User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative author, Volume 3: Weiss Schnee/@comment-9090085-20141108025536

Good stuff. Schnee plots are definitely how I might expect them to go.

About the tournament... I heard(back during vol.1) that Monty said the tournament will be a little like Pokemon fights: one-on-one with substitutions from the team. Shouldn't change things too much(after defeating one opponent, it's generally prudent to bring someone else out to fight the next opponent), but it might be worth keeping in mind.

I can definitely see some "unknowns" fighting in the tournament; we still have something like a dozen or three teams from other kingdoms showing up for the festival after all, and some could be just as bad as CRDL.