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Roster Phase >Hold off on experience S: “Aight I can do that, we’ll just run through the usual stuff then.” Staff Phase >West Ponente Qualifiers, Round 1 -Ile of Clan Thunder Hawk vs Zhuzod Pridesaber of Clan Flame Tiger -Weaken of Clan Thunder Hawk vs Van The Impaler of Clan Grizzly W: “Interested in the West Ponente Qualifiers? I can say I’m a little curious about who might come out of it myself. Do let me know how it turns out.” -- Fight Phase, START! Week 1, South-West Libeccio Qualifiers, The Ziggurat of the Endless Deep in the desert sands around Copher since they started writing down it’s history, the Ziggurat of the Endless has stood as a silent monument to a civilization long dead, lost to the sands of time without so much of a name to call them by this gargantuan structure has been the sole remnant of this mysterious people ever since then. And currently it is surrounded on all sides by a temporary campground put up by the House for this week’s event. Or rather it’s set up in a circle staying a respectable distance away from the Ziggurat itself because of the; extra security that the Nameless Immortal had provided to the event itself. They were very respectable, very poised, and also all entirely made up of the risen dead; amenable enough to allow this event to take place on his ground afterall, he still wished to remind all those present that it was still by all accounts his ground. As a happy side effect, the normal rough and raucous crowd that follows such events were very well behaved at the venue. The Judges presiding over this event are,  Chrola,  Endless Reflection of the Musing Glades, and  Ander Cherrycheeks.Match 1 Sizsi of Clan Invincibles Vs Brytvia Ironfist of Clan Black Sabor Round 1 – TKO for Sizsi (Kneebar) (43 – 23) Sizsi wins over Brytvia Ironfist via Technical Submission due to a Kneebar after 3 minutes and 39 seconds in the first round. Sizsi: +1 Career, +5 Experience Brytvia Ironfist: -1 Career, +1 Experience Match 2 Babarum Sholded of Clan Invincibles Vs Lace Oscasqe of Clan Night Lotus Round 1 – TKO for Babarum Sholded (Cut) (25 – 35) Babarum Sholded wins over Lace Oscasqe via Technical Knockout due to a Cut after 4 minutes and 18 seconds in the first round. Babarum Sholded: +1 Career, +4 Experience Lace Oscasqe: -1 Career, +1 Experience -- Within one of the tents placed closer to the structure itself, Clan Teeny Kobolds were getting read for their bout. It mostly consisted of Oshyn Kingfisher in an ice bath whilst the support team respectfully stayed outside the tent. “Not that I question your wisdom, but is a bracing ice bath really the thing she should be doing before the match?” Queried Winston as they shuffled through the documentation about their opponent. “Oh no we did that earlier, this is more for the fact that we're in a desert, and she’s like a fish person.” He saw the raised eyebrows he got from Winston and Grugtik at this and quickly clarified. “Tritons get dehydrated very quickly in hot and dry climates, why else do you think so many of them work along the coastline here?” “Eeeeh, fair, now back to business, show us this goon then Winston.” Grugtik waved towards his accountant, Winston nodded and laid the files out on the table. Combatant identified posted:Laslow Dudz “Nearly time to go?” Grugtik squeaked, the skeleton nodded. “Okay, get Oshyn a towel and lets get ready” -- Match 3 Laslow Dudz of Clan Thunder Hawk Vs Oshyn Kingfisher of Clan Teeny Kobolds The crowd was pretty restless at this point in the day, both fights of the Heavyweight Qualifier so far ended extremely quickly, which to a point can be a good thing but doesn’t make for an engaging match when it feels like only one side of the fight is doing any actual fighting. But this time the match up was a grappler versus grappler fare, perhaps this would be the one that goes the distance? The bell rang, and both fighters dashed forward, arms outstretched and clashing in the middle. Laslow who had a slight height advantage over Oshyn managed to bear her to the floor and attempted to get the anaconda choke onto her, arms wrapping around under her neck but she pulled herself back suddenly destabilising his footing, and flipped him over onto his side for her own Kimura attempt. Her attempts to advance the hold fell short, so she opted to grab around his hips and throw him into the ground. Her attempts to transition into a different grapple however were halted when whilst on the ground, Laslow used the opportunity to grab hold of her foot and attempt the Toe hold. “Shake ‘em off Oshyn!” Called Grugtik