Welcome to the Dark Horse Tournament! The Dark Horse Tournament (DHT) is an Original Character Tournament where you must fight to escape the twisted games of the immoral dictator Sergio Delphane and the sadistic demon Lecretia. You will combat opponents from every time, dimension, and galaxy for the profit of the tournament directors and for the entertainment of billions of fans. While the tournament is said to be used to "clean up" the galaxy of criminals, they really take any unfortunate soul they can purchase. Also, the two tournament directors tend to use the arena for more than just fighting.

You can think of the tournament as a crossing point for any and all original characters. Unlike some other tournaments, you have the choice to pummel your opponent with out worrying about requirements or themes to fulfill. Yes, we accept comics, written entries, animations... anything!

= Rules =

The rules of DHT are simple; battle your assigned opponent with your own original character. You may write, draw, or use any creative outlet to show your battle. Every round we assign an environment for all the contestants to fight in. The environment itself just the medium which the battles take place. If you wish, you can apply one (or more) of the optional scenarios to your battle. There is no penalty for taking or not taking a scenario; it is just an option for contestants who wish to show their battle in a different way. If you want examples, a detailed version of the rules, and a more in depth back story, just read our rules journal here: [link]

= Prizes =

DHT offers many prizes to its winners. First place gets a one year subscription, second gains a three month subscription. In addition, EVERYONE who participates will have their character incorporated into an art prize drawn by ~Aikin. Not only that, but there are several prizes donated by fellow DA members such art and additional subscriptions. Here is a list of the prizes donated so far:

=blackRAVENsong Will draw a digital picture of the first place winner's character on a white background.

~elHORNOmagnifico Can either do a drawing/comic strip or a write-up of some sort, perhaps a backstory or victory story. The winners would have to give elHorno their preference.

~Pokemaniette013 Has offered to render all the characters that pass round three into Chibis as a prize.

*JigenSuzuki Offered to donate the winner a three-month subscription and a one-month subscription to the second place winner.

~HyugaKora Can donate a fully shaded traditional drawing of the winner and 3 runner-ups. She will also recommend the winner to others and put them into her signature.

=Aenigma-Studios offered the following prizes:

=1st Place: 3-month subscription and a full body color of their OC. Background optional, vivid.
=2nd Place: Full body sketch/ lineart. Background optional, something simple.
=3rd Place: Chibi. Simple background.


DHT starts June 7th and we will host up to 64 competitors. (at time of this post, we have 34 entered) Sign up with your character now to reserve a spot before the start date!

If you're interested, simply send a note with a link to your character's deviation and/or any questions you may have.