DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 06/30/2004    Duedate: 07/13/2004

ARVAT ARENA

DM-32    TURN-475

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

STYLISH
SARATOGA GLORY (352)
(32-4116) [13-2-1,136]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

STYLISH                        ARGONAUT
SARATOGA GLORY (352)           BLITZKRIEG II (354)
(32-4116) [13-2-1,136]         (32-4135) [5-2-0,50]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

TRADEMARK                      TRADEMARK
SARATOGA GLORY (352)           SARATOGA GLORY (352)
(32-4114) [12-3-1,106]         (32-4114) [12-3-1,106]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

SARATOGA GLORY (352)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SARATOGA GLORY (352)        47
2. BLITZKRIEG II (354)          1      SARATOGA GLORY (352)
3. DEVIL ADVOCATES (105)        0      Unchartered Team
4. BUFFY'S DINER (346)          0
5. FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)    -39      BLITZKRIEG II (354)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 SARATOGA GLORY (352)      59  21  6 73.8   1/ 1 SARATOGA GLORY (352)     11  4 0
 2- 3 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105)    737 438 39 62.7   2/ 2 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)   7  7 0
 3/ 5*BLITZKRIEG II (354)       17  12  1 58.6   3/ 3*BLITZKRIEG II (354)       5  4 1
 4- 4 BUFFY'S DINER (346)       29  21  0 58.0   4- 4 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105)     3  7 0
 5/ 6 FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)  295 425 10 41.0   5- 5 BUFFY'S DINER (346)       1  0 0

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

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

     >)]H[(< + -----:----- + >)] The Free Cities #81 [(< + -----:----- + >)]H[(<

Near Barikala:

