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# To-The-Death

*A tale is told of centuries old,*\
\&#xNAN;*Of Champions duelling for prestige and gold,*\
\&#xNAN;*Battlemasters named their price,*\
\&#xNAN;*And one returned with the other’s life…*

A To-The-Death match is a *direct* challenge between two Battlemasters, and involves two individual Champion.

In a To-The-Death match, players directly challenge each other; Battlemasters can choose to challenge each other for the ownership of each other’s Champions. 

There are two key terms in this game mode: **Challenger**, and **Opponent**. A Challenger is the player who ***issues*** the 1v1 challenge; the Opponent is the player who ***receives*** the 1v1 challenge.