447 World Jousting Tournament

• Upcoming Opening Ceremonies: January 11, 2024 Hosted by the Order of the Dragon Shield at the Baronial Tournament Arena.
  • (gift: a chanfron in the shape of a snarling gryphon’s head)
• Upcoming Closing Ceremonies: January 27, 2024 Hosted by the Heart & Helm Joust Club at the Raven's Court, Ballroom.

Rules

1. Contestants may compete in any qualifier regardless of citizenship. If a contestant fails to qualify, they may try again at the next qualifier.
2. Contestants will verify their skill in plate armor, polearms and shield usage via the TELLEXP command. They will be placed in the appropriate division based on a formula of these 3 skills. The formula that will be used in every qualifier and the finals is the same. It is the sum of your plate armor, polearm and shield divided by 3.
3. No spells of any kind are allowed to be in effect. No stat or skill buffs are allowed. This includes (but is not limited to) spells, supernatural abilities, Empathic links, and constellation jewelry or stat boost rings. Magical spell or stat tattoos must be released or inactive prior to your turn on the field. Anyone found to be cheating will be automatically disqualified.
4. No mulligans. If a contestant jumps off their horse to avoid impact (because they are not properly equipped), they forfeit the match. The contestant may attempt to qualify at the next provincial qualifier.
5. The use of personal lances will not be permitted during qualifiers or championship matches. Tournament lances will be provided to participants. Scoring requires a lance to break and personal lances do not break.
   

Result	Points
lance breaks on shield*	1 point
lance strikes torso	2 points
lance strikes head	3 points
opponent is unseated/unhorsed	5 (instant victory)

*Shield strikes do not count unless the lance breaks.

The contestants will joust until one of them has earned a total of five points.

Brackets

Division 1 (0-100 ranks)
Division 2 (101-250 ranks)
Division 3 (251-450 ranks)
Division 4 (451-700 ranks)
Division 5 (701-999 ranks)
Division 6a. (1000-1300 ranks)
Division 6b. (1301-1500 ranks)
Division 6c. (1501-1700 ranks)
Division 7 (1701-Capped)

Opening Ceremony

Upcoming Gift: a steel chanfron shaped like an imposing gryphon's head

Qualifiers

Zoluren

• Date: January 12, 2024
• Time: 8pm EST
• Location: Zoluren Royal Mews
• Host: Order of the White Rose
• Gift: a twilight blue diamond-studded saddle dangling gryphon feathers

Bracket	Winner	Runner Up	Other Contestants	Prize
Division 1 (0-100 ranks)	Isaish	Rinna	None	1st-a glaes allarh with a tempered blade, 2nd-a lumium sallet with a tempered face.
Division 2 (101-250 ranks	Smashie	Elizzibiana	None	1st-some damite plate gauntlets with tempered plates, 2nd-a lumium jousting shield with a tempered face.
Division 3 (251-450 ranks)	Sonatina	Leayne	Casandri, Hamuk	1st-a quelium bastard sword inlaid with a tel'athi dragon, 2nd-a lumium sallet with a tempered face, 3rd-a twilight blue saddle pad edged with seven-pointed star-shaped diamonds.
Division 4 (451-700 ranks)	None	None	None	1st-a damite jousting shield with a tempered face, 2nd-a lumium ceremonial shield with a tempered face.
Division 5 (701-999 ranks)	Nawain	Dartwin	Eskila, Rhonys	1st-a haralun imperial war hammer engraved with the image of Lanival, 2nd-a damite jousting shield with a tempered face, 3rd-a darkstone nightstick with a tempered finish, a lumium jousting shield with a tempered face.
Division 6a (1000-1300 ranks)	Moriara	Vaddon	Zalinyar	1st-a quelium jousting shield adorned with a sapphire-eyed dragon, 2nd-a damite jousting shield with a tempered face, 3rd-a lumium jousting shield with a tempered face.
Division 6b (1301-1500 ranks)	None	None	None	1st-a quelium bastard sword with a tempered blade, 2nd-a lumium jousting shield with a tempered face.
Division 6c (1501-1700 ranks)	None	None	None	1st-a quelium jousting shield with a trimmed face, 2nd-a lumium great helm with a tempered face.
Division 7 (1701+ ranks)	None	None	None	1st-a quelium jousting shield with a trimmed face, 2nd-a lumium warrior's shield with a tempered face.

