DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 04/30/2026    Duedate: 05/13/2026

JHANS ARENA

DM 36    TURN 1018

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

DYNIT
IRON TIGERS (484)
(36-6083) [15-5-0,145]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

DYNIT                          MCLXJD
IRON TIGERS (484)              2417 BOURBON ST (700)
(36-6083) [15-5-0,145]         (36-8746) [6-0-0,84]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

SONJA                          MCLXJD
EMU'S STRAIN (702)             2417 BOURBON ST (700)
(36-8815) [14-15-1,65]         (36-8746) [6-0-0,84]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

NEON KNIGHTS (680)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. IRON TIGERS (484)             44 
2. PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (624)       36    SIMPLE DISCOURSE (694)
3. CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)       29    Unchartered Team
4. MINECRAFT (704)               26 
5. SIMPLE DISCOURSE (694)        26    FOR... (707)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*FOR... (707)               4   0  0 100.   1/ 5 NEON KNIGHTS (680)        8  3 0
 2/ 0 SIMPLE DISCOURSE (694)    17   9  0 65.4   2/ 2 IRON TIGERS (484)         8  6 0
 3/ 3 SPIRIT TOTEMS (487)       15   9  1 62.5   3/ 1 IRON DAMSELS (16)         7  5 0
 4/ 2 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (624)   17  11  1 60.7   4/ 6 EMU'S STRAIN (702)        7  8 0
 5/ 4 CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)  270 269 12 50.1   5/ 3 CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)      5  6 1
 6/ 7 NEON KNIGHTS (680)       103 103  4 50.0   6/ 4 CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)   5  7 1
 7/ 5 IRON TIGERS (484)        156 157 17 49.8   7/11 SPIRIT TOTEMS (487)       4  1 1
 8/ 6 IRON DAMSELS (16)        264 274 12 49.1   8/10 WOLF AND MAN (701)        4  3 1
 9/ 8 THE WHISPERS (706)        44  48  1 47.8   9/ 8 THE WHISPERS (706)        4 10 0
10/10 WOLF AND MAN (701)        52  58  6 47.3  10/ 9*2417 BOURBON ST (700)     3  0 0
11/ 9 CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)     144 161  5 47.2  11/12*FOR... (707)              2  0 0
12/13*2417 BOURBON ST (700)      6   8  0 42.9  12/ 7 TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   2 10 0
13/11 TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   75 107  4 41.2  13/ 0 SIMPLE DISCOURSE (694)    1  0 0
14/12 EMU'S STRAIN (702)        80 119  5 40.2  14/13 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (624)   1  1 0
15/ 0*MINECRAFT (704)            2   7  0 22.2  15/ 0*MINECRAFT (704)           1  1 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.

They told me the title would feel different once you held it. Heavier, perhaps. A 
thing you wear rather than a thing you earn. I have found the opposite to be true. 
Each time I step onto those sands and the crowd's noise becomes a single wall of 
sound, the weight falls away entirely. There is only work to be done. Now I look 
forward.

The Commission has not extended an invitation to the Advanced Games, which means 
someone will be coming for this title. I do not know who yet. It may be Sapphire, 
precise and patient with that Aimed Blow of hers. It may be Bladedancer, who has been 
cutting through opponents with unsettling efficiency. Whoever steps onto those sands 
across from me will have prepared. They will have studied my fourteen wins and my five 
losses and found something they believe they can exploit. Let them look. Every turn I 
spend in Jhans is another turn to sharpen what is already sharp. I will be ready.

To my teammates in Iron Tigers -- Mazrim, losing a close match to Sapphire is no 
shame. She is the top Aimed Blow artist in this arena for a reason. Study her. You 
will face her again. Hador, your loss to Halonor was the kind of lesson that costs 
nothing but pride if you learn from it. You have the tools. Use them with more 
economy. Dewclaw, Fern beat you in four minutes of crowd-pleasing brutality -- do not 
give them that satisfaction twice. And young Soleg: one fight, one win. A clean 
beginning. Build on it methodically.

The Duelmaster's seat is not a place of comfort. It is a target. Every warrior in the 
Challenger Champions tier is sharpening steel with my name in mind. Sapphire. 
Bladedancer. Ark will want a rematch. Halonor is rising fast. I do not fear that. I 
was built by Iron Tigers to endure it.

