Peace and love is all well and good but what really drives a city like #Twitterville is rivalry and competition.

People, business, guilds, countries and races can all be rivals in pursuit of the same goal. Sometimes this is for power or money, occasionally it might be for love but generally it simply to prove themselves better than the other guy. Rivalry drives people and countries to war, to greatness and to great tragedy.

#Twitterville is full of rivals.

The different merchant guilds of the Golden Scale and The Silver Balance Union maintain a good natured commercial rivalry. Whereas the fight between the Wizards Guild and the M.L.F. is soaked in blood and bitterness. But what of relations between the Cloak and the Daggers Thieves’ Guilds?

Humans and Elves have long competed for the same land. Dwarves, Minotaurs, Orcs and Goblins all live in the same areas of the mountains. Areas where resources are scarce.

The gods compete for the souls of men. Their temples promise greater happiness or power than their rivals. Some gods are driven underground by the more successful priests and some like the Dragon Cult are hunted to extinction.

This week’s challenge is to create or expand on the rivalries found in the city and surrounding lands. They can be the rivalries that shape land or petty, even fun, rivalries between neighbours. But at the heart of each of there will be individuals to whom the thought of beating their opponents drives them forward. Tell us about these people, tell us about their desires, tell us about their rivals.