DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER

Date   : 04/08/2004    Duedate: 04/21/2004

JADE MOUNTAIN ARENA

DM-75    TURN-281

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

HAROLD
DARK TOADS (240)
(75-2823) [21-7-0,130]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

HAROLD                         POSITION IS EMPTY
DARK TOADS (240)               
(75-2823) [21-7-0,130]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

ESSINA TYL VERN                ARIA
SAND DANCERS (67)              DARK TOADS (240)
(75-2694) [17-41-1,93]         (75-3012) [9-8-0,56]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

DARK TOADS (240)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. DARK TOADS (240)            42
2. SAND DANCERS (67)           27      DARK TOADS (240)
3. LEGALESE (253)              10      Unchartered Team
4. I AM SAM (267)               0
5. PARANOID ASYLUM (234)        0       (-1)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2 DARK TOADS (240)         207 115  5 64.3   1/ 1 DARK TOADS (240)         10  5 0
 2/ 4 LEGALESE (253)           117 115  6 50.4   2/ 4 SAND DANCERS (67)         6  9 0
 3- 6 PARANOID ASYLUM (234)     96 109 11 46.8   3/ 3 LEGALESE (253)            4 11 1
 4- 7*I AM SAM (267)             7   8  0 46.7   4- 2*I AM SAM (267)            3  1 0
 5/ 8 SAND DANCERS (67)        542 834 16 39.4   5- 7 PARANOID ASYLUM (234)     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[ Out of the Past #4 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +

Near Fratsfa:

     Gladiators sailed up the river from Kati-Tei through Andor, Fratsfa, and Zensu
to the Isle of the Eye.  Some came as tourists, some as newly-graduated warriors,
some to attend and participate in the Spring Tourney.  This was a steady source of
income for boatmen, and many of them made the trip two or three times a month; the
river and its shores were well known to them.
     "I don't remember a castle on that hill," one sailor muttered, squinting at the
shore.  "And I was along here just last week...."
     "There was no castle there," Lady Fern, manager of the Flower Girls in Fratsfa
confirmed.  "And a week is certainly not long enough to build one!"
     "There was one...eight hundred years ago," a voice murmured behind her.
     The statuesque manager glanced back at her gladiatress, Nasty Nasturtium.  The
woman was an Araoi, and elf of the purest blood, and Lady Fern supposed it was
possible that Nasturtium actually REMEMBERED a castle there, but she hoped not.  The
thought of having a warrior that old was unsettling.  "You're sure, Nasty?"
     The elfin blonde nodded firmly.  "Yes, my mother told me about it--one of her
brothers helped to bring the castle down.  The Castle of Storms, that was its name, a
place of the darkest arts.  It was the stronghold of Prince Illrienherthinil
Silverthorn, who was called the Ill Rain."
     Lady Fern glanced at the sky automatically.  It WAS getting cloudy, but that
was, must be, coincidence.  After all, changeable weather was common at this time of
year.
     "That wasn't on Khaldren's list."  The short, stocky man removed his bowler and
extended a hand to Lady Fern.  "Raoul, Lord Protector In Gerfel We Trust."
     "Kennelworth has spoken of you," Lady Fern admitted.  "But what do you know of
this Castle of Storms?"
     "Not a thing, doll.  But I'm wondering if Khaldren's magic isn't raising more
ruins than he planned on--anyplace with enough of the wrong kind of magic
concentrated in it."
     "This Khaldren is...?" Nasturtium asked.
     "A wizard who escaped the sinking of Krael," Raoul explained.  "He wants to
bring Krael forward in time, or back from the dead, or something.  And other places
he knows about from that era."
     "That would take a great magic," Nasturtium protested.  "With the Arcanum in the
current low state, it should not be possible."
     "Adie in Aruak City says he could be using blood magic based on the arena
deaths, doll.  She seems to think that'd do it for him."
     The elf recoiled.  "It would!" she whispered, "and that would call to all sites
where dark magic has sunk deep.  This must be stopped!"
     "Well, I'm taking the warning to Lady Sheila--"
     "She can do nothing, even if she would," Nasturtium snapped.  "She dares not
touch blood magic, even to fight it, except in the most indirect fashion, and
indirection will not serve!  Not soon enough, anyway."
     "Adie will think of some way to fight Khaldren," Raoul said, a little uneasily.
He took a deep breath and put his hat back on.  "And until he's stopped, we will
fight everything he brings up from the past."
     "If we have to fight the Ill Rain," Nasty Nasturtium predicted, "it won't be
easy."

