DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 03/09/2026    Duedate: 03/21/2026

MORDANT ARENA

DM 1    TURN 1059

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

IOSIO
PHILANTHROPISTS (584)
(1-7834) [13-2-0,142]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

IOSIO                          VARMA KALAI
PHILANTHROPISTS (584)          THE QUIET DOCTRINE (741)
(1-7834) [13-2-0,142]          (1-10564) [4-0-0,37]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

ENGYWOOK                       CHASTITY
FANTASIA (272)                 CHAOS KIDS (726)
(1-10359) [20-9-1,109]         (1-10343) [18-10-1,97]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

FREAK BROTHERS (120)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. PHILANTHROPISTS (584)         40 
2. BLACK JUNTA (295)             34    POINT GUARDS (620)
3. FREAK BROTHERS (120)          28    Unchartered Team
4. BLACK MONASTARY (243)         26 
5. FANTASIA (272)                23    THE QUIET DOCTRINE (741)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1 ARMY OF ONE (732)         57  27  3 67.9   1/ 1 FREAK BROTHERS (120)      9  4 2
 2/ 5 POINT GUARDS (620)        15   9  0 62.5   2/ 3 THE BLACK EXPRESS (241)   8  3 0
 3/ 2*THE QUIET DOCTRINE (741)   5   3  0 62.5   3/ 2 BLACK PANTHEON (299)      8  4 1
 4/ 3 BLACK OUTPOST (252)      129  81  4 61.4   4/ 6 CHAOS KIDS (726)          7  8 1
 5/ 6 FANTASIA (272)           154  98  7 61.1   5/11 BLACK MONASTARY (243)     6  2 0
 6/ 7 PHILANTHROPISTS (584)     22  14  1 61.1   6/13 CARE LESS BEARS (267)     5  1 1
 7/ 4 1792 (735)                33  22  4 60.0   7/14 BLACK JUNTA (295)         5  3 0
 8/ 8 BLACK MONASTARY (243)    210 144 14 59.3   8/ 4 HOT RODS (297)            5  4 0
 9/10 BLACK JUNTA (295)        103  71  3 59.2   9/ 7 PHILANTHROPISTS (584)     5  5 0
10/ 9 THE BLACK EXPRESS (241)  129  90  9 58.9  10/12 EMU'S SPAWN (728)         5 10 0
11/11 HOT RODS (297)           263 193 13 57.7  11/ 9*THE QUIET DOCTRINE (741)  4  2 0
12/12 BLACK PANTHEON (299)     166 125 10 57.0  12/ 5 ENTERPRISE (345)          4  8 0
13/13 CARE LESS BEARS (267)    805 629 39 56.1  13/15 FANTASIA (272)            3  2 0
14/14 BLACK ARMADA (236)       134 121  9 52.5  14/10 BLACK OUTPOST (252)       3  4 0
15/15 FREAK BROTHERS (120)      86  98  9 46.7  15- 8 ARMY OF ONE (732)         2  1 0
16/16 CHAOS KIDS (726)          83  99  5 45.6  16-18*WHILST I CHATZY (733)     1  0 0
17/17 ENTERPRISE (345)          77 101  4 43.3  17/19 1792 (735)                1  1 0
18/18 LEGIONARII (727)          76 115  0 39.8  18/20 POINT GUARDS (620)        1  2 0

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
19/19 EMU'S SPAWN (728)         34  58  2 37.0  19/17 LEGIONARII (727)          1  3 0
20/20 OF WOLF & TP (730)        12  24  0 33.3  20/16 BLACK ARMADA (236)        1  5 0
21-21*WHILST I CHATZY (733)      7  14  1 33.3  21/21 OF WOLF & TP (730)        0  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

