Rings of Honor

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

(Last Modified: 2010/10/26)

Tasslehofl Momus (04/24/2005 - 06/17/2005)
Tassleholf's first challenge of his reign came from sultry Warlord Kaja Adair. This was Kaja's second attempt to capture the ring, and proved more fruitful than her previous attempt. This was no surprise however, considering the official's report for the challenge contained the following description: "Ever notice when she ducks like that those low rise pants kinda go lower?" Being the known rogue that Tass is, he was just as charming after his defeat as he was before the match began. The final score of the twelve round match was in Kaja's favor, five to four.

Kaja Adair (06/17/2005 - 02/15/2006)
Kaja's first challenge for the Old Temple came from Max Blue. However, Max's challenge was withdrawn after he was awarded the Dockside Barony for services rendered to Grayson MacLeod during the Test of Worthiness in his challenge to Damien Mortis.

Kaja's first defense of the Old Temple district stewardship came by way of the first ever challenge for title by Rakeesh Sah Tarna. The issue of challenge with the arranging of the preliminary details all began cordially enough until the action started in the challenge ring on the fourteenth night of the month of November. Immediately the current reigning Overlord, Anubis Karos, decided the liontaur Rakeesh needed as stout a test as possible if he were to attain his first title in the sport and stepped to the ring before the Baroness could step forward to defend her title. The Baron of Dockside, Max Blue, at the request of the challenger Rakeesh stepped in to try to derail the Overlord's intentions. After eleven rounds the Baron of Dockside was able to best the Overlord by a margin of victory of three points to allow Rakeesh to proceed straight to Kaja without further interference. With a wicked slash upon Kaja's defenses Rakeesh was within match point, but after a couple stalled rounds the Baroness rallied three points in a row to retain the right to steward the Old Temple district for a bit longer.

Nearly three months later, Rakeesh came knocking on the Baron's door again, however he withdrew his challenge shortly after issuing.

Only a month later, Rakeesh challenged Kaja yet again. However, this time, he did not withdraw it. After a week with no word from the Baroness, the matter was sent to the Baron's council. The Council elected to strip Baroness Kaja of her ring and place it as a prize in the upcoming Warlord's Tournament.

Tasslehofl Momus (03/05/2006 - 06/26/2006)
By virtue of placing second in the winter 2005 Warlord Tournament, Tasslehofl Momus claimed the Barony of Old Temple and declared his loyalty to the Overlord. Tass did not receive a challenge until after the spring 2006 Warlord Tournament had passed. Rena Cronin claimed second place and the right to challenge a Baron of her choosing for her strong performance in the tournament. Tass handily took the first match with a seven round, five to two win, however Rena was quick to bounce back with a dominant five to one, nine round victory. In the rubber match, Rena rallied back from a two point deficit to defeat Tass five to four in eight rounds and claim Old Temple.

Rena A. Cronin (06/26/2006 - 06/14/2007)
Nearly a year would pass before Rena would have to face a Warlord to defend her ring. That Warlord was Horatio Benvolio MacBeth. Having been forced to pull out of the first ever DoS Madness tournament due to injuries after winning his bracket, the winner of the tournament, G'nort Dragoon Talandor, offered Horatio the grant prize he had taken. Rena opted for a best of three format and the two engaged in battle. Their first match was methodical, taking a full eighteen rounds to complete with Rena coming out on top, 5-3. The second match found Horatio taking a quick 4-0.5 lead after a mere six rounds. But the Baroness proved her mettle, bringing the match to sudden death in round ten. The next round went to Horatio and the second match was settled 5-4. The decisive third match was the shortest of the three. It found the two deadlocked at four points apiece after eight rounds. But just like the sudden death situation in match two, Horatio pulled through to become the newest Baron of Old Temple, winning 5-4 in nine rounds.

Horatio Benvolio MacBeth (06/14/2007 - 02/02/2008)
Horatio's first challenge came from Warlord Magnus Eques of Polaris. Horatio eagerly accepted the challenge and requested it be fought quickly, with Magnus agreeing to do so. It was then fought in a single match format, with Horatio successfully defending his title by the score of 5-3 in 10 rounds. It was noted how this challenge proceeded quickly with a minimum of fuss.

Overlord at the Time, Roland Sal Roa, decided to hold a Tournament of Champions for the prize of the Overlord Grant. He called upon all Barons to select a Champion and as Overlord Champion, chose the Talon of Redwin. It turned out that the Talon of Redwin proceeded to defeat the more experienced members of that tournament, and won the right of the Grant. Teagan Rielea was that champion, and used the grant to issue challenge to the Baron of Old Temple.

