The Hall of Champions

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Champion Side Quest One

Battle Armour

Get your best armour on for the event. The weather is hot, and you’ll be fighting in the summer sun, so you’ll need to balance a breathable, practical set of armour that lets you move easily and won’t overheat you. 

Design a battle arena outfit for your character. 

Rewards:

100 fairy gold

10 crystals

Battering Shield

Belt of Giant's Strength

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Champion Side Quest Two

Heroes Feast

⚠️Characters must be level 2 to complete this mission!⚠️

Before the battle arena opens tomorrow, all the champions who have signed up for the Trial of Heroes are invited to gather in the grand feasting hall for a celebration worthy of legend.

The feasting hall is an awe-inspiring sight, its vaulted ceilings adorned with intricate carvings of past victors and mythical creatures. Long tables stretch from end to end, laden with sumptuous dishes: roasted boar, fresh-baked bread, exotic fruits, and flagons of frothy ale and fine wine. The tantalizing aroma of spiced meats and rich sauces fills the air, mingling with the sounds of laughter, clinking goblets, and the occasional boastful tale of daring deeds. This is more than a mere meal—it is a chance to size up your fellow competitors, exchange stories, and perhaps glean insights about the challenges to come. Bards strum lively tunes in the background, and every now and then, a cheer erupts as a champion regales the hall with tales of past triumphs.

Draw or write about your character participating in the heroes feast. Tomorrow, everyone in this room will be battling for glory and gold, but for now, the night is yours to enjoy.

Rewards:

100 fairy gold

10 crystals

Hearty Leftovers

Silver goblet

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Champion Side Quest Three

Sparring Session

⚠️Characters must be level 2 to complete this mission!⚠️

Among the entrants to this years trial are the Grand Champions—legendary warriors who have conquered the Trial of Heroes and emerged victorious. Known across the realm, they wield mythical weapons and armor that have become as famous as their deeds. These legends of battle offer challengers a rare opportunity to spar with them, sharing hard-earned wisdom and testing your skills. Training with them is as much a trial as the tournament itself, a chance to prepare for what lies ahead and perhaps glimpse the path to greatness.

Gladiators can train with Beowulf (floran)

Mercenaries can train with Medb of Connacht (wolf wildling)

Raiders can train with Brunhilde the Valkyrie (harpy)

Battle mages can train with Fionn Mac Cumhaill (dryad)

Martial artists can train with The Mountain King (stonefolk)

Berserkers can train with Cù Chulainn (The Hound of Ulster) (hound critter)

Draw or write about your character training with a legendary warrior. 

Rewards:

100 fairy gold

10 crystals

Bandages of healing

Gourd of Alcohol

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Champion Side Quest Four

A Trial of Strength

The Trial begins! Your first round of combat pits you against a party of bandits, armed with crossbows and daggers. The arena has transformed into a sandy landscape with raised structures around the outside and a bridge suspended across the centre of the arena. There are broken down carriages to take shelter behind, and gunpowder barrels arranged strategically (and precariously) around the arena. Roll a d6 dice to see how you do!

Note: If you recruit another spy to help (either by drawing another spy in your quest or doing a collab with another member of Folkland), roll with advantage (roll twice and use the higher roll)!

If you rolled a 1: The bandits overwhelm you, leaving you badly injured and forced to retreat.

If you rolled a 2-3: You barely survive against the bandits, sustaining injuries and receiving a low score from the judges. At least you passed this round!

If you rolled a 4-6: You triumph over the bandits, clearing the round and standing victorious with a fine score. Not a flashy or super impressive performance, but a successful fight nonetheless!

If you rolled a 6: You dispatch the bandits and clear the round with ease! Your performance wows the judges - your fighting is strategic, smooth and most importantly - engaging! What a thrill for the spectators! Someone throws +25 fairy gold and A Troll’s eye into the arena for you. 

Draw or write about how the first round goes for your character.

