Sumeru Varsity Teams

The Sumeru Varsity Teams are an array of teams that compete in national competitions in India for the Sumeru Dorm and Class.
They consist of a wide array of teams for various sports, including fencing, archery, martial arts, basketball, netball, and football - among others. While officially called the Sumeru Varsity Teams, they are commonly known to the student populace as The Eremites. This is a collective name, and not the name used during competitions.
In the Sumeru Dorm and Class, there are seven teams with only five still competing. These teams are:

• The Corps of Thirty
• Rahman's Faction
• Blazing Beasts
• Farrokhzadan
• Thutmose
• Tanit (formerly)
• Deshret's Relics (formerly)

The teams of Tanit and Deshret's Relics actively competed until September 2027, after which they were disbanded and the remaining members of both teams were moved onto one of the remaining five teams unless they chose to leave the varsity teams. Deshret's Relics were formerly the largest of the seven teams and were thus divided into two sub-groups, Ayn Al-Ahmar and Dakan Al-Ahmar, who would take turns competing for Deshret's Relics.
For the purposes of competitions, Teyvat Academy is included in the District of New Delhi.

Competitions

In India, there are 5 competitions:

Qualifiers

The Qualifiers are an individual sport competition only. For individual sports, schools are counted separately from teams and schools can enter multiple teams into the qualifiers. Each team will then enter twenty competitors into the competition. Each school holds its qualifiers on their own grounds and results are submitted to the National School Sports Agency.
During the qualifiers, the twenty competitors on each team will compete against one another so that, in the end, only ten competitors from each team the school enters into the national competition will remain. The ten winning competitors from each team will then go on to compete in the Districts.

Districts

For individual sports, the ten competitors of a team that passed the qualifiers will then go on to compete against the teams of other schools in their district. Individual sports that consist of one-on-one matches (fencing, martial arts, etc) will not have competitors compete against those from the same team, but they may compete against other teams from the same school. For example, if a school enters Teams A, B, and C into a competition, competitors from Team A will not compete against others from Team A but may compete with those from Team B. All competitors are also ranked individually, not as a team. The top forty competitors in each district will proceed to the States. All competitors who pass receive a small trophy, and a medal for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
For sports consisting of one-on-one matches, no medals are awarded. Ranking for one-on-one sports is merely determined by the order of which competitor came out as the victor of their final match first. Matches are timed and the times of each match are added up, with the winning competitors being ranked in order of shortest to longest time. The top forty of these competitors pass on to the States.
For team-based sports (football, netball, basketball, etc), the Districts are the first competition. Each school will enter as many teams as they wish into the competition, and each team will compete against the other schools in their district. Teams may compete against other teams from the same school, and the top twenty teams in a district will proceed to the States. All teams who pass into the States will receive a small trophy.
Ranking for team sports is merely determined by the order of which team came out as the victor of their final match first. Matches are timed and the times of each match are added up, with the winning competitors being ranked in order of shortest to longest time. The top twenty of these competitors pass on to the States.

States

For individual sports, the top forty competitors from each district will compete against the other districts in the same state. Unlike in the Districts, competitors may compete with others from the same team if the sport is a one-on-one sport. All competitors are ranked individually. The top twenty competitors from each state will proceed to the Zonals. All competitors who pass into the Zonals will receive a small trophy, and a medal for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
For sports consisting of one-on-one matches, no medals are awarded. Ranking for one-on-one sports is merely determined by the order of which competitor came out as the victor of their final match first. Matches are timed and the times of each match are added up, with the winning competitors being ranked in order of shortest to longest time. The top twenty of these competitors pass on to the Zonals.
For team-based sports, the top twenty teams from each district will compete against the teams from the other districts in the same state. Similarly to the Districts, competitors may compete against other teams from the same school if multiple teams from the same school make it into the States. The top ten teams from each state will proceed to the Zonals. All teams who pass into the Zonals will receive a small trophy.
Ranking for team sports is merely determined by the order of which team came out as the victor of their final match first. Matches are timed and the times of each match are added up, with the winning competitors being ranked in order of shortest to longest time. The top ten of these competitors pass on to the Zonals.

Zonals

For individual sports, the top twenty competitors from each state will compete against the other states in the same zone. Like in the States, competitors may compete with others from the same team if the sport is a one-on-one sport. All competitors are ranked individually. The top ten competitors from each zone will proceed to the Nationals. All competitors who pass into the Nationals will receive a small trophy, and a medal for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
For sports consisting of one-on-one matches, no medals are awarded. Ranking for one-on-one sports is merely determined by the order of which competitor came out as the victor of their final match first. Matches are timed and the times of each match are added up, with the winning competitors being ranked in order of shortest to longest time. The top ten of these competitors pass on to the Nationals.
For team-based sports, the top ten teams from each state will compete against the teams from the other states in the same zone. Similarly to the States, competitors may compete against other teams from the same school if multiple teams from the same school make it into the Zonals. The top five teams from each zone will proceed to the Nationals. All teams who pass into the Nationals will receive a small trophy.
Ranking for team sports is merely determined by the order of which team came out as the victor of their final match first. Matches are timed and the times of each match are added up, with the winning competitors being ranked in order of shortest to longest time. The top five of these competitors pass on to the Nationals.

Nationals

For individual sports, the top ten competitors from each region compete against the other regions. Same as in the Regionals, competitors may compete against others from the same team as them. Competitors are ranked individually and the competitors ranked 4th to 10th will receive a small trophy, while the 1st, 2nd and 3rd will receive larger trophies and a medal. For sports consisting of one-on-one matches, only competitors who rank 1st, 2nd, and 3rd receive trophies or medals.
For team sports, the top five teams from each region compete against the other regions. Same as in the other competitions, teams may compete against other teams from the same school. Teams ranked 1st, 2nd and 3rd will receive large trophies as well as medals and small trophies for each individual team member.

Members of The Eremites

• Aderfi (Tanit) (sport unknown)
• Azariq (Tanit) (sport unknown)
• Jebrael Hindi (Thutmose) (sport unknown)
• Masseira (Tanit) (sport unknown)
• Rahman (Rahman's Faction - founder) (sport unknown)
• Babel (Tanit - one of the captains until from ?? to July 2027) (sport unknown)
• Samail (Thutmose) (sport unknown)

Martial Arts

Deshret's Relics (Vajra-musti martial arts)

Dakan Al-Ahmar

• Kusayla Nazeri (captain from September 2017 to July 2018)
• Dehya Nazeri (formerly; from September 2020 to July 2024)

Blazing Beasts Team (Vajra-musti martial arts)

• Dehya Nazeri (transferred from Deshret's Relics - specifically Dakan Al-Ahmar) (captain from September 2025 to July 2027)

Tanit (Vajra-musti martial arts)

• Jeht Hindi (formerly; from September 2022 to July 2027)

Awards

• India Schools' Vajra-musti Competition 2026-2027 Season - Districts: 2nd place (Jeht Hindi)
• India Schools' Vajra-musti Competition 2026-2027 Season - States: 5th place (Jeht Hindi)
• India Schools' Vajra-musti Competition 2026-2027 Season - Zonals: 9th place (Jeht Hindi)
• India Schools' Vajra-musti Competition 2026-2027 Season - Nationals: 4th place (Jeht Hindi)

Contents

Type

Entertainment, Sports team

Alternative Names

The Eremites

Demonym

Eremites

Parent Organization

Sumeru Dorm and Class

Location

United States of America

Related Ethnicities

• Indian
• Iranian