Sidus Dei Ludos
The Sidus Dei Ludos is an international sporting competition, with athletes from all countries competing, with many events. There are two different Sidus Dei Ludos, The Summer Sidus Dei Ludos and The Winter Sidus Dei Ludos. The SDL competition was founded in 1501 primarily by Protectinate Jason Mennothis II, the ruler of The Protectorates of Allia at the time. The games went on until 1860, not annually, but held around only 77 times in that period. The modern, annual Sidus Dei Ludos were founded by Daniel Stevenson, from The United States of Quentin in 1916.
History
The Sidus Dei Ludos were founded in 1501 by Protectinate Jason Mennothis II. He founded the games as a way to bring countries of Venturia closer together, and celebrate the similarities that each country had. Many historians also speculate that Mennothis created the games as a sneaky way of trying to reconcile the former Protectorates of The Allian Empire and bring them back in, after the dissolving of the empire in 1500. Whatever his reasons, 6 countries, Allia, The United Lands of Southia, Bymaria, Carkhia, Docneighland, Triladar, and The Empire of the New Dawn met in 1502 for the first ever games, including 4 events, running, shooting, strength, and fencing. The first ever champion was Allia, and the 6 countries had the games on and off again, adding Punctinaturalland, Lindsaya, and Telembria as new countries, until 1800, when the games were cancelled.
In 1834, the games were revived once more, with countries this time including The United States of Quentin, Allia, Punctinaturalland, Carkhia, Bymar, Docneighland, Vidgmar, Telembria, and The United Villages of Southia. The games continued on, on again and off again, until 1860. That is when numerous countries withdrew over division because of the expansion of the Republic of Megatridimensional Order. The Sidus Dei Ludos were cancelled, and with the onset of The Great Venturian War, the games started to fade from memory. After the war, however, they were once again revived by Quentinian Daniel Stevenson. He believed that, to prevent another war, the countries needed ties to each other, and friendly relationships through sports. The games were then founded, and continued on annually, like today, to present day.
The Summer Sidus Dei Ludos
The Summer Sidus Dei Ludos are held every two years, traditionally from July 1st to July 15th. They include only Summer sports. There are 12 events in the Summer SDL, which are as follows: Quentinian Quadrathameet, Quantitative Fishing, Value Fishing, 200 Meter Dash, 800 Meter Run, The Asper Jog, The Triathlon, Combative Archery, Value Archery, Xevalhemia, Nosedive, and Bucketball. Modern participants of the Summer SDL include every country in the world, except The Northern Patrons of Ice and The United Villages of Southia. Since 1916, there has been a Summer SDL every 2 years. There have been numerous cities to host the Summer SDL, and the complete list can be found here: [1], by clicking on the websites link, then selecting the official Sidus Dei Ludos site.
Each time the Summer SDL come around, in all 12 events there are 3 medals, given to participants for how well they did. The rankings are diamond medal,gold medal, and silver medal, with diamond being highest and going down in value. The Summer SDL are widely watched around the world, viewed by around 500 million people from around the globe every year.
The Winter Sidus Dei Ludos
The Winter SDL are held alternating years from the Summer, every two years. Held traditionally from December 1st to December 15th, they started in 1917, and have continued to this day. Currently there are 12 events as follows: Hotbox, Roofball, Football, V-Wrestling, Snowboarding, Style Skating, 200 Meter Skate, 800 Meter Skate, Ice Triathlon, Frozen Retrieval, Skiing, and Winter Hunting. Every country in the world participates in the Winter SDL except the United Villages of Southia, since they dropped out in 2003. There have been many cities that have held the Winter SDL in the past, and the complete list can be found here: [2] under the websites link, and by clicking on the official Sidus Dei Ludos page.
