DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 11/16/2009 Duedate: 11/28/2009 ARDIVENT ARENA DM-46 TURN-566 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS BROTHER JEROME FANDILS (75) (46-4152) [14-2-0,102] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader ANNA BEATRICE POSITION IS EMPTY FANDILS (75) (46-4124) [15-3-0,149] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite UNCLE BOB RATLER FANDILS (75) SERPENT'S HOLD (178) (46-4143) [7-13-1,68] (46-3055) [7-1-1,60] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM SERPENT'S HOLD (178) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. SERPENT'S HOLD (178) 50 2. FANDILS (75) 31 FANDILS (75) 3. BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74) 10 Unchartered Team 4. DEATHTONGUE (89) -13 ZODIAC (86) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 FANDILS (75) %1016 723 37 58.4 1/ 1 SERPENT'S HOLD (178) 11 1 0 2/ 2 DEATHTONGUE (89) %1219 899 58 57.6 2/ 2 FANDILS (75) 10 3 1 3/ 3 SERPENT'S HOLD (178) 303 259 28 53.9 3/ 3 BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74) 7 8 1 4/ 5 BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74) 542 849 16 39.0 4/ 4 DEATHTONGUE (89) 3 12 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 Andorian Succession #37 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + South of Andor: Outcast Orchid looked at her companion. He had given his name as though it should mean something to her, but she'd never heard of him. "Herlas of Zensu?" "Yes, to my shame, I am." She shook her head. "That doesn't mean a thing to me, but I can tell you that as far as I'm concerned, saving my life makes up for a lot." She looked ahead. The farm track they were following wandered into a field and stopped. "Where do we go from here? How long before we can get back on the main roads? I don't like being lost." "We aren't lost," Herlas said. "I know where we are, and how to get to Fratsfa from here--if the Chaos monsters haven't gotten there ahead of us." He guided her to the left, into an overgrown woodlot. "If they have... no reason to go there at all. Or not to, of course." "Well, at least you aren't suggesting that we flee Andoria to escape the monsters--" "What would be the point? Once they've conquered Andoria, which is their goal, I think, they will go on to the rest of Alastari, and from there the rest of Ghea." "Lady Greywand might have something to say about that." "Or she might not. She's insane, after all." The woodlot was small, and on the other side of it was another overgrown track. "How can you say that?" Orchid demanded, pulling a twig from her hair. "Based on the available evidence," Herlas answered quietly, "but let's not go into that now." He gestured slightly, indicating something ahead of them. "We're about to have trouble." Orchid looked. One of the monsters was waiting in the middle of the field. She drew her sword, unwilling to give up without a fight. A limb of the thing transformed into a sort of blade in response. She foresaw difficulty with an opponent who could change forms at will. Beside her, heat and flickering lights and a smell of ozone as her companion cast a spell. Herlas said, "I think I can hold it to one shape, but be quick." She nodded and danced forward, her sword beginning to trace the dangerous patterns of her style. Sunlight flared along the edge of the blade, clean as morning, and the monster shied back. She whirled past it, moving constantly without pause, slicing and dicing methodically. Ichor flowed thickly. It made a sound. Why should a Chaos monster that looked a little bit like a person on a horse make a sound like wind chimes and sea gulls? Well, why not, it was chaos, right? Anything goes, that's what chaos was all about. Except that she got the feeling it was upset. Good! It should BE upset. Coming here and trying to take over HER world--the very idea! She spun back twoard it, she had a second sword now in her other hand, didn't know where she'd gotten it, but that didn't matter. She hit it like a veritable wall of blades, and every gobbet of flesh she hacked off burst into flames before it could hit the ground and was destroyed. Destroyed utterly. + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ The Andorian Succession #38 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ + West of Fratsfa: "Now what?" Elosjon asked. "Now we make a