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* ''Series/{{Wednesday}}'': Wednesday challenges Bianca, Nevermore Academy's AlphaBitch, to a fencing duel to knock her down a peg. After they both win a round, Wednesday opts to have them both remove their facemasks and blade protectors and so the winner is decided by who draws blood first. Wednesday loses, much to her own shock.
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* In the 1930 storyline of ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'', Firo's knife fight with Maiza serves the role of a GangInitiationFight, with drawing first blood being the main rule. The other rule is that if you go for the kill, you'll be killed where you stand.
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* In the 1930 storyline of ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'', ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'', Firo's knife fight with Maiza serves the role of a GangInitiationFight, with drawing first blood being the main rule. The other rule is that if you go for the kill, you'll be killed where you stand.
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* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', the first of many acts that would make Prince Oberyn Martell infamous was a duel to first blood. After a teenage Prince Oberyn was caught sleeping with the paramour of Lord Yronwood, the two agreed to have a duel to first blood, which would satisfy honor and let everyone move on without provoking a feud between the ruling family of Dorne and the powerful House Yronwood. Both Oberyn and Lord Yronwood were cut, but while Oberyn quickly recovered from his wound, Lord Yronwood's only got worse until he died. It was widely rumored afterward that [[PoisonedWeapons Oberyn poisoned his blade]], and it took a lot of diplomacy between Oberyn's older brother Prince Doran and the rest of House Yronwood to prevent any grudges from forming. While it's not confirmed in the books that Oberyn poisoned his weapon, the fact that he did do so in a different duel several decades later (albeit against someone he had much more cause to hate), hints that he might deserve the infamy he got as a result.
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* ''Fanfic/ThePiratesSoldier'': The Juraian noble Seiryo Tennan decides to challenge Heero to a honor duel, trying to revoke his birthright as a heir to the Juraian Empire. The only rules set up are that the first who draws blood from his opponent or forces him to surrender wins. Heero wins by headbutting Seiryo in the nose.
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* In the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' books, duels on Manticore have two protocols, one for "single shots at increasingly closer range until first blood or both agree that honor is satisfied" (although death is still possible) and one for "until one is dead or both are out of ammo".
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* In the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' books, duels on are legal in the Star Kingdom of Manticore have two protocols, one for "single shots and are governed by the ''code duello''. Dueling under the Dreyfus Protocol limited each participant to five rounds which could only be exchanged in single shots, after which each party would be asked if honor was satisfied. The duel was automatically concluded at increasingly closer range until first blood blood, or both agree that honor is satisfied" (although death is still possible) and one for "until one is dead or both are if the participants ran out of ammo". ammunition. The bloodier Ellington Protocol allowed the duelists ten rounds each and had no limit on rate of fire, concluding only when one participant either dropped their gun in surrender or was dead.
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* In the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' novel ''[[Literature/SoulDrinkers Chapter War]]'', Eumenes challenges Sarpedon in the opening, with Sarpedon insisting on the fight being to first blood. [[spoiler:They fight again in the climax, this time to the death.]]
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* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': Jaime is made to fight against a Slaaneshi champion until his real hand has been struck six times (he doesn't know it, but six is Slaanesh's sacred number), and this is repeated an untold number of times during his imprisonment. He finally maages to beat him after [[his golden hand is possessed by a daemon, making it able to move again]].
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* ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'': The climactic fight in the "Battle for Barthis" arc between Stark and Scarlatti is fought under these terms. Stark wins with a sudden IAmNotLeftHanded moment.
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* In ''Franchise/TransformersAlignedUniverse'', this is why [[BigBad Megatron]] leads the forces of the [[FullCircleRevolution Decepticons]]. He and Soundwave -- his [[SinisterSurveillance information]] [[TheDragon officer]] -- duelled for the leadership of the Decepticons during the faction's [[GladiatorRevolt inception]] in a fight that was explicitly first to ''wound''. Megatron himself has admitted that had the duel been to the death, Soundwave ''would have won'', and WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime makes it blindingly obvious that anyone [[TheStarscream thinking of overthrowing Megatron]] has second thoughts because even if Megatron is out of the way, Soundwave ''isn't'', his [[UndyingLoyalty loyalty to Megatron is undying]] as a [[DefeatMeansFriendship result of the first-to-wound duel]], and due to his role as information officer [[BigBrotherIsWatching he likely already knows what they're planning]].
