DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 02/11/2015 Duedate: 02/24/2015
MURSKA ARENA
DM-35 TURN-741
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
KATHANA
HOUSE JHEREG (42)
(35-3553) [12-6-2,122]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
KATHANA POSITION IS EMPTY
HOUSE JHEREG (42)
(35-3553) [12-6-2,122]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
OISIN PALUG
CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
(35-4439) [19-30-0,87] (35-4509) [14-14-1,71]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
HOUSE JHEREG (42)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. WEIRD STUDENTS (214) 40
2. HOUSE JHEREG (42) 26 HOUSE JHEREG (42)
3. BATTLEAXE STAMPEDE (395) 9 Unchartered Team
4. REDNECK JIHAD (411) 5
5. CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 4 REDNECK JIHAD (411)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 2 HOUSE JHEREG (42) 388 258 29 60.1 1/ 1 HOUSE JHEREG (42) 12 3 0
2/ 4 BATTLEAXE STAMPEDE (395) 14 10 1 58.3 2/ 2 WEIRD STUDENTS (214) 10 5 0
3/ 5 FOOT OF PRIDE (396) 116 97 10 54.5 3/ 3 FOOT OF PRIDE (396) 4 9 1
4/ 7 WEIRD STUDENTS (214) 22 26 0 45.8 4/ 4 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 4 11 0
5/ 6 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) %1083 %1383 34 43.9 5/ 6 BATTLEAXE STAMPEDE (395) 2 2 0
6/ 0*REDNECK JIHAD (411) 0 1 0 0.0 6/ 0*REDNECK JIHAD (411) 0 1 0
7- 8*KHORS PRAETORIANS (391) 0 1 0 0.0 7- 8*KHORS PRAETORIANS (391) 0 1 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[ + ---:--- + ]H[ The Mountains of Night ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
Morning was as overcast as the night had been. There was no sunrise, just a
fading of the sky from black to gray. The air was colder than it had any right to be
at this altitude and season.
Huw studied the clouds, the mountain, the river, and muttered incredulously,
"It's going to snow."
The elf came to stand beside him on the brink of the hill. "It's winter."
"I don't think it IS winter here now. Not a normal winter. Fimbulwinter?" He
shivered. He'd brought a poncho, because it was always cold in the mountains at
night, but this was colder than he'd planned for. Colder than he had expected, or
could belive possible even while it was happening. "Do you suppose the Black Kaliv
can control the weather?"
Arzian duplicated his study of sky, mountains, and river. "Apparently." He
frowned. "That's the trouble with blood magic. A man has to be unscrupulous to use
it, but then it gives him a LOT of power for his unscrupulous purposes."
Huw felt a chill that had nothing to do with the weather. "Why would he want to
make it colder than winter should be?"
"Who knows?" He stared at the mountain opposite their position without seeing
it, studying the decision he had made in the night. It felt like the right decision,
finally--so many things had shoved him one way or another since he'd left Andor, but
now, finally, the choice was in his hands. This is where he would stop. The demons
would chase him, or drive him, no further. His hand went to his sword without
concious thought, not drawing it, just touching the hilt. Killing demons wasn't
easy, but it could be done. He would do it here. Somewhere right around Murska.
Huw was still staring at the town. Finally he sighed. "There was a rumor in
Riztab saying that all the dwarves had retreated underground, and I don't see any in
the streets. I guess it's true." He paused, still watching the people not so far
below them. "Lots of Shews, though, more than used to be normal."
Arzian didn't know much about Shews. The ones he'd met in the arena tended to
be slow-moving and not too bright, but did that apply to the race as a whole? It
seemed unlikely. "Could the unnatural winter have brought them out of the hills and
forests?"
Huw shrugged. "Maybe. Or the demons."
"Will the Shews help fight the demons, if we get to needing more men?"
Huw glanced at him and then away. "Ah... maybe. They don't like demons--who
does? But they don't like Andorians, much, either, and they really don't like
Fratsfans... and elves."
Arzian raised an eyebrow. Elves were the goodest of the good guys, everyone
knew that--even when it wasn't true. "And this would be because...?"
"There was a war, a long time back, how long depends on who you ask. The
Fratsfans throwing their weight around, and the Shews didn't like it. They fought
all over this part of Alastari. I guess it got bad, even for a war, and Serimna
knows the 'best' war is bad enough. And Shews have long memories."
