“Arise now, ye anointed of Hashut, the call of long lost epochs speaks to us all”
The Brazen Broadcast Presents: The 14th Scribe’s competition on Chaos Dwarfs Online!
Scribes of the Dark Lands, your patience shall not go unrewarded.
The gold winner will receive the Horns of Hashut, courtesy of @chitzkoi
And the silver winner will carry home 2 printed bastards, don’t forget Oozhu Grand Duc of Hashoot, originally sculpted by @Hotstuff should be coming available soon alongside the existing slate of bastards
Whereas the bronze winner will win a choice of 2 banner flags modeled by @Hotstuff
While one lucky random participant will be a guest feature as a doomed man-at-arms in a future continuation of the famous Among the Wicked Dawi written by @chitzkoi
Subject Matter: The Bold and the Bastardly - Character Lore
The theme for this writing competition is Chaos Dwarf lords, heroes, and characters. This is an open format theme, meaning that almost any type of background text and fiction about Chaos Dwarfs, Hobgoblins, and related characters will be accepted, within the rules detailed below. You may find inspiration in our last two contests, Legendary Lords and Brazen Bastard Art. Note you do not necessarily need to write about your own entries, maybe you’ve been inspired to write a story about someone else’s creation, or something entirely new!
Your entry could consist of a novel-style story of an iconic battle that cemented your character’s legacy; or a description of a lord conveying battle tactics to his couriers and smunderlings; or a surviving bastard emerging from a bloody gladiatorial combat in the name of Hashut, Walhut, Hashoot, etc; a poet or bard’s recounting of Porco Dio pillaging Averland; a servile Hobgoblin’s bitter musings of his overlord; or even the proceedings of a conclave meeting told by a member, a supplicant, or a scribe. Maybe you’ve written some lore for members of the Brazen Bastards as a Warcry warband? Give us your vision of some legendary Chaos Dwarf (or Hobgoblin) characters!
Writing Rules
The word limit for each entry is 30-500 words in total. Inventive ways to write entries are encouraged. Your entry may be split into several parts (e.g. two first-person perspective stories, or one speech delivered by your daily despot, a timeline of events, a poem, a song for Carton of Cold Fatty’s next EP, etc).
All entries are to be written “in-universe”, meaning no lines about D6s or green stuff are allowed. See the General Rules .
You may of course write your story about Chaos Dwarf-equivalents in whatever setting you fancy. @Uther.the.unhinged has frequently displayed the multiversal potential of Chaos Dwarf culture in his lore supplements for the Brazen Bastards..
You are encouraged to ask @Reaver about whether your entry meets the requirements or not, should you be unsure.
Spellcheck
Please spellcheck your entry before submission. Even so, to help even the field for the non-native English speakers, The @GoldenHat may consult the holy language tree 
in order to correct grammar and spelling mistakes within the limits of its grasp of the English language.
Inspiration Sources
Anything can be your inspiration, including exploits from your latest tabletop game. Also, see the Guidelines , and Chaos Dwarf Stories & Background Section . (You are not allowed to copy someone else’s work!)
Please read the full rules and guidelines that apply to the Scribe’s Contest competition before submitting your entry!
Deadline: 11:59 PM 11th of August 2023 EST (Eastern Standard Timezone)
Submit your entry by PM to the @GoldenHat account and/or to chaosdwarfsonline ( at ) gmail.com before the deadline. Entries will not be accepted after that date and time regardless of how cool your submission is. (You have about 5 weeks to complete your entry.)
If for some reason you are having trouble with your submission, contact one of the Staff before the deadline. In order to avoid problems, we strongly advise entrants not to wait until the very last minute to submit their entries… As things can and do go wrong at the last minute. Please do not send entries to individual Admin or Staff members to submit on your behalf as they may not check their PMs!
How to Enter
Write something regarding Chaos Dwarf (or Hobgoblin) characters, invented by you, and send a PM to @GoldenHat (a special user that all Staff have access to) containing the entry. The moderator organizing the contest will then check the inbox after the deadline and verify to each entrant that their submission was received.
If you win
- Take your place in the upcoming Scribe’s Contest Hall of Fame (to be created), where your glory will be remembered for years to come.
- Receive the Scribe’s Contest medal for your online persona:
- Models in the prize pool!
Entries will count towards a participation medal, which is the simpler Scribe’s Contest equivalent of Artisan’s Contest and Golden Hat veteran medals.
As usual once all entries are received a voting thread will be created. If there are any questions please PM @Reaver or post them here so that all can benefit from the clarification.
Summary
Subject Matter: The Bold and the Bastardly - Character Lore
Deadline: 11:59 PM 11th of August 2023 EST (Eastern Standard Timezone)
If any forum members would like to aid Scribe’s (or any other) Contest by donating models or other materials as prizes for future competitions, feel free to contact @Reaver to sort out the details.
Now, carve your tablet and open your ale. Fosche your minis until the inspiration flows into your OC. We all know you’re just itching to spew homebrew to anyone who will read it. Now is your time. Dip your pen in the blood of Hashut, for he demands his majesty be chronicled!
The Staff
