[@SaintRice] Don't be so hard on yourself, seriously. Honestly I could've found some way to keep Silvia in the fight, but I decided myself that keeping it going wouldn't have been nearly as interesting. It was nothing about how you started the duel. Heh, honestly I think I made Silvia too weak to even hope to fight Gareth, which is honestly something I tend to do with my characters in these sort of RPs, I can give you a lot of past examples if you want. 

One involved some regular guard trying to take on Gods...

Still, don't kick yourself about this, alright?