Battle of the Temple of Art

The Battle of the Temple of Art, also known as The Founding of the Swords of the Soundboard, was a conflict that occured in the Temple of Art, an ancient and prestigious institution that had fallen into the care of Princeps autem Consolus, following the death of the rogue artist Kane. Princeps initially denied SuperNutty access to the Temple after he showed up on the doorstep with his motly crew and started prattling on about Stythe and his Cult, which Princeps really wasn't that interested in.

However, all that changed when Nutty revealed that Reverend Salazar Stythe was on a crusade to destroy both Music and Art, along with any other walks of life which Stythe did not agree with. SuperNutty and Princeps then came to blows over who should lead the counter-crusade, and the argument soon devolved into a huge fight.

The Battle
After launching several console blasts at SuperNutty, Princeps ordered her forces to attack. Drez Bro Dude A singlehandedly knocked down Magnum TA and Spein, and Princeps launched their unconscious bodies out of one of the windows of the Temple. SuperNutty drew his Sword of the Soundboard, and swung several blows at Princeps, chopping off an earring which smashed on the floor.

Unfortunatly, that earring happened to contain one of the balancing nodes for the console refinement beam, which caused Princeps' console power to go out of control. The Temple of Art's main hallway was destroyed after several powerful blasts knocked down the support pillars, trapping everyone inside. In a rage, Princeps blasted both her own forces and what remained of the Swords of the Soundboard onto the field outside the Temple of Art.

SuperNutty, using the Ivona text-to-speech app, drew up a rousing speech about setting aside differences and coming together to defeat a bigger foe. Princeps, having regained control of her power, reluctantly agreed to the ceasefire, but only if her forces and the Swords of the Soundboard operated independently in their efforts against Stythe, co-ordinating only in the briefing room, not on the battlefield. Nutty agreed, however later in the War this condition of the treaty was stretched to breaking point when strains on the Swords and the Princeps' Art Cult meant that they had to fight side by side on occasion, particularly in the Battle Over the Underhang, right at the end of the war.