Mubaaizun (concept)
A mubaaizun is a champion of a Sarradonian army; often the best warriors of a lord will participate in a ritual duel before the battle commences, fighting to the death. These duels are often accompanied with each army chanting or insulting one another, and there have been instances - such as the Battle of the Mubaaizun - where multiple duels happen before battle commences, often to avenge a dead mubaaizun.
It is permissible to flee a duel if a mubaaizun knows he's lost, and the other mubaaizun can only chase him so far before having to retreat. These duels can have a tremendous impact on an army's morale, and some battles have been averted entirely because of a lost duel. Anyone capable of fighting can be a mubaaizun, and there are a few commanders in history that have been their own champions. Mubaaizun are traditionally not Magi, and are usually swordsmen clad in personalized and resplendent armor.
Mubaaizun duels have fallen out of favor ever since the arrival of the Aversarians; most Aversarian commanders are wholly disinterested in appointing mubaaizun or in participating in the customs of Sarradonians, though there are a few exceptions.