DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 02/19/2026    Duedate: 03/04/2026

JHANS ARENA

DM 36    TURN 1013

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

MARK 1
TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)
(36-8665) [15-18-1,108]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

MARK 1                         STINGRAY
TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)        SPIRIT TOTEMS (487)
(36-8665) [15-18-1,108]        (36-5375) [5-0-0,47]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

ENVY                           ERIC BROWN
CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)           BAD PICKLES (699)
(36-8827) [17-10-0,107]        (36-8912) [3-3-0,31]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

WOLF AND MAN (701)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. THE WHISPERS (706)            47 
2. WOLF AND MAN (701)            42    SIMPLE DISCOURSE (694)
3. BAD PICKLES (699)             30    Unchartered Team
4. CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)          28 
5. MINECRAFT (704)               20    SPIRIT TOTEMS (487)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 SIMPLE DISCOURSE (694)    16   8  0 66.7   1/ 3 WOLF AND MAN (701)        9  2 1
 2/ 2*SPIRIT TOTEMS (487)       10   5  0 66.7   2/ 5 THE WHISPERS (706)        9  5 0
 3/ 0 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (624)   15   9  1 62.5   3/ 1 CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)      8  4 1
 4/ 3 THE WHISPERS (706)        36  33  1 52.2   4/ 4 CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)   8  4 0
 5/ 4 CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)  260 259 11 50.1   5/ 7 IRON TIGERS (484)         7  7 0
 6/ 5 DARK ABUNDANCE (695)     191 195  1 49.5   6/ 2 DARK ABUNDANCE (695)      5  8 0
 7/ 7 IRON TIGERS (484)        142 147 17 49.1   7/ 6*SPIRIT TOTEMS (487)       4  2 0
 8/ 0 NEON KNIGHTS (680)        94  99  4 48.7   8/10 BAD PICKLES (699)         4  4 1
 9/ 8 CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)     134 154  4 46.5   9/ 8 TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   3 12 0
10/10 WOLF AND MAN (701)        46  53  5 46.5  10/ 9 SIMPLE DISCOURSE (694)    2  1 0
11/12 BAD PICKLES (699)         80 102  7 44.0  11/12 EMU'S STRAIN (702)        2  8 0
12/11 TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   69  91  3 43.1  12/ 0 NEON KNIGHTS (680)        1  1 0
13/13 EMU'S STRAIN (702)        71 104  5 40.6  13/ 0*MINECRAFT (704)           0  2 0
14/ 0*MINECRAFT (704)            1   6  0 14.3  14/ 0 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (624)   0  1 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                      SPY REPORT

I've stood watch in places where the ground shook long before the fighting started. In 
those days, the veterans learned to read the signs: the way men checked their gear 
twice, the way the crowd noise dropped before a sword clash. Jhans felt like that this 
turn. Not chaotic. Not careless. Focused. The kind of tension that tells you someone 
is about to be tested, and not everyone will walk away the same. Turn 1013 delivered, 
so let's take a look at it.

Mark 1 became Duelmaster with the exit of Mike Vadner. Faith in Causation dared the 
climb to the top and paid for it, overpowered in a brief title brawl. Jhans now 
belongs to Mark 1, and he will get the chance to prove his mettle in a few weeks.

Former Duelmaster and new Lord Protector Mike Vadner delivered a final turn in Jhans 
that will be remembered for many moons to come. He bloodfeuded with Skaith, and the 
match ended in death. A swift and merciless act of revenge on the sands. Jhans has 
seen many vendettas, but this one closed with a finality.

In other fighting news, Stingray continued his perfect run, viciously beating Tenebrax 
and reinforcing why he leads the Uncharted Recognition among the new teams.  Umbralis 
fared better than his teammate and struck hard for The Whispers. He beat Spinnock, 
giving a major recognition swing that echoed through the team standings. Fame showed 
more patience than Bob Semple in a grueling thirteen-minute contest that tested 
resolve and lung capacity.

The Dark Arena drank deep with three souls off to the afterlife after facing Bandit 
Prince, High Elf, and Ripples Dorrigan. Now redemption awaits by torchlight. Those 
three join with Skaith and the relatively new Silk on our death list. May the new 
recruits be better fits for Jhans.

Wolf and Man gained ground and now sit atop the current team rankings. Their success 
has made them the most avoided team on the sands. Emu's Strain avoided Wolf and Man at 
every opportunity. The Whispers surged upward, buoyed by strong individual 
performances and timely victories. Clan Battleaxe felt both triumph and loss, 
celebrating victories but mourning the loss of their warrior, Skaith.  The now 
deceased Skaith was the most challenged warrior of the turn.

