Into-the-Brekkerverse

Welcome to the Alternate Universe Kaz Brekker Competition! Your hosts for this event will be myself (@witherydithery) and TBH Kaz. Let the games begin!

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Welcome to Into the Brekkerverse!

Your hosts for this event will be myself (@witherydithery) and TBH Kaz. Let the games begin and no mourners!

Into The Brekkerverse is a competition that is, at its core, about celebrating the creativity of this fandom! For engaging in fan creations and appreciating how unique two versions of the same character, even using the same basic premise, can be. 

Winner

One For Sorrow! Kaz

Important Dates

Nominations are due in late April. 

Round One: May 26-June 2

Round Two: June 5-12

Round Three: June 17-June 24

Finale: June 26-July 3

Important Links 

Guidelines and Nomination Rules

*Revised Guidelines*

Nominations Form 

Participants List

Round One Matchups + Matchups Overview

Round Two Matchups

Round Three Matchups

Blog Organization 

#poll

For the polls themselves

#competition info 

For things like guidelines, question replies, and rules.

#kazual conversation

Not polls or important info, just shenanigans

#round 1

#round 1 matchups

etcetera

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It's been a bit over a year since I began Into the Brekkerverse! Insane.

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Some art for our champion!!

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Vote based on who would win in a fight when it is balanced.

Guidelines

Which Kaz Would Win?

One For Sorrow! Kaz

Adagio! Kaz

With Bloody Feet Across Hallowed Grounds! Kaz

Voting ended onJul 3, 2023

Character and Fic Info Below ⬇

One For Sorrow

Author: endoftheword

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35389987/chapters/88211452 

AU: Hunger Games Alternate Universe

Hailing from District Six, this Kaz is the victor of the 71st Annual Hunger Games. As a member of the Dregs--and the burgeoning resistance against the Capitol--he puts his skills as both smuggler and spy to good use.

Skills and Stats: 

Standard Kaz Skillset 

Smuggling Goods (and People) on the Trains in and out of District Six

Mentoring Tributes in the Games

Information Broker for the Resistance

(Thanks to @oneofthosewednesdays !)

Adagio

Author: Whitherward

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/32216233/chapters/79835551 

AU: Modern

This is a Kaz who has long since achieved his revenge and taken over the Barrel as a mob boss. 

Skills and Stats:  

 Standard Kaz skill set

With Bloody Feet Across Hallowed Grounds

Author: madnessiseverything

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/46401376/chapters/116827471 

AU: God

When Kaz Rietveld ended up in the harbour, something else crawled out. What was once Kaz, is now a god and the embodiment of The Barrel. 

Skills and Stats:  

Over awareness of The Barrel and everything in it

Standard Kaz skill set

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👑One For Sorrow! Kaz Wins👑

Congratulations to Kaz from One For Sorrow! He has won the competition !!

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11 hours left to vote!

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Me, trying to figure out which of the final Kazes would win in a fight.

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Just over two days left to the final round of Into the Brekkerverse!

Honestly, I'm still so surprised we ended up with a balanced fight by the end of it. They're just some guys.

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Vote based on who would win in a fight when it is balanced.

Guidelines

Which Kaz Would Win?

One For Sorrow! Kaz

Adagio! Kaz

With Bloody Feet Across Hallowed Grounds! Kaz

Voting ended onJul 3, 2023

Character and Fic Info Below ⬇

One For Sorrow

Author: endoftheword

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35389987/chapters/88211452 

AU: Hunger Games Alternate Universe

Hailing from District Six, this Kaz is the victor of the 71st Annual Hunger Games. As a member of the Dregs--and the burgeoning resistance against the Capitol--he puts his skills as both smuggler and spy to good use.

Skills and Stats: 

Standard Kaz Skillset 

Smuggling Goods (and People) on the Trains in and out of District Six

Mentoring Tributes in the Games

Information Broker for the Resistance

(Thanks to @oneofthosewednesdays !)

Adagio

Author: Whitherward

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/32216233/chapters/79835551 

AU: Modern

This is a Kaz who has long since achieved his revenge and taken over the Barrel as a mob boss. 

Skills and Stats:  

 Standard Kaz skill set

With Bloody Feet Across Hallowed Grounds

Author: madnessiseverything

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/46401376/chapters/116827471 

AU: God

When Kaz Rietveld ended up in the harbour, something else crawled out. What was once Kaz, is now a god and the embodiment of The Barrel. 

Skills and Stats:  

Over awareness of The Barrel and everything in it

Standard Kaz skill set

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Finale Matchup!

With Bloody Feet Across Hallowed Grounds! Kaz

VS.

Adagio! Kaz

VS.

One For Sorrow! Kaz

[into-the-brekkerverse]

Vote based on who would win in a fight when it is balanced.

Guidelines

Which Kaz Would Win?

