Vërer oeber tüd

Vërer oeber tüd (Inheritance or death) is a ritual of the Khendu Sultanate to determine who will be the future Sultan after their father dies.

Before the Competition
The Sultan of the Khendu Sultanate is required to have 2-5 sons, or to adopt some if necessary. The competition starts 1 month after the current Sultan has assumed the title of Sultan. From the age of 2 to the competition, all sons sleep in the same bedroom, one bedroom in the palace is left open for the future victor. Any one of the sons younger than 12 is not allowed to compete, if all the sons are younger than 12, then the competition is postponed until 2 of the sons are older than 12.

The sons and their father arrive at the Kolüseus of Pisan Arvaan, a large, 2-tiered arena in downtown Pisan Arvaan. The father leaves his sons to go to the Sultan's booth on the second tier, just above the main gateway into the arena. The sons then wash their hands in the Holy Water of Khan'Du to purify their spirits for the afterlife in case they die before equipping themselves with armor and weapons.

The Competition
The games go in a series of four challenges, none are designed to be deadly, but they often end with at least one dead combatant. The first challenge is the Praxis, or practice, a non-deadly challenge where the combatants fight aggressive dogs fitted with muzzles to prevent them from biting, during this round, the combatants can only fight with short swords and daggers if necessary. The 2nd challenge is the Shvaartkam, or sword fight, where the combatants fight each-other with short swords but once again no shields. As with all man-on-man combats in the ritual, the goal is really to knock your opponent on the ground, not to kill him, though sometimes the loser is killed (mostly on accident). The third is the Lökam, or the lion fight, where the remaining combatants this time work together against two lions, one male and one female. The final challenge is between the two top-scoring brothers, and is known as the Brüdeshvaartkam, or the brother's sword fight.

After the Competition
If more than one son has survived, it is expected that they one-by-one shake hands with the victor to preserve chivalry after the all-out brawl. After the match, they return home with their father and the victor packs all of his stuff and moves to the prince bedroom, while the others continue sleeping together until the age of 17, when they move out of the palace and are not allowed back in unless they are permitted. The victor also changes his name to have the "med" suffix, so a man named Dahmar is renamed Dahmed.