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Date : 08/14/2012 Duedate: 08/27/2012
STORM ROCK ARENA
DM 107 TURN 28
RANK TEAMS W L K % RANK TEAMS W L K %
1 COLOR ME SUA 42/365 163 94 2 63.4 DRAGONBANE GUILD 81/334
CENTER FOR OLDS 18/364 4 MID EARTH 29/316 41 50 0 45.1
2 DARQUE AGES 81/335 53 43 1 55.2 YAMA BUSHI 30/317
DARQUE FORCES 31/318 CLAN LONGBEARD 81/374
DARQUE FORCES 45/348 5-OF WOLF AND 81/343 41 57 1 41.8
IMPROVED ILLUSION 59/349 6 END 13/298 40 72 1 35.7
3 VIKINGS 10/355 37 38 0 49.3 SHEPHERDS 18/359
SENTINELS 7/354 FOUND IN THE SAND 32/360
NOMADIC TRIBE 21/310 GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS 65/361
WARRIOR SPOTLIGHT
6 Months Ago -- The Eastern Deserts
The battlefield was shrouded in darkness, save for the torches carried by a
number of the soldiers and several magical orbs of light, which circled above lazily
at the command of the wizards. The engagement had been a short one, as three huge,
lumbering Phase Dragons burst from the nearby caverns and ran straight into the fully
prepared army. The archers took a savage toll on the beasts before the elite
gladiators charged in to finish the fray. As the soldiers cleared the massive bodies
from the cavern mouth a small group of hooded men gathered a short distance away.
"There is no question about it. These are creatures from the Kaikwok Gate."
said Rillion, thoughtfully stroking his short beard. "I just don't understand how
they are accessing our world again despite the gate being completely sealed."
Alongside the mage, the manager known as The Greek Guy sharpened a gleaming
battle axe. "The Dark One said something about a rift or tear. I'm not really up on
Gate Metaphysics, Rill. All I know is they're here and they shouldn't be."
"Managerr said they wouldn't be gone long." Added Rascally Rabbit, looking far
more sinister than his manager name implied, "and that we needed to hold this area
until they got back. So that's what we need to do."
One of the scouts shouted a brief warning and the soldiers assumed battle
formation once more. The three arena managers stepped back behind a shield thrown up
by Rillion and prepared for a second engagement. Within a moment, a snarling wave of
Jaguar warriors erupted from the cavern, pouring out toward the soldiers.
The Greek Guy took the point and motioned to the troops. "Move to engage! Form
up! Initiate Shield Wall! Archers, volley fire!"
A cloud of enchanted arrows hissed into the night, and then descended to shower
death upon the charging Jaguar warriors. Scores of the beast men went down under the
fire but it was just a small fraction of their overall numbers. Within a moment the
first ranks of the jaguars leapt upon the prepared troops, tearing and rending with
their razor sharp talons and fangs. Despite the massive numbers, the shield wall
held, and the gate beasts seemed to be taking the worst of the exchange. After a
moment, however, the Jaguar Warriors found some holes in the ranks and burst through,
creating havoc amongst the defenders.
"Second line-- advance! First line-- fall back!"
The first defensive line fell back in an organized retreat, while a second wave
of defenders moved up. Within a moment, they formed up to from a second defensive
line, while those formerly in the front line moved back to regroup. At the same
time, another wave of arrows showered from the sky and cut down the confused Jaguar
Warriors.
"We learned a lot from the first Gate incursion." Rillion commented to RR. "The
Jaguar Warriors can be a terror one on one, but they don't fight well in organized
battles. Those enchanted arrows help a lot, too. One shot, one kill."
Despite the confident words, the Jaguars were inflicting a savage toll on the
soldiers. It was true, that the majority of the troops were gladiators and former
gladiators who were now protected by immortality magic, but still if they were
consumed by the Gate monsters, there would be no return. As the battle raged, it
became clear that there were too many Jaguar warriors for the small army to defeat.
Rillion flicked his staff and sent a fireball into the Jaguar's flank. It erupted
into a flaming explosion of heat and pressure, sending scores of the beast men
flying. As he did so, the Rabbit gathered a nearby troop and rushed to cut off a
Jaguar offensive.
