Every year, a tournament is held. A tournament where warriors and mages fight for the right of Nation's Defender. A title that comes with many benefits for a year for the person and a group of their choice. Those with large families or who belong to a guild find their motivation doubly strong as those who support them urge them on. Those who are very much without such groups behind them find themselves more and more popular as they win.

An arena built specifically for these games, it is set up with a magic red fence that protects the audience from stray attacks. What powers the strong barrier is uncertain, however it is known that those who win once somehow lack the energy to ever again come close to victory a second time. Something happens to their core where stamina or magical energy is stored. Medical personal are helpless to explain, except to say that you must give your all to win.