     It's me, The Unknown Spymaster, back to give you this week's Spy Report.  Sit 
back in your seats and we'll have more fun than a barrel of Zontanis.  For every 
winner there is a loser.  Speaking of losers, lets take a look at ENTERPRISE, who 
went down to 5th from 12th.  Life is tough.  Coming up with a solid 2-0-1 outing, 
CARE LESS BEARS has advanced 7 places in the rankings.  PHILANTHROPISTS is no joke as 
it posted a 3-1-0 week advancing from 7th place to 9th place.  Going for the gusto 
and coming up with aught but bloody knuckles was BLACK OUTPOST's DAWN CAPTAIN, who 
was turned away from the Duelmastership by IOSIO.  Advice to bashers--never force 
anything, just get a bigger halberd!   
     But enough of that bunch, let's get on to the wimps who like to avoid battle!  
Here's a song for you:  Who's afraid of the big, bad THE BLACK  EXPRESS?  Big bad THE 
BLACK EXPRESS.  Big bad THE BLACK EXPRESS.  MORDANT's afraid of the big bad THE BLACK 
EXPRESS.  Tra la la la la!  And you guys like to boo me?  Well, unsling your 
rasberries, cause EMU'S SPAWN beats feet every time THE BLACK EXPRESS smiles at them. 
Try farming, eh?  And who is this ROOT CANAL BEAR you ask, with 98 points and a 
21-16-2 record.  Ooh, the tales I could tell!  In a mismatch, our friend PHAT FREDDY 
of FREAK BROTHERS got heroic notions and challenged ROOT CANAL BEAR.  What did it get 
him?  A 10-10-0 record, that's what.  This week PHAT FREDDY 10-10-0 fought ROOT CANAL 
BEAR 21-16-2 and in losing gained 3 points.  I know several gladiators who could go 
for a few fights like that.  In a touching display by a 'touched' warrior, BENO went 
after CHASTITY, who was higher by 24 points.  Well, when the dust settled, BENO 
overcame CHASTITY.  LIUHE BAFA of THE QUIET DOCTRINE had better have a good reason 
for challenging down 14 points in a challenge which he lost.  I thought LIUHE BAFA 
showed great skill and promise when he was bested by ZYP ZUDRA.  All right, so I 
slept through it!  Big deal!   
     Remember that an arena is not always a safe place to be, but it is one of the 
most interesting, though!  For those of you who missed it, Death showed up, grabbed 
PHAT FREDDY by the ear and took him away to a place where he won't need a coat.  The 
audience likes blood and there was plenty of it covering KRYSTYNA as she was driven 
to an early grave by DOPEY of the CHAOS KIDS.  I have no doubt that MORDANT will be 
celebrating long and loud their warrior CAPTAIN ELOY's slaying of KOKUATEN on the 
sands.  And who needs the Dark Arena if you've got ROOT CANAL BEAR around?  This week 
he decorated his armor with PHAT FREDDY.  Who's next?  Here's some advice:  warriors 
with little wit and will may encounter problems on the trail to the Isle.   
     Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in MORDANT have no 
sense of humor.  Or maybe that they were senseless.  Okay, so I may not be the 
world's best comedian, but then you guys aren't the world's best warriors.  Its been 
real, and its been fun, but it hasn't been real fun...-- The Unknown Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 IOSIO 7834                   13   2  0 142         PHILANTHROPISTS (584)     

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-DRAGON EMBER 10397           14   3  0 121         ARMY OF ONE (732)         
 OXITWIST 10201               27  12  2 112         THE BLACK EXPRESS (241)   
 BLACK SPIRE 10257            26  17  5 110         BLACK MONASTARY (243)     
 ENGYWOOK 10359               20   9  1 109         FANTASIA (272)            
 BENO 8480                    15   9  0 107         POINT GUARDS (620)        
 GOOD WOOD 10342              17  12  0 100         HOT RODS (297)            
 ROOT CANAL BEAR 10301        21  16  2  98         CARE LESS BEARS (267)     
 CHASTITY 10343               18  10  1  97         CHAOS KIDS (726)          
 CRONUS 10524                 12   1  0  94         BLACK PANTHEON (299)      
 SCALLYWAG 10330              23  10  1  93         BLACK ARMADA (236)        
 DAWN CAPTAIN 10387           14   3  0  93         BLACK OUTPOST (252)       

