DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/11/2025    Duedate: 12/24/2025

JHANS ARENA

DM 36    TURN 1008

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

KUURUS
DARK ABUNDANCE (695)
(36-8684) [22-19-0,111]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

KUURUS                         UMBRALIS
DARK ABUNDANCE (695)           THE WHISPERS (706)
(36-8684) [22-19-0,111]        (36-8887) [7-2-0,77]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

ENVY                           SYDEE
CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)           IRON DAMSELS (16)
(36-8827) [14-8-0,101]         (36-8867) [5-6-0,25]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

IRON DAMSELS (16)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)          65 
2. DARK ABUNDANCE (695)          55    CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)
3. SPIRIT TOTEMS (487)           35    Unchartered Team
4. IRON DAMSELS (16)             28 
5. BAD PICKLES (699)             21    SPIRIT TOTEMS (487)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0*SPIRIT TOTEMS (487)        4   2  0 66.7   1/ 2 IRON DAMSELS (16)        10  5 0
 2/ 1*THE WHISPERS (706)        26  19  1 57.8   2/ 4 EMU'S STRAIN (702)        9  6 1
 3/ 2 CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)  249 250 11 49.9   3/ 6 CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)      9  6 0
 4/ 4 IRON DAMSELS (16)        250 261 12 48.9   4/ 9 DARK ABUNDANCE (695)      7  8 1
 5/ 3 NEON KNIGHTS (680)        91  96  4 48.7   5/ 1*THE WHISPERS (706)        7  8 0
 6/ 5 DARK ABUNDANCE (695)     176 187  1 48.5   6/ 5 BAD PICKLES (699)         7  8 0
 7- 7 SADISTS (472)             70  81  4 46.4   7/ 8 NEON KNIGHTS (680)        6  4 0
 8/ 6 TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   62  73  3 45.9   8/ 3 CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)   5  9 0
 9- 8 FERMENTED (651)           22  26  1 45.8   9/ 7 TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   4 11 0
10/ 9 CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)     122 146  3 45.5  10/ 0*SPIRIT TOTEMS (487)       3  1 0
11/10 BAD PICKLES (699)         74  97  6 43.3  11/10 WOLF AND MAN (701)        2  5 0
12/12 EMU'S STRAIN (702)        69  96  5 41.8  12-11 SADISTS (472)             1  0 0
13/11 WOLF AND MAN (701)        35  51  4 40.7  13-12*MINECRAFT (704)           1  4 0
14-13*MINECRAFT (704)            1   4  0 20.0  14-13 FERMENTED (651)           0  2 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                      SPY REPORT

I spent this turn so close to the action that the grit from the first clash of the day 
is still clinging to my eyelashes. Jhans was busy today, like a wind blowing through 
the sands. Watching every step, every stride to the arena, and listening for trouble, 
I heard plenty, but I may only report a portion of it to you.

I start at the end, as I usually do with our title bout. It is the biggest fight on 
the board, but it is also held last to increase the drama. Kuurus of Dark Abundance 
advanced on Spinnock like someone who had measured the distance and counted the cost. 
Stalking like a predator, Kuurus knew every angle and knew precisely where the other 
fighter's balance would break. Spinnock never found his footing against Kuurus, so the 
obvious result followed: We got a new Duelmaster. Congrats to Kuurus, who reigns, for 
now.

Across the rest of the arena, the announcer's board told many stories. I counted the 
avoidance pattern of many teams. Like tracks in soft soil, the patterns are there if 
you are looking for them. The Whispers were clearly the team the others were avoiding. 
When a whole pit of gladiators sidestep the same team, it is worth noting. Clan 
Battleaxe gave the quiet gladiators the widest berth. The good news of the turn? Jhans 
is filled with ambitious gladiators. Spinnock, our former Duelmaster, drew more 
interest on the sands than any other gladiator. This is good! Battles are not won by 
the hesitant, but by warriors with initiative and a desire to fight!

The Dark Arena drank deep with four offerings to the torchlight. There were no gentle 
endings, and each fall was marked with the harsh final shiver and draw of breath on 
Jhans' sands. The regular sands saw no major fatalities. This does not mean there was 
a lack of blood. Near misses and skilled healers made sure a few warriors will see the 
next arena cycle. 

In other fights, Envy dismantled Dreamsinger with clinical precision, while Sydee 
fought with an intense ferocity against a challenge from Tammy Webster. Tenebrax 
pushed through 9 agonizing minutes before losing to Fame.

Jhans remains loud, restless, and proud. On the sands, near the fighters and their 
struggles, you can sense the quieter truths. Whose breathing changes first, whose 
blade is swinging looser, and whose courage begins to drain. Every turn leaves an 
echo. Will you be back in two weeks to hear the answers to those echoes?  I'll be 
close to the action when it does.

