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[Wiki Article] The Moa Races
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No Flood Season in Thul Ka would be complete without a viewing of the moa races in the city’s Grand Onithodrome. From the start of Yaris and proceeding well into the month of Achtus, teams of charioteers compete in a series of races for the coveted [whatever] risking life and limb before vast and cheering crowds. By far the most popular sport in Thul Ka, the races are exercises in both speed and strategy with drivers on the same team working together to control the course and block the progress of the other drivers. Needless to say, the sport is quite dangerous and many a driver, not to mention a moa, has been killed upon the track.
Each year, on the final day of Turgamrhit, the Emperor himself opens the racing season and watches the races from his splendid box overlooking the track. It is considered a great honor to race before the Emperor, especially in these days of the reign of Un Fera, a noted racing enthusiast.
In a city so riven with factionalism, it is not great surprise that the various racing teams have loyal, even fanatical devotees who both support their teams with great fervor and work to undermine their opponents. Complex betting schemes designed to cripple teams and ruin owners and races are not unknown, though they are illegal. Other illegalities are also common in racing and various gangs and syndicates in the city are notorious for fixing races, bribing drivers, and drugging moas.
Each year, on the final day of Turgamrhit, the Emperor himself opens the racing season and watches the races from his splendid box overlooking the track. It is considered a great honor to race before the Emperor, especially in these days of the reign of Un Fera, a noted racing enthusiast.
In a city so riven with factionalism, it is not great surprise that the various racing teams have loyal, even fanatical devotees who both support their teams with great fervor and work to undermine their opponents. Complex betting schemes designed to cripple teams and ruin owners and races are not unknown, though they are illegal. Other illegalities are also common in racing and various gangs and syndicates in the city are notorious for fixing races, bribing drivers, and drugging moas.
Still for all the corruption the races go on to great applause attracting huge crowds. The demand for seats in the Grand Onithodrome is so great that it has undergone numerous expansion, but these have done little to ease the crowds. Thankfully for the racing fans, one does not need to be present at the races to view them. One of the oldest magical professions in Mugroba is that of the Racing Scryer, and these ladies and gentlemen take it upon themselves to view each race and transmit their perceptions to great mirrors hung in scrying parlors, coffee houses, wine shops, and caravanserai throughout the city. Since each Scryer can only send their perceptions of the races to one location, resources are often pooled by the patrons and owners of establishments to hire a Scryer to act for them during the season.
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