 The
centuries-old tale of the Master Blasters Tournament is a legend shrouded in
mystery. In a time and place void of a written language, the history of the
Master Blasters Tournament had been passed down in the form of pictograph murals
and verses committed to memory. For fear of losing its epic history through the
generations, a secret society was formed to protect the true background of the
Master Blasters Tournament. The traditions had long since been abandoned and the
tournament all but forgotten, when archeologists uncovered a mystical platform
in the Bering Strait that may prove to unlock the secrets to the Master Blasters
Society of Elders and the history of the Tournament...
Carbon-dating on the mysterious platform has proved
inconclusive, but proponents of the existence of the Society of Elders believe
it predates any previously discovered record of human existence. The first
records of the Tournament have been deciphered from hieroglyphics embedded in
the ocean floor and in triangular-shaped tablets which depict the basics of this
long-lost competition. The following is a crude translation of the history of
the Master Blaster Tournament:
 “Many
years ago, two feudal societies had been warring over control of city-states in
the Bering Strait, once bisected by a land-bridge that connected North America
and Asia. A band of eclectic martial arts masters had formed an uneasy alliance
with a tribe of men native to the lands of North America. But when control for
the strait came into question, a full-scale battle ensued. Fear of extinction on
both sides forced the tribes to a truce - a one-time tournament to decide the
fate of the land was created, one that would come to settle all disputes that
should arise.”
Each tribe would choose their best athlete for a duel to
the death atop a platform, or “Jungka”... As the fight would pursue, combatants
would try to knock their opponents off the Jungka to a deadly fall, with the
fate of their tribe hanging in the balance. Combatants carried a weapon of
choice, but could use anything in their environment to remove their opponent
from the Jungka. The tribe of martial artists used their skills as Ninja Masters
to best their opponents, whereas the men of North America formed rudimentary
hand-held catapult devices to "blast" an enemy off the platform.
Victorious fighters were hailed as champions of the people,
awarded with lavish gifts such as extreme wealth or women, and in many cases,
made King of the land. But this noble tournament was not to last, as today the
land-bridge of the Bering Strait lies beneath the ocean along with it’s brave
heroes of the Master Blasters Tournament. To this day, references to the Society
of Elders are but myths and fantasy, and anyone in recent years claiming to hold
new information on the subject has met with their untimely and questionable
death.
Archeologists continue to reveal information about this
age-old competition, a dutiful recreation of the Tournament has been produced
for your review. These are their findings…
--Aaron Elledge, Master Architect (2007 A.D.)
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