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== Talespinner Wunjo Ballo of [[Linnagond]], [[Goldenvale]].==
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==Talespinner Sir Wunjo Ballo the Visionary, Kingdom of the [[Nine Blades]]==
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<div style="text-align: center">[[Image:WunjoGoblinBears.jpg|x300px | Wunjo Ballo]] [[Image:TheCircusCropped.jpg|x300px| Wunjo (top-left) alongside his Squire Whispy (top-right), and At-Arms Iron-Thighs (bottom).]] [[Image:WunjoHeraldryORK.jpg|x300px | Wunjo's Heraldry]]
  
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'''''Eyes Shut, Soul Free<br>
 
'''''I'm You, You're Me<br>
 
'''''Come and follow in this trance<br>
 
'''''Drop your arms and start to dance!<br>
 
''- Wunjo's Charm Rhyme''
 
  
==Character Biography==
 
Born in the lands of the north, Wunjo's human parents are unknown to him. He was found and raised by a troupe of three dwarven bards in the service of a great dwarf king. They raised him as their own and taught him the ways of the spellsinger, powerful musicians who could weave the winds of magic into their songs.
 
  
When Wunjo was a teenager, the dwarf king was assassinated by dark elves and his adopted family was framed for the act treason. Using the power of song to quell the populace's call for execution, the family instead accepted exile instead; separated and scattered blindly in each of the cardinal directions.
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<big>'''''"Eyes Shut, Soul Free'''''<br>
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'''''I'm You, You're Me'''''<br>
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'''''Come and follow in this trance'''''<br>
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'''''Drop your arms and start to dance!"'''''<br></big>
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*Wunjo's Old [[Charm (V7)|Charm]] Rhyme</div>
  
Lost and alone, Wunjo wandered for weeks hoping to find his lost family but instead he found the then-barony of [[Wolvenfang]]. Unable to afford food, let alone a place to live, Wunjo took up residence in an old well, which happend to lead to a section of the abandoned catacombs beneath Wolvenfang. It's down in those dark tunnels that Wunjo met [[Gummy the Gremlin]]. They two became quick friends. Like Aladdin and Abu, they had to eat to live so they stole to eat. This lasted for some time but Wunjo was never able to amount to much until Vecna arrived.
 
  
When The necromancer Vecna rose to power in Wolvenfang, Wunjo and Gummy were forced to flee the attacking forces. Gummy was slain in the escape and, without any real ties keeping him in Wolvenfang, Wunjo decided to just keep running. He traveled south for some time until he came upon the shire of [[Twilight Peak]].
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==Personal Biography==
  
In Twilight Peak, Wunjo found greater fortunes. He took a job doing clerical work for the shire and earned himself a small amount of wealth. Inspired my a glowing meteor that landed on the southern coast of the shire, he founded the [[Godstone Fair]], a travelling fairground that he would tour across [[Goldenvale]] spreading joy. Using the meteor, the ''Godstone'', as a light source, Wunjo build a lighthouse-casino on the original landing site to act as the headquarters for his growing entertainment business.
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Wunjo AKA Tyler Salvador started playing V6 [[Amtgard]] in 2002 in [[Wolvenfang]], at the time a [[Barony]] under [[Goldenvale]]. He started with the [[Barbarian]] class but eventually found his calling when switched to [[Bard]]. His large home field meant battlegames were plentiful and pretty casual so he was able to focus more on singing and merry-making while still being effective. Wunjo became known for setting up large [[Legend (V7)|Legend]] spells with engaging songs that would even attract players who weren't under it's effects! He received his [[Master Bard]] in 2006.
  
