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Sword of the Kings
This night activity was loosely base on the novel 'Lord
of the Rings' a story in three parts 'The Fellowship of the Ring', 'The
Two Towers' and 'The Return of the King'. It is the story of a ring
created by an evil sorcerer. It had been lost for many years but was
found by a Hobbit. The Hobbits were charged with the task of taking the
Ring to Mound Doom and casting it into the volcano to effect it's
destruction. The three books chart their progress.
Our trilogy
started two years ago with the Yellow Ship of the King. On this event
the Habits successfully found the remains of the Yellow Ship and on it
was the Sword of the Kings, a powerful magical artifact. After many
adventures, they took it to a meeting to discuss what must be done with
it. At this meeting it was realised that the Sword had been corrupted
and was now evil and must be destroyed. It was taken to the forgemaster
who attempted to destroy it. At the time it was believed that it's
destruction had been accomplished but it later transpired that it had
only been melted down.
In the second part, The Blue Flowers, a
year later. The Habits had to venture to the land called Rattle Wyrpack
where they had to prepare the way for the destruction of the evil
sorcerer and his tower, with the assistance of an organisation called
The Blue Flowers. The finale of this event saw the Habits sending a
barrage of water bombs down on the tower to see off the sorcerer.
This
year, with The Red Tern on the Wing, the Habits had their last outing.
Hiking across the marshes, solving puzzles to earn clues for later
problems at the place called Holeren Tiel. Once there they had to
search a battlefield for a lost amulet and batter down a magical wall
to retrieve the remains of the sword from it's place of safe keeping.
From there they had to make their way to the Land of the Dead to gain
the assistance of the Dead King, but first they had to help him as he
had been displaced from his rightful position and his brain was
missing. Then they went on to meet the Red Terns, but to find them they
had to find their way through the maze with a special rope and the shufti-scopes. The
Red Terns agreed to stage a diversion and, to signal the start of this,
the Habits were to crawl through a secret tunnel near the Pits of Zoom
and light a beacon. The diversion would distract attention from them and enable them to access the Pit and cast
in the remains of the sword. It was a difficult challenge but they all
succeeded.
The Scores on the doors: BEAST would like to thank the Scout Groups and their leaders, the kids, our helpers, the Parks Authority for permission to use their land and anyone else that contributed in any way to the success of this event. BEAST - Basildon Events and Activities Service Team. Chairman-Steve Warman | ||
Some Habits during their challenge
Habits completing one of the puzzles
Habits with the King of the Dead
Habits lighting the Beacon
Habits casting the remains of the Sword of the Kings into the Pit of Zoom
A Red Tern
More Habits
Igor, lurking.
Our DC presenting the prizes and certificates the following morning. It is pouring with rain.
Pitsea and Vange Scout Group - 1st place
8th Basildon Scout Group - 2nd place
Great Berry Scout Group - 3rd place
17th Basildon Scout Group 'B' team - 4th place
17th Basildon Scout Group 'A' team - 5th place
Pitsea St Michael Scout Group - 6th place
Genesis Explorer Unit - 'B' team - 1st place
Genesis Explorer Unit - 'A' team - 2nd place
A Habit that failed in his mission!