from the red corner, Oshyn obliged by kicking Laslow from the hold but she couldn’t get him off of her. He started throwing Elbows onto her as she protected her vitals, until she saw the opening to start her own grappling attempt. She manages to get the start of a North/South choke but can’t complete it in the face of the strikes from Laslow, he rises from the floor quickly when he has an opening, Oshyn tries to bring him down but he fends off the attempt. Laslow attempts to swing down on her head but is stopped in his tracks by a quick stomp on the foot from Kingfisher. Laslow wouldn’t be deterred as he launches forward and grasps hold of Oshyn, with the two fighters grappling in the centre of the ring Laslow keeps trying to slip his arms under her neck for the North/South Choke, but not before Oshyn with a grip on his thigh pulls his leg back and throws him down on the floor with a thud, bringing them both down together. The fight was starting to heat up as the round neared the end and so close in points that when Laslow was first up off the floor first, before he could engage his brain with his body, he ran up and booted Oshyn right in the face before she got off the floor. The fight ground to an immediate halt, Grugtik has his fist in his mouth, Laslow’s coach has both his hands on his head with distinct grimace, and the Guide looks over to Poppy. She raised her hand, she was not happy, the Guide looked at her signal and turned back to the match. “Disqualification!” Shouted the Guide “What!?” Exclaimed Laslow, he looked back at his own coach but he knew that Poppy and the Guide were entirely right on this. “Kicking a downed opponent in the head is strictly against the rules, disqualification!” And at that moment the crowd erupted. Round 1 – DQ for Laslow Dudz (Kicking Downed Head) (36 – 31) Oshyn Kingfisher wins over Laslow Dudz via Disqualification due to Kicking a Downed Opponent’s Head after 3 minutes and 48 seconds in the first round. Laslow Dudz: -2 Career, +1 Experience Oshyn Kingfisher: +3 Experience As the crowd seemed to get raucous from the result, Clan Teeny Kobold and Oshyn Kingfisher made their efforts quietly out of the arena. “Not my best performance.” Oshyn lamented, nursing her jaw where the foot had connected. “Win’s a win” Grugtik reassured, patting her on her back (Or at least as high up her back as he could get without touching something he shouldn’t.) “Whether because you got the other sod to tap or because he got his dumb rear end disqualified, take your free wins and run to the bank with ‘em.” ’Three out of four of our fighters have made it through to the second round though’ Grugtik pondered, flanked on either side by Winston and Skaugran as they made their way down the obsidian steps. ’Not bad, not bad at all… Let’s hope we can keep it up.’ -- Match 4 Asan of Clan Black Sabor Vs Ren Blackchopper of Clan King Cobra Round 1- TKO for Asan (Stikes) (58 – 33) Asan wins over Ren Blackchopper via Technical Knockout due to Strikes after 4 minutes and 44 seconds in the first round. Asan: +1 Career, +4 Experience Ren Blackchopper: +1 Experience ---- Week 2, West Ponente Qualifier, Mount Arriat Blessed Mount Arriat, roof of the world, home of the first footstep taken by all of mankind, first and last point in all of creation. Whether or not hosting a commercial event at the foot of what is essentially a sacred monument could be considered blasphemy was something that had to be debated for a while, but eventually it came down to the idea that there are no scriptures against healthy combat sports, so long as the proper ordinances were observed by the people running the event. Still as it stood being that there were a concentrated mass of devout pilgrims here there had to be some compromises made regarding gambling or certain other activities. The ring itself had been set up in a lowered area normally used for religious gatherings in any case and as such had areas set aside for seating around it, and as always various small tents had their own orbs of projection for those who couldn’t get front seat tickets. The Judges presiding over this event are  Gurgorrhim,  Wuni, and Endless Reflection of the Musing Glades.Match 1 Komos Saltmarsh of Clan Night Lotus Vs Crisbis Pralkac of Clan Thunder Hawk Round 1 – 9 – 10 (42 – 57) Round 2 – TO for Komos Saltmarsh (0 – 15) In a rather bizarre turn of events, Komos Saltmarsh became the first fighter in the history of the House of Spirits to make his opponent tap out, whilst having never actually laid so much as a single finger on them. It is reported that when Crisbis strode forward to throw a