Over the years, the Lighthouse would become a favoured haven for sailors and other merchants to rest and unwind after a long day. In order to bring more excitment to the establishment, Wunjo created the [[Pitmaster Championship]] - a tournament where the best of the best could duke it out for the ultimate prize, a glorious mastercrafted belt!
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In 2005, he briefly fell from the Amtgard scene until he moved to Toronto, Ontario and helped restart the defunct park, Mor Tur, reviving it alongside [[Nathanial Goldenleaf]], [[Ursus]], [[Calin]], [[Glithus]], [[Dracious]], [[Wei Ying]] and [[Ausric]]. They held a contest to determine a new name for the rekindled park and Wunjo's submission was chosen by popular vote, christening it [[Twilight Peak]]. During this time he also designed the first heraldry of the Northern Empire, the principality that would go on to become the [[Nine Blades]].
  
As his reputation grew, so did the risks that came with him leaving to go adventuring. Never one to dive into danger in the first place, Wunjo used his spellsinging to animate a marionnate golem, [[M.A.U.R.I.C.E.]], which he could control manually or send out to assist adventurers autonomously. With this construct, Wunjo was able to fight the good fight while also running a thriving business.
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Over the following years, Wunjo would come to find his niche as a quest-writer and game-runner. After being Twilight Peak's primary questmaster for years, Wunjo set his sights on furthering his claim to the Smith ladder.
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*In 2008, Wunjo created the [[Godstone Fair]], a non-combat medieval carnival (with games and prizes) designed to provide a positive, roleplay environment at large events. Debuting at [[Battle of the Dens]] 2008, Wunjo would run the Fair at BOTD and [[Great Eastern]] consistently until 2010, after which it would continue make special appearances when directly hired by event runners.
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*Also during this time, Wunjo created the [[Pitmaster Championship]]. a best-of-the-best fighting tournament to award a hand-crafted, leather wrestling belt to the best fighter in the north. After many alterations to it's distribution method, the Pitmaster Belt and it's 2v2 counterpart, the Gladiator Belts, would eventually find homes at Battle of the Dens and [[Team Tactics]] respectively as the yearly prize for winning their associated tournaments. Wunjo still supervises their distribution to this day.
  
And it's been that way ever since. From humble beginnings, Wunjo rose to find himself and now focuses his efforts on spreading joy to those around him. It's rumoured that he spends the majority of his fortune hiring scouts, rangers and mercenaries to search for any sign of his lost dwarwen parents.  
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In 2011, Wunjo dropped from the Amtgard scene once again due to work. He continued to monitor the Pitmaster Championship but was otherwise largely inactive, maintaining connections with the game only through his friends.
  
What lies in store for the Talespinner? Only time will tell...
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In early 2016, Wunjo discovered a busy Wednesday field in the then-[[Barony]] of [[Linnagond]] (Peterborough, Ontario) and was finally able to fully return to the game. Quickly falling back into his old role as quest-master and game-runner, Wunjo learned the new-to-him Amtgard V8 ruleset simply by watching others play. His time away had faded the memories of Version 7 and made this transition fairly painless. The biggest difference he noticed was the vastly changed [[Bard]] class. With V7 Charm and Legend gone, Wunjo felt the class no longer fulfilled the role that he enjoyed and earned his masterhood with, so Wunjo switched his main class to [[Wizard]] - a class that now suited his tastes better.
  
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Around the same time, Wunjo and [[Dorcas]] began working on a prototype for a new type of competitive battlegame format, the [[Phoenix League]]. Over the next year, Wunjo would build the Phoenix League Team and playtest the format extensively. In May 2016, the League announced itself to the international Amtgard community and was an immediate hit. Since then, Wunjo has been spending his time running and coordinating league-events with his team-members in [[Kingdom]]s across Amtgard.
  
