A typical stroll of a wizard like me lasts ages. From the music hall to the building of 500, the hallways are crowded. As Samwise Gamgee (Sam Maney) says it, “Maneuvering through the throngs in the passageway is like seeking to hold water in a sieve. Though the currents of human flesh guide you against your will, you must still be punctual or else the wrath of educators will be upon you.” 

Dainty yellow sheets may be seen held by travelers. These weary journeymen are called “the excused”. The unpunctual passing men and women that do not bear these yellowish slips are undoubtedly done for. These commuters, coming quite late to arrive at the siege, have been undoing the attention of the registrant schoolchildren. 

The siege leaders make attempts at humiliation to deter these undocumented latecomers. The siege leaders are often harsh, with some harbingers going to the lengths of starting quite inapposite duels between the two.These happenings behind time must come to an end, perhaps granting more time to the latecomers to cease these frequent mishappenings. 

An uprising in the midwest about these occurrences has caused a diligent few to inscribe a complaint pertaining to these ages of travel, walking from each branch of the academy. A letter received from a neighboring village details the staggering jaunt. 

“Dearest reader,

It has been a fortnight since I started my excursion; I have been trying to get to the third of my periods. Alas, I am utterly exhausted and overwhelmed, and concerned that I may have missed the function entirely. If it were not so far that I had to travel, I may have arrived on time.”

-Galdorifus Thundertwiggle III, Grandmaster of the Whirling Winds of Whimsy 

(Elizabeth Franzon)

Shot in the barracks of Bathje, a young enchanter can be seen outside the gnomes den. Such gnomes are often seen abiding within these barracks. Out of the building of 500 they operate, scuttling around writing spells. Such scripts could be dangerous, accounting for almost 1,000 words the spells pertain. Getting ready for war, these gnomes are. Their suspicious enemy lies in the main siege of Sparta.

The enchanter beckons to the gnomes of the land of Bathje, giving them quite a start. The sorcerer arrives in peace. Although the gnomes are traditionally peacekeepers, they are quite startled by the wizard’s arrival. Greeting the gnomes in their cozy expanse, he kneels down to their master, now at eye level with the dignitary. He kneels down out of respect for their minimal height. The Herald Bathje, now impatient for an explanation, babbles to the young wizard about his motives. 

The sorcerer explains his intent, telling the miniscule leader about his war with the spartans. The gnomes celebrated the enchanter’s shared judgments of the spartan knights and agreed to band together with the wizard. The knights’ ideology of quick passing periods must come to an end, and that force must be used to change these dreadful laws.