DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 05/19/2026    Duedate: 06/15/2026

TELORINTHE ARENA

DM 83    TURN 247

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

REDNOW WOMAN
CIXELSID HEROES (11)
(83-917) [14-12-0,107]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

REDNOW WOMAN                   POSITION IS EMPTY
CIXELSID HEROES (11)           
(83-917) [14-12-0,107]         

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

REDNOW WOMAN                   RAAM
CIXELSID HEROES (11)           SORCERER KINGS (66)
(83-917) [14-12-0,107]         (83-930) [9-9-0,66]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

CIXELSID HEROES (11)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. CIXELSID HEROES (11)          27 
2. SORCERER KINGS (66)           25    CIXELSID HEROES (11)
3. RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)           23    Unchartered Team
4. BAD SIGNS (24)                -7 
                                       NICK NAMES (88)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 CIXELSID HEROES (11)     126  77  0 62.1   1/ 1 CIXELSID HEROES (11)     11  4 0
 2/ 2 BAD SIGNS (24)           469 315 34 59.8   2/ 3 RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)      10  5 0
 3/ 3 RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)      150 151  4 49.8   3/ 2 SORCERER KINGS (66)       8  7 0
 4/ 4 SORCERER KINGS (66)      245 254 14 49.1   4/ 4 BAD SIGNS (24)            2  8 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                      SPY REPORT

Bright blessings from the shining towers of Telorinthe, friends! Here I am, racing 
down the upper balconies with arena dust on my boots because Turn 247 gave us another 
wonderfully scrappy day in our cozy little corner of Alastari. No tournaments, no 
giant political scandals, no exploding chickens (Aradi is strange). It is just good 
and honest steel with stubborn warriors swinging at one another. 

The biggest news of the turn is that Rednow Woman remains Duelmaster after 
successfully defending the throne against Bad Signs' challenger, 6AM Alarm. It was a 
hard-fought three-minute title match, but the mighty Wall of Steel proved once again 
she rules the sands of Telorinthe.

Cixelsid Heroes are just everywhere right now. They remain the top team in the arena 
with a nice 11-4 run over the last three turns. Nearly all of their veterans had a 
strong showing this cycle. Namrepus and Kluh survived bouts with arena stand-ins. 
Namtab edged our crowd favorite Raam in a brutal three-minute clash, while Ecaps Ghost 
somehow managed to outlast Gulg in a painfully slow fifteen-minute fight that had half 
the audience cheering and the other half taking naps. Seriously, fifteen minutes!

Looking at arena trends, Total Parries continue to absolutely dominate Telorinthe. 
They went 5-1 this turn and are winning at 62% over the last ten turns. What does all 
of that mean? Long fights, frustrated Lungers, and increasingly tired spectators who 
get home from the arena much later than usual.

With a 49.10% record, Sorcerer Kings are the most avoided team today. Bad Signs did 
not like what they saw in the arena rankings, and they avoided Darque's crew the most. 
Tradwife, you have some not-so-secret admirers because you are this turn's most 
challenged warrior. She apparently used her avoids to good effect as no one got 
through to her and she faced Carloi Noble instead.

One more note before I flutter away, Telorinthe still feels wonderfully old-fashioned. 
No giant invasions of teams, no massive turnover, just familiar names slowly building 
rivalries turn after turn. I think that makes our little city special, though I would 
not turn down a few more competitors to add to the arena's flavor!

Until next turn, keep the competitive fires burning!

                                          -- Ori Starbloom

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 REDNOW WOMAN 917             14  12  0 107         CIXELSID HEROES (11)      

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NAMREPUS 75                  25  16  0  94         CIXELSID HEROES (11)      
 6AM ALARM 706                25  18  0  93         BAD SIGNS (24)            
 ECAPS GHOST 76               23  18  0  91         CIXELSID HEROES (11)      

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NAMTAB 73                    22  19  0  86         CIXELSID HEROES (11)      
 KLUH 929                     15   2  0  78         CIXELSID HEROES (11)      

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RAAM 930                      9   9  0  66         SORCERER KINGS (66)       
 GULG 928                     11  13  1  58         SORCERER KINGS (66)       
 BUFFARILLA 935                7   5  0  58         RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)       

