StorySummary

The Story

This page is to summarise major storyline-affecting occurrences as they happen in Egypt. Please keep this page to facts only, no opinions. If you're in doubt whether it's fact of opinion, run it past PRET or PREE members, we'll happily help.

The Events

Heptathlon #1

Sami organises games for all, awards are from his 'inheritance'.

Microphone Auction

Wahim auctions a microphone (which he never says where he got it from) for flax and cornerstones. This mic was won by Balthazarr, and is now E!

Microphone Event

Sami expresses concern over Wahim's treatment of the microphone, and says he will award a microphone 'to the people'. This microphone is P!.

Breezeway Blueprints

3? blueprints were given out, one by easter egg hunt, one a contest, and one by the infamous rigged lottery. 'So who do we know....' Immortal words in story.

Metallurgy3

Wahim announces that research on this can be sped up *and* made cheaper (the costs were astronomical) but only if a region agrees by popular vote to have their veg yields cut by 50%. PL was the region that took the hit, and gyration furnaces were released.

Nikomedes' Proclomation

Nikomedes appears to Egypt for the very first time, following the Herb Hunt. This is the first time we hear Sami referred to as Pharoah.

Storyline

This is the chat summary of Story chat tab as of Dec 14, 2009:

Wahim: Names like SunnyOne, McArine, TheMazeEcho.
Wahim: Names like Greenish, Hatnofret, Nissim and Orchid - many of their descendants are with us today.
Wahim: Egypt, know your past with The Test of Hexaglyphs!
Wahim: ---
Wahim: Today I come with a message for Egypt's Leaders.
Wahim: I have studied the Monument built by Leaders of a past age, and have deciphered their challenge.
Wahim: You will be assigned to groups of seven, and will examine the dilemma faced by pirates of perhaps that bygone age: how does one distribute a treasure, when those receiving it have the power to mutiny and confiscate yours?
Wahim: Leaders, show your skills with The Test of the Retired Pirates!
Wahim: ---
Wahim: Disciples of Worship, you know cooperation, but are you up to a challenge in seven parts?
Wahim: That is the number of gods that must be satisfied, in order to pass my next Test.
Wahim: Can you complete the Test of Festivals, and unlock my Manifesto of the Journeyman?
Wahim: ---
Wahim: Disciples of Worship, prepare for your third Test.
Wahim: From time to time, the gods will send an altar to those who have performed their favored activity in the last week.
Wahim: Activities are everyday tasks, perhaps feeding sheep, or fishing.
Wahim: The difficulty lies in the fact that there are dozens of such activities, and there is no straightforward way to determine what this week's activity is.
Wahim: Disciples of Worship, please the Gods by completing the Test of Beacons!
Wahim: ---
Wahim: Disciples of Art and Music, can you find beauty in our land?
Wahim: In our fields?
Wahim: In our mountains and our gently rolling hills?
Wahim: My next challenge is for you, and it must be petitioned by one who calls a mountaintop home.
Wahim: Disciples of Art and Music, the terrain is your canvas in the Test of Flight!
Wahim: ---
Wahim: Leaders of Egypt, what sort of fortitude have you?
Wahim: My next challenge is one of my most fascinating, at least from where I sit.
Wahim: You will be split into groups of twelve, and in a series of contests and votes, eliminate fellow members of your group.
Wahim: Survive to the final four in both Level-1 and Level-2 contests to pass the Test that I consider my masterpiece:
Wahim: The Test of the Covered Cartouche!
Wahim: ---
Wahim: Disciples of Thought:
Wahim: Gaze at the nighttime sky - what do you see?
Wahim: In my next challenge you will arrange the stars themselves, on a specially constructed canvas, and invite others to extinguish your array of stars.
Wahim: Exercise the will of a God in the Test of the Constellation!
Wahim: ---
Wahim: Disciples of Harmony, you more than any other Discipline should know the people of Egypt.
Wahim: My previous Tests have asked you to prove that you become a critic of the Arts...
Wahim: That you reason about the puzzles created by disciples of Though...
Wahim: That you know who will succeed in my other Tests...
Wahim: And know which one mate will both succeed and remain loyal.
Wahim: In my next challenge, you must know the political will of the land.
Wahim: Accurately predict the outcome of law ballots, to pass The Test of the Freeman!
Wahim: ---
Wahim: Disciples of Worship, I have a new way to test your cooperation.
Wahim: I have studied inscriptions on the Adn monument of Worship, and worked with priests at Egypt's great Universities of Worship.
Wahim: In my next challenge, you will form into groups of 7 at the various monuments.
Wahim: The order of monuments is directed by the gods themselves, but the groups are up to you.
Wahim: Advance as a Priest as you complete the Test of Remembrance Ceremonies!
Wahim: ---
Wahim: My recent studies of the inscriptions on the Adn monument of Worship were most enlightening.
Wahim: It seems that generations past had a deep understanding of Worship.
Wahim: And so I turned my attention to other ancient writings.
Wahim: The Discipline of Harmony, though considered by some scholars to be a "modern" discipline, is challenging because mastering it requires that you understand your fellow Egyptian.
Wahim: The challenge inscribed distills that notion:
Wahim: If you were asked to sacrifice a single item, winning points based on how few others sacrificed the same, which item would you pick?
Wahim: If you were allowed to sacrifice a wide variety of items, winning points for any that were sacrificed by few others, then which would you pick?
Wahim: Disciples of Harmony, know your fellow Egyptians by the Balance of Goods!