In light of there not being an update, I am writing more backstory.
There are 11 other villages that are either close to Sil or have frequent contact with it. Centuries ago, these villages met and decided that because 12 was a nice even number, they should have an inter-village sports competition. They scheduled it to occur every year and in a new season every time, and the Olympic Official Intervillage Games were born.
There are numerous events, including swimming, pankration, running, weight lifting, and other relatively entertaining passtimes. Each village is allowed to field a maximum of one competitor for each event, except in team events. Competitors are typically human and native to the village they compete for, but outsiders and non-humans are allowed to compete. There are even records of a minotaur being chosen for the pankration, and a giant, self-aware carp being sent to compete in the swimming section. The minotaur went over well and won without killing any of his opponents, but the self aware carp didn't do very well. In the middle of the race, neck and neck with the swimmer from Sil and amid the ecstatic cheers of it's village, it paniced, turned around, and bit a chunk out of one of the more delicious competitors. The race had to be called off when all of the swimmers tried to pull the carp away from the person it was trying to eat. In the ensuing chaos, roughly half of the swimmers received broken bones or lacerations, and the carp received a pierced dorsal fin. Strangely enough, the fin had been pierced with a jewel encrusted scimitar. It is still not known how or why a jewel encrusted scimitar found it's way into the hands of one of the swimmers, especially during an actual race.
The limit of one competitor per event per village was instituted to prevent one village from winning every single medal in any given event.
Although the events are varied, there are specific rules on what can be counted as an event. No event includes riding an animal around colorful obstacles, although there are riding events (such events are typically combat oriented, to prevent the animal being ridden from doing all the work). In general, no event includes dancing around with a ribbon.
Each village is expected to have an emblem for the competition, but emblems can change year by year. Sil typically has an emblem related to the ocean, and sea horses and basalt cubes are common choices.
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