[Sports] Mannok-Vahk Tournament Re-Opens

Mannok-Vahk Tournament reopens

Cross posted from Tuchanka Times

The annual Bitter Seas Mannok-Vahk Fishing Tournament has begun this week, with an especially extravagant opening ceremony to celebrate the survival of the competition, the curing of the genophage and the success of the krogan following the Reaper War.
As well as the traditional opening feast, consisting of dozens of courses of local seafood as well as other local delicacies, spectators were treated to an impressive pyrotechnic display, several traditional krogan wrestling matches and a number of other entertainments.
Many locals were both surprised and pleased to see a large number of non-krogan who had travelled to Tuchanka to either take part in the tournament or simply spectate.

Held on the Bitter Seas Archipelago, the Mannok-Vahk Tournament has occurred annually, un-interrupted by war, inclement weather or natural disaster for nearly 400 years. The only disruption to this schedule occurred last year with the Reaper invasion of Tuchanka and many krogan were pleased to see the return of the popular competition.

"A lot has happened in the last year," Said Khel Torgan, a regular entrant of the competition. "The war; the genophage being cured; a lot of new nations emerging. We krogan are making our return to glory; if that isn't worth celebrating, I don't know what is.”

Even the fishing tournament hasn't escaped the many changes affecting the krogan; non-krogan were allowed to participate for the first time in 2186 and this year two such individuals, batarian fisher Kiral Nab'Okor and human master angler Tomi Oshiro, have already impressed locals by managing to progress to the third round by landing a number of extremely large -and extremely ferocious- fish.

Oshiro, who took part in the competition in 2186, this year managed to land a 326-pound mace ray despite the fish attacking and partially sinking his skiff.
“The krogan have been very welcoming so far.” Oshiro told us, “Last year I think they saw us as a novelty, this year however... I think they’re starting to see us as proper competition.”

The tournament is expected to continue for several weeks.

oh lovely tuchanka

Good to see some things are still continuing as normal.
I've not yet managed to make it back to Tunchanka following the war; now with the trouble brewing in Kalynd and the Fishing Tournament to take in I think maybe it's time I arranged a little trip back home.

Props to Kiral Nab'Okor, I remember him visiting Greklon and hauling out huge Hrokfish. Damned impressive sight.

...you know, there are some sports I'll never understand the point of.