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TENDERFART BEAR 10265        23  20  1  92         CARE LESS BEARS (267)     

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BOXCAR 10229                 25  14  1  90         THE BLACK EXPRESS (241)   
 VEBORG 10351                  8   7  1  90         EMU'S SPAWN (728)         
 THRYSSA 10391                 8   5  0  90         EMU'S SPAWN (728)         
 EDGEDANCER 10516             10   3  0  87         BLACK JUNTA (295)         
-OPERATION ENDURE 10376       11   6  1  85         ARMY OF ONE (732)         
 PINPRICK 10341               18  15  1  80         HOT RODS (297)            
 SLOTH 10275                  18  24  0  79         CHAOS KIDS (726)          
 OLD IRONSIDE 10238           16  30  1  79         BLACK ARMADA (236)        
 DEEPFIRE 10180               12   6  0  78         BLACK JUNTA (295)         

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PORT FINISH 10501             7   7  1  66         1792 (735)                
 GALAGOM 7832                  4   2  1  66         PHILANTHROPISTS (584)     
 FREIGHT TRAIN 10533           9   2  1  65         THE BLACK EXPRESS (241)   
-FREDDIE'S CAT 10545           6   2  1  65         FREAK BROTHERS (120)      
 PHINEAS PHREAK 10531          6   4  0  64         FREAK BROTHERS (120)      
 SNOW MONKEY 10085            13  11  1  60         BLACK JUNTA (295)         

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BANGIN' MONK 10454           13   8  0  52         BLACK MONASTARY (243)     
 THE BIG EASY 10529            6   3  0  51         BLACK ARMADA (236)        
 MARCUS MARTULUS 10537         4   7  0  50         LEGIONARII (727)          
 OBSIDIAN MONK 10431          10   6  0  47         BLACK MONASTARY (243)     
 THE SENTRY 10526              9   3  0  46         BLACK OUTPOST (252)       
 ONE-EYED 10500               10   8  2  42         HOT RODS (297)            
-TWERK ZONE 10382              3   2  0  38         WHILST I CHATZY (733)     
 MORPHINE 10504                6  11  2  37         FREAK BROTHERS (120)      
 VARMA KALAI 10564             4   0  0  37         THE QUIET DOCTRINE (741)  

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DOPEY 10513                   5  10  1  33         CHAOS KIDS (726)          
-THE CAT BOX 10553             3   3  1  33         FREAK BROTHERS (120)      
 EROS 10534                    6   5  0  27         BLACK PANTHEON (299)      
 CLYTAMENSTRA 10535            4   1  2  27         BLACK PANTHEON (299)      
 GALAREW 7835                  3   4  0  25         PHILANTHROPISTS (584)     
 SEXY CHERUB 10556             5   0  0  24         BLACK MONASTARY (243)     
 BURNEY 10543                  4   1  0  24         BLACK JUNTA (295)         
 ZYP ZUDRA 7831                2   3  0  24         PHILANTHROPISTS (584)     

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GORN CRUSH 10548              2   6  0  20         ENTERPRISE (345)          
 TEMPERANCE 10549              3   4  0  19         CHAOS KIDS (726)          
 LIUHE BAFA 10565              1   3  0  12         THE QUIET DOCTRINE (741)  
 CAIRON 10546                  1   1  0  12         FANTASIA (272)            
 LA'AN NOONIEN-SINGH 10552     1   7  0  10         ENTERPRISE (345)          
 ENSIGN RED SHIRT 10581        1   1  0   9         ENTERPRISE (345)          
 GUINAN 10589                  0   1  0   1         ENTERPRISE (345)          