punch he put his foot down at a bad angle and badly sprained his ankle. Komos Saltmarsh wins over Crisbis Pralkac via Submission due to a Self-Inflicted Injury after 1 minute and 48 seconds in the second round. Komos Saltmarsh: +1 Career, +5 Experience Crisbis Pralkac: -1 Career, +2 Experience House of Bloopers Highlight Match 2 Bibis Gildrath of Clan King Cobra Vs Move Spiteender of Clan Thunder Hawk Round 1 – 9 – 10 (35 – 52) Round 2 – 9 – 10 (30 – 46) Round 3 – 9 – 10 (52 – 60) Move Spiteender wins over Bibis Gildrath via Unanimous Decision in the third round. Bibis Gildrath: +2 Experience Round of the Night! Move Spiteender: +1 Career, +3 Experience Round of the Night! -- Within a large tent rented for a VIP showing, Skaugran and Grugtik had taken time out of it’s schedule of training, scouting and coaching to take some time for themselves, and at the same time, check out a few matches that the management were interested in. At this moment in time Skaugran had brought in a huge tray of Kebab’s bought from a store and as the gang were chowing down he brought to Grugtik’s attention a clump of folders he got from Winston. “It was a bit of an effort and a lot of this was last second but, I got the files on everyone taking part in the last few matches today boss, who dya wanna see first?” Grugtik chewed this over, both figuratively and literally as he finished his mouthful, and then picked one at random, Skaugran obligingly laid it out in front of him. Combatant Identified posted:Ile “I did hear that she knows how to do sign language. Would you like to see her opponent?” Grugtik nodded affirmatively as he took another mouthful of grilled meats, and flipped through the other file with his free hand. Combatant Identified posted:Zhuzod Pridesaber Grugtik considered both of those sheets side by side for a moment before turning to Skaugran “Bit of a difference in speed there I think, I think it might come down to who’s blows hit first.” “Isn’t it always how matches go though?” Skaugran pondered out loud, before helping himself to a stick of meat. “Well… Yes, but that’s beside the point, look they’re heading in how let’s see how they do.” -- Match 3 Ile of Clan King Cobra Vs Zhuzod Pridesaber of Clan Flame Tiger The moment the bell sounded the two fighters launched into their offenses without any regard for defence as they both came out swinging with big haymakers that struck simultaneously. Ile recovered first and lashed out with a hammer fist that knocked Zhuzod for six but got a boot in the head from the Orc before she could push her advantage further. This back and forth continued for another minute until Ile threw another wild haymaker that passed a ducking uppercut from Zhuzod. The hit connected for both sides but Zhuzod slipping under Ile’s guard mitigated some of her blow on impact. Both sides staggered back from the impact until they could get stuck back in, but Zhuzod this time is the one who recovers first and immediately aimed for the KO with his Signature Inside Uppercut that caught the Aasimar unawares. It hit right on target but it wasn’t quite enough to get that clean knockout, he followed in after with a Superman punch but as the blow connects Ile uses the opportunity to swing in with her elbow and strikes back versus Zhuzod. As the round slowly ticks to a close, she feels that she is losing a little ground versus Zhuzod and comes in with a few more big strikes but Zhuzod plays it cagey and stalls the Aasimar just long enough for the bell to signal the end of the round. The judges score the round 33 - 40, judging the round in favour of Zhuzod. Round two began with Zhuzod stealing the initiative right out of the gate with a back fisted swing across her temple, catching her off guard and allowing Zhuzod the opening to grab the clinch and start kneeing for all he’s worth. Ile takes a few knees before she wiggles her way out just enough to swing back hard and smash the Orc across the jaw with the back of her fist! He flinches but from the clinch Ile couldn’t put her entire back into it leaving Zhuzod upright, she comes in running to follow up with a flying kick with the intention bring him down to the floor, but Zhuzod takes the shot dead and deliberately leans into it hard, unbalancing Ile and causing her to fall to the floor instead! Suddenly having to defend from the floor Zhuzod uses the opportunity to grab and attempt to choke her into submission with the Omoplata, and when she wouldn’t play ball using it as a position to hammer elbows into her back whilst the Orc had a firm grip on her dominant arm. Eventually the Guide broke it up, returning