===Affiliated Groups===
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In November 2016, Wunjo spearheaded a companion project to the Phoenix League format, the [https://discord.gg/vpbGC6j Paragon Academy], a Discord-based learning environment to help players strive and achieve class [[Paragon|paragonhood]]. The Paragon Academy eventually became Amtgard's largest public Discord server.
Ringleader of the [[Godstone Fair]]
 
  
===Belted Family===
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Both the Phoenix League and Paragon Academy would also go on to empower the movement that eventually led to the creation of the [[Knight of Battle]] path.
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On January 20, 2018, Wunjo was acknowledged as a [[Master Smith]].
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In 2018, Wunjo joined an early, unofficial proto-development team for Amtgard Version 9, led by Sir [[Manama Proster]]. In 2019, the Inter-Kingdom Circle of Monarchs merged Manama's Team with another proto-V9 team that was being led by Sir [[Korderellin]] and christened this new combined team as an official [[Amtgard V9]] development committee.
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Over the course of the next year and throughout the real-world COVID-19 pandemic, Wunjo cemented himself as the driving force behind the official V9 team and in 2020, he was made the new Team Lead by his peers and officially moved into the role of Director of V9 Development at the 2020 IKCOM meeting. He continues to work in this capacity to this day.
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Also during 2020, Wunjo worked tirelessly to prepare the [https://youtu.be/3ivN8QhRE5k Kingdom Bid] for the [[Nine Blades]], who succeeded in becoming the 22nd Kingdom of Amtgard at the 2020 IKCOM meeting.
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On March 12, 2021, Wunjo was elevated to Knight of the Flame and became the first Knight of the new Kingdom of the Nine Blades.
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On April 3, 2021, Wunjo was acknowledged as a [[Master Rose]].
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On August 8, 2021, Wunjo was granted the title of Paragon [[Reeve]].
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At present time, Wunjo continues to support Amtgard as the Director of [[Amtgard V9]] Development.
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==Characters==
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(Listed in order of creation)
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'''WUNJO BALLO'''<br>
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''Current Status: Alive - Retired''<br>
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A human [[bard]] raised by dwarven troubadours and taught the art of spell-singing, Wunjo adventured through [[Wolvenfang]] before settling down and founding a harbor-front inn/casino in [[Twilight Peak]].
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'''GUMMY THE GREMLIN'''<br>
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''Curent Status: Deceased - Retired''<br>
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A gremlin that lived in the catacombs beneath [[Wolvenfang]]. He was the friend and companion of Wunjo during his time there. Gummy was killed during a rebellion against the necromancer Vecna.
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'''CAPTAIN JAMES HAMUS'''<br>
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''Current Status: Crystallized - Retired''<br>
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An air-ship pirate who gained magical powers when struck by a bolt of Twilightning. The energy that gave him his powers also slowly transformed him into twilight crystal until he was nothing but a shimmering statue. His crew keeps his ''body'' on board his ship to this day in hopes that one day they will find a way to reverse the crystallization.
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'''BARRY RASP'''<br>
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''Current Status: Alive - Retired''<br>
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A researcher in the style of Dr. Frankenstein, Rasp created a quicksilver heart that granted immortality to it's host as long as the heart itself remained intact. He was coerced and controlled by the mind-flayer [[Yxvanzantul]] into summoning the arch-demon [[Ghur]] to [[Twilight Peak]]. After Yxvanzantul's defeat, Rasp continued to serve the demon, Ghur, in exchange for the restoration of his mind. His whereabouts are currently unknown.
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'''ZAZIL GLADERUNNER'''<br>
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''Current Status: Alive - Retired''<br>
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A free-spirited but noble satyr, Zazil was recruited to the [[Ebon Order]] after assisting with the fight against [[Ghur]] in [[Twilight Peak]]. After fighting with them for some time, he eventually left the company and returned to his life as a carefree resident of the western woods.
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'''JACK THE SCHOLAR'''<br>
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''Curent Status: Alive - Retired''<br>
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A human scholar who spent his whole life pursuing the knowledge of other worlds and extra-dimensional travel. He taught at the [[Twiilight Peak]] Arcane Academy and discovered the bubble-world of Jarek. He currently resides in a pocket dimension of his own creation which holds the campus of the [[Paragon Academy]], of which he is the acting Headmaster.
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'''M.A.U.R.I.C.E.'''<br>
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''Current Status: Alive - Retired''<br>
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A human-sized marionette golem created by Wunjo to be sent on adventures that were deemed "too dangerous" for the master bard to go on himself. His name stands for "Manually Animated, Ultra-Resilient, Independent Character Experiment". He can be controlled remotely but typically acts autonomously, learning from his companions as he goes.
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'''GUMJAW'''<br>
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''Current Status: Alive - Active''<br>
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A troll shaman from the swamps of [[Linnagond]]. Due to his extreme regeneration (think Wolverine), the old troll has been around for centuries. He acts as an occasional guide and a mentor to the heroes of Linnagond.
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'''GARFIELD THE SKELETON'''<br>
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''Current Status: Alive...? - Active''<br>
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A sentient skeleton and leader of Hollowhome, a fort in the Northwest part of [[Linnagond]]. Originally an enemy in the Skeleton War, Garfield now helps the people of Linnagond while developing his new "Skeleton Culture" and moonlighting as a Grim Reaper for the plane of Amtgardia.
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==[[Belted Family]]==
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{{Wunjo Belt Line}}
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==Notable Accomplishments==
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*Walker of the Middle / Paragon Reeve - Given by King [[Varen]] of [[Nine Blades]], August 2021
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*Knight of the Flame - Given by King [[Varen]] of [[Nine Blades]], March 2021
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*Committee Lead and Director of [[Amtgard V9]] Development.
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*Master Rose - Given by King [[Varen]] of [[Nine Blades]], April 2021
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*Defender - Given by Princess [[Faelynn Hadrea]] of [[NIne Blades]], January 2020
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*Master Smith - Given by Matriarch [[Promethea]] of [[Nine Blades]], January 2018
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*Creator and Headmaster of the [[Paragon Academy]] (est. 2016)
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*Founder and Leader of the [[Phoenix League]] (est. 2016)
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*Overseer of the [[Pitmaster Championship]] (est. 2008)
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*Ringleader of the [[Godstone Fair]] (est. 2008)
  