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* In ''TabletopGame/{{Battletech}}'', the Clan Trial of Grievance is a personal honour duel between two Clanners. In all but the most high-profile cases, it will be to first blood (or ejection if the duel is done using {{Mecha}}) as duels to the death are considered wasteful and thus anathema to the Clans' way of life.
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* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': {{Invoked|Trope}} by the {{immortal|Ruler}} GodEmperor Solomon David, who offers one wish -- up to and including his own throne -- to anyone who can draw one drop of his blood in a public duel. Since he's NighInvulnerable PersonOfMassDestruction, none of the chancellors vying to become his heir are willing to try. [[spoiler:At the end of the arc, the angel 82 White Chain manages to put a small bruise on his cheek. Even though she didn’t technically draw blood, the audience is so amazed and impressed that she ''landed a hit'' that Solomon David declares her the winner anyways, lest he lose face with his empire.]]
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* In the 1930 storyline of ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'', Firo knife fight with Maiza serves the role of a GangInitiationFight, with drawing first blood being the main rule. The other rule is that if you go for the kill, you'll be killed where you stand.
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* In ''Literature/TheLastWish'' Geralt is challenged to a duel by an arrogant knight offended by the Witcher's presence in the kingdom. While the terms are to first blood it's made very clear that the knight's brothers-in-arms will have Geralt's head if he dares to shed noble blood. [[spoiler: So, Geralt parries the knight's sword with sufficient force the idiot is cut by his own blade. It works because the judge didn't like the knights.]]
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* Heric from ''WesternAnimation/{{Xcalibur}}'' once had to fight in such a duel. Since he was not only a mage apprentice, but also a BareFistedMonk, all it took was a kick in the face.
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* An increase in duels that use this trope is the reason for the design of the épée, eventually developing a three-pronged point that would gouge out a small chunk of flesh in a painful but rarely dangerous way before making the transition to an electronic scoring system. This is why modern épée fencing has no right-of way rules and works purely on who hits first - unlike foil and sabre, which were derived from training for fights to the death and thus make defending against attacks a higher priority.
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* An interesting exploitation of this trope happens in ''Film/RobRoy''. At the very start of the film Rob and company track down and capture a group of men who had stolen a herd of cattle from a Scottish lord, and [[DuelToTheDeath Rob kills the leader in a duel]]. Later in the film Will Guthrie, a friend of the leader of the thieves, comes up to Rob in an inn with his sword drawn, challenging Rob to a duel for revenge. Rob gets Guthrie to agree that the duel be to first blood only, [[DeliberateInjuryGambit then immediately reaches out, cuts his hand on Guthrie's drawn sword]], and "congratulates" the other man on his victory. This handily (no pun intended) satisfies honor and leaves Guthrie no recourse for further revenge while also removing the chances of anyone dying in a duel, either via Rob accidentally killing Guthrie or Guthrie "[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident accidentally]]" killing Rob by scoring a lethal first wound and then later pretending that he never intended to kill Rob.
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* ''Film/TheDuellists'': Feraud's first duel against a mayor's nephew is considered over after Feraud stabs the man through the chest, drawing blood and humiliating him, but it's later said that he will survive. Averted by Feraud and d'Hubert's subsequent many, ''many'' duels, which are often plenty bloody, but are always interrupted before they can finish each other off.
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** Averted by Feraud and d'Hubert's subsequent many, ''many'' duels, which are often plenty bloody, but are always interrupted before they can finish each other off.
** Feraud's first onscreen duel against a mayor's nephew is considered over after Feraud stabs the man through the chest, drawing blood and humiliating him, but it's later said that he will
** Averted by Feraud and d'Hubert's subsequent many, ''many'' duels, which are often plenty bloody, but are always interrupted before they can finish each other off.
