Milo D'Eath Vs. Silvyr Svan

Keep in mind a few key things:

1. Bring the arena surroundings and maybe a little background into the story. The stage will be the same for everyone and feel free to manipulate it with magic.

2. Try to keep your posts to a MAXIMUM of 8 paragraphs. This is a duel, hurry and get down to work.

3. While in a duel your character will not have the time to cast hundreds of spells. For this reason, you are limited to casting a MAXIMUM of 3 spells per post.

4. Remember: Your characters are not invincible. Be realistic. Even though they will not die in this competition, let them get hurt if you feel your opponent has made a great attack.

5. Also, unless your opponent reveals themselves, you do not know one another. Keep in mind that you cannot hear their thoughts and predict their every move. You will be asked to edit your post should you act upon knowledge your character does not have.

6. Whoever is the second duelist to post MUST play off of what their opponent has established. Note: You do not have to make an attack on your opponent during every post. You can instead defend yourself and stage a greater series of events along the way.

7. Everyone will have a designated time in which to post. Do not keep you opponent waiting any longer than necessary and please try to avoid last minute posting. We want this to be as fair as possible and that will take a little work from all of us. If you are going to be unable to post please send a Private Message to Demetri Gamble so new arrangements can be made.

If you haven't already, please read the RULES to dueling. If you are unfamiliar with how to write a duel read this simple SAMPLE.

The Scene:You and your opponent have entered a small underground arena. There are trees, shrubbery as well as large and small boulders all throughout the area. A pond resides in the center of the arena and fog continuously rolls off its banks. Your peers surround the arena to watch the duel. Demetri walked to the center of the arena. "Let's begin," he said as a light flashed from his wand leaving the duelists to take over the scene.

The mask resting on the bridge of Silvyr's nose felt snug but comfortable. He had arrived a bit early with Leah and watched as the crowd began to show up and fill out the sides of the underground dueling arena. He had taken the extra early time to scope out his surroundings and knew that the possibilities of attacks were endless.

As Silvyr waited for his turn he kept his head down not interested in the other fights. He knew that staying focused meant everything in a battle such as this. When it was his turn to duel he walked to the side that put the pond to his back. A robed masked person walked out in front of him. SIlvyr kept his head down though. He didn't care who was standing in front of him. Past experiences had taught him that his eyes were the worst of the sensory reflexes to rely on. His wand rested in his hand which was folded on top of the other behind his back.

"Let's begin." Silvyr heard as he had seemingly timed the words coming from the man's mouth. His arm had begun to move as soon as he heard the fist syllable. He pointed his wand slightly to the left of his opponent stating softly enough for only him to hear but filling the word with all the intent he could manage within his chest. "Accio Rock."

He quickly said another spell under his breath pointing his wand to the right of his opponents mask, "Confundus", before he had noticed that a stone had lifted itself behind his opponent and began to travel quickly towards Silvyr.

Before either of his first attacks reached his seemingly oblivious opponent, Silvyr pointed his wand at himself and spoke the spell within his mind, turning himself invisible. Simultaneously as the words were spoken inaudibly Silvyr's muscle memory transformed him into his wolf form. He had tracked and killed whatever he had needed to thousands of times in his wolf form while he survived in the wilderness. This wizard had no idea what they were in for. Silvyr took off running towards the tree line to his right silently as he kept his eyes on the wizard who was dealing with his first round of attacks.