The Black Tower

@Lavandula Welcome to the Black Tower! Well done, Illian, for catching another one for us! Now, sit down and have a tainted brownie. Or a glass of liquid taint. Or maybe some liquid brownies? Hm... What would that be like? Tell us all about yourself. Who is your favorite wot character? Favorite asha'man? Do you prefer dogs or cats? Unicorns or trollocs? If you have any questions just ask. You might get an answer that makes sense. Some are lucky.

Welcome to November in the Black Tower! How are you all doing? I´m looking out at a grey sky, drinking soda and doing one of my favourite things - posting in the BT! :) The question for November: What scenes/quotes about the asha´man do you like from the books? There are so many to choose from. Right now I´m re-reading AMoL so my focus is on the Androl and Pevara story, which I like. My favourite quotes are: "Kneel and swear to to the Lord Dragon, or you will be knelt." (Taim) "The Black Tower protects. (Logain) This is the quote I asked Brandon Sanderson to write in my copy of AMoL.

@Liitha Welcome to the Black Tower! Please sit down and have some tainted brownies. Yummy, right? Tell us all about yourself. Who is your favorite asha'man? What does your voices whisper to you in the dark? And most important - ice cream or cake?

I have created a tournament of 16 fantasy characters. 8 light, 8 dark. There will be 3 to 4 days for people to vote/debate on who would win each fight. The 1st round will be split in half. 4 fights, then last 4 fights. Then it will continue to the last ones fighting it out light vs dark. Fight threads will be posted here: Round 1a: Round 1b: Links for all the character info: Good Characters Moirane (WoT) https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Moiraine_Damodred Mat Cauthon (WoT) https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Matrim_Cauthon Eragon (Inheritance Cycle) https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Erag…

The winter sport season is here again. That means that I put down my book for a time and turn on the TV. Today it was Curling European Mastership finals and both the Swedish men and women won. Yay! Canadians, be afraid! The coming months will be dedicated to cross-country skiing and biathlon. What sports do you watch or participate in?

Like in the books, this Dragon has found a M’Hael. I should probably not be afraid to be overthrown. Not at all... The new Faction Leader of the Shadow and our newest staff member is Illian Tear! Thanks for stepping up! Let’s celebrate with some tainted drinks.

Welcome to the Festival of Light and Shadow! The Black Tower depends on it´s factions. What would the BT be without the Light? (Probably just a bunch of lazy shadowies refusing to move unless you point them with a very sharp stick.) And what would the BT be without the Shadow? (The lighties would probably eat doubble as much tainted brownies and go totally crazy.) Let us celebrate the Black Tower´s faction with a festival. In this thread I will link to games and discussions that you can take part of. It´s a great way to get together (and earn some points, it´s never wrong to earn some points). See if you can find the light and sh…

hey, I found the shiny new forum, we're still alive! What's new folks? I finished college a bit ago, will be moving to Asia in a bit as a missionary. I also drink tea now instead of coffee, so that's a big deal!

The 2 foes stood across from each other. The body of Moash lying on the ground. Fain waved his knife at Moridin tauntingly. Moridin just smiled menacingly at Fain when he noticed a mist began to form in the arena, but he didn’t worry. A fireball shot toward Fain which he deftly dodged. He however didn’t see the balefire coming, making him disappear in a flash of light. Suddenly Moash was alive again but was soon overwhelmed by a ball of fire from Moridin. Expected winner: Moridin

In the arena there lay the remains of 2 spikes laying on the ground; all which remains of the loser of the previous fight. Demandred wondered where his opponent was, perhaps it was too injured in the previous fight to continue. But he heard a swishing sound of a sword being swung behind him. He turned and blasted with balefire, catching the Nazgul off guard and disappeared in a flash of light. Expected winner: Demandred

Think of it yourself. Moiraine: https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Moiraine_Damodred Michael Carpenter: https://dresdenfiles.fandom.com/wiki/Michael_Carpenter

Just imagine it yourself. Mat: https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Matrim_Cauthon Harry Dresden: https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Harry_Dresden

Sooh has decided to step down as Faction Leader of the Shadow. Thanks for what you have done for the BT, Sooh! That means that we need a new minion that makes my dishes and feeds my babies Shadow FL. All members of the Shadow Faction can apply. As FL you will: * be a part of the BT staff. That means that you will be a moderator in the BT as a whole. You will help me and the rest of the staff to manage the BT, organize events, promote activity, come up with new things to do etc. * take care of the Shadow Faction, organizing Shadow evens, encouraging Shadowies to participate in events etc. * mostly remind me of stuff that I …

How is everyone? Let us know that you are here and tell us about... ehm... something random. Like something strange that you have done or own or cooked or... Let the taint guide you. Random thing that I now own: A water fountain for cats. I had never seen one before but we were recommended by the vet to buy one and the cats seem to like it.

Great to see you! How has it been? What have you been up to? Want a tainted brownie?

It´s time for a scaverger hunt! Every day I will post two pictures that somehow relates to light and shadow somewhere in the BT threads. Find them and send me a PM telling me where you have found them. Points to everyone that participates! Good luck!