     The heavy bell-tone sounded again, and this time the wave-front came with a
light that was brighter than sunlight and sharper than needles.  Artemisia felt that
she was being raked over with a curry-comb.  It didn't feel bad, exactly, but if it
had been a little more forceful....  The tentacle holding her did not fare so well:
its flesh was ripped by the comb-teeth of sound and light.  A dark fluid that must
have been its blood splattered on the deck.
     The tilting deck.  There are just so many assaults of sound-light that any
wooden ship could take, and _The Golden Moon_ had taken them.
     Artemisia rolled free of the tentacle that had been pinning her down and looked
around, assessing options.  The tentacles seemed to be out of the fight, at least for
now.  The zombies, too--the bell's attack had shattered their flimsy bodies.  The
ship was coming apart around her.  But what about her crew?  The few men she could
see were dead.  They couldn't all have died but her, could they?  It certainly looked
like that was what had happened.  Maybe it was the Isle spells that had accompanied
her oath to the Greywand that had preserved her.
     Which didn't answer the immediate question:  What to do?  If she stayed with the
ship, no spell of physical toughness would preserve her from the possibility of being
crushed by a falling mast or the like.  And if she dived overboard...was the tentacle
thing killed or just injured?  But gladiators didn't make it to the Isle through
being indecisive.
     She sheathed her cutlass, gathered her limbs under her, and dived, cutting the
water cleanly and stroking away from the ship and toward the dark hump of Barikala
island.  They said that no one ever came back from Barikala these days, but she would
deal with that problem later.  She could feel turbulence in the water below her and
guessed that it might be more tentacles, and whatever it was they sprouted from.
Well, nothing she could do about it right this minute, but she vowed that if she
survived this, she would encourage the eating of giant octopus.  Or squid, as the
case might be.
     Her fingers grazed rock and something grasped her wrist.  She looked up, gasping
for breath and already twisting to reach her cutlass.
     There was a man kneeling on the rock and pulling her upwards.  An ordinary man.
The most beautiful sight she'd seen in hours.  She allowed him to help her onto the
rock, which she saw was part of the shoreline of the island.
     "I'm surprised you survived," the man said.  "And glad, of course, we see so few
new faces here!  My name's Eddystone, by the way--graduated from the arena here and
didn't get off-island fast enough."
     Artemisia gave up trying to wring water out of her hair and clothes.  "I'm a
Lady Protector myself," she admitted.  "What's going on here?  The zombies, the
tentacles, the bell...?"
     "Ah, well, it's a longish story," Eddystone muttered.  He squinted out across
the water.  "But I guess you're the only survivor on my section of the coast, so we
might as well head back to the Hall."
     "And you can tell me this long story on the way," Artemisia suggested firmly.
"Start with the short version, and we can go into detail later."
     "Yes, well...hmm.  I guess it began with the Invasion, or around the same time--
I don't know if they were connected.  But the Duke says that's when the Light-Keepers
started having trouble with--  Er, you HAVE heard of the TRUE Barikala Light, haven't
you?"
     Artemisia glanced inland toward the pillar of light that was visible over the
island every night and on cloudy days.  "Even if I hadn't heard of it then, I have
since."
     "Well, the Light-Keepers started having trouble with the, uh, controls on it, I
guess you'd say.  Most of us didn't know a thing about it then, of course, but we've
all--everyone on Barikala--become, uh, well-informed, I guess you could say, since
then.  The Light got loose.  At least to the extent you see now.  Don't even ask what
happened to the Keepers on duty when that happened!  The Light isn't, well, Evil or
anything like that, but when it's loose, it strains things.  The fabric of the
Multiverse and so on.  Like having a lot of little temporary Gates around the place.
Well, the Duke's no fool, you know.  There were procedures.  Close off the island to
local traffic.  The power of the Light can be tapped, and it was used to set up a
Barrier.  Things can get in, but not out.  Because all these little Gates were
leaking...monsters.  Like the one you fought, we've had several of that type.  They
come from a place called, uh, Miskatonia or something like that.  Not always inside
the Barrier, but since the monsters are all drawn to the power of the Light, they all
come in, sooner or later.  And we kill them as fast as we can."  Eddystone grimaced.
"It isn't easy!  We kill monsters, but there are always more coming, and OUR
population is dropping, because since the Barrier went up and people realized that no
one was LEAVING Barikala, we haven't gotten people to replace the ones that die."
     "Sounds like what you need to do is close the Gates," Artemisia said.
     "That's easy to SAY," Eddystone agreed, "and we do when we can, although we're
running out of magicians.  But for every Gate we close, it seems like two more open.
It's the Light that makes all these Gates POSSIBLE, so what we NEED to do is get the
Light back under control.  And that isn't something anyone seems to know how to do."
     "Then we'd better find out," Artemisia said.

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                        ---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 494): INSOMNIAC of DSM4 (The Sandman, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 492): RIFT of SPIRITUAL GIFT (Sultan, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 488): RUTHLESS of TRIPLE CROWN (Sultan, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 489): SLOTHIS of MINOTAURS (?, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 487): KARO LEE of MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 486): ADARA AL ZAHRA of JAGUAR WARRIORS (Noachian, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 242): CIARAN POWER of 50TH MILK RAS (Dr. Mabuse, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 478): COOKIE of CROC FILES (THawk, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 240): VILI of LORDS OF VALHALLA (High Lord Bosk, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 474): STYLISH of SARATOGA GLORY (The Trainer, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 472): LUCKY LADY HAMMER of CASINO HAMMERZ (Hammer, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 465): TOM THUMB of THE BEARS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 429): MISERY of HELL'S PAWNS (Harbinger, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 218): MARILYN of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 212): HONEY BEAR of THE BEAR'S PAW (Kat, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 199): MAEGOLOS of DARK SIDHE (Daehir, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 353): CAPTAIN CAVEMAN of LAFFALYMPICS (The Dark One, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 333): HENRY DEARE of FAVORITE GUYS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 147): VANISH of THE INANIMATES (Mannequin, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 379): WOUNDWORT of DARKMOON from RIZTAB (Bobby Bigfoot)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   9 ZUKAL (turn 494): BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 492): HIGH JINKS (Jondeaux, mgr.)
 DM  15 MALCORN (turn 488): GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  16 WILLAF (turn 489): LUST MUPPETS (Ebenezer Frothingslosh, mgr.)
 DM  17 ALJAFIR (turn 487): THE HORDE (?, mgr.)
 DM  19 ZUWAYZA (turn 486): CURTAIN CALL (?, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 242): THE PENTARCHY (The Pentalque, mgr.)
 DM  29 LAPUR (turn 478): SHREW CAN IT BE NOW (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 240): OVERLORDS (The Icelord, mgr.)
 DM  32 ARVAT (turn 474): SARATOGA GLORY (The Trainer, mgr.)
 DM  33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 472): FOOD FIGHT (Ebenezer Frothingslosh, mgr.)
 DM  35 MURSKA (turn 465): THE BEARS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 429): WIDOWMAKERS (Soultender, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 218): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 212): ROYAL FLUSH (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 199): DARK SIDHE (Daehir, mgr.)
 DM  56 ROCANIS (turn 353): GENERAL SURGERY (Darkfist, mgr.)
 DM  61 JURINE (turn 333): FAVORITE GUYS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 147): MAGIC MAYHEM (Fizban, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 379): DARKENED PRIDE, etc. (

