Session 13
General Summary
Dawn on January 22nd. Nex Pervenio were nervous, having never fought in front of an arena full
of spectators baying for blood. The first of the first round matches got underway. The gladiators
huddled in their dressing room beneath the arena, deafened by the sounds of combat and of
thousands of voices from above. It seemed the Scorpions cruised the opening round.
Soon enough it was time. Nex Pervenio versus Mostly Harmless. As their name suggested, they
were generally not very good, except for their team leader, Sir Strum. The 10 gladiators marched
into the arena and took up pre-prepared positions on wooden platforms. Each of their names was
announced in turn, greeted by wild cheers and boos from the crowd - it seemed Argus and Valun
were the most popular, after Sir Strum of course. As each were announced, their platform rose up
in the air, supported by a wooden pole. The gong was struck and match started. Thunk, thunk,
thunk, thud. That was the noise of a hail of Dash's arrows taking Charlie out of the fight before he
even knew what had hit him. The others dropped from their platforms and began to clump up. Sir
Strum's heavy armour delayed him getting involved by which time his team were already under
pressure. Mika and Dash harried from range. Shinobi narrowly avoided a vicious strike thanks to
the Deck of Many Things' malign influence. Valun cursed Strum in the name of Asmodeus which
was the signal for Shinobi to destroy him. Mostly Harmless were mostly face down in the dirt and
Nex Pervenio had hardly broken sweat. The crowd went wild.
Warmed up now, Nex Pervenio were eager for the next round to start. Their opponents were
Gutter Rats, a bunch of unwashed ne'er do wells from distant Albion. This time the arena featured
large unlit bonfires linked by trenches of oil. No doubt these would burst into flames at an
inopportune moment. There were also wooden platforms which constantly rose and fell. Despite
the large arena, the fight quickly focussed in a cramped area between a bonfire and an entry gate.
Meanwhile Shinobi, Kendrick and Reynard were scurrying over from more distant entry gates.
Cranforth and stig were causing havoc, pushing their opponents all over the place and knocking
them prone. To make matters worse, the fires burst into life, scorching anyone stood too close.
Dash was badly injured but Valun came to his rescue. After his massive opening salvo, Cranforth
had attracted a lot of attention and was limping towards Porter hoping for healing but Mika
pounced on him and took him out. The main fight was still tightly packed in the corner despite the
heat of the fire. Mika pounced again and took out Stig, momemtum was building. kendrick and
Reynard dropped easily and that left only Porter squirming and attempting to flee while healing
himself, to boos and laughter from the crowd. But of course 1 vs 5 would never last long. After an
early scare thanks to Cranforth, Nex Pervenio were comfortably in the semi-final where they
would meet the Bringers of Death, with a sodden, partially flooded arena.
The other semi-final would be the Scorpions (barely taken a scratch so far) versus the
Doomhammers (won a nail-biting quarter-final against their fierce rivals the Doomblades by the
skin of their teeth, only 1 dwarf left standing at the end).
Report Date
10 Apr 2024
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