===Notable Accomplishments===
 
*Creator/Ringleader of the [[Godstone Fair]]
 
 
*Lord - Given by King [[Akrith]] of [[Goldenvale]], August 2008
 
*Lord - Given by King [[Akrith]] of [[Goldenvale]], August 2008
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*Talespinner - Given by Baron [[Padraic O'Loan]] of [[Caradoc Hold]], June 2008
 
*Talespinner - Given by Baron [[Padraic O'Loan]] of [[Caradoc Hold]], June 2008
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*Esquire - Given by King [[Goliath]] of [[Goldenvale]], March 2007
 
*Esquire - Given by King [[Goliath]] of [[Goldenvale]], March 2007
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*Master Bard - Given by Queen [[Elizabeth]] of [[Goldenvale]], August 2006
 
*Master Bard - Given by Queen [[Elizabeth]] of [[Goldenvale]], August 2006
*Designed the [[Twilight Peak]] and [[Northern Empire]] heraldry.
 
====Positions:====
 
[[Chancellor]] of [[Twilight Peak]], June 2006-December 2006 and June 2008-December 2008
 
  
===More Information===
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*Designed the [[Twilight Peak]] Heraldry, the original [[Nine Blades|Northern Empire]] heraldry, and the current [[Nine Blades]] Heraldry.
* [http://gumjaw.hypermart.net/TPBio/Wunjo.doc Character Bio]
 
* Also, see [[James Hamus]]
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 02:17, 5 February 2023

Talespinner Sir Wunjo Ballo the Visionary, Kingdom of the Nine Blades

Wunjo Ballo Wunjo (top-left) alongside his Squire Whispy (top-right), and At-Arms Iron-Thighs (bottom). Wunjo's Heraldry


"Eyes Shut, Soul Free
I'm You, You're Me
Come and follow in this trance
Drop your arms and start to dance!"