Your Reporter on the Sands,

                                          -- Mira Kelvaren

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KUURUS 8684                  22  19  0 111         DARK ABUNDANCE (695)      

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MIKE VADNER 8738             15  12  2 103         BAD PICKLES (699)         
 ENVY 8827                    14   8  0 101         CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)      

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SPINNOCK 8835                13   4  1  87         CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)   
 DREAMSINGER 8439             17  19  0  81         NEON KNIGHTS (680)        
 MARK 1 8665                  12  16  1  79         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   
 UMBRALIS 8887                 7   2  0  77         THE WHISPERS (706)        
-ANGRY ORCHARD 7868           10   7  0  76         FERMENTED (651)           
 SONJA 8815                   12  10  1  69         EMU'S STRAIN (702)        
 ARK 8814                     13  11  0  67         CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)   

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SYAN-LIN 8783                13  10  0  64         DARK ABUNDANCE (695)      

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LITTLE WILLIE 8667           16  12  0  61         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SAINT-CHAMOND 8666           14  14  0  56         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   
 WHIPPET 8668                 12  16  1  53         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   
 BLADEDANCER 8869              6   2  0  52         NEON KNIGHTS (680)        
 SAPPHIRE 8866                 8   5  0  51         CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)      
 VASILKO 8816                  3   1  1  44         DARK ABUNDANCE (695)      
 FAME 8875                    10   1  0  42         CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)   
 MURMURIO 8890                 5   4  1  40         THE WHISPERS (706)        
 SILENS 8891                   6   3  0  38         THE WHISPERS (706)        
 TENEBRAX 8888                 5   4  0  36         THE WHISPERS (706)        

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BOB SEMPLE 8839               5   9  0  32         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   
 BOUDICA 8908                  4   3  0  30         EMU'S STRAIN (702)        
 LL HOSTESS 8872               5   6  0  29         IRON DAMSELS (16)         
 RHINOCEROS 5374               2   0  0  27         SPIRIT TOTEMS (487)       
 ERIC BROWN 8912               2   2  0  26         BAD PICKLES (699)         
 AVERAGE JOE 8862              6   7  0  25         CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)   
 SYDEE 8867                    5   6  0  25         IRON DAMSELS (16)         
-SUNGODIZM 5780                3   1  2  25         SADISTS (472)             

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 VARKOS 8865                   5   8  0  23         CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)      
 HOLY WATER 8925               3   0  0  21         EMU'S STRAIN (702)        
 COOLIE 8910                   3   2  0  20         DARK ABUNDANCE (695)      
 HALONOR 8860                  2   2  0  18         WOLF AND MAN (701)        
-LAVITROS 8914                 1   1  0  15         WOLF AND MAN (701)        
 SKAITH 8927                   2   1  0  14         CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)      
 SPINDY 8934                   1   0  0  14         IRON DAMSELS (16)         
-CREEPER 8850                  1   0  0  13         MINECRAFT (704)           
 SCORPION 5377                 1   0  0  12         SPIRIT TOTEMS (487)       
 TAMMY WEBSTER 8920            1   3  0  12         BAD PICKLES (699)         
 PLUMCATCHER 8902              3   2  0  11         NEON KNIGHTS (680)        
 HOSTESS HILGA 8923            3   1  0  10         IRON DAMSELS (16)         
-FOSTERS 8856                  1   2  1  10         FERMENTED (651)           
 MILA JOJOVICH 8929            1   1  0   9         BAD PICKLES (699)         
 CRAMBUS 8919                  2   2  0   8         BAD PICKLES (699)         
 STINGRAY 5375                 1   0  0   8         SPIRIT TOTEMS (487)       
 FERN 8930                     1   1  1   7         EMU'S STRAIN (702)        
-STEVE 8853                    0   1  0   7         MINECRAFT (704)           
 CHICHI 8924                   1   3  0   6         IRON DAMSELS (16)         
 BOGDON RO 8918                0   3  0   5         DARK ABUNDANCE (695)      
 WRUGY 8916                    0   3  0   5         WOLF AND MAN (701)        
 RIME 8932                     1   1  0   4         THE WHISPERS (706)        
 LARAH 8931                    0   2  0   2         EMU'S STRAIN (702)        

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
HEATER 8928             1  2 0 CLAN BATTLEAXE 347   RIPPLES DORRIGAN      1008 NONE
NAH 8935                0  1 0 CLAN BATTLEAXE I 550 WURM KIN              1008 NONE
CSR IN TRAINING 8909    2  1 0 IRON DAMSELS 16      MURMURIO 8890         1004 NOT REVENGED
DARK SPEED 8933         0  1 0 NEON KNIGHTS 680     BLACK ORC             1008 NONE
BUFFALO 5376            0  1 0 SPIRIT TOTEMS 487    WURM KIN              1008 NONE
NOCTURN 8889            2  5 0 THE WHISPERS 706     VASILKO 8816          1006 REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