The Greek Guy motioned for the trumpeters to sound the retreat. "Back up the
hill! Form defensive units. Skirmishers forward to slow the advance."
"This is not going well." Rillion commented as he blasted away a row of Jaguars
with a bolt of lightning.
As he prepared a second bolt, he noticed a large vortex opening nearby. A
travelling Gate was being opened. Which meant either more Jaguars, or...?
A second small army of heavily armored gladiator-soldiers appeared. At their
head rode Managerr, on a white stallion, and the Dark One, on his black gelding.
They motioned and their warriors charged into the Jaguar Warriors flank. The numbers
now more even, the first army charged down the hill. Within minutes the Jaguar
forces were destroyed. Only a handful survived to flee back into the cavern.
"Good timing." Rascally Rabbit chuckled, his eyebrow arched, "You couldn't have
arrived just a touch sooner?"
"It took us a while to scout out the ruins of our old training grounds on the
other side of the Kaikwok Gate." Managerr responded, "We stopped by to gather the
second division, as we thought we might need the manpower. Apparently we were right.
The other side of the old Gate is completely empty. They are all gone."
"Gone? There were millions of beings on that world. You're telling me that
they're all gone?"
The Dark One waved his staff and a vision of the Kaikwok Gate world appeared.
It was decimated. Forests burned and blasted, temples shattered, riverbeds and lakes
dried up and shriveled. "As he said. All gone. We detected residual magic. Gate
magic. I am not certain if it was left from an invader that came, exterminated that
world and enslaved what was left of the population or possibly the denizens of that
world developed Gate travel on its own and departed a dying world. We have no way of
knowing which is the case."
The Greek Guy received a message from one of the army runners, read it quickly
and motioned to his fellows. "The engineers are ready."
He motioned to a figure high up on the cliffside above the cave. In a moment, a
thunderous explosion shook the ground. Instantly a shower of boulders, shards of
stone and dirt rained down, burying the cavern opening under half the mountainside.
Rillion nodded. "That will do for this Gate access, but I expect there will be
more."
Three Months Ago -- The Dark Citadel -- Isle of of the Eye
The Brotherhood of the Blade sat around the titanic obsidian table where they
often planned and plotted together. This occasion was more serious, however, than
their usual debates over gladiatorial tactics and battle plans. They were instead
embroiled in a lengthy discourse regarding the ongoing Gate incursions that had been
detected.
"Sheila and her mage council can't figure out how to stop it." Managerr noted.
"Sheila?" The Greek Guy chuckled, "First name basis now, are we?"
Managerr smirked at him. "They can close the Gate opening when they find it,
but then another one opens somewhere else within a few days. At some point they are
going to get access in a remote area and we won't find it in time. If they can move
in a large force, it will be next to impossible to beat them back and close the
access. It will be a mess."
"And we still have no idea who is behind this and what's going on." Rillion
added.
"What we do know is that we don't have enough days in the week to keep running
around closing gates and fighting battles. We're shorthanded. Zalgor's missing in
action and Caesar is off-world fighting wars of his own. Without their forces it's
even worse." Rascally Rabbit shuffled through his roster. "I've lost 15% of my
personal troops and I know you all have suffered losses as well."
Managerr agreed. "We're definitely short on members. Mad Max and Tig Toad are
retired. With Zalgor inactive and Caesar battling Picts or whatnot, we are at five
members. Just barely enough in normal times and way short in these times."
"We need to recruit some new members." The Greek Guy stated. "We have a
tournament coming up and can talk to some managers there. We need to find those who
are like-minded and who would get along with the rest of us, which is not always
easy."
"Agreed." said the Dark One from beneath his cowl, "We can then announce our new
members. We need more men and more troops. I think we all have some candidates in
mind. First, they must have no other allegiances. Second, they must have the
martial knowledge we expect from our members. And, the Greek Guy mentioned, they
have to be able to deal with us."
Present Day -- the Isle of the Eye
One of the arena scribes rushed into the GC headquarters. "We need 100 runners
to travel to every city in the land. We're being paid 1,000 gold sovereigns to get
the news out!"
"What news?"
"The Brotherhood of the Blade is expanding!! Here is the announcement!"
***** ***** *****
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! The Brotherhood of the Blade has chosen to add the following
new members to our ranks. Effective immediately, the following managers have been
offered and have accepted membership to the Brotherhood:
Bubbaganoosh
Grimm
Khisanth
May their successes be great and their victories many under our banner!
