DUELMASTERS NEWSLETTER
Date : 10/13/1999 Duedate: 10/26/1999
MALCORN ARENA
DM-15 TURN-366
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
REGIS
SUPPORT CHARACTERS (372)
(15-3852) [15-8-3,121]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
REGIS LUMPY
SUPPORT CHARACTERS (372) THE KNOGINS (385)
(15-3852) [15-8-3,121] (15-3952) [3-0-0,29]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
LIMBWALKER VAGRANT
GREENWARDENS (244) TRIPLE CROWN (382)
(15-2113) [22-28-2,118] (15-3930) [5-4-0,47]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
HALL OF GIANT (318)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. HALL OF GIANT (318) 68
2. TRIPLE CROWN (382) 59 SUPPORT CHARACTERS (372)
3. SUNDAY PRIMETIME (333) 52 Unchartered Team
4. THE KNOGINS (385) 22
5. THE VOICE OF K (363) 10 THE KNOGINS (385)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1*TNT (384) 1 0 0 100 1/ 6 HALL OF GIANT (318) 11 4 0
2/ 2*THE KNOGINS (385) 13 2 0 86.7 2/ 2*THE KNOGINS (385) 9 1 0
3/ 3 SUPPORT CHARACTERS (372) 73 36 4 67.0 3/ 7 TRIPLE CROWN (382) 9 6 1
4/ 5 SUNDAY PRIMETIME (333) 174 98 4 64.0 4/ 1 SUPPORT CHARACTERS (372) 9 6 0
5/ 4 KA-POW! (374) 22 14 0 61.1 5/ 8 SUNDAY PRIMETIME (333) 8 2 0
6/ 7 TRIPLE CROWN (382) 27 22 1 55.1 6/ 4 KA-POW! (374) 7 5 0
7/ 6 THE VOICE OF K (363) 36 32 4 52.9 7/ 3 THE VOICE OF K (363) 7 8 0
8/ 8 THE CUTTING EDGE (197) 477 445 39 51.7 8/ 5 CLAN BATTLE AXE (264) 5 10 0
9/10 HALL OF GIANT (318) 23 24 1 48.9 9/10 GREENWARDENS (244) 4 10 0
10/ 9 CLAN BATTLE AXE (264) 169 180 11 48.4 10/ 9 THE CUTTING EDGE (197) 2 13 0
11/11 GREENWARDENS (244) 105 142 4 42.5 11-11*TNT (384) 1 0 0
12-14 DEATH GUARDS (378) 17 34 2 33.3 12-12 DEATH GUARDS (378) 1 2 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 Northern Alastari Treaty Organization #15 ][ + ---:--- + ][ +
Stormcrowe Bay:
The two fishing boats set sail from Stormcrowe in late morning, sailing eastward
from the island toward the mouth of the bay and the open waters of the Storm Sea
beyond. Several other ships were taking approximately the same course at the same
time, as this was the season when the tasty little fish called zorring could be found
swimming near the surface at night. From now until the onset of the storms, fishers
would be netting them until their ships were full, taking the cargoes back to the
island, and then coming out for more. The reeking pickling vats (located to the north
and well out of Stormcrowe town) had been scrubbed out, and already people were busy
preparing the spiced brine in which the fish would soak all winter.
It was dusk by the time the boats--and the rescue party--reached the beginning of
the narrow strait that connected the bay with the open sea, and ships going through
the strait, whatever the time of day, always kept to the middle of that channel,
because both sides were made dangerous by rocks fallen from the cliffs of the shore.
They traveled more slowly, too, and in silence so that they could listen for the
turbulent slosh of waves around the rocks. Two or three lighthouses would have made
it a lot safer, and the towers in which lights had once burned for that purpose still
stood, but they were no longer in use. Catch the Karnhorns doing something so
neighborly as maintaining lighthouses where their ships didn't sail at night! Shewish
work, the lights had been, and dark three hundred years now, but Shewish stonework was
only slightly less durable than the mountains.
As the first black hump of the Maanbard, the highland forming the south side of
the strait, cut across the evening stars, Werfance let his ship fall behind the line
of fishers and edge southward. Whitesnake's ship kept pace smoothly, though the
lashing of water around the jagged stones grew increasingly loud. The gladiators on
the decks could even see, faintly, the tossing white spray.
