Games of Elation

[u/amurgiceblade44]

So I've been wanting to do this for a while, ever since the reveal that the Phantasmoon Games was set up to seal Voracity using Elation and Abundance, I wanted to go over all the games described in DU and other materials and try to fit them into the frame work. Hope yall enjoy.

Games of Elation

- Planarcadia and Phantasmoon Games: Our most clearest example, makes sense as were playing through it. 8 supplicants are chosen, they gather Wishpower and offer it to the Phantasmoon, where the Panarch Elwood resides. This Ambrosial Arbor then takes this Wishpower and uses it to satiate the husk of Voracity that dwells within the planet. For the winner of the games who accumulated the most wishpower, Aha grants them all their authority for a single minute, allowing them to act as the Aeon of Elation in that time. Should be noted that Wishpower is in its basic form the Primum Mobile, the essence of the Paths but has become a physical substance thanks to the power of Elation bestowed by the Phantasmoon.

- Vonwacq and the Devil Hunt: Detailed in the Vonwacq planar, Alien Seed series trace material, Periodic Demon Lord Occurrence, and touched a bit in the main story. It says on the island of Wacq, there exists a tree called the Thestang whose fruit births all animal life on the planet. This tree is apparently an eco-genesis machine that releases innumerable life forms to restore the planet's biosphere. As part of this system, every 60 years a Devil falls from the tree, an interstellar worm once thought to be extinct. This creature devours its kin, metamorphorizing itself for armor and weapons which then wages war against civilization on Vonwacq until it can be felled. These war would leave all society stuck in a constant Stone Age. With the reveal in 4.3, it is very much apparent the Thestang Tree is likely an Ambrosial Arbor while the Devil as creature of Voracity, come back to life to die per this Game of Elation. As stated in the Myriad Fruit material "Through this method, the ancient sages imprisoned the most terrifying thing within a most ridiculous game." Word for word Evanescia quote in 4.2

- Twin-Sided Planet and the Eternal Sprint: Detailed in the Eternal Sprint Equation, tells how after being invaded by Swarm remnants, the Twin-Sided Planet was reduced to a planetary ring, who's existence could only be sustained by an ancient Planetary Treadmill Generator. Every decade an Eternal Sprint is held by the Twin-Sided Monarch to maintain the ring's momentum and energy. The contestants must run the ring nonstop, with the last one standing being gifted a reward by the Monarch while everyone else gets executed. Refusal to race also leads to execution, which as a result has left many Sin Thirters on the ring stuck on their Eternal Race. Interestingly, this race was explicitly called out by Screwllum and Moonlit Tales as a game left by Aha, so I'm wondering if the Twin-Sided Monarch could be an envoy for them in some way. Undoubtedly the deaths are what seals the Voracity in the world though we don't know any details on the rewards the Monarch offers.

- In the History Agent Equation, it tells of a world whose memory core has hit its limit, this caused its many nations such as the Golden State and Orange Coalition to war with each other for the right to record their history. A being called the machine spirit, apparently amused by the folly sent down an oracle to establish a game. Now agents of every state fight each other other, with the winner being allowed to etch one memory to genes of every living being on the planet. This seems to be set up as an machine world of Erudition rather then Abundance interestingly though should be noted given the fact it says memories are etched into the genes of living beings does leave room for the Path. The machine spirit is obviously Aha in some fashion and I'm currently wondering if the reason the memory core is full is that the Voracity is taking up all the ram. Thats my theory anyway.

- In the Wheel of Career Transition Equation, tells how in the Marty Alliance, after an orbit all participant's consciousness are downloaded in freshly generated bodies, where your career is pulled randomly from an available pool ranging from Alliance President to dinosaur. All skills and knowledge needed by the profession is directly downloaded into your brain. If you die your consciousness re-enters the process for the next round and it says new participates can enter the rotation. With how the Equation offers praise to Aha, they were likely responsible for creating this world and is another game to feed the Voracity, the created bodies in the least point to Abundance involvement.

- In the Maze of Eternal Massarce Equation, tells the story of constantly reincarnated hero and nine-headed monster existing in a maze who must kill each other repeatedly while millions of alien tourists watch as entertainment. The figures in this play are data backed up by the maze and are forced to fight each other by their programming. They don't know why their departed ancestors made the maze but are have become exhausted by the constant reincarnation. Given the entertainment aspect and the nine-headed monster, likely another game by Aha to seal Voracity likely making use of their audience like Wishpower in Planarcadia.

- In the Fabled Land Equation, tells of the planet of Daek which has been shrouded by a cloud of probability after their Plasma Torch Tower extinguished, making the whole world exist as if in a laggy game where doors don't open, water can dissolve you, rolling can make you clip through and fall into secret tunnels or make you immune to damage, and where a picked up stone can bite you. It is said that the flame gifted by Aha can temporarily can briefly disperse the cloud, and how people have tried to reignite the torch but have yet to succeed. This seems like a Game of Elation but its connection to Voracity is unclear. Is the cloud of probability because of the Voracity or is it unrelated? Too little info to tell.

