18th Uncrowned King Tournament

Hosts and notable roles

The tournament is hosted and run by the Ninecloud Court in Ninecloud City.

Northstrider appointed himself as the sole judge of the tournament, replacing a panel of independent experts from all around the world.

Significance

“This year’s tournament,” Akura Charity continued, “will be the largest in history.”

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The 18th tournament is especially important following the unforeseen waking of the Bleeding Phoenix in Skysworn.

Since Fate has been disturbed, and the Dreadgods are showing signs of waking, all of the Monarch factions are working to take power from their rivals. The results of the tournament will decide the fate of the Blackflame Empire, among other nations.

Participating factions

Ninecloud Court

• The Sha family team - Led by Sha Miara, the Ninecloud Monarch, who restricted herself to have the power of an Underlady so she could compete with her lessers.
• Moonwater(?)
• 3rd and 4th teams unknown.

Akura Clan

• The main Akura team - Akura Mercy, Akura Pride, and Wei Shi Lindon Arelius.
• The secondary Akura team - Led by Akura Grace, was forced to participate because Xorrus, the dragon Herald, wiped out the Temple of Rising Earth.
• The Frozen Blade team
• The Blackflame Empire team - Eithan Arelius, Yerin Arelius, and Naru Saeya.

Eight-Man Empire

• Ghost-Blade.
• Flame-Gift.
• Blood-Chorus.
• Nine-Hands.

Northstrider

• The Wastelanders - Ziel is the only confirmed member of the Beast King's team.
• Rest of the teams are unknown

House Arelius

Even though Tiberian Arelius has fallen, the Arelius were invited to participate in the tournament, since they are one of the oldest factions on Cradle.

• Core family team - Veris Arelius, Altavian Arelius, and an unknown 3rd member.
• Rest of the teams are unknown..

Emriss Silentborn

• Dreadnought City team.
• Rest of the teams are unknown.

The Dragons

• The Gold dragons - Led by Sopharanatoth
• The Black dragons - Which included Naian Blackflame, the last descendant of the Blackflame family, first introduced as the 'Black Dragon Prisoner'.
• The Green dragons
• The Red dragons

House Shen

Reigan Shen adopted the Dreadgod cults for the tournament:

• Stormcallers - Therian Nills being the only named participant.
• Redmoon Hall - Yan Shoumei, Blacksword.
• Abyssal Palace
• Silent Servants

Other

A few teams were introduced without mentioning which faction they were part of:

• Tidewalkers.
• The Five Sisters of the Iceflower continent.
• The Iron Heart Legion of Rosegold.

Standings as of Uncrowned

As of the end of Uncrowned, the first three rounds have been concluded. Since there were exactly 16 participants remaining, Northstrider decided that the fourth round will be in the format of single-elimination matches, with the opponents selected by Northstrider himself.

Only the first match of the round has taken place so far, with Lindon facing Yerin instead of Sophara, after Northstrider surprised them.

The match ends with Lindon losing, after Yerin had successfully achieved a reflection of the Sword Icon in their final clash of techniques.

The tournament will continue in Wintersteel.

Abidan intervention

After the Mad King acquired the false Scythe from the Angler, the Abidan intervened directly with Cradle and other Iterations in order to promote recruitment into their ranks.

In Cradle, the intervention took place immediately after the match between Lindon and Yerin.

All of the tournament participants and Monarch factions were teleported to the arena, and the spectators were teleported out.

Kiuran of the Hounds appeared before them all, encouraging the young participants not follow their Monarch ancestors and choose to ascend when their time comes.

He also introduced a new grand prize for the winner: Penance, a legendary weapon forged by the founder of House Arelius, Ozriel.