Officially -- Managerr -- Grand High Moose of the Brotrotherhood of the Blade
REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER
It's depressing. I come in here to do the spy report, and it's like walking
into a tomb. An OLD tomb that was looted centuries ago. It isn't the fact that
there were only thirteen fights, three challenges, two standbys. Lots of arenas are
smaller than that, even on the Isle. It's the total lack of any kind of
conversation, no personals, no column from the top, nothing. Did all the managers go
off and leave you fighters to carry on alone? I can understand you not writing
anything, lots of fighters are illiterate. I suppose all the managers are talking
behind my back in their private clubs. Okay, fine, but it's still depressing.
Discourages me from making an all-out effort in the spy report, you know?
So, here's a half-out effort:
Major point gain, Lhisson, thirty-five. Major drop Josh, thirty-one. Same
fight.
Center for Olds most avoided, Dragonbane Guild most avoiding.
Most challenged, Almost Pretty.
1977 AMC MATADOR (42-4116) (49-37-0,38) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought CAPTURED PIRATE
KING (107-2) (0-0-0,30) of Random Standbys. 1977 AMC MATADOR was beaten by CAPTURED
PIRATE KING in a 2 minute conflict.
JELLO KNUCKLES (42-4554) (33-25-0,50) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought R.O.U.S. (107-4)
(0-0-0,50) of Random Standbys. JELLO KNUCKLES viciously subdued R.O.U.S. in an
exciting 8 minute bloody battle.
JOSH (18-9109) (23-24-0,150) of SHEPHERDS fought LHISSON (29-5456) (35-35-0,92)
of MID EARTH. JOSH was subdued by LHISSON in a crowd pleasing 2 minute competition.
EVANGELION (59-2340) (29-26-1,174) of IMPROVED ILLUSION fought BEDDER (18-10043)
(25-17-2,137) of CENTER FOR OLDS. EVANGELION outwaited BEDDER in a popular 8 minute
brutal bout.
PINCH BLISTER (18-9859) (35-35-0,161) of CENTER FOR OLDS fought VIRGINIA, NO
SANTA (65-6623) (28-29-1,150) of GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS. PINCH BLISTER narrowly
defeated VIRGINIA, NO SANTA in a 2 minute brutal fight.
AZAGHAL (81-1223) (27-26-0,163) of DRAGONBANE GUILD fought THE HYPHEN-DASH (42-
4499) (31-16-1,160) of COLOR ME SUAVE. AZAGHAL defeated THE HYPHEN-DASH in an action
packed 2 minute duel.
DELAWARE RUN (42-4400) (91-58-5,190) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought SHINY PENNY (32-
3789) (66-121-2,196) of FOUND IN THE SAND. DELAWARE RUN vanquished SHINY PENNY in an
action packed 1 minute uneven duel.
THE BRIDE (45-4180) (36-18-1,209) of DARQUE FORCES fought RINDEL (29-5346) (38-
30-0,189) of MID EARTH. THE BRIDE handily defeated RINDEL in a 1 minute uneven
fight.
FROO-FROO (18-9589) (56-33-4,312) of CENTER FOR OLDS fought FAN ZHEN (81-1288)
(28-18-2,189) of DARQUE AGES. FROO-FROO overpowered FAN ZHEN in a crowd pleasing 1
minute one-sided struggle.
The challenges:
WALLI WEEBLE (21-6935) (36-23-0,167) of NOMADIC TRIBE challenged RAGGEDY ANN
(45-4148) (42-19-0,171) of DARQUE FORCES. Up 4. WALLI WEEBLE was viciously subdued
by RAGGEDY ANN in a 1420 minute Challenge contest. This was the longest fight, and I
can't even say "today," because it lasted more than a day. I knew we were in trouble
when both warriors brought lunches and sleeping bags.
OBROJOBO (7-5869) (27-24-1,169) of SENTINELS challenged ALMOST PRETTY (42-4496)
(51-33-0,176) of COLOR ME SUAVE. Up 7. OBROJOBO handily defeated ALMOST PRETTY in a
1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
GAD (18-9239) (35-33-1,196) of SHEPHERDS challenged FOUR OF SPADES (42-4234)
(79-44-3,241) of COLOR ME SUAVE. Up 45. GAD was devastated by FOUR OF SPADES in a 1
minute mismatched Challenge fight.
