DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER

Date   : 10/10/2003    Duedate: 10/23/2003

JURINE ARENA

DM-61    TURN-315

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ALIZARIN DAMASK
BLADE AND BLOOD (314)
(61-2721) [16-8-2,111]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

ALIZARIN DAMASK                MMMMMONKEYS!
BLADE AND BLOOD (314)          FUZZY WARRIORS (367)
(61-2721) [16-8-2,111]         (61-3255) [2-2-1,28]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

SABA EL KEER                   SABA EL KEER
BLADE AND BLOOD (314)          BLADE AND BLOOD (314)
(61-2719) [14-12-2,87]         (61-2719) [14-12-2,87]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BLADE AND BLOOD (314)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. BLADE AND BLOOD (314)       33
2. FAVORITE GUYS (186)         18      PISSED AT WORK (360)
3. PISSED AT WORK (360)         4      Unchartered Team
4. FUZZY WARRIORS (367)         1
                                       FUZZY WARRIORS (367)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 3 PISSED AT WORK (360)      24  11  1 68.6   1/ 2 BLADE AND BLOOD (314)     8  1 3
 2/ 2*FUZZY WARRIORS (367)       4   2  1 66.7   2/ 1 FAVORITE GUYS (186)       8  7 1
 3/ 4 BLADE AND BLOOD (314)     67  49  9 57.8   3/ 3*FUZZY WARRIORS (367)      2  2 0
 4/ 5 FAVORITE GUYS (186)      326 404  8 44.7   4/ 4 PISSED AT WORK (360)      1  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

                                THE KARNHORN ENQUIRER

Hello everybody!  I'm back.  I came back to see how things are going in the Glorious
Empire.  So let's see how things going.

DM-16 Willaf is currently the best of the Karnhorn arenas.  23 teams, 21 active.  If
you don't have a team here, you're missing out.
DM-17 Aljafir isn't doing too badly.  12 teams, 11 active.  This arena isn't doing
too badly, but it still can use a few more teams.
DM-19 Zuwayza, the Holy City.  6 teams, 5 active.  It's so sad to see the Holy City
at such a low.  This should be the best of the Karnhorn arenas.  If you don't have a
team in this arena, start one now!
DM-43 Veastian, 9 teams, 7 active.  Not doing too badly for a small arena.  A few
more teams would be nice.
DM-61 Jurine, 5 teams, 4 active.  The smallest of the Karnhorn arenas.  Definitely
could use some new teams.

TOP TEN WARRIORS

1.  SUNGOD DESIGNED ME (7-1-0) 142 PTS of WENWINWASIN, MGR. YOUNGBLOOD, VEASTIAN
2.  VRYCE (13-2-2) 125 PTS of WAY OF THE RAT, MGR. ?                    WILLAF
3.  PERSIFLAGE (21-8-0) 118 PTS of SHROUD IN MYSTERY, MGR. NOACHIAN,    WILLAF
4.  ASH (13-4-0) 115 PTS of DELTA DOOM, MGR. BARNABAS                   ALJAFIR
5.  ALIZARIN DAMASK (15-8-2) 109 PTS of BLADE AND BLOOD, MGR. NOACHIAN, JURINE
6.  TWO GLASS EYES (15-11-0) 106 PTS of SPECIAL ED, MGR. PTFT           ALJAFIR
7.  CAESAR (14-11-0) 103 PTS of HEROESANDFOUNDONES, MGR. THE JUDGE,     ALJAFIR
8.  HEMERA AKHISAR (13-7-2) 100 PTS of TERMAGANT VOTARY, MGR. NOACHIAN, VEASTIAN
9.  DRACO EL TANIN (10-9-3) 99PTS of BLADE AND BLOOD, MGR. NOACHIAN,    JURINE
10. VOO DOO (10-0-0) 98 PTS. of UNKNOWNS XII, MGR. ?                    ZUWAYZA

Well, that's it for this turn.  Next time I want to see a lot of new teams in
Zuwayza!

