Festival of Blades Tournament of Arms

The Festival of Blades Tournament of Arms is a single elimination combat tournament that pits Sryth's bravest adventurers against one another to determine the realm's best combatant.

The festival is now run by Zumryn , the illustrious (but mysterious) master of the Battlegrounds on Iron Crown Isle.

Adventurers who are able to complete a special challenge (Zumryn's 'Gauntlet') are eligible to be chosen to participate in the tournament. The final selection for the tournament field is based on a prospective entrant's combat ability. Melee Rating, Stamina Points, and the entrant's skill with his or her chosen weapon are the prime determinants for selection.

Only a limited number of adventurers may enter each tournament.

The tournament selection process will conclude when Zumryn feels that an adequate portion of the adventurer population has qualified for final selection. An announcement will be made in advance of the end of the selection process.

Important: An adventurer's current rank on the qualifying leaderboard for the tournament is based on his or her last saved game. It's important to be sure that you're wearing/wielding those items that best augment your statistics when you save your game.

Official Tournament Rules

• The goal of the tournament is to determine who is currently the realm's best combatant.
• All tournament combats are automatically run by the server, with results posted and tournament standings updated after each combat.
• Tournament combatants may wield any class of weapon and may also choose to fight unarmed.
• The use of magical powers or special items during tournament combats is not permitted.
• Special/magical effects of items (including those of weapons and armour) will not function during tournament combats.
• A character's most recent saved game data is used to determine Melee Rating, Stamina Points, and equipment configuration. Contestants should always be certain to save their game with their most advantageous items equipped.
• Only a limited number of combatants will be selected for the tournament. Any adventurer who wishes to be considered for selection needs to qualify by completing Zumryn's special challenge ('The Gauntlet').
• Every round, the contestants for each combat will be determined randomly.
• The tournament is a single elimination event. Once an adventurer has been defeated, he or she will be removed from the tournament prior to the start of the next round.
• Once the tournament begins, 1 round of combats will take place each real world day.
• Defeated combatants are not slain! Zumryn has employed special magic to make certain no one is killed during the tournament combats. This doesn't mean that combats won't be brutal -- just not deadly.
• Tournament prizes will be announced before the start of the actual tournament.
• In the event of a tie between one or more adventurers for one of the final tournament spots, Zumryn will use a fair and random method to determine preference.

If you have any questions/suggestions about how the tournament works, please use the in-game reporting feature ("Send Report"), located at the top right of the game screen.