DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL

Date   : 12/26/2016    Duedate: 01/07/2017

DARKHOLM ARENA

DM 104    TURN 701

RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    %  RANK TEAMS                 W    L   K    % 
  1 DEAD LEGEND 21/1385    2    1   0 66.7    4 BRUTAL LEGIO 7/1335  120  144   0 45.5
  2 WASTELAND II 7/500  3777 2735  16 58.0      BLOODY LEGION 96/1276
  3 OBSIDIAN HA 33/1370   76   85   1 47.2      LEGION OF LEGEND 62/1305
    SPECTRAL STEEL 47/1386                    5 HIGHLANDERS 42/1341  677  846  10 44.5
    BLOODHAMMER CLAN 82/1387                  6 ARROGANCE 18/732    1597 2840  27 36.0
    MYTHICAL KNIGHTS 60/1384                    THE LADY'S LIST 6/917

                                 THE GUARDIAN'S FORUM
                      Reflections by the Keeper of the Runeblade

     Who'd have thought it, eh?  Here I am, at the top of this arena just like my 
sister, Tolais Deepheart.  But unlike her, I don't think I'll hang onto it for very 
long.  I do have a winning record, but only barely.  And I probably wouldn't have that 
in a larger arena.  So, while I'm on the big chair I'm going to enjoy it.  It is well 
upholstered, unlike any other seat in this arena.  Darkholm isn't a place where they 
want you to sit down and get comfortable.  The Runeblade is cool though.  I tested its 
sharpness on my finger and it drank my blood.
     Should I mention that I'm an orc?  You probably noticed that already -- the extra 
teeth, the yellow complexion, and all.  Yay orcs.  We're not necessarily bad guys, you 
know.  Personally, I haven't figured out what I really want to do with this long life 
here on the Isle, but I don't think I want to raid towns, carry off hobbits, or 
anything like that.  Though I am working for a wizard, and I guess if she ordered me 
to carry off a hobbit, I'd... think about it.
     Anyway, I hope you all had a great time celebrating the shortest day, and 
welcoming the sun back as the days grow longer again.

                                          -- Philthry Deepheart

                             REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER

Hullo!
     All right, we saw ten fights today, three of them involving stand-ins.  Meaning 
that seventeen gladiators took part, which is more than usual.  Good!  And there were 
four challenges!  Woo hoo!
     We have a new Keeper of the Runeblade.  Wyvern, I hope you write a column. Our 
last two keepers did, so now it's a tradition.  WYVERN (33-2457) (40-45-0,211) of 
OBSIDIAN HALL challenged PHILTHRY (42-2079) (82-76-0,213) of HIGHLANDERS.  WYVERN 
devastated PHILTHRY in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge Title fight.  Wyvern is now our 
top Basher, too.
     WARDRA (82-56471) (24-8-1,184) of BLOODHAMMER CLAN challenged ZEUS (62-4010) (72-
59-0,196) of LEGION OF LEGEND.  WARDRA was subdued by ZEUS in an exciting 1 minute 
Challenge melee.  Wardra is our top Lunger, and Zeus is top Wall of Steel.
     GLAMDRING (33-2328) (54-41-1,208) of OBSIDIAN HALL challenged MIKEL (6-6190) (82-
90-3,200) of THE LADY'S LIST.  GLAMDRING overpowered MIKEL in a crowd pleasing 1 
minute mismatched Challenge duel.  Glamdring is still the top Total Parry, while 
Mikel, as always, is top Slasher.
     SIR YVAIN (60-9076) (15-6-2,52) of MYTHICAL KNIGHTS challenged ASSASSIN (96-1802) 
(25-16-4,98) of BLOODY LEGION.  SIR YVAIN defeated ASSASSIN in an exciting 1 minute 
Challenge fight.  Assassin is the top Aimed Blow in this arena.
     ASSUR (18-7821) (99-144-2,189) of ARROGANCE fought MAN-MOUNTAIN (7-3853) (36-39-
1,170) of WASTELAND II.  ASSUR devastated MAN-MOUNTAIN in a popular 1 minute uneven 
brawl.  Neither of these fine fighters is currently a stylemaster.
     DIGITALIS (33-6862) (33-41-1,168) of OBSIDIAN HALL fought FATALITY (7-5820) (58-
71-0,128) of BRUTAL LEGION.  DIGITALIS devastated FATALITY in a crowd pleasing 2 
minute gory mismatched match.  Digitalis is our top PR. Fatality is top Striker.  Well 
done, both of you.
     PELIS THE TRUE (42-3469) (68-114-1,179) of HIGHLANDERS fought M. CHARDINEE (104-
8) (0-0-0,110) of  .  PELIS THE TRUE was overcome by M. CHARDINEE in an action packed 
4 minute melee.  Hmm.  Well, most of the stand-ins are fairly tough  All three of them 
won their fights this turn.  Pelis is both the overall popularity leader and this 
turn's favorite.
     PAC-MAN (21-8191) (25-22-1,91) of DEAD LEGENDS fought SIR LUCAN (60-9077) (15-8-
0,30) of MYTHICAL KNIGHTS.  PAC-MAN vanquished SIR LUCAN in an action packed 1 minute 
uneven fight.  It may have been action packed, but I sneezed twice and missed it.  
Winter.
     BRUNHYLDA (33-8082) (26-16-1,53) of OBSIDIAN HALL fought DRUNKEN FISHERMAN (104-
1) (20-20-0,50) of  .  BRUNHYLDA was savagely defeated by DRUNKEN FISHERMAN in an 
exciting 4 minute fight.  It really was a good fight.
     AELFWINE (82-23244) (13-4-0,43) of BLOODHAMMER CLAN fought BOOKIE'S GUARD (104-5) 
(35-18-0,75) of  .  AELFWINE savagely defeated BOOKIE'S GUARD in an exciting 1 minute 
brutal fight.  Aelfwine, Aelfwine... there's something about that name that I really 
like.
     I hope you all had a smashing solstice celebration, and if there are any parties 
still happening, I hope you invite me.

