Maeryk - I could not have said it better. Letting them have a small taste of what it feels like to be in armour has worked very well for us. We have never let a "newbee" on his first night fight anybody who is not one of our mid level or higher folks, so that we have a controled training. ...

The Barony of the Flaming Gryphon has seen an explosion in the last three years. I'm not exaggerating when I say that we have at least one new fighter at most of our weekly practice. Sure, we have a 30% (estimated) fall out, but we have an active program to try and keep them interested. IMHO this is...

My hope for the final four is

Earl Eikbrandr Solgyafi
Sir Strom von Bairzog
Sir Nikolas Grigorevich Petrov
Sir Cadogen Blaydes

Final two

Sir Nikolas Grigorevich Petrov
Sir Cadogen Blaydes

New prince

Sir Cadogen Blaydes