DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 10/29/2025 Duedate: 11/11/2025
SHADOWSPIRE ARENA
DM 81 TURN 488
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
CARMINA BURANA
DARQUE AGES (29)
(81-4087) [14-7-0,135]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
TENG SWARM POSITION IS EMPTY
ARDUIN (200)
(81-4005) [17-11-1,142]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
DAKATA THOMAS MANN
CULT OF BACCHUS (4) LITERATE LOONS (40)
(81-3994) [17-19-0,92] (81-4076) [13-14-0,72]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
POSITION IS EMPTY
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. DARQUE AGES (29) 47
2. PRIMAL INSTINCT (167) 40 NBA LEGENDS (156)
3. LITERATE LOONS (40) 38 Unchartered Team
4. ROMAN REPUBLIC (204) 35
5. CLAN LONGBEARD (39) 28 THE SCRAPYARD (143)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 NBA LEGENDS (156) 346 287 18 54.7 1/ 4 NBA LEGENDS (156) 10 5 0
2/ 2 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) 1071 897 39 54.4 2/ 1 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) 10 5 0
3/ 3 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) 1023 887 36 53.6 3/ 7 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) 9 6 1
4/ 4 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) 820 714 22 53.5 4/ 5 ROMAN REPUBLIC (204) 8 5 0
5/ 6 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5) 262 238 10 52.4 5/ 6 DARQUE AGES (29) 8 7 0
6/ 7 DARQUE AGES (29) 1120 1037 46 51.9 6/ 3 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) 8 7 0
7/ 9 WICKED MARTYRS (148) 694 697 32 49.9 7/ 2 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5) 7 8 1
8/ 8 TOILET PAPER (202) 39 40 2 49.4 8/12 ARDUIN (200) 7 8 1
9/11 PRIMAL INSTINCT (167) 70 75 6 48.3 9/14 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) 7 8 0
10/10 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) 509 553 37 47.9 10/13 LITERATE LOONS (40) 7 8 0
11/12 LITERATE LOONS (40) 843 949 36 47.0 11/ 9 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8) 6 8 0
12/13 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8) 165 194 10 46.0 12/ 8 TOILET PAPER (202) 6 9 1
13/14 ARDUIN (200) 106 129 4 45.1 13/11 PRIMAL INSTINCT (167) 5 5 0
14/15 ROMAN REPUBLIC (204) 110 135 3 44.9 14/10 HIGH ORDER (123) 4 6 1
15-16 INEBRIATION (27) 436 596 28 42.2 15/15 WICKED MARTYRS (148) 1 2 0
16/17 HIGH ORDER (123) 28 51 4 35.4 16-18 DEMONIC CHILI'S (201) 0 1 0
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
17-18 DEMONIC CHILI'S (201) 36 68 1 34.6 17-17 INEBRIATION (27) 0 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
The Blood in the Stone: A Tale of Clan Longbeard
In the city of Shadowspire, where the streets never dry and the fog never lifts, stood
the Guild House of Clan Longbeard -- a fortress of soot-stained stone and dwarven
steel, its banners long tattered by wind and time. Once, it had been a place of
triumph. The clang of hammers and the cheers of the arena filled its halls, echoing
the glory of its gladiators, but now, something had changed.
The three guild leaders, Corrin, Dunnik, and Pavil had called their champions home,
claiming the guild needed to "prepare for darker battles." None asked what that meant.
Not even Rasae, who feared little.
The first night they returned, the forges went cold.
---
Boscoe was the first to hear it: a *knocking* beneath the floorboards of the barracks,
slow and patient, like a heartbeat made of stone. He thought it was the rats at first
-- until the knocking *answered* him when he stomped his boot.
"Someone's under there," he whispered to Johan.
Johan pried open a floor panel and peered into the darkness. The smell of brine and
rust wafted up -- not rats. Not anything living. He dropped a torch down.
Something caught it and threw it back.
---
That night, Gilmur went missing. His broadsword was still by his bedside, his armor
half fastened, and bloody and reeking of iron -- trailed from his cot to the cellar
stairs.
Corrin ordered the door barred. Pavil said it was too late for that. Dunnik said
nothing -- only stared at the floor with eyes that reflected firelight like a cat's.