Over a week had passed since Teagan issued challenge to Horatio with no response, and the Supervisor at the time declared him in forfiet. A Barons Council was convened and they appointed Warlord Sartan as champion. In a two matches, Teagan outlasted Sartan and took the title of Baroness of Old Temple by scores of 5-4 and 5-2 before declaring her Loyalty to the Overlord.

Teagan Rielea (02/02/2008 - 01/16/2009)
Teagan's first challenge came from Warlord Anubis Karos. Teagan chose a single match format and outlasted the Warlord, defeating him by slashing through his defense, and then disengaging from combat stylishly in the 9th round and sealing the match by a 5-3 score.

Teagans next challenge came from Warlord Erin Dunbridge. This one came about because the Overlord at the time, Drey Starke, chose her to test challenge Tormay Eludes. Teagan then stepped in against Erin and easily defeated her. Using this as the reason for challenge, Erin came out strong and defeated Teagan to take the title of Baron of the Old Temple District.

Erinalle Victoria Dunbridge (01/16/2009 - 06/02/2009)
Erins first challenge came not to her, but from her. She quickly issued her challenge to Overlord Tormay Eludes. The Overlord had little trouble in the Best of Three matchup, holding Erin to 4 points in two matches. How she would fare in any challenges to her was left as unknown, for though Warlord Jaycy Ashleana issued challenge to her, three days later the Baroness cited several personal reasons for retiring the title and leaving Rhydin.

A Barons Council was convened to decide the path of the challenge, and it was decided that Tormay Eludes would step in to face Jaycy for the right to the Old Temple Barony. In a single match format, the Overlord denied Jaycy becoming Baroness by the final score of 5-4 when he lunged under her high attack in the 9th round. This placed the Barony into the Spring Warlord Tournament, where it was claimed by Kheldar Drasinia.

Kheldar Drasinia (06/28/2009 - 07/20/2009)
The only challenge Kheldar would face after claiming the Barony of Old Temple in the Spring 2009 Warlord Tournament would come from Anubis Karos, who claimed he swore to challenge the winner of that tournament prize. Karos did not want to have it said of me that he is nothing but bravado and wind, and so again swore to take the title from Drasinia. Kheldar offered a Best of Three format, but was unable to hold Karos off, being defeated strongly in the first match and putting up a strong effort in the second only to fall short of his defense, 5-2 and 5.5-4.5 were the final scores.

Anubis Karos (07/20/2009 - 09/02/2009)
Five days after becoming Baron of Old Temple, Anubis was issued challenge by Overlord Grant recipient Salvador Delahada, a relatively newer face in the Arena who has shown promise. Anubis accepted the match with his usual grace and pleasantry, which is to say severe verbal abusiveness, as Karos is nothing if not colorful.

In the first match, Salvador put up a decent fight, even gaining match point before dropping the next two. Anubis quickly dispated the swordsman in five rounds in the second match, only allowing a point in a trade of cuts as he defended his title 5-1.

An interesting set of events followed that challenge. Warlord Guill Fortis again issued a challenge to Anubis, and shortly thereafter, Overlord Tasslehofl Momus awarded Warlord Alais d'Nitesong Sidhe the Challenge Grant. Due to the rules of challenge at the time, the Grant was ruled as wasted through no fault of the recipient. Alais chose to challenge Anubie and was placed as second in the challenge Queue. Shortly after that challenge was issued, Warlord Max Blue issued challenge to Anubis as well, and for the first time in a long time a challenge queue was created.

Anubis's first challenge to Guill came and went quickly, as the Baron chose a single format, easily dispatching the overmatched Warlord in ten rounds by the score of 5-2.

The second challenge match, from Alais, was far more exciting and even epic at one point. The Baron chose a Best of Three format, and in the first match defeated the challenger by a respectable 5-3 in 9 rounds match. The second match was one of the best fought matches in years in the Arena. The Challenger held the lead throughout most of the match, which lasted Twenty long rounds before she was able to defned her way to victory, defeating the Baron 6.5-5.5. But whatever energy the Warlady held appeared to have disappated as the Baron pulled on his reserves to handily defeat her in the final match, 5-1 in six rounds, the challengers sole point coming from a trade in the last round.

The third and final challenge from came from Max Blue, and the Baron chose a single format. This match lasted a full 15 rounds before the Warlord used a pair of simple defenses to secure the victory, 5-4 in 15 rounds to become the new older of Old Temple.