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SPITTIN' CHICLETS 933         5   7  0  40         BAD SIGNS (24)            
 TRADWIFE 938                  6   3  0  36         RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)       
 BROLIGARCH 939                4   5  1  34         RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)       

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BEWARE OF DOUG! 942           3   2  1  23         BAD SIGNS (24)            
 UYNESS 947                    2   3  0  23         SORCERER KINGS (66)       
 TIMELINE CLEANSE 948          3   2  0  20         RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)       
 YARAMUKE 950                  3   1  0  20         SORCERER KINGS (66)       
 APPSTINENT 953                1   0  0  14         RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)       
 KEEP OUT 943                  2   3  0   9         BAD SIGNS (24)            
 STRAIGHT F STUDENT 949        1   3  0   6         BAD SIGNS (24)            

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DEAD 952                0  1 0 SORCERER KINGS 66    SPYMASTER              247 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Beware of Doug! -- Brave challenge, young man! -- Gulg

Riff-Raff Crew -- Spell it however you like. I don't care if you remember my name, but 
you'll never forget the scars I left. -- Abalach-Re

Tradwife -- Are you even married? How can you be a tradwife and work in the arena? No, 
no. Something isn't adding up about this. -- Yaramuke

Spittin -- Chiclets -- Good challenge. I would have gone for that match-up, too. -- 
Uyness

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                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DEAD was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
6AM ALARM was viciously subdued by REDNOW WOMAN in a 3 minute Challenge Title battle.
SPITTIN' CHICLETS lost to BUFFARILLA in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge brawl.
BROLIGARCH defeated BEWARE OF DOUG! in a 1 minute Challenge fight.
STRAIGHT F STUDENT was demolished by UYNESS in a 1 minute Challenge competition.
NAMREPUS viciously subdued KUNG-FU MASTER in a 3 minute brutal mismatched fight.
KLUH outwaited VETERAN MERCENARY in a popular 8 minute competition.
NAMTAB unbelievably bested RAAM in a action packed 3 minute gruesome uneven melee.
ECAPS GHOST outlasted GULG in a slow 15 minute gory expert's duel.
TIMELINE CLEANSE was overpowered by AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
TRADWIFE overpowered CARLOI NOBLE in a 1 minute one-sided match.
KEEP OUT was devastated by APPSTINENT in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
YARAMUKE demolished PERSISTANT BEGGAR in a tiring 5 minute mismatched match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                      6         WALL OF STEEL      7 -   4 -  0      64  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         PARRY-LUNGE        5 -   3 -  0      63  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         TOTAL PARRY       38 -  23 -  0      62  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         AIMED BLOW        20 -  14 -  0      59  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         LUNGING ATTACK    10 -  10 -  2      50  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         SLASHING ATTACK    8 -  10 -  0      44  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      6 -   8 -  0      43  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         STRIKING ATTACK    6 -  10 -  0      38  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         BASHING ATTACK     4 -  10 -  0      29  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       1 -   3 -  0      25  |

Turn 247 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:

WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  2         5  TOTAL PARRY    
TOTAL PARRY        5 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  STRIKING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW         2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  AIMED BLOW     
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         1  WALL OF STEEL  
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  2         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    REDNOW WOMAN 917           14  12  0  107 CIXELSID HEROES (11)
TOTAL PARRY      NAMREPUS 75                25  16  0   94 CIXELSID HEROES (11)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       BUFFARILLA 935              7   5  0   58 RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is REDNOW WOMAN 917.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was RAAM 930.  The ten other most popular fighters were REDNOW WOMAN 917, 
BUFFARILLA 935, NAMTAB 73, SPITTIN' CHICLETS 933, BROLIGARCH 939, UYNESS 947, 
NAMREPUS 75, TRADWIFE 938, APPSTINENT 953, and BEWARE OF DOUG! 942.

The least popular fighter this week was GULG 928.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were ECAPS GHOST 76, YARAMUKE 950, KLUH 929, KEEP OUT 943, TIMELINE CLEANSE 
948, 6AM ALARM 706, DEAD 952, STRAIGHT F STUDENT 949, BEWARE OF DOUG! 942, and 
APPSTINENT 953.