So with the Black Tower Festival of Light and Shadow, figured a discussion was in order. I'm going with atmosphere. Think of movies or shows where there was a particular use of Light or Shadow that gave the piece a unique feel and definitely added to the atmosphere. For me, a great example is Pitch Black. It covers both. While it was set on a planet with three runs and continuous daylight, the use of Light was tinted. Gave great effect of the different suns having an effect. Then when there is an alignment that occurs that plunges the planet into total darkness, the final glimmers of light are used well. At last there is darkness and then shades eerily cast as…

Hi everyone! This is Tubby. Isn´t he a cute baby trolloc? Ah, he is totally adorable. But sometimes ... he is not. When he gets upset his mother comes running and you really don´t want to meet his mother. Trust me, she is one nasty trolloc. Unfortunately Tubby gets upset a lot and when he does, you don´t want to be near him. This is how the game works: I will hand over Tubby to one faction. This faction can get rid of Tubby by feeding him. That makes him happy, and while he is happy you can hand him over to the other faction. The other faction can of course feed him and hand him back. Unfortunately this won´t work all day. Tubby will get upset ev…

The 2 fighters stood across from each other. Moiraine stood calm and collected while Eragon stood in a ready pose. A blast of air came from Moiraine as she started the fight. Eragon quickly moved out of the way, simultaneously Moiraine felt a prodding at her mind gradually growing in strength. Moiraine sent more attacks at Eragon, but all of them seemed to have no effect or were dodged. All the while the constant prodding in her mind was becoming more unbearable until she finally lost her calm and collectivness and Eragon said "Deyja". Causing Moiraine to fall to the ground, dead. Expected winner: Eragon

The 2 opponents stood across from each other. Raistlin stood on one side with his hood up, obstructing his face. Demandred stood on the opposite him with a smug look on his face. A bell was rung and Raistlin began mumbling a spell, then a fireball shot forth toward Demandred, who deflected it. A lightning bolt came down and would've struck if Demandred hadn't also blocked that. He realised that Raistlin needed to speak to work his spells, so he made a gag of air and after a slight struggle got it over his mouth, then Demanded shot a bar of Balefire and Raistlin disappeared in a flash of white. Expected winner: Demandred

The Steel Inquisitor stood in a seemingly empty arena, spiked body standing still. But there was something there unseen to normal eyes. The Nazgul stood invisible in front of the Inquisitor. The Inquisitor couldn't see the Nazgul with his spiked eyes, but he could see the blue lines to the iron/steel of the Nazgul's helmet. He then flared iron and the armor of the Nazgul was pulled toward the Inquisitor. The Nazgul being pulled toward the Inquisitor drew its sword ready to strike when close enough. The Inquisitor saw the blue lines of the sword and burned steel, pushed on the sword, sending it flying out of the grip of the Nazgul. A sword …

Padin Fain stood in the arena waiting for his foe to show up. A figure appeared in the sky above the arena. The man landed and turned around with a massive silvery looking sword. Moash faced his opponent, honorblade glistening in the light. He lashed himself into the air hoping he could end this quickly. He then lashed himself down to strike his opponent, when Fain quickly stepped out of the way and cut him in the side. Moash didn't seem to care, thinking that stormlight would heal the wound. He tried the maneuver again and the same thing happened. Over and over again this happened until Moash had to land for good because he had expended his stormlight. …

Moridin was walking on the trail under the shadows of the trees around him,to the arena where he would be fighting his opponent. He could've just traveled there, but didn't want to give any information to his foes. Suddenly the air around him became freezing and he wrapped himself in the void of Saidin. A voice spoke from behind him. "So you are the one named 'death'?" Moridin spun around and was greeted with the image of a knight with blackened armor with a rose on it, and orange glowing eyes. Moridin didn't bother answering the question and instead the knight was engulfed in a gout of flames, but the knight seemed unharmed. The knight then pointed at Moridi…

Think of your own scenario, I couldn't think of a good one. Expected winner: Kaladin

Dresden and Molly stood across from each other. "I didn't want to do this Molly." "I know." Molly replied. Then the fight began. Molly immediately tried to manipulate his mind into seeing something else, but Dresden taught her everything she knew and how to protect against it. Illusions of vampires, fae, and wolves surrounded him, but he knew all these were fake. Then he saw blinding lights of different colors causing him to fall to his knees. Molly then blasted him back a little bit, but this pushed him out of the illusions. Dresden got back to his feet a little dazed and saw Molly walking towards him. He waited until she was close enough and he sprinted a…

Aragorn and Mat stood across from each other in the arena. Aragorn with Andruil, Mat with his Ashandarei. Then they both ran towards each other weapons flashing in the light. Sparks flew from their weapons striking and counter striking. Aragorn swung his sword faster than the eye could see and looked like it hit, but no. His sword got caught on Mat's medallion allowing Mat enough time to slide a knife out of his sleeve and stab Aragorn in the chest. Expected winner: Mat Cauthon

Well that´s about time! *hugs and offers brownies* Ehm... *sends Fluffy on Dice to chew on his leg* Great to have you back!!!

@Sooh Gather everyone! We have something to celebrate. Sooh - step forward. You have served the Black Tower for a long time and now it´s time for a promotion. *puts the Dragon pin on Sooh´s collar* Wear it with pride. :) Congratulations to Sooh on promotion to Asha´man!

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Welcome back to the BT! I’m afraid that I don’t remember you, so I guess you left many years ago? (I’m famous of my bad memory.) Let us know everything about you while eating some tainted brownies to get you into crazy mode. Who is your favourite asha’man? How many voices do you hear? Cake or ice cream? Let us know if you have any questions.