plan," Fandil said. "I suppose you don't know anything about the castle, or any more about the magician there except that he's probably the son of the last lord of Mountain Home and went somewhere far away to study?" Elosjon shook his head. "Not a problem, we can work with what we've got already," Fandil said, patting his shoulder. "And really, the hint of Chaos Magic is enough." The old mage's face set grimly and suddenly looked a lot older than seemed possible. "He's been studying Folstrom materials, even if he didn't find the Folstrom themselves to study with." Folstrom! Elosjon shuddered. The Folstrom, who had nearly destroyed Alastari once--with Chaos Magic--were the monsters who lurked at the back of every Alastarian's mind, the ultimate image of evil and depravity, never to be forgiven. How could anyone seek out their learning? He asked the question aloud. "Some people would go into the very heart of wickedness in search of power, and vengeance is a strong motive, too," Fandil said. He sighed and sat down on a tree root. "He will not be easy to defeat, but we have learned a few things since the Folstrom were driven away. Sit down, boy, so I don't have to strain my neck talking to you. I am going to tell you spells that you will never, on pain of worse than death, repeat, nor even use if it isn't the most desperate last chance." "Why?" Elsojon slid down to sit beside him. "Why keep them secret, why not use them, why tell me at all?" "Because these spells are as dangerous in their way as Chaos Magic, because there is a good chance that using them will destroy you, and because someone has to know them and be ready to use them as the final reserve. This is a battle to death and beyond, young man, and we must make what preparations we can." The young mage took a deep breath, rubbed his suddenly-sweating hands down his robe, and nodded. "Okay." Fandil leaned closer to him, dropping his voice to a near whisper, and began to describe spells. ***** *** ***** *** ***** Elosjon blinked, wondering where the day had gone. How could it be evening already? Or maybe it was evening of the next day, or even two or three days later-- he felt stuffed with arcane knowledge, and it might have taken a long time to pour all that into him. He was afraid to move suddenly lest all that magic slosh around and confuse the spells. Or spill out uncontrolled. He couldn't say he'd LEARNED them, but he was full of them as a bottle might be full of wine. He understood Fandil's warnings now. He would rather carry live coals in his bare hands than the spells now lodged in his mind. Still, it was his job to do. Fandil, a mage with a towering reputation, was trusting him to do it. He looked at Fandil, sitting beside him. "Now what?" "Now we sleep, because darkness favors our Enemy, and we cannot give him that advantage. And because we need sleep if we are to be at our best." Fratsfa: The portal was just a portal and presented no bar to their passage. Sizzling Sunflower blinked around at the run-down section of the city to which they had returned. It seemed unexpectedly ordinary. Orderly, despite the litter. The buildings were all... square, or at least rectangular, all stone-colored, or brick. The people all human. She shook her head. "I hadn't realized that things were so conservative," she muttered. "Predictable," Lenpro agreed. "Just as well. Humans were not meant to live in chaos." "There were people back there--" She turned back toward the portal, but there was nothing to see now. Just a street, cracked pavement, grubby house-fronts, drooping trees. "People," the manager admitted, "but not humans. And I would guess not for long. That pocket universe is inherently unstable. But it may not be the only one of its kind, and I can't believe that it's good for our universe to have those clustered on it like leeches, so we'd better find my brother and tell him about it. Fandil will know what to do with a magical problem of that kind." "I guess. But it was an interesting place to visit, if you don't have to live there." She started along the street in what she figured was a westerly direction, toward the better part of the city. After a moment, she added, "There was a mob here when we went in. I kind of thought they'd wait." Lenpro glanced up at the sky. "It's late morning now, and we went through the portal in the afternoon. So it's been nearly a day, at