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* In ''Franchise/TransformersAlignedUniverse'', this is why [[BigBad Megatron]] leads the forces of the [[FullCircleRevolution Decepticons]]. He and Soundwave - his [[SinisterSurveilance information]] [[TheDragon officer]] - duelled for the leadership of the Decepticons during the faction's [[GladiatorRevolt inception]] in a fight that was explicitly first to ''wound''. Megatron himself has admitted that had the duel been to the death, Soundwave ''would have won'', and WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime makes it blindingly obvious that anyone [[TheStarscream thinking of overthrowing Megatron]] has second thoughts because even if Megatron is out of the way, Soundwave ''isn't'', his [[UndyingLoyalty loyalty to Megatron is undying]] as a [[DefeatMeansFriendship result of the first-to-wound duel]], and due to his role as information officer [[BigBrotherIsWatching he likely already knows what they're planning]].
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* In ''Franchise/TransformersAlignedUniverse'', this is why [[BigBad Megatron]] leads the forces of the [[FullCircleRevolution Decepticons]]. He and Soundwave - his [[SinisterSurveilance [[SinisterSurveillance information]] [[TheDragon officer]] - duelled for the leadership of the Decepticons during the faction's [[GladiatorRevolt inception]] in a fight that was explicitly first to ''wound''. Megatron himself has admitted that had the duel been to the death, Soundwave ''would have won'', and WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime makes it blindingly obvious that anyone [[TheStarscream thinking of overthrowing Megatron]] has second thoughts because even if Megatron is out of the way, Soundwave ''isn't'', his [[UndyingLoyalty loyalty to Megatron is undying]] as a [[DefeatMeansFriendship result of the first-to-wound duel]], and due to his role as information officer [[BigBrotherIsWatching he likely already knows what they're planning]].
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Some duels or similar combats are meant to end when one of the participants causes the other to bleed or be otherwise injured. Whether or not this actually happens often depends on circumstances, but this is a stated stipulation or assumption of at least one participant.
Compare:
* FirstBlood, when a combatant having blood drawn on them indicates that the fight is more serious than first thought.
* SingleStrokeBattle, where a swordfight ends with one participant killed by the other on their first swing.
Contrast DuelToTheDeath.
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!!Examples:
[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in ''ComicBook/DeCapeEtDeCrocs''. While on the Moon, Armand is challenged to a local form of dueling called rixme, a portmanteau of rixe (brawl) and rime (rhyme) where the loser is the first to lose his flow. It's essentially an Enlightenment-era rap battle.
-->'''Armand:''' Until first blood?
-->'''Adynaton:''' Until the last word.
[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* ''Film/DieAnotherDay'': While James Bond and Gustav Graves are fencing at the Blades club, Bond proposes a bet over a diamond marked with the insignia of Graves' company (which also happens to be an African conflict diamond). Graves accepts, then takes a pair of decorative swords off the wall.
-->'''Graves:''' Since we're upping the wager, let's up the weapons, shall we? We'll do this the old-fashioned way, first blood drawn from the torso!
* An interesting exploitation of this trope happens in ''Film/RobRoy''. At the very start of the film Rob and company track down and capture a group of men who had stolen a herd of cattle from a Scottish lord, and [[DuelToTheDeath Rob kills the leader in a duel]]. Later in the film Will Guthrie, a friend of the leader of the thieves, comes up to Rob in an inn with his sword drawn, challenging Rob to a duel for revenge. Rob gets Guthrie to agree that the duel be to first blood only, [[DeliberateInjuryGambit then immediately reaches out, cuts his hand on Guthrie's drawn sword]], and "congratulates" the other man on his victory. This handily (no pun intended) satisfies honor and leaves Guthrie no recourse for further revenge while also removing the chances of anyone dying in a duel, either via Rob accidentally killing Guthrie or Guthrie "[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident accidentally]]" killing Rob by scoring a lethal first wound and then later pretending that he never intended to kill Rob.
* ''Film/TheDuellists'': Feraud's first duel against a mayor's nephew is considered over after Feraud stabs the man through the chest, drawing blood and humiliating him, but it's later said that he will survive. Averted by Feraud and d'Hubert's subsequent many, ''many'' duels, which are often plenty bloody, but are always interrupted before they can finish each other off.
