If one asks an ordinary citizen of the Empire what kind of show is warmest for their heart, many, if not all, will answer: "Tournaments!". There can be no other answer. Be it young or old, all adore to watch famous Lords and Ladies compete for the right to call themselves the best among their peers! Ask anyone and they will immediately share who their favourite is, who the outsider is, what are the best tactics of this and the previous seasons. Even from within their cradles, toddlers learn the competition rules as they grow through their mother’s milk. And yet not all the secrets are known to the ordinary folk. For example, the mystery of their preparation, which is kept in the strictest confidence so that not a single outsider would learn about the magic of this wondrous act.
"If I hear about those frozen creeps breaking into the arena during the survival tournament one more time…", the arena supervisor was seething with anger, staring down his subordinates, "I’ll cover this place with hot coals! We’ll have a yoga competition! Or even better, we’ll fill the whole floor with lava, and hang the arena on chains above it!", he went silent for a moment, nervously playing with his cheekbones, "And find out already where these frosty bastards come from!"
"Sir…", a voice was heard from behind.
"What is it now?!!" snarled the supervisor, sharply turning towards and staring at his first assistant, eyes burning with madness.
"Orders for tournament organization" the assistant replied calmly, "From the palace"
The supervisor sombered, as if once again reliving something terrible. A moment later, he shook it off and asked:
"I hope it is not coming from that gremlin in pink?... He has such demands that even Her Majesty wasn’t so capricious in her wild years!"
"No, just a regular Paired tournament…", the assistant responded, checking the request again just in case.
"Ah, a model of perfect coordination and mutual assistance" the supervisor muttered dreamily, after which his thoughts returned to the sinful earth once more, his gaze becoming wary, "With two ‘pluses’ I hope?"
"Of course" an affirmative nod followed.
"Do you think the change of scenery would earn another ‘plus’?" the supervisor’s eyes lit up once more.
"I don’t think that’s a good idea" replied the assistant, hastily trying to cool the zeal of his boss.
"Fine then… Just throw in a couple more skulls for atmosphere and scatter some arrows around. Don’t forget to stomp on them! And about the braziers…" the supervisor reminded, turning again to the rest of the arena crew, "Light those cursed braziers already! Maybe they’ll at least scare off those damned ice fiends!"
Glorious Lords and Ladies! A grand event is coming, titled the 23rd Paired Tournament++, for which the Empire’s main tournament arena has been noticeably transformed in preparation for it. Don’t miss the chance to show off your your battle mastery and coherent tactics in the new setting! Challenge the field and wage combat in pre-assembled or random pairs against magic copies of your opponents, while they face off against copies of yourselves. Each win will bring you tournament points as well as points toward the Commanders’ Guild. To emerge victorious, you'll need to demonstrate not only superb combat skills and effective coordination, but also forethought and wisdom.
Tournament feature: the battles will be held in the format of two Lords/Ladies against two magic copies of an opposing pair of Lords/Ladies in two separate classifications, random and pre-arranged. Every win will be rewarded with gold.
Furthermore, for each tournament victory the Lord or Lady will receive one random creature armament, as well as additional awards for 5, 8, 12, 15, 20 and 30 wins:
The elixirs have no effect in PvP tournaments, Commanders’ Guild, Survival tournaments or text quests. They expire after December 1st, 2026.
What’s more, by participating in the 23rd Paired Tournament++ you can earn parts of War Boots, Fear robe and the loyalty of new troops of Leaders’ Guild followers:
| Achievement | Reward | | Gold | | | Silver | | | Bronze | | | 10 wins | | | 5 wins | | | 3 wins | | | 1 win | |
Parts and Leaders’ Guild troops for wins will be awarded during the tournament. The number of wins for rewards are counted by the sum of both classifications. Parts for achievements will be given out after the tournament, and if a Lord or Lady earns multiple achievements, they will receive parts and troops only for their best one. In total, during the entire tournament you can earn a maximum of 20 parts of War Boots and 10 parts of Fear robe.
Attention! The tournament will draft players for the random and pre-arranged classifications at different times. From the :00 to :10 of each hour, you can only sign up to the random pairing classification. From the :30 to :40 of each hour, you can only sign up to the pre-arranged team classification This means, it is impossible for a pre-arranged team to come up against a random pairing!
Important! There is no limit to the number of defeats in this tournament format, and every Lord or Lady can earn an achievement! The bronze achievement will go to each player who achieves the required number of wins in as many attempts as they can manage.
It is important to note that there are no entrance fees in this tournament!
Let the best-coordinated team win! |
- 20 victories, with a win rate of 90% or higher;
- 20 victories, with a win rate of 80% or higher;
- 20 victories, with any win rate.