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM  12 RIZTAB (turn 491): JOSTLING JAGUAR of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.)
                           TILLOUISA of SWEET MAGIC (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  28 MORYA (turn 242): TERRIBLE TOTOMAC of IDIOTIC ICCERS (THawk, mgr.)
 DM  31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 240): LAPHROAIG of SINGLE MALTS (Berylstar, mgr.)
                               TIGBASA of STORMWATCH (Polar Bear, mgr.)
                               SIR PELLEAS of WILLBENDERS (Abraxis, mgr.)
                               STIGMA OF STUPID of UNFIT TO BE ORCS (Slugbait, mgr.)
 DM  43 VEASTIAN (turn 429): MISERY of HELL'S PAWNS (Harbinger, mgr.)
                             PREDNIZONE of MEDS (Berylstar, mgr.)
                 (turn 428): PENICILLEN of MEDS (Berylstar, mgr.)
 DM  45 STORMCROWE (turn 218): SUNFLASH of NORTHERN LIGHTS (Jorja, mgr.)
                   (turn 217): SCORPIUS of KNIGHT BREED (The Omnimancer, mgr.)
 DM  47 NORTH FORK (turn 212): HONEY BEAR of THE BEAR'S PAW (Kat, mgr.)
 DM  50 SNOWBOUND (turn 199): MAEGOLOS of DARK SIDHE (Daehir, mgr.)
 DM  73 ERINIKA (turn 146): KASENKO of PERFECTION QUEST II (Mannequin, mgr.)

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

People of Arvat, I bid you all greetings.  I must say it was awfully nice to see
Stylish defend his throne against Lil.  Many odds makers had Lil as the favorite for
that fight.  Stylish proved again what he has proved to me for the past few months.
He is awfully good.  As good as he is, this turn will be his final turn before he
holds out for the tourney.  He will be fighting in the Adepts if all has been planned
correctly.  With any luck he will bring honor and glory to this great arena.

I have no challenges to make with Stylish this turn as all Contenders seem to be
holding themselves out for the tourney.  With any luck he will match against someone
that can teach him something useful.

Until next turn, we bid you all farewell,

the Trainer, for Stylish.