One For Sorrow! Kaz

Adagio! Kaz

With Bloody Feet Across Hallowed Grounds! Kaz

Voting ended onJul 3, 2023

Character and Fic Info Below ⬇

One For Sorrow

Author: endoftheword

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35389987/chapters/88211452 

AU: Hunger Games Alternate Universe

Hailing from District Six, this Kaz is the victor of the 71st Annual Hunger Games. As a member of the Dregs--and the burgeoning resistance against the Capitol--he puts his skills as both smuggler and spy to good use.

Skills and Stats: 

Standard Kaz Skillset 

Smuggling Goods (and People) on the Trains in and out of District Six

Mentoring Tributes in the Games

Information Broker for the Resistance

(Thanks to @oneofthosewednesdays !)

Adagio

Author: Whitherward

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/32216233/chapters/79835551 

AU: Modern

This is a Kaz who has long since achieved his revenge and taken over the Barrel as a mob boss. 

Skills and Stats:  

 Standard Kaz skill set

With Bloody Feet Across Hallowed Grounds

Author: madnessiseverything

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/46401376/chapters/116827471 

AU: God

When Kaz Rietveld ended up in the harbour, something else crawled out. What was once Kaz, is now a god and the embodiment of The Barrel. 

Skills and Stats:  

Over awareness of The Barrel and everything in it

Standard Kaz skill set

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It's the final Kaz-off

(off-key kazoo to the tune of "the final countdown")

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Vote based on who would win in a fight when it is balanced.

Guidelines

Which Kaz Would Win?

One For Sorrow! Kaz

A Shift in the Air! Kaz & Plan F! Kaz

Voting ended onJun 24, 2023

Character and Fic Info Below ⬇

One For Sorrow

Author: endoftheword

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35389987/chapters/88211452 

AU: Hunger Games Alternate Universe

Hailing from District Six, this Kaz is the victor of the 71st Annual Hunger Games. As a member of the Dregs--and the burgeoning resistance against the Capitol--he puts his skills as both smuggler and spy to good use.

Skills and Stats: 

Standard Kaz Skillset 

Smuggling Goods (and People) on the Trains in and out of District Six

Mentoring Tributes in the Games

Information Broker for the Resistance

(Thanks to @oneofthosewednesdays !)

A Shift in the Air

Author: Just_Another_Bookworm 

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/30621164/chapters/75543182 

AU: Canon Divergence

A Kaz who went deaf from the Queen's Lady Plague.

Skills and Stats:  

Standard Kaz skill set

Lip reading

Plan F

Author: bbeautifulboy

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35067970/chapters/87350293 

AU: Canon Divergence

In a universe where the Auction plan goes awry, the Crows have to flee to Lij, and this is the Kaz who lived through this. 

Skills and Stats:  

Standard Kaz skill set

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Congratulations to Kaz from One for Sorrow!

He has moved on to the finals!

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Vote based on who would win in a fight when it is balanced.

Guidelines

Which Kaz Would Win?

Big Reputations! Kaz

Adagio! Kaz

Voting ended onJun 24, 2023

Character and Fic Info Below ⬇

Big Reputations

Author: downn_in_flames [@downn_in_flames]

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/32493181/chapters/80588431 

AU: Modern

This Kaz is a business major. 

Skills and Stats : 

Some amount of crime skills

Business major

Adagio

Author: Whitherward

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/32216233/chapters/79835551 

AU: Modern

This is a Kaz who has long since achieved his revenge and taken over the Barrel as a mob boss. 

Skills and Stats:  

 Standard Kaz skill set

[into-the-brekkerverse]

Congratulations to Kaz from Adagio!

He has moved on to the finals!

[into-the-brekkerverse]

Vote based on who would win in a fight when it is balanced.

Guidelines

Which Kaz Would Win?

Bastard Saint of the Barrel! Kaz

With Bloody Feet Across Hallowed Grounds! Kaz

Voting ended onJun 24, 2023

Character and Fic Info Below ⬇

Bastard Saint of the Barrel

Author: Spikey44

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/34345318/chapters/85459732 

AU: Grisha

Kaz Rietveld becomes Kaz Lijizko after being discovered as a Grisha Healer by Pekka Rollins and subsequently indentured to his service. 

Skills and Stats 

Standard Kaz skill set

Grisha Healer 

Can sense the emotions of others 

With Bloody Feet Across Hallowed Grounds

Author: madnessiseverything

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/46401376/chapters/116827471 

AU: God

When Kaz Rietveld ended up in the harbour, something else crawled out. What was once Kaz, is now a god and the embodiment of The Barrel. 

Skills and Stats:  

Over awareness of The Barrel and everything in it

Standard Kaz skill set

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Congratulations to Kaz from With Bloody Feet Across Hallowed Grounds!

He has moved on to the finals!

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One day left of Round Three

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Round Three Matchups

Bastard Saint of the Barrel VS With Bloody Feet Across Hallowed Grounds

Big Reputations VS Adagio

One For Sorrow VS A Shift in the Air & Plan F

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Round Three Matchups

Bastard Saint of the Barrel VS With Bloody Feet Across Hallowed Grounds

Big Reputations VS Adagio

One For Sorrow VS A Shift in the Air & Plan F