Two weeks. I will still be here.

                                          -- Dynit Duelmaster, Jhans Arena
                                             Iron Tigers

                                      SPY REPORT

I once tracked a Rocanian saboteur through three days of wind-blasted dunes, his trail 
as thin as a whisper and twice as deceitful. He left just enough sign to be followed, 
but always where he wanted me. A broken twig here, a heel scrap there, or a piece of 
barely noticeable debris to keep me following.

On the fourth night, I realized the truth too late. I wasn't the hunter. I was the 
message. They found what was left of him at dawn, and what was left of the ambush he 
had set for me. Turns out, even the clever sometimes forget that someone else is 
watching the trail.

That, dear readers, is Jhans this turn. Everyone is setting traps, and just enough 
warriors are stepping into them to keep the sands fed.

Dynit of Iron Tigers holds the throne with the steady patience of a veteran scout. 
Sapphire came hunting glory and found only steel. No misdirection or trickery in this 
bout, just a clean defeat by our Duelmaster. Dynit isn't baiting opponents, but 
appears to be daring them to challenge him. Who will test their mettle and their luck 
against him next turn?

Neon Knights surge to the top, moving like a coordinated unit, sweeping a ridge line. 
Bladedancer, Dreamsinger, and Plumcatcher continue to prove their worth with solid 
wins. Iron Tigers remain a constant force in the arena, picking engagements carefully. 
Hador delivered the kind of blow that I respect the most, the one you don't see coming 
until it is already written in the sand. Saint-Chamond was dismantled, not just 
defeated. That was not brute force, but someone reading the battlefield three moves 
ahead.

The Dark Arena was not as effective as in previous turns. Two warriors RETURNED from 
the fights by torchlight. Varkos came back like a ghost with unfinished business, 
while Average Joe was anything but average when he killed Kobold Enforcer. Others were 
not so fortunate, but to see two emerge from certain death in a single turn bears 
recording.

The middle of the pack is where Jhans breathes. It is where the war is neither won nor 
lost, but constantly contested. Stumble Stalker outlasted Fame in a drawn-out grind. 
Stingray fought like a cornered predator, tearing down Fern. Are they herbivores? 
Last, Tenebrax and Spindy turned their bout into something closer to a battlefield 
skirmish than a duel. No glory here, just survival.

Closing out with some arena tidbits, I observed that Iron Damsels were the most 
avoided team. Spirit Totems avoided them the most. Saint-Chamond looks to be our most 
challenged gladiator, and you will note we have already covered that match. Wrugy 
killed Lita, taking his kill total to two.

In Rocanis, the saboteur thought he controlled the trail. He left signs, shaped the 
pursuit, and believed himself unseen. But he forgot the oldest rule of the hunt: If 
you can see the trail, so can someone else. Jhans is full of hunters right now. But 
more than a few are leaving tracks they don't realize are beling followed. And I 
promise you this, someone is always watching the sand behind you.

                                          -- Mira Kelvaren
                                             Reporter on the Sands

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DYNIT 6083                   15   5  0 145         IRON TIGERS (484)         

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BLADEDANCER 8869             11   3  0 112         NEON KNIGHTS (680)        
 ARK 8814                     20  14  0 100         CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)   
 DREAMSINGER 8439             20  22  0  96         NEON KNIGHTS (680)        
 FAITH IN CAUSATION 8600       8   4  0  96         SIMPLE DISCOURSE (694)    
 SAPPHIRE 8866                15   8  0  93         CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)      

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MAZRIM 5911                  17   7  0  90         IRON TIGERS (484)         
 HADOR 8234                    9   3  0  90         IRON TIGERS (484)         
 SYDEE 8867                   11   6  0  85         IRON DAMSELS (16)         
 MCLXJD 8746                   6   0  0  84         2417 BOURBON ST (700)     
 VARKOS 8865                  11  12  1  73         CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)      
 SAINT-CHAMOND 8666           17  21  0  72         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   
 LITTLE WILLIE 8667           17  21  0  72         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   
 HALONOR 8860                  8   4  0  72         WOLF AND MAN (701)        
 PLUMCATCHER 8902              7   2  0  69         NEON KNIGHTS (680)        
 WHIPPET 8668                 14  24  1  67         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   
 UMBRALIS 8887                10   9  0  67         THE WHISPERS (706)        