the least. Most mobs don't have that much patience." "That long? It didn't seem more than an hour or two that we were in there!" "Some day when you have a week to spare, ask Fandil to explain 'temporal discontinuity' and 'meta-subjective time' to you. We're probably lucky--I hope we're lucky--we didn't get back BEFORE we left." * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 315): CONSTERNATION of CONSANGUINEOUS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 632): PUP TENT of BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 632): TYNE of OTAGO HIGHLANDERS (The Mun, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 617): HOTL MUSCHEL of MIDDLE WAY 15 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 621): WILD FIRE of DISASTER (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 617): BELLE ISSIMO of FUNKY FOLK (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 616): KETTELMAN of GOLDEN CHANYON (Jorja, mgr) DM 30 IAYE (turn 614): HIPS of HER BEST ASSETS (Papa Bear, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 580): TERILEE LINZ of BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 574): LUCKY DAWG of DA DOG POWNDAZ (Marma Duke, mgr.) DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 565): TANIA PARK of BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 263): PHOBOPHOBIA of WATCH OUT! (Soultaker, mgr.) DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 464): SERGEANT 3 of MEDAL OF HONOR J3 (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 216): FAIZUN GOTE of THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.) ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 517): DEATH FOG of SUPERIOR FORCES (Manager, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 315): CONSANGUINEOUS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 632): COLORIFIC (Purple People Eater, mgr.) DM 14 TOBIR (turn 632): ACTION HEROES (?, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 617): MIDDLE WAY 15 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 621): MEDAL OF HONOR Z3 (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 617): DARK FORCES (?, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 616): FIRST LADIES (?, mgr.) DM 30 IAYE (turn 614): ALL JACKED UP (Dr. Fil, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 580): BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 574): THE STORM FRONT (The Storm Lord, mgr.) DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 564): SERPENT'S HOLD (?, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 263): BLOOD AND GUTS! (Le Pentarque, mgr.) DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 464): MEDAL OF HONOR J3 (The Anarchist, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 216): DARK AS DAY (?, mgr.) ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 517): KELLUMBO'S KIDS (Detective Kellumbo, mgr.) Recent Graduates ---------------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 315): CONSTERNATION of CONSANGUINEOUS (Mannequin, mgr.) DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 632): PUP TENT of BULLDOGS (Kennelworth, mgr.) SHOTGUN GHANDI of ARMED & GREGARIOUS (TMM, mgr.) DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 616): ELLIRN KOUL of MIDDLE WAY 15 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 616): WORKER BEE of WEE BEE BAD (Dartor, mgr.) SAML ULRON of THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 26 CALEAM (turn 616): KETTELMAN of GOLDEN CHANYON (Jorja, mgr) DM 30 IAYE (turn 613): HELP ON THE WAY of THE WARLOCKS (Malaquar, mgr.) DM 40 ZENSU (turn 580): TERILEE LINZ of BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.) DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 573): BREAK STUFF of THE PLAGUE (Reaper, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 263): BEXLY of OHIO (Berylstar, mgr.) (turn 262): NOVERCAPHOBIA of WATCH OUT! (Soultaker, mgr.) OUTCAST ORCHID of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.) DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. I know how to deal with sisters, and I did it. I suppose she's okay in her place, but really, some days she's such a little blister! Tania Park SPY REPORT You elder fighters surely remember me. The younger ones may call me Olaf Modeen. I return to ARDIVENT once again! What's with SABRE? He actually beat BLUVALLEY WARRIORS' MUNGO BURKE, and walked