434 World Jousting Tournament

434 World Jousting Tournament is the sixth worldwide tournament hosted by various organizations within Elanthia, including official orders as well as the Tavern Troupe Performing Order and the Ilithi Events Task Force.

Contestants qualify for one of six skill-based divisions. Winners of each qualifier receive a prize and are eligible to joust in the championship.

Rules

• Contestants may compete in any qualifier regardless of citizenship. (If a contestant fails to qualify, they may try again at the next qualifier.)
• Contestants will verify their skill in polearms and shield usage via the TELLEXP command. They will be placed in the appropriate division based on a formula of these two skills. The formula that will be used in every qualifier and the finals is the same. It is the sum of your polearm and shield divided by two.
• No spells of any kind are allowed to be in effect. (This is for simplicity, so that the hosts don't have to waste time arguing or consulting Elanthipedia to determine which spells might affect the outcome.)
• No stat or skill buffs are allowed. This includes (but is not limited to) spells, supernatural abilities, Empathic links, and constellation jewelry.
• Anyone found to be cheating will be automatically disqualified.
• No mulligans. If a contestant jumps off their horse to avoid impact (because they are not properly equipped), they forfeit the match.
• To avoid the appearance of impropriety at qualifiers, members of a host order will ideally compete in a qualifier that is hosted by another order. If this is not an option, the host order member's ranks must be verified by someone outside the host order.

FOR THE FINALS:

• Contestants will verify their skill in plate, 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 three.

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. And as we do this we will also be looking at the numbers for new bracketing moving forward. As in the past we've had to adjust as our guys and gals got bigger and better it seems that must again come into the field. If any wants to discuss this 1 - 10 new bracketing system with me, Kaelie Daemondred-Rudeone, I would love to have the conversation. We can never learn well what we don't put to practice.

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.

Qualifiers

Therengia

• Date: May 16th, 2020
• Location: ODS jousting arena
• Host: Order of the Dragon Shield
• Gift: a deep black leather war bridle accented with blued steel roses and diamonds. (Made of supple leather dyed a deep matte black, the thick strips of the bridle are accented with meticulously crafted blued steel roses along the braiding. Lined in soft black rabbit fur, the browband is decorated with a faceted diamond dragon's head that gazes fiercely forward. Blued steel plates engraved with Therengian roses protect the reins from being cut during battle, while the black reins are artfully painted with tiny bright blue roses blooming upon subtly shaded vines.)

Bracket	Winner	Runner Up	Other Contestants	Prize
Division 1 (0-100 ranks)	No contestant
Division 2 (101-250 ranks	Kammae
Division 3 (251-450 ranks)	Elurora
Division 4 (451-700 ranks)	Rafano
Division 5 (701-999 ranks)	Rairken
Division 6 (1000+ ranks)	Tankata

Zoluren

• Date: May 23rd, 2020
• Location: Crossing
• Host: Order of the Apostles
• Gift: a blued-steel chain peytral edged in contrasting knotwork (Specially treated steel rings hang heavily in a shape designed to protect a horse's chest against impact. White rings edged in black create two knotwork swords, tips pointing down to the center. On each pommel is a fist-sized emblem of the Order of the Apostles, surrounded by tiny round sapphires which glint with every motion of the armor. A tiny silver plaque is mounted below the insignia.)

Bracket	Winner	Runner Up	Other Contestants	Prize
Division 1 (0-100 ranks)	Nineve			Platinum jewelry box with a treasure map and a red gold oak leaf circlet
Division 2 (101-250 ranks	Gwenhwyfach			Platinum jewelry box with a treasure map and a red gold oak leaf circlet
Division 3 (251-450 ranks)	No contestants
Division 4 (451-700 ranks)	Zalinyar	Kaelie		Platinum jewelry box with a treasure map and a red gold oak leaf circlet
Division 5 (701-999 ranks)	Tathalus	Ezerak		Platinum jewelry box with a treasure map and a red gold oak leaf circlet
Division 6 (1000+ ranks)	Woten			Platinum jewelry box with a treasure map and a red gold oak leaf circlet

Forfedhdar

• Date: Saturday, May 30th - 2020 at 9pm EST
• Location: Outer Hibarnhvidar, Market Road
• Host: Order of the Black Fox
• Gift: A blued-steel chain crupper etched in contrasting knotwork.