"This kind of thing scares me spitless," Ice whispered to her teammate. "I wish
we could have done this while there was still enough light to see clearly!"
"Our captains seem to know what they're doing," Lady Jara said. If she felt a
similar alarm, she hid it well. "And I understand that the Karnhorns keep a close
watch on this coast. A daylight landing would see us all captured, I suspect."
Aljafir:
Mursaltej looked down at the Swavant in disgust. "Flimsy beast," he growled.
"Dispose of the body, Kathvo."
The man-at-arms lifted Szoker's body and stuffed it into a coarse sack, then
lashed the top shut. "Where, lord?"
Mursaltej raised one eyebrow coldly. "What did you say?"
"Uh...." Kathvo flushed and darted a glance to either side. "Uh, dump it in the
swamp, I guess?" When the nobleman didn't answer, he heaved the sack over his
shoulder and slid out of the room quickly. At least the lord wasn't blaming him for
the Swavant's death. Well, he hadn't hit him all that hard, not really. A human
wouldn't have died.
As these and similar thoughts were running through the bravo's head, he left the
kaliv's palace and made a hurried course through the lowest streets of Aljafir,
heading for the southern edge of the city where barred watergates gave access to the
swamplands beyond.
There was nothing unusual in a man wearing Lord Mursaltej's livery going out of
the city at night with a large bundle, and the guards on the watergate let him through
without hesitation. A footpath threaded between a stream and suspiciously smooth
stretch of turf. Kathvo didn't need to test it to know that the smoothness hid a
deadly mire; he'd lived on the edge of the Great Swamp all his life. He could have
heaved the body into the mire and lost it forever, at least, probably--every now and
again, just often enough to upset the nobs, a body would float to the surface. Kathvo
didn't know why, or much care, except that this meant he had to carry his burden
farther out to dispose of it. Not that this Szoker was heavy, bones like birds, most
of the Swavants. Flimsy.
As he plodded along the path, his thoughts left the dead man and returned to a
familiar litany of self-pity. Working for Mursaltej was hard, he was a hard man, and
he didn't accept any kind of excuses or make any allowances. Look at the way the lord
had sent him, Kathvo, a loyal servant, out into the Great Swamp at night! No question
of waiting till daylight when it would be safer to walk this tricky path!
Ah, this was the place he remembered. It looked like it, anyway. The stream had
wandered off somewhere, but there were a couple of trees on his right, and nothing on
the left. That would be another mire. A wide one, and deep, and, he thought, far
enough from the city. He lowered Szoker's body from his shoulder, shifted his grip,
and then heaved it to the left. It landed with a splat, though he couldn't see it in
the pervading murk of mist and darkness. Job done.
He turned and plodded back toward the city.
*** ***** *** ***** ***
As soon as the sack hit the edge of the mire, Szoker began to feel for the mouth
of it. From the way things felt under him, he could tell that he was at the very
edge, maybe partly on semi-firm ground. It wouldn't do to struggle, though--that
would get him sucked in immediately. But if that animal of a guard hadn't tied it too
tightly....
Green Cove, the port nearest Vithicar:
The small band of gladiators paused on the brow of the hill above Green Cove.
The village looked ghostly in the moonlight.
"We buried everybody, all the bodies, you know," Peter Bond whispered. "It
seemed like that was the only thing we could do for them, but at least it was
something we could do. I really hate feeling helpless."
"Don't we all," Pere Noel murmured, "don't we all.... I sense that there is
someone down there now who is alive, someone who is, er, `naughty'--"
"Someone who can answer questions, I hope," Alice Bond said grimly. "Let's go
give him a chance!"
Without any need for discussion--plans for such a contingency had already been
made--the gladiators started down the hill, slipping from shadow to shadow and
watching alertly for the first sight of their quarry.
On the Storm Sea coast near Ebansar, halfway between Malcorn and Zukal:
The ships had nearly reached the shore before the farmer, Jaksho, noticed them.
Although there were occasional raiding ships along this coast, danger was much more
likely to come from inland, and his wary attention had been all for the forest beyond
the road.
"Serimna!" he exclaimed. "Hey, Whitebraid!" He pitched a pebble at his
companion, a former gladiator now busily felling a sapling that had invaded the field.