Personal Biography

Wunjo AKA Tyler Salvador started playing V6 Amtgard in 2002 in Wolvenfang, at the time a Barony under Goldenvale. He started with the Barbarian class but eventually found his calling when switched to Bard. His large home field meant battlegames were plentiful and pretty casual so he was able to focus more on singing and merry-making while still being effective. Wunjo became known for setting up large Legend spells with engaging songs that would even attract players who weren't under it's effects! He received his Master Bard in 2006.

In 2005, he briefly fell from the Amtgard scene until he moved to Toronto, Ontario and helped restart the defunct park, Mor Tur, reviving it alongside Nathanial Goldenleaf, Ursus, Calin, Glithus, Dracious, Wei Ying and Ausric. They held a contest to determine a new name for the rekindled park and Wunjo's submission was chosen by popular vote, christening it Twilight Peak. During this time he also designed the first heraldry of the Northern Empire, the principality that would go on to become the Nine Blades.

Over the following years, Wunjo would come to find his niche as a quest-writer and game-runner. After being Twilight Peak's primary questmaster for years, Wunjo set his sights on furthering his claim to the Smith ladder.

  • In 2008, Wunjo created the Godstone Fair, a non-combat medieval carnival (with games and prizes) designed to provide a positive, roleplay environment at large events. Debuting at Battle of the Dens 2008, Wunjo would run the Fair at BOTD and Great Eastern consistently until 2010, after which it would continue make special appearances when directly hired by event runners.
  • Also during this time, Wunjo created the Pitmaster Championship. a best-of-the-best fighting tournament to award a hand-crafted, leather wrestling belt to the best fighter in the north. After many alterations to it's distribution method, the Pitmaster Belt and it's 2v2 counterpart, the Gladiator Belts, would eventually find homes at Battle of the Dens and Team Tactics respectively as the yearly prize for winning their associated tournaments. Wunjo still supervises their distribution to this day.

In 2011, Wunjo dropped from the Amtgard scene once again due to work. He continued to monitor the Pitmaster Championship but was otherwise largely inactive, maintaining connections with the game only through his friends.

In early 2016, Wunjo discovered a busy Wednesday field in the then-Barony of Linnagond (Peterborough, Ontario) and was finally able to fully return to the game. Quickly falling back into his old role as quest-master and game-runner, Wunjo learned the new-to-him Amtgard V8 ruleset simply by watching others play. His time away had faded the memories of Version 7 and made this transition fairly painless. The biggest difference he noticed was the vastly changed Bard class. With V7 Charm and Legend gone, Wunjo felt the class no longer fulfilled the role that he enjoyed and earned his masterhood with, so Wunjo switched his main class to Wizard - a class that now suited his tastes better.

Around the same time, Wunjo and Dorcas began working on a prototype for a new type of competitive battlegame format, the Phoenix League. Over the next year, Wunjo would build the Phoenix League Team and playtest the format extensively. In May 2016, the League announced itself to the international Amtgard community and was an immediate hit. Since then, Wunjo has been spending his time running and coordinating league-events with his team-members in Kingdoms across Amtgard.

In November 2016, Wunjo spearheaded a companion project to the Phoenix League format, the Paragon Academy, a Discord-based learning environment to help players strive and achieve class paragonhood. The Paragon Academy eventually became Amtgard's largest public Discord server.

Both the Phoenix League and Paragon Academy would also go on to empower the movement that eventually led to the creation of the Knight of Battle path.

On January 20, 2018, Wunjo was acknowledged as a Master Smith.

In 2018, Wunjo joined an early, unofficial proto-development team for Amtgard Version 9, led by Sir Manama Proster. In 2019, the Inter-Kingdom Circle of Monarchs merged Manama's Team with another proto-V9 team that was being led by Sir Korderellin and christened this new combined team as an official Amtgard V9 development committee.