Valamantis:

     Lord Protector Ka D'Argo, on a brief trip to his home on Kolact, had planned to
take ship at Valamantis.  But the port city was not as he had expected.  There was
always bustle, but now...it reminded him of a disturbed anthill.  And where had those
towers on the landward side come from?  They weren't something that could have been
built in a day, or even a year, and he'd been through here four months ago.
     "It's Old Valamantis," Arenamistress Sitalva said grimly.  "We've had word of
some kind of magic afoot aimed at ruined cities, and with all the blood spilled in
the recent Bloodgames, it would have been more surprising if something had NOT
happened there.  But understanding why doesn't help us now.  The oldest levels of Old
Valamantis," she said grimly, "were Folstrom.  NOBODY wants to see the Folstrom loose
in the world again."
     "Bringing the ruins back is one thing," the tall gladiator argued, "but the
people...?  Surely Ahringol won't release their souls because of a spell and some
blood."
     Sitalva watched the slight wavering of the resurrected towers and shivered,
though the day was already warm.  "We'll find out, when the city stabilizes.  The
Silver Mage says sometime in the next week and a half or two weeks.  But we can see
people moving around in there.  And even if they're zombies, it isn't going to be
good."

Iaye:

     The fishing boats that had fled Iaye when the earthquakes began crept back one
by one as the Trier grew calm again.  Most of them followed the coast down toward
Point, not because they needed the guidance but to see for themselves if drowned
Krael had truly risen from the waves.
     It had.
     Lord Protector Goff, assistant manager of the Red Dog Gang, stood on the gently
rocking deck of his boat and stared through a spyglass at the rampart of buildings
that blocked what had been the strait between Iaye and Point.  He wasn't sure what he
had expected, but not this.
     Krael stood above the water, but not as it must once have looked.  Many of the
taller buildings showed broken tops, and all was slimed with mud and weed.  Here and
there, decaying wrecks lay in the streets or even on the roofs of houses.  The smell
of dead fish was obvious even from a mile away.  Krael LOOKED like a city that had
spent centuries under water.  The people who moved among those ruins didn't.  There
weren't enough of them to represent the entire population of the city at the time of
its disaster, he guessed at no more than two hundred.  But they looked...normal.
Alive.  And their activity--they seemed to be trying to clear one section of the city
of its mud and debris--were just what you'd expect.
     And they seemed to take the whole situation for granted.  They must KNOW, from
the state of Krael now, what had happened, but they just calmly went about cleaning
up.
     That was the most unnerving thing of all.

Xochithlan:

     There were no ruins around Xochithlan to rise up at the wizard's call, because
the modern city was the old city, continuously lived in for longer than most
Alastarian cities had existed.  There was, perhaps, a tendency for certain long-
buried residents to stir in their graves, but if any came out to walk the streets, it
was not immediately obvious.
     What was obvious was the forest.
     There had been a forest around Xochithlan for a long time, but it had been
burned away during the Rirorni War.  Replanting efforts had been ongoing for the last
eight years, but eight years is not long enough to bring back a major forest.  And
what surrounded the city now, pressing in against the walls and disturbing the newer
suburbs, was a major forest.
     Not, however, a forest such as the Xochithlani remembered.
     This was a Forest Primeval.
     This was a forest that might hide...anything.
     And according to the scholars of ancient texts consulted by King Feyen of
Xochithlan, it probably did.

