Rings of Honor

Prior to June 16th, 2005, this title was referred to as the Eleventh Baronial Ring.

(Last Modified: 2010/10/26)

Anubis Karos (03/21/2005 - 11/01/2005)
Anubis Karos was challenged by the summer Warlord tournament of 2005 winner, Maria Graziano, who opted for the baronial challenge prize. Maria was interested in that particular district more than the title of Overlord. The challenge was completed by in a best of three format. The Baron had Cory be his second, Dawn as his Lady, and dueled under his personal colors that feature the Eye of Ra. The challenger had Bode as her Second and Man of Honor, with the colors of the Wrecking Crew team flying for her. In two duels that totaled a sum of thirteen rounds the Baron dispatched Maria by a one-point margin of victory in this first and a three-point margin of victory in the second duel.

Anubis soon ascended to become the 65th Overlord of the Duel of Swords, and the displaced former Overlord, Rena Cronin, found herself with the title of the Old Market district.

Rena A. Cronin (11/01/2005 - 01/10/2006)
Rena Cronin was soon challenged by Dawn Shadowsbane Karos, Overlord Anubis Karos’ grant recipient. Dawn, who is the wife of Anubis, chose to exercise her grant on Rena since that was Anubis’ former title before ascending to Overlord. There was some debate among the common people of the rings at the ethics of issuing a grant to one’s spouse, though there is nothing prohibiting it within the rules of the sport. The challenge match was held in a best of three format with Rena dueling under the Atrebla team colors with Max as her Second. Dawn dueled under a modified version of the Eye of Ra that included rainbow colored dragon wings, with her husband the Overlord as the Man of Honor, and Keowen as her Second. Both duels ended identically with Rena lunging over a cut by Dawn, but the first duel took twelve rounds while the second only took six. There was a one-point margin of victory the first duel followed by a two-point margin of victory the second duel.

Rena Cronin was next challenged by Cletus Ganderfald, the winter Warlord tournament of 2005 second place winner. Though the tournament concluded in mid December the challenge was not completed until early January due to the time constraints of the holidays. Cletus chose the barony that Rena was occupying because it was one of the three remaining Baronies in the sport he had not held in his storied dueling career. It was the only one currently not being held by someone who he was personally aligned to within the rings. Cletus did not announce any particulars for his side of the challenge while Rena dueled with Max as her Second, Topaz as her Lady of Honor, and under the colors of the Atrebla team. The match was a best of three format that needed all three duels to be utilized to determine the winner. The first duel Cletus won handily in seven rounds by four points, but in the second duel he lost to Rena in as many rounds by the same score. Cletus was then able to capture the title in the seventh round of the third duel by a margin of victory of three points.

Cletus Ganderfald (01/10/2006 - 01/31/2006)
Cletus Ganderfald never faced challenge for this barony in his short time in residence. At the soonest possible time after attaining the title, he pressed a successful challenge to Overlord Tareth Thorn. In the process of the challenge, the WarDrac Bapheloc was instrumental in helping Cletus attain the Overlord title by defeating Tareth’s champion, Gnort Dragoon Talanador, in a Test of Worthiness. Cletus bestowed the title to Baphelocutis instead of the dethroned Overlord to fill the vacancy.

Baphelocutis est Lathadoscia (01/31/2006 - 10/29/2006)
After Karen Wilder defeated Cletus Ganderfald for the throne, Baphe challenged Karen in retallation but was unable to best her.

Baphelocutis' first challenge came from Warlord Tournament finalist, Artemus Kurgen. Artemus immediately showed the Baron how he had placed so high in the tournament by opening up a quick 3-1 lead. However, his inexperience in the challenge ring was soon apparent as he was unable to hold the lead against the veteran Baphe. As the duel stretched into Overtime, Baphe's experience paid off as he was able to defeat the challenger, 6-5 in thirteen rounds.

After being given the Overlord's grant by her husband, Anjolie Quinn was next to challenge the Wardrac. Baphe was quick to score the early lead, but Anjolie was determined and battled back to take a lead of her own. After a short stalemate, Baphe fought back until the match was tied at four in the fourteenth round. But in the following round, Baphe made the same mistake Artemus had made only weeks before hand against him. Baphe moved high and left himself open to the more direct attack, which proved the final blow Anjolie needed to claim the ring.

Anjolie Quinn (10/29/2006 - 03/23/2007)
Anjolie's first challenge came by virtue of a Warlord tournament right. Longtime veteran Sartan had placed second in the tournament and chose Anjolie as his target. However, he was never to meet her in the ring. Anjolie's husband, Overlord Havoick, stepped forward to meet the Warlord and in eight rounds he defeated Sartan, 5-3.

But no marriage comes without issues. Only a few months after defending his wife's ring, Overlord Havoick was required to defend his own title from a challenge by his betrothed.

Jonathan Ecorian Havoick (03/23/2007 - 03/28/2007)
With a single victory, Cory Havoick was defeated and claimed the Old Market Barony after Anjolie ascended to the Overlord seat. Cory was quick to announce his alignment as renegade and fuel speculation that the issues facing this married couple were not resolved with a single duel.