The gladiator looked up and followed Jaksho's pointing finger. "Serimna save
us!" Whitebraid said. "Jak, take the horse and ride like hell for the city--"
"Which city?"
"Any one, dammit. This is the invasion, and it looks like the main landing! You
have to take a warning--"
"What invasion?"
"Jak, trust me, there's an invasion, and this is it. Go, man!"
+ ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ The Trading Cities #26 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
On the coast:
The farmer, Jaksho, steered his sweating horse up the path to the construction
site on the forested bluff. He hadn't known anything was being built here, but the
armed men in the drab colors of Malcorn Regulars were a welcome sight. It looked like
they were making a tower, but the stone walls were only about fifteen feet high so
far. It stood right at the fork where the Malcorn road parted from the less-traveled
Coast Road that led to Salirjek.
The soldiers, both workmen and guards, looked up as he approached. "Invaders!"
he shouted. "Ships, a lot of ships! About six and a quarter miles south!" He had a
good notion of the distance because he'd stopped here often enough on his way to
market. There was an old Van well here, and the water was still sweet. It looked
like they were enclosing the well inside an extension of the wall.
One of the soldiers (there were no markings of rank on their uniforms) turned to
another and said, "Bitry, mount up and carry this news to Malcorn. Tell him the Fort
Vanwell contingent is moving south to scout the enemy. We'll leave a signalman here."
"Aye, sir."
"Leeman, get up in a tree and signal Fort Liberty. Let's see if they've spotted
anything."
Zukal:
The thief Jarvaze was too good an actor to look as nervous as he was, but after
the second attack, there was a distinctly alert quality to his nonchalance as he
walked down the dark alley. Doreg, watching from the rear of the apartment over the
apothecary shop, couldn't really blame him.
"Third time's a charm," Doreg murmured, as a cloaked shape glided out from behind
a pile of crates behind the thief. Another man came out in front of Jarvaze, who
leaped nimbly onto a crate, then onto a higher one, then pulled himself up into
Doreg's window. There were sounds of melee below as Doreg's men came out of their
hiding places to apprehend the would-be assailants.
"What the smeg are you doing up here!" Doreg growled, lowering his crossbow.
"You spoiled my shot!"
"Give it up," Jarvaze said. He swung his legs inside and gave the apothecary a
friendly smile. "I hear a kettle bubbling. Could I trouble you for a cup of tea,
good sir?" After the old man had gone into the kitchen, the thief dropped onto the
sofa, and turned the smile on Doreg. "We've got to assume reasonable competence on
the part of your prey. If he were going to take the bait at all, he'd have been the
first to strike, not the third. He wouldn't risk letting my secret fall into someone
else's hands."
Doreg nodded, frowning. "I know. Well, as a last resort then, you've got to be
captured by me, so he'll think I've learned the way into his keep, and he'll come
after me. If he's got the nads for it."
"Just so you know," Jarvaze said quickly, "I'm a practical, cooperative sort of
fellow, who would rather sell a secret than be tortured for it. So if I show up with
money to spend, that would be a lot more realistic than to have my tortured corpse
wash up on the riverbank."
"Yes, yes, I know." Doreg brooded. Why hadn't the Midnight Man fallen for his
ruse? Surely he must have heard the boasts this thief had spread around Zukal today,
boasts of finding a safe way into Castle Midnight. If that were true (which of course
it wasn't), then the scion of Clan Midnight would have to kill him, to protect the
Castle. But the only people to come after Jarvaze tonight were soldiers of rival
Princes. Jarvaze was right. The Midnight Man hadn't taken the bait.
So, if it looked like Doreg had bought the secret from Jarvaze, then maybe, maybe
the Midnight Man would worry about it, but only for a little while. As time went by
and Castle Midnight remained untouched, he would realize it was only a trick. But if
Jarvaze simply disappeared...
*** ***** *** ***** ***
Chullamar's house is a lot different than Doreg's, Jorja thought, as she and the
abolitionist peered into the conservatory from a skylight. It was a long way down--
this place had a thirty-foot ceiling. So many plants, so many pictures on the wall...
so many statues of naked men. Well, only two in this room, and one of them was a
lamp, but it seemed like a lot.
