2017 Valmion Division News

[Rakeesh]

The Valmion Division is strong this season. I look forward to managing its matches and seeing great duelists face each other in tests of skill and honor. Below, I will track the progress of our bracket and share the scheduled times of matches that will occur.

As is part of the good natured tradition, duelists are encouraged to "talk trash", as the young ones like to say. But let us keep it clean, yes?

Sincerely,
Rakeesh Sah Tarna

SCHEDULE

Round 1

Sapphire Ravenlock[8] defeated Leviathan[9], 5-2!
-- Sunday, March 19th @9:30pm EST

Round 2

Ellisa Morgan[1] defeated Sapphire Ravenlock[8]
-- Sunday, March 26th @9:00pm EST

Anubis Karos[5] defeated Salvador Delahada[4]
-- Sunday, March 26th @9:00pm EST

Kheldar Drasinia[6] defeated Napoleon Bonarat[3]
-- Thursday, March 23rd @10:00pm EST

Sylus Kurgen[7] defeated Kalamere Ar'Din[2]
-- Monday, April 3rd @10:30pm EST

Round 3

Ellisa Morgan[1] defeated Anubis Karos[5]
-- Time: Sunday, April 9th @9pm EST

Kheldar Drasinia[6] defeated Sylus Kurgen[7]
-- Time: Monday, April 10th @9pm EST


Valmion Division Championship

Ellisa Morgan[1] defeated Kheldar Drasinia[6]
-- Time: Sunday, April 16th @9pm EST

Valmion Division Champion: Ellisa Morgan

[Rakeesh]

Congratulations to Sapphire Ravenlock for fighting her way past Round One and qualifying herself for the main pool where she shall face last year's Madness Champion, Ellisa Morgan.

This next round will host some fantastic duels! The Valmion Division contains many fighters who have not dueled in quite some time. Is Ellisa, or Napoleon, or Kheldar, or Anubis, or Salvador, or Sapphire a fighter you miss watching in the rings? Or do you wish to see the match between Sylus and Kalamere, the two administrators of the Rings?

Then watch for scheduled bouts below and show up to cheer on your favorites, effendi. Make it a tournament to remember!

[Rakeesh]

In a mighty round of 32, we saw many surprise victories in the Valmion Division! Kalamere, a heavy favorite to win the division, was defeated by Sylus Kurgen this past Sunday.

It should surprise few to see Anubis Karos and Kheldar Drasinia advance, even if they were considered underdogs in their matches. Both are veteran duelists with a long history of accomplishments in the ring behind them.

Kheldar will march his experience onward to face long-time Warlord and current manager of the Arena, Sylus, in the next round.

And finally, last year's Madness Champion and two-time Overlady, Ellisa Morgan, won her first match to advance to the round of sixteen!

Ellisa will face Anubis, a three-time Overlord himself who last held the mantle nearly eight years ago. This match is easily one of the most decorated that the tournament will host this year.

Four veterans now meet to decide which two duelists will face each other to win the Valmion Division this year. Be certain to show up and support your favorites!

[Rakeesh]

After three rounds of great dueling, we have reached the Division Championship! Last year's Madness Tournament winner and top seed Ellisa Morgan is set to face a perennial fighter, and one of the few remaining active members of the famed dueling team The Wrecking Crew, in Kheldar Drasinia.

Two legacies will collide this weekend to determine which fighter will represent the Valmion Division in the 2017 Madness Semi-Finals! Be sure, effendis, to be there to support the fighters and the Arena this weekend.

[Rakeesh]

Congratulations to last year's Madness Champion, Ellisa Morgan. She is this year's Valmion Division Champion, overcoming Kheldar, Anubis and Sapphire. Will Ellisa win an unprecedented second Madness Championship? Will her streak of nine Madness wins in a row be broken?

A heavy favorite now to win the entire tournament, Ellisa advances to face another veteran duelist from The Wrecking Crew in the semi-finals: Myria Graziano! Myria will be looking to avenge Kheldar's loss and accomplish a personal career highlight of her own by advancing to the 2017 Madness Finals.

It should be a fantastic match! Please, be sure to come out and watch history in the making, as Ellisa tries to set a record with ten Madness victories in a row!