Hold a New Tournament


Reason: held annually
Events: races and team fighting
Style: elimination
Length: three days

Awards: first place winner(s)
Top Prizes: moderate sums of money

Crowd: friendly
Betting: unofficial - discouraged
Other Entertainment: acrobats and jugglers, musical contest(s), hired bards and staged exhibitions


Competitors of interest:
The precocious commoner who has an ulterior motive for competing.
The musclebound brute who is all talk.
The menacing sorceror who is a long shot to win.
The showy mage who may not be in it to win.
The foreign noble who has good odds to win.
The proud youth who proves to be highly honoroble.