Vlad quickly made his way up to the Proving Master so that he may be able to fight. The first bout was really quite easy with his daggers out the dwarf made a charge leaving himself wide open on the sides. Sidestepping his attack Vlad thrust out the dagger in his left hand catching the dwarf on the cheek. First blood as it were.

The next bout was a little trickier this dwarf was smarter and could sure make good swipes keeping Vlad away. 'So he saw my last match no matter he may be good at making me stay away from him but he isn't going in when he should.' Swapping out the Daggers for the bow Vlad fired three arrows two high which were caught by the dwarf's block the last one low which ended up in his leg not deeply thanks to the armour.

The third fight was a little more troubling a two on one well that should liven things up. 'Seems that this one will need a bit of skill even if I have faced down more opponents I doubt these two are ordinary.' Grabbing his bow he fired a volley of shots at the female dwarf they didn't hit they weren't suppose two. Bringing out his shield he quickly blocked the other male who disappeared at the beginning only for Vlad's long sword to deal a blow to his arm. Closing the distance between him and the female dwarf their blades clashed with Vlad's dagger scratching her arm.

Then there was the one call Boject Ivoh who was a supposed master of all blades Vlad brought Sten in seeing as how it was a partners match. In truth Vlad could of handled this one by himself but he felt the need to let Sten stretch his muscles.

In Tapsters

Rita was talking to a drunken dwarf by the name of Ohgren when the news came to her of her strange companion.

"Hey did you here a surfacer is already taking on the prisoner of none Boject Ivoh after he beat Reaja and Luc Jon." a random dwarf came into the bar all excited. "And his weapons are something else."

"I pray to Andraste, the Maker, and The Creators that the surfacer they're talking about is not who I think it is." Rita was mentally kicking herself for letting Vlad off on his own.

"You know this surfacer?" Ohgren belched.

"His name is Vlad and he is quite strange." Rita was still hoping her suspicion wasn't correct.

"Strange as in the fact he worships a God of Death and likes to get into fights with monsters along with a large assortment of weapons." Alistair interjected.

"Sounds like my kind of guy we should probably get down to the Proving grounds and see how well he's doing might need a few bandages if it's Boject." Ohgren got up and started for the door with the others behind him.

The Proving Grounds

Sten had just finished beating his opponent with massive strikes while Boject Ivoh succumbed to an arrow to his foot calling for his loss. When Rita showed up approaching Morrigan.

"Alright I'll bite exactly how entering a tournament is able to help us I want to hear?" Rita was about to explode this wasn't how she wanted the trip to go.

"Vlad thought that by entering the tournament we would find out the political standing here along with the probability of being hired by the strongest faction." Morrigan responded with a clear sign she felt like she was smooth talked into something she wouldn't agree to.

"He's right if you look around the Grounds you can figure out who is who and what is what here the fights are pretty political and you make a lot of friends." Ohgren supplied for the both of them.

"I don't know how he does it but I am going to throttle him once he's done. Rita's right eye twitched.

"Now hold on he may do things not the normal way but he seems to know politics no, why not let him do the talking I have feeling he can help us with these types of situations." Lelianna spoke up.

"I suppose he does know a few things I wouldn't normally pick up on still I don't like the idea of relying to heavily upon him." Rita was a bit calmer now. "By the way what do you think he's like in bed?"

Alistair had a very crossed look on his face, Ohgren a disgusted one, only Morrigan and Lelianna had a very surprised look on both there faces with the latter's becoming steadily redder while the former looked away quickly trying to think of something else.

"Ha, knew it you owe me five silver Alistair." Rita had a very triumphant look on her face.

"Honestly what is wrong with you women?" Alistair was shaking his head while Ohgren began laughing at the hole thing.