Zuwayza:

     Zuwayza was as old as Xochithlan, and there were as many dark secrets buried
under its streets.  The foundation of the city, Vekhirn knew, went back to the days
before the first humans.  There were Folstrom traces, but there was also something
older.  Maybe more than one something.  And they were all stirring.  Too much blood
had been spilled here, especially in the years since the invasion--during the
invasion itself, and in the slow beating back of the Eastern forces.
     And in other ways, or for other causes, as well.  The court wizard had sensed a
new feeling in the people of the old city.  Harder.  Crueler, perhaps.  Less patient,
less tolerant--and the Glorious Empire had never been noted for tolerance.  The woman
Jayde, who claimed to be the daughter of Kjarran, her death and her mysterious
apotheosis, had that been the start of this dark bitterness that gripped the people?
He shrugged that off.  Whatever the cause for the change of heart, blood had been
spilled.  And somewhere, someone had called on spilled blood to raise old evils, and
spilled blood everywhere had answered.

Aruak City:

     Adeolar stared into the gilt-framed mirror, frowning and twisting a lock of hair
between nervous fingers.  Nothing she was Seeing was good.  Not that the mirror was
the best way to See, but it was the only scrying device she had that was still
working.  There was a bloody film over the glass that could not be washed off, and
that, she suspected, was a sign of just how bad things were.  Blood magic, used to
excess, tainted everything.  There was no doubt that the wizard in Zorpunt was strong
and ruthless, but what he had started seemed to be taking on a life of its own.  And
no one, so far, seemed able to stop him.
     She would have to take steps herself.

            + ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ Out of the Past #5 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +

Dal Shang:

     From the top tier of the arena, you could see a long way out to sea, because the
arena was built on a cliff above the harbor.  So was a lot of the rest of Dal Shang,
but except for the governor's palace, it mostly wasn't as high as the arena.
     Lord Protector Wais, who had come home to Dal Shang in a vague effort to boost
that beleaguered arena, was sitting on the top tier brooding.  The arena was
shrinking faster than a pool of water in the desert.  Promising warriors who were
looking for a career in the arena were not looking in THIS arena.  Fourteen active
warriors last time, and two of them had been retiring by way of a Dark Arena
appearance.  His own team, even, had gone inactive!  Something had to be done, but he
had no idea what.  Even the fans had deserted Dal Shang arena.
     With a sigh, he turned away from the empty arena to look out to sea.  And so he
saw the waters of the lake heave as though they were boiling, and a new--or very
old--island rise like a black reef no more than five miles off shore.  Five miles is
too far away to see the details, but there was something disturbingly regular about
the broken ridgeline of that island.  Like buildings....

A note for the people of the Free Cities and Lirith Kai:

     Some people say that if you get rid of magic, the world will be much simpler.
Some people say that the destabilization of the Arcanum will get rid of magic.  Ha!
High Magic, the stuff that highly educated wizards do, falters as the Arcanum
weakens.  But there are other kinds of magic.  Older.  Cruder.  Less vulnerable.
There's Blood Magic.  Spilling blood releases power.  The more blood, the more power.
     And a very powerful wizard of several centuries ago, Khaldren of Krael, who
decided that he didn't want to die when the city around him was dying, has come to
the present.  He's made a spell to bring Krael back from ruins, and he's tied it to
Blood Magic.
     But there's more blood being spilled around Alastari than he realized, and a lot
of Lost Cities that want to live again.  If you have some old ruins near your house,
and there's an arena where people are bleeding and dying, you've got trouble coming.
This is now your story, too.

     It's all a plot, and probably a dark one.  Where is Daylight Savings time when
you need it?

      * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ *

                        *--=== LIRITH KAI REGIONAL NEWS ===--*

                                     Duelmasters
                                 -------------------
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 312): WHATCHAMACALLIT of BUENO FER NADA (Darkfist, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAIYLA KIV (turn 285): KIRK GIBSON of 1988 DODGERS (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 280): HAROLD of DARK TOADS (TigToad, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 267): VALIANT TITMOUSE of WILD KINGDOM (The Dark One, mgr.)
ADM 107 LIRIN KIV (turn 243): NIGHTFALL of DARKLINGS from DAIYLA KIV (She-Puppy)

