edonil Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Hey everyone, welcome to the New Year! I hope everyone had a great time over the holidays. Now that we're back into the swing of some level of normalcy, it's time for a new Iron Quill to ring us in and get the dust blown off those writing muscles! Better get ready, cause there's some great ingredients chosen by your fellow writers to chomp at and be inspired by. The Iron Quill is a writing contest that takes place every month. It’s an exciting competition and a great place to hone your skills and get some constructive feedback. The Rules You must post your story in The Writing Room by the submission date with the following posting format: Iron Quill – Name of the round – Name of your story. Nothing else is needed to sign up, but please post in this thread with a link to your story when completed. Your story must be no more than 1,750 words and be a self-contained story set in the world of Malifaux. Any story must include at least two of the Ingredients for the current round. When you use the ingredients, keep in mind they don't need to be literal, please feel free to be creative with them! As the stories are completed, this post will be updated to contain a listing of all the submissions. You are welcome to edit your story up until the submission date. Winning The winner will be selected by overall score, as determined by two methods: A public poll will be created where anyone can vote on their favorite story. Each vote will be worth 1 point. Authors of submissions can vote in this way. A private poll of the authors where they pick their favorite story and a runner-up. These votes are weighted; the favorite story gets 3 points, the runner-up gets 2 points. These votes should be submitted to me by forum PM. All votes must be submitted by the voting date or they won’t count for scoring. You cannot vote for your own submission. If you are an author, you must submit votes for the private poll or you will be disqualified. Name of the Round: FeastSubmission Date: January 28th, 2015, 23:59 ESTIngredients: Theme: Feast Character: The Black Hat Line: "That was not nice." Item: Barrel Location: Quarantine Zone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tawg Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Where is the Quarantine Zone ? Is there fluff about it in the 3 Malifaux Rule books? I know it's the next expansion for TtB, but I hardly know anything about that place (Or is it a "type" of place, that there are many of?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted January 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 The Quarantine Zone is actually part of Malifaux City itself. It makes up a large chunk of the North Eastern (I think?) part of the city. The Guild doesn't go in there because it's territory they haven't reclaimed from the Neverborn. As such, Ressers, Arcanists and others hide in there, risking the dangers of the Neverborn to stay near to the city but not leave it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLittleThunder Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Showing my ignorance here - who/what is The Black Hat? Sounds like a vaguely sinister vigilante-type.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted January 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Someone for you to invent, actually. Perhaps a person who wears a black tophat, or an assassin that goes with that nickname. Perhaps even a sentient hat! Might also be another type of guard or soldier (like the old Redshirt nickname). Have fun with the idea and see what you come up with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLittleThunder Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 I was hoping you'd say something like that. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiralvorkraft Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 I'm in, naturally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idle Hands Posted January 16, 2016 Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 On 1/7/2016 at 9:49 AM, OneLittleThunder said: Showing my ignorance here - who/what is The Black Hat? Sounds like a vaguely sinister vigilante-type.. "Black Hat" was also a way to generically describe the villain in western/cowboy stories, so you are right in the ball park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grue Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 I think I will step once again through the Breach and try to shake the proverbial rust off. I apologize if what I write does not stand up to what I have penned before. I have missed this. As Always, The Grue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haunter Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 I think it's ! Word Count: 1594 Ingredients: Theme: Feast Character: The Black Hat Line: "That was not nice." Item: Barrel Location: Quarantine Zone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiralvorkraft Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 My submission is in; The Great Soul Train Robbery 1750 words, all ingredients used. Feedback of any kind is very welcome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RarerMonsters Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Submission for the month. Words: 1563 Used Black Hat, Feast, and the Quarantine Zone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomezilla Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 Iron Quill - Feast - Overhead Word count: 1015 Ingredients: All, but you may quibble over the line, as it had to be modified to fit the speech patterns. And may I just say that it has been a very long time since I tried to write Singlish. Even the spellings I used to know have changed! (Yes, it is my headcanon that while the Viks' camp draws mercenaries from all around the Pacific Rim--you can hear SoCal, Sydney, Samoa or Shanghai in the girls' voices--the camp pidgin is Singlish. I like the stark contrast to the precise syntax in use by the Freikorps, especially Hannah's well-educated diction.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grue Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 Here is my entry, I know it is late but my internet went down so I had to wait until I got to work to post it. If it is too late I understand but this story had to come out. But Wait, There's More! 1,658 words and I used all of the ingredients. On 1/7/2016 at 0:59 AM, edonil said: Theme: Feast Character: The Black Hat Line: "That was not nice." Item: Barrel Location: Quarantine Zone As Always, The Grue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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