King of the Mount

King of the Mount is a friendly competition on hosted by Pelor on Celestia between teams of adventurers sponsered by deities. King of the Mount is generally held every Celestial year, or about 4 astral years. THe tradition began during the The Age of the Wheel at the request of Bahamut and Sarenrae. The first king of the mount had only 3 participating deities, Bahamut, Sarenrae and Wandel and was a simple race to the finish. Over time the event has gotten more robust, and now anywhere from 4 to 8 deities host a team every year.

The First King of the Mount
Bahamut crushed everyone, no one was surprised

The Second King of the Mount
The first competition to feature global rules. The second king of the mount created many rules that would become mainstay in future competitions. First, checkpoints were created to force teams to stop periodically and not simply fly to the finish, this was also the first King of the Mount to feature challenges, although there were only 5 in the competition. It also introduced the concept of the restriction, which in this case, was no flying.

The Hundred-Thirty-second King of the Mount
With only three deities choosing to participate, Pelor took the oppertunity to change the formula. Rather than a race, the 32nd King of the Mount was a war-game, 3 teams of 144 attempted to conquer Jovar.

The twenty-thousandth-twelfth King of the Mount
Wandel won, and never lost again.

The thirty-thousandth-two-hundredth-ninty-seventh King of the Mount
In this competition, Wandel fielded The Champions as his team. The restriction was no flying, and unlike previous years, it was not announced till the day of the competition. In the end The Champions proved victorious after killing Erathis' team on the final mountain.

The thirty-thousandth-three-hundredth King of the Mount
Wandel anounced that he would no longer compete. Luthur won with the team of chosen gemscarred.