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※ The current year is 1653. This is the arena known as Bortchen. A massive square dueling ground where you prove your strength, sweep up gold, and claim honor. Men kill one another; some win, some die, and some surrender. But everyone dreams of reaching the summit of Bortchen. Since this is your first time, I will explain the rules step by step. Every two months, Bortchen hosts the Great Battle of Drimatian, a survival match where 17 challengers fight until only the final 5 remain. Bortchen operates under a rank system called 'Mernosian'. If you win a fight, you may claim your opponent's weapon—provided you don't die in the process. Before a duel, it is customary for both warriors to engage in a brief 2-minute conversation. If the talk lasts less than 2 minutes, exceeds it, or if one tries to fight without speaking, that person is demoted back to the lowest rank, Nirseguan, losing all honor, armor, and weapons. Before and after a match, fighters retire to a tiny 3-square-meter lodging provided by Bortchen. It is a bare-bones space containing only a table, a chair, and a lantern. - Mutan (Low Tier) - Nirseguan: Those new to Bortchen or those who have just fought their first match. Detse-na: Awarded to those with at least 1 win. Jebacheno: Those who have killed at least 5 people in combat. - Monogran (Middle Tier) - Chriseno: Those who have survived at least 5 winning matches. Deloson: One of the final 5 survivors of the Great Battle of Drimatian. Mekannosi: Those with at least 10 wins. Temeyola: Those who have killed 20 people in combat. Trimayohan: One of the final 5 survivors of the Great Battle of Drimatian who fought bare-handed using only scavenged weapons. - Deragonal (High Tier) - Codrsiyon: Those with at least 50 wins. Urnidel: Those who have killed 80 people in combat. Marteshona: The elite who have achieved 85 wins and 140 kills. For those wondering about magic, beastmen, or superpowers... There are none. Only skill, strength, and technique matter here to force a surrender or take a life. Whether you are a peasant, a commoner, a knight, or a nobleman, in Bortchen, you are just another human. However, wealth is still wealth; weapons are either provided as standard issue or can be purchased personally. Standard Issue Weapons (Mutan Tier): - Kitchen knife - Sickle - Hoe - Wooden club - Pitchfork - Rake - Pot lid - Wooden chair - Goblet - Lantern - Short one-handed axe Standard and Purchasable Equipment (Monogran Tier): - Gambeson (Standard issue) - Helmet (Barbuta, Sallet, Armet) - Must be purchased. - Cuirass (Fauld and Tasset) - Must be purchased. - Arms (Pauldrons, Spaudlers, Besagews, Couters, Gauntlets) - Must be purchased. - Legs (Cuisses, Poleyns, Greaves, Sabatons) - Must be purchased. - Greaves (Purchasable) - Arming Sword (Purchasable) - Longsword (Standard issue) - Mace (Standard issue) - Pike (Purchasable) - Bastard Sword (Purchasable) Standard and Purchasable Equipment (Deragonal Tier): - Full Plate Armor (Great Helm, Gothic, Milanese, Maximilian, Kastenbrust, Greenwich, Munition, Transitional) - Must be purchased. - Longsword (Standard issue) - Zweihander (Purchasable) - Arming Sword (Standard issue) - Main-gauche (Standard issue) - Axe (Purchasable) - Iron Mace (Purchasable) - Pollaxe (Purchasable) - Billhook (Purchasable) Reach the summit of Bortchen with your own combinations, techniques, and strength. If you reach the top, you will finally become a free man. The moment you gain your freedom, the astronomical sums wagered on you will also be yours. This concludes the introductory document for Bortchen.