Session 14
General Summary
The semi-finals. The Scorpions blitzed their way past the Doomhammers with ease. Then it was
time for Nex Pervenio against Bringers of Death. For this bout the arena floor was partially
flooded. The doors opened and Shinobi was off like a flash round the bottom of the arena.
Meanwhile the others grouped up and faced off. Dash kept his distance and unleashed a hail of
arrows, mostly into Guimond. Guimond put a curse on Valun to try and absorb some of his
healing energies but this couldn't save him from the onslaught of arrows. Valun was surrounded
and swarmed and taken out of the contest. By now Shinobi had run around into a flanking
position. Salif seemed to have been underestimated, she fired off a huge blast which severely
injured her opponents. However this made her a prime target and she dropped soon after. Already
weakened, Mika was next to fall. The battle was finely balanced though Dash was still unhurt and
firing freely from distance. Dunbar and Argus were face to face, ignoring all the other combatants
and slugging it out. Shinobi was dropped by Velus and Polienus. A potion from Dash briefly got
Mika going again only for Velus to hack him down once more. Polienus went to Dunbar's
assistance and he finally got the better of Argus. It was 3 onto 1 in the favour of the Bringers of
Death. Dash helped Shinobi out with a potion then Shinobi got Argus back with a potion. Finally
the archer was in range so Dash got blitzed before Shinobi took out Polieumus. Argus somehow
crawled over to Dunbar and impaled him. Meanwhile yet another potion brought Mika back into
the fight. Now it was 3 onto 1 in favour of Nex Pervenio. Sorry make that 4 onto 1 as Mika
summoned a spirit wolf to his aid. Amazing scenes as the tables turned so completely. Velus
backed away but was soon swarmed. He didn't go down without a fight, taking out Argus before
dropping. Somehow Nex Pervenio has triumphed against the odds and made the final!
The final. The Scorpions had taken barely a scratch so far. This time the arena featured a wooden
bridge structure, although both teams simply headed up the steps onto the bridge and fought
within its narrow confines for almost the whole fight. The groups steadily approached one another,
Dash getting in a couple of early opportunistic potshots with his special drow arrows, severely
wounding Handa. Argus came boldy forward and for his temerity was swarmed by Handa,
Yumiko and Tara and dropped in a bloody heap. Monstrous heals from Valun brought Argus
back, which caused the Scorpions to focus on the cleric. Handa seemed to be suffering from the
drow poison but shrugged it off at the last possible moment and received some healing too. Nex
Pervenio had already far exceeded expectations, time for the Scorpions to kick it up a notch.
Valun was smashed off the bridge, landing in a mess on the floor below. Argus was blinded.
Shinobi was immobilised, 5' up in the air. Dash was magically compelled to no longer attack, so
with nothing else to do he jumped down and administered a potion to Valun. Meanwhile up on the
bridge - Shinobi, Argus and Mika were all dropped. The Scorpions gathered on the edge of the
bridge, Valun taken out again by Oki's magic, now seemingly only Dash to dispose of. Yet
somehow superhuman acts of resilience and willpower saw Valun, Argus and Shinobi all struggle
to life once more. The crowd cheered at their tenacity. The Scorpions knocked them all down
again even more brutally, enough of toying with them. Once more only Dash to dispose of. The
Scorpions leapt down to the arena floor to box him in. Somehow he finally nailed Handa as he
went down firing a hail of arrows. The Scorpions retained their crown but Nex Pervenio had more
than done themselves justice.
Report Date
10 Apr 2024
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