Duane
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the ledger is closed
consulting the clerk…
—RANK
—SHARES
—WON / LOST
No chap suffered more nobly. Lord Duane's Türkiye and Tunisia gave him famine, his 'two countries for value' — Bosnia AND Herzegovina — gave him a single draw's crust, and he spent long stretches at Pauper, once remarking he had been Folk 'for 3 minutes.' Yet his Norwegian engine, Haaland at its head, plundered giants all the way to the quarter-finals before falling at England's shore — and he sent the raiders home a stuffed raccoon clutching an empty bottle, a diplomatic gift Norway did not know it needed. The realm's finest heckler, defender of the spelling of Türkiye, undone by every army but one. He deserved better wars.
The raccoon diplomat deserved better armies.
FORTUNA · FRIENDSHIP · FROTH
YOUR BRACKET how your picks held up
your bracket lights up once the picks are in
RIVALS the banners at your shoulder
the field has yet to sort itself
THE FIGURES
—total shares
—bonus shares
—knockout shares
—fortune index
—strongest army
THE GROUP STAGE the campaign that drew the bracket — June 11–27
THE CONTRIBUTION who carried the banner
no shares yet afield
HONOURS bonus stamps struck under your banner
no honours yet struck
THE FOUR ARMIES drawn at the muster
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye #22 —
- 🇳🇴 Norway #31 —
- 🇹🇳 Tunisia #46 —
- 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herz. #64 —
THE STRENGTH DOSSIER how the four armies measured up
the heralds are still weighing your armies
THE CAMPAIGN LEDGER every group battle fought, in order
no battles joined yet