the Stone Lion

a mini-event

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(continuing from the main festival post)
The colt's pebble opens a hairline crack in the stone lion's mane. The lion's eyes, two chips of raw obsidian, begin to glow.

You are standing amongst the uneasy crowd when a small gust of wind throws up a sheet of sand; you avert your eyes. Perhaps that is why you do not see it happen: that the stone lion's right eye blinks.

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introduction

Welcome to the stone lion mini-event for the Festival of the Sun!

When I was writing up the festival prompts, I felt that I really wanted a prompt featuring half the violence of the Solonia tournaments, yet retaining still that Solterran ~ flair ~. Hence I came up with this! 

There is something trapped within the stone lion. The one who frees it, will earn the loyalty and the companionship of the creature within forever. That is, the character who frees the creature will win a special fantasy bonded: a chimera! The chimera's magic must be solar related, as this companion will be perceived ICly as a gift from Solis himself. Additionally, the fantasy bonded item cannot be transferred from one character to another. Please be sure to participate with the character you'd like to receive this special chimera bonded.

This mini-event is open to all characters—however, the chimera must ultimately go to a Solterran. This means that if it is freed by a non-Solterran, I will be awarding the fantasy bonded to whichever Solterran character posted closest to the winning post. There will still be opportunities to earn an IC participation prize (a fragment of the stone lion) as well as smaller Agora items "dropped" by the stone lion as characters attempt to free it!

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how it works

• The stone lion will start off with HP: 150. Every character who posts may "attack" the stone lion once, in any fashion. The damage they deal will be their Attack stat. For example, if @Adonai attacks the stone lion, he will deal 28 damage.
  
• Once you post your first attack, your character must wait for a minimum of 2 other characters to attack before attacking again.
  
• Each player may enter a maximum of 2 of their characters to this mini-event.
  
• Every time a character attacks, they have a small chance of receiving one of the following items dropped by the stone lion:
  
  • a pet item.
    
  • an enchantment item.
    
  • an outfit item.
• Once the stone lion's HP drops to 50 or below, the lion will begin restrengthening itself. This means that:
  
  • Every character who attacks from that point onwards has a 50% chance of having their damage halved, and a 25% chance of the stone lion absorbing half of their damage points as HP.
• The character who attacks the stone lion and knocks its HP to 0 wins! 
  
  • Again, if this character is not a Solterran, than the Solterran who posted closest to the winning post will win the chimera bonded.

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stone lion hp: 139 / 150

attack log

• Saoirse: -11 HP