs are open! This turn will end on Monday, November 17th at 9 PM Central Time Have fun! Players:
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    Turn over, await the word counts
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    LG109 - Day Two: The Woes of Automation (Totally not a jab at Twin and Chatgpt) Dedri sighed. It was getting too late for him. Ever since the Lord Ruler’s fall, it had been constant work, and as a result, he was getting more and more tired. Not ideal for the Emperor’s advisor, but it was something he had to work for. It also was frustrating to reside in Keep Venture, seeing as it was one of the coldest buildings in the city, full of winding cold stone hallways. It didn’t help sensible folk to be uncomfortable, but that made sense for the Ventures. Straff had always been ridiculously arrogant, not unlike R2D2. Dedri sighed. It had been a shame. R2D2 had been honest. They had tried to bring him back, but he had already left the city. Ashamed, apparently. He stopped, seeing a lantern glow in the distance. He tensed, terrified, until he saw the face. Elend. His Emperor. “Greetings, my Lord.” Elend nodded to him. Dedri frowned. That was . . . unlike Venture, to say the least. He was always very vivacious. “My Lord?” “Dedri?” Elend glanced at him. Yes, something was wrong with him. He could see the eyes. Hollow. “My Lord? What happened?” “There was . . . an assassin. Mistborn. Came for me. He got scared off by my security but —” He paused. Dedri frowned. He knew Elend’s Mistborn to be competent, but he faced assassins every day. This was no different. Why was he so shocked? “In the fight, the Mistborn, he . . . found another target. It was an accident, mostly. Scrap metal from the fight. Sharp though. It . . . he killed him.” Dedri gasped. “Who?” When Elend did not respond, he grabbed his shoulders. Improper, to be sure, but the situation demanded it. “Who?” he shouted in his face. “Your Mistakes. Shrapnel, through the heart.” Lord Ruler. Lord Ruler. Dedri staggered backwards. The assassins . . . they had gone too far. “My Lord . . . Elend . . . Your Mistborn . . . has she found anything?’ Elend gazed at him blankly, but frowned. “No. I will . . . we will . . . settle this in court. Message the Lords. The speeches continue.” Dedri sighed. Those ideals. Those rusting ideals. “All the Lords?” he tried, hoping to bring something else up. Not that it mattered in the wake of the murder. Elend frowned. “What do you mean?” “Well sir, Lord Capone . . . you know as well as I do, he has ties to crime! The Metal —” Elend cut him off. “Dedri, it doesn’t matter. Summon the Lords. All of them. My father’s spies . . . they’ll be gone by evening.” ~ Tin Capone ignored the bickering of the nobles. They put on a pretty face for the common folk, but they showed their crude manners and poor judgment behind closed doors. They were hardly worth listening to. Instead, Tin Capone listened to his pollsters, who had been collecting information on which nobles were most favored. His primary informant had yet to arrive, but one of the lesser members of his organization approached. The man used… unconventional methods with unpredictable results. “What is it?” He asked underneath the clamor of nobles. “Yeah, um, Mr, uh, I mean Lord Capone sir, I have my results from the automatic polling stations. It took me hours, but it should be correct,” the man replied, a ball of nerves. Tin Capone tore the proffered paper from the man's hand. He didn't care what his underlings called him, so long as they were respectful and actually rusting picked one. “These are ridiculous, they can't possibly be right.” The man paled, “That's what the machine said, Lord Capone.” Capone tossed aside the papers. “Useless.” Some time later, his most reliable pollster arrived. The man was grimy, covered in ash and showing signs of hard labor. “I've been among the people, sir.” “What are your findings?” Capone asked, looking at his own notes. The man shared his numbers from memory. Capone smiled, such an efficient worker, he thought. They largely matched his, other than a few inconsistencies. Between the two, he felt he had a good grasp of the situation. Time to earn some political power of his own. ~ CD has died! CD was a New Lord. Skaa Messengers: The Messengers are silent today. Things To Note: You may place a vote by putting a player's name in bolded red. The player with the most votes will die at the end of the turn. Ties are decided randomly. Political Power is being awarded currently. PMs are open! This turn will end on Sunday the 16th of November at 9:00 PM Central Time. Have fun! Players:
  16. The Unknown Medallion
    I'm sending out preliminary PMs, they will just include your placement. If you're confused, just wait, I'm planning on sending out PMs that detail what abilities are available to you, and if you don't receive a PM, you did not make it to the top 6
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    Or not so shortly, wish me luck
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    Noted.
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    Noted.
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    LG109 - Day One: The Newest Lords “Dedri?” “Yes, my Lord?” Dedri replied, turning to face the man he had sworn to serve. The beardless boy, who had never spent a night in the ash, never faced hardships. People thought being nobility was easy. They were wrong. While some of his brethren did just lounge and party, they had to face the burden of rule, of politics. That meant long nights, hard journeys. In some ways, they had it worse than the Skaa. Well, now they did. The Skaa ruled everything now. And they loved Elend. Couldn’t see past his faults. “Your presentation . . . you don’t understand just how necessary what comes next is. The fate of the Empire depends on it.” “Believe me, Lord, I know.” Dedri replied, trying to keep the strain out of his voice. “Make us proud, Dedri.” He nodded, in spite of himself. Lord Ruler, he wanted to serve Elend well. He felt . . . indebted to him. He wouldn’t see this Empire fall, even if its ruler was incompetent. “My Lord . . . what comes next is a toss of the dice. Ultimately, we do not make the decisions. I need you to know that, My Lord . . . Elend. I need you to understand. Our fate, the fate of the Empire . . . it's in the hands of the Lords.” he turned, looking away. In the hands of a bunch of pathetic, greedy noblemen. “May God help us all.” he whispered. ~ The Lords gathered for the assembly, and there was a certain… tension. They had become accustomed to change. The new emperor regularly granted and stripped titles these days, meaning they often had no idea who would be staring back at them come the assembly. Most of them were trained Lords, the remnants of the shattered nobility, and as such would not show their surprise, even if they felt any, which seemed less likely each day. Random minor nobles, people who could barely trace their ancestry, even some skaa craftsmen had been granted titles. It was disturbing. And yet, after the assembly had already gathered and nearly begun the session, they all stared when the newest lord walked through the door. They knew him, or they knew of him. They knew that slight limp, and that aluminum cane. They knew the scare on his cheek. They knew his name. And they knew to fear him. He smiled. “Emperor Elend recognizes his newest noble, introducing… Lord Capone.” ~ Welcome welcome welcome to LG109 The Lords of Luthadel - Day One! All GMPMs should be out by now, but make sure to PM me and/or @TwinStorm if you can't find yours. The players with the most posted words by the end of the turn will be awarded the corresponding abilities, so get posting! Things To Note: You may place a vote by putting a player's name in bolded red. The player with the most votes will die at the end of the turn. Ties are decided randomly. Political Power is being awarded currently. PMs are open! This turn will end on Thursday the 13th of November at 9:00 PM Central Time. Have fun! Players:
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    Under 24 hours left in signups! Come one, come all! Bring your friends, bring them all! Come, all ye, to the Lord's Ball
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    Yeah, I've played in games with nearly 30 players, it was chaotic But hey, this is your opportunity to make a new record!
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    I mean, yes, but the committee has been like this for pretty much as long as I've been around tbh
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    You just have to type @The Unknown and I'm the first that pops up, easy really. I haven't left that system for a bit. And I have to stay on theme for my games! Thanks for running this @DrakeMarshall, the rules were cool and I wish I could have interacted with them a little more
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