Our Culture
Events & Services of Avalon

Avalon is a city made by and for the people of Baja, and its long history and enthusiastic & larger-than-life participants have given it a rich and diverse culture. Social gatherings, stage performances, and special ceremonies. Dungeon crawls and wilderness hunts. Contests and giveaways. Competitions of combat, horsemanship, boating and storytelling. All these are only part of what makes up our diverse society.

Tournaments
Avalon’s “Fight Night” tournaments have existed in many forms. It is has most commonly been referred to as the “Contest of Champions,” or CoC. Characterized by a healthy amount of desirable prizes and lack of entry fee, the CoC began humbly—in an arena with walls of flour bags. Since that time other such valorous competitions have been introduced, all of them open to any who choose to follow each game’s respective rules.

Tournaments
Event	Winner(s)	Host	Location	Date
Amazon Brawl	not yet available	Amazon Event Tower	not yet available	not yet available
Lunatic Brawl	not yet available	Laughing Lunatics Tavern	not yet available	not yet available
Contest of Champions (CoC): My Bloody Valentine	Rampaugh	Guards of Avalon	Avalon’s Ring of Champions	Saturday, 13 Feb 99
House of the Dead	Busta	Aurora	The “House of the Dead” (now the Dead Dove tavern)	not yet available

Literature
Some Avalonian writings have begun to be placed here, in our Literature section. Borealis Lume’s Baja Bardic Bash spotlighted Avalon’s literature, and celebrated her authors. The contributions given to that distinguished literary compilation are therefore reproduced herein.

Of special note here is Origin’s 49th Spotlight, on our own Avalon. It was written by Nobody, and can be read in our site here, or at www.uo.com’s official page, here.

In the words of Aya, original Queen of the Amazons and one-time webmistress for Avalon:

For the weary traveller who has yet to rest his feet and have a drink (or lose his purse!) at the Dead Dove Tavern, or to relax with some Fools and some Amazons at the Avalon Town Hall, browsing through this archive will give him a taste of Avalonian life. Here, that traveller may read of our lives, our dreams, our hopes, our loves.... And by that reading, perchance, gain insight into the radiant, pure soul that brightly identifies a true Citizen. This identification runs far deeper than a simple guild title ever could. And it is this identification we wish our visitors to experience.

You, dear visitor, may know of the Baja Bardic Battle*. Its creators began with one idea in mind, and imagine their surprise when Avalon’s citizens responded in a rush! This contest is long since over, yet all of these lovely poems and intriguing poems can not simply be brushed under the rug! Therefore, it has been archived here.

When you read these pages, you browse the very soul of our city. If you have never had the pleasure of visiting Avalon, in this manner may you know its Citizens, before ever making their acquaintances.

Read on, fair traveller. An’ God willing, we shall see thee anon.

Stories
Some Avalonian stories are listed below. Click on the title to read the particular piece.

Stories
Title	Description	Contributor
Spotlight on Avalon	Avalon was the subject of the 49th Spotlight on OSI’s official Ultima Online Web site	Nobody
Albert’s Story	A biographic recollection	Kvarno Goldeneye
Aya’s Story	An autobiographic recollection	Aya
The Bridge of Fools	A play	Tom Foolery
The Day Began with a Dream	A nine-part autobiographic recollection	Jack the Fool
Forever and Beyond: Gil’s Song to Jixxa	A poem	GilMour
A Harried Departure	A follow-up to “The Snow Drifted Carelessly”	Denton the Stableman
Northstar’s Tale	An autobiographic recollection	Northstar
On a stormy night many years ago...	A tale of the history of Avalon (12 July 98)	Aidenna Shethane
Riena Faire ’s Story	Remembrance of a special day	Riena Faire and MacDeath Cross
The Snow Drifted Down Carelessly	A sentimental autobiographic recollection	Jack the Fool
Ultimax’s Story	An autobiographic recollection	Ultimax
What a Day	A tale of the history of Avalon, adapted from the Journal of Aidenna Shethane (14 October 99)	Aidenna Shethane

Songs, Poetry, and Limericks
Some Avalonian songs, poetry, and limericks are listed below. Click on the title to read the particular piece.

Songs, Poetry, and Limericks
Title	Description	Contributor
Aewin’s Limerick	A limerick	Aewin the Elf
Borealis’s Limerick	A limerick	Borealis Lume
Jack’s Limericks	Three limericks	Jack the Fool
James’s Limericks	Twelve Limericks	James, the Animal Tamer
A poetic documentary of Aya and Shadow Walker’s lunch break	A limerick	Aya
Aewin’s Song	A drinking song about Avalon	Aewin the Elf
James’s Song	A drinking song about Avalon	James, the Animal Tamer
Jerk’s Song	A drinking song about Avalon	Jerk
Piper’s Song	A song about Britannia	Piper
Terinda’s Song	A drinking chantey	Terinda
Aewin’s Song	A drinking song about Avalon	Aewin the Elf
James’s Song	A drinking song about Avalon	James, the Animal Tamer
Jerk’s Song	A drinking song about Avalon	Jerk
Piper’s Song	A song about Britannia	Piper
Terinda’s Song	A drinking chantey	Terinda

* Special thanks to Borealis Lume and Lucina Juno for all their hard work organizing, publicizing and archiving the Baja Bardic Bash. Their dedication is, as always, very much appreciated.

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