                                      Top Teams
                                       --------
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 312): REFUGEES (Zarla, team captain)
 DM  74 DAIYLA KIV (turn 285): 1988 DODGERS (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 280): DARK TOADS (TigToad, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 267): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 107 LIRIN KIV (turn 243): OVERLORDS, etc. (The Icelord, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM  65 DAL SHANG (turn 311): MARDEN VOSS of SAND DANCERS (Lani, mgr.)
 DM  74 DAIYLA KIV (turn 285): KIRK GIBSON of 1988 DODGERS (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
 DM  75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 280): HABEAS CORPUS of LEGALESE (The Judge, mgr.)
 DM  78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 266): SAFIR of THE WILLBURYS 37 (Rascally Rabbit, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Busy, busy, busy, lots of things happening in JADE MOUNTAIN this turn, and let's 
start with a look at some of the teams.  WRIT OF MANDAMUS has lost to TABATAN, 
falling 7 points, while helping make LEGALESE a 1-4-0 turn.  This week's Duelmaster 
bout was between WOODY and our Duelmaster HAROLD, making a challenge.  Defending his 
title for another turn, HAROLD kept SAND DANCERS' warrior, WOODY, from claiming the 
throne.  Can someone confirm a rumor for me?  I hear the top team makes their losing 
fighters do dishes at The Green Axe until they win.  Maybe?   
     I tell you, a green quarterstaff lasts longer than a seasoned sapling.  A basher 
friend of mine assures me this is true.  I also notice that the LEGALESE stable was 
the most avoided team this turn.  Come on JADE MOUNTAIN, what are you afraid of?  And 
avoiding LEGALESE more than any other team we find DARK TOADS.  JADE MOUNTAIN, are we 
going to accept, or respect this sort of thing?  The most challenged warrior this 
turn was SAND DANCERS' warrior VOLTO LEENI.  More fighters challenged him than 
challenged the Duelmaster!  In a brave attempt, ARDEN from DARK TOADS challenged up 
22 points to fight ESSINA TYL VERN from the SAND DANCERS stable.  ARDEN perhaps got 
his just desserts, seeing as he beat ESSINA TYL VERN and ended up with 95 recognition 
points.   
     A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only once.  Wise men know this to 
be true.  Is it really true that JADE MOUNTAIN has more dishwashers per capita that 
fighters?  Just thought I'd ask...   
     I like this place, JADE MOUNTAIN, the taverns have old wine, and young serving 
girls.  Who could ask for more?  Always good to rest in JADE MOUNTAIN, but never good 
to wear out my welcome.  Look for me in future turns.  Until the sun next rises and 
my pen sets to paper-- Alarond the Scribe  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HAROLD 2823                  21   7  0   130       DARK TOADS (240)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CYRUS 3022                   12   4  0   102       DARK TOADS (240)
 WOODY 2503                   10  66  0    96       SAND DANCERS (67)
 ARDEN 3025                   10   5  0    95       DARK TOADS (240)
 ESSINA TYL VERN 2694         17  41  1    93       SAND DANCERS (67)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-RED MOSQUITO 2794             9   6  1    79       PARANOID ASYLUM (234)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ARIA 3012                     9   8  0    56       DARK TOADS (240)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-YERIX 2782                    5   7  0    53       PARANOID ASYLUM (234)
-SAMSARA 3055                  4   0  0    52       I AM SAM (267)
 TABATAN 3040                  7   4  0    44       SAND DANCERS (67)
 DISMISSED 2 3024              6   6  2    43       LEGALESE (253)
-MONKEY KING 2904              4   3  0    34       PARANOID ASYLUM (234)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WRIT OF MANDAMUS 2940         5  10  0    25       LEGALESE (253)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 VOLTO LEENI 3038              4   9  0    22       SAND DANCERS (67)
 IRRELEVANT 3034               4   7  0    19       LEGALESE (253)
 TREENVA TARAL 3072            1   2  0    15       SAND DANCERS (67)
-SAMOSET 3043                  1   1  0    11       I AM SAM (267)
 MOCKINGBIRD 3073              1   1  0     5       DARK TOADS (240)

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

THE DEAD               W  L K TEAM NAME             SLAIN BY             TURN Revenge?
GEOFFRY 3069           1  1 1 DARK TOADS 240        DISMISSED 2 3024      279 JUST REV
GUILTY PLEA 3075       0  1 0 LEGALESE 253          JANG-KO BLACKHAND 20  281 NONE    