Rewards:

100 fairy gold

10 crystals

Treasure map

Vial of poison

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Champion Side Quest Five

A Trial of Speed

⚠️This is a partner quest! Recruit another spy and include them in your quest submission or do a collab.⚠️

Round two is a race between you and a rival. You are not in the arena this time, but in the mountains next to Birchmont. You must make a frantic dash down the treacherous mountain path in the hot sun, navigating sharp switchback paths, rundown bridges and narrow ledges. First to the bottom and across the finish line wins the race. Mountain goats seem to love this path, as well as swooping birds… and is that a boggle aiming an arrow at you?!

Draw or write about your character racing another character down the Birchmont mountainside. Last one to the bottom is a rotten egg!

Rewards (per character, not shared):

200 fairy gold

20 crystals

Goat horn drinking horn

Seagull egg

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Champion Side Quest Six

A Trial of Dexterity

Round three is located back in the arena. This time, the landscape has transformed into a huge swamp - twisting mangrove trees, murky water and thick choking mists sprawling out ahead of you. The acrid stench of toxic gas hisses up from bubbling pools in the mucky, unstable earth beneath your feet. You spot ghouls hiding in the dank swamp, waiting to ambush you. To beat this round, navigate this hazardous maze of natural and unnatural dangers, testing your balance, mobility and agility.

Solve this maze puzzle and DM your results to the founder Isi (isi.a on Discord). Alternatively, draw or write about your character navigating the swampy maze and dodging/encountering ghouls.

If you have already solved the puzzle, roll 1d6:

If you rolled a 1: You can’t figure it out 

If you rolled a 2-3: You succeed but at a high cost (or only partially succeed)

If you rolled a 4-5: You succeed 

If you rolled a 6: You succeed wildly!

Rewards:

100 fairy gold

10 crystals

Mystery piece of ghoul

Mangrove vines

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Champion Side Quest Seven

A Trial of Bravery

The fourth and final round of the Trial of Heroes is to test something not physical, but mental. You step back into the arena, which has transformed into an underground cavern filled with glow worms. Boulders and glowing trees provide cover. You hear a deep, animalistic growl from a deep, pitch black crevice in the cave, and a monster breaches the surface, entering the arena from underneath the ground. What monster are you facing? A dread wolf? A cave troll? A serpent overtaken by Polypore spores? A Strzyga who has succumbed to their were- bat form?

Draw or write about your character battling a frightening monster. 

Rewards:

100 fairy gold

10 crystals

Glow worms

Trial of Heroes trophy

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Champion Side Quest Eight

Tavern Brawl

The tavern is dimly lit by the glow of a crackling fire and some lantern light. A small band plays gently in the corner, their instruments filling the room with soothing melodies that weave through the air. You’re just settling down to your meal and enjoying the music, when a brawl starts. The burly tavern keep is attempting to calm the chaos. 

Draw or write about what your character does in the brawl. Do they stay out of the way, try to break it up, or dive into the middle of it?

Rewards:

100 fairy gold

10 crystals

Potion of pain resistance

Mug of restorative ale

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Champion Side Quest Nine

Search and Destroy

A mercenary who used to be a celebrated champion who successfully made it through the Trial of Heroes, has fallen from grace. They are now using their legendary skills to hunt down other champions for gold. Driven by greed and a bitter desire to prove themselves superior, they have targeted those who they once stood beside. Apprehend the rogue mercenary, but be warned - they are as skilled as they are ruthless.

Draw or write about your character tracking down the mercenary and bringing them to justice.

Rewards:

100 fairy gold

10 crystals

Mercenaries journal

Mercenaries knife

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Champion Side Quest Ten

Grand Champion

⚠️Character must be level 8 to complete this mission!⚠️

A legendary warrior, known for their unmatched feats in the Trial of Heroes, disappeared long ago under mysterious circumstances, their name fading into myth and their legacy tarnished by whispers of betrayal. Now, you’ve been tasked with investigating their disappearance, seeking to clear their name and uncover the truth behind their vanishing. In the process, you’ll recover their legendary weapon and armor, each piece carrying a piece of their forgotten story. As you delve into their past, you’ll not only reveal the secrets of this fallen hero, but also shape your own legacy, forging a path that may one day be told in the same breath as their name.

Draw or write about your character trying to find out what happened to a legendary grand champion of the past. How do they uncover the truth? 

Rewards:

300 fairy gold

30 crystals

Title of grand champion

Legendary armour

Legendary weapon