The Ancient Art of Carrotay

(This article is not to be edited by any but the Chief Spy for fear of Tomataters tainting the truth)

## The History

Carrotay began long ago, when carrots were created. Young children who worked in gardens tended these plants, and one day, the plants spoke. The fascinated children listened and watched as the carrots stood and began showing them how to fight. The children copied them, and began to grow stronger and faster, as well as more skilled in the art that came to be known as Carrotay.

The first Carrotayers, the children, traveled and taught a select few the art of Carrotay. They formed a society while the Head Carrotayers continued learning from the sacred orange vegetable. Soon, people who knew the art of Carrotay became held almost as gods, while they themselves held the carrots higher. Lowly commoners, those who knew no Carrotay, envied and revered the Carrotay learners. All was calm, but it was not meant to be.

### The War

A group of Carrotay learners grew jealous of the Carrotayers and broke away secretly. They modified the art of Carrotay, and lived in the mountains. There, they discovered an evil force: the Tomatoes.

The tomatoes showed the Breakaways how to fight against the Carrotay learners, and the Breakaways became known as the Tomataters. These Tomataters grew in size until they rivaled the pure Carrotay learners. War broke out, long and fierce, until both sides were destroyed. Or were they...

### The Seeds of Knowledge

A few Carrotay learners managed to escape, but they were young and inexperienced. Still, they tried to learn from the carrots, but the carrots had gone silent. In distress, the Carrotay learners gathered what little knowledge they could and set out to teach. The knowledge was much sparser than what the Carrotayers knew, but the young teachers still gave what they could, forming an order known as 'Karate' after the Carrotay Order.

### The New World

To this day, this 'Karate' still lives. Nothing has been added to it, and yet people still believe it is deep and large. It is but a fraction of the wisdom we learned from the Carrots, but it shall do for now. For now.

You see, unbeknownst to the Tomataters and the Karate Order, one of the original Carrotayers survived. They taught only small groups, for they feared another great war. Those students, the new Carrotayers, live among us today. Rumors are that some of the Royal family are Carrotayers, or the Chief Spy is a Carrotayer. However, nothing has been proven.

## The Art

Carrotay has many moves, some of which we shall list here:

Root-Cutters: A Complex move in which the Carrotay-Learner sweeps one foot under their opponent to trip them while maintaining balance.

Raindrop-Blockers: Blocking punches and kicks with arms

Root-Slicers: Not to be confused with Root-Cutters. Root-Slicers are using the legs in a double front-kick.

Round-Barn Kick: A 360 degree spin kick for extra power to your legs.

## The Classes

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### Students:

Name: Avocado

Level of Mastery (1-5): 1

Position in the community: I'm a citizen, but I came here from the Avocado Queendom to learn more about who we've allied with.