Bracket	Winner	Runner Up	Other Contestants	Prize
Division 1 (0-100 ranks)	No entries			brushed silver trophy
Division 2 (101-250 ranks)	Siendra		No other entries	flawless golden tropy
Division 3 (251-450 ranks)	Mystylaine		No other entries	brushed platinum trophy
Division 4 (451-700 ranks)	Grymmlen		No other entries	some damite plate gauntlets embedded with ferocious vulpine-like claws
Division 5 (701-999 ranks)	No entries			some damite light plate vambraces engraved with prowling black foxes
Division 6 (1000+ ranks)	Rekon	Hanryu	Qiyan	a damite armet cleverly fashioned to resemble a grinning fox

Ilithi

• Date: Saturday June, 6th 2020 at 8-10 pm est.
• Location: Shard - Ilithi, Milene's Rose, Stableyard
• Host: Order of the White Rose with co-host Ilithi Events Task Force
• Gift: Blued-steel knotwork chanfron dappled with star-shaped sapphires
• Look: Each intertwined knot along the chanfron's edges is embellished with small alternating highlights of blued-steel, razaksel and oravir, and capped with a seven-pointed star-shaped sapphire. Perfectly centered inside the decorative knotwork edging is an elaborate pearl inlay of a lotus carved with a crystal tower. Flowing script is elegantly engraved along the knotwork edging.

Bracket	Winner	Runner Up	Other Contestants	Prize
Division 1 (0-100 ranks)	Erorshi	Vixonia	Zezesi	1st-a dreamweave saddle bag with all contents, 2nd-a lumium jousting shield with a tempered face, 3rd-a black leather saddle with star-shaped blued-steel rivets set with gleaming sapphires
Division 2 (101-250 ranks)	Melindrha	Casari	None	1st-a haralun duraka skefne with a tempered blade, 2nd-a lumium jousting shield with a tempered face
Division 3 (251-450 ranks)	Shaylynne	Vivalynn	None	1st-a haralun glaive with a tempered blade, 2nd-a lumium jousting shield with a tempered face
Division 4 (451-700 ranks)	Ezerak	Kaelie	None	1st-a pearl-inlaid haralun glaive with gleaming silver langets and a tempered blade, 2nd-a lumium jousting shield with a tempered face and a viridian saddlebag clasped with a ghostly thealstone wolf with all contents
Division 5 (701-999 ranks)	None	None	None	No prizes awarded.
Division 6 (1000+ ranks)	Hanryu	None	None	1st-a tempered haralun jousting shield embellished with blued-steel knotwork and sapphire stars

Qi'Reshalia

• Date: Saturday, June 13th, 2020
• Location: Qi
• Host: Order of the Iron Circle
• Gift: a steel grey cashmere saddle blanket edged with sapphire knotwork (The woolly blanket has been evenly stuffed with goose down for comfort, then diamond-quilted for durability and trimmed with heavy embroidery for decoration. Each flower petal is meticulously stitched in a royal blue metallic hue, giving off a soft shimmer reminiscent of a sparkling gem. An interlaced knotwork pattern flows amid the floral design along the perimeter, designed to remain visible from beneath a saddle.)

Bracket	Winner	Runner Up	Other Contestants	Prize
Division 1 (0-100 ranks)	Zezesi	Vixonia		a blued-steel heater shield emblazoned with a pair of jousters
Division 2 (101-250 ranks)	Daeryean			a petrified piece of mantrap stalk etched with an intricate knotwork design
Division 3 (251-450 ranks)	Chrysagon			a tarnished chainmail hauberk worked to display a seven-pointed star upon the chest
Division 4 (451-700 ranks)	Kaelie			an enormous calcified leaf with sharpened edges and a blued-steel hilt
Division 5 (701-999 ranks)
Division 6 (1000+ ranks)

Championship

• Date: Saturday, June 20th, 2020
• Location: Therenborough: Baronial Tournament Arena
• Host: Order of the Theren Guard
• Gift:

Bracket	Winner	Runner Up	Other Contestants	Prize
Division 1 (0-100 ranks)	Zezesi		Erorshi, Nineve	a dull serpent earcuff
Division 2 (101-250 ranks)	Melindrha		Daeryean, Gwenhwyfach, Kammae, Siendra	some agonite plate gauntlets lined with firesilk padding
Division 3 (251-450 ranks)	Elurora		Chrysagon(ns), Mystylaine	a dull serpent earcuff
Division 4 (451-700 ranks)	Ezerak		Grymmlen(ns), Kaelie, Shaylynne, Zalinyar	a small serpent totem
Division 5 (701-999 ranks)	Rafano		Rairken(ns), Tathalus(ns)	a silversteel longsword with a black diamond pommel
Division 6 (1000+ ranks)	Rekon		Hanryu, Tankata(ns), Woten(ns)	a small demonscale shield pyrographed with a map of the Blasted Plains