                                     PERSONAL ADS

All -- Hey!  Six awards is a record for me.  I think Essina was being rude being the
popularity leader and all, or I could have achieved one of my goals for the game....
-- TigToad

Judge -- I don't know about making Dismissed 2 pay so much as I will take advantage
of the situation and try to get some wins while I can. -- Aria

Essina Tyl Vern -- You're not easy?  Are you at least reasonable? -- Arden

Essina Tyl Vern -- Okay, so you won two out of three.  I get it, I should respect you
and stuff. -- Arden

Habeas Corpus -- Another excellent fight. -- Harold

Arden -- You're definitely a good student, sir.  And I've SEEN good students. --
Essina tyl Vern
P.S.  Best of three, hmm?

Cyrus -- I suppose I should compliment you on your learning?  Nah, not today.  Let
Essina do that.  After all, she won, and it's easy to be generous in victory.
Besides, I've got a headache. -- Woody

Irrelevant -- And our records remain mirror images.  I don't know if that's good or
bad, but at least it's something to say. -- Tabatan
P.S.  Word-A-Day is doing legal terms this week.  Have you considered a warrior named
Embracery?  Sounds kinda neat.

Monkey King -- I don't know what YOU have to be paranoid about!  It's ME people are
out to get. -- Volto Leeni

Mockingbird -- I get the "mocking" part, but you're big for a bird. -- Treenva Taral

Tig Toad -- Alright, you made Dismissed 2 pay.  Are we even? -- Judge

Harold -- Best 3 out of 5?  My last challenge in the arena goes to you, with a
heavier weapon. -- Lord Protector Habeas Corpus

18 March 2004
St. Valentine's Day Massacre Update

     We are pleased to announce that the kLk sponsored St. Valentine's Day Massacre
kill contest in DM 36 is off to a great start.  We are also pleased to announce that
in addition to the 10 team rollups we are also able to offer the renaming of a dark
arena warrior as a prize to the manager with the most kills.  The contest is only 2
turns old and is still wide open.  There are currently 5 managers tied with one kill
each.  Anything can still happen so hurry up and get into the arena.
     On a personal note, no other alliances have entered the arena in force to
challenge the kLk dominance.  We were expecting The Firm to put up a fight for their
supposed home arena.  But, they were a no show.  Guess they proved what they are
really made of.  *evil grin*
     Perhaps another alliance would like to step in to give us a challenge.  We are
throwing down the gauntlet.  Perhaps the Chaos Inc. boys I keep hearing about would
like to step in and challenge the kLk for arena dominance.  If you don't show up,
Chaos, don't feel bad.  FAR better managers than you have been invited into Jhans but
have chosen to pass on the offer.
     So if you consider yourself worthy to compete, like fierce competition, and
enjoy arenas where the personals are as fierce as the fighting, come visit JHANS DM
36.  We're already planning our next contest, "Capture the Flag," and have a
storyline being actively worked on in the arena.  Whatever you like about DM you can
find it in JHANS.

Bookie
mgr. of Suicidal Dreams
and Director Jhans Board of Tourism
kLk Alliance

27 March 2004
     This notice is to inform the DM world that CHAOS INC. has added CHEETO to its
ranks.  He joins APEX, FLAGG, MATRIX, ASSAMITE, and RUDE BUDDHA as the 6th member.
May your chaotic wings spread disaster and CHAOS for all your days!  Welcome CHEETO!!

27 March 2004
     Has anyone seen it in print that the "Goat" is leaving the "Cartel"?  There were
some diplos to the effect of a special branch of the Cartel being formed, like secret
societies, governmental agencies and alliances certain agendas are developed.  To
obtain the desired effect of any agenda only key personnel can be used.  The "Goat"
is "Cartel" so until you see it with me announcing that I am not Cartel, remember,
"The Agenda of the Core is for you to fight for."  I hope this stops the confusion.
-- Goat

