“Shining Force invaded Avelon Stadium with a chip on their shoulder and looking for blood. Coach Hrothgor was in no mood for mercy. The dark dwarf barked orders and the team did their best to follow directions. In their previous encounter the result was a draw and neither side had been able to draw blood. Nuffle willing, this match would be different.

Within minutes of the opening whistle, the dwarf lineman Ramladu served notice that he would be a Shining Force to be reckoned with. In a blitz of rage, he clubbed Khyrmn from behind with a gauntleted fist and as he hit the turf followed it up with a booted stomp on the throat. Unable to breath he clutched his throat and asphyxiated moments later. As Revwe Larereta scored she looked back to see her teammate covered with a sheet on the sideline.

Nienna did her best to avenge Khyrumn by breaking the centaur Mae’s arm and a dwarf’s squat neck, but she would have to settle for partial revenge.

As the clock ticked down, the rookie catcher found the endzone to secure the win but even that only brought pain. In this case, the pain fell squarely on Revwe. The hobgoblin Creed proved to be the MVP of the match when he bested the Archer team Captain Revwe by undercutting her and sending her tumbling awkwardly to the astrogranite. The blow to her head cracked her skull and opened the old injury healed by Kondor’s potion. Her head began to swell and the helmet had to be dismantled in order to remove it from her head.

On the sideline, Kondor stood over Revwe and examined the damaged elf as she lay unconscious.

“She will be back on the field in a couple of days.” Said Corbis. “However, no helmet will ever fit her again.”

Kondor responded. “So it seems. Very well. When she awakens, tell her that she will continue to play without a helmet, but Corbis, I expect you to tend to her wounds and make sure she heals as well as possible. Without a helmet, I wonder how long she can survive on the pitch.”

On the other side of the field, Hrothgor was only partially satisfied with the performance of his team. While they came up short on the scoreboard, they put the Archer Team Captain in the infirmary and killed one scrawny elf. All in all not bad for the day but not spectacular either. Perhaps the next match would go differently.
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