On the weekend of NOVEMBER 21st/22nd we will hold the sands elimination

quests and the amethyst gemquest - the last of the fifteen gemquests to

determine the next God. Timed to coincide with Avalon's 20th anniversary,

this promises to be one of the land's most noteworthy ordinations: each

contender, spanning the professions, with something to offer - countless

strategies as for the first time the specialisations will face off

against one another in earnest.

There will be sands elimination quests starting Saturday afternoon by

the Avalon clock and these will continue until we are left with just two

contender. The sands eliminations are one vs one contests, drawn at

random. The Ordination itself involves all citizens of the land if they

wish to take part, selecting the contender behind which to throw

their support. It lasts for three hours and details (for those who

don't know the format, if any such exist) are in HELP AMETHYST and

HELP ORDINATION.

Contenders, if you have scheduling issues with the Saturday sands

elimination bring this to my attention so I can schedule you for a

weekday elimination. You should also give a little thought to your birth-realm,

for tensions are high in Olympus and you will be - as they say - stepping

out of the frying pan and into the fire, the moment you raise the

Sceptre of the Divinities and cast aside your mortal form... whichever

of you it may be.

Written by my hand on the 23rd of Paglost, in the year 1247.