DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 01/10/2008 Duedate: 01/23/2008
ROCANIS ARENA
DM-56 TURN-446
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
LELLDORIN
KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS (22)
(56-2409) [10-7-1,105]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
LELLDORIN POSITION IS EMPTY
KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS (22)
(56-2409) [10-7-1,105]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
HAWTHORN HAWTHORN
BAD APPLES (187) BAD APPLES (187)
(56-3991) [14-11-1,54] (56-3991) [14-11-1,54]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS (22)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS (22) 51
2. BAD APPLES (187) 15 RESCUE RANGERS (338)
3. GET (419) 4 Unchartered Team
4. RESCUE RANGERS (338) -13
WAR COVERAGE (164)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 RESCUE RANGERS (338) 88 44 8 66.7 1/ 1 KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS (22) 10 4 0
2/ 2 GET (419) 63 32 1 66.3 2/ 2 BAD APPLES (187) 8 6 0
3/ 3 KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS (22) 293 203 17 59.1 3/ 3 GET (419) 2 2 0
4/ 6 BAD APPLES (187) 511 654 18 43.9 4/ 4 RESCUE RANGERS (338) 2 3 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[ Edge of Night #5 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
Somewhere congruent with southern Alastari:
"Why have you come here, motral?" The voice emerged from darkness and cold
wind, and it seemed to echo out of a deep cave. At the same time, so far as time had
a meaning here, a form condensed in front of Uncle Wolf. Black and without visible
details, with eyes as white as the full moon and white antlers gleaming in the light
of a moon that did not shine here. Where another kind of being would move in the
aura of its own warmth and scent, this one exuded awe and dread.
Though he had never met this Great One personally before, Wolf knew who it was.
He bowed low. "I have been called and sent," he said. "I go where I am commanded."
Amusement. "That must be a first for you."
"Perhaps. I do not recall." He closed his mouth and waited. To be the first
to speak of his mission here would be taken as a weakness. It would be a weakness,
the mortal flaw of impatience.
More amusement. Not something so ordinary as a laugh, but a scent of response
that in a human would be laughter. Amusement passed. "You have been invoked to deal
with the Soul-Stealer," the Horned Hunter said. "That Word has come to Us," it added
ambiguously. "We have thought to Hunt this rash mortal Ourselves."
"If You unleashed your full power on Alastari at this time, You might unmake
it."
"True. What of that? For all within the Mortal Lands, every beginning comes at
last to an ending. It may be that now is the ending for Alastari."
"And it may not be so. One said to me once that endings should not be hastened
but allowed to arrive in their own times. And also that the ending of something so
large and deep-rooted as Alastari is... complicated. Not for one such as myself to
trifle with." Wolf squinted at the dark shape and decided that nothing but the most
brutal honesty would serve him here. "It is not for one such as You to trifle here,
either."
Anger, insulted dignity. Amusement again. "Truth." A silence that seemed
long. "So be it. The Night Riders shall aid you, they shall even follow your
directions, within reason. We shall send Words to them, making it so."
Wolf deemed it prudent to bow again, and to keep silent. He did not fancy
working with the Night Riders, but they were "better" than the Great Hunt. And they
would be well able to sniff out necromancers wherever such might hide. He saw now
that it was to secure this aid that he had been sent to the Horned Hunter. Which he
had now done, and more easily than expected. He wanted to leave, to return to the
Mortal World and get on with it, but he dared not until the Hunter gave permission.
"We are minded to... ask a boon in return," the Hunter said. Light from an
invisible moon glinted on its horns as the great head turned to look off to the side.
Wolf felt that his skin tightened all over with alertness and... yes, fear, too.
"Ask, though little is within my power compared to yours."
"We stand very near to the border between Matter and Spirit," the Hunter said,
"as do you. But on opposite sides. The circumstances which permit Us to reach
across that border are not common, they do not pertain at this time. But We can
reach you." A hand materialized between the two of them, with a square of fluttering
cloth laid across its palm and a silver arm-ring lying on the cloth. "Take this to
the Silent Place near the Ancient City, that which mortals now call Zuwayza, and give
it into the keeping of One you will find there. That One will then release the Night
Riders to your commands."
Wolf would sooner have touched a scorpion than that arm-ring, but there seemed
to be no alternative here. He forced his unwilling hands to reach out and grip the
corners of the cloth, lifting the ring without touching it. "I shall do this if I
can," he said.
SPY REPORT
Greetings, Warriors of ROCANIS. Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir to
give you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport. Practice pays for
SAGE, who pummelled TEMB, to pocket 25 points. Win some, lose some. Speaking of
which, SAGE was winsome, after beating TEMB and seeing him lose 13 points. BACK
found out that ROCANIS isn't a democracy. You've gotta be the best to be Duelmaster
here! So who was the warrior seen charging into immovable walls and challenging dead
trees? Someone's got a basic problem...
My mother wished me to avoid conflict, and seek the gentle trade of Spyreporter.
But warriors aren't supposed to avoid fights! Like the noble eagle soaring amongst
the mountaintops, so stand the warriors of KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS, alone and
unchallenged. Like a pup with its tail between its legs, RESCUE RANGERS scurried
away from KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS. Oh, the shame!
Is there life after death? Pragmatics (and warriors) know there is death after
life! How true is BLOOD BROTHERS' mettle? Just one week remains for the avenging of
OCELOT's death. Oh hard! that to strike a flame, the match itself must needs be
wasting!
Leave me now, you base fools! Keep those sands bloody and the buzzards fat! Do
not despair! I shall return!-- Novgorodny Vir
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LELLDORIN 2409 10 7 1 105 KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS (22)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SAGE 4025 7 1 0 84 KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS (22)
BACK 3949 8 10 0 74 GET (419)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TEMB 3907 17 10 1 66 RESCUE RANGERS (338)
CENTURION 4024 7 1 0 58 KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS (22)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PREATORIAN 4005 7 6 0 55 KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS (22)
HAWTHORN 3991 14 11 1 54 BAD APPLES (187)
-ZIPPER 3947 5 3 1 51 RESCUE RANGERS (338)
GAFFER SMITH 4028 5 0 0 47 BAD APPLES (187)
MALUS S'PROUT 3993 7 14 1 43 BAD APPLES (187)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WOODWORM 4003 6 8 2 32 BAD APPLES (187)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
OCELOT 3894 7 3 0 BLOOD BROTHERS 418 LELLDORIN 2409 443
PERSONAL ADS
The Rocani Turncoat is an aged fool. -- Sourcrab
Praetorian -- So! (striking a heroic pose) You going to name me emperor? --
Hawthorn
Sage -- I would like you a lot better if you didn't defeat me so ignominiously. Why
don't you go enhance a stew? -- Malus S'prout
A Cult Member? Pathetic! -- Woodworm
The Mage's Apprentice is a weak-kneed son of a sapsucker. -- Gaffer Smith
22 December 2007
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LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
LELLDORIN viciously subdued BACK in a crowd pleasing 2 minute gruesome Title fight.
TEMB was demolished by SAGE in a 1 minute gory one-sided melee.
HAWTHORN was unbelievably bested by CENTURION in a crowd pleasing 3 minute gory brawl.
PREATORIAN overpowered WOODWORM in a 1 minute mismatched match.
GAFFER SMITH bested RIRORNI SOLDIERS in a 2 minute novice vs. master upset duel.
MALUS S'PROUT viciously subdued AMBITIOUS GUARD in a popular 1 minute competition.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 WALL OF STEEL 5 - 0 - 0 100 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 3 - 1 - 0 75 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 SLASHING ATTACK 13 - 5 - 0 72 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 9 - 6 - 2 60 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 TOTAL PARRY 10 - 7 - 0 59 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 LUNGING ATTACK 29 - 27 - 1 52 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 - 1 50 |
|AIMED BLOW 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 3 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 14 - 20 - 0 41 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 BASHING ATTACK 6 - 12 - 1 33 |
Turn 446 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-LUNGE 2 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 3 LUNGING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 PARRY-LUNGE
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 STRIKING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 TOTAL PARRY
1 WALL OF STEEL
1 BASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK LELLDORIN 2409 10 7 1 105 KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS (22)
SLASHING ATTACK SAGE 4025 7 1 0 84 KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS (22)
TOTAL PARRY CENTURION 4024 7 1 0 58 KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS (22)
PARRY-LUNGE PREATORIAN 4005 7 6 0 55 KNIGHTS OF ROCANIS (22)
LUNGING ATTACK HAWTHORN 3991 14 11 1 54 BAD APPLES (187)
WALL OF STEEL GAFFER SMITH 4028 5 0 0 47 BAD APPLES (187)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is HAWTHORN 3991. The most popular warrior this turn
was HAWTHORN 3991. The ten other most popular fighters were LELLDORIN 2409, MALUS
S'PROUT 3993, SAGE 4025, CENTURION 4024, PREATORIAN 4005, GAFFER SMITH 4028, BACK
3949, TEMB 3907, WOODWORM 4003, and 0.
The least popular fighter this week was WOODWORM 4003. The other ten least popular
fighters were TEMB 3907, BACK 3949, GAFFER SMITH 4028, PREATORIAN 4005, CENTURION
4024, SAGE 4025, MALUS S'PROUT 3993, LELLDORIN 2409, HAWTHORN 3991, and 0.