It hadn't been an unguarded skylight, by any means. The house was roofed in four
tiers, like a wedding cake. Around the perimeter of each tier was a walkway with
guards. The guards on this, the fourth, tier, were unconscious. They'd sneaked past
the others. For a clerk or whatever he was, this abolitionist was pretty good at this
sort of thing.
"Here we go," said the young man, lifting up a circle of glass that he had just
cut from one of the panes. He attached his grappling hook to a convenient gargoyle.
"I'll go down first and make sure it's safe. Then you climb down. All right?"
He was really awfully good at this stuff. And he seemed to know his way around
this place, and was it really luck and skill that had gotten them past the guards?
The guards which he had refused to kill. She had never seen Chullamar close up. This
could be him.
Jorja gazed down at the young man as he lowered himself into the moonlit
conservatory. He'd told her nothing about himself, except his name, which she had
promptly forgotten (she was bad with names). She drew her dagger and placed its edge
against the taut rope. A man trying to abolish slavery by political means, how likely
was that?
In the forest south of the Storm Sea and east of Monuntial:
The noise grew to large proportions, so that one might imagine nothing less than
a troop of cavalry forcing its way through the dense forest. A troop of cavalry
seemed rather extreme for the pursuit of two escaped slaves, Fern thought, then
remembered guiltily that she had gelded the slaveholder, which he might consider
strong provocation! She would much rather it was a troop of cavalry than a monster
large enough to sound like one, but how they were to fight off either was a puzzle. A
puzzle that didn't seem to be worrying Huw--but she had to remind her self that Huw
might not be normal, after eating that fruit. He looked normal enough, but he had
been talking to a tree, and that wasn't normal.
"Whoever that is," Huw said in a flat voice, "has no business to be coming here
in such force. It's probably Tiraesion. Uncouth troublemakers, all those Ferencians,
but Tiraesion is the worst." He stood squarely in the gateway with his sword drawn.
"Tiraesion?" Fern asked. The name was a new one to her. The slaveholder had
been called Marfellassar, although he probably had been Ferencian.
"Yes, Tiraesion," Huw said impatiently. "How many times do I have to say his
cursed name? That damned half-Ferencian lordling who married my sister Olivrena. He
seems to think that makes him the equal of a Van! Confounded upstart! Olivrena was
always a fool, and never more so than when she decided to marry the wretch!" He
hefted his sword significantly. "We'll make him rethink his pretensions."
He was possessed, Fern realized with a sinking feeling. Huw believed himself to
be the ancient Van owner of this place, probably thought there were dozens of servants
or men-at-arms within call to help drive off the `upstart' who had married his
sister... and there was only her. She wondered briefly who she might have been, if
she'd eaten the fruit, too.
"Huw!" she said urgently, "the servants have all fled in the night, and we're
alone here. If... Tiraesion has several men with him, even a warrior of the Van
cannot hope to defeat them all! We must flee--seek help--"
"The servants have run away?" Huw demanded incredulously. He actually turned to
look at her. "That does it," he snarled, heading for the back of the compound. "I
don't care what Faldenj wants, this is the last time I hire the local peasants! Van
servants wouldn't have run off. We'll ride straight to Rosemere and tell him
personally what trouble his damned conciliatory policy has caused! Though it goes
sore against my will to let Tiraesion walk in here unopposed..." He half turned back
toward the gateway.
The important thing for the present, Fern had decided, was to keep him moving
away from their pursuers and away from this place, too. So she said, rather
desperately, "Oh, no, think how much greater will be his chagrin when he finds the
place deserted, makes himself at home, and then you return to drive him out. After
all, he, poor fool, will not know the secrets of this place as you do! In fact," she
added with sudden inspiration, "let us hide in the trees for a brief period and then
appropriate two of his horses to ride away on! That will be a slap in the face to
him!"