8 April 2004
CLICK (KLK) - Remember, you asked for it.  Chaos is coming....

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

GUILTY PLEA was butchered by JANG-KO BLACKHAND in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
CYRUS devastated DISMISSED 2 in a action packed 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud duel.
HAROLD demolished WOODY in a 3 minute bloody uneven Challenge Title fight.
ARDEN devastated ESSINA TYL VERN in a exciting 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
MOCKINGBIRD was bested by VOLTO LEENI in a 2 minute Challenge brawl.
HABEAS CORPUS viciously subdued JADE MASTER in a 1 minute mismatched match.
ARIA viciously subdued SHIZARAN BLACKHEART in a action packed 2 minute gruesome melee.
WRIT OF MANDAMUS was vanquished by TABATAN in a action packed 1 minute uneven fight.
IRRELEVANT was defeated by TREENVA TARAL in a 1 minute expert vs. novice upset match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         TOTAL PARRY       13 -   4 -  0      76  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         PARRY-STRIKE       7 -   4 -  0      64  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         BASHING ATTACK    10 -   7 -  0      59  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         SLASHING ATTACK   14 -  10 -  0      58  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         LUNGING ATTACK    14 -  11 -  0      56  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         WALL OF STEEL     20 -  19 -  0      51  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         STRIKING ATTACK    9 -  11 -  2      45  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         PARRY-LUNGE        6 -   8 -  1      43  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         AIMED BLOW         8 -  19 -  0      30  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      3 -  10 -  0      23  |

Turn 281 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        1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  2         3  STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  2         1  TOTAL PARRY    
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  0                                       1  PARRY-STRIKE   
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  0                                       1  WALL OF STEEL  
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  0                                       1  SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1                                       1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  1                                       1  PARRY-LUNGE    
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  1                                       1  LUNGING ATTACK 
                                                                1  BASHING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      HAROLD 2823                21   7  0  130 DARK TOADS (240)
PARRY-STRIKE     CYRUS 3022                 12   4  0  102 DARK TOADS (240)
SLASHING ATTACK  ARDEN 3025                 10   5  0   95 DARK TOADS (240)
PARRY-LUNGE      ARIA 3012                   9   8  0   56 DARK TOADS (240)
BASHING ATTACK   TABATAN 3040                7   4  0   44 SAND DANCERS (67)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is ESSINA TYL VERN 2694.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was ARIA 3012.  The ten other most popular fighters were CYRUS 3022, ARDEN 3025, 
TABATAN 3040, VOLTO LEENI 3038, DISMISSED 2 3024, ESSINA TYL VERN 2694, WRIT OF 
MANDAMUS 2940, TREENVA TARAL 3072, GUILTY PLEA 3075, and HAROLD 2823.

The least popular fighter this week was WOODY 2503.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were IRRELEVANT 3034, MOCKINGBIRD 3073, HAROLD 2823, GUILTY PLEA 3075, 
TREENVA TARAL 3072, WRIT OF MANDAMUS 2940, ESSINA TYL VERN 2694, DISMISSED 2 3024, 
VOLTO LEENI 3038, and TABATAN 3040.

The following warriors will travel to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after next turn:

HAROLD (75-2823) DARK TOADS (240)

The following warriors have traveled to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after fighting this turn:

HABEAS CORPUS (75-2799) LEGALESE (253)

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

     For those of you who keep track of such things, 14 additional warriors graduated 
from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament:

                           ABE SIMPSON (9-4453) SPRINGFIELD 
                            PB-LEAD (23-4385) ROCK-ETTS IV 
                      RATTLESNAKE SHAKE (60-4242) METAL MELTDOWN 
                            CHIP (60-4413) RESCUE RANGERS 
                           SLAKE (82-12993) WORD OF THE DAY 
                          DIS-COMBOBULATE (63-2222) DIS-TEAM 
                        RETARD (68-7501) POLITICALLYINCORRECT 
                           DARKSIDE (22-2714) LOST SOULS 1 
                      ZHARRA TYL MEDAN (40-2586) SUPERIOR FORCES 
                         SMOOGIE (82-2247) STREET PIZZAD III 
                             ARATHEA (13-3318) THE ELITE 
                          PX (82-14364) SUPERIOR FORCES 1203 
                       MIKE, POWERFUL (82-7051) MIKE THE HUNTER 
                          DIS-FUNCTIONAL (63-2223) DIS-TEAM 

                                          -- Green Eyes