The Gauntlet of the Sun

The Gauntlet of the Sun was the second gauntlet in the The Gauntlet of Mercy. It had far fewer casualties than the first gauntlet, in part because of the greater skill of its participants, and in part because of new restrictions on the killing of other teams. The Gauntlet was a miniature recreation of a provincial town, with different areas accessible depending on the time of day. The position of the sun could be moved by spinning a magical sundial, shifting the area between dawn, noon and dusk. Participants had to collect keys by completing combats and puzzles, unlocking a bell which would summon a phoenix, the final fight of the area. The Gauntlet was also notable for involving a game with last-minute rule changes involving a form of Russian Roulette, where teams would fill a gun with a number of bullets of their choice, which would be randomly given to another team and shot at a team-members head. Teams were incentivised to fill the gun with as many bullets as possible, as for each additional bullet they added, one would be removed from the gun they were given. The only person to be killed from this game was Diamond from Team Seven. Only one team was entirely eliminated in this gauntlet, Team Fifteen. Team One began and ended the gauntlet with only three members, making them the only team so far in the games to successfully complete an entire gauntlet without a full party.

Rule Amendments:

After this Gauntlet, the following amendments were added to the Gauntlet Rulebook:

The members of a single team are collectively only permitted to kill a total of four Gauntlet participants outside their team during the Gauntlet phase. The killed participants can all be from the same team or from different ones. Those in the offending team will accrue a minor penalty for each additional person killed over the four-victim limit. This amendment replaced a previous amendment made after the first gauntlet

Post-Gauntlet Results:

Team	Fate
One	Progressed One member eliminated in Artefact Phase. One member gained after progression (moved from Team Twelve.)
Seven	Progressed One member eliminated in Gauntlet. One member recruited from Province as replacement.
Eight	Progressed All members survived.
Ten	Progressed All members survived
Eleven	Progressed All members survived
Twelve	Eliminated Three members eliminated in Gauntlet. One member moved to Team One.
Fifteen	Eliminated All members eliminated in Gauntlet.