DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 04/22/2026    Duedate: 05/05/2026

IAYE ARENA

DM 30    TURN 1040

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

KRIEGHUND
HARD KNOCKS (531)
(30-6077) [15-6-3,117]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

KRIEGHUND                      SOPHISTICATED ORC
HARD KNOCKS (531)              PHEAR PHIL2 (534)
(30-6077) [15-6-3,117]         (30-6130) [2-3-0,16]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

MURDER MITTENS                 AUNT SADIE
CLOWDER W/ CLAWS (529)         LENPROS (145)
(30-6052) [14-14-1,99]         (30-6085) [10-5-0,54]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

LENPROS (145)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. HARD KNOCKS (531)             44 
2. THE YOUNG ONES (455)          37    LENPROS (145)
3. PHEAR PHIL2 (534)             10    Unchartered Team
4. BOOT HILL (522)               8  
5. CLOWDER W/ CLAWS (529)        -1    PHEAR PHIL2 (534)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0*PHEAR PHIL2 (534)          1   0  0 100.   1/ 1 LENPROS (145)             7  5 0
 2/ 1 LENPROS (145)            2061 1202 74 63.2   2/ 2 HARD KNOCKS (531)         7  6 1
 3/ 2 HARD KNOCKS (531)         63  39  4 61.8   3/ 3 THE YOUNG ONES (455)      7  8 0
 4/ 3 BOOT HILL (522)           46  30  3 60.5   4/ 4 BOOT HILL (522)           4  1 0
 5/ 4 THE YOUNG ONES (455)     110  90  9 55.0   5/ 5 CLOWDER W/ CLAWS (529)    3  6 0
 6/ 5 CLOWDER W/ CLAWS (529)    60  66  1 47.6   6/ 6 THE DONALD'S DELI (533)   2  1 0
 7/ 6 THE DONALD'S DELI (533)   10  12  0 45.5   7/ 0*PHEAR PHIL2 (534)         1  0 0

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

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

HAIL IAYE!

Tonight I raise my cap to Propector Willie and his victory over our Duelmaster Baz.  
Well fought, and enjoy your new status as an immortal gladiator! Prospector Willie's 
invitation to immortality opened the door for me, after my "smashing" victory over 
arena veteran Murder Mittens, to claim the throne for my own.  I did not forsee this 
turn of events coming in the least.  My focus was on the Spring Tournament, where I 
barely avoided making a "fool" of myself with a less than stellar 1 and 3 showing 
there.  Popular opinion says that we bashers are often outclassed in the higher ranks, 
but I say that every gladiator must make his own way.

So I drink to the moment before it shall pass.  Hail victory, and glory to those souls 
who sieze their fate with weapon in hand!

Blood and honor, I live or die by it.

                                          -- Duelmaster Krieghund

                                      SPY REPORT

     Hail and well met warriors of IAYE!  Know me for who I am, Zontani Sharp Eyes, 
Spymaster extraordinaire of all Alastari.  My praise to THE YOUNG ONES for their 
4-1-0 week this time out.  Indeed, it was a skillfully fought round deserving of 
notice!  RULE OF THUMB caught the eye of many in the gladiatorial commission as he 
skillfully bested SNUFFY and was awarded 21 points in recognition.  In one of the 
week's more notable duels, KENDAL MINTCAKE put down AUNT ONA, causing her to lose 14 
points of recognition in the process.  Unwilling to wait upon the will of others, 
Duelmaster KRIEGHUND challenged NEAL last week in a match to decide the fate of the 
throne.  Not for nothing has KRIEGHUND in the past laid claim to the Duelmaster's 
throne, and this week he's proven his combat skill yet again.  Informants "close" to 
the city champion have told me that he never fights without pantyhose on beneath his 
armor.  Watch out!   
     Many and various are the arts of battle.  In IAYE "art" is a word that has long 
since passed from the language!  I saw one fighter that warriors avoided when this 
week's challenge seeking began.  THE YOUNG ONES is feared.  This much I can say.  
Methinks more than a few here could name the guild it was that spent the better part 
of last week avoiding THE YOUNG ONES.  Indeed it was LENPROS.  Loose talk at the 
arena has reached my ears and it but confirms the knowledge that many fighters are 
after NEAL.  Watch your back!   
     What warrior does not hone his years, impatiently waiting for the moment of his 
foe's mortality?  The warrior's path is harsh.  For mediocrity there is but one 
reward--death.  This past week SNUFFY, at 7-9-0, departed IAYE forever.  Dark alleys 
may hide both secrets and assassins.  In the arena there is only the brightness of 
steel.  Keep vigil always!   
     The girls are as pretty in IAYE as ever I remembered them....and the fighters as 
ugly!  Don't let your reputation slip!  More than a sharp eye must I keep, indeed a 
stout pair of legs must I keep as well!  The endless paths of Alastari await me!  
Till next we meet remember - the pen is mightier than the sword, but a maul is a 
different story!-- Zontani Sharp Eyes  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KRIEGHUND 6077               15   6  3 117         HARD KNOCKS (531)         