For the title:
MOIST TOWELETTE (42-4430) (65-42-4,326) of COLOR ME SUAVE fought HEINRIK (81-
1257) (36-34-1,227) of CLAN LONGBEARD. MOIST TOWELETTE demolished HEINRIK in a 1
minute mismatched Title competition. Bah.
Larkin
CHAMPION OF THE HORN W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430 66 42 4 338 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI
GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
FROO-FROO 18-9589 57 33 4 325 CENTER FOR OLDS (364) TALCAMA
FOUR OF SPADES 42-4234 80 44 3 252 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI
THE BRIDE 45-4180 37 18 1 220 DARQUE FORCES (348) STORMCROWE
GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
DELAWARE RUN 42-4400 92 58 5 204 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI
HEINRIK 81-1257 36 35 1 196 CLAN LONGBEARD (374) SHADOWSPIRE
GAD 18-9239 35 34 1 196 SHEPHERDS (359) TALCAMA
-DOMINATRIX 81-583 33 26 3 196 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) SHADOWSPIRE
OBROJOBO 7-5869 28 24 1 193 SENTINELS (354) BONSUR
SHINY PENNY 32-3789 66 122 2 192 FOUND IN THE SAND (360) ARVAT
FAN ZHEN 81-1288 28 19 2 188 DARQUE AGES (335) SHADOWSPIRE
RINDEL 29-5346 38 31 187 MID EARTH (316) LAPUR
GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
RAGGEDY ANN 45-4148 43 19 179 DARQUE FORCES (348) STORMCROWE
EVANGELION 59-2340 30 26 1 177 IMPROVED ILLUSION (349) ILLIS
AZAGHAL 81-1223 28 26 176 DRAGONBANE GUILD (334) SHADOWSPIRE
WALLI WEEBLE 21-6935 36 24 166 NOMADIC TRIBE (310) SUNSET
GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
PINCH BLISTER 18-9859 36 35 164 CENTER FOR OLDS (364) TALCAMA
ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496 51 34 163 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI
-GRATH 81-581 37 25 1 161 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) SHADOWSPIRE
THE HYPHEN-DASH 42-4499 31 17 1 160 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI
GRAND ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
VIRGINIA, NO SANTA 65-6623 28 30 1 149 GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS (361) DAL SHANG
BEDDER 18-10043 25 18 2 145 CENTER FOR OLDS (364) TALCAMA
-ZEVRAN 81-1258 30 37 1 135 OF WOLF AND MAN (343) SHADOWSPIRE
LHISSON 29-5456 36 35 127 MID EARTH (316) LAPUR
JOSH 18-9109 23 25 119 SHEPHERDS (359) TALCAMA
GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
JELLO KNUCKLES 42-4554 34 25 58 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI
-SOCKLESS CRITIC 42-4645 15 6 1 52 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI
1977 AMC MATADOR 42-4116 49 38 29 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN
PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE
This personal contains no information. You need not read it. It exists only to
convince hal that the critical parts of the newsletter are present and ready to
print.
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
GAD was devastated by FOUR OF SPADES in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
OBROJOBO handily defeated ALMOST PRETTY in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
WALLI WEEBLE was viciously subdued by RAGGEDY ANN in a 1420 minute Challenge contest.
MOIST TOWELETTE demolished HEINRIK in a 1 minute mismatched Title competition.
FROO-FROO overpowered FAN ZHEN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided struggle.
THE BRIDE handily defeated RINDEL in a 1 minute uneven fight.
DELAWARE RUN vanquished SHINY PENNY in a action packed 1 minute uneven duel.
AZAGHAL defeated THE HYPHEN-DASH in a action packed 2 minute duel.
PINCH BLISTER narrowly defeated VIRGINIA, NO SANTA in a 2 minute brutal fight.
EVANGELION outwaited BEDDER in a popular 8 minute brutal bout.
JOSH was subdued by LHISSON in a crowd pleasing 2 minute competition.
JELLO KNUCKLES viciously subdued R.O.U.S. in a exciting 8 minute bloody battle.