                                      SPY REPORT

     Greetings, Warriors of ARVAT.  Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir to give 
you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport.  Practice pays for 
NAUTILUS, who pummelled TASSALTER, to pocket 11 points.  Win some, lose some.  
Speaking of which, MORDANT DESERTER was winsome, after beating LITTLE RAINBOW and 
seeing him lose 15 points.  Those who hoped for a new Duelmaster were disappointed by 
M. CHARDINEE, of ARVAT, who despite a 0-0-0 couldn't overcome ARVAT's Number 1.  So 
who was the warrior seen charging into immovable walls and challenging dead trees?  
Someone's got a basic problem...   
     And how sociable are ARVAT's warriors?  Come, let us see.  Perhaps the warriors 
of CALL THE PRIEST should take up some hobbies, as they are the most avoided team...  
Like a pup with its tail between its legs, SARATOGA GLORY scurried away from CALL THE 
PRIEST.  Oh, the shame!  Is it charming personality?  Conversational abilities?  Good 
oral hygiene?  Whatever it is, BASKERVOLE is the most challenged warrior.  Do my ears 
deceive me?  PRETTY WILD (outclassed by 27 points) challenged ARGONAUT, in what 
promises to be a fight.(!) Not to smear a reputation, but BLITZKRIEG II must be a 
little surprised, as ARGONAUT blew it when facing PRETTY WILD, 27 points below him.  
My love of complete Spyreports dictates that I note the mismatched fight, TRADEMARK 
and BASKERVOLE.  Are SARATOGA GLORY unwilling to engage in a fair fight?  I thought 
TRADEMARK showed great skill and promise when he won victory over BASKERVOLE.  All 
right, so I slept through it!  Big deal!   
     Is there life after death?  Pragmatics (and warriors) know there is death after 
life!  Ask not for whom the sword slashes; it slashes for thee.   
     Do not think spyreporting in ARVAT is the highlight of my life.  More important 
duties call me.  Do not despair!  I shall return!-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 STYLISH 4116                 13   2  1   136       SARATOGA GLORY (352)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-PICKLED PIGSKIN 4051         12   0  0   130       BUFFY'S DINER (346)
 SOLAR MAN 4115               12   5  1   110       SARATOGA GLORY (352)
 TRADEMARK 4114               12   3  1   106       SARATOGA GLORY (352)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BASKERVOLE 4071              12  28  0    83       FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)
-MAY FISTAFOLES 3852          19  15  1    82       DEVIL ADVOCATES (105)
-LIL ETH 4093                 14   7  2    79       DEVIL ADVOCATES (105)
-DIETER KWAN 4092             14   8  0    75       DEVIL ADVOCATES (105)
-TIA M. ATT 4095              12   8  3    75       DEVIL ADVOCATES (105)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PRETTY WILD 4113             12   5  1    61       SARATOGA GLORY (352)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ARGONAUT 4135                 5   2  0    50       BLITZKRIEG II (354)
-MISS AMERICAN PIE 4058        4   0  0    50       BUFFY'S DINER (346)
-TAD DEVILLE 4140              7   2  0    47       DEVIL ADVOCATES (105)
 SAVORY 4143                   4   1  1    47       SARATOGA GLORY (352)
-EDIBLE UNDIES 4052            4   3  0    34       BUFFY'S DINER (346)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NAUTILUS 4134                 5   2  0    33       BLITZKRIEG II (354)
-LOGGERHEAD 4133               2   2  0    28       BLITZKRIEG II (354)
 TASSALTER 4112                4  13  0    25       FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)
 DESERT FOX 4131               3   4  1    24       BLITZKRIEG II (354)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BOATMAN KU 4130               5   7  1    23       FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)
-DAHLGREN 4132                 2   2  0    23       BLITZKRIEG II (354)
 LITTLE RAINBOW 4146           2   1  0     7       FISHERMAN'S WHARF (288)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
JOLO-DAN 4147          1  1 0 FISHERMAN'S WHARF 288 DESERT FOX 4131       475         
SILVER MINNOW 4128     4  7 0 FISHERMAN'S WHARF 288 PRETTY WILD 4113      471 NOT REVE
LEVEE LOAFER 4129      5  4 0 FISHERMAN'S WHARF 288 SAVORY 4143           472         

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Savory -- Don't you just hate that?  You TV challenge me and I kick your tail.  Truth
is, I had double challenged you too! -- Argonaut

Tad -- Salute!  That is the last time I take it easy on you.  You aren't quite the
kid that I thought you were.  I won't make that mistake again. -- Pretty Wild

May -- Good fight, my lady.  Better luck next time. -- Trademark

Dieter -- Gotcha!  We are 1-1 now.  Care for the rubber match? -- Solar Man

Lil Eth -- Good fight.  I thought it was going to be a bit rougher there.  Your
damage taking has reached near legendary status. -- Stylish

