(YBA) Kalath in the dungeons of Tutul

[graydoom]

Hits Left: 12
Ki Left: 20

Kalath attacks Asdfre: The topaz claw tracks on top of the temple and silences the club; parries the rolling of the blade!

 

[Wicht]

Kalath's defense, designed for swordplay, fails to stop the mage and Kalath takes another 1 hit.

The mage, hoping Kalath will be taken off-guard, now adopts a sword stance and looks for an opening.

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Asdfre the Fire Mage
Hits: 5

Asdfre attacks: The sword seeks near the cliff; leaps over the drive of the reptile!

yen = 19

 

[graydoom]

Hits Left: 11
Ki Left: 20

Calling upon his power, Kalath strikes with all the might of the Shadow Phoenix! As he strikes Asdfre his hands flare with a dark fire, a fire of dark power, enough to perhaps burn even one attuned to fire....

The west wind vanquishes the cliff; dominates the beauty of the ledge!
Perfect Master to Shadowy Phoenix!
Kalath attacks Asdfre: The Shadowy Phoenix vanquishes the cliff; dominates the beauty of the ledge!

 

[Wicht]

In an instant the fight is over and the burnt corpse of the mage falls to the ground.

The crowd is silent for a moment and then bursts into cheers.

Kalath recieves 11 hits worth of experience.

As men come out from under the seats to collect the body, the door to the seats opens once more for Kalath.

 

[graydoom]

Smiling, Kalath heads back into the waiting seats.

 

[Wicht]

As Kalath sits down once more to wait for the next round to begin the man next to him leans over and says, "Good show."

Then a second later he leans over and whispers, "I have watched these fights for a while before entering them. One a week for a year, over a hundred fighters each time and you know what I can't figure out...?"

 

[graydoom]

Keeping his voice just as low, Kalath asks, "What? Do tell."

 

[Wicht]

"What they do with all the bodies."

Names are called and the one speaking to Kalath says, "Well thats me. Wish me luck."

He heads off to fight.

 

[graydoom]

"Good luck...."

Kalath sits back in his chair and wonders about the answer to that question. And, he thinks, knowing the City of the Bard, it can't be anything good.

 

[Wicht]

Kalath watches the next fight. The one Kalath had been conversing with loses in a matter of seconds. The victor, a fighter bristling with weapons, seems puzzled for a moment as he watches them drag his opponent away and then, accepting the cheers of the crowds, he makes his way back to his seat.

Soon this batch of fights is over, leaving only five contestants.

Kalath is called first. It appears he will be pitted against the one who killed the conversationalist.