to their original positions they began to trade blows, Zhuzod shooting for the KO with his Inside Uppercut but catching a knee from the Aasimar coming the other way. But Ile came off worse from the trade, no sooner did she have both feet on the ground did a straight from Zhuzod catch her across the face, and overhead punch across the head made her stagger and from that position Zhuzod got his arms in and began to choke her out once again. Ile tries to fight her way out, first by trying to get her own choke on the Orc which doesn’t reach, then by trying to punch from her position at his head but is fended off by a knee to the head that drops her to one knee. And right as that happened, with the Guide telling her to defend herself and she being unable to do so, the Guide called an immediate end to the match with a TKO in Zhuzod’s favour. Round 1 – 9 – 10 (33 – 40) Round 2 – TKO for Zhuzod Pridesaber (Strikes) (27 – 57) Zhuzod Pridesaber wins over Ile via Technical Knockout due to Strikes after 4 minutes and 42 seconds in the second round. Ile: -1 Career, +1 Experience Zhuzod Pridesaber: +1 Career, +4 Experience -- As they watched the end of that fight, Winston who had been sent out to get drinks returned with just as Zhuzod’s TKO was announced to the cheers of the tent. “Good show, good show” Grugtik applauded. ”After a performance like that I’m kinda looking forward to seeing the last match of today, what have we got Skaugran?” “A few odd bods, that’s for certain, check this out, got someone from the Grey Company, I think.” Skaugran had been looking at the file in question for a few minutes before handing it to Grugtik “You think?” He took a look to see what all the fuss was about. Combatant Identified posted:Weaken “Well it kinda was, but then I met them just now.” Skaugran answered nonchalantly. “Wait, you did? When?” “When I went to get the meats we ate earlier actually, he was running the stall and everything, look.” Combatant Identified posted:Van The Impaler Grugtik looked at this, and at the empty plate they had cleared as a group. “... Well I have to admit they were pretty good but are you supposed to be able to run a business and run your own catering business at the same time?” “Nowhere in the rules say you can’t right? Could be helpful if one or the other doesn't work out as you’d like right? Watch, I bet he’ll kick that Weaken’s dude’s rear end.” -- Match 4 Weaken of Clan Thunder Hawk Vs Van The Impaler of Clan Grizzly After the back and forth match that was Ile versus Zhuzod the crowd were looking for a similar showing from Weaken and Van. The two fighters traded shots back and forth with neither side finding much purpose until a ducking hook slipped under Weaken’s guard and pounded him right in the jaw. Van The Impaler raced forward as the Aasimar staggered, with both arms hooking around his body he threw his weight to one side, lifting Weaken up and slamming to Aasimar into the mat, but before he could use that position to leverage anything a lighting fast jab flickered out from Weaken and caught him across the jaw, staggering him back. Weaken hesitated before he dived in to try and land some more shots, but that momentary flicker in offense was enough for Van The Impaler to regain his footing and plant a hard foot into the Aasimar’s side before he even got close, and took a few steps back as he stumbled. Weaken went in for the Clinch, but before he could even get so much as halfway there Van The Impaler was there first with a leaping kick and hit him dead centre in the side of the head. Weaken drops like a sack of potatoes as the momentum carries Van over, and before he can start the ground and pound the Guide runs over quickly waves him off, because Weaken is out like a light. Round 1 – KO to Van The Impaler (10 – 20) Van The Impaler wins over Weaken via Knockout due to Flying Kick to Head after 2 minutes and 13 seconds of the first round. Weaken: -1 Career, +1 Experience Van The Impaler: +2 Career, +5 Experience Knockout of the Night! ---- Week 3, North-West Mistral Qualifier, Brokekeel Coast When asked how you could consider something both beautiful and ugly, the Scholar Adman had once referred to the Brokekeel Coast as the perfect example of this seemingly contradictory dichotomy. You have the redstone cliffs and the beautiful azure waves of the ocean, a perfect view as far as the eye can see but alongside it, the ancient battle scarred wreckage of countless ships lost to the waves that due to a quirk of the currents wash up here over time, a veritable boneyard of ships sometimes with sailors included. ‘Ruinously beautiful’ was how