SPY REPORT
If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of
MALCORN brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too. Later days, SUPPORT CHARACTERS,
since HALL OF GIANT took top team from you this turn, you guys are old news. Now
keep the taverns open late tonight, for there are sorrows to drown for THE VOICE OF
K, whose 2-3-0 this turn dropped them by 4 into 7th. Ha! HALL OF GIANT turned their
5-0-0 turn into a 1st place rank in the listings this turn. Any better than this,
and you get put on hit lists. Gee, I'm impressed, a 4-1-0 is nice, but don't get
cocky, SUNDAY PRIMETIME, the Fates teach humility, and the Fates are proud. Of
course, we're all terribly impressed to see ELOCUTIONIST win a fight and gain 32
points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, T.S.M. beat ALFRED and ALFRED lost 15 points. You're
breakin' my heart. EBONSKAITH challenged REGIS for MALCORN's Title this turn, and
guess what happened? And it's out with the old, in with the new, as REGIS takes the
Title and last week's bar tab from the old Duelmaster. Heh, heh. Kickbacks and
bribes, kickbacks and bribes, how else do you think some of these guys win their
fights? Skill? Ha!
My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start
talking.' I loved that woman. MALCORN, I am losing what little hope I had in you.
TRIPLE CROWN the most avoided team? What insult will suffice, I cannot say. And who
led the way in this mass act of cowardice? Let's see, well, whatcha know? It was
THE VOICE OF K. Ha ha ha ha! HAWKWING was challenged more times this turn than the
Duelmaster. Now was the DM insulted or feared? Heh, heh. Looks like time for
laurels or hemlock, HAWKWING was challenged by UNBRIDLED, who was ranked 26 points
below him. But here's a pretty tale--UNBRIDLED did lose the fight, but gained 2
worth of recognition. Some long shots can pay off, I guess. I notice CITATION
challenging down 22 points to fight XR-400, TRIPLE CROWN doubtless has some rotten
excuse for such an insult to honor. Question now is, will MALCORN accept this sort
of tacky behavior? CITATION beating XR-400. The insult, the....yech!
Death and Taxes. The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience. Let's
see if anyone's dead or dying. I could say I saw this coming, but so could anyone
else. Anyway, this turn it came. TWITCH's 13-6-0 has earned him the Dark Arena.
Now hey, I like to see a death as much as the next guy, but hey SUPPORT CHARACTERS,
whyja send TWITCH to the Dark Arena, look at his record, huh? Ya gotta go sometime,
and MAICO 500's time was this time. Hmmm, not a bad fighter, had he lived... (what?
me pity?). We're all going to die in the end, so why worry if the fate catches up
with you sooner that later?
I was about to buy a new quill pen the other day, but some fighter took it for
an epee. Forgive me for writing with a dagger. Phlllt! Just had to do that before
I leave the fine city of MALCORN. I feel much better now. Paste this one in your
scrapbooks, you'll need the kindling come this winter-- Snide Clemens
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
REGIS 3852 15 8 3 121 SUPPORT CHARACTERS (372)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LIMBWALKER 2113 22 28 2 118 GREENWARDENS (244)
BRADWARDEN 3902 10 4 0 113 SUPPORT CHARACTERS (372)
PERRIN 3853 15 5 0 103 SUPPORT CHARACTERS (372)
HAWKWING 2112 21 29 0 92 GREENWARDENS (244)
EBONSKAITH 3824 16 10 0 92 CLAN BATTLE AXE (264)
MAGGIE SIMPSON 3777 13 3 1 92 SUNDAY PRIMETIME (333)
T.S.M. 3771 12 5 0 91 SUNDAY PRIMETIME (333)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TERRI... NO, SHERRI 3817 9 4 1 88 SUNDAY PRIMETIME (333)
GRAA ROCKBROW 3121 10 11 0 85 HALL OF GIANT (318)
DRAKEN 3737 20 19 0 83 CLAN BATTLE AXE (264)