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
WHETSTONE 10510         3  6 0 BLACK OUTPOST 252    BLACK ORC             1059 NONE
KOKUATEN 10480         13  6 1 BLACK PANTHEON 299   CAPTAIN ELOY          1059 NONE
LEXI 10542              2  6 0 CHAOS KIDS 726       SHEWISH GIANT         1059 NONE
BRIA 10520              3  3 0 EMU'S SPAWN 728      THE CAT BOX 10553     1058  
DA1 10584               0  1 0 EMU'S SPAWN 728      SHEWISH GIANT         1059 NONE
DA2 10585               0  1 0 EMU'S SPAWN 728      STONE GOLEM           1059 NONE
KRYSTYNA 10352          5  9 0 EMU'S SPAWN 728      DOPEY 10513           1059  
Q 10532                 3  5 0 ENTERPRISE 345       FREDDIE'S CAT 10545   1057  
PHAT FREDDY 10469      10 10 0 FREAK BROTHERS 120   ROOT CANAL BEAR 10301 1059  

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DA 10586                0  1 0 OF WOLF & TP 730     MOUNTAIN TROLL        1059 NONE
ZEN PHASTER 10561       0  1 0 PHILANTHROPISTS 584  CLYTAMENSTRA 10535    1057  
DEISEL DRIFT 10471      2  1 1 THE BLACK EXPRES 241 GALAGOM 7832          1056 REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

LEXI was dealt death by SHEWISH GIANT in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
WHETSTONE was narrowly killed by BLACK ORC in a exciting 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
DA1 was dispatched by SHEWISH GIANT in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena brawl.
DA2 was assassinated by STONE GOLEM in a 3 minute bloody Dark Arena match.
DA was butchered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena duel.
BOXCAR was devastated by GALAGOM in a 1 minute mismatched Bloodfeud match.
BENO overcame CHASTITY in a action packed 3 minute expert's Challenge fight.
PHAT FREDDY was viciously butchered by ROOT CANAL BEAR in a 2 minute Challenge duel.
PORT FINISH was unbelievably bested by SLOTH in a popular 4 minute Challenge duel.
PHINEAS PHREAK overpowered ONE-EYED in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
LIUHE BAFA was overpowered by ZYP ZUDRA in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge match.
LA'AN NOONIEN-SINGH was viciously subdued by TEMPERANCE in a 2 minute conflict.
KRYSTYNA was murdered by DOPEY in a 2 minute gory mismatched Challenge match.
IOSIO handily defeated DAWN CAPTAIN in a 1 minute one-sided Title conflict.
GOOD WOOD vanquished TIEN-SHU OF GENRAI in a action packed 1 minute mismatched bout.
OXITWIST handily defeated RAFFI THE GARROTE in a 1 minute bloody mismatched bout.
KOKUATEN was dealt death by CAPTAIN ELOY in a 1 minute fight.
VEBORG was overpowered by ENGYWOOK in a 1 minute one-sided match.
BLACK SPIRE overpowered CHARK FORKBEARD in a crowd pleasing 2 minute one-sided match.
THRYSSA devastated OLD IRONSIDE in a action packed 1 minute brutal one-sided bout.
PINPRICK overpowered RAFFI THE GARROTE in a action packed 1 minute bloody uneven fray.
SCALLYWAG overpowered MAD MANNEQUIN in a 1 minute one-sided match.
DEEPFIRE defeated TIEN-SHU OF GENRAI in a 2 minute duel.
EDGEDANCER overpowered CAPTAIN ELOY in a 1 minute uneven fight.
CRONUS overpowered MAD MANNEQUIN in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
TENDERFART BEAR won victory over TIEN-SHU OF GENRAI in a 2 minute uneven bout.
THE BIG EASY was overpowered by TIEN-SHU OF GENRAI in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
FREIGHT TRAIN vanquished BLACK DEVIN in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
OBSIDIAN MONK overpowered GALAREW in a popular 1 minute brutal uneven duel.
BANGIN' MONK subdued MORPHINE in a popular 1 minute fight.
MARCUS MARTULUS was beaten by SNOW MONKEY in a popular 1 minute gruesome bout.
THE SENTRY demolished LIEUTENANT WOREL in a 1 minute uneven contest.
VARMA KALAI savagely defeated GORN CRUSH in a exciting 3 minute brutal struggle.
CLYTAMENSTRA was devastated by BLACK DEVIN in a 1 minute uneven bout.
EROS overpowered FIORENZE OF FRATSFA in a 1 minute one-sided match.
CAIRON handily defeated GUINAN in a 2 minute uneven match.
BURNEY beat ENSIGN RED SHIRT in a 2 minute beginner's bout.
SEXY CHERUB overpowered GRALL THE DESERTER in a 3 minute one-sided competition.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                  10         WALL OF STEEL     25 -   8 -  1      76  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  9         LUNGING ATTACK    73 -  35 -  3      68  |
|AIMED BLOW                       8         PARRY-LUNGE        8 -   4 -  0      67  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  7         STRIKING ATTACK   41 -  26 -  4      61  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      6         SLASHING ATTACK   58 -  41 -  3      59  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   5         PARRY-RIPOSTE     23 -  22 -  0      51  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    4         AIMED BLOW        36 -  38 -  1      49  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         TOTAL PARRY       17 -  31 -  1      35  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         BASHING ATTACK    17 -  36 -  2      32  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         PARRY-STRIKE       3 -  16 -  0      16  |

