Now, it should be noted that Handy was not always quick on the uptake. He had assumed that, this being a tournament, it should be the expected norm to see a variety of warriors from across the land. He really should have paid more attention to Shortbeak’s warnings as more than half of them were there for the possibility of fighting him personally. To be the one to defeat Handy the Milesian, this upstart human, publically and to gain money and fame for doing so. Handy didn’t see that, however. With the odd exception, he considered most of the potential combatants with contempt.