Argonaut -- Aw crap!  I got all worried that I had to swing first that I didn't make
it count.  Nice win. -- Savory

Polarius -- Perhaps we shall.  I am not big on boasting and chest thumping so it
might not be my cup of tea.  Perhaps I should fight there though before I form my
opinion.  I appreciate the invite. -- the Trainer

All -- Sorry for the lack of personals and DM Column.  We were detained for a short
while by the hoards of our fans and were forced to sign autographs before hand.  We
will make sure that it doesn't happen again. -- the Trainer for Saratoga Glory

Tia M. Att -- You're a nasty woman, and you deserve everything that happens to you.
-- Baskervole

Nautilus -- I will not be defeated by a jellyfish!  Not even one with chambers.  It
would be too humiliating. -- Tassalter

Desert Fox -- Ah, but you have no understanding of boats, I see! -- Boatman Ku

An Embezzling Scribe.  Wow. -- Little Rainbow

So why was the stupid Beggar bugging ME? -- Jolo-Dan

16 June 2004
                             Death Fest Begins July 29/DM 59 T-172

     "You drive a hard bargain Hammer," responded Lord Lian Ki Na-Sul, "but the 
Gladiatorial Commission has agreed to re-open DM 58 Delarq Tor as a Slow Arena 
exclusively for a period of six months to those Death Fest contestants who fight 
their stables at least 67 times out of a possible 75 during the 15 rounds of Death 
Fest; on the condition that at least 20 stables qualify for the Illis Iron Stable 
Award at the conclusion of the Death Fest and those qualifying managers send a New 
Stable to DM 58 Delarq Tor without Cannibalizing their participation in the other 
arenas where they have active stables!"
     Hammer felt a certain sense of satisfaction as he studied the ghoulish grin 
spreading across the face of Lord Lian Ki Na-Sul; proud Arena Master of the once 
dying Illis Arena, as the DM 59 Arena Authority signed the Gladiatorial Commission 
papers authenticating the arrangement agreed upon by the two parties presiding.
     "You and the Gladiatorial Commission also drive a hard bargain," Hammer replied 
as he reflected upon the prospects of Delarq Tor DM 58 being re-opened as a Slow 
Arena with at least 20 New Stables by the Managers who fight their stables at least 
67 times out of a possible 75 during the 15 rounds of Death Fest. "I also notice the 
clause that for Delarq Tor to be open Exclusively for 6 months to the New Stables 
managed by the Illis Iron Stable Award Winners that there must be at least 15 stables 
Active each cycle. That is a fair bargain for the opportunity to battle for the 
Duelmaster Throne each of those six months before Other New Stables are allowed to 
enter Delarq Tor."
     This was a Golden Opportunity for both Veteran and Newbie Managers to pave a new 
frontier of Delarq history by qualifying their Death Fest stables in DM 59 with 67 
fights out of a possible 75; then for the price of running a stable in a Regular 
Arena, continuing to be Active in DM 59 and sending a New Team Roll Up to be a part 
of "History in the Making" when Delarq Tor would re-open for its First Turn as a Slow 
Arena on November 3rd, 2005.
     Death Fest would conclude on T-186 August 25th, 2005 allowing the Illis Iron 
Stable Award Winners enough time to be registered with the Gladiatorial Commission; 
whereupon they would be able to submit a New Team Roll Up to the GC to start a New 
Stable in Delarq Tor; be able to fight those New Gladiators in the Rookies 2005 Fall 
Mailer Tourney; then begin competing for the DM 58 Duelmasters Throne in Delarq Tor 
right out of the gate with the November 3rd 2005 T-1 Debut Opening Round.
     Hammer of the First Part had also negotiated with Lord Na-Zul of the Second Part 
an agreement that All 10 Dark Arena Monsters and 17 NPCs Characters be re-named by 
the Top Ten Death Fest Finishers. [See DM 59 T-171 Newsletter Team Spotlight by 
Hammer for the complete listing of Dark Arena Monsters/NPCs and the Official Death 
Fest Designation for which Top Ten Finishers re-name which characters!]
     Lord Na-Sul could not hide his delight at the prospects of Death being re-
delivered to his once dying arena during the Delarq Death Fest; the DM 59 Arena 
Master agreed that these Death Fest Prizes were but a Small Exchange in Comparison to 
the Profits to be made by the local Illis business merchants and surrounding 
community from the Anticipated Influx into Illis by the Veteran and Newbie 
Managers/Gladiators/Stables seeking to make History in the Delarq Death Fest.
     Nor could Hammer conceal his jubilation regarding the Call Across Alistari being 
Answered to Cross Blades and Match Wits with the Devious, the Diabolical, the 
Dangerous and the Down Challenging who were being drawn to the Delarq Death Fest to 
Fulfill their Delarq Dueling Destiny!
     REMEMBER: Death Fest begins July 29th T-172 with 25 points being awarded to 
those who write a minimum 15 paragraph Team Spotlight [including Stable Name & 
Managerial Alias in the Storyline!] for the DM 59 T-172 Newsletter [So Make Sure HAL 
Does Not Eat any Lengthy Sentences that are Emailed without Proper Formatting; and 
the RSI Typist has Plenty of Time to Type Any Hand Written Spotlights; Lest Ye 
Discover 0 Points Awarded for a Missing or Incomplete T-172 Team Spotlight!]
     "May Your Blades Be Sharp and Your Wits Sharper!"  -- Hammer/Death Fest 
Host/Vendetta Cartel Captain; WordSmith and High Priest of the Crimson Ascension 
Family in DM 28

