Tournament of Roses 1010 AR - Grand Melee - Mini Melee 1 has started at Arx - Ward of the Compact - The Proving Grounds.

Dolmen, a Crimson Agent arrives, following Harlex.

Maxene, the steadfast ladies maid, Elegance, a Velenosian Greyhound arrive, following Alarissa.

Raven, Kyden arrive, following Arianna.

Zelda, the royal messenger, 13 King's Own Guardsmen, Kedehern, Amund, Victus, Harlex, Jeffeth, Jyri, Oswyn, Alarissa, Arianna, Leta arrive, following Alaric.

Vanora has joined the Noble Seating.

Jeffeth has joined the Melee Grounds.

Aethan has joined the Melee Grounds.

Harlex has joined the Melee Grounds.

Victus has joined the Melee Grounds.

Amund has joined the Melee Grounds.

Arianna has joined the Melee Grounds.

Leta has joined the Melee Grounds.

Kedehern has joined the Melee Grounds.

Jyri has joined the Melee Grounds.

Lilia has joined the Noble Seating.

Oswyn has joined the Archery Range.

2 Whitehawk Guards arrives, following Evonleigh.

Alarissa has joined the Archery Range.

Vanora has left the Noble Seating.

Evonleigh has joined the Noble Seating.

Vanora has joined the Archery Range.

Vanora has left the Archery Range.

A fight has broken out here. Use @spectate_combat to watch, or +fight to join.

Root, a ferocious badger arrives, following Archeron.

Archeron has joined the Archery Range.

Zane, a tall and silent servant arrives, following Venturo.

Robyn, an artful archeress, Venturo arrive, following Ophelia.

Cabbit, a nub-tailed tabby cat, Laudine, a stern middle-aged maidservant, 2 Whitehawk Guards arrive, following Tabitha.

Venturo has joined the Commoner Stands.

Tabitha has joined the Noble Seating.

Ophelia has joined the Commoner Stands.

Kyden has joined the Commoner Stands.

Aethan checked stamina, willpower + survival at difficulty 8, rolling 46 higher.

Aethan remains capable of fighting.

Kaia has joined the Noble Seating.

Aethan has left the Melee Grounds.

Rayne has joined the Noble Seating.

From the get go the newly minted Setarcan knight just stands on the edge of the fighting grounds and circles quietly. When everyone rushes to pick a target her brow quirks and she just watches. Only when she is finally assailed does she dodge away from the blow and draw her steel. With it in hand she engages in a decisive bout in which one of the competitors is eliminate. Afterwards she again falls back and waits to pick a target, it's clear Arianna Pravus is not very aggressive about engaging.

As the call to begin the Melee begins, Kedehern moves with mace in hand towards the nearest combatant, which just so happens to be Harlex. He takes a few glancing blows from Aethan, before the man is knocked from the fight, but for the most part, he focuses on the mercenary in front of him... Not that either is really having much luck getting past the other's armor or parries.

Whirling his sword over himself, Amund slowly settles himself into a stance that seems as esoteric as it is agile. The sellsword converges with Arianna on a common target - Aethan Kennex - and he launches a few strikes on his opponent that land successfully. Soon enough the Kennex man is down for the count and the Northman nods to his opponent as he turns to a new target. Initially he seemed set on the Sword of Lenosia, but switches targets abruptly to Jyri Whitehawk, the stance flowing with him as he does, as the curved sword lands into the Prodigal a couple of times.

When the melee begins and the competitors rush the field, Victus is in a vanguard of his own to join them. Capes do not make for good function in combat, but at least they look nice when they're blowing in the wind. Just like his! The first collision he makes is with Michael, steel hitting steel without a wound on either side. He breaks that engagement as quick as he'd taken it to charge through the lines and instead take a bite into the Bull. A very slight blow managing to leave his mark, whilst he holds Barathrum high to deflect away other blows. It can't be seen, but the Prince of Maelstrom may actually be /smiling/ today.

The sudden surge of motion threw dust up in the air and Michael waited plenty for it settle to determine his situation. He looks right? Victus. Left. Jeffeth. Then upwards to the Gods to try and figure why they would do this to him. A brief engagement with Victus makes him thankful he wore the heavy armor today. But A monster of a man is in his view and Michael steps towards him. They exchange glancing blows again and again.