he had described it. And today this solemn nautical graveyard plays host to the very last qualifier of the Maelstrom Tournament. The beaches had been cleared up for the tourists, the stands had been set up, and the local pirates that normally haunt the waves around these parts had agreed to ease off on their activities until the day’s events were over and packed up. After all they got free tickets from the arrangement, and although the House’s version of pit fighting had a few more rules than theirs did seeing another man get slugged in the face was always good for a laugh. The Judges presiding over this event are  Caspian,  Throkk, and  Torbera LutgherMatch 1 Fayyaad Lutgher of Clan Dread Wyrm Vs Sidwell Heim of Clan Black Sabor Round 1 – 9 – 8 (63 – 43, -1 to each due to Fouls) Round 2 – KO to Fayyaad, (10 – 15) Fayyaad Lutgher wins over Sidwell Heim via Knockout due to Uppercut to Head after 1 minutes and 45 seconds in the second round. Fayyaad Lutgher: +2 Career, +5 Experience Knockout of the Night Sidwell Heim: -1 Career, +1 Experience Match 2 Rhedkar Skullslicer of Clan Thunder Hawk Vs Zsaltsush of Clan Flame Tiger Round 1 – 10 – 9 (47 – 46, 2/3 Judges 1 and 3 in favour of Rhedkar) Round 2 – 9 – 10 (28 – 36) Round 3 – 10 – 9 (51 – 38) Rhedkar Skullslicer wins over Zsaltsush by Split Decision after three rounds. Rhedkar Skullslicer: +3 Experience Zsaltsuh: -1 Career, +2 Experience -- As the waves lapped on the shore of the beach, Clan Teeny Kobolds were getting ready for the fourth and final bout of Round 1. Or at least, they were supposed to be getting ready for it, they were however seemingly short one Dragonborn in the arrangement. “We’re 10 minutes to kicking off time and Mardor’s not in his bloody tent!” Grugtik snapped, having progressed past a tizzy and entered mild panic at this point. “Are you sure you know where he is Skaugran?” “Well Broski told me he was expecting some deliveries today so he might have popped out to-” Skaugran started before stopping from the look in Grugtik’s face. “He’ll~ be back soon. Look there he is now.” Grugtik opened his mouth to maybe say a few pointed things before, recoiling slightly at the incredibly tight, dark red swimming trunks the Dragonborn was wearing that didn’t seem to leave a lot to the imagination. Some things you just couldn’t avoid looking at if it just happened to be there at eye level. “Bro!” Called Skaugran as he pitter-pattered up to the Dragonborn, two hands extended in the air. “Bro-seph!” Responded Mardor, dropping to one knee, high fiving both hands one after the other, then bumping consecutive elbows, punctuating each touch with “Yo, Bro, Scales, Up!” “Sorry boss I got like this custom order fighting trunks for my arena debut, dya like it?” At this he turned around and pointed with two thumbs to the back of his shorts. In bronze thread was inscribed MARDOR DANXIC in bold capitals. Grugtik looked at the shorts, then at the Dragonborn and simply urged. “Yeah great-sound-good can you please just put your cup in now? I don’t need to see the outline of your junk this late in the evening.” Mardor gave him the thumbs up and as he made himself slightly more presentable, turned to see Winston running up to him with a file. “Got the files on the Bronzall Grugtik, and the Guides are looking to get started, are we ready?” “Yeah just about, hand that over.” Combatant Identified posted:Bronzall Crookedpeak Match 3 Mardor Danxic of Clan Teeny Kobolds Vs Bronzall Crookedpeak of Clan Flame Tiger The match kicked off with Mardor taking the initiative and tackling Bronzall to the ground before he could even get a single foot in. Initiative in hand, Mardor grabbed hold of the Orc’s leg and began to wrench it back and forth with his hips, but as he twisted and turned Bronzall rolled with one of his turns and used that to break himself out. Reaching over he grabbed Mardor by the shoulders and began trying to get the North/South Choke onto the Dragonborn, and from that position started shoving towards the wall of the cage as he tried to break out. When he was just close enough to the wall however, Mardor broke the hold and with his feet firmly planted into grabbed a hold of Bronzall and in one wrenching moment slammed him hard into the mat, he attempted to break his fall somewhat by grabbing onto something but ended up pulling one of Mardor’s tendrils instead. The fall opened up a very bad cut into the Orc but the referee did not stop the match. Bronzall would not be removed that easily however, no sooner did Mardor break that grapple was his back on him again with Peruvian Necktie around Mardor. Mardor