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== Summary ==
* Invitation only event that was was held in February 2000.
* Candidates for 'The Gauntlet' included high level, high ranking monarchs. Potential candidates were challenged by "a presence" and if accepted were sent to the [[Singularity Caul]].
* The challenge was to run to the top of a distant hill and claim the [[Shadow Stone]] within 30 minutes whilst avoiding dangerous creatures such as: [[Shadow]]s, [[Shadow Lieutenant]]s, [[Panumbris Shadow]]s, [[Umbris Shadow]]s and [[Lag Beast]]s.
* To successfully complete the challenge, a high run skill was needed to avoid the mobs and also a high jump skill to reach the stone itself.
* Monarchs that completed the challenge received a {{Itemlink|Shadow Stone}}, used to improve Atlan Weapons, and the title of [[#Rewards|Dark Master]].
* There are only two known monarchs to have completed the Gauntlet and they were both on the [[Thistledown]] server: [[Vidorian]] and Blackthorn.
* Two monarchs also refused to take part in the test: Fafhrd of Thistledown and Killean of Morningthaw.

Further reading:
* The Gauntlet and the Dark Masters are mentioned in the ingame text, [[General History of Dereth Vol. III]].

== Trivia ==
* During the [[Should the Stars Fall]] event, the two Dark Masters were called upon to help free the Hopeslayer; however, Blackthorn had defected and was now part of the [[The Shard of the Herald|Shard Vigils]] leaving only Vidorian to assist the Shadow Generals.
* The two monarchs who refused to take part in the Gauntlet were called upon by [[Asheron]] during the [[Bael'Zharon's Defeat|event]] when Bael'Zharon was defeated.

== Creatures ==
{{Creature Class|Shadow
 | Shadow
 | Shadow Lieutenant
 | Panumbris Shadow
 | Umbris Shadow
}}

{{Creature Class|Unknown
 | Lag Beast
}}

== Items ==
{{Item Table
 | Shadow Stone
 | A Glistening Obsidian Chest
 | Hastily Written Note
}}

=== Possible Rewards ===
{{Item Table
 | Peerless Shadow Atlan Axe
 | Peerless Shadow Atlan Claw
 | Peerless Shadow Atlan Dagger
 | Peerless Shadow Atlan Mace
 | Peerless Shadow Atlan Spear
 | Peerless Shadow Atlan Staff
 | Peerless Shadow Atlan Sword
}}
{{Item Table
 | Superior Shadow Atlan Axe
 | Superior Shadow Atlan Claw
 | Superior Shadow Atlan Dagger
 | Superior Shadow Atlan Mace
 | Superior Shadow Atlan Spear
 | Superior Shadow Atlan Staff
 | Superior Shadow Atlan Sword
}}
{{Item Table
 | Fine Shadow Atlan Axe
 | Fine Shadow Atlan Claw
 | Fine Shadow Atlan Dagger
 | Fine Shadow Atlan Mace
 | Fine Shadow Atlan Spear
 | Fine Shadow Atlan Staff
 | Fine Shadow Atlan Sword
}}

== Rewards ==
{{Rewards Table
 |           Quest Task = Sucessfully complete the Gauntlet
 |         Title Reward = Dark Master
 |          Item Reward = 
* {{Icon Link|Shadow Stone}}
}}

== Images ==
<gallery>
File:Singularity Caul (Lost in the New Horizon) Live.jpg|How the Singularity Caul would of looked when the Gauntlet took place
File:Vidorian.jpg|Dark Master Vidorian of Thistledown
File:Peerless Shadow Dagger Live.jpg|Vidorian using the [[Peerless Shadow Atlan Dagger]] against the [[Shard of the Herald]]
</gallery>

== Dialog  ==
;Town Crier Rumor (Darkness Ascendant)
{{Tell|Town Crier tells you, "High-ranking monarchs have been approached by an unknown presence and subjected to grueling tests on a distant island.  Apparently this entity, whatever it is, does not think much of our monarchs.  Might this have something to do with the frightful apparition in the lightning flashes?"}}

;Samuel, Former Guardian
{{Tell|Samuel, Former Guardian tells you, "A few years back - you see? A few years back, this island was found. Apparently, Monarchs had gone there before Bael'zharon walked the world, as a test. Something like that-"}}

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