                                          -- Malic of Talcama

KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 WYVERN 33-2457               41  45  0  225  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIATOLI ISLAND

GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 GLAMDRING 33-2328            55  41  1  218  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIATOLI ISLAND

GRAND CHAMPIONS                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 ZEUS 62-4010                 73  59  0  207  LEGION OF LEGEND (1305)    VALAMANTIS
 ASSUR 18-7821               100 144  2  195  ARROGANCE (732)            TALCAMA
 MIKEL 6-6190                 82  91  3  194  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 PHILTHRY 42-2079             82  77  0  190  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 WARDRA 82-56471              24   9  1  186  BLOODHAMMER CLAN (1387)    DWES EG

GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS        W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 DIGITALIS 33-6862            34  41  1  171  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIATOLI ISLAND
 MAN-MOUNTAIN 7-3853          36  40  1  165  WASTELAND II (500)         BONSUR

GRAND ADEPTS                   W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469       68 115  1  142  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 FATALITY 7-5820              58  72  0  128  BRUTAL LEGION (1335)       BONSUR

GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 PAC-MAN 21-8191              26  22  1   93  DEAD LEGENDS (1385)        SUNSET

GRAND INITIATES                W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 SIR YVAIN 60-9076            16   6  2   88  MYTHICAL KNIGHTS (1384)    ARADI
 AELFWINE 82-23244            14   4  0   76  BLOODHAMMER CLAN (1387)    DWES EG
 ASSASSIN 96-1802             25  17  4   73  BLOODY LEGION (1276)       OLD VALAMANTIS
-BATTLE BANSHEE 47-7979        9   8  1   57  SPECTRAL STEEL (1386)      NORTH FORK
 BRUNHYLDA 33-8082            26  17  1   47  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIATOLI ISLAND
 SIR LUCAN 60-9077            15   9  0   36  MYTHICAL KNIGHTS (1384)    ARADI

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

THE DEAD                   W   L  K TEAM NAME              SLAIN BY                  TURN

                               PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE

Wardra -- You fought well, but it was the lack of seasoning that did you in.  Try some 
curry powder. -- Philthry