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

TRADEMARK devastated BASKERVOLE in a 1 minute gruesome mismatched Challenge fight.
PRETTY WILD subdued ARGONAUT in a 2 minute brutal Challenge melee.
DESERT FOX slew JOLO-DAN in a 1 minute Challenge duel.
NAUTILUS bested TASSALTER in a 1 minute Challenge contest.
STYLISH overpowered M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute one-sided Title fight.
SOLAR MAN devastated CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
SAVORY overpowered BOATMAN KU in a 1 minute bloody one-sided struggle.
LITTLE RAINBOW was handily defeated by MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         AIMED BLOW        12 -   4 -  1      75  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         SLASHING ATTACK    6 -   2 -  0      75  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         LUNGING ATTACK    17 -   8 -  0      68  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         STRIKING ATTACK   10 -   6 -  0      63  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         WALL OF STEEL     18 -  11 -  1      62  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-LUNGE       10 -   9 -  2      53  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      9 -  10 -  0      47  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         TOTAL PARRY        3 -   4 -  0      43  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         BASHING ATTACK     9 -  13 -  0      41  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         PARRY-STRIKE       4 -   7 -  0      36  |

Turn 475 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   STYLISH 4116               13   2  1  136 SARATOGA GLORY (352)
STRIKING ATTACK  SOLAR MAN 4115             12   5  1  110 SARATOGA GLORY (352)
SLASHING ATTACK  TRADEMARK 4114             12   3  1  106 SARATOGA GLORY (352)
WALL OF STEEL    PRETTY WILD 4113           12   5  1   61 SARATOGA GLORY (352)
AIMED BLOW       SAVORY 4143                 4   1  1   47 SARATOGA GLORY (352)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is TRADEMARK 4114.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was TRADEMARK 4114.  The ten other most popular fighters were PRETTY WILD 4113, 
ARGONAUT 4135, STYLISH 4116, SAVORY 4143, DESERT FOX 4131, SOLAR MAN 4115, NAUTILUS 
4134, BASKERVOLE 4071, JOLO-DAN 4147, and TASSALTER 4112.

The least popular fighter this week was LITTLE RAINBOW 4146.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were BOATMAN KU 4130, TASSALTER 4112, JOLO-DAN 4147, BASKERVOLE 
4071, NAUTILUS 4134, SOLAR MAN 4115, DESERT FOX 4131, SAVORY 4143, STYLISH 4116, and 
ARGONAUT 4135.