[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* In ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', when Paul cuts Jamis during their duel, he asks if Jamis wishes to end the fight. This draws anger and disgust from the other Fremen until Jessica explains that Paul was trained to fight to first blood. He then learns that among the Fremen, such duels are to the death.
* In the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' books, duels on Manticore have two protocols, one for "first blood" (although death is still possible) and one for "until one is dead or both are out of ammo".
* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in ''Literature/TheManWhoWasThursday'', when a duel that's meant as a distraction is stipulated to go to first serious injury to make sure the distraction lasts long enough.
* In the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' novel ''[[Literature/SoulDrinkers Chapter War]]'', Eumenes challenges Sarpedon in the opening, with Sarpedon insisting on the fight being to first blood. [[spoiler:They fight again in the climax, this time to the death.]]
* Subverted in ''Literature/ReflectionsOfEterna'' (''Winter Break''), when Richard Oakdell challenges Valentine Pridd over a perceived insult and Valentine chooses to duel until first blood, but their respective seconds don't manage to stop the duel before both have wounded each other.
[[AC:ProfessionalWrestling]]
* Some hardcore wrestling leagues have "first blood" matches, where the first wrestler that bleeds loses the match. Wrestling/{{TNA}} had a variant called Sadistic Madness, in which a wrestler couldn't be pinned until they had been made to bleed.
[[AC:TabletopGames]]
* In ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings'', iajutsu duels are a common way for rival bushi in Rokugan to settle differences, with first blood usually being the winning stipulation as the swordsmen's lives are too valuable to waste.
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* The Dwarven Provings in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' are to first blood. Companion [[BloodKnight Oghren]] is banned from Provings or even carrying weapons in Orzammar due to accidentally killing an opponent.
* ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'': On the Duel Ship, Red will occasionally find himself in a SelfImposedChallenge where he declares that he'll win without taking a single hit, making it a duel to the first blood for his opponent, while Red still has to defeat them the normal way.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* Heric from ''WesternAnimation/{{Xcalibur}}'' once had to fight in such a duel. Since he was not only a mage apprentice, but also a BareFistedMonk, all it took was a kick in the face.
* In ''Franchise/TransformersAlignedUniverse'', this is why [[BigBad Megatron]] leads the forces of the [[FullCircleRevolution Decepticons]]. He and Soundwave - his [[SinisterSurveilance information]] [[TheDragon officer]] - duelled for the leadership of the Decepticons during the faction's [[GladiatorRevolt inception]] in a fight that was explicitly first to ''wound''. Megatron himself has admitted that had the duel been to the death, Soundwave ''would have won'', and WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime makes it blindingly obvious that anyone [[TheStarscream thinking of overthrowing Megatron]] has second thoughts because even if Megatron is out of the way, Soundwave ''isn't'', his [[UndyingLoyalty loyalty to Megatron is undying]] as a [[DefeatMeansFriendship result of the first-to-wound duel]], and due to his role as information officer [[BigBrotherIsWatching he likely already knows what they're planning]].
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Compare:
* FirstBlood, when a combatant having blood drawn on them indicates that the fight is more serious than first thought.
* SingleStrokeBattle, where a swordfight ends with one participant killed by the other on their first swing.
Contrast DuelToTheDeath.
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!!Examples:
[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in ''ComicBook/DeCapeEtDeCrocs''. While on the Moon, Armand is challenged to a local form of dueling called rixme, a portmanteau of rixe (brawl) and rime (rhyme) where the loser is the first to lose his flow. It's essentially an Enlightenment-era rap battle.
-->'''Armand:''' Until first blood?
-->'''Adynaton:''' Until the last word.
[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* ''Film/DieAnotherDay'': While James Bond and Gustav Graves are fencing at the Blades club, Bond proposes a bet over a diamond marked with the insignia of Graves' company (which also happens to be an African conflict diamond). Graves accepts, then takes a pair of decorative swords off the wall.
-->'''Graves:''' Since we're upping the wager, let's up the weapons, shall we? We'll do this the old-fashioned way, first blood drawn from the torso!