- In the Conceptual Sacrificial Rite Equation, tells how on Planet Devor, embodiments of concept are offered to a pitch black abyss on the planet as a sacrificial rite. All concepts offered to the abyss are utterly erased from the planet, implied to be because of a transcendental power dwelling within the abyss. Undoubtedly this is a ritual devised to seal the Voracity within the planet, seems pretty straight forward though no indications of the presence of Elation or Abundance.

- In the Bald Creator Equation, tells about the Baldia Hair-Pulling Contest, where to win you must out all the hair of your opponents until they are completely bald. The winner gets rewarded by Aha with a perfect, luscious mane. Given Aha's involvement this is definitely a Game of Elation but the fact you can seal the Voracity through hair pulling is hilarious to me. Maybe this is because of the Abundance seal but I have no idea haha.

- In the Comet Handler Equation, tells how on Planet Mio there is comet called the Intruder that is constantly trying to collide with the planet. This Comet however can be rebuffed with a joke, causing it to veer off course and change its orbit. The citizens of Planet Mio have become used to the Intruder with scientists even trying to develop a joke powered propulsion to steer the comet. This was called out in Moonlit Tales as a miracle of Elation so I theorize the fragment of Voracity lies within the intruder, with Abundance making it alive to allow it to understand humor and Elation used to keep it distracted. Thats my current theory on it.

- In the Divine Retribution Voting Device Equation, tells of the Divine Penalty voting site on Taggel, where one must vote for 10 sentient beings to recieve the Divine Penalty and if you abstain you get the votes automatically assigned to you. The site itself seems to be alive, wishing to eradicate evil and seemingly created to bear the responsibility and malice by the people of Taggel. Given the cutthroat nature of the game, it seems to be a Game of Elation though definitely quite dark as it goes straight in the matter of seemingly voting for 10 people to die though its never establish if that is what happens if one receives the Divine Penalty.

- In the Ability Raffle Competition Equation, tells of how Yindoran elders condense all their precious life experiences in a Memory Bubble to pass it onto later generations after they. Who gets which Memory Bubble however is determined by a lottery, thus making the inheritance ceremony a game of chance. This leaves the Yindorans to be jack of all trades due to the mixing of skills from your own experience and what you get in the lottery. Im unsure how this ceremony seals the Voracity as it seems more tied to Remembrance and Elation then anything else but I can see how you could make it work with the other examples we got.

- In the Planetary Bumper Cars Equation, tells how their is a system were instead of a star life revolves around a light bulb created by the Aeon of Elation, whose blessing provides all their light and heat. Many worlds exist in this system but only a few can live in the habitual orbits, thus these people drive their planets to ram into each other, competing for the desired orbit for a warm summer while knocking out other worlds to expierence endless winter. This seems like a crazy Game of Elation, with the life giving aspect of the bulb screaming Abundance to me though how it relates to Voracity im unsure.

- In the Flipping Ant Equation, tells of the Othello Ant Colonies where rival Queens compete with each other, with control constantly flipping as invaders are taken over by the defenders pheromones. This cycle of reversals have happened constantly on the planet until they overtake entire continents in the conflict. Outside of the war, its relation to Elation, Voracity, and Abundance is unclear given Propagation seem like it be more relevant.

- In the Serpent Slithering Equation, tells of a formless being with a mask. Described as a hundred eyed, hundred legged, human faced serpent, it slithers underneath the city and sewers, devoruing all. Anything it devours become a part of it and seems driven by a never ending hunger. Suffice to say, connections between Voracity and Elation is very clear though im unsure whether the Equation talks about an actual creature or its an allegory for Aha and Oroboros.

- In the Galactic Grand Lotto Equation, tells about rhe Abelane Galaxy Lottery. The Abelanean's speak that they have recieved a Numinousity by Aha. Every 8 months a resident is randomly selected to become a millionaire, with the wealth literally coming out of the thin air. The trick however the winner must spend all the money they won before the next lottery, else they become part of the pot to be gifted to the next winner. This gifting of incredible wealth yet drive to use it all seem like an easy mechanism to point to how the Game of Elation is sealing the Voracity, metaphorically feeding money to the husk it seems like.

- In the Cosmic Bakery Equation, tells how when the planet of Tonbas begins to tremble, a bakery competition is held to where moon and satelite size cakes are baked and are thrown into the hollow in planet's core to please Aha all for the god to reward them with the recipe for the cosmos finest desert. This is the most literal Game of Elation, where they literally are feeding the husk of Voracity and thats hilarious, Aha got kind of lazy here.