Jhans continues to reward courage and punish recklessness. Champions held their 
ground, grudges were settled, and the Dark Arena claimed its due. Turn 1013 will be 
remembered less for words and more for outcomes, stained red on the sands. Farewell 
until we return in two weeks.

                                          -- Mira Kelvaren
                                             Reporter on the Sands
                                             Witness to the Moment

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MARK 1 8665               BA 15  18  1 108         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ENVY 8827                 LU 17  10  0 107         CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)      
 ARK 8814                  AB 17  12  0 100         CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)   
 UMBRALIS 8887             AB  9   5  0  95         THE WHISPERS (706)        

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SAPPHIRE 8866             AB 12   6  0  88         CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)      
 DREAMSINGER 8439          AB 18  20  0  85         NEON KNIGHTS (680)        
 SYAN-LIN 8783             TP 17  11  0  84         DARK ABUNDANCE (695)      
 MAZRIM 5911               WS 15   4  0  83         IRON TIGERS (484)         
 SPINNOCK 8835             WS 16   6  1  80         CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)   
-VASILKO 8816              ST  5   2  1  78         DARK ABUNDANCE (695)      
 LITTLE WILLIE 8667        TP 17  16  0  71         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   
 DYNIT 6083                LU 10   5  0  70         IRON TIGERS (484)         

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FAITH IN CAUSATION 8600   SL  7   4  0  70         SIMPLE DISCOURSE (694)    
 HADOR 8234                ST  6   1  0  67         IRON TIGERS (484)         

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SONJA 8815                PS 12  12  1  64         EMU'S STRAIN (702)        
 SAINT-CHAMOND 8666        SL 15  18  0  63         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   
 SILENS 8891               BA  9   5  0  62         THE WHISPERS (706)        
 BLADEDANCER 8869          ST  7   3  0  62         NEON KNIGHTS (680)        
 WHIPPET 8668              SL 13  20  1  60         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)   
 MURMURIO 8890             ST  8   6  1  60         THE WHISPERS (706)        

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FAME 8875                 TP 14   2  0  55         CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)   
 STINGRAY 5375             PL  5   0  0  47         SPIRIT TOTEMS (487)       
 HALONOR 8860              PL  5   2  0  40         WOLF AND MAN (701)        
 VARKOS 8865               BA  7  11  0  37         CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)      
 TENEBRAX 8888             PR  7   7  0  35         THE WHISPERS (706)        

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BOB SEMPLE 8839           PR  6  13  0  33         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (697)                  *
 KIORI 8915                    2   0  0  33         WOLF AND MAN (701)                       [BA-PL]
 ERIC BROWN 8912           SL  3   3  0  31         BAD PICKLES (699)                        *
 AVERAGE JOE 8862          PL  6  12  0  30         CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)   
 LAVITROS 8914             ST  3   1  0  29         WOLF AND MAN (701)        
 DEWCLAW 6100              AB  7   5  0  26         IRON TIGERS (484)         
 WRUGY 8916                SL  2   3  1  25         WOLF AND MAN (701)        
 COOLIE 8910               AB  6   4  0  24         DARK ABUNDANCE (695)      

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BOGDON RO 8918            LU  3   5  0  21         DARK ABUNDANCE (695)      
 FLUTEB 8941                   1   0  0  20         IRON TIGERS (484)                        [BA-PL-ST]
 STUMBLE STALKER 7497      PR  3   1  0  18         PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (624)                  *
 BOUDICA 8908              TP  4   5  0  17         EMU'S STRAIN (702)                       *
 LARAH 8931                LU  2   2  0  16         EMU'S STRAIN (702)        
 HOLY WATER 8925           AB  3   2  0  14         EMU'S STRAIN (702)        
 DUDE BROWN 8947               1   0  0  14         BAD PICKLES (699)                        [BA-PL-ST]
 MARLIN 8936               LU  1   2  0   9         SPIRIT TOTEMS (487)                      *
 FERN 8930                     1   3  1   7         EMU'S STRAIN (702)                       [BA-WS]

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
JUNKER 8948             0  1 0 BAD PICKLES 699      BANDIT PRINCE         1013 NONE
MILA JOJOVICH 8929      2  2 0 BAD PICKLES 699      SKAITH 8927           1012 JUST REVENGED
DA1 8944                0  1 0 MINECRAFT 704        RIPPLES DORRIGAN      1013 NONE
DA2 8945                0  1 0 MINECRAFT 704        HIGH ELF              1013 NONE
SILK 8939               0  2 0 THE WHISPERS 706     WRUGY 8916            1013  
DA1 8946                0  1 0 WOLF AND MAN 701     HIGH ELF              1013 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