"I don't recall hearing about such a war. Who won?"
"The Karnhorns. Isn't it usually third and fourth parties who come out ahead
after a war?"
One of the clouds turned inky black, and a bolt of blackness shot from it to the
mountain peak. Thunder roared. Pine trees exploded into purple fire. Rocks
shattered and slid downward. A second bolt of darkness joined the first, which had
not faded.
"The demons have arrived." Arzian said.
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
So, Thak is crazy talented but he has a short spear for such a big specimen of a
man. When someone learns all of two skills and achieves two ratings, one of which I
had never heard of, I know I was fortunate to beat him, short spear and all.
Obviously, I wish him all the best in the future given his, well, handicap.
Fixed Drink has my eye this week and hopefully, by the time you read this, not
my head. There's been a bit of animosity of late and one certainly can't ignore his
outstanding record.
There's more to say but no time to say it so, if I am fortunate enough to grace
this seat after the next fight, I'll have more to say. Until then, luck on the
sands!
Kathana
SPY REPORT
Hail MURSKA! Warriors of the arena, prepare to be praised and blamed for your
deeds. The WEIRD STUDENTS guild has had a 4-1-0 turn and deserves to be watched in
the future. You never know where this kind of thing can lead. And let's see, ANGRY
ANTHONY fought THE USEROUS MERCHANT and gained 19 points and contributed to WEIRD
STUDENTS' 4-1-0. PADRIAG has lost to LOFTIS, falling 4 points, while helping make
CHILDREN OF LLYR a 1-4-0 turn. Defending hers title for another turn, KATHANA kept
FOOT OF PRIDE's warrior, FIXED DRINK, from claiming the throne. Tell me, is nothing
sacred? I have heard from unimpeachable sources that The Dragon's Hangover uses
trolls in their stew. Talk about gristle!
The crowd's roar, the smell of iron and leather, mixed with sweat, what more
could a warrior ask of life? Well, besides that. I also notice that the CHILDREN OF
LLYR stable was the most avoided team this turn. Come on MURSKA, what are you afraid
of? And guess who avoided CHILDREN OF LLYR stable the most? Believe it or not, it
was WEIRD STUDENTS. Anyone surprised? The most challenged warrior this turn was
BATTLEAXE STAMPEDE's warrior THAK BONESNAP. More fighters challenged him than
challenged the Duelmaster!
We only live a short time in this world, so why not take a sharp blade, and
shave it close? Is it really true that MURSKA has more dishwashers per capita that
fighters? Just thought I'd ask...
Remember, blood on the purple robe does not change it from a purple robe. Dare
to fight bravely. It's been nice chatting with you, until we meet again, keep your
swords sharp and your hammers heavy. Until you see my quill in MURSKA again,
farewell-- Alarond the Scribe
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
KATHANA 3553 12 6 2 122 HOUSE JHEREG (42)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
THAK BONESNAP 4392 14 3 1 101 BATTLEAXE STAMPEDE (395)
FIXED DRINK 4529 18 3 0 98 FOOT OF PRIDE (396)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LOFTIS 4571 6 6 0 89 HOUSE JHEREG (42)
OISIN 4439 19 30 0 87 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
CHALER 4572 11 4 0 79 HOUSE JHEREG (42)
PALUG 4509 14 14 1 71 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
VILMOS 4579 10 1 0 66 HOUSE JHEREG (42)
PADRIAG 4556 8 12 1 58 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ANGRY ANTHONY 4609 3 2 0 43 WEIRD STUDENTS (214)
MAD MAXINE 2152 7 6 0 42 WEIRD STUDENTS (214)
LITTLE TOMMY 4566 9 8 0 40 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
JENICOR 4593 5 2 0 28 HOUSE JHEREG (42)
BUBBY BARB 4621 3 0 0 27 WEIRD STUDENTS (214)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PRICKLY PETE 4607 3 2 0 23 WEIRD STUDENTS (214)
SWEET SAMANTHA 4608 1 4 0 13 WEIRD STUDENTS (214)
MARA KIERA 4600 2 4 0 10 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-KJC 4355 0 1 0 5 KHORS PRAETORIANS VX (391)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
DA1 4632 0 1 0 FOOT OF PRIDE 396 STONE GOLEM 741 NONE
DA2 4633 0 1 0 FOOT OF PRIDE 396 WURM KIN 741 NONE
DA3 4634 0 1 0 FOOT OF PRIDE 396 BANDIT PRINCE 741 NONE
BUBBA BIN LADEN 4627 0 1 0 REDNECK JIHAD 411 HIGH ELF 741 NONE
MUTANT MAN 2150 3 7 0 WEIRD STUDENTS 214 HARV 4587 738
PERSONAL ADS
Thak -- I consider myself fortunate to have bested you! -- Kat
Oison -- That was an appropriate attack because, well, I AM brilliant. -- Loftis
Tommy -- So sorry... -- Vilmos
Prickly Pete -- You need to work on being better at the prick part. -- Best, Jenicor
Loftis -- I did, but it was more egg-shaped than round. Not that I minded, the egg
added protein. -- Oisin
Chaler -- Works for me. So long as I don't become the corpse! -- Padriag
Jenicor -- Um, couldn't we have a drink each? -- Mara Kiera
P.S. Sorry, it's been that kind of week.