BUSTER NUGGETS 3639 15 9 1 83 THE CUTTING EDGE (197)
WHISPERSTEP 2111 15 35 1 81 GREENWARDENS (244)
BABY K 3748 9 4 0 73 THE VOICE OF K (363)
ALFRED 3849 13 10 0 70 SUPPORT CHARACTERS (372)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ELOCUTIONIST 3926 6 3 1 66 TRIPLE CROWN (382)
UNBRIDLED 3923 6 4 0 65 TRIPLE CROWN (382)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CAN-AM 250 3867 6 4 0 52 KA-POW! (374)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SKEV DUNGBREATH 3118 5 4 0 50 HALL OF GIANT (318)
VAGRANT 3930 5 4 0 47 TRIPLE CROWN (382)
LAROG STRONGARM 3968 3 0 0 43 HALL OF GIANT (318)
SLACK-JAWED CLETUS 3854 7 2 0 40 SUNDAY PRIMETIME (333)
MADEMOISELLE K 3769 8 4 1 35 THE VOICE OF K (363)
LETHARGIC ADDAGIO 3731 9 6 1 34 THE CUTTING EDGE (197)
CITATION 3925 6 2 0 34 TRIPLE CROWN (382)
-TAMER 3909 6 3 0 34 DEATH GUARDS (378)
BUTANE 3864 5 0 0 34 SUNDAY PRIMETIME (333)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-MASH 3889 4 8 1 32 DEATH GUARDS (378)
DORTHY K 3786 7 4 0 30 THE VOICE OF K (363)
LUMPY 3952 3 0 0 29 THE KNOGINS (385)
THUNDER GULCH 3924 3 8 0 28 TRIPLE CROWN (382)
CHEADLEKIN 3744 7 6 0 27 THE CUTTING EDGE (197)
RICHARD 3949 3 0 0 27 THE KNOGINS (385)
SULLEN 3915 7 4 0 25 CLAN BATTLE AXE (264)
LEAFSHADOW 3906 6 7 0 25 GREENWARDENS (244)
UN K D'ECOLE 3913 3 5 0 25 THE VOICE OF K (363)
ORVALETTE 3951 3 0 0 24 THE KNOGINS (385)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
YONS K 3768 4 9 1 22 THE VOICE OF K (363)
HODAKA SUPERRAT 3956 5 1 0 20 KA-POW! (374)
HARRY 3967 2 0 0 20 THE KNOGINS (385)
KROKK 3969 2 1 0 17 HALL OF GIANT (318)
XR-400 3954 2 4 0 12 KA-POW! (374)
-CARSTEN 3947 1 0 0 11 TNT (384)
-TRAMP 3953 1 2 0 9 DEATH GUARDS (378)
CHROME 3948 2 1 0 7 THE KNOGINS (385)
UGG BLACKETT 3963 1 3 0 7 HALL OF GIANT (318)
MIASMA 3959 1 3 0 6 CLAN BATTLE AXE (264)
SPRYTE LITEBLADE 3965 0 3 0 3 THE CUTTING EDGE (197)
KVOR ZEK 3966 0 3 0 3 CLAN BATTLE AXE (264)
NULLEN VOID 3975 0 2 0 2 THE CUTTING EDGE (197)
SQUIRREL 3976 0 1 0 1 GREENWARDENS (244)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
MAICO 500 3868 9 1 0 KA-POW! 374 ELOCUTIONIST 3926 366
TWITCH 3851 13 7 0 SUPPORT CHARACTER 372 SHEWISH GIANT 454 366 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
A turn like that is sure sobering. -- Lazer
Bradwarden -- If I must take a loss, skills like that sure take the sting out of it!
Thanx! -- Busternuggets
Vagrant -- Thanx for the dance! -- Lethargic Adagio
Maico 500 -- I tip my helm to your superior combat prowess. You're very good.
'Preciate the rating. -- Cheadlekin
Carsten -- Nice fight! Is there a Moore's Nautilus here in town? Some aerobic
training seems to be in order for me. -- Spryte
Miasma -- You look to be an interesting build. -- Lazer
Miasma -- Thanx for the skills. -- Nullen Void
Jorja -- Nice to meet you, sir. -- Lazer
Congrats, Twitch!
Buster Nuggets -- HEY! You're supposed to TEACH me like that.... How can I be
supportive if I don't know anything. <winks at Hawkwing> -- Bradwarden
Ebonskaith -- Nice fight...that was one LOONG minute. Nice rating...but thanks to
you...I got TWO. <g> -- Perrin
Hawkwing -- Brad was saying something about him supporting you? Well thanks for
supporting me, these ratings (and your fundage) will help _me_ graduate and send my
little ones to school. <g> -- Regis
Graa Rockbrow -- Thanks for the skills. I'll need every one for the isle. Hopefully
I'll do some damage against the DA. -- Twitch <who was there but then "twitched" and
was somewhere else>
Limbwalker -- Our tea party will be delayed until I get out of my coma. -- Alfred
Regis -- Listen, sticky-fingers, I have just about HAD it with you. -- Hawkwing,
counting the scales on his mail to make sure none have vanished in this encounter....
