complete disorganization

After his bad experience in the last Arena of Honor match, Vangark was absolutely determined that if he didn’t have a team to play with, he would save his ticket. This time, his teammates from the AV0 alliance were available to join the first match. As always, Spartacus would be the rally leader with cavalry, and he would lead with his spearmen. When they entered, they were tasked with defending House Stark, which is located in the northern part of the map. They observed their rivals and saw an opportunity to take Glory City—from their perspective—as long as their team focused on securing altars that granted overall buffs, such as Warrior, Chrome, and Father.

They were missing a stronghold that was ready before the attacks between the houses began; it was the first misstep they had that day. Vangark didn’t think much of it; for now, things were going well. When they took House Greyjoy, they did so without a hitch, but within minutes the enemy was retaking it. They told Walther to go for that house, since even though he isn’t as strong as the rally leaders, his stats are at least good enough to defend the House. He took his time, so the Greyjoys began reinforcing the building to retake it. Impatient with his teammate’s delay, Vangark struck alone and managed to retake it; after a few seconds, they swapped positions and were no longer in danger, at least in that spot.

After that, they easily secured two Altars of the Strange despite some attacks, and captured one of the towers. Thanks to their efforts, they managed to take first place. That position was solidified by capturing two catapults, while they also managed, together with Espartaco, to take two dragon pits. Although his partner was sometimes struck by a spearman of the same level as Vangark, the reinforcements helped defend the area effectively.

The buildings they had captured through their camps were seized by House Tyrell. This was partly a good thing, since they weren’t direct enemies. Glory City was ready to be attacked, so Vangark decided the best course of action was to enter via a rally; this way, he could preserve a significant number of troops rather than attacking alone. But before that could happen, it was the Lannisters who took it. When Vangark arrived at his destination with his rally, he saw that the first attempt had failed. The enemy had defended better, so they tried again and again until they managed to get inside. From then on, they focused on reinforcing with spears; since they didn’t control the catapults, the enemy kept attacking them over and over, so their reinforcements were wearing down.

While the leader asked that the remaining troops begin construction of the Trading Post to steadily earn points, he—concerned with securing the central building and thereby partially ensuring first place—instructed his teammates to take the altars that grant buffs, since upon reviewing the reports he saw that their enemies did have all the additional buffs, and they did not.

Unable to reach an agreement, his teammates tried to split their forces into three groups to cover the areas they had been assigned. It was a complex task because his teammates didn’t know what to prioritize, and as the minutes ticked by, they began to slip down the standings until they reached third place. Vangark was once again knocked out of the center and tried again. After they managed to capture it again, the battle for Glory City became a priority for the Starks, without realizing that this strategy backfired on them. Both enemies began taking the altars they had in their possession, and they didn’t realize that all the Lannisters were doing was resetting the timer whenever they could. The Targaryens tried to do the same, but the Lannisters were better at defending against them.

When the mine shafts became available for attack, they didn’t take a single one, missing the opportunity to score points. They drained the two local mines they had in each house, but those points didn’t amount to much, since their enemies had a significant advantage over them.

They hadn’t seen such a lack of coordination in any previous match. With just a few minutes left, the result was insurmountable unless they managed to take Glory City, but that didn’t happen despite their persistence.

The lack of a clear strategy undoubtedly hurt the team's performance; they improvised, but poorly. He can't question his place on the team, as the loss is everyone's fault—the entire group made mistakes that led to that outcome. They just need to approach this event the way they were doing weeks ago, when they focused on offense or building a lead to at least secure second place against a tough opponent.

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