---
Rasae refused to sleep. He heard whispers now in the forge hall, voices shaped like
his own breath, calling his name with the rhythm of hammer strikes. He followed them
one night, sword in hand, down to the foundry.
There he found the forge blazing on its own, coals white-hot, though no one tended
them. And in the fire, a shape began to move. A *face* emerged in the molten light,
bearded, hollow-eyed, burned into the very stone.
It spoke in a voice like cracking granite: "Clan Longbeard does not forget its debt."
He yelled for help, but when Boscoe and Johan arrived, the fire was cold. Only the
echo of his name remained, and the smell of scorched flesh.
---
By dawn, only Boscoe, Johan, and Sweede remained. They barricaded themselves in the
mess hall, blades drawn, torches lit. Pavil was gone. Dunnik's armor was found neatly
folded beside the guild banner, his axe still dripping with something thick and tar-
like.
Corrin was the last leader standing -- or so they thought. When the torches dimmed,
Corrin's shadow grew longer on the wall behind him. It twisted, stretched -- until the
shadow smiled wider than any man's face could.
"None of you remember," it hissed.
"None of you remember what we buried beneath this house."
The floor cracked open like rotten ice.
From below came the sound of a thousand hammers, striking in unison -- the echo of
dwarves long dead, building something they were never meant to finish.
Sweede ran. Johan prayed. Boscoe fought.
Only the shadow laughed.
---
When the city watch finally entered the next day, the guild house was silent. The
torches had all gone out. In the training hall, they found only the weapons of the
gladiators, each planted in the ground in a perfect circle.
The earth inside the circle was still warm and from below the stones, faintly as if
from miles beneath the earth came the sound of forging.
Clan Longbeard still works the deep iron. And in Shadowspire, when the fog rolls low
and the moonlight hits the guild banners, the faces of Rasae, Boscoe, Johan, Sweede,
and Gilmur can still be seen in the walls... hammering from the inside, trying to get
out.
---
Corrin suddenly woke from the nightmare, covered in sweat and gasping for air.
SPY REPORT
Turn 488 - Dictated from somewhere under a table at Otto's Diner
Ahh, Shadowspire. Land of blood, glory, and the occasional misplaced shoe. I know it
is around here somewhere! It's your old friend, Huard DePriest, back from a tavern
floor and into your hearts, with another edition of "Why Did I Wake Up Sticky?" Also
known as your arena spy report.
Let's pour one out (but not too much) for Carmina Burana, who's still sitting pretty
on the Duelmaster's throne. Rumor has it the throne is starting to smell like stale
wine and leather oil, but hey, that's the price of success in The Spire. She barely
scraped by John Stockton, whose assist-to-death ratio remains impressive, if not
exactly helpful in his current career.
In other news, Teng Swarm remains the Chartered Recognition Leader. He took down
Dakata. You would think a guy from Bacchus's bunch would have better luck fighting
drunk, but maybe he's been sampling his own product too much. Not that I am judging.
It might be a bit of envy. Teams news brings us to Literate Loons, who enjoyed a 4-1-0
turn, along with having the most popular warrior this cycle with Thomas Mann.
Apparently, all it takes is 8 minutes of beating a guy for the crowds to love you. Who
knew?
On the opposite end of popular, we had a 16-minute fight between Runnymeade and
Shelena. I've seen faster duels between two slugs and a dropped silver coin. I think
the arena announcer left halfway through the match for a sandwich. I am never sure if
the most avoided team is popular or unpopular. It is for you to decide. Too much
thinking after my afternoon drinking causes my head to hurt. Anyway, the Cult of
Bacchus was the most avoided team. They were ducked and dodged by many, but it was the
Dragonbane Guild that shunned them the most.
What did we learn this turn? Hells if I know, but come back in a few weeks and we will
do it again! That's enough enlightenment for one afternoon. I'm off to "research"
next turn's standings the old-fashioned way. I'm going to lose a bar bet or five to an
orc in a cloak and questionable hygiene. You know the cry: keep stuff sharp and
shining and a little bit tipsy.
