Victory Festival

One of the largest festivals in all of the Nexus Lands, each Haneil in Navarene, the Emperor puts on a month long festrival celebrateing the end of the Great War in which the first Emperor of Aleanad Empire brought together many of the fighting lords and kingdoms, and along with the QAAG established the current ruling kingdoms and entities.
It has now become a spectacle lasting until the 23rd of Haneil, where it often culminates with some big event. This varies from year to year. Historically this has been saved for a large banquet or even occasionally a major wedding. This is usually announced at the opening ceremonies on the first. And generally invites to the final event are often awarded to those who do well in the various events around the Festival.
The main draw of the Festival is the Victory Tournament run by the Shields of Aleanad. This tournament consists of 3 main rounds of combat. The first are the qualifiers, which pits somewhere between 6 and 12 random entrants together in a free for all battle, where the last one standing moves round on the the challenger rounds. These entrants are for people who have never made it past the challenger rounds, and are supposed to weed out those not capable of moving on. Winners of each of these fights receive 100 gp.
The challenger rounds operate a bit differently each entrant, including those who entered the tournament from previously passing this round in past tournaments. The first 8 to 3 wins move on. A challenger may challenge any of the competitors, the opponent must accept or the challenger gets a win by default and the opponent is out. The opponent gets to set the rules for the fight. Rules can be things such as no weapons, no shields, no armor, light armor only, etc. They can't be specific like no dagger or no chain mail, and magic is always allowed. Once you get 3 wins you are finished and out.
The final round is a series of 1v1, that are seeded based on finishing order, 1v8, 2v7, and so on. The competitors who make it this far each receive 500 gp. But those who make it to the final match each receive 1000 pp, with the victor getting a title from the Emperor and a request of the emperor.

History

It began in 5 PGW, with a days of tournaments.

Primary Related Location

Navarene