The crowd had erupted in cheers, and in fear of looking like someone who did not appreciate the announcement of the procession of the throne, even Ciacco was forced to clap. 

Suppressing his vengeful Neshamah to deny even the slightest betrayal of his emotion, Ciacco locked eyes with Virgil. He had not expected Virgil to go back on the values instilled upon all the youth of the Kingdom, in fact, it was unheard of. However, Ciacco did not come unprepared.

"Perhaps a 'Game for Nobles' is needed to commemorate this moment in our Kingdom's history," Ciacco's voice boomed over the rabble of the nobles.

The King gave an enthusiastic response, "Brother! What a great day! It's times like this that we need to show the Kingdom the power of the royal family!"

"In honor of you hosting this event, you should have the honor of competing with the next King and his teacher on your team. As I have brought up the idea, I will compete as well, taking the brothers Thom and Braum as my own."

A Game for Nobles is typically held purely amongst nobles and viewed by commoners, however, it wasn't especially rare for one of the Kingdom's top warriors to compete as well. What was rare, however, was for an Exiled tribesman to compete. Being born of tribesmen blood was seen as an unfair advantage, as the tribesmen were of superior Neshamah to the Realm's people and had built an entire life to perfecting and purifying one way of fighting. Whereas the Realm's people weren't afraid to turn their Neshamah to utility and combine different techniques. While Exiled tribesmen were thrown out due to their Neshamah being 'impure' in the tribe's eyes, and most Exiled were in fact far weaker than their counterparts. Compared to the Realm's people, it was still like throwing a seasoned fighter in among a crowd of untrained infantrymen.

The game itself took place over a large squash of land. In this case, it would be held in the field where Tribe Hunt was being played. The rules were simple, the members playing would don armor provided by the SwordShaper, which would hold a field of Neshamah surrounding the combatants. When that field was destroyed, or the combatant became immobile, that player would be considered out. Once one team had every player on their side taken out, the opposing team would win.