8779 The Grand Tournament 8779 The Grand Tournament is a Knights ' Kingdom II set that was released in 2004 . The set includes a small fortress to watch the tournament from , including a throne for King Mathias , two slammers , Jayko and Vladek on their brick - built horse mounts , and three stands . Description . The Grand Tournament is made up of eight parts : the main building , the two slammers , the two Roller Horses , and the three stands . The building has a bottom level , which is empty at the back . On the top level is a rail with three colour - switching segments , and a throne for King Mathias . The throne can flip up , and a set of coins is hidden underneath . Above King Mathias is a small roof , with two bars extending from the sides . On each of these is a flag with King Mathias ' lion symbol , which , when flipped up , reveals Vladek ' s scorpion symbol on the reverse . Two brick - built horses with wheels are includes in the set . These are ridden by Jayko and Vladek , two of the minifigures included in the set . Jayko ' s roller horse has four light stone grey 4x4 wheels connect on to two 1x6 white pieces with holes in them . Jakyo sits above this on two white sloped bricks . In front of the blue knight is a raised section , with a light blue horse - helmet a the front . Vladek ' s roller horse is the same build as Jayko ' s , except the light blue pieces are replaced by maroon ones , and the white pieces by black ones . This one also has dark stone grey wheels instead of light stone grey ones . The two slammers included for the roller - horses are built identically . They have large light stone grey pieces to the sides sloping forwards , with other pieces the same colour sloping slightly inwards . Three light sand cylinder bricks are placed in between them . At the front are to pillars , with a small archway connecting them together . Above this are two light stone grey pieces sloping sharply inwards . In the center of each slammer is a ' handle ' that can be pressed down to fire the roller horses out . The two slammers have bricks on them to show which of the participants that slammer is : light blue for Jayko and maroon for Vladek . The set also includes three small stands . One holds four weapons on black clip in a squarwe space with a blue ' cone ' on the top . The weapons include : the swords for Vladek and Jayko , a halberb , and a glaive . The other two stands hold large versions of Jayko ' s and Vladek ' s shields . These are the same pieces used in the large versions of the characters . The shields are supported by light stone grey pillars , with a flag of the participant ' s colour at the top , light blue for Jayko and maroon for Vladek . Background . The Grand Tournament was the method of determining the next king of Morcia . Many years before the 2004 storyline took place , Vladek lost the tournament to Mathias , resulting in Mathias becoming king . When Vladek claimed that Mathias was either killed or captured , a tournament was issued to choose a new king . The four main protagonists of the theme : Danju , Santis , Rascus and Jayko , were sent on a mission by Mathias to find the Heart of the Shield of Ages . It was while they were gone that the order for the tournament was issued , so the four knights knew nothing about it until their return . After many trials , the knights received the Shield , and returned back to Morcia . Jayko then entered in the tournament in King Mathias ' place , and won against Vladek , reclaiming the throne for Mathias . Later , in the 2005 storyline , King Mathias crowned Jayko king after the battle at the Dark Fortress .