motoscotch: The Order of the Hrimthurs, 2013

Thursday, March 14, 2013

The Order of the Hrimthurs, 2013

Just some fun...

The Order of the Hrimthurs. Primordial race of giants also known as Rime or Frost giants from Norse Mythology.

Link to the order website.

Jan. 10 2013:

Greetings, Valiant mark

It has come to our attention that you are interested in The Order of the Hrimthurs. Perhaps your interest is mere curiosity, and that is very well. However, if your interest is more than curiosity, if you are one of the brave few who wish to be inducted into the order, we applaud you for taking this first step towards triumph.
It will take more than a passing interest to enter this heroic Order; Named for the legendary frost giants of old, The Order of the Hrimthurs requires the ruggedness, tenacity, endurance and self-knowledge required to defeat these admirable icy foes.

Even as you read our message, burly northern craftspeople are creating a mark of honor for those who succeed. An attentive night listener at Tuscobia may have heard the forge fires gasping in the far distance, the hammers pounding, the sounds of the makers at work. Or maybe it was just the call of your fate, whispered in wind.

This material reward is a valiant marker for those who challenge and defeat the legendary distance of Tuscobia, the bone-chill of Arrowhead and the plains winds of Actif Epica. Those who succeed in their quest will receive more than this marker, they will be immortalized in a Hall of Legends. Their achievement will live long, frozen in words and images, an eternal inspiration to those who deign to join the Order and prove their ability to go up against the Hrimthurs.
We applaud those sufficiently brave to embark on the first part of the quest—Tuscobia and congratulate those who conquered all 150 miles; your voyage through Niflheimr is one-third complete.

For those taking the next step towards the Order: may your steps at Arrowhead be as large as a rime-giant, and may the wolf tracks guide them ever forward.
For the rest of you, may this season be the beginning of your training, the start of your preparation to seek honor next year.
Skol!

Jan. 28th 2013:

Hej, mark

In our previous message regarding The Order of the Hrimthurs, we explained to you that it will be bestowed on those who challenge and defeat the legendary distance of Tuscobia, the bone-chill of Arrowhead and the plains winds of Actif Epica.

Tonight, we approach the second challenge of the three, and are pleased to present the 15 challengers who may enter the order—should they continue this most legendary and glorious journey.

ALEXANDER OENES (MN, USA)
BEN DOOM (MN, USA)
CHRIS SCOTCH (CA, USA)
DAN LOCKERY (MB, Canada)
DARYL SAARI (MN, USA)
HAL LOEWEN (MB, Canada)
JASON BUFFINGTON (MN, USA)
JOE CLARK (MN, USA)
JOHN STORKAMP (MN, USA)
JOHN TAYLOR (MN, USA)
PETR INEMAN (IL, USA)
LANCE ANDRE (IA, USA)
DALLAS SIGURDUR (MB, Canada)
ROBERTO MARRON (MN, USA)
ERIK DALGAARD (MN, USA)

We applaud these 15 warriors who have been sufficiently brave to conquer all 150 miles of Tuscobia, and now show the audacity to embark on the second test—next week's Arrowhead.
Arrowhead's hills have ground many a giant down, and many mortals have been reduced to weeping bitter tears of rage - will these fifteen prevail? By Odin's beard, we will be watching. Those sufficiently cunning, skilled and fated to succeed at Arrowhead may seek to undertake the final test.
Actif Epica's cruel winds will challenge them northward. These are flighty winds, known to inflict brutality upon those who treat them as mere wisps. Racers only need to complete 82 miles at this test, but the winds will be rushing from thousands of miles across the prairie to meet them head on. Who can best them?
For those 15 taking the next step towards the Order: may your steps at Arrowhead be as large as the Hrimthurs, whose ranks you wish to enter and may the wolf tracks guide you ever forward.
For the rest of you, may this season be the beginning of your training, the start of your preparation to seek honor next year, and may these 15 be your example.
Skol!

Feb. 5th 2013:

Take Watch, mark

We did more than watch the Arrowhead for bravery, we intervened.

The weather was warm—too warm to truly test the 15 who passed the challenge at Tuscobia. And so, when it began to look easy, we called on the snow and the sleet to soften their path. Let them work for it bitterly, or the glory will not be as sweet.

And yet, nearly all passed. And those who didn't pushed the limits and showed true bravery in the face of what we threw at them. We have no doubt, they will one day enter The Order.

But for now, there remain only 11 that may pass by overtaking the challenge even further north, closer to our dwelling: Actif Epica.

ALEXANDER OENES (MN, USA)
BEN DOOM (MN, USA)
CHRIS SCOTCH (CA, USA)
DAN LOCKERY (MB, Canada)
ERIK DALGAARD (MN, USA)
HAL LOEWEN (MB, Canada)
JASON BUFFINGTON (MN, USA)
JOHN STORKAMP (MN, USA)
LANCE ANDRE (IA, USA)
MARK SCOTCH (WI, USA)*
PETR INEMAN (IL, USA)

These sufficiently cunning, skilled and fated heroes succeeded at Arrowhead and now may seek to undertake the final test.
Actif Epica's cruel winds will challenge them northward. These are flighty winds, known to inflict brutality upon those who treat them as mere wisps. Racers only need to complete 82 miles at this test, but the winds will be rushing from thousands of miles across the prairie to meet them head on. Who can best them?

At Actif Epica, you will know the full strength of adversity. On the plains there is nowhere to hide. These are wild lands, untracked and little traveled. Giants will rise, mere mortals will fall. We are ready for you.
For those taking the final challenge of entry: may your steps be as swift as the wind that meets you and your resolve as stubborn as the glaciers that carved this land.
Forward!
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*Our sources regret leaving Mark Scotch from the list of 15 in our previous correspondence (in truth, 16). We can assure you, they truly regret it.

First one, Tuscobia 150 miles. Ski.