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SILENS 8891                  12   7  0  66         THE WHISPERS (706)        
 SONJA 8815                   14  15  1  65         EMU'S STRAIN (702)        
 MURMURIO 8890                 9  10  1  59         THE WHISPERS (706)        

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 STUMBLE STALKER 7497          5   2  0  56         PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (624)   
 STINGRAY 5375                 7   2  0  55         SPIRIT TOTEMS (487)       
 FAME 8875                    16   5  0  53         CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)   
 TENEBRAX 8888                10   9  0  52         THE WHISPERS (706)        
 LL HOSTESS 8872               8   8  0  46         IRON DAMSELS (16)         
 MARLIN 8936                   4   3  1  46         SPIRIT TOTEMS (487)       

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 AVERAGE JOE 8862              8  15  1  45         CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)   
 FERN 8930                     4   5  1  42         EMU'S STRAIN (702)        
 BOB SEMPLE 8839               8  16  1  41         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   
 KIORI 8915                    3   0  0  39         WOLF AND MAN (701)        
 DEWCLAW 6100                  9   8  0  35         IRON TIGERS (484)         

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LAVITROS 8914                 3   2  0  33         WOLF AND MAN (701)        
 SPINDY 8934                   5   2  0  32         IRON DAMSELS (16)         
 THE LOVE OF PETE 8906         3   0  0  32         FOR... (707)              
 WRUGY 8916                    3   5  2  28         WOLF AND MAN (701)        
 STEVE 8853                    1   1  0  28         MINECRAFT (704)           

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SOLEG 8961                    2   0  0  18         IRON TIGERS (484)         
 LARAH 8931                    4   5  0  17         EMU'S STRAIN (702)        
 HOLLYSTONE 8967               1   0  0  15         EMU'S STRAIN (702)        
 PYROSTAT 8951                 1   0  0  13         WOLF AND MAN (701)        
 JUNGLEBEARD 7974              0   1  0  13         PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (624)   
 CUTTER 8971                   1   0  0   6         CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)      
 JUICE BOX 8962                1   1  0   4         IRON DAMSELS (16)         
 RHAMIEL 8964                  0   2  0   2         EMU'S STRAIN (702)        
 SUBROSA 8968                  0   1  0   1         THE WHISPERS (706)        

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
SCIM 8970               0  1 0 CLAN BATTLEAXE 347   SPYMASTER             1018 NONE
SLICER 8969             0  1 0 CLAN BATTLEAXE 347   SPYMASTER             1018 NONE
CLOBBER 8972            0  1 0 CLAN BATTLEAXE I 550 KOBOLD ENFORCER       1018 NONE
RAM 8973                0  1 0 CLAN BATTLEAXE I 550 SPYMASTER             1018 NONE
COOLIE 8910             6  5 0 DARK ABUNDANCE 695   BOB SEMPLE 8839       1014 NOT REVENGED
KOBOLD ENFORCER         0  0 0 DARK ARENA           AVERAGE JOE 8862      1018 NONE
SLIPPERS MCGHEE         0  0 0 DARK ARENA           VARKOS 8865           1018 NONE
HOLY WATER 8925         4  5 0 EMU'S STRAIN 702     MARLIN 8936           1017  
LITA 8963               0  2 0 IRON DAMSELS 16      WRUGY 8916            1018  
DA1 8953                0  1 0 MINECRAFT 704        BANDIT PRINCE         1018 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