Draken -- What ho. -- Whisperstep
Alfred -- My good fellow, now you see the superiority of cats. -- Limbwalker, Aruaki
and proud of it
Can-Am 250 -- (faintly) Ouch. -- Leafshadow
Graa Rockbrow -- Not? (sucks in breath in shocked hiss) A...MONGREL? -- Limbwalker
P.S. Actually, that's kinda neat. I bet you have an interesting personal history.
Lerch -- You'll have to count me out of that guessing game. I don't have much to do
with the various media. -- Hawkwing
Lerch -- I don't know where I'm going, but the Isle may not be on the list. Seems
like I'm supposed to do something about this invasion. -- Whitebraid
P.S. Either that, or take up farming on my Lord Protector Lands.
Twitch -- But all practice and no play makes Twitch a dull boy. -- Whisperstep
Perrin -- (shrug) That's the breaks. I hope it means I'll get success against some
of these invaders. -- Whitebraid
11 October 1999
All -- Talon Volksie has finally entered the 90's on the verge of the millenium. I
have e-mail. You may email me at TalonVolksie@aol.com. -- Talon V.
Everyone now knows that DM-33 is one of the "Fiercest & Best Free Blades Arena"
around. The Hammer and others have done wonderful things for that arena. With 50 or
so teams, DM-33 is fun, challenging and a joy to play in. However, I am not here to
talk about DM-33. I want to talk to you about DM-43, Veastian.
DM-43 is not a large arena, we have only 8 teams here right now. It is small,
and not the greatest arena around...yet. We need YOU to help make this a great
arena. Since it's so small, this is your chance to get in on the ground floor and
become a cornerstone of this arena. Not many have this chance. DM-33 is great, but
it is crowded. Here in DM-43 you will not be one of the many, you will be one of the
best. For all of you Noblish Island managers, this is your chance to transfer your
team to an arena where you will have an immediate impact on the game. This is an
arena where you can continue to hone your skills and be a contender for the
Duelmastership. Veteran managers...do you want to make Duelmasters the best it can
be? Help newbies and make an arena of your own?
This is a wonderful chance for everyone. For the newer players to make a
serious impact on an arena and veteran players to be a "founder" of an arena.
Managers like Don John, Mutt Lange, The Rake and myself want you to help make DM-43
the best arena out there. We don't want just "anyone" to come here, we want managers
who want to play hard and have fun. If that is you, then come to DM-43, Veastian.
If anyone has any questions at all, please diplo me and I will reply as soon as
possible. Now is your chance, now is the time. DM-43. -- Apollo Maximillious, mgr.
Cult of the Dragon (339), DM-43
All -- By Seefe's name, am I tired of looking at such team names as Inyo Eye and
Eggnog Warriors. Please, in the name of all that is decent on the face of Ghea, give
your teams and fighters APPROPRIATE names!! I know it can be challenging and
demanding to make up TRULY GOOD names like Boneshredders and Aerie Fire, but please,
don't call your guys something that causes me to dirge in disgust!! It really hurts
your (and my) gaming experience when my warriors have to stand against someone named
"Underwear Gnomes". After all, I can come up with ten names like Bust-a-Plumber and
Chococroc in a single minute, but why don't I do it? -- Shadowfire, mgr. of
Dragonslayers (636) in Solven (DM 22)
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
TWITCH was dealt death by SHEWISH GIANT in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
EBONSKAITH was demolished by REGIS in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge Title melee.
DRAKEN was overpowered by LIMBWALKER in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel.
GRAA ROCKBROW overpowered WHISPERSTEP in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
UNBRIDLED was bested by HAWKWING in a action packed 1 minute Challenge brawl.
DORTHY K was savagely defeated by VAGRANT in a exciting 4 minute Challenge struggle.
SKEV DUNGBREATH slimly won victory over MADEMOISELLE K in a 3 minute Challenge fight.
SULLEN slimly lost to LUMPY in a crowd boring 27 minute Challenge duel.
CITATION defeated XR-400 in a 2 minute Challenge duel.
LAROG STRONGARM vanquished LEAFSHADOW in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
THUNDER GULCH savagely defeated CHEADLEKIN in a 2 minute brutal Challenge fight.