Ilithi

• Date: January, 14, 2024
• Time: 8pm EST
• Location: Zoluren Royal Mews
• Host: Order of the Black Fox
• Upcoming Gift: a twilight-blue leather bridle sporting white and gold-feathered wings

Bracket	Winner	Runner Up	Other Contestants	Prize
Division 1 (0-100 ranks)	Argentocoxa	None	None	an azure-scale jousting saddle
Division 2 (101-250 ranks	Cheyee	Huebald	None	a leather crupper pyrographed with a map of the Blasted Plains
Division 3 (251-450 ranks)	Leayne	Casandri	Hamuk, Yallen	a gloaming leather chanfron with a closed golden eye
Division 4 (451-700 ranks)	Piw	Seydin	None	a green-scaled snaffle bridle with emerald studded star-shaped rivets
Division 5 (701-999 ranks)	Taikyna	Rezzian	Rhonys	a nightmare black leather saddle with diamond-studded silver rivets
Division 6a (1000-1300 ranks)	Nyrhin	Vaddon	None	a studded dark leather crupper
Division 6b (1301-1500 ranks)	Ezerak	Chelinde	None	a nightmare black leather bridle with diamond-studded star-shaped rivets
Division 6c (1501-1700 ranks)	Raikage	Betlind	None	a nightmare black leather saddle with diamond-studded silver rivets
Division 7 (1701+ ranks)	None	None	None	TBA

Therengia

• Date: January 16, 2024
• Time: 8pm EST
• Location: Riverhaven - Order of the Dragon Shield, Grounds
• Host: Order of the Dragon Shield
• Upcoming Gift: a crinnet boasting a mane of massive gryphon feathers

Bracket	Winner	Runner Up	Other Contestants	Prize
Division 1 (0-100 ranks)	Rinna	None	None	ornate haralun ring
Division 2 (101-250 ranks	Elizzibiana	Shaoimhe	None	ornate haralun ring
Division 3 (251-450 ranks)	Hamuk	None	None	ornate glitvire ring
Division 4 (451-700 ranks)	Seydin	None	None	ornate haralun ring
Division 5 (701-999 ranks)	None	None	None	None
Division 6a (1000-1300 ranks)	Karthor	Zalinyar	None	ornate audrualm ring
Division 6b (1301-1500 ranks)	None	None	None	None
Division 6c (1501-1700 ranks)	Aaiyaah	None	None	ornate glitvire ring
Division 7 (1701+ ranks)	None	None	None	None

Qi'Reshalia

• Date: January 19, 2024
• Time: 9pm EST
• Location: Aesry Surlaenis'a, Among the Dunes
• Host: Order of the Iron Circle
• Upcoming Gift: a platinum curry comb with reddish-black pyropes set in a rich mahogany handle

Bracket	Winner	Runner Up	Other Contestants	Prize
Division 1 (0-100 ranks)	None	None	None	TBA
Division 2 (101-250 ranks	Ysindre	Huebald	None	*an umber suede saddlebag with a leather strap
Division 3 (251-450 ranks)	Gwenhwyfach	None	None	*an umber suede saddlebag with a leather strap
Division 4 (451-700 ranks)	Aashja	None	None	*an umber suede saddlebag with a leather strap
Division 5 (701-999 ranks)	None	None	None	TBA
Division 6a (1000-1300 ranks)	Zalinyar	None	None
Division 6b (1301-1500 ranks)	Chelinde	None	None	*an umber suede saddlebag with a leather strap
Division 6c (1501-1700 ranks)	None	None	None	TBA
Division 7 (1701+ ranks)	Maltris	Hanryu	None	*an umber suede saddlebag with a leather strap

*Saddlebag awards contained a bridle wrapped in blue silk with silver arrow amulets across the browband, a stark white saddle blanket bordered with a black-on-red whirlwind pattern, a black saddle skirted with blue-on-black silk and silver tassels and a thick suede-backed saddle pad.