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MAX 5995                     30   8  0 111         LENPROS (145)             
 BAZ 6100                     16   4  2 109         THE YOUNG ONES (455)      
 MURDER MITTENS 6052          14  14  1  99         CLOWDER W/ CLAWS (529)    
 NEAL 4710                    19  25  0  98         THE YOUNG ONES (455)      
 CALAMITY JANE 5993           12   5  2  96         BOOT HILL (522)           

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RULE OF THUMB 6080           12  10  1  87         HARD KNOCKS (531)         
 TACO TUESDAY 6110            10   7  0  80         THE DONALD'S DELI (533)   
 TET OFFENSIVE 6084            7   9  0  77         HARD KNOCKS (531)         
 BACKSTABBATH 6053            12  16  0  76         CLOWDER W/ CLAWS (529)    

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TRY ME 6055                  13  15  0  72         CLOWDER W/ CLAWS (529)    
 WARLOCK 6101                 10  10  1  69         THE YOUNG ONES (455)      
-MARY CATHERINE 6083          14   7  0  68         LENPROS (145)             

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 AUNT SADIE 6085              10   5  0  54         LENPROS (145)             
 KENDAL MINTCAKE 6089          5   6  1  48         THE YOUNG ONES (455)      

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LORD MONTY 6117               6   5  1  27         THE YOUNG ONES (455)      
 AUNT ONA 6126                 4   1  0  25         LENPROS (145)             

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SOPHISTICATED ORC 6130        2   3  0  16         PHEAR PHIL2 (534)         

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
=^.^= 6054             13 11 0 CLOWDER W/ CLAWS 529 CALAMITY JANE 5993    1036 REVENGED
SNUFFY 6091             7  9 0 LENPROS 145          RULE OF THUMB 6080    1040  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

We salute Krieghund a fine and brutal-looking champion, Duelmaster of Iaye. May his 
DMColumn be as great as his fighting skills. -- Lenpro

Health. Humility. Honor. Iaye forever. -- Lenpro

Our Lenpro one-and-only entrant into The Mailer has lived and returned. I suspect a 
less than mediocre result. -- Lenpro

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

KRIEGHUND viciously subdued NEAL in a 2 minute master's Challenge Title fight.
TENDER FURY was handily defeated by BAZ in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
SELLSWORD was unbelievably bested by MAX in a 6 minute veteran's Challenge contest.
RULE OF THUMB butchered SNUFFY in a popular 1 minute bloody uneven Challenge brawl.
MURDER MITTENS savagely defeated TACO TUESDAY in a popular 2 minute master's brawl.
BACKSTABBATH was vanquished by CALAMITY JANE in a 1 minute uneven duel.
TRY ME was vanquished by TET OFFENSIVE in a 1 minute uneven fight.
WARLOCK won victory over AUNT SADIE in a popular 3 minute fight.
AUNT ONA was overpowered by KENDAL MINTCAKE in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
LORD MONTY savagely defeated CULT MEMBER in a exciting 1 minute bloody match.
SOPHISTICATED ORC handily defeated FRIENDLY CONSTABLE in a 1 minute one-sided contest.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK                  6         STRIKING ATTACK   11 -   6 -  0      65  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         SLASHING ATTACK   30 -  22 -  1      58  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         BASHING ATTACK    10 -   8 -  0      56  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         AIMED BLOW        16 -  13 -  1      55  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         WALL OF STEEL     18 -  15 -  1      55  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         TOTAL PARRY       22 -  20 -  0      52  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         LUNGING ATTACK     2 -   5 -  0      29  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-LUNGE        1 -   6 -  0      14  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   3 -  0       0  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 1040 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   KRIEGHUND 6077             15   6  3  117 HARD KNOCKS (531)
TOTAL PARRY      MAX 5995                   30   8  0  111 LENPROS (145)
STRIKING ATTACK  BAZ 6100                   16   4  2  109 THE YOUNG ONES (455)
AIMED BLOW       CALAMITY JANE 5993         12   5  2   96 BOOT HILL (522)
WALL OF STEEL    RULE OF THUMB 6080         12  10  1   87 HARD KNOCKS (531)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is MURDER MITTENS 6052.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was AUNT SADIE 6085.  The ten other most popular fighters were MURDER MITTENS 
6052, KRIEGHUND 6077, LORD MONTY 6117, BAZ 6100, RULE OF THUMB 6080, WARLOCK 6101, 
NEAL 4710, MAX 5995, CALAMITY JANE 5993, and KENDAL MINTCAKE 6089.

The least popular fighter this week was AUNT ONA 6126.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were TRY ME 6055, BACKSTABBATH 6053, TET OFFENSIVE 6084, TACO TUESDAY 6110, 
SNUFFY 6091, SOPHISTICATED ORC 6130, KENDAL MINTCAKE 6089, CALAMITY JANE 5993, MAX 
5995, and NEAL 4710.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

KRIEGHUND (30-6077) HARD KNOCKS (531)
BAZ (30-6100) THE YOUNG ONES (455)

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

SELLSWORD (30-6076) HARD KNOCKS (531)
TENDER FURY (30-6078) HARD KNOCKS (531)