Talk:List of past Voltron prizes

About - Renamed Talismans

The practice of naming prizes in honor of notable individuals from our community, was inspired by "Skinned MTG Cards" (such as the "Godzilla" themed cards in the Ikoria set). Skinned Cards are a special Magic: The Gathering card which feature pop-culture characters from outside the Magic universe as a "skin" overlay, with themed alternate artwork and flavor text, and an additional card name, under which the original name is also printed. (learn more)

Just like with reskinned-MTG-cards: these renamed Talisman items function exactly the same as their stock counterparts. The names-changes and modified material components are purely cosmetic.

As of 2024, this practice has fallen by the wayside. Now, full-fledged relics are custom-developed with input from the person being knighted.

Not included on the main data table:

Item name	Counts As	In Honor of...	Reason	Date Awarded (Y-M-D)
"Lucky Beads of the Forgetful Bard"	Wand of Release	Sir Gen	in honor of his C.o.K's vote for knighthood	2023-03-25

Why:
This is not on the main-list because Gen wasn't officially informed about it. This was the only Voltron prize-item ever where the person being honored wasn't informed beforehand.

Name/meaning: The item-name followed the same name-format as a custom Relic that Gen awarded during his reign as King of NL: "Prayer Beads of the Fallen Monk". Both items follow the format "{Adjective} Beads of the {Adjective} {Class}. In both cases, the class-adjective is relevant to the class and an antonym of the class. A monk is pious and holy, and to be 'fallen' is bad. A bard is quick-witted and a singer of songs, and to be forgetful would be bad.

Gen was given dual knighthoods in Crown and Battle on 2023-09-22