The Norn Fighting Tournament

The Norn Fighting Tournament is a minigame in Guild Wars Eye of the North to earn reputation with the Norn. The tournament arena can be found in Gunnar's Hold and is accessible to all characters who arrive at this town. This minigame pits your character against 5 different opponents in consecutive one-on-one battles. Should you prevail, you will face down Magni the Bison (most of the time, see the Rules section below), the champion and founder of this tournament.

Game mechanics
Your character must have the quest Round 1: Fight! in order to enter the tournament. Obtain the quest from Magni the Bison if this is the first time your character is entering the tournament or is re-entering the tournament after previously winning the tournament. Losing the tournament will keep that quest in your quest log. Talk to Gellir Frostshield to start the tournament. A fee of 100 is automatically deducted from your character upon confirmation.

Rules
There are six rounds that you must win in total to be considered the winner of the tournament. The first five opponents are randomly chosen from the list of opponents shown below. Note that each opponent will have a chance to appear only in a certain round. In other words, each round has a different set of potential opponents.

The tournament takes place in a small explorable area designed as an arena. Each of the 6 rounds of battle (5 random opponents and the final round) takes place in a different instance of the area. Your character starts each round in a small side room with a 10-second countdown. When the countdown ends, the previously closed door will be opened, allowing access to the larger circular chamber where your opponent awaits. Your opponent turns hostile the moment the countdown ends, although he or she will not move until you step out of the side room. Once you enter the central area, the door will close behind you, and your opponent will start to attack.

You must defeat your opponent in order to continue to the next round. 5 Norn reputation points are awarded upon winning round 1, 10 points for round 2, 15 points for round 3, 20 points for round 4, and 25 points for round 5 - a total of 75 points. There is no reputation point reward for winning the final round.

Advice
Players aiming to finish the tournament must include some skills in their bar:
 * Enchantment removal as there are hard enchanted foes and a "55 monk" enemy
 * Condition removal if you're not a spellcaster as there are blinders.
 * Self heal.
 * Spirit Lord Build. Vampirism, Union & Shadowsong work well.
 * Some kind of snare or blind is also demanded to fight Magni the Bison as he hits hard, interrupting his form is also a good option.

Opponents
The following table shows all the opponents in the Norn Fighting Tournament. Your first opponent is randomly chosen from a pool of six opponents. Rounds 2 and 4 have a pool of seven opponents, while rounds 3 and 5 have six. The final round pits you against Magni the Bison, but rarely, Palawa Joko appears instead.

All of the opponents you may face are level 20, unless specifically noted otherwise.

Allies
Some of these NPCs may sometimes be seen standing among the spectators:
 * Anton
 * Egil Fireteller
 * Gunnar Poundfist
 * Herta
 * Jora
 * Ogden Stonehealer
 * Olaf Olafson
 * Olrun Olafdottir
 * Pyre Fierceshot
 * Sif Shadowhunter
 * Volsung Irongut

Other allies

 * 20 Spectator
 * 20, 24 Spectator
 * 24 Spectator
 * 20 Spectator
 * 20 Spectator
 * 20 Spectator
 * Note: These spectators offer up random quotes from the start of the countdown timer until the end of the round. Some of their quotes are funny and some offer hints on your current opponent. See Spectator for the full list of quotes.

Dialogue
Each opponent has different dialogue lines for the opening line, the start-of-battle quote, a victory comment, and a defeat comment.

Trivia

 * The sentence "I'm the firestarter..." (Orion) is from the song Firestarter by The Prodigy.
 * The spectators used to heal the participants prior to the 4th September 2007 update.
 * Morghan's reference to a 'Young Kournan Paragon' is almost certainly a reference to himself.
 * Koss's line "I want you to hit me as hard as you can" is a line from the movie Fight Club.
 * Koss's line "Look at me! I'm fighting alone!" is a jab at the Sunspear motto, "You never fight alone."
 * Koss's line "I never prepare for defeat, because I know when it comes I'll still look good." is loosely based on actor Jim Kelly's final lines as Williams in Enter the Dragon.