Lady Egenai

     >)]H[(< + -----:----- + >)] The Free Cities #70 [(< + -----:----- + >)]H[(<

Between Ibizond and Korga:

     The horseman started to turn away, but two of the hounds made a determined
attack on the three gladiators as they scrambled out of their sheltering tree.  Now,
the tree was a trap rather than a shelter.  Cadal was first out, hammering at the
nearest hound with his heavy blade.
     Aghatamar was just behind him, close enough to slash at the hound trying to take
him from the side.  The horseman turned back, just as the moon shone through a gap in
the clouds overhead.  Aghtamar sucked in her breath in shock.  There was a face, she
repeated that to herself as a litany against the unknown.  Two eyes--she shuddered
and wrenched her gaze away from them, feeling her blood turn to ice and her bones to
sand.  A beak of a nose, a hunting bird's beak.  Gash of a mouth, with an icy glitter
of fangs.
     Behind her, Zilla muttered a prayer to Sermina and struck two-handed at the
hound, awkwardly because she didn't want to look directly at it.  That hound was no
beast that ever curled up quietly before a fire or accepted a pat on the head for a
job well done.  Cadal lunged at his hound and came near to spitting it on his sword,
but the uncanny creature twisted away.  The horseman laughed, a sound which would
chill the strongest heart, and turned away again, riding up the road toward whatever
his, or its third hound had cornered.  Fist of Kjarran, most likely, but there was no
way to help him now.  They had their own problems.
     The hounds had a pattern of swirling in to attack and then out before they could
be struck in return, coordinating their efforts smoothly without needing their
master's guidance.  They must have done this many times before.  Aghtamar thought of
the other people dead along this road and knew they must have sustained just such an
attack:  the horn with its message of fear, then these uncanny beasts with their
teasing and toying, and finally the huntsman on his horse.  Not a good death.  If
there was such a thing as a 'good death'.
     While these thoughts were flitting through her mind, she kept her sword moving
as well.  The hounds seemed reluctant, maybe even totally unwilling, to close with
them, but they wouldn't leave them alone, either.  "The damned things are trying to
wear us down," she muttered.  And it might work.  She was already breathing hard, and
she could hear Zilla panting beside her.  She couldn't hear Cadal, but he was
farthest from her.
     "We've got to finish these," Cadal stated.  "Fist of Kjarran is going to need
our help."  A shuffle and lunge, a hound yelped and dodged back.  "Except they won't
stand--"
     "And if we just go to Fist, turn our backs on these hounds," Zilla growled,
"likely they'll jump on us from behind."
     "There must be SOME way we can kill or cripple these damned hounds!" Aghtamar
snapped.  "Anything that lives can be killed.  It's a natural law or something."
     "We're not going to find it tonight except by chance," Cadal said.  "And we have
to go help Fist.  If we all move together, back to back...."
     "Right!  Let's move," Aghtamar agreed.  "On the count of three?"
                       ***     *****     ***     *****     ***
     The hound that Fist of Kjarran had crippled was dragging itself down the road
toward its approaching master, whining pitifully.  If it had been a proper dog, the
gladiator might have regretted the injury.  As it was...serve the damned beast right.
     As the hound had appeared to grow when it charged him, so did the hunter.  What
might have been a big horse--if it was a horse at all--became huge, and its rider
dominated the sky.  He...it seemed to wear a crown of cold lights, or maybe there
were northern lights in the sky behind its head.  No, that wasn't north, that was
southeast.  Fist shook his own head to clear out the fantasies.  As the rider passed
the crippled hound, he cried out in a terrible voice, a word Fist didn't know and
didn't want to know.  An evil word, he was sure.  Maybe a spell, or a vow of
vengeance.  Not that it mattered!  He had the protection of Kjarran and Jayde.  He
raised his sword against the moon-colored blade that was swinging down out of the
stars above him.

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

Hi all.  We're back!  Right where we left off, at the top of the game.  This arena is
smaller than it was the last time I was here.  We're gonna need some new teams to
fill this arena out.  I'd like to thank Pissed at Work for a couple of easy wins.
You guys should be pissed at your manager.  What is he thinking?  Oh well, I'll take
the win anyway I can get it.  Cabri Swift was killed by the Embezzling Scribe!  We
think that is UNFAIR!  Those Team 1 flunkies shouldn't be allowed to kill, especially
since we can't bloodfeud them!  Well, I should be here for another few turns before I
graduate.  My challenges are open for anyone who thinks they can take me.  Come on
and bring it on!