VARKOS butchered SLIPPERS MCGHEE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
AVERAGE JOE savagely slew KOBOLD ENFORCER in a exciting 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
CLOBBER was barely slain by KOBOLD ENFORCER in a 3 minute Dark Arena brawl.
SLICER was slain by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena match.
DA1 was butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl.
SCIM was slaughtered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
RAM was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena match.
SAPPHIRE was handily defeated by DYNIT in a 1 minute uneven Challenge Title fight.
DREAMSINGER vanquished LITTLE WILLIE in a popular 1 minute uneven Challenge duel.
HADOR vanquished SAINT-CHAMOND in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
MAZRIM was savagely defeated by BLADEDANCER in a 1 minute Challenge match.
PLUMCATCHER defeated MURMURIO in a 2 minute Challenge match.
STINGRAY savagely defeated FERN in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Challenge competition.
MARLIN demolished DEWCLAW in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
SOLEG overpowered RHAMIEL in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge conflict.
ARK overpowered UMBRALIS in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
HALONOR was devastated by FAITH IN CAUSATION in a 1 minute uneven duel.
WHIPPET was overpowered by SYDEE in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
MCLXJD viciously subdued RIRORNI ADVENTURER in a exciting 2 minute veteran's fight.
LL HOSTESS was overpowered by SILENS in a 1 minute one-sided match.
SONJA handily defeated BOB SEMPLE in a 2 minute mismatched competition.
FAME was beaten by STUMBLE STALKER in a action packed 6 minute fight.
TENEBRAX subdued SPINDY in a 5 minute gruesome bout.
LAVITROS slimly lost to THE LOVE OF PETE in a 2 minute bloody fray.
KIORI overpowered LARAH in a 1 minute one-sided match.
WRUGY assassinated LITA in a 1 minute gory one-sided duel.
STEVE vanquished JUICE BOX in a exciting 1 minute one-sided fight.
PYROSTAT won victory over SUBROSA in a 2 minute bout.
JUNGLEBEARD lost to CUTTER in a popular 1 minute gruesome fray.
HOLLYSTONE overpowered PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 2 minute uneven competition.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  9         STRIKING ATTACK   34 -  16 -  1      68  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  9         LUNGING ATTACK    25 -  15 -  1      63  |
|AIMED BLOW                       8         WALL OF STEEL     18 -  12 -  1      60  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      4         PARRY-LUNGE       17 -  12 -  1      59  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    4         AIMED BLOW        33 -  37 -  0      47  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         BASHING ATTACK    17 -  20 -  1      46  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         PARRY-RIPOSTE     14 -  20 -  1      41  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     3         PARRY-STRIKE       4 -   6 -  0      40  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         SLASHING ATTACK   21 -  32 -  2      40  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         TOTAL PARRY       13 -  25 -  0      34  |

Turn 1018 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-STRIKE       3 -  0     SLASHING ATTACK    3 -  6         4  STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE        3 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      1 -  2         3  AIMED BLOW     
PARRY-RIPOSTE      3 -  1     AIMED BLOW         2 -  6         2  SLASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    6 -  3     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  3         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  2                                       1  WALL OF STEEL  
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  2     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   DYNIT 6083                 15   5  0  145 IRON TIGERS (484)
STRIKING ATTACK  BLADEDANCER 8869           11   3  0  112 NEON KNIGHTS (680)
AIMED BLOW       ARK 8814                   20  14  0  100 CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)
SLASHING ATTACK  FAITH IN CAUSATION 8600     8   4  0   96 SIMPLE DISCOURSE (694)
WALL OF STEEL    MAZRIM 5911                17   7  0   90 IRON TIGERS (484)
PARRY-LUNGE      HALONOR 8860                8   4  0   72 WOLF AND MAN (701)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    PLUMCATCHER 8902            7   2  0   69 NEON KNIGHTS (680)
BASHING ATTACK   SILENS 8891                12   7  0   66 THE WHISPERS (706)
TOTAL PARRY      FAME 8875                  16   5  0   53 CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is SONJA 8815.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
MCLXJD 8746.  The ten other most popular fighters were STUMBLE STALKER 7497, STINGRAY 
5375, CLOBBER 8972, LAVITROS 8914, AVERAGE JOE 8862, DYNIT 6083, BLADEDANCER 8869, 
MURMURIO 8890, SONJA 8815, and SPINDY 8934.

The least popular fighter this week was LITA 8963.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were LARAH 8931, TENEBRAX 8888, FAME 8875, LL HOSTESS 8872, WHIPPET 8668, 
HALONOR 8860, UMBRALIS 8887, RHAMIEL 8964, DEWCLAW 6100, and SAINT-CHAMOND 8666.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

DYNIT (36-6083) IRON TIGERS (484)