The Gauntlet

== Summary ==
* Invitation only event that was was held in February 2000.
* Candidates for 'The Gauntlet' included high level, high ranking monarchs. Potential candidates were challenged by "a presence" and if accepted were sent to the Singularity Caul.
* The challenge was to run to the top of a distant hill and claim the Shadow Stone within 30 minutes whilst avoiding dangerous creatures such as: Shadows, Shadow Lieutenants, Panumbris Shadows, Umbris Shadows and Lag Beasts.
* To successfully complete the challenge, a high run skill was needed to avoid the mobs and also a high jump skill to reach the stone itself.
* Monarchs that completed the challenge received a , used to improve Atlan Weapons, and the title of Dark Master.
* There are only two known monarchs to have completed the Gauntlet and they were both on the Thistledown server: Vidorian and Blackthorn.
* Two monarchs also refused to take part in the test: Fafhrd of Thistledown and Killean of Morningthaw.
Further reading:
* The Gauntlet and the Dark Masters are mentioned in the ingame text, General History of Dereth Vol. III.
== Trivia ==
* During the Should the Stars Fall event, the two Dark Masters were called upon to help free the Hopeslayer; however, Blackthorn had defected and was now part of the Shard Vigils leaving only Vidorian to assist the Shadow Generals.
* The two monarchs who refused to take part in the Gauntlet were called upon by Asheron during the event when Bael'Zharon was defeated.
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=== Possible Rewards ===
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== Images ==
File:Singularity Caul (Lost in the New Horizon) Live.jpg|How the Singularity Caul would of looked when the Gauntlet took place
File:Vidorian.jpg|Dark Master Vidorian of Thistledown
File:Peerless Shadow Dagger Live.jpg|Vidorian using the Peerless Shadow Atlan Dagger against the Shard of the Herald
== Dialog ==
;Town Crier Rumor (Darkness Ascendant)
;Samuel, Former Guardian
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