Jyri joins the fray with a mix of powerful blows and dexterous avoidance and doesn't seem to have much of an agenda, apart from doing as best as he can. He focuses Leta and gets punished for that quite early as she gives him a ear-ringing blow. He keeps it up and switches targets but misses that he's being targeted in turn; he gets knocked on his ass by Amund.

Harlex moves in through the fray at a quickened pace. Deflecting a few blows from Kedehern's mace, managing a few light strikes against him but something else seems to take the whole of his attention. He swings about, finding his bright eyes set on Arianna and that knife of hers as she slinks through the field.

Aethan gets ready to proceed, but as soon as the melee begins he's already having trouble. He fends off a blow from Kedehern, banging a minor one of his own, but Arianna and Amund meet him together and he's unable to fend off them both. He goes down relatively quickly, making to to the side to be helped to the healing area by those who are going to start ministering to him, probably quickly.

Jyri has left the Melee Grounds.

Jyri has joined the Archery Range.

Aethan has joined the Archery Range.

Leta immediately moves into careful guard, the blade held just above her head. Then she just stays there. Well, she steps a bit to the left and a bit to the right, backs away as needed to clear room around herself, but seems quite content to hold her little piece of turf. After a light experimental poke in Jeffeth's direction, grinning under her helmet, Leta goes 'oof' as a glancing blow smacks her, and squares off with her attaker, sizing up Jyri after a polite nod. She doesn't attack much, just counters, carefully, landing one good solid blow earlier on and pulling back, quiet and methodical.

When the fight begins, Jeffeth stampedes into the melee. Clanking and shining as he rushes in towards the fray, his first attack is with the haft of his hammer, delivering a solid blow at Michael's chest. With that blow delivered, Jeffeth is stepping around Michael to connect an elbow with Leta that is ultimately ineffectual. There is a clank as Michael's blade bounces off his armor, causing the behemoth to turn aroundand swing a powerful blow at Michael that misses. Michael and Victus' weapons rattle against him with the latter able to elicit a light grunt from the man at one point. Michael and Victus chase Jeffeth again, causing him to dance backward and raise his hammer. A frustrated huff is let out from the helmet. "Fine." Jeffeth grunts to Michael, changing his stance to settle towards the two.

Eina, the Pearl's Own, Soot, a frenetic ferret arrive, following Peri.

Eina, the Pearl's Own, Soot, a frenetic ferret leave, following Peri.

Harlex has left the Melee Grounds.

Harlex has joined the Archery Range.

As Harlex turns away from Kedehern, Kedehern notices the Dame Leta striking out at him, and turns to face the woman. "Well, this'll be interesting..." he murmurs, engaging with her in an exchange of blows... He hasn't quite managed to land one cleanly yet on the woman, but at least he's kept her from managing more than light jolts to his own armor, as well....

Kyden's yelling was bringing a smirk to Arianna's lips but she was too focused. Harlex came for her and the skirmish was furious. She barely managed to avoid a particularly dangerous looking strike only to fall into his feint and take a much more serious one. Victus was apparently of like mind and came at her, also landing a dastardly strike that sent her reeling. She winced and shook her head before flourishing the steel and picking off Harlex. "No hard feelings baby."

Michael stays focused, head swiveling muchly. You gotta do that in a sprawling melee as big as this thing. Pockets of fighting further away look rough. Its not like..Jeffeth the mountain here is going to let him get away. So he sticks with his quarry, keeping a low stance to move out from under that damn hammer when it comes for him. That lion-faced shield catching and pushing the hammer away when he can't get out of the way quick enough.

Amund converges on a target with Arianna once again after Jyri is eliminated; this time, the Sword of Lenosia, indeed. While his attacks are ineffective, Arianna seems to be performing far better and he nods to the Pravus once their quarrel is removed, nodding as well to the Sword as he half-turns to consider the field. This time, he turns to one of Arianna's erstwhile attackers.

In the ensuing chaos, he does manage to land that serious hit against Arianna before taking a few stabs while trying to fend off other attackers. Its a bit much, so he has to relent. Harlex heads off to the medical tent.

Victus' attention is pried away from the mountain that he'd been attacking alongside Michael when a blade slips against his side. Hard enough that he can already feel the blood running down his leg. It forces him away from the offensive as he takes onto the backfoot, holding his greatsword in the defensive as he finds himself barraged by multiple opponents. His eyes look across the field for a separate opponent.

