January AMT Results

[DUEL Druid]

MONDAY! MONDAY! MONDAY!

That's when it happened. ON January 8th at 9:15, Syous of Mystra, Topaz Datrazanov, Vanion Shadowcast, Tassleholf Momus, and Vincent Smith all gathered on the Twilight Isle to blast it out and see who would be crowned the victor and go on to face Will Wulfson, our current Arch Magi.

First round of the tournament saw Syous of Mystra given the bye as he was the first to submit his entrance notice. This left Vanion and Topaz to face off in Ring Tempest. This Ring was designed, by your's truly, to test the duelists ability to combat each other amid a raging storm of wind and rain that only grew stronger as the duel progressed.

While in Ring Roulette Vincent and Tassleholf hopped about on tiles descined to augment or suppress their magic depending on how lucky either one was. This ring I designed to draw on the ideal that every duel has an element of luck to it, no matter how big or small.

At the end of the First round Topaz and Vincent emerged with a win each.

The Second round tested the duelists yet again in battling the elements as Vincent was given the bye for being the first to win his match in the first round.

Tassleholf and Topaz squared off in Ring Ebony. Unlike the other three rings, this one's enchantment was not one that could physically alter the duelists casting, instead it tested their minds and senses shrouding them in a globe of inpenetrable darkness. This duel was closely fought right up until the 14th round when Topaz braved the darkness to disrupt Tassleholf's casting with an icy fear touch to take the win with a score of 5.5-4.5.

Meanwhile, Vanion and Syous faced off in Ring Geiser. Much like Tempest this ring called on the element of water, but in a different manner. The entire floor of the ring was dotted with miniature geisers that spewed forth boiling water sporradically to fill the ring with mist and heat testing the duelists on how well they could keep moving and cast their magicks while dodging the burning eruptions of scalding water. This match was longer than any other in the tournament and saw Vanion come out of a 3 point deficite, stalling Syous at 4.5 points to push the duel to the full 15 rounds when the duel finally came to an end with Syous's Nether Ray blasting Vanion right from the ring to take the win 5.5-3. It is unknown however what happened to Vanion at this point as he vanished from the Isle, could have been a rogue collision of magic or merely self-caused teleportation. In any event this left four duelists to press on for the prize.

For Round 3, Tassleholf was scheduled to have the bye, but with only four duelists left things moved right along with Topaz and Vincent, the only duelists so far without any losses meeting in Ring Geiser. And Syous faced Tassleholf in ring Tempest. These duels were quicker than the last, each one barely making it to the double digit rounds and saw Vincent claim his second win besting Topaz 5-2.5 in 10 rounds and avoiding the burns of the geiser field, while Syous faced the storm to emerge victorious over Tassleholf 5-3.5 in 11 rounds.

As round three came to a close, Vincent was tied with Syous both holding 2 wins, and zero losses, Topaz in a close second with 2 wins and 1 loss, and Tassleholf eliminated from the tournament with 3 losses. The venerable dragon put up a mighty fight and gave as good as he got against his fellow competitors. Very well fought Lord Momus, I hope to see you come back in future tournaments.

Round 4 gave Topaz the bye, and Syous and Vincent faced off to see which one of them would go on to possibly be the victor of the tournament. The break down of rounds is as follows.

Vincent/Syous
Shield/Reflection
Displace/Ghostform
Fear Touch/Fear Touch
Reflect/Reflect
Nether Ray/ Immolation
Armor/Ghost Form
Ghost Form/Reflect
Wizard Blades/Meteor Shower
Shield/Mage Bolt
Arctic Blast/ Wizard Blades
Nether Ray/Fear Touch

And so Vincent Smith emerged victorious besting Syous 5-3.5.

Syous and Topaz had the option of dueling one another as they were now tied with 2 wins and 1 loss each, and one of them could face Vincent who remained undefeated with 3 wins. Vincent would have to bead either of them once, while they would need 2 wins to be crowned the winner. Both deulists declined to continue as it was quite late. Both Syous of Mystra and Topaz Datrazanov showed great courage and fortitude in their matches, congradulations to you both for hard fought wins and a show of great sportsmanship.

So, Ladies and Gentlemen! Fighting his way through a myriad of duelists and daunting rings, Vincent Smith is the winner of the January Arch Magic Tournament and will go on to face Will Wulfson for the title of Arch Mage!!

Congradulations Vincent on a well fought tournament.

[Esperwind]

Congratulations, Vincent.

[Wulfson]

Vince and I have discussed it and agreed to meet on Thursday, January 11th at 10:00 PM EST. Topaz has volunteered to officiate.

Will Wulfson