HEATER was viciously butchered by RIPPLES DORRIGAN in a 3 minute Dark Arena fight.
NAH was murdered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena melee.
BUFFALO was assassinated by WURM KIN in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena duel.
DARK SPEED was dealt death by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
KUURUS overpowered SPINNOCK in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge Title match.
MARK 1 was devastated by MIKE VADNER in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
WHIPPET was overpowered by SONJA in a popular 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
BOB SEMPLE was handily defeated by BLADEDANCER in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee.
FAME outwaited TENEBRAX in a slow 9 minute Challenge duel.
VARKOS was vanquished by VASILKO in a popular 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
SAPPHIRE beat SILENS in a popular 1 minute Challenge melee.
AVERAGE JOE was overpowered by MURMURIO in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
ERIC BROWN bested PLUMCATCHER in a exciting 3 minute amateur's Challenge conflict.
TAMMY WEBSTER was savagely defeated by SYDEE in a 2 minute Challenge brawl.
MILA JOJOVICH won victory over CHICHI in a 2 minute gruesome amateur's Challenge bout.
WILDRIDER handily defeated ARK in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
DREAMSINGER was devastated by ENVY in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
UMBRALIS savagely defeated LITTLE WILLIE in a exciting 5 minute brutal match.
SAINT-CHAMOND was overpowered by SYAN-LIN in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
BOUDICA outwaited OSKSI NOBLE in a tiring 8 minute contest.
HALONOR was defeated by COOLIE in a exciting 1 minute duel.
RHINOCEROS overpowered HOSTESS HILGA in a 4 minute uneven fray.
LL HOSTESS handily defeated FERN in a exciting 1 minute one-sided contest.
WRUGY was narrowly defeated by STINGRAY in a exciting 3 minute gory beginner's fight.
BOGDON RO was unbelievably bested by HOLY WATER in a 2 minute brutal novice's fight.
CRAMBUS lost to SPINDY in a action packed 1 minute gory beginner's bout.
SKAITH viciously subdued RIME in a 1 minute gruesome amateur's bout.
LARAH was overpowered by SCORPION in a 2 minute one-sided fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK                  9         WALL OF STEEL     11 -   5 -  1      69  |
|AIMED BLOW                       8         TOTAL PARRY       38 -  21 -  0      64  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      7         STRIKING ATTACK   32 -  30 -  2      52  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  6         AIMED BLOW        39 -  38 -  0      51  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         SLASHING ATTACK   28 -  32 -  1      47  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    5         LUNGING ATTACK    23 -  28 -  0      45  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         PARRY-LUNGE        9 -  11 -  0      45  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      3         PARRY-RIPOSTE     13 -  16 -  0      45  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         PARRY-STRIKE       5 -  11 -  0      31  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         BASHING ATTACK    16 -  36 -  0      31  |

Turn 1008 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        1 -  2         4  AIMED BLOW     
STRIKING ATTACK    5 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      1 -  2         2  STRIKING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW         6 -  2     SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  7         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  2     PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  4         1  WALL OF STEEL  
TOTAL PARRY        4 -  3     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  4         1  BASHING ATTACK 
                                                                1  TOTAL PARRY    
                                                                1  PARRY-STRIKE   

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       KUURUS 8684                22  19  0  111 DARK ABUNDANCE (695)
STRIKING ATTACK  MIKE VADNER 8738           15  12  2  103 BAD PICKLES (699)
LUNGING ATTACK   ENVY 8827                  14   8  0  101 CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)
WALL OF STEEL    SPINNOCK 8835              13   4  1   87 CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-STRIKE     SONJA 8815                 12  10  1   69 EMU'S STRAIN (702)
TOTAL PARRY      SYAN-LIN 8783              13  10  0   64 DARK ABUNDANCE (695)
BASHING ATTACK   SILENS 8891                 6   3  0   38 THE WHISPERS (706)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    TENEBRAX 8888               5   4  0   36 THE WHISPERS (706)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is ENVY 8827.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
SYDEE 8867.  The ten other most popular fighters were UMBRALIS 8887, ERIC BROWN 8912, 
HOSTESS HILGA 8923, WRUGY 8916, STINGRAY 5375, SONJA 8815, VASILKO 8816, MILA 
JOJOVICH 8929, COOLIE 8910, and LL HOSTESS 8872.

The least popular fighter this week was BOUDICA 8908.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were FAME 8875, RIME 8932, RHINOCEROS 5374, SAINT-CHAMOND 8666, LITTLE 
WILLIE 8667, DREAMSINGER 8439, ARK 8814, TAMMY WEBSTER 8920, AVERAGE JOE 8862, and 
VARKOS 8865.

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

WILDRIDER (36-8441) NEON KNIGHTS (680)