couldn’t quite get himself out of it at first, he tried pushing him up against the cage but Bronzall managed to plant his feet firmly enough to resist it, but whilst he was pushing hard enough to make Bronzall have to push back to maintain his grip, he suddenly pulled back and with Bronzall’s unintentional assistance, rolled him onto the floor with a firm grip on his hand and clinched for the armbar whilst they were both prone on the mat. But he couldn’t quite get the full hold onto him before Bronzall managed to land enough kicks on to him to make him break the grapple, but as they both rolled upwards Mardor tackled him into the wall of the cage head on and began his offense in earnest. Bronzall reached underneath and tried to grapple around Mardor’s neck but being pushed so close to the cage allowed the Dragonborn to grip Bronzall’s Leg and drag him to the floor for the toe hold, when the Orc tried kicking his way out Mardor moved further up and started to choke him with the Americana instead, and when Bronzall managed to get his third Peruvian necktie, he could only hold it for a few seconds before Mardor’s fist caught him right on the nose and put him to the mat. The bell rang at that moment for the end of the round, the judges scored it 52 - 47 in favour of Mardor, that last lunging hook seemed to have made the difference. The second round began with Mardor, seemingly letting Bronzall get that early grapple onto him, Bronzall took the opportunity and went straight for the Triangle Choke, but Mardor fended him off, he went next for the kneebar but Mardor’s firm grip preventing him from being able to lever his legs into the right position, and he was forced to break it off. “Mardor!” Grugtik shouted from the corner. “Stop jerking him around, you're losing points here!” Mardor looked back at his manager and just nodded with a grin. Bronzall came at him but stopped short when Mardor took a firm step forward and stomped down on his foot, then as he fell towards him he grabbed the orc, swung him around his body using the power in his hips and slammed him into the mat. Bronzall used that position to try and grapple onto Mardor’s arm before he could get any mounts going, but Mardor yanked him to his feet, kicked out his legs from under him and slammed him hard against the mat a second time, causing him to lose his grip. Bronzall swung his legs and wrapped them around Mardor’s throat to once again prevent the mount, Mardor quickly broke out of that before he could tighten the grip but in doing so it allowed Bronzall to get back to his feet. Bronzall knew he was quickly losing ground at this point and needed to act fast, he charged in low, aiming for his opponent’s legs to try and trip him up but before he could even get there Mardor shot one leg up and hammered it right down onto his back knocking him to the floor; before he could even think to dodge the Dragonborn had grabbed him bodily lifted him up off of the floor and slammed him back down onto the mat face first, knocking all the wind out of him. Finally able to get the mount, Mardor started throwing punches for all he was worth, trashing Bronzall against the mat but the Orc was able to keep himself protected until he could see an opportunity out. When he thought he had it he tried to grip around Mardor’s midsection and throw him off, but as soon as he put one arm out Mardor had grabbed it, and wrenched it back into an arm bar. Bronzall tried to fight his way out, Mardor wouldn’t let go and as he threw a few errant kicks into the side of the Orc’s head, the bell rang and the Guide broke up the grapple. 56 - 36 in favour of Mardor, with one round to do Mardor would win if Bronzall couldn’t force the tap in the next round. As Mardor returned to his corner, Grugtik hopped up to his side. “Okay listen, Mardor, can we have a little less showboating?” “Showboating? I mean I will admit I wasn’t quite putting in the full effort.” Mardor rolled his shoulders, cracked his knuckles and leant towards Grugtik. “I’ve got what I came for anyway that round, now I’m gonna just go right on ahead and make a statement” The third round began, Bronzall knew that the only way he would win at this point is if he tried for the technical knockout. It wouldn’t be likely he could get Mardor to tap out of any holds he tries, and he wasn’t about believe he would get himself disqualified by doing something dumb, so TKO it is. Mardor took his charge head on as they both ended up in the mat and started to grapple in earnest, Bronzall grabbed an arm, pulling it back for an arm bar but as he did Mardor simply pulled back, rotated his