He nodded, and waved. "We're near the end of the line, but you'll be one of the first, so good luck. I'll try to avoid taking you out in the preliminary, to make sure we have a more interesting show."<br/><br/>The next twenty minutes were a blur of getting fully registered, and presenting onto the tournament grounds, in front of the assembled audience. A predicted, he was the seventh to be called in, after the previous year's champion, and the winners of other, regional tournaments.<br/><br/>All in all, by the time all of the contestants were gathered on the field, there were at least fifty of them, though only about a dozen who were actually able to compete on Caiaphas' level.