Many a time had she overseen challenges while at Hercules' side, but they were planned out. Permission had to be asked and given for the challenges - which was rarely not given - and then a date was planned out for the duels. It gave the king a time period in which he was not allowed to harm Ameira, for she was required to sit at his side, both sides of the duel pledging themselves to the crown and also paying homage to the gods, through Ameira, seeing her as a connection to Tor directly. These challenges were mainly entertainment for the royalty present, though the winner was heavily rewarded with praise and often an increase in rank. The loser, depending on what the duel had been regarding and how they had fought, was either executed, or put into Hercules' ranks as a lowly foot soldier... Or on occasion sold to another pack. She had hated watching them, as often the fights were done merely to impress the King, but did her duty to save herself from abuse. It was twofold really - by sitting there, it gave her release from her prison. But it also prevented him from getting mad at her for shunning his desires.

On the rare occasion, however, she saw a different type of challenge. One that was a personal vendetta against Hercules himself, and was set up against him directly. Sometimes it was set by a single agent who worked for months to get integrated into his inner circle, in which case they set about attacking him when he was most vulnerable - when he was sleeping. But always there were vargs in the dark, ready to protect him, and those infiltrators were caught, tortured, and then annihilated in front of the court to make an example out of them. But worse, perhaps, was when a group attacked the pack. They were killed to a fault... But afterward their families were hunted down and killed to wipe out and chance of blowback in the future. After such events, she would cry throughout the night for all of the lives which were lost.