-- Huard DePriest
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CARMINA BURANA 4087 14 7 0 135 DARQUE AGES (29)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TENG SWARM 4005 17 11 1 142 ARDUIN (200)
MICKEY SPLITZ 3973 21 20 0 125 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
JOHN STOCKTON 4089 12 8 0 96 NBA LEGENDS (156)
GROOG 3960 22 19 0 94 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
FLAVIUS MANICUS 3976 19 22 0 93 ROMAN REPUBLIC (204)
DAKATA 3994 17 19 0 92 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BOSCOE 4074 15 12 0 83 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
RASAE 4032 15 19 0 83 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
ARCTIC WOOKEY 4035 17 15 0 82 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
FRANK O'CONNOR 4075 15 12 0 81 LITERATE LOONS (40)
THE LEPER KING 3995 19 19 0 76 DARQUE AGES (29)
HUNTER 4112 9 2 0 76 PRIMAL INSTINCT (167)
KAPOW 4085 15 8 2 75 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
MOLDYLOX 4080 12 12 0 75 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
BEAST WITHIN 3346 10 8 0 73 PRIMAL INSTINCT (167)
THOMAS MANN 4076 13 14 0 72 LITERATE LOONS (40)
GEORGE ELIOT 3978 13 28 2 69 LITERATE LOONS (40)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HOARD 3974 16 15 1 64 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
MOLSON 4084 11 12 1 64 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
SARCASM 4051 13 18 2 62 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
PTYALISM 3916 11 5 0 60 TOILET PAPER (202)
RAGE 3370 9 6 0 60 PRIMAL INSTINCT (167)
MISTI SKYE 4117 8 3 0 59 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
CHARMIN 3943 9 4 0 57 TOILET PAPER (202)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
RUNNYMEADE 4130 8 2 0 55 DARQUE AGES (29)
TAIZU 4131 8 2 0 52 DARQUE AGES (29)
ZI SHADOWSPLICE 4102 8 2 0 50 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
BRUTE SQUAD 1 4142 3 3 0 50 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)
PHAROX TAHT 4097 9 9 1 49 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
GIOTTO 4093 12 7 0 46 DARQUE AGES (29)
PTERODACTYL 3913 7 9 1 43 TOILET PAPER (202)
DILLY DILLY 4111 7 6 0 43 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
SHELENA 1601 11 5 0 42 HIGH ORDER (123)
VELMA DINKLEY 4077 8 18 0 42 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)
JOHAN 4110 8 5 1 41 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
GWORM 4071 10 10 0 40 ARDUIN (200)
LEONARDO 4136 5 2 0 36 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-SAUCY SHERIFF 3904 6 5 0 35 DEMONIC CHILI'S (201)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SKY BISON 4109 7 7 0 33 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
SWEEDE 4129 6 4 0 33 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
QUINTUS LAENAS 4152 3 0 0 33 ROMAN REPUBLIC (204)
JANE AUSTEN 4133 3 5 0 32 LITERATE LOONS (40)
ROBERT PARISH 4095 7 10 0 31 NBA LEGENDS (156)
JASON KIDD 4143 4 1 0 29 NBA LEGENDS (156)
PTEROSAUR 3912 6 9 1 28 TOILET PAPER (202)
JIMMY CRACKCORN 4099 6 10 0 28 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
PTOMAINE 3914 6 10 0 28 TOILET PAPER (202)
CAIUS FLACUS 4134 6 1 0 26 ROMAN REPUBLIC (204)
THUNDERFIST 4132 4 3 1 25 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
PREDATOR 4101 5 8 1 24 PRIMAL INSTINCT (167)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
JESSE MACH 4124 3 8 1 23 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)
KOBE 4138 2 4 0 17 NBA LEGENDS (156)
-BEEFEATER 3993 3 7 0 16 INEBRIATION (27)
GILMUR 4139 4 2 0 15 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
ALLEN IVERSON 4125 3 6 0 15 NBA LEGENDS (156)
BATTERSKULL 4144 2 2 0 15 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
KALEESI 3758 3 3 0 12 HIGH ORDER (123)
WALT WHITMAN 4151 1 3 0 12 LITERATE LOONS (40)
SCREAMING ITCHY 4147 3 2 0 11 ARDUIN (200)
