Greetings Lochac!
It is I, Wei Min Cheng, Chief Alchemist of the Alchemist’s Guild, and I bring good news to those who like science and aren’t afraid to show it.
With consultation with Kingdom A&S, we’re proud to announce the first annual Ouroborus Prize – a competition where anyone (from Lochac or the Alchemist Guild) can submit an entry, be it a physical object, a performance, or a piece of research, just to name a few, based around one or more of the categories listed below. It doesn’t even have to be finished!
The categories that an entry can be entered in are broad but encompass the purview of the Guild. They are:
· Science
· Medicine
· Demonstrative
While Science and Medicine are easy enough, the Demonstrative category is unique in that it combines the Science and Medicine categories, but instead of static displays, the entrant is to demonstrate and explain their entry to an audience, as if they were teaching a small and short A&S class, as teaching and sharing of knowledge is a Guild tenet.
Each category will be judged separately and by popular vote at the Guild’s first anniversary – Great Northern War 2024! So, everyone has time to prepare their entries and arrange getting it there. Can’t make the event but have an entry for the Demonstrative category? We have good news! – You can pre-record your demonstration (in digital format) and submit it. It’ll be made available to view before and during GNW. While the Science and Medicine categories will each have a winner, it’s the winner of the Demonstrative category who becomes the overall winner of the Ouroborus Prize and gifted with treasures from the Alchemist Vault and hold a special rank within the Guild until the next Ouroborus Prize.