Eleven Kingdom Games

Logistics
One participant from each of the eleven legitimate kingdoms have to compete in a Realm-wide tournament to determine the lists of the best fighters in the realm.

For each realm, they hold similar internal competitions in order to select their champion. These competitions have different aesthetics for each kingdom but come to the same conclusion: they locate the best martial fighter in their kingdom.

The Knights at the top of their list are the commanders of their kingdoms after the tournament ends and their chain of command follows based on their performance in the local tournament.

While the majority of the military nobility will be knighted as a matter of course, it's quite possible that skilled, unlanded individuals could defeat them in the tourney, and thus win The Games and gain favor and positions of high command.

For fighters, this tournament is everything. To that end, there have been a string of underhanded tactics employed by fighters or their kingdoms in order to give them an advantage or, indeed, give their opponent a disadvantage.

Most kingdoms choose to take part but no one has ever come forward from Wildheart, even though the kingdom has been recognised for the last 5 years.

Past Winners
Those who become champions are usually (by kingdoms decree or celebrity) lifted to powerful heights within the Realm. There are currently 33 champions alive across the realm, most notable of them are:
 * Krasto Willowhold - the first ever winner of the games
 * Teobold Highwinds - 12th winner, murdered by forces from Drallac
 * Jasi Qui - Only Moonrise winner
 * Greggar Jadeheart - Only Jadeheart winner, son of Lord Jadeheart.
 * Vance Skullblade - 31st champion and current commander of Spiritmond Redoubt.
 * Nillen Aradi - Now leader of Wildheart