Shortly after taking control of the Old Market District, Cory said that if the district was not worth his wife's time, it wasn't worth his time either. Thus, he retired the ring which became a prize in the first ever DoS Madness Tournament.

G'nort Dragoon Talanador (05/20/2007 - 07/15/2008)
Top seeded G'nort cut a swath through the first DoS Madness tournament, defeating the likes of Lorance Sneggle, Rakeesh Sah Tarna, Maria Graziano, and Tarl Cabot on his way to earning the top prize of the Barony of The Old Market District.

In the third part of his triple challenge, Warlord Bran Bale challenged G'nort for The Old Market District. On the same day Bran issued challenge to G'nort, he also challenged for an Opal in the Outback, and a Tower on Twilight Island. He was victorious in both of his other challenges, and the momentum was on his side when he met G'nort. Unfortunately for Bran, G'nort's experience in the ring showed early and eliminated whatever momentum Bran had entering the match.

To keep in line with Bran's other challenges, G'nort chose a best of three format. G'nort won the first match five to one in six rounds before dropping the second, six to five in eighteen. G'nort was facing a four-to-three deficit in the final match before blocking a double cut by Bran to take the match in eleven rounds.

Using his prize from the Warlord tournament, Xenograg issued challenge to G'nort, who cheerfully accepted. The duel began well with Xenograg quickly scoring in the first rounds of the duel, but his advance faltered in the middle and G'nort was able to come back and claim some points for himself. However, in the end, Xenograg's blade proved quicker and he scored the final points of the match in speedy succession to end it and become the new Baron.

Xenograg (07/15/2008 - 12/01/2009)
Warlord Xeric Mues, citing a "personal matter", gave Xenograg his first challenge. After a long attempt to find a date that both could agree to meet, the challenge took place on December 3rd. The Baron dueled under his banner of a black sigil upon a yellow field., with Amaltea as his Lady of Honor (in absentia), and Alais D'Nightsong as his second, While Xeric dueled alone this evening. The Baron chose a single duel to decide this challenge and after 11 rounds with the score causing the match to go into overtime, Lord Xenograg successfully defended his right to the Barony of Old Market.

Soerl wanted to test his skill to the highest degree, and chose to challenge Xenograg, as he felt he was the most worthy. The match took place on April 27th with a fair crowd gathering to witness it. The Baron chose to decide the fate of Old Market with a single match. The match saw both Baron and Warlord feeling each other out, with it going to Sudden Death before Xenograg sealed the win to maintain hold over the Old Market District.

Maria Graziano, as a former Senior Baron, challenged Xenograg on December 1st, who was the Senior Baron at the time, wanting to go against the best the Council had to offer at that time. Dioxane had a grand time officiating, and in the end, Maria lunged under the Baron Xeno's high attack, taking her final point and securing a Crew Victory!

Maria Graziano (12/01/2009 - 12/11/2009)
Tormay Eludes, wanting to remove a member of the Wrecking Crew from the baronies, issued an impromtu challenge to Maria, which was settled 10 days after her victory over Xenograg. Maria dueled with no colors, no seconds, and no lord of honor, while Tormay dueled under the colors of light blue, black and gold of House DeGorol, with Guill Fortis as his second, and lots of Taneths for his Ladies of Honor(A long story). The Baroness chose a single match for the fights and in 7 rounds, Tormay Eludes defeats Maria Graziano for the Barony of Old Market! Tormay has declared himself Renegade to Overlord Anubis Karos, also removing a loyal baron from the controversial Egyptian.

Tormay Eludes (12/11/2009 - 12/11/2010)
By virtue of her rank as Grand Master and Squire of Old Temple, Kalinda Acheron was Tormay's first challenger. The challenge was completed in a single match, with Tormay coming out on top 5.5-2.5 after 10 rounds of dueling.

Tormay's second defense extended a family rivalry with Aya Hayashibara, who had before defeated Tormay's mother, Topaz Datrazanov, for Dragon's Gate. Aya was also no stranger to the Baron himself, having been defeated by him for New Haven. The mutual respect between the combatants was obvious to those that witnessed their three matches. The initial duel was a lopsided affair with Tormay taking a 5-0 victory after 10 long rounds, tearing through Aya's defense with a slash to close things out. The second and third matches proved much closer, with Aya rebounding to win 5.5-4 in 12 rounds before Tormay racked up his second defense by defeating Aya 5-4 in 11.

Multiple time titleholder Cassius Gaius Maximius was the next to issue challenge to Tormay, as he had never held Old Market's ring in his career and wished a fresh and interesting challenge. Tormay settled on a best of three format and was victorious in the first match, utilizing an impressive disengage at Sudden Death to win 5-4 in 11 rounds. Match number two was also in the Baron's favor, defeating Cassius 5-3 in 9 rounds.

Ellisa Morgan (12/11/2010 - 06/05/2011)

Aya Hayashibara (06/05/2011 - 11/20/2011)

Camilla (11/20/2011 - Present)