Alizarin Damask
Blade & Blood

                                      SPY REPORT

     Like the magnificent Sun, rising upon the Dawn and exiling the Night for a Day, 
I, Novgorodny Vir, return once again!  The boys at FAVORITE GUYS left the arena 
dejected, after being kicked out of the top spot by BLADE AND BLOOD.  Good show!  
Practice pays for SABA EL KEER, who pummelled DARWIN, to pocket 24 points.  CONVICTED 
ASSASSIN found out that JURINE 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 a horde of jackals fleeing from 
the lion, so did the "warriors" in JURINE avoid FAVORITE GUYS.  Like a pup with its 
tail between its legs, PISSED AT WORK scurried away from FAVORITE GUYS.  Oh, the 
shame!  Everyone is famous for fifteen minutes, and DRACO EL TANIN is it right now.  
Most challenged warrior.  Isn't BLADE AND BLOOD proud!  Place your bets!  
ALPHABETIZED AL is the long shot of the week:  they challenged DRACO EL TANIN, up by 
30.  It's not whether you win or lose, but how many points you get (4).  Right, 
ALPHABETIZED AL?   
     Ah, the duel!  The roar of the oppenent, the smell of the crowd!  You've heard 
about DARWIN of FAVORITE GUYS.  Death plays no favorites, and neither do I.  What was 
a 10-7-0 doing on the fields in the first place?  Ask not a spymaster for counsel, 
for he will pontificate long after you have fallen into an unconscious stupor.   
     Leave me now, you base fools!  As the seasons change, and the creatures of the 
wild change also, so do I feel a yearning to leave this place.  JURINE, I leave you 
now.  The Duelmaster has agreed to foot my bill at The Warty Toad.  'Til next time-- 
Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ALIZARIN DAMASK 2721         16   8  2   111       BLADE AND BLOOD (314)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DRACO EL TANIN 2723          11   9  3   101       BLADE AND BLOOD (314)
 YURA SISSY 2720              16  10  2    99       BLADE AND BLOOD (314)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SABA EL KEER 2719            14  12  2    87       BLADE AND BLOOD (314)
-SWINGLINED SUE 3196           9   2  0    76       PISSED AT WORK (360)
 ALPHABETIZED AL 3203          7   5  1    73       PISSED AT WORK (360)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MARTINE 3231                  8   3  0    59       FAVORITE GUYS (186)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THE BUM 3178                 10  16  0    56       FAVORITE GUYS (186)
 FREDDIE 3096                 11   7  0    47       FAVORITE GUYS (186)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MMMMMONKEYS! 3255             2   2  1    28       FUZZY WARRIORS (367)
-SMACKY THE BEAR 3257          2   0  0    27       FUZZY WARRIORS (367)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HENRY DEARE 3271              1   0  1    14       FAVORITE GUYS (186)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
CONVICTED ASSASSIN 12  0  1 0   1                   YURA SISSY 2720       315 NONE    
MORDANT DESERTER 2     0  1 0   1                   HENRY DEARE 3271      315 NONE    
DARWIN 3219           10  7 0 FAVORITE GUYS 186     SABA EL KEER 2719     315         
ANOTHER ONE 3192       7 13 0 FAVORITE GUYS 186     SABA EL KEER 2719     314         

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Alphabetized Al -- If you're trying to get yourself killed, use the same strat
against Draco.  He'll kill ya. -- Yura Sissy

Favorite Guys -- Sorry about Another One, but I have to keep pace with my teammates.
Hopefully the Next One will be better. -- Saba El Keer

Swinglined Sue -- I'm surprised you lasted two minutes.  You're playing a dangerous
game. -- Alizarin Damask

Mmmmmonkeys! -- I had a heck of a time getting your name right.  Is this fair?  I had
to actually count the emms! -- Freddie the lazy

Hey, he was a DANGEROUS criminal.  It wasn't MY fault. -- The Bum

The userous merchant seems helpless in the face of fluttering eyelashes and a shy
manner. -- Martine

Saba El Keer -- I was cursed from the day I entered the arena.  CURSED, I say.  Why
else would I have born such a limp-wristed nom de guerre, eh?  My cruel, hard-hearted
manager, I don't know if it was Obscure Source or that foreign wench Jorja that he
sold out to, had it IN for me. -- Ghost of Another One

That guard had better re-think his ambitions.  He's not up to them. -- Darwin

15 September 2003
An Announcement Concerning the Brotherhood of the Blade Alliance:
     I have chosen to withdraw my membership from the Brotherhood of the Blade
alliance.  The years I have spent in the alliance have been the best of my DM career.
I leave the alliance with many great friends and will always remain close to my
former brethren.
     The Brotherhood of the Blade will not skip a beat without my membership.  It
remains in very capable hands and its roster is among the strongest in the game.
With the return on some of its founding members to DM, I know the BOB will continue
to grow in strength and prestige in the years to come. -- The Sandman

29 September 2003
All -- Let it be known that the Firm accepts SOL into its ranks.  The Firm is:
SunGod, Dark Spirit, Youngblood, Tripwire, and SOL.