JUNKER was butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
DA1 was slaughtered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
DA2 was murdered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight.
DA1 was butchered by RIPPLES DORRIGAN in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena contest.
MIKE VADNER assassinated SKAITH in a 1 minute mismatched Bloodfeud match.
SONJA was devastated by SAPPHIRE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
FAITH IN CAUSATION was overpowered by MARK 1 in a 1 minute Challenge Title brawl.
WHIPPET was defeated by DYNIT in a action packed 1 minute gruesome Challenge melee.
STINGRAY viciously subdued TENEBRAX in a 3 minute gory Challenge duel.
BOUDICA was viciously subdued by ERIC BROWN in a popular 3 minute gory Challenge duel.
HOLY WATER was beaten by COOLIE in a 1 minute Challenge melee.
KUURUS was overpowered by ENVY in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
MAZRIM was subdued by ARK in a crowd pleasing 1 minute master's competition.
SPINNOCK was subdued by UMBRALIS in a crowd pleasing 1 minute match.
LITTLE WILLIE was beaten by DREAMSINGER in a popular 3 minute master's conflict.
SYAN-LIN unbelievably bested BLADEDANCER in a 2 minute bout.
HADOR devastated VARKOS in a 1 minute brutal uneven duel.
SAINT-CHAMOND was devastated by SILENS in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
MURMURIO overpowered AVERAGE JOE in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
FAME outlasted BOB SEMPLE in a tiresome 13 minute bout.
HALONOR overpowered BOGDON RO in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
DEWCLAW was devastated by KIORI in a 1 minute gruesome one-sided bout.
LAVITROS subdued STUMBLE STALKER in a action packed 1 minute gruesome bout.
WRUGY put to death SILK in a popular 1 minute contest.
LARAH subdued MARLIN in a action packed 3 minute brutal novice's fight.
FERN was overpowered by DUDE BROWN in a popular 1 minute brutal one-sided duel.
FLUTEB vanquished EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute uneven bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       8         WALL OF STEEL     15 -  10 -  2      60  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   8         STRIKING ATTACK   31 -  22 -  3      58  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  7         PARRY-LUNGE       13 -  10 -  0      57  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         LUNGING ATTACK    22 -  18 -  0      55  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  5         AIMED BLOW        41 -  35 -  0      54  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      4         TOTAL PARRY       27 -  25 -  0      52  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         PARRY-STRIKE       4 -   4 -  0      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         PARRY-RIPOSTE     13 -  19 -  0      41  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         SLASHING ATTACK   23 -  37 -  2      38  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         BASHING ATTACK    17 -  28 -  0      38  |

Turn 1013 was great if you    Not so great if you used      The fighting styles of the
used the fighting styles:     the fighting styles:          top eleven warriors are:

PARRY-LUNGE        3 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  3         4  AIMED BLOW     
STRIKING ATTACK    5 -  2     BASHING ATTACK     3 -  5         2  WALL OF STEEL  
AIMED BLOW         5 -  3     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  2     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  3         1  BASHING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  2     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  4         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
                                                                1  TOTAL PARRY    

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   ENVY 8827                  17  10  0  107 CLAN BATTLEAXE (347)
AIMED BLOW       ARK 8814                   17  12  0  100 CLAN BATTLEAXE II (550)
TOTAL PARRY      SYAN-LIN 8783              17  11  0   84 DARK ABUNDANCE (695)
WALL OF STEEL    MAZRIM 5911                15   4  0   83 IRON TIGERS (484)
SLASHING ATTACK  FAITH IN CAUSATION 8600     7   4  0   70 SIMPLE DISCOURSE (694)
STRIKING ATTACK  HADOR 8234                  6   1  0   67 IRON TIGERS (484)
BASHING ATTACK   SILENS 8891                 9   5  0   62 THE WHISPERS (706)
PARRY-LUNGE      STINGRAY 5375               5   0  0   47 SPIRIT TOTEMS (487)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is ENVY 8827.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
ERIC BROWN 8912.  The ten other most popular fighters were DREAMSINGER 8439, MARLIN 
8936, STINGRAY 5375, BLADEDANCER 8869, LAVITROS 8914, DYNIT 6083, LARAH 8931, 
SAPPHIRE 8866, ARK 8814, and SYAN-LIN 8783.

The least popular fighter this week was FAME 8875.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were STUMBLE STALKER 7497, DEWCLAW 6100, BOGDON RO 8918, AVERAGE JOE 8862, 
SAINT-CHAMOND 8666, VARKOS 8865, LITTLE WILLIE 8667, HOLY WATER 8925, SKAITH 8927, 
and DA1 8944.

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

KUURUS (36-8684) DARK ABUNDANCE (695)
MIKE VADNER (36-8738) BAD PICKLES (699)