Hold a New Tournament


Reason: festival
Events: archery and jousting
Style: double-elimination
Length: five days

Awards: first and second place
Top Prizes: unusual artifacts

Crowd: wants to see blood
Betting: official - fair odds
Other Entertainment: local bards, hired bards and trained animals


Competitors of interest:
The musclebound brute who has good odds to win.
The local favourite who has an ulterior motive for competing.
The devoted cleric who came from nowhere.
The nondescript mercenary who proves to be highly honoroble.