Arsul who is ranked in the contest and where?

Dionysus You see a vision, blurry, of the ticket partly full: 7. Domy Toutant; 10. Qualla the Fool; 14. Inner Soul Orchestra; 15. Dreamer Cray; 18. Shatter; 24. Gorya the War Singer; 25. Indigis; 29. The Free; 30. Pernille the Red Piper; 36. Wivena; 40. Hirana, Walker of Time; 41. Joya Canary; 49. Martha Mellaus; 51. Vol telloan; 53. Waudan Brunnharan; 55. The Hurricanes; 56. Henry the Guileless. Other slots are full, b

Dionysus ut they are too hazy to see.

Arsul Who is ranked 1?

Dionysus "The Balladeer"

Dionysus It's an old story.

Dionysus A balladeer travels the world, singing ballads, tales of history, legend, etc.

Arsul who is that?

Dionysus And everywhere he goes, the stories he sings cause other adventures to happen

Dionysus You see a figure, tall, swathed in traveling clothes, with a long Danuan [Spanish] guitar & a rifle, wandering, singing, creating adventures.

Dionysus He is... strange, not like any race seen on Shem before, but at the same time part of the fabric of the tales of Shem

Arsul how can he be beaten?

Arsul how can we raise our rank to the top?

Dionysus You see a vision of your band combined with Bartleby's; you see Arlie in a tsukikuma junk yard near here looking for something; you see yourself & Magnum in the Temple here doing what must be done; you see a gith ship full of star elven children; you see Connell Colzayre talking to the band on Kyellezhi...

Arsul how will ranking affect the contest?

Dionysus You see yourself in the slot marked for seed one instead of seed 9.

Arsul what else ca we do to help our chances of winning?

Dionysus The answer is vast, a million different paths open up before you.

• Arsul looks down a few

Dionysus Everything from practicing to killing your competition to becoming music saints to finding better instruments (for some of the party) to finding better songs to finding better weapons, armor...

• Arsul leaves that

Arsul Who is ranked above us?

Dionysus The Balladeer, the Prince of Thorns, Connell Colzayre, the Ocean of Sound, Roshadam the Shemir, Domy Toutant, Fane Crow, Monir the Unseelie.

Arsul Who has the best songs?

Dionysus No vision

Arsul who plays their songs best?

Dionysus The Balladeer, the Prince of Thorns, the Ocean of Sound, Domy, Fane, Monir, The Colour, Bartleby's band, Gom the Longflutist, & the Inner Soul Orchestra.

Dionysus By the way, that wasn't in order there.

Dionysus There was no order given for exact rank of skill

Arsul who has the best chance of winning as of now

Dionysus No vision