Question about Rushlight Tournament

[forger42]

I have a small question about the Midnight Joust: Who gets second place? The one who loses stage two or the one who loses stage three?
If it's the latter, Pitax is guaranteed at least 1 point from a second place, which seems kinda unfair, but if it's the former, Pitax is denied a chance for a second place point. While King Irovetti himself is pretty deceitful, the tournament itself seems otherwise quite fair. Any thoughts?

[Phntm888]

The one who loses stage three. Think of it as "Pitax won the tournament last year, so they can't do worse than second," and not as "We're cheating to win."

[forger42]

I guess that kinda makes sense :)
Thanks for the reply

[Phntm888]

You're welcome!

Don't forget to remind your PCs that if they win, then they get to have their champion in the same place Pitax's was with the guarantee of at least 1 point.