First appearance: S5E7 — Ducks of Death — Robbie Clark & the Hunger v Bob the Barbarian · watch it on YouTube
The Duck Village is exactly what it sounds like: a sweet little village with a fountain, a bell, rows of fruit and vegetable stands and a great many ducks. It is the kind of place that looks built for a lazy afternoon. And yet it keeps getting turned into a battlefield. The Deathmatches have come back to its courtyard again and again, and its vendors have grown used to it.
Description
The heart of the village is its courtyard square. A fountain sits in the middle, and gaggles of ducks fly past or stop there for a drink. Fruit and vegetable stands line the square, there is a big old bell, villagers go about their day, and a cat peeks out from a window. There is a church nearby and a proper marketplace. The village is quaint enough that the Arbiter once described it as the sort of place “where you might see a French girl running around reading books.”
The fountain is a duck fountain, and on at least one visit it held something less charming than ducks: an alligator. The vendors seem to have made their peace with the Deathmatches. As the Grandmaster put it, “the vendors are used to their stuff being tossed around.”
“Please do not harm the baby ducks.” The Grandmaster
History
Ducks of Death
The village first opened as an arena in S5E7 — Ducks of Death — Robbie Clark & the Hunger v Bob the Barbarian, during the Season of Fate. “The Duck Village, go on through!” the champions were told. The courtyard was handed over to them as “yours to destroy.” Robbie Clark and The Hunger faced Bob the Barbarian there. During the fight a drought drained the pretty square into something close to desert. Bob walked out the victor.
Froggy Style
The village hosted the Deathmatches again in S5E14 — Froggy Style — Kyle Stoddard v King MAN FROG Bofus. The Grandmaster clapped and led Kyle Stoddard and King Bofus into “a quaint little town, very sweet, docile little vegetable and fruit stands all around.” During the fight, The Box of Chaos slammed into the dirt of the square. Yellow, pink and purple fire shot skyward in a column, and the shadowy figure that lives inside the box crept out.
Bofus greeted it like an old friend: “oh, it’s you again, hello… you’re looking wonderful.” Then he offered it a tiny Sakura-chan figure: “take this tiny piece of shit.” The figure looked him over and asked, “Didn’t you have a bigger head last time I saw you?” Bofus explained that it had been “an entire character arc. But we’re past that now. This is the real me.”
Bone Force
The village returned in the Season of Vigilance for S7E6 — Bone Force — Jerry Bonesman v TD. The Arbiter clapped, time and space folded, and Jerry Bonesman and TD arrived in the square.
The Grandmaster claimed the place “had an official name once, but it’s just been demoted to Duck Village.” The Arbiter corrected her: “That is the official name, actually.” It is named for the ducks. She asked everyone not to harm the baby ducks. She also warned Jerry that if he kept bringing up the Dread Hut, his first attack would suffer for it.
The village’s status changed during the episode. After the break it had become a “town,” and the sign had changed to match.
Notable Figures
- Bob the Barbarian: won the first Deathmatch in the village.
- Robbie Clark and The Hunger: fought Bob in the drought-stricken courtyard.
- Kyle Stoddard: fought King Bofus in the market square.
- Jerry Bonesman and TD: fought there after the village was “demoted” to Duck Village.
- The Arbiter: insists that Duck Village is the official name.