Rat Wars
Order of the White Rose Rat Wars Finals
Rat Wars are the finals hosted by the Order of the White Rose within Zoluren, which allows entrants of all races and guilds with fighting rats who are coming from all provinces within Elanthia to compete for prizes. Up to four qualifiers called Rodent Rabble #1-4 will determine who will be in the finals. Rats are divided into 5 divisions, and are reassessed before every fight, to determine division placement. Once a rat qualifies with its handler, it remains qualified with that same handler, but may be moved to a different division based on its upgrades.
- Upcoming Date: Sat. March 2, 2024
- Upcoming Qualifier Dates: Q#3 Fri. Jan. 5, 2024; Q#4 Sat. Feb. 3, 2024
- Previous Dates: March 4, 2023; February 5, 2022
- Location: Gaethrend's Court, Barroom
- Host: Order of the White Rose, Argentocoxa
- Upcoming Gift: TBA
- Previous Gift: a blue-dappled prereni leather war belt riveted with blued-steel and diamond studs.
Chart abbreviations: Q=Qualified, NS=No Show for Finals.
Currently Qualified by Division for the next Rat Wars in 2024, & previously qualified for 2023, but NS for Finals are still qualified for the following year's finals. (Divisions are subject to change based on upgrade changes to rats).
Div. 1-Qualified from this season are: Q#1-Katarella's jet-whiskered Albarian rat; Q#2-Sonatina's Rathan rat.
Div. 2-Also qualified from the previous season are: Thires' sore-riddled plague rat.
Div. 3- Qualified from this season are: Q#1-Jaelia's blue-grey rat, Keeler's temple rat; Q#2-Crobin's rotund cave rat. Also qualified from the previous season are: Ikevindy's kink-tailed Albarian, Ishcah's long-tailed agouti, Raikage's lean rat w/ gold eyes, Zeylinn's grizzled brown rat.
Div. 4-Qualified from this season are: Q#2-Eskila's sleek white rat Beanpop; Q#3-Elore'S fuzzy-faced roof rat Pipsqueak.
Div. 5-Qualified from this season is: Q#1-Grenhart's moon-toothed Degu.
Rules
Division Registration Reqs:
- Contestants must register by the deadline or forfeit their chance to compete in that night's fights.
- Contestants will one by one drop their rat when instructed to determine what division they will compete in.
- Contestants' rats will fight until one of them retreats and jumps back into their sack, ending the battle. If more than two rats are in any match, the order of their retreat will determine their order of finish.
- Winners of each division will Roshambo, or choose numbers, to determine the order of prize selection.
Rat Wars finals results from March 4, 2023:
| Bracket | Winner | 2nd Place | 3rd Show | Prizes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division 1 (0-1 upgrades) | Scrounger | Nawain | None | 1st - a haralun throwing dagger inlaid w/ a black pearl rat, 2nd - a steel bar mace w/ a tempered head. |
| Division 2 (2-3 upgrades) | Elizzibiana | Golameth | Eskila | 1st - a simple glaes parry stick w/ a tempered finish, 2nd - a steel throwing spike w/ a tempered blade, 3rd - a darkstone nightstick w/ a tempered finish. |
| Division 3 (4-5 upgrades) | Mewawl | None | None | 1st - a haralun nightstick embellished w/ white gold roses. |
| Division 4 (6-7 upgrades) | Sonatina | None | None | 1st - a light haralun throwing axe inlaid w/ a black pearl rat. |
| Division 5 (8+ upgrades) | None | None | None | None. |
| Bracket | Winner | 2nd Place | 3rd Show | Prizes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division 1 (0-1 upgrades) | Gwenddolyn | None | Lenko,Mentha,Scrounger(all 3 Q,NS) | 1st- re-donated her prize back to next finals. |
| Division 2 (2-3 upgrades) | Eskila | Argentocoxa | Golameth,Slacor(both Q,NS) | 1st- a rosewood forester's longbow inlaid w/ a black-pearl rat |
| Division 3 (4-5 upgrades) | Keirran | Tweedee | Boam | 1st- a light darkstone throwing axe embellished w/ white-gold roses, 2nd- a dashing hip-length swordsman's cape lined in lush brown otter fur, & some brown fur-lined leather gloves w/ brass buckles to cinch the wrists. Other Div 3 contestants were: Admantavious,Zeylinn(both Q,NS). |
| Division 4 (6+ upgrades) | Zymi | Grenhart(Q,NS) | None | 1st- a studded darkstone nightstick embellished w/ white-gold roses |