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======Scott Cairns======

**IC Pronouns**: he/him \\
**Player Name**: Elouise F\\
**Player Pronouns**: she/her\\
**Email**: [[scott_cairns@referenceii.oxfordrpg.com]]\\

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> “…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.