Turn 1059 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     BASHING ATTACK     2 -  3         4  LUNGING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      3 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  6         2  SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     8 -  2     PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  3         1  WALL OF STEEL  
TOTAL PARRY        4 -  2     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  2         1  STRIKING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    4 -  3                                       1  PARRY-LUNGE    
AIMED BLOW         4 -  4                                       1  TOTAL PARRY    
                                                                1  AIMED BLOW     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  IOSIO 7834                 13   2  0  142 PHILANTHROPISTS (584)
WALL OF STEEL    OXITWIST 10201             27  12  2  112 THE BLACK EXPRESS (241)
PARRY-LUNGE      BLACK SPIRE 10257          26  17  5  110 BLACK MONASTARY (243)
LUNGING ATTACK   ENGYWOOK 10359             20   9  1  109 FANTASIA (272)
TOTAL PARRY      BENO 8480                  15   9  0  107 POINT GUARDS (620)
AIMED BLOW       GOOD WOOD 10342            17  12  0  100 HOT RODS (297)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    BOXCAR 10229               25  14  1   90 THE BLACK EXPRESS (241)
STRIKING ATTACK  VEBORG 10351                8   7  1   90 EMU'S SPAWN (728)
BASHING ATTACK   BANGIN' MONK 10454         13   8  0   52 BLACK MONASTARY (243)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is ENGYWOOK 10359.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was CHASTITY 10343.  The ten other most popular fighters were PORT FINISH 10501, 
BLACK SPIRE 10257, VARMA KALAI 10564, TEMPERANCE 10549, DEEPFIRE 10180, DOPEY 10513, 
THRYSSA 10391, OBSIDIAN MONK 10431, SNOW MONKEY 10085, and ENSIGN RED SHIRT 10581.

The least popular fighter this week was SEXY CHERUB 10556.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were DA2 10585, CLYTAMENSTRA 10535, MARCUS MARTULUS 10537, OLD 
IRONSIDE 10238, DAWN CAPTAIN 10387, LA'AN NOONIEN-SINGH 10552, ONE-EYED 10500, BOXCAR 
10229, DA 10586, and GORN CRUSH 10548.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

OXITWIST (1-10201) THE BLACK EXPRESS (241)
BENO (1-8480) POINT GUARDS (620)
SCALLYWAG (1-10330) BLACK ARMADA (236)