away with 19 more points from the fight. Major screwup at DEATHTONGUE. TESS TURBO lost 14 points to DESPAIR. Some new strategies, perhaps? Maybe TESS TURBO will provide more easy wins... Apparently ARDIVENT isn't filled with as many gutless wonders as I thought. The Dreaded Duelmaster got 2 challenges this turn! Another fighter (BROTHER JEROME 14-2-0) challenged another Duelmaster (TANIA PARK 21-14-0). Life goes on. I'm sure ARDIVENT is excited about BROTHER JEROME, the new Duelmaster from FANDILS. (remember?) But when you've seen as many as I have... Advice to fighters with a 1 will--give up fighting! No matter the time or place, men will always duel. How well I know the feeling of being in the most avoided team! Don't fall out of practive, DEATHTONGUE! Management must be dealin', as the boys at FANDILS ain't reelin'! DEATHTONGUE's mad! Warriors of ARDIVENT unite. You have only your games to lose! How long have I been here? I got people to see, places to go... Well, I'm pretty much through. You guys need to get back practicing. Are you as tired of reading this as I am of writing it? Actually, I guess I'm writing it before you read it. Oh, well. Time for my medication, so I'll leave now. Practice, practice, practice!-- Olaf Modeen DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BROTHER JEROME 4152 14 2 0 102 FANDILS (75) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ANNA BEATRICE 4124 15 3 0 149 FANDILS (75) LILY CATHERINE 4154 13 3 3 95 FANDILS (75) -SHADOW BLADE 2972 11 6 6 94 SERPENT'S HOLD (178) TANIA PARK 4117 21 14 0 91 BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74) SIS 4153 11 4 0 91 FANDILS (75) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BINGO LITTLE 4148 12 10 1 90 BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74) BINKLY 4115 19 16 0 82 DEATHTONGUE (89) SNORKY 4134 15 13 1 73 DEATHTONGUE (89) BETTY 4149 11 10 0 71 DEATHTONGUE (89) UNCLE BOB 4143 7 13 1 68 FANDILS (75) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MUNGO BURKE 4097 13 26 0 65 BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74) SABRE 3026 5 0 0 65 SERPENT'S HOLD (178) RATLER 3055 7 1 1 60 SERPENT'S HOLD (178) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -IRONWOLF 274 5 1 0 42 BARBARIAN HORDE (47) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME RAGNAR 3063 5 3 0 31 SERPENT'S HOLD (178) CELIA RANDELL 4170 3 1 1 29 BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME FRAN BRAN 4157 5 7 0 22 DEATHTONGUE (89) -UG 271 4 2 1 19 BARBARIAN HORDE (47) -KROKUS 272 4 2 0 19 BARBARIAN HORDE (47) -TARAMON 270 3 3 0 18 BARBARIAN HORDE (47) DESPAIR 4171 1 0 0 17 SERPENT'S HOLD (178) -WEASEL 273 4 2 0 15 BARBARIAN HORDE (47) KATERINA COLLIN 4172 1 0 0 13 BLUVALLEY WARRIORS (74) TESS TURBO 4169 2 2 0 8 DEATHTONGUE (89) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? POLITE BEGGAR 0 0 0 CELIA RANDELL 4170 566 NONE THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? JENNIMYS COLLIN 4114 16 19 0 BLUVALLEY WARRIOR 74 LILY CATHERINE 4154 565 RANDELL SCOT 4156 3 9 0 BLUVALLEY WARRIOR 74 LILY CATHERINE 4154 562 NOT REVENGED ALF MUSHPIE 4151 7 9 0 DEATHTONGUE 89 BINGO LITTLE 4148 562 NOT REVENGED PERSONAL ADS Health. Humility. Honor. May you have done well in The Mailer and brought tribute and glory to The Red Sands. -- Fandil The Wise Hmmmm. No Fandils on the Stylemaster list. A slump? -- WOF Snorky -- We had a battle of patience, and both were down on our knees. Salute. -- Brother Jerome Tania Park -- I bow to your experience and better skills. I may be 10-4, but I am 0- 3 against you. You go, girl! -- Sis Jennimys -- Oh, no! Yes, I challenged, but I did not want to kill you! I just wanted all those skills you seemed to be teaching. Oh, my! Mea culpa; mea culpa; mea maxima culpa. -- Lily Catherine First Randell, now Jennimys, I am not fit to be called a Fandil. (sigh) -- Lily C. BluValley Warriors -- We Fandils are so sorry. May Jennimys Collin fight well in that great arena in the sky. -- Fandil The Wise Talk about a personal bringing bad luck... "Lily Catherine -- Well, at least you didn't KILL me, you bloodthirsty broad. -- Jennimys Collin" Tsk. Tsk. -- Fandil The Wise Mungo -- Again we meet and I am the lucky uncle. -- Uncle Bob I am back from The Mailer, as is Lily C. (knock on wood), and I hope to challenge for The Crown. -- Anna Beatrice Congratulations to Tania