wrist out of the grip and suddenly he was the one with the grip, he sneaked his other arm in under Bronzall’s and with the figure of eight lock attained a solid Kimura grip. He tried rolling out but Mardor grabbed his arms around his neck and squeezed hard, only breaking the lock when he took a desperate backhanded swing to the jaw that loosened it long enough for Bronzall to break free. He reaches up from his prone position and grabs back on to Mardor, he’s trying to pull him into the same Peruvian Necktie he’s used on him a lot this match but Mardor won’t let him, he drops his guard and pulls him onto the floor and now he’s the one controlling this grapple again. He tries to reach the foot but Mardor lifts them both up and boots him in the stomach, he tries again to get the lock for the Necktie, but Mardor shifts around with his entire bodyweight and throws him hard into the mat. He’s nowhere near done, before Bronzall can recover he’s bodily lifted and thrown again with another hip toss back into the mat, and again he’s trying to grab Mardor but his attempts get answered with a hard strike to the face before finally Mardor grabs out from under him and wrenches up. His own Peruvian Necktie, and he’s refusing to let go! Bronzall tries to throw him off but he rolls with it, he tries to grab his arm to lever himself out but Mardor just leans in heavily and traps it between his thigh and body. When it’s looking like he might just tap the bell rings out. It’s over, but it was clear to the crowd from the onset even when Bronzall tried to fight back, Mardor had control of the situation the entire time and never let go. The judges give their final scores and ratings. Bronzall managed to score an incredible 54 points considering his situation, maybe he can come out of this with at least the knowledge that he got some good hits in. And then the Judges gave Mardor’s score. Seventy three points, the highest rated round for a fighter in the entire tournament so far. A decisively crushing victory right there and then for Mardor Danxic and the crowd goes wild. Round 1 – 10 – 9 (52 – 47) Round 2 – 10 – 9 (56 – 36) Round 3 – 10 – 9 (73 – 54) Mardor Danxic wins over Bronzall Crookedpeak via Unanimous Decision in the first round Mardor Danxic: +1 Career, +3 Experience Fight of the Night! Bronzall Crookedpeak: +2 Experience Fight of the Night! Match 4 Urud Batcrusher of Clan Dread Wyrm Vs Khazredok The Dagger of Clan Invincibles Round 1 – 9 – 10 (29 – 40) Round 2 – TKO for Urud Batcrusher (Omoplata) (33 – 6) Urud Batcrusher wins over Khazredok The Dagger via Technical Submission due to Omoplata after 3 minutes and 49 seconds in the second round. Urud Batcrusher: +1 Career, +5 Experience Khazredok The Dagger: -1 Career, +1 Experience (1/2) TheNabster fucked around with this message at 22:21 on Jul 29, 2020 |
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At the beginning of week 4, Poppy Merribuck made an announcement in advance of the second round of the North Tramontane qualifier in the Temple of the Eight Winds. “First of all, I would like to express my utmost approval for the competitors of the past three weeks for listening to the House on the matter of fighting fairly - most of you anyway - and that I hope this state of fair play continues going forward.” “The second point is that from this round onwards things will be working a little differently, you may have noticed an extra bracket of fights in round two of the qualifiers titled Loser’s Bracket, sooner than have all the fighters eliminated in round one wait until we begin opening any side tournaments, we’ve decided to offer a second chance to all involved to prove themselves before the grand tournament held later this year. As such we have split the next round into the Winner’s Bracket and the Loser’s Bracket across all qualifiers.” “The Winner’s Bracket is made up of those who won their matches in round one, from this point onwards the winner of this bracket will get an automatic spot in the Grand Tournament. Those who lose their matches however will not be eliminated from the running entirely, they will face off against the winners of the Loser’s Bracket in the next round, a double elimination bracket as it were. Of course, if you lose in the Loser’s Bracket you will be unfortunately eliminated from the tournament entirely, so fight like your shot depends on it! “Then before the tournament itself we shall be capping off these qualifiers with one last set of matches, in which the winners of the Loser’s Bracket, will face off against the fighters who lost in the Winner’s Bracket final, to determine the last