Vilmos -- And often it IS a kneecap, too. -- Little Tommy
Two-three, no standbys. This arena is really filling up! Where are all the standbys
when we NEED them? -- Oisin
We salute the tourney participants. -- Jorja and the Children of Llyr
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
BUBBA BIN LADEN was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
DA2 was slaughtered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
DA3 was put to death by BANDIT PRINCE in a 2 minute Dark Arena match.
DA1 was slain by STONE GOLEM in a 3 minute Dark Arena duel.
KATHANA bested FIXED DRINK in a 2 minute veteran's Title contest.
THAK BONESNAP overpowered OISIN in a 1 minute mismatched match.
LOFTIS devastated PADRIAG in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
CHALER unbelievably bested PALUG in a crowd pleasing 4 minute bloody match.
VILMOS defeated MAD MAXINE in a action packed 1 minute melee.
ANGRY ANTHONY won victory over THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a action packed 3 minute duel.
LITTLE TOMMY defeated JENICOR in a 4 minute gruesome duel.
MARA KIERA was narrowly defeated by PRICKLY PETE in a 3 minute brutal fight.
SWEET SAMANTHA viciously subdued MORDANT DESERTER in a 2 minute novice's bout.
BUBBY BARB devastated CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 5 TOTAL PARRY 12 - 6 - 1 67 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 2 - 1 67 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 WALL OF STEEL 9 - 6 - 0 60 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 32 - 22 - 2 59 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 BASHING ATTACK 15 - 13 - 1 54 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 STRIKING ATTACK 19 - 18 - 0 51 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 SLASHING ATTACK 11 - 15 - 1 42 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 AIMED BLOW 7 - 12 - 0 37 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 - 0 0 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 - 0 0 |
Turn 741 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:
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 4 LUNGING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 3 STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 2 SLASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 3 1 TOTAL PARRY
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 2 1 BASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK KATHANA 3553 12 6 2 122 HOUSE JHEREG (42)
STRIKING ATTACK THAK BONESNAP 4392 14 3 1 101 BATTLEAXE STAMPEDE (395)
TOTAL PARRY CHALER 4572 11 4 0 79 HOUSE JHEREG (42)
BASHING ATTACK VILMOS 4579 10 1 0 66 HOUSE JHEREG (42)
SLASHING ATTACK MAD MAXINE 2152 7 6 0 42 WEIRD STUDENTS (214)
AIMED BLOW LITTLE TOMMY 4566 9 8 0 40 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is OISIN 4439. The most popular warrior this turn was
PALUG 4509. The ten other most popular fighters were ANGRY ANTHONY 4609, SWEET
SAMANTHA 4608, DA1 4632, MARA KIERA 4600, KATHANA 3553, FIXED DRINK 4529, PRICKLY
PETE 4607, THAK BONESNAP 4392, LOFTIS 4571, and CHALER 4572.
The least popular fighter this week was PADRIAG 4556. The other ten least popular
fighters were OISIN 4439, DA2 4633, BUBBA BIN LADEN 4627, BUBBY BARB 4621, DA3 4634,
MAD MAXINE 2152, VILMOS 4579, JENICOR 4593, LITTLE TOMMY 4566, and CHALER 4572.