Hold a New Tournament


Reason: celebrating a recent event
Events: races, martial arts and fencing
Style: elimination
Length: nearly a week

Awards: first, second and third place
Top Prizes: small sums of money

Crowd: enthusiastic
Betting: official - rigged odds
Other Entertainment: hired bards, acrobats and jugglers, trained animals and musical contest(s)


Competitors of interest:
The gangly youth who practices an usual style.
The precocious commoner who is relatively well-known.
The foreign noble who has little practical skill.
The wandering fighter who is suspected of cheating.
The cheerful fighter who has good odds to win.
The musclebound brute who may not be in it to win.
The arrogant knight who has an ulterior motive for competing.