IC Pronouns: he/him
Player Name: Elouise F
Player Pronouns: she/her
Email: scott_cairns@referenceii.oxfordrpg.com
“…the game spread steadily around the world along trade routes, its popularity exploding with the genesis of the printing press; ever-multifaceted, to some peoples it became a tool of divination, to others the pure expression of intellectual might, to others still a nexus of political intrigue and trickery…”
–Masters and Prophets: a short history of the Duke's Game, Viigand, A., 3rd ed., 2031.
“…Cairns was escorted from his hotel early this morning by an armed security detail, half-dressed and clearly intoxicated, and wasted no time in hurling profuse obscenities at the massed journalists. The World Dukes Congress is yet to make a public statement, but trusted inside sources are suggesting an annulment of the championship match, returning the title to his opponent Antoine Tremblay, seems likely…”
–“DUKES CHAMP IN PRESS FURORE”, The Northwestern Evening Post, 24th June 2039.
“…the Congress vacated that title on bullshit charges, and they know it. I mean, computer assistance? Seriously? Maybe Tremblay and his gaggle of bastards were plugging moves into a terminal when they weren't busy twiddling their thumbs and playing absolute dross, but I've made my position on the matter quite clear enough - no machine will ever match the human mind in the creativity and ingenuity needed to understand this game, and if they can't prove I cheated then there’s no way in hell they have the right to stop me playing…”
–Interview with Dukes Quarterly on the eve of the 2041 Dukes World Championship. Cairns was disqualified by the WDC despite his eligibility by a vote of 138-22.