FEROCITY 4154 1 0 0 10 PRIMAL INSTINCT (167)
BELLA 4148 2 1 1 9 HIGH ORDER (123)
AII LORAII 4153 1 1 0 9 ARDUIN (200)
SOULQUAKE 4145 1 3 0 8 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
THE MUSKETEER 4149 1 2 0 5 HIGH ORDER (123)
SHADOWFIST 4140 0 5 0 5 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
SLUGGOTH 4150 0 4 0 4 ARDUIN (200)
DECIUS BELLUM 4155 0 1 0 1 ROMAN REPUBLIC (204)
MARCUS CICERO 4156 0 1 0 1 ROMAN REPUBLIC (204)
SARAH J 4158 0 1 0 1 HIGH ORDER (123)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
NEAR WATER 4157 0 1 0 ALE HOUSE MERCS 5 MOUNTAIN TROLL 488 NONE
SMITHWICK 4118 6 4 0 ALE HOUSE MERCS 5 PTERODACTYL 3913 487 JUST REVENGED
EGWENE 4010 10 23 0 CHILDHOOD HEROES 8 KAPOW 4085 487
SARAH JANE 3717 3 7 0 HIGH ORDER 123 THUNDERFIST 4132 487
APPIUS CAUDEX 3970 22 27 0 ROMAN REPUBLIC 204 TENG SWARM 4005 486
PERSONAL ADS
Molson -- An unfortunate matchup for you, but a nice and easy way for me to earn my
trip to the Isle. You are welcome to the skills, what I got was much better. Riding
off into the Sunset! That should cast a pretty good Shadow! -- Wyrmshadow the
isleshadow
For those interested in such things, Wyrmshadow: 11-8-7-13-9-15-21, AB. Nothing
amazing there, but a well-coordinated hitting machine. A few bonuses (+4 parry) and
he learned a bunch of parry but only one defense routine. Makes the fist favorite a
bit less useful. He now rides off into the Sunset and joins Balliol Blackmoon, Gron
da Caveman and Tristan as Aimed Blows from the Dragonbane Guild on the Isle.
Caius Flacus -- This start has not gone as I had hoped, but don't worry, I shall make
your soul tremble eventually. -- Soulquake
12 Total Parry and only one Plunger. Oh, for an arena with those numbers reversed!
Ptyalism -- I feel so used! -- Rasae the Drained
Sarcasm -- My weapon speaks for me. -- Boscoe the Rude
Runnymeade -- Don't you worry about how my manager feels about me. -- Johan the
Overtaxed
Batterskull -- Interesting name for a Harkeny. -- Sweede the Impressed
Sluggoth -- Thanks for the assist with my last physical train. -- Gilmur the Fulfilled
Congrats, Wyrmshadow on your invite to the Isle. -- Visionist and Clan Longbeard
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
NEAR WATER was viciously butchered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
ARCTIC WOOKEY demolished PTERODACTYL in a popular 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud melee.
JESSE MACH was devastated by KAPOW in a 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud contest.
BELLA was defeated by THUNDERFIST in a 1 minute Bloodfeud match.
CARMINA BURANA slimly won victory over JOHN STOCKTON in a 4 minute Challenge brawl.
MOLSON was bested by MOLDYLOX in a 1 minute master's Challenge match.
THE LEPER KING was handily defeated by FLAVIUS MANICUS in a 1 minute Challenge fight.
BEAST WITHIN was vanquished by WYRMSHADOW in a 1 minute uneven Challenge duel.
BRUTE SQUAD 1 lost to PTYALISM in a 3 minute Challenge duel.
RAGE overpowered VELMA DINKLEY in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
PREDATOR was handily defeated by JOHAN in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge bout.
SKY BISON was subdued by ZI SHADOWSPLICE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge match.
KOBE overcame THE MUSKETEER in a 1 minute Challenge contest.
QUINTUS LAENAS demolished ALLEN IVERSON in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
JASON KIDD beat PTEROSAUR in a 2 minute amateur vs. veteran upset Challenge conflict.
MICKEY SPLITZ vanquished BOSCOE in a action packed 1 minute mismatched bout.
DAKATA was handily defeated by TENG SWARM in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
SARCASM was devastated by FRANK O'CONNOR in a 2 minute one-sided brawl.
GEORGE ELIOT was overpowered by HUNTER in a 1 minute one-sided match.
MISTI SKYE was overpowered by RASAE in a 1 minute one-sided match.