1977 AMC MATADOR was beaten by CAPTURED PIRATE KING in a 2 minute conflict.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY 4 STRIKING ATTACK 16 - 8 - 0 67 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 4 SLASHING ATTACK 18 - 9 - 0 67 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 WALL OF STEEL 12 - 9 - 0 57 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 27 - 21 - 0 56 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 10 - 10 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 TOTAL PARRY 23 - 24 - 0 49 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 PARRY-LUNGE 9 - 10 - 0 47 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 BASHING ATTACK 13 - 17 - 0 43 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 AIMED BLOW 8 - 20 - 0 29 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 28 was great if you Not so great if you used The fighting styles of the
used the fighting styles: the fighting styles: top eleven warriors are:
TOTAL PARRY 3 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 4 LUNGING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 3 SLASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 2 2 BASHING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 1 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 2
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 1
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430 66 42 4 338 COLOR ME SUAVE (365)
SLASHING ATTACK FROO-FROO 18-9589 57 33 4 325 CENTER FOR OLDS (364)
LUNGING ATTACK FOUR OF SPADES 42-4234 80 44 3 252 COLOR ME SUAVE (365)
BASHING ATTACK DELAWARE RUN 42-4400 92 58 5 204 COLOR ME SUAVE (365)
PARRY-LUNGE GAD 18-9239 35 34 1 196 SHEPHERDS (359)
PARRY-RIPOSTE RINDEL 29-5346 38 31 0 187 MID EARTH (316)
TOTAL PARRY RAGGEDY ANN 45-4148 43 19 0 179 DARQUE FORCES (348)
WALL OF STEEL ALMOST PRETTY 42-4496 51 34 0 163 COLOR ME SUAVE (365)
AIMED BLOW LHISSON 29-5456 36 35 0 127 MID EARTH (316)
The overall popularity leader is SHINY PENNY 32-3789. The most popular warrior this
turn was BEDDER 18-10043. The ten other most popular fighters were JELLO KNUCKLES
42-4554, EVANGELION 59-2340, THE HYPHEN-DASH 42-4499, JOSH 18-9109, FOUR OF SPADES
42-4234, MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430, AZAGHAL 81-1223, PINCH BLISTER 18-9859, VIRGINIA,
NO SANTA 65-6623, and LHISSON 29-5456.
The least popular fighter this week was WALLI WEEBLE 21-6935. The other ten least
popular fighters were RAGGEDY ANN 45-4148, GAD 18-9239, 1977 AMC MATADOR 42-4116,
SHINY PENNY 32-3789, RINDEL 29-5346, FAN ZHEN 81-1288, HEINRIK 81-1257, ALMOST PRETTY
42-4496, THE BRIDE 45-4180, and DELAWARE RUN 42-4400.
Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K
BONSUR(7) 1 0 0 ARVAT(32) 0 1 0 ILLIS(59) 1 0 0
TALCAMA(18) 2 3 0 RODEKI(42) 4 3 0 DAL SHANG(65) 0 1 0
SUNSET(21) 0 1 0 STORMCROWE(45) 2 0 0 SHADOWSPIRE(81) 1 2 0
LAPUR(29) 1 1 0
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
OBROJOBO 7-5869 28 24 1 193 SENTINELS (354) BONSUR
FROO-FROO 18-9589 57 33 4 325 CENTER FOR OLDS (364) TALCAMA
WALLI WEEBLE 21-6935 36 24 0 166 NOMADIC TRIBE (310) SUNSET
RINDEL 29-5346 38 31 0 187 MID EARTH (316) LAPUR
SHINY PENNY 32-3789 66 122 2 192 FOUND IN THE SAND (360) ARVAT
MOIST TOWELETTE 42-4430 66 42 4 338 COLOR ME SUAVE (365) RODEKI
THE BRIDE 45-4180 37 18 1 220 DARQUE FORCES (348) STORMCROWE
EVANGELION 59-2340 30 26 1 177 IMPROVED ILLUSION (349) ILLIS
VIRGINIA, NO SANTA 65-6623 28 30 1 149 GOT IT FOR CHRISTMAS (361) DAL SHANG
HEINRIK 81-1257 36 35 1 196 CLAN LONGBEARD (374) SHADOWSPIRE