Duel

In World One, the term "duel" has had several definitions over the centuries. Usually, it is considered to be a form of ritual combat between two people, mostly for honour and often to the death, with matched weapons according to the individual's combat doctrine and style. In modern terms, the word "duel" applies to a battle between two fighter pilots in aerial warfare. Informally, however, the word can be applied to any instance of one-on-one combat. In works of fiction, this is usually what the term "duel" means, especially when the combatants are wizards, sorcerers, or other magic users. Such a fight is invariably described as a "Wizards' duel" (this form of duel is, understandably, very common in the Harry Potter continuum). The PPC uses all definitions of the term, but formal duels (and, obviously, aerial ones) are very rare.

Notable duels in the PPC:


 * Jay Thorntree challenged a Sue to a duel at one point, but this was a trick to separate her from the Fellowship.


 * Jay Thorntree vs. Nendil Morifea in the Reorganisation; Jay won, but Nendil escaped.


 * Mortic Wentway vs. Ontic Laison in the Reorganisation; duel happened at the same time as Jay vs. Nendil, as Mortic attacked Ontic to keep her away from Jay. The outcome wasn't seen, but as Ontic escaped with Nendil it's assumed that she was defeated.


 * Blue Photon vs. Twp'atwt in the Reorganisation; Blue ripped out Twp's eye, then ran off.


 * Blue Photon vs. Twp'atwt in Crashing Down; Blue stabbed Twp through his remaining eye, and then tortured (?) him to death.


 * Morgan vs. Durran Mkellin in Crashing Down; Morgan fought evenly with Mkellin for a short time, but was distracted by Traf Elosia long enough for Mkellin to get in a fatal stab. Mkellin was subsequently shot by Traf.


 * Vemi Fincaran vs. Jasmine Sims in Crashing Down; Vemi was killed by unknown means (it isn't clear if Jasmine or another assailant stabbed her), and ascended after the battle.


 * Chliever the Corroder vs. the Mystery Assassin in "The Phantom and the Fop"; the Mystery Assassin engaged Chliever in combat after killing the fake Raoul, defeated him easily, and then portalled out, leaving the Agent for dead.