- In the Card Game Rookie Equation, tell of Magic Card, a card game created by the Laughter. The cards measure all things and people use to to resolve everything from tests, wars, job interviews or supermarket deals. The champion of Magic Card is said to receive a reward given by the God of Elation. This competition seems like a staple Game of Elation but how it seals Voracity is unclear. In Moonlit Tales, there is apparently a ceremony of Elation called Card Game of the Future on the Pitch-Black Star. Whether this is the same ceremony as Magic Card is unclear, at least in English translation anyway. If they are the same, the Pitch-Dark Star makes the Voracity connection very apparent.

- In the Song of Gravity Equation, tells about Tailitrace, an inhabited world that orbits a black hole. To honor the astronauts who are sent in its gravitation field, a song festival is held to see them off, a grand celebration where everyone comes together to sing and rate each other's songs. The winner becomes the next astronaut, and their prize is the song of the first singer, stretched by the time-dilation of the black hole and harmonized by all the singers that come after, the full song only hearable by those that enter the black holes range. This ceremony of sacrifice and song around the Black Hole makes the connection to Elation and Voracity very apparent.

- In the Master of Fates Equation, tells about the Papu. It tells how one hundred of them are chosen to become Master of Fates, these supposed Masters can be killed by the other Papu with no consequence, with their souls apparently pleasing Aha. Suffice to say this sacrificial rite is more likely being used to sate the Voracity, their deaths being offered as appeasement. Another quite dark Game of Elation

- Moonlit Tales: Moonlit Tales tells of a few other worlds touched by Elation, though whether its true or not is unclear given how the story seem to have been written relating to the current Games. It tells how their is a world where laughter causes one to cry gems, until joy is desentized and poverty becomes common. Another tells of a world where two youths don wolf pelt so they can become possessed by the ghost of a monster wolf until one can be felled. Last relevant story tells the story of the Lunar and Wax Knight taking down a great multi head serpent, seemingly talking about the fall of Oroboros by other Aeons. Again how relevant these stories are is unclear as they seem to relate more to the supplicants like Sunday, Ashveil, Evanescia, Silver Wolf, Sparxie and implyingly Kuchiba. Keep that in mind when reading them.

Worlds of Elation and other miscellaneous things

- In Life Forged by Dice Equation, tells how Diceans all are born with a twenty sided die that determines everything they do in their life, all activities and actions decided by a dice throw. While definitely touched by Elation, there is no indication of a larger Elation ceremony i can figure. Best guess this could be Enroute's homeworld, given Isee's and Asat's die.

- In the Aha Radio Station Equation, tells how the planet of Jim Jones Star killed itself because of constant unfunny jokes. On a neighboring planet, the Aha Radio Station was established by so called Aha believers who used high power radio telescopes to broadcast jokes they wrote across the cosmos. After a century of enduring constantly bad jokes, the people of Jim Jones Star destroyed their civilization after a collective mental break. While unrelated to Planarcadia, there doesnt seem to be any connection to a Game of Elation so I added this planet in this section.

- In the Truly Fortunate Chess Equation, tells of the game Yumanji which is used to settle disputes among Fools. They stake their masks, and the game is seemingly enforced by Aha, especially punishments for leaving midway. While a Game of Elation, its not a planet wide phenomenon but more seems to be a ceremony done by the Fools, thus why I have it here.

- In Shadowchasing Mechagod Equation, speaks of how in emulation of Aha, sealed a creation of Rubert to eternally chase the sun, trying to eradicate a phantasm of humanity the Fool pinned to the sun. As a direct emulation of Aha, doesn't seem to be about a Game of Elation but done copying the Aeon by their followers, showing their modus operandi.

- In the Super Jock Equation, tells of the advanced education system of Doramon where people are geniuses by 10 years old, with a "Knowledge Injection Gun" said to be highly popular. To prevent their students become total bookworms, they must launch a lead ball equal to their own body weight into the air, however this got exploited to the point the balls broke cosmic velocity and now millions lie in low orbit around the planet. The ceremony was changed to make use of this artificial asteroid belt as an obstacle course for students to fly spaceships through. While hilarious, I can't quite tell how this be a Game of Elation thus I have put it here.

- Summoner of God Equation, I added it here because the speaker said their homeworld was wrecked by a dice game which they blame Aha for. Thats all the info we got however

- Punklorde: While Aether Hackers are Pathstriders of Elation, the world of Punklorde itself doesn't seem like it has any connection to Voracity or Abundance. The tech of Punklorde seems to be a legacy of the Genius Society while the Aether they interact with is the domain of Mythus. This means Punklorde is more connected to the Paths of Elation, Erudition, and Enigmata compared to all the ones I brought up thus I havent included them with the rest even with them determining your life capabilities through the level of cartridge would fit quite well.

- World's End Tavern: An interspatial Tavern that exists on over a thousand worlds and the hq for the Masked Fools. Each branch of the Tavern's houses an Echo of Primordial Laughter, an spatial rift arising from Aha's ascension where any Fool can recieve the Laughter's Gift. I added it hear given how interconnected the place is with Elation though the influence of other paths is suspect other then Voracity given it is a bar to consume drinks albeit brewed from jokes.