Forfedhdar

• Date: January 21, 2024
• Time: 8pm EST
• Location: Royal Mews
• Host: Order of the Black Fox
• Upcoming Gift: a rainbow-glittered leather bridle affixed with a spiraling horn

Bracket	Winner	Runner Up	Other Contestants	Prize
Division 1 (0-100 ranks)	None	None	None	TBA
Division 2 (101-250 ranks	Huebald	Keeler	Shaoimhe	a barn-red fustian belt feedbag with leather straps
Division 3 (251-450 ranks)	None	None	None	TBA
Division 4 (451-700 ranks)	None	None	None	TBA
Division 5 (701-999 ranks)	None	None	None	TBA
Division 6a (1000-1300 ranks)	Purnay	Selame	None	a barn-red fustian belt feedbag with leather straps
Division 6b (1301-1500 ranks)	Tweedee	None	None	a barn-red fustian belt feedbag with leather straps
Division 6c (1501-1700 ranks)	None	None	None	TBA
Division 7 (1701+ ranks)	Hanryu	None	None	a barn-red fustian belt feedbag with leather straps

*The feedbag contains a cube of salt, some fine grain, a sweet carrot, some fresh hay and a large red apple.

Championship

Contestants will verify their skill in plate armor, polearms and shield usage via the TELLEXP command. They will be placed in the appropriate division based on a formula of these three skills. It is the sum of your plate, polearm and shield divided by 3. The reason for this is that time has gone by for people to have been training up, or not training at all to stay at the "top" of the bracket. It evens out the playing field.

• Date: January 26, 2024
• Time: 8pm EST
• Location: Baronial Tournament Grounds, Champion Field. Therenborough
• Host: Zalinyar, Heart and Helm Joust Club
• Upcoming Gift:a silk caparison depicting flared gryphon wings against a starry background

Bracket	Winner	Runner Up	Other Contestants	Prize
Division 1 (0-100 ranks)	Isaish	Argentocoxa	3rd-Rinna	1st-a curved jousting shield with a steel-grey knight on horseback portrayed on the front, 2nd-an etched steel lance featuring an onyx knight on horseback, 3rd-some plain steel armor with a red and white bull's-eye painted on the front
Division 2 (101-250 ranks	Cheyee	Ysindre	3rd-Sadaldir, Elizzibiana, Huebald	1st-a curved jousting shield with a steel-grey knight on horseback portrayed on the front, 2nd-an etched steel lance featuring an onyx knight on horseback, 3rd-some plain steel armor with a red and white bull's-eye painted on the front
Division 3 (251-450 ranks)	Sonatina	Gwenhwyfach	3rd-Leayne, Hamuk	1st-a curved jousting shield with a black charging ram portrayed on the front, 2nd-an etched steel lance featuring an onyx knight on horseback, 3rd-some plain steel armor with a red and white bull's-eye painted on the front
Division 4 (451-700 ranks)	Aashja	Seydin	None	1st-a curved jousting shield with a black charging ram portrayed on the front, 2nd-an etched steel lance featuring an onyx knight on horseback
Division 5 (701-999 ranks)	Nawain	Taikyna	None	1st-a silversteel jousting shield with glaes spikes, 2nd-an etched steel lance featuring an onyx knight on horseback
Division 6a (1000-1300 ranks)	Purnay	Zalinyar	Nyrhin	1st-a bogbirch war shield plated in ka'hurst, 2nd-an etched steel lance featuring an onyx knight on horseback, 3rd-some polished full plate armor with gilt etching
Division 6b (1301-1500 ranks)	Ezerak	Chelinde	Tweedee	1st-a silversteel kite shield with a rose gold inlay, 2nd-an icesteel-tipped lance with an ebony shaft. 3rd-some plain steel armor with a red and white bull's-eye painted on the front
Division 6c (1501-1700 ranks)	Rakaige	None	None	1st-an icesteel shield emblazoned in gold with a roaring lion
Division 7 (1701+ ranks)	Hanryu	Maltris	None	1st-a lumium jousting shield with a tempered face, 2nd-an icesteel-tipped lance with an ebony shaft

*During competition, a kind family decided to adopt Smashie and as is custom within their culture, gave him the name Sadaldir.