* An interesting exploitation of this trope happens in ''Film/RobRoy''. At the very start of the film Rob and company track down and capture a group of men who had stolen a herd of cattle from a Scottish lord, and [[DuelToTheDeath Rob kills the leader in a duel]]. Later in the film Will Guthrie, a friend of the leader of the thieves, comes up to Rob in an inn with his sword drawn, challenging Rob to a duel for revenge. Rob gets Guthrie to agree that the duel be to first blood only, [[DeliberateInjuryGambit then immediately reaches out, cuts his hand on Guthrie's drawn sword]], and "congratulates" the other man on his victory. This handily (no pun intended) satisfies honor and leaves Guthrie no recourse for further revenge while also removing the chances of anyone dying in a duel, either via Rob accidentally killing Guthrie or Guthrie "[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident accidentally]]" killing Rob by scoring a lethal first wound and then later pretending that he never intended to kill Rob.
* ''Film/TheDuellists'': Feraud's first duel against a mayor's nephew is considered over after Feraud stabs the man through the chest, drawing blood and humiliating him, but it's later said that he will survive. Averted by Feraud and d'Hubert's subsequent many, ''many'' duels, which are often plenty bloody, but are always interrupted before they can finish each other off.
[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* In ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', when Paul cuts Jamis during their duel, he asks if Jamis wishes to end the fight. This draws anger and disgust from the other Fremen until Jessica explains that Paul was trained to fight to first blood. He then learns that among the Fremen, such duels are to the death.
* In the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' books, duels on Manticore have two protocols, one for "first blood" (although death is still possible) and one for "until one is dead or both are out of ammo".
* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in ''Literature/TheManWhoWasThursday'', when a duel that's meant as a distraction is stipulated to go to first serious injury to make sure the distraction lasts long enough.
* In the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' novel ''[[Literature/SoulDrinkers Chapter War]]'', Eumenes challenges Sarpedon in the opening, with Sarpedon insisting on the fight being to first blood. [[spoiler:They fight again in the climax, this time to the death.]]
* Subverted in ''Literature/ReflectionsOfEterna'' (''Winter Break''), when Richard Oakdell challenges Valentine Pridd over a perceived insult and Valentine chooses to duel until first blood, but their respective seconds don't manage to stop the duel before both have wounded each other.
[[AC:ProfessionalWrestling]]
* Some hardcore wrestling leagues have "first blood" matches, where the first wrestler that bleeds loses the match. Wrestling/{{TNA}} had a variant called Sadistic Madness, in which a wrestler couldn't be pinned until they had been made to bleed.
[[AC:TabletopGames]]
* In ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings'', iajutsu duels are a common way for rival bushi in Rokugan to settle differences, with first blood usually being the winning stipulation as the swordsmen's lives are too valuable to waste.
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* The Dwarven Provings in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' are to first blood. Companion [[BloodKnight Oghren]] is banned from Provings or even carrying weapons in Orzammar due to accidentally killing an opponent.
* ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'': On the Duel Ship, Red will occasionally find himself in a SelfImposedChallenge where he declares that he'll win without taking a single hit, making it a duel to the first blood for his opponent, while Red still has to defeat them the normal way.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* Heric from ''WesternAnimation/{{Xcalibur}}'' once had to fight in such a duel. Since he was not only a mage apprentice, but also a BareFistedMonk, all it took was a kick in the face.
* In ''Franchise/TransformersAlignedUniverse'', this is why [[BigBad Megatron]] leads the forces of the [[FullCircleRevolution Decepticons]]. He and Soundwave - his [[SinisterSurveilance information]] [[TheDragon officer]] - duelled for the leadership of the Decepticons during the faction's [[GladiatorRevolt inception]] in a fight that was explicitly first to ''wound''. Megatron himself has admitted that had the duel been to the death, Soundwave ''would have won'', and WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime makes it blindingly obvious that anyone [[TheStarscream thinking of overthrowing Megatron]] has second thoughts because even if Megatron is out of the way, Soundwave ''isn't'', his [[UndyingLoyalty loyalty to Megatron is undying]] as a [[DefeatMeansFriendship result of the first-to-wound duel]], and due to his role as information officer [[BigBrotherIsWatching he likely already knows what they're planning]].
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