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== [[Lord]] [[Man-at-Arms]] Wunjo Ballo, [[Esquire]], of [[Twilight Peak]], [[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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'''''Bard, Bard, Bard, Bard, Bard!'''''
 
  
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==Character Biography==
 
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Born in the lands of the north, Wunjo Ballo was raised by a troupe of dwarven musicians in service to a great King of Dwarves. They trained him in various instruments and introduced him to the Spellsinger, the art of combining magic with music. He lived and grew with the dwarves until he grew to maturity, learning many valuable life lessons through the dwarves' solid sense of honour and justice.
 
  
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Wunjo was forced to split from his family when a sinister dark elf tyrant assassinated the dwarf king and let the blame fall on his musical entourage. As punishment for betrayal, the troupe was banished from the kingdom and scattered into the wildlands surrounding it.
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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>
  
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Wunjo spent many years searching for his lost family. It was during this search that he befriended a young Gremlin he would grow to call [[Gummy]]. The two quickly learned to rely on each other for assistance and together they were able to survive the harsh environment of the wildlands.
 
  
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At the end of his search, Wunjo came across the Barony of [[Wolven Fang]] and was overjoyed to see a settlement of humans, people like him, for the first time in his life. With little money to his name and a Gremlin on his back, Wunjo claimed the remains of a collapsed catacomb to be his new home. Hidden at the bottom of a well, their new home would serve them well.
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==Personal Biography==
  
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Wunjo lived in Wolvenfang for many years, but as time went on, living became more difficult. A lich by the name of [[Vecna]] came to power and Wunjo was forced to flee southward to the fledgling shire of Twilight Peak.
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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.
  
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Wunjo spent much of his time in Twilight Peak trying to become more than he was in [[Wolven Fang]]. He began travelling with it's warriors and returning to tell their tales at the locate tavern, the [[Golden Turtle]]. As his popularity grew, Wunjo formed the [[Godstone Fair]] and later, the [[Lighthouse Casino]].
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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]].
  
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Sadly, in a terrible coup organized by a group of conspirators, Gummy was killed and Wunjo's last tie to his previous life was severed. The days of dwarven legends and deep jungle adventures were gone and Wunjo's transformation into a new kind of bard was complete.
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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.
  
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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.
  
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===Affiliated Groups===
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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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Ringleader of the [[Godstone Fair]]
 
  
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===[[Belted Family]]===
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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.
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*[[Dame]] [[Cordelia]]
 
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**[[Squire]] [[Molly Mallone]]
 
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***[[Man At Arms]] [[Wunjo Ballo]]
 
  
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===Notable Accomplishments===
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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.
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*Creator/Ringleader of the [[Godstone Fair]]
 
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*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
 
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*Esquire - Given by King Goliath of Goldenvale, March 2007
 
  
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====Positions:====
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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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[[Chancellor]] of [[Twilight Peak]]
 
  
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====More Information====
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On January 20, 2018, Wunjo was acknowledged as a [[Master Smith]].
  
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* [[http://gumjaw.hypermart.net/TPBio/Wunjo.doc|Character Bio]]
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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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* Also, see [[James Hamus]]
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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)
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*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
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*Esquire - Given by King [[Goliath]] of [[Goldenvale]], March 2007
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*Master Bard - Given by Queen [[Elizabeth]] of [[Goldenvale]], August 2006
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*Designed the [[Twilight Peak]] Heraldry, the original [[Nine Blades|Northern Empire]] heraldry, and the current [[Nine Blades]] Heraldry.
  
 
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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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