Max Quinlan Blue (09/02/2009 - 11/14/2009)
After Max defeated Anubis 5-4 in 15 rounds to become the new holder of Old Temple, it was ironic that he would be Max's first challenge opponent. How Max would have fared in this challenge is unknown, as the Overlord at the time, Teagan Rielea, decided to test the Warlord and defend Max. Teagan fought and defeated Anubis by the score of 5-3.5 in 10 rounds to allow Max to hold onto the title that much longer.

One month and one week later, Max would face his next challenge from Warlord Xanth Van Bokkelen. Max did not fare well at all in this challenge, as they met in a single match with the Warlord dominating from start to finish, defeating the Baron 5-1 in 6 rounds to become the new Baron of Old Temple.

Xanth Van Bokkelen (11/14/2009 - 01/05/2010)
Immediately after defeating Max for the Old Temple Barony, Xanth declared himself loyal to then Overlord Anubis Karos. He then took of residence in the Rhydin Public Library and threatened mortal death upon any who trespass. This caused a rather public uproar and many protests in regards to the shutting down of the services of the library. The Governor, Seraphim Knights and other keepers of the peace demanded the return of the library to public status, which the Baron agreed to do.

The First challenger Xanth would face would be noted as hardly a challenge. It came from Grand Master Squire, Neo Eternity of the Seraphim Knights. The claim of the challenge was not because of the library incident, but because of the wish to deprive the Overlord of a Loyal Baron. Whichever the reasons, the Overlord would not lose a Loyal Baron as Xanth dominated the entirety of the Single Match and won by the score of 5-0 in 8 rounds.

Xanth's next challenge came from Warlord Tasslehofl Momus. Without surprise to anyone, Overlord Anubis Karos stepped in to test the Warlord, and Baroness Jaycy Ashleana stepped in to intercede the test on behalf of Tasslehofl. In fourteen hard fought rounds, the Overlord was able to overcome the Baroness, defeating her with a lunge in to gain victory 8-6.5 and allow him to test the Warlord. Tasslehofl appeard to have no trouble at all with the apparently exhausted Overlord, and dispatched him with relative easy, the final score being 5-2 in 9 rounds. However, the plan appeared to be to tire out the challenger, because when the Warlord stepped in to face the Baron, it was the Baron who held complete control for the duration of the match, even having gained the lead of 4-0 in 4 rounds. Xanth seemed to ease off on his tactics at this point, even allowing the Warlord to gain two points before finally stepping around Tass' defense to secure the final point in the 10th round, 5-2.

Xanth's next challenge would come from Warlord and vocal Wrecking Crew member, Maria Graziano, who wanted to be a Baroness but did not want to challenge another woman. Xanth met the challenge with his usual pleasantries, but when the time came to do battle, it was the Warlord who was the dominate one. In the 8th round, she lunged into the Barons ducking form to secure victory, the score of 5-1.

Maria Graziano (01/05/2010 - 09/19/2010)
After defeating Xanth 5-1 in 8 rounds, The Barony of Old Temple enjoyed a relatively quiet period of no challenges. It wasn't until the Baroness herself called upon others to challenge her that someone stepped forward. The first was recently returned Warlady Red ur'Thorne that was answered with Maria's normal amounts of pleasantness.

The matches were close, both of them. The first one was taken by the Baroness, and the entirety of this match was close. The lead changed a few times, only to be tied up shortly thereafter. In the End, the Baroness took it by the score of 5-4. The second match started with the Baroness taking the lead, then the Warlady dominated the next several rounds, reaching match point by round seven on a trade of blows. But then, the Baroness showed why she earns the praise she does, by coming back by scoring in three of the next four rounds to take the match by the score of 5-4 in eleven rounds.

Aya Hayashibara (09/19/2010 - 11/17/2010)
Having proclaimed herself to be the best female duelist in the Arena, Maria soon found herself face-to-face with another woman who sought that title, Aya Hayashibara. After accusing the Warlady of squandering the grant Maria had given her to challenge then Overlord Imp, a single duel was the decided upon method to determine who would walk away with the title and the Barony. The challenge was settled in six quick rounds with the ladies trading points in three of them to bring the final score to 5-4 in Aya's favor.

Rhiannon Dawn Harker (01/16/2011 - 11/13/2011)

Nayun (11/13/2011 - 12/08/2011)

Tasslehofl Momus (02/06/2012 - Present)