KROKK demolished MIASMA in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge competition.
BRADWARDEN slimly won victory over TERRI... NO, SHERRI in a 2 minute brutal battle.
PERRIN viciously subdued BUSTER NUGGETS in a crowd pleasing 1 minute master's bout.
ALFRED was vanquished by T.S.M. in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
MAGGIE SIMPSON viciously subdued KHALHUMS DWARF in a 5 minute veteran's fray.
CAN-AM 250 was devastated by BABY K in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
LETHARGIC ADDAGIO was outlasted by SLACK-JAWED CLETUS in a tiresome 20 minute bout.
ELOCUTIONIST executed MAICO 500 in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
BUTANE devastated CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
YONS K was overpowered by RICHARD in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
HODAKA SUPERRAT narrowly defeated SPRYTE LITEBLADE in a 2 minute fray.
UN K D'ECOLE vanquished CHROME in a 2 minute mismatched fray.
ORVALETTE overpowered SQUIRREL in a 1 minute one-sided match.
UGG BLACKETT luckily beat NULLEN VOID in a popular 3 minute novice's duel.
KVOR ZEK was vanquished by HARRY 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 10 PARRY-LUNGE 6 - 2 - 0 75 |
|WALL OF STEEL 9 SLASHING ATTACK 32 - 23 - 1 58 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 8 TOTAL PARRY 32 - 26 - 0 55 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 5 LUNGING ATTACK 49 - 42 - 0 54 |
|TOTAL PARRY 5 BASHING ATTACK 20 - 18 - 1 53 |
|AIMED BLOW 5 STRIKING ATTACK 25 - 27 - 2 48 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 AIMED BLOW 19 - 25 - 0 43 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 WALL OF STEEL 26 - 37 - 0 41 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 9 - 0 40 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 11 - 0 31 |
Turn 366 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 WALL OF STEEL 4 - 5 4 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 2 - 3 2 WALL OF STEEL
BASHING ATTACK 3 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 5 2 AIMED BLOW
STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 1 AIMED BLOW 1 - 4 1 SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 6 - 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 2 1 PARRY-STRIKE
1 BASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
SLASHING ATTACK REGIS 3852 15 8 3 121 SUPPORT CHARACTERS (372)
LUNGING ATTACK BRADWARDEN 3902 10 4 0 113 SUPPORT CHARACTERS (372)
BASHING ATTACK PERRIN 3853 15 5 0 103 SUPPORT CHARACTERS (372)
WALL OF STEEL MAGGIE SIMPSON 3777 13 3 1 92 SUNDAY PRIMETIME (333)
AIMED BLOW DRAKEN 3737 20 19 0 83 CLAN BATTLE AXE (264)
STRIKING ATTACK ELOCUTIONIST 3926 6 3 1 66 TRIPLE CROWN (382)
TOTAL PARRY SLACK-JAWED CLETUS 3854 7 2 0 40 SUNDAY PRIMETIME (333)
PARRY-RIPOSTE MADEMOISELLE K 3769 8 4 1 35 THE VOICE OF K (363)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is LIMBWALKER 2113. The most popular warrior this turn
was VAGRANT 3930. The ten other most popular fighters were MAGGIE SIMPSON 3777,
NULLEN VOID 3975, SKEV DUNGBREATH 3118, GRAA ROCKBROW 3121, TERRI... NO, SHERRI 3817,
PERRIN 3853, SPRYTE LITEBLADE 3965, CITATION 3925, THUNDER GULCH 3924, and LIMBWALKER
2113.
The least popular fighter this week was LUMPY 3952. The other ten least popular
fighters were SULLEN 3915, SLACK-JAWED CLETUS 3854, LETHARGIC ADDAGIO 3731, KVOR ZEK
3966, SQUIRREL 3976, UN K D'ECOLE 3913, YONS K 3768, MAICO 500 3868, ALFRED 3849, and
MIASMA 3959.
The following warriors will travel to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after next turn:
PERRIN (15-3853) SUPPORT CHARACTERS (372)
HAWKWING (15-2112) GREENWARDENS (244)
The following warriors have traveled to ADVANCED DUELMASTERS after fighting this turn:
TWITCH (15-3851) SUPPORT CHARACTERS (372)
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