Over the course of the next year and throughout the real-world COVID-19 pandemic, Wunjo cemented himself as the driving force behind the official V9 team and in 2020, he was made the new Team Lead by his peers and officially moved into the role of Director of V9 Development at the 2020 IKCOM meeting. He continues to work in this capacity to this day.

Also during 2020, Wunjo worked tirelessly to prepare the Kingdom Bid for the Nine Blades, who succeeded in becoming the 22nd Kingdom of Amtgard at the 2020 IKCOM meeting.

On March 12, 2021, Wunjo was elevated to Knight of the Flame and became the first Knight of the new Kingdom of the Nine Blades.

On April 3, 2021, Wunjo was acknowledged as a Master Rose.

On August 8, 2021, Wunjo was granted the title of Paragon Reeve.

At present time, Wunjo continues to support Amtgard as the Director of Amtgard V9 Development.

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Characters

(Listed in order of creation)

WUNJO BALLO
Current Status: Alive - Retired
A human bard raised by dwarven troubadours and taught the art of spell-singing, Wunjo adventured through Wolvenfang before settling down and founding a harbor-front inn/casino in Twilight Peak.

GUMMY THE GREMLIN
Curent Status: Deceased - Retired
A gremlin that lived in the catacombs beneath Wolvenfang. He was the friend and companion of Wunjo during his time there. Gummy was killed during a rebellion against the necromancer Vecna.

CAPTAIN JAMES HAMUS
Current Status: Crystallized - Retired
An air-ship pirate who gained magical powers when struck by a bolt of Twilightning. The energy that gave him his powers also slowly transformed him into twilight crystal until he was nothing but a shimmering statue. His crew keeps his body on board his ship to this day in hopes that one day they will find a way to reverse the crystallization.

BARRY RASP
Current Status: Alive - Retired
A researcher in the style of Dr. Frankenstein, Rasp created a quicksilver heart that granted immortality to it's host as long as the heart itself remained intact. He was coerced and controlled by the mind-flayer Yxvanzantul into summoning the arch-demon Ghur to Twilight Peak. After Yxvanzantul's defeat, Rasp continued to serve the demon, Ghur, in exchange for the restoration of his mind. His whereabouts are currently unknown.

ZAZIL GLADERUNNER
Current Status: Alive - Retired
A free-spirited but noble satyr, Zazil was recruited to the Ebon Order after assisting with the fight against Ghur in Twilight Peak. After fighting with them for some time, he eventually left the company and returned to his life as a carefree resident of the western woods.

JACK THE SCHOLAR
Curent Status: Alive - Retired
A human scholar who spent his whole life pursuing the knowledge of other worlds and extra-dimensional travel. He taught at the Twiilight Peak Arcane Academy and discovered the bubble-world of Jarek. He currently resides in a pocket dimension of his own creation which holds the campus of the Paragon Academy, of which he is the acting Headmaster.

M.A.U.R.I.C.E.
Current Status: Alive - Retired
A human-sized marionette golem created by Wunjo to be sent on adventures that were deemed "too dangerous" for the master bard to go on himself. His name stands for "Manually Animated, Ultra-Resilient, Independent Character Experiment". He can be controlled remotely but typically acts autonomously, learning from his companions as he goes.

GUMJAW
Current Status: Alive - Active
A troll shaman from the swamps of Linnagond. Due to his extreme regeneration (think Wolverine), the old troll has been around for centuries. He acts as an occasional guide and a mentor to the heroes of Linnagond.

GARFIELD THE SKELETON
Current Status: Alive...? - Active
A sentient skeleton and leader of Hollowhome, a fort in the Northwest part of Linnagond. Originally an enemy in the Skeleton War, Garfield now helps the people of Linnagond while developing his new "Skeleton Culture" and moonlighting as a Grim Reaper for the plane of Amtgardia.

Belted Family

Sir Wunjo Ballo


Notable Accomplishments

  • Walker of the Middle / Paragon Reeve - Given by King Varen of Nine Blades, August 2021
  • Committee Lead and Director of Amtgard V9 Development.

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