GROOG handily defeated HOARD in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
THOMAS MANN savagely defeated GIOTTO in a action packed 8 minute brutal fight.
PHAROX TAHT was luckily beaten by CHARMIN in a action packed 3 minute gruesome fray.
GWORM was devastated by TAIZU in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
RUNNYMEADE outlasted SHELENA in a dull 16 minute fight.
JIMMY CRACKCORN was beaten by SWEEDE in a 2 minute fight.
DILLY DILLY vanquished ROBERT PARISH in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
LEONARDO savagely defeated GILMUR in a 2 minute brutal melee.
PTOMAINE was viciously subdued by CAIUS FLACUS in a tiring 15 minute gruesome fray.
JANE AUSTEN overpowered KALEESI in a 1 minute uneven competition.
SHADOWFIST was beaten by AII LORAII in a 2 minute gruesome novice's fight.
BATTERSKULL handily defeated SLUGGOTH in a exciting 1 minute one-sided fight.
SOULQUAKE narrowly defeated DECIUS BELLUM in a 4 minute brutal novice's fight.
SCREAMING ITCHY beat MARCUS CICERO in a 2 minute novice's fray.
WALT WHITMAN bested PERSISTANT BEGGAR in a 3 minute novice's duel.
FEROCITY devastated SARAH J in a 1 minute one-sided battle.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW 11 WALL OF STEEL 21 - 12 - 0 64 |
|TOTAL PARRY 11 LUNGING ATTACK 40 - 33 - 2 55 |
|BASHING ATTACK 10 STRIKING ATTACK 44 - 38 - 2 54 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 8 TOTAL PARRY 70 - 61 - 1 53 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 7 PARRY-LUNGE 16 - 15 - 0 52 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 7 PARRY-RIPOSTE 28 - 27 - 1 51 |
|WALL OF STEEL 6 SLASHING ATTACK 37 - 38 - 1 49 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 BASHING ATTACK 47 - 52 - 2 47 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 4 PARRY-STRIKE 23 - 27 - 1 46 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 AIMED BLOW 37 - 53 - 2 41 |
Turn 488 was great if you Not so great if you used The fighting styles of the
used the fighting styles: the fighting styles: top eleven warriors are:
PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 5 - 6 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE
PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 - 1 LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 4 2 LUNGING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 4 - 2 BASHING ATTACK 4 - 6 2 AIMED BLOW
SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 3 TOTAL PARRY 4 - 7 1 PARRY-STRIKE
PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 2 1 BASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 4 1 WALL OF STEEL
1 SLASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK CARMINA BURANA 4087 14 7 0 135 DARQUE AGES (29)
PARRY-STRIKE TENG SWARM 4005 17 11 1 142 ARDUIN (200)
PARRY-RIPOSTE MICKEY SPLITZ 3973 21 20 0 125 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
AIMED BLOW JOHN STOCKTON 4089 12 8 0 96 NBA LEGENDS (156)
BASHING ATTACK GROOG 3960 22 19 0 94 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
SLASHING ATTACK ARCTIC WOOKEY 4035 17 15 0 82 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
TOTAL PARRY PTYALISM 3916 11 5 0 60 TOILET PAPER (202)
STRIKING ATTACK ZI SHADOWSPLICE 4102 8 2 0 50 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is DAKATA 3994. The most popular warrior this turn was
THOMAS MANN 4076. The ten other most popular fighters were CARMINA BURANA 4087, JOHN
STOCKTON 4089, PHAROX TAHT 4097, SWEEDE 4129, ARCTIC WOOKEY 4035, BRUTE SQUAD 1 4142,
JASON KIDD 4143, LEONARDO 4136, AII LORAII 4153, and SOULQUAKE 4145.
The least popular fighter this week was PTOMAINE 3914. The other ten least popular
fighters were CAIUS FLACUS 4134, SHELENA 1601, RUNNYMEADE 4130, SARAH J 4158,
SHADOWFIST 4140, KALEESI 3758, ROBERT PARISH 4095, GWORM 4071, HOARD 3974, and GEORGE
ELIOT 3978.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
CARMINA BURANA (81-4087) DARQUE AGES (29)
TENG SWARM (81-4005) ARDUIN (200)
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
WYRMSHADOW (81-2986) DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)