Challenge for Old Market

[Ebon Ilnaren]

Rhi,

You're family and I love you dearly, but... I have a challenge grant that I need to use.

I hereby challenge you for the Barony of Old Market.

Ebon Ilnaren

[Conner Reid]

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- The challenge must be fought within 2 weeks of the title holders acceptance.
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[Rhiannon Brock]

Ebon,

I'd rather a friendly challenge with you than a grudge match with anyone else. Let's meet for ice cream and discuss the particulars.

Rhi

[Ebon Ilnaren]

Rhi and I have met and agreed on Thursday 5/7 at 9 p.m. (ET)

As both parties plan to attend the Desert Sky Festival the following day, the challenge will be held in Cadentia following the Cadentia challenge.

A caller is still to be determined.

[Ebon Ilnaren]

Mallory has agreed to call for the Old Market challenge, providing her own challenge has finished.

[Mallory]

Tonight’s challenge take place in the Cadentia Villa itself, the furthest-flung baronial manor in the Duel of Swords! Located on the outskirts of the desert town of Cadentia, it can be accessed through a portal behind a closet door in the Arena -- normally locked, left wide open for tonight’s event. Passing through a hallway lit by hanging globes of magical blue flame leads to the outside, where the vast and starry desert sky casts its muted light over the sands.

More of the arcane lanterns from within rest upon sandstone obelisks that mark a path out into the desert, up to the barren foundation of some long-forgotten structure, where spectators can sit on the low stone blocks that define it. Staff from Riad Alhazu stroll along the perimeter, serving food and drinks to the guests from hammered brass trays and painted clay amphorae.

In the center is the challenge ring, a complex sigil traced in the sand that will not blow away until the end of the night. As soon as the challengers step in, the perimeter ignites with harmless flames that reflect the colors of the moons and stars, powering the ring’s protective wards. Four more dueling rings stand near the center of each former wall of the ruined building, marked with smaller sigils but igniting with the same warding flames, open for anyone to use throughout the night.

Welcome to dueling at the Cadentia Villa -- take care not to stray from the desert path, and mind your snacks around the camels!

[Rhiannon Brock]

The banner for Rhiannon Brock, current Baroness of Old Market


The Túr Gairdín and Ilnarnen families will be providing a three tiered cake from Divine Delight's Bakery for after the challenge.

[Mallory]

Tonight saw Rhiannon Brock facing Ebon Ilnaren in defense of Old Market, not in the Arena sands but the sands of the Cadentia desert under a starry sky! The Baroness elected to settle things with her brother in a single round, and started off with a lead that she maintained almost the entire match! She stood at match point from the seventh round, but Ebon mounted a comeback that she stopped in the eleventh, winning 5-3! Well defended, Rhiannon, and well tried, Ebon!

Transcript:

"Fresh from that MAD tournament is our challenger Ebon Ilnaren! He fights under the banner of an eight-pointed silver star on a black field bordered in sapphire blue, perfect for a night like tonight! Standing at his second is Rachael Blackthorne, and his lady of honor is his lovely wife Phen Ilnaren!

"Defending the title is our Baroness of Old Market, none other than Rhiannon Brock Túr Gairdín! She fights under a starry banner too, midnight blue with a forcené pegasus and the Garden Tower! Standing as her second is her niece, Pearl Fand, and her Lord of Honor is her husband, Eregor Túr Gairdín!"

Ring Blood 1: Rhiannon Brock scores! (TH / SH | 0 - 1, Rhiannon Brock leads.)
Ring Blood 2: No action this round. (HC / HC | 0 - 1, Rhiannon Brock leads.)
Ring Blood 3: No action this round. (FCP / FCP | 0 - 1, Rhiannon Brock leads.)
Ring Blood 4: Ebon Ilnaren scores! (FSS / TH | 1 - 1, Ebon Ilnaren and Rhiannon Brock.)
Ring Blood 5: Rhiannon Brock scores! (SL / LC | 1 - 2, Rhiannon Brock leads.)
Ring Blood 6: Rhiannon Brock scores! (HC / FDU | 1 - 3, Rhiannon Brock leads.)
Ring Blood 7: Rhiannon Brock scores! (SH / LC | 1 - 4, Rhiannon Brock leads.)
Ring Blood 8: Ebon Ilnaren scores! (FLP / TH | 2 - 4, Rhiannon Brock leads.)
Ring Blood 9: No action this round. (HC / HC | 2 - 4, Rhiannon Brock leads.)
Ring Blood 10: Ebon Ilnaren scores! (LC / FSS | 3 - 4, Rhiannon Brock leads.)
Ring Blood 11: Rhiannon Brock scores! (TH / FLP | 3 - 5, Rhiannon Brock leads.)
FINAL: Rhiannon Brock def. Ebon Ilnaren, 5 - 3 in 11 rounds.