The WC Istari Trials

[bacon]

Welcome to the Istari Trials, young wizards! I am your leader and I have come to teach you all the ways of the Istari. Lend me your staffs and lend me your ears, for I shall teach you the way of the Istari for all who will enter.

Ranks/Roster
The High Istari Council - Those who lead the Order
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The Istari Masters - Those who have earned high respect
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The Istari Wizards - Those who have passed the Apprentice Stage
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Istari Apprentices - Those in training to become an Istari.
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Istari Outcasts - Those who have not yet entered the Istari Trials

To join, you must first have fifty posts and must complete an initiation task. Once allowed entry, you will be given a master who will guide you through the ways of the Istari, though masters and the high council may give you tasks as well. Once you have passed your apprenticeship, you will be able to become a Wizard and train others in the Order. To become a master, one must go through the Wizard Trials, where new abilities will be taught and tested.

Many battles lie ahead that must be fought. Let us protect Middle-Earth and defeat the reign of Sauron! May the Valar protect you!

[RaditzSoldier]

I'll join.

[bacon]

Welcome, Outcast RaditzSoldier. For your initiation task, I want you to summarize, in your own words, Book the VIth of the Green Dragon Inn, in 666 lines or more. Good luck.

[RaditzSoldier]

Heh, I like reading the GDI books.

Wrath of the Admins, here I come.

[bacon]

Report to Orthanc when your summary is complete.

[Gorbin]

May I join, since I like Wizards?

[RaditzSoldier]

Exactly 666 words.

The Green Dragon Inn has had many things in its history: hackings, banning, spamming, deletion, arrivals, backstabbing, assassins, and what not. Many events that happened will not be forgotten, and will be passed down generation to generation. These were stories that one would tell an eager child before the time of sleep, to give him an idea of history while still putting in history. History that was not to be forgotten, they were. There were many different stories, but one of the darkest of them has to be that of the tale of Book Six: Wrath of the Admins.

The previous book, Taming of the Spammers, had attempted to crack down on spam and to make sure every one posted intelligently. The administration team was tired of the many one word posts and those that were a one smilie post. This attack was to bring some sanity into the forums. But this crusade against spamming and the evils of not thinking when you post failed, and the admins were forced to drastic measures. They decided they’d become strong and with horrid punishments for those who dare defy the mods.

They erected a huge set of rules and guidelines, and a list of punishments for those who did not follow them. Then, to cement their control, they raised the post goal to five thousand, and had you have to sign a waver of agreement before you were allowed to post. Though everyone did sign it, there was a dark feel over the waver.

At first, all was calm. Sports were discussed. Fast food restaurants debated. There were talks of many things one would deem to talk about. Just another book. But then the evil started. Subtly at first, though. There were edits for things the admins now would simply laugh by. Text Talk, used by the admins themselves these days, was an offense one would only commit were they truly suicidal. But, from the looks of things, suicide was a good option.

A poem was posted, but Baxon shot it down. Tensions rose. People flamed each other, but then stopped the moment they realized they could get in serious trouble. They became angry at this, then began to flame again, in a never ending vicious cycle.

But, secretly, in the hidden depths of the Dark Tower, the admins began to discuss amongst themselves. There were whispers. Whispers of a new evil: Invision Free. They planned, that in the night, they would suddenly close the forums. They would open a new forum, but only invite their supporters. They would leave the others in the cold. They would let them die.

Slowly the date of the attack drew near. But finally, in an effort to save their position of power, they decided they’d have to let everyone in. The administration team would have to let in the spammers.

When the time arrived, they shot down the forums. They shot a hole in the Inn and it began to sink. The members who were true to Proboards and would not leave to the Invision Free site and forsake their loyalty panicked. They would die? The waters rose.

Baxon approached the leader of the Proboards faithful with a decision. Join Invision Free, or die in the horrible waters of Inactivity. Raditz chose death.

The people ran all about, and finally the inn fell. It died beneath the icy waters. Invision Free had won.

But that was not for long. The faithful who decided death wasn’t worth grew inactive, and forced Baxon to see the error in his ways. And so they returned, and dove under the waters and brought the great site back to the surface. Baxon decided the book could not survive with its current goal. He closed it and opened the next book, Return of the Forums. The seventh book of the Epic of the Green Dragon Inn was of a brighter and happier tone then its predecessor. And so the book closed. A book of unhappiness and terror.

[bacon]

Yes, Gorbin. For your initiation task, I wish you to tell me about your favorite flavor of a jellybean in approximately 300 words and post five pictures of this particular jellybean flavor.

Excellent summary, RaditzSoldier. You are now my apprentice. Your training will begin tomorrow. Until then, rest and be comforted with the fact that your summary of Book the VIth was very exciting, and you will most likely have more tasks exactly like this one.

[RaditzSoldier]

May I be directed to the dormitory?

[bacon]

Up the staircase, right and down to the corner. Go to the fat snail's portrait and say "Gogurt." You will then be led to your dormitory by a rather obscure figure. Good night.

[RaditzSoldier]

Good night, Master Baxon.

*walks off*

[bacon]

Good night, Raditz.

[DDL]

May I join?

[bacon]

For your initiation task, DDL, describe in no less than five hundred words, your favorite video game and your continuous escapades involving whatever game it is.

[DDL]

I'll do it when I get home, tomorrow at the latest.

[RaditzSoldier]

Next task please, Master Baxon?

[bacon]

For your first task, I want you to find every flavor of Gogurt and post a four line poem for each flavor.

[DDL]

You didn't add me to the first post. I quit.

[bacon]

Okay.