Once Jyri is out of the fight, Leta looks up, briefly taking in the lay of the field. Her eyes track after Amund, who took out her opponent, and watches him take on Harlex with another fighter. Maybe it's fealty loyalty, maybe chance, but she walks over to move into Kedehern's vicinity to interrupt the pairing. She nods again, and goes into the same quiet methodical fighting style. Moving back and away from his blows, waiting for an opening here and there to take measured, careful swings.

A light thwack of his hammer is delivered against Michael, rapidly bringing the polearm of the hammer up to defend from Michael's strikes. Something is grunted towards Michael. Jeffeth however, is definitely trying to get away from Michael. "You know you're great, but I think we should see other people. Just for a little." The big knight shoves the haft of his hammer powerfully at Michael, trying to create space between him and the smaller lion. Jeffeth is looking over the battlefield to the other competitors fighting.

Victus checked stamina, willpower + survival at difficulty 78, rolling 14 lower.

Victus checked stamina, willpower + survival at difficulty 42, rolling 48 higher.

Victus remains alive, but close to death.

Victus is incapacitated and falls unconscious.

Tabitha has left the Noble Seating.

Cabbit, a nub-tailed tabby cat, Laudine, a stern middle-aged maidservant, 2 Whitehawk Guards leave, following Tabitha.

Heimlin, the Scholar, 5 Harthall house guards, Kestrel, the Scholar arrive, following Orvyn.

Heimlin, the Scholar, 5 Harthall house guards, Kestrel, the Scholar leave, following Orvyn.

Through what seems to be an agreement that this isn't working...Jeffeth and Michael turn from each other and move to engage other targets. Michael tromping through the sands to find a new target. Which is Victus again. Funny how that happens. His feet carry him in a circling step around Victus, then both Arianna and Michael attack him to bring him down.(Michael did nothing)

Amund and Arianna made sure to hold down their portion of the field, but sometimes an interloper would get in there and make it difficult to fend off strikes she might have been able to. She's calm and remains level though, trying to evade the majority of the strikes while she chose a target and observed for a while. Quietly she slips past Leta after she parried her blow and stabbed Victus in the back, with vigor. She's surprised though and holds up a hand to make sure he's not targeted further.

It seems Kedehern's dance partner popular is a popular one, as alternately, Ariana and Amund try to cut in, but... The Laurent's still engaged, apparently somewhat stubborn once locked on, at least for the moment.

Amund attempts to strike the High Lord and Prince of Maelstrom a few times, unsuccessfully. Amund notices a couple other ttackers on Arianna, however, and he switches to take on Leta, moving in to launch a few strikes.

Aida, the hypochondriac Setarcan maid, 2 Pravus Honor Guard arrive, following Belladonna.

All corners can't be watched at the same time, and though Victus does his best to cover himself, he's already taken a beating and then some. A swipe to Michael ends in a deflection. When a blade slips into his back he lets out a gasp and crumples, hitting one knee and then the other as he tumbles forward. "Oh... shit." Is heard underneath his breath as he starts to hobble off the field.

When Airianna hits him, Jeffeth takes a staggering step backwards. Looking almost confused through the helmet. He looks down at his side, raising the gauntlet up slowly to look at the blood soaking his gauntlet. The gauntlet is flicked and the blood goes splatting to the grass as the large man peers through the helmet at Arianna. He straightens up and moves forward, swinging his hammer at Arianna once more.

It's one thing to stay focused on one opponent at a time, and Leta's got her eyes on Kedehern. It's something else when blows start coming in from multiple directions. She manages to block and duck out of the way of a couple, but peripheral vision being limited, some of these manage to slip in through her defenses while she tries to turn one way and the other to fend off multiple foes, struggling to counter each attacker. With a loud grunt issued through gritted teeth, a hand holding her side, she keeps backing away further and further, boots doing a short shuffling dance across the field.

Belladonna has joined the Noble Seating.

Jeffeth checked stamina, willpower + survival at difficulty 17, rolling 90 higher.

Jeffeth remains capable of fighting.

Leta checked stamina, willpower + survival at difficulty 47, rolling 47 higher.

Leta remains capable of fighting.

Kedehern checked stamina, willpower + survival at difficulty 69, rolling 29 higher.

Kedehern remains capable of fighting.

Kedehern checked stamina, willpower + survival at difficulty 96, rolling 6 higher.

