Hello and welcome! This is your host KaraCarreira.

There are stories that take you soaring through skies and traversing dark forests, that bring you along on quests through distant lands to save kingdoms and find truths. These are the books by our adventure nominees, and we recognise them on The Peacock Awards today!

Firstly, let's have a round of applause for our brilliant judges, without whom this would not have been possible:
akiimarvelous and hypergraphik

A huge thank you to akiimarvelous for helping me average the scores. You're a star!

*applause*

Feel free to check out their works on our reading list 'By The Judges of The Peacock Awards'.

Now, let's put our hands together for the nominees:
GG by EvelynHail.
The Monster Slayer's Son by mylilseaweedbrain.
The Third Alignment by MichaelHoliday.
The Rest is Riddles by CMF_Wright.
The Hand of God by Lady_Rhey.
Of Caverns and Casters by avadel.
DragonSky by Kamiccola.
Hidden Within by JariaMirza14.
Crow by WhifflerBlues.
The Other World by FeministWitch_13.

*more applause*

Without further ado, here are the results:

BEST BOOK
The Third Alignment by MichaelHoliday with an average score of 9.75/10

BEST CHARACTERS
We have a tie, both with with an average score of 9.5/10
The Third Alignment by MichaelHoliday
Of Caverns and Casters by avadel

BEST SHIP (or relationships)
We have a four-way tie, all with an average score of 9.5/10
GG by EvelynHail
The Hand of God by Lady_Rhey
The Rest is Riddles by CMF_Wright
Of Caverns and Casters by avadel

BEST GRAPHICS
Of Caverns and Casters by avadel with an average score of 9.5/10

CROWD FAVOURITE
GG by EvelynHail with an average score of 9.5/10

And last, but not least, the OVERALL WINNER for the genre is
Of Caverns and Casters by avadel with an average score of 44/50

*applause*

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Acceptance speech by avadel

Wow! We are honored to accept this award, especially considering the massive talent of the Wattpad community and the participants here that represent it. First and foremost, we want to thank our God because outside of Him, we can't do anything. He made Of Caverns and Casters possible; He makes every breath we breathe possible, and we owe everything to Him. We don't deserve His love, but He gave His life to pay for our sins anyway. If you don't know this kind of love, we hope you'll PM us to talk. Secondly, we'd like to thank our parents, who not only encouraged us, but also toned down our workaholic tendencies and put up with our constant planning, in-book talk, and requests for them to weigh in their opinion. And finally, we'd love to thank all our fans. Everyone who has read and reread, bonded with Leavi, Sean, and Aster, and dove into the world of Avadel with us—thank you. You mean the world to us. God bless!

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Congratulations to all nominees! All the best with your future writing endeavours. May you continue to write stories that take your readers on adventures far and wide!

Please PM this account with your email address for winners' stickers and certificates. Results and reviews will be PMed to each nominee soon.

A quick note before you go: we are hoping to bring back our monthly publication The Peacock Show soon, but to do that, we need a crew! If you're interested in getting involved in our community, please head over to 'The Peacock Show' book and check out the posts that are available.

Thank you for joining us, and I hope that you'll stick around!