Fatality -- Well, that was exciting, wasn't it? -- Pelis the True

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

WYVERN devastated PHILTHRY in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge Title fight.
WARDRA was subdued by ZEUS in a exciting 1 minute Challenge melee.
GLAMDRING overpowered MIKEL in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel.
SIR YVAIN defeated ASSASSIN in a exciting 1 minute Challenge fight.
ASSUR devastated MAN-MOUNTAIN in a popular 1 minute uneven brawl.
DIGITALIS devastated FATALITY in a crowd pleasing 2 minute gory mismatched match.
PELIS THE TRUE was overcome by M. CHARDINEE in a action packed 4 minute melee.
PAC-MAN vanquished SIR LUCAN in a action packed 1 minute uneven fight.
BRUNHYLDA was savagely defeated by DRUNKEN FISHERMAN in a exciting 4 minute fight.
AELFWINE savagely defeated BOOKIE'S GUARD in a exciting 1 minute brutal fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         TOTAL PARRY        2 -   1 -  0      67  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   1 -  0      67  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         SLASHING ATTACK    7 -   5 -  0      58  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         AIMED BLOW         8 -   6 -  0      57  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         WALL OF STEEL      7 -   6 -  0      54  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         PARRY-STRIKE       5 -   5 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         LUNGING ATTACK     2 -   2 -  0      50  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         BASHING ATTACK    13 -  19 -  0      41  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         STRIKING ATTACK    4 -  10 -  0      29  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 701 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-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  2         4  BASHING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         1  WALL OF STEEL  
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  1                                       1  SLASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  1                                       1  PARRY-STRIKE   
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  2                                       1  LUNGING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  1                                       1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                                                                1  STRIKING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   WYVERN 33-2457             41  45  0  225 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)
TOTAL PARRY      GLAMDRING 33-2328          55  41  1  218 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)
WALL OF STEEL    ZEUS 62-4010               73  59  0  207 LEGION OF LEGEND (1305)
SLASHING ATTACK  MIKEL 6-6190               82  91  3  194 THE LADY'S LIST (917)
PARRY-STRIKE     PHILTHRY 42-2079           82  77  0  190 HIGHLANDERS (1341)
LUNGING ATTACK   WARDRA 82--9065            24   9  1  186 BLOODHAMMER CLAN (1387)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    DIGITALIS 33-6862          34  41  1  171 OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)
STRIKING ATTACK  FATALITY 7-5820            58  72  0  128 BRUTAL LEGION (1335)
AIMED BLOW       ASSASSIN 96-1802           25  17  4   73 BLOODY LEGION (1276)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
The overall popularity leader is PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469.  The most popular warrior 
this turn was PELIS THE TRUE 42-3469.  The ten other most popular fighters were SIR 
YVAIN 60-9076, DIGITALIS 33-6862, AELFWINE 82-23244, PAC-MAN 21-8191, BRUNHYLDA 
33-8082, WYVERN 33-2457, ZEUS 62-4010, ASSUR 18-7821, WARDRA 82--9065, and GLAMDRING 
33-2328.

The least popular fighter this week was SIR LUCAN 60-9077.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were ASSASSIN 96-1802, PHILTHRY 42-2079, FATALITY 7-5820, 
MAN-MOUNTAIN 7-3853, MIKEL 6-6190, GLAMDRING 33-2328, WARDRA 82--9065, ASSUR 18-7821, 
ZEUS 62-4010, and WYVERN 33-2457.

Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  Arena (Number)       W  L K  
TRANSEL(6)           0  1 0  NIATOLI ISLAND(33)   3  1 0  VALAMANTIS(62)       1  0 0  
BONSUR(7)            0  2 0  RODEKI(42)           0  2 0  DWES EG(82)          1  1 0  
TALCAMA(18)          1  0 0  ARADI(60)            1  1 0  OLD VALAMANTIS(96)   0  1 0  
SUNSET(21)           1  0 0  

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA     W   L  K PNTS  TEAM NAME                  CITY           
 MIKEL 6-6190                82  91  3  194  THE LADY'S LIST (917)      TRANSEL
 MAN-MOUNTAIN 7-3853         36  40  1  165  WASTELAND II (500)         BONSUR
 ASSUR 18-7821              100 144  2  195  ARROGANCE (732)            TALCAMA
 PAC-MAN 21-8191             26  22  1   93  DEAD LEGENDS (1385)        SUNSET
 WYVERN 33-2457              41  45  0  225  OBSIDIAN HALL (1370)       NIATOLI ISLAND
 PHILTHRY 42-2079            82  77  0  190  HIGHLANDERS (1341)         RODEKI
 SIR YVAIN 60-9076           16   6  2   88  MYTHICAL KNIGHTS (1384)    ARADI
 ZEUS 62-4010                73  59  0  207  LEGION OF LEGEND (1305)    VALAMANTIS
 WARDRA 82--9065             24   9  1  186  BLOODHAMMER CLAN (1387)    DWES EG
 ASSASSIN 96-1802            25  17  4   73  BLOODY LEGION (1276)       OLD VALAMANTIS