Kedehern remains capable of fighting.

Another hard attack from Arianna, and Jeffeth is slowly pulling off his helmet. Placing his hand to his the blood sliding out from his side, the massive man looks over to Arianna with a beetled brow. The Knight of Solace slowly pushes himself to his feet and lumbers off the grass, hefting his hammer up to his shoulder and making his way to the sidelines.

Jeffeth has left the Melee Grounds.

Jeffeth has joined the Archery Range.

Eventually, Kedehern turns his focus from Leta to Amund, and at first, seems to be getting the better end of it... So well in fact, that he doesn't even notice as Arianna takes a shot that has him stumbling down, knowing that's going to hurt for days.... "I'm out! Yield!" he barks, voice hoarse.

"One. Two. Three." Amund takes two attacks on his armor that could have gone really badly for him, but he turns around as Arianna lands a hit on Kedehern in order to land one of his own. With sweat on his brow, he wipes it off with the back of his hand and lifts his sword in a silent salute to the Pravus, his eyes burning with a kind of joy he doesn't often display.

As the melee rages on the young woman looks to be more wary and even more cautious when she engages. She chooses accuracy over damage with her strikes. Engaging with Jeffeth and coming out ahead she too looks a bit surprised but shrugs to the man, blowing him a kiss. "Well fought sir knight." After which she slips back into the fray and engages a very weathered looking Kedehern. At the end of it she uses a cloth in her pocket to clean off her blade, sheathes it and walks off the field.

Michael watches Jeffeth fall, nodding his head quick at that. Oof. Jeffeth was a scary beast to see still in the fight. This subsection of the fight converges together and Michael actually bats an attack towards Arianna with his shield. Randomly. All randomly. Then its just Amund and Arianna and Michael, looking between each other.

Jyri has left the Archery Range.

Aethan has left the Archery Range.

Aethan leaves, following Jyri.

Kaia has left the Noble Seating.

Evonleigh has left the Noble Seating.

2 Whitehawk Guards leaves, following Evonleigh.

Arianna has left the Melee Grounds.

Kyden has left the Commoner Stands.

Amund has left the Melee Grounds.

Kyden, Michael, Amund leave, following Arianna.

Kedehern has left the Melee Grounds.

Harlex has left the Archery Range.

Dolmen, a Crimson Agent leaves, following Harlex.

Jeffeth has left the Archery Range.

Oswyn has left the Archery Range.

Alarissa has left the Archery Range.

Maxene, the steadfast ladies maid, Elegance, a Velenosian Greyhound leave, following Alarissa.

Leta has left the Melee Grounds.

Zelda, the royal messenger, 13 King's Own Guardsmen, Kedehern, Harlex, Jeffeth, Oswyn, Alarissa, Leta leave, following Alaric.

Lilia has left the Noble Seating.

Belladonna has left the Noble Seating.

Aida, the hypochondriac Setarcan maid, 2 Pravus Honor Guard leave, following Belladonna.

Archeron has left the Archery Range.

Root, a ferocious badger leaves, following Archeron.

Ophelia has left the Commoner Stands.

Rayne has left the Noble Seating.

Venturo has left the Commoner Stands.

Zane, a tall and silent servant leaves, following Venturo.

Robyn, an artful archeress, Venturo leave, following Ophelia.

Maxene, the steadfast ladies maid, Elegance, a Velenosian Greyhound arrive, following Alarissa.

Krissa, the golden, long-haired cat arrives, following Radhilde.

Radhilde arrives, following Reigna.

Reigna comes running in, robes held up near to the knees, huffing and puffing, her medic kit bouncing on her back, following the brown robed apprentice that ran to fetch her. She runs over to Victus' side and immediately kneels on the ground and begins to assess the damage.

Radhilde comes in trailing behind Reigna, following along closely as Reigna makes haste to Victus' aide but she stands back slightly to observe.

Krissa, the golden, long-haired cat leaves, following Radhilde.

Radhilde leaves, following Reigna.

Nomius arrives, following Apollo.

Nomius leaves, following Apollo.

Dame Marra, a limping fennec fox, Disciple Ismay, Disciple Fulgence, 2 Templar Knight guards arrive, following Ailith.

Dame Marra, a limping fennec fox, Disciple Ismay, Disciple Fulgence, 2 Templar Knight guards leave, following Ailith.