The mists of time are sweeping back in, obscuring myth, legend, rumor, and fact once more - which is to say:

The Myths Challenge is closed!

These entries were absolutely gorgeous - thank you all so much. For those of you dying to go back and reread, you can find the entries under the challenge: myths tag, or just click here.

Don't forget, the Technogeekery challenge is in full swing this month - let's see the Doctor and Jack get their inner geek on!

Title: Set in Stone (5/5)
Author: vail_kagami
Challenge: Myths
Rating: NC-17 overall
Spoilers: Torchwood: Exit Wounds
Warnings: Violence
Summary: There is a legend on a distant planet, telling of a brave hero who once saved the world from a terrible demon.

( Most of the time he can’t even muster the energy to get himself killed. )

We're about to post the June challenge, in order to get things back on trick. But don't panic if you haven't finished your submission for the Myths challenge! It opened late, and we're going to keep it open till the end of next weekend (for which I am rather selfishly glad, because the submissions have just been gorgeous).

Whether you're finishing up the last challenge or intrigued by the new, we can't wait to see what you'll post!

Falling into legend

Author: Lilithangel

Challenge: Myths

Rating: PG

Spoilers/Warnings: no specific spoilers.

Summary: sometimes stories take on a life of their own and the unwary can be sucked into them. The Doctor, Rose and Jack land on a planet where one story continues to want to be told. Of knights of old, kingdoms and kings, love triangles that end in tragedy for all. A land called Camelot.

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Title: Set in Stone (4/5)
Author: vail_kagami
Challenge: Myths
Rating: NC-17 overall
Spoilers: Torchwood: Exit Wounds
Warnings: Violence
Summary: There is a legend on a distant planet, telling of a brave hero who once saved the world from a terrible demon.
Note: The story turns out longer than expected. The next part will follow shortly.

Title: Set in Stone (3/5)
Author: vail_kagami
Challenge: Myths
Rating: NC-17 overall
Spoilers: Torchwood: Exit Wounds
Warnings: Violence
Summary: There is a legend on a distant planet, telling of a brave hero who once saved the world from a terrible demon.
Note: The next part will probably need more than the usual two days to show up since most of it I haven't written yet.

Title: Set in Stone (1/5)
Author: vail_kagami 
Challenge: Myths
Rating: NC-17 overall
Spoilers: Torchwood: Exit Wounds
Warnings: Violence
Summary: There is a legend on a distant planet, telling of a brave hero who once saved the world from a terrible demon.
Note: Dedicated to nightrider101 , whose enthusism about this one is all the encouragement I need. Also for sarkywoman , who was very supportive during our chats and well deserves the scenes I added mainly for her.
Second Note: The next part will apperar in two days as the story isn't completely finished yet and I want to upload them somewhat regularly. This post also includes 'cover art' for the story. It's not a masterpiece and terribly cliché but was fun to do.

My very first entry in this wonderful community!

Dedicated to my wonderful beta quazonic and to sarkywoman for inspiration and encouragement, with many thanks also to torn_eledhwen for suggesting a beautiful new geographical nomenclature. :)

Thank you, all of you! :D

Title: The Tale of the Prince and the Mockingbird
Author: eryaforsthye
Challenge: Myth
Pairing: Nine/Jack, Ten/Jack
Rating: G
Spoilers: Allusions to The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, Parting of the Ways, Utopia, The Sound of Drums, Last of the Time Lords and the first series of Torchwood.
Summary: Listen, my children, to a tale on this winter's eve. A tale of pain, of love, and of redemption. This is a tale of a human man and the choices the gods placed upon him, of the decisions any man may make to become a god, or a devil. Listen well.

( The Tale of the Prince and the Mockingbird )

Storm Chaser

Author: Lilithangel

Challenge: Myths

Rating: PG

Spoilers/Warnings: References to The Parting of the Ways.

Summary: They become legends, shrouded in myth as time passes. Some time in the future Jack still searches for the Doctor and continues to fight as best he can. One more planet, one more encounter with an old enemy.

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Title: The Mythkeeper
Author: sarkywoman
Challenge: Myth
Pairing: Ten/Jack
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: None exactly, but allusions to 'The Empty Child', 'The Doctor Dances', 'The Sound of Drums', 'Last of the Time Lords','Parting of the Ways', and Torchwood series 1.
Summary: In a desert storm, two travellers take refuge in the tent of the Mythkeeper and she has many tales to tell them. Tales of Death, Lust, and the Oncoming Storm.

( The Mythkeeper )

Title: History Repeats Itself
Author: rubychan05 
Challenge: Myth
Pairing: Nine/Jack
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Up to Bad Wolf and Parting Of The Ways
Summary: The thing about legends is that they always repeat themselves. 

Title: The Story of Generations
Author: ladyames
Challenge: Myth
Rating: G
Spoilers: Just to be safe I'll say the entire first series, but nothing too specific.
Warnings: Nothing... except the fact that this is my first attempt at DW fic and first post here, obviously. Let's just say I'm a bit nervous, but with the help of the lovely gigglestheblood I have been assured this makes sense even though I tried a slightly different style than my norm. Anyways, shutting up now.
Summary: Settle down, children, and I will tell you the tale passed down from generation to generation, from grandparent to parent to child, as it has been done for many millennia.


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Title: Ritual 
Author: plingo_kat
Challenge: Myths
Pairing: 10/Jack
Rating: PG
Spoilers/Warnings: Uh, nothing really.
Summary: Inspired by the Time Crash.

They may be powerful men, both of them, but how much of their power and influence resides not in their actual ability, but in their myth? When someone's been around as long as both of them have been, it becomes hard to say.

Time to give that some more thought, so here it is: The Myths Challenge!

The Doctor – a Time Lord, the Oncoming Storm, the Lonely God – is a legend on many worlds. Travelling through time, popping in everywhere from the very beginning to the end of the universe - how could he not be a myth? And I'm sure Jack is a legend in bed in many places too. :D (Even more so if you believe in That Thing He's Supposed to Become, which I prefer not to think about too much. *g*) Jack, unable to die, living longer than anything - how many legends are going to form around him as he lives on and on (and on)? What myths have our boys inspired? Are they gods or heroes? Demons? Tricksters?

What does it mean to live as long as they do, the way they do? What does it mean to be, in so many ways, larger than life – and still just a person with normal needs and desires and fears?

Not to mention that they'll both have encountered any number of mythological figures – modern myths as well as ancient ones – over the course of their long (loooooong) lives.

So for one month, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to solve the following equation:

Doctor + Jack + myth = ?
Organisational note: As most of you will have noticed, we've fallen a bit behind on our schedule. To bring the start of our challenges back to when it's supposed to be, there will be some overlap between this challenge and the next: the next challenge will open at the beginning of the month – don't get confused when it opens before this one has closed. :-)

As a gentle reminder, please don't crosspost stories for this challenge elsewhere until the challenge closes about one month from now. And don't forget - leave a comment in THIS post and tell us what you think the next challenge should be!