IN LUMINE TUO VIDEMUS LUMEN

Festival Champion's

TEST OF BRAIN AND BRAWN

THE FESTIVAL OF MITHRA is a MEMBERS ONLY tournament that is held bi-monthly for dragoneers within The Blood That Binds. Each tournament will last approximately 2 hours (12 - 10 minute matches, without a kill limit). These tournies allow veterans to mingle with novices, and they help to promote a sense of comradery among THE ORDER OF DRACOS. In addition to friendly rivalries, THE FESTIVAL OF MITHRA offers simplistic prizes that are given to the grand champion of the tourny. These prizes include: ( a ) title of MITHRA'S CHAMPION ( b ) an honorable mention in the War Scrolls ( c ) a championship wallpaper in recognition of his or her accomplishments ( d ) the championship cup will be displayed next to his or her name in Tha Hall of Heroes( e ) 500 VPs in addition to any others earned during the tournament.
 

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CHALICE OF VICTORY

SERVE AND BE SERVED

In addition to those competing in the tournament, the reigning champion will take the honorary position of MITHRA'S SCRIBE. As MIHTRA'S SCRIBE, the current cup-holder will observe the ongoing tournament and keep track of which dragoneer takes the lead in each match. At the close of the tournament, the current cupholder will duel with the one he or she will relinquish the cup to (sudden death: the first dragoneer to acquire 3 kills). The winner of that duel will gain an additional 100 VPs.

If, for whatever reason, the current cup-holder cannot attend the FESTIVAL OF MITHRA, a volunteer will be required to act as MITHRA'S SCRIBE in his or her abscence. A dragoneer who volunteers for this position will receive 100 VPs, an honorable mention in the War Scrolls, and a championship wallpaper in recognition of his or her courtesy.

MYTHOS OF MITHRA

Mithraism, one of the major religions of the Roman Empire, the cult of Mithra, the ancient Persian god of light and wisdom. In the Avesta, the sacred Zoroastrian writings of the ancient Persians, Mithra appears as the chief yazata (Avestan, "beneficent one"), or good spirit, and ruler of the world. He was supposed to have slain the divine bull, from whose dying body sprang all plants and animals beneficial to humanity. After the conquest of Assyria in the 7th century BC and of Babylonia in the 6th century BC, Mithra became the god of the sun, which was worshipped in his name. The Greeks of Asia Minor, by identifying Mithra with Helios, the Greek god of the sun, helped to spread the cult. It was brought to Rome about 68BC by Cilician pirates whom the Roman general Pompey the Great had captured, and during the early empire it spread rapidly throughout Italy and the Roman provinces. It was a rival to Christianity in the Roman world.

Mithraism was similar to Christianity in many respects, for example, in the ideals of humility and brotherly love, baptism, the rite of communion, the use of holy water, the adoration of the shepherds at Mithra's birth, the adoption of Sundays and of December 25 (Mithra's birthday) as holy days, and the belief in the immortality of the soul, the last judgment, and the resurrection. Mithraism differed from Christianity in the exclusion of women from its ceremonies and in its willingness to compromise with polytheism. The similarities, however, made possible the easy conversion of its followers to Christian doctrine.