Park, Duelmaster. Hubba, hubba. -- WOF BluValley Warriors -- 49 points. Serpent's Hold -- 48. The piddly Fandils at -- 10 points. How's a team going to compete? Luckily the allow avoids. -- Fandil The Wise (having nightmares) P.S. Serpent's Hold at 10-2 for the last three rounds? Who invited you back, Khisanth? (wink) Good Humor -- Welcome to Ardivent, Arena Of The Red Sands. May your stay be long and prosperous. -- Fandil The Wise P.S. Did you bring any ice cream bars to pass out? the Scribe -- Daylight Saving's Time, I hate it! It gets dark way too early and I can't keep playing golf! -- WOF A belated greetings to the Arena of Red Sands!! It's good to be back and to see a few familiar faces, as well as a few new ones. Things seem to have gotten a bit dull around here.... The sands are not the same crimson as when I left. I'll do my best to color them again. -- Khisanth Fandils and Deathtongue-- Glad to see both of you. I look forward to facing your squads on the sands--- Khisanth Betty -- Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to hit you with the plate, just the bun, you know. -- Bingo Little P.S. I mean, I wouldn't strike a woman, however much she deserved it. Uncle Bob -- I don't even want to know where you're bathing and with whom. -- Mungo Burke Lily Catherine -- That seems extreme. -- Ghost of Jennimys Collin If that is a Trustworthy Scribe, I am glad the guild keeps its own and has no need of his "services." He's got shifty eyes. -- Celia Randell LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS BROTHER JEROME outwaited TANIA PARK in a 14 minute master's Challenge Title fight. UNCLE BOB was subdued by BINKLY in a 2 minute Challenge melee. BINGO LITTLE was demolished by ANNA BEATRICE in a 1 minute uneven fight. SIS bested SNORKY in a 2 minute contest. LILY CATHERINE overpowered BETTY in a 1 minute one-sided fight. MUNGO BURKE was devastated by SABRE in a 1 minute uneven brawl. RATLER savagely defeated RUTHLESS JAYWALKER in a exciting 2 minute bloody struggle. RAGNAR slimly won victory over FRAN BRAN in a action packed 4 minute fight. CELIA RANDELL slaughtered POLITE BEGGAR in a 1 minute uneven duel. TESS TURBO lost to DESPAIR in a 1 minute beginner's fight. KATERINA COLLIN vanquished FRIENDLY CONSTABLE in a 1 minute one-sided fight. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 4 TOTAL PARRY 16 - 4 - 0 80 | |STRIKING ATTACK 4 SLASHING ATTACK 22 - 8 - 3 73 | |SLASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 1 - 1 67 | |WALL OF STEEL 3 STRIKING ATTACK 24 - 17 - 0 59 | |TOTAL PARRY 2 WALL OF STEEL 10 - 8 - 1 56 | |AIMED BLOW 1 LUNGING ATTACK 13 - 19 - 0 41 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 AIMED BLOW 4 - 6 - 0 40 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 7 - 12 - 0 37 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 BASHING ATTACK 4 - 8 - 0 33 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 566 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-LUNGE 0 - 0 3 SLASHING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 2 STRIKING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 2 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 LUNGING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 2 1 AIMED BLOW TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 1 WALL OF STEEL 1 BASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME TOTAL PARRY BROTHER JEROME 4152 14 2 0 102 FANDILS (75) STRIKING ATTACK ANNA BEATRICE 4124 15 3 0 149 FANDILS (75) SLASHING ATTACK LILY CATHERINE 4154 13 3 3 95 FANDILS (75) AIMED BLOW BINKLY 4115 19 16 0 82 DEATHTONGUE (89) WALL OF STEEL SNORKY 4134 15 13 1 73 DEATHTONGUE (89) LUNGING ATTACK SABRE 3026 5 0 0 65 SERPENT'S HOLD (178) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is UNCLE BOB 4143. The most popular warrior this turn was RATLER 3055. The ten other most popular fighters were RAGNAR 3063, SIS 4153, FRAN BRAN 4157, BINKLY 4115, ANNA BEATRICE 4124, LILY CATHERINE 4154, UNCLE BOB 4143, CELIA RANDELL 4170, DESPAIR 4171, and KATERINA COLLIN 4172. The least popular fighter this week was TANIA PARK 4117. The other ten least popular fighters were BROTHER JEROME 4152, MUNGO BURKE 4097, BETTY 4149, BINGO LITTLE 4148, TESS TURBO 4169, SABRE 3026, SNORKY 4134, KATERINA COLLIN 4172, DESPAIR 4171, and CELIA RANDELL 4170. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: ANNA BEATRICE (46-4124) FANDILS (75)