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

ALPHABETIZED AL was bested by DRACO EL TANIN in a 1 minute Challenge fight.
ALIZARIN DAMASK devastated CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute one-sided Title duel.
YURA SISSY easily killed CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute one-sided match.
SABA EL KEER slaughtered DARWIN in a 1 minute gory mismatched brawl.
MARTINE was narrowly defeated by VETERAN MERCENARY in a 2 minute bloody match.
FREDDIE bested MMMMMONKEYS! in a 2 minute veteran vs. amateur duel.
THE BUM overpowered CAPTURED ORC in a 1 minute gory mismatched brawl.
HENRY DEARE easily killed MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven melee.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      3 -   0 -  1     100  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         PARRY-LUNGE        2 -   0 -  0     100  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         LUNGING ATTACK    13 -   4 -  0      76  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         PARRY-STRIKE       7 -   3 -  0      70  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         AIMED BLOW         4 -   2 -  2      67  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         WALL OF STEEL     13 -   8 -  0      62  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         SLASHING ATTACK   10 -   8 -  0      56  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         STRIKING ATTACK   12 -  10 -  2      55  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         BASHING ATTACK     1 -   3 -  0      25  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         TOTAL PARRY        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 315 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       1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -  0     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0         2  AIMED BLOW     
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  0     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  0         2  STRIKING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  0     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  2         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
AIMED BLOW         1 -  1                                       1  WALL OF STEEL  
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  1                                       1  SLASHING ATTACK
                                                                1  PARRY-STRIKE   

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-RIPOSTE    ALIZARIN DAMASK 2721       16   8  2  111 BLADE AND BLOOD (314)
LUNGING ATTACK   DRACO EL TANIN 2723        11   9  3  101 BLADE AND BLOOD (314)
AIMED BLOW       YURA SISSY 2720            16  10  2   99 BLADE AND BLOOD (314)
STRIKING ATTACK  SABA EL KEER 2719          14  12  2   87 BLADE AND BLOOD (314)
WALL OF STEEL    MARTINE 3231                8   3  0   59 FAVORITE GUYS (186)
PARRY-STRIKE     FREDDIE 3096               11   7  0   47 FAVORITE GUYS (186)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is SABA EL KEER 2719.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was SABA EL KEER 2719.  The ten other most popular fighters were FREDDIE 3096, 
MMMMMONKEYS! 3255, THE BUM 3178, DRACO EL TANIN 2723, YURA SISSY 2720, MARTINE 3231, 
ALPHABETIZED AL 3203, ALIZARIN DAMASK 2721, HENRY DEARE 3271, and DARWIN 3219.

The least popular fighter this week was DARWIN 3219.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were HENRY DEARE 3271, ALIZARIN DAMASK 2721, ALPHABETIZED AL 3203, MARTINE 
3231, YURA SISSY 2720, DRACO EL TANIN 2723, THE BUM 3178, MMMMMONKEYS! 3255, FREDDIE 
3096, and SABA EL KEER 2719.

               NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)

     For those of you who keep track of such things, 18 additional warriors graduated 
from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament:

                          CAFFEINE JUNKIE (3-6110) ADDICTED 
                        CATFISH HUNTER (5-3315) PARTY ANIMALS 
                          MATTAHOOPLE (16-4203) GIFTED GODS 
                         SWEET JANE (53-6535) THE DARK TEMPLE 
                              LIL NOIR (62-3311) ENIGMA 
                         NARCISSISTIC NUN (69-8644) ODD SQUAD 
                             LEGION '8' (71-2369) D.O.A. 
                       RAW SEX APPEAL (82-1331) WHY WE LOVE TUM 
                         ZOMBIE STOMP (82-2617) NO MORE TEARS 
                        VIOLENT VOLE (82-4565) MAMMAL MILITIA 
                         LADY OF THE MOON (82-5481) HARM NONE 
                      KAMIKAZI GNAT (82-6073) DEADLY ATTACKS II 
                      THE 13TH WARRIOR (82-6346) STOOPID MOVIES 
                              SIRTON (82-9190) I AM SUCK 
                            DUNE (82-10414) 4-LETTER EPICS 
                           FLEM (82-12614) 4-LETTER FLUIDS 
                     GREENHOUSE EFFECT (82-12996) GLOBAL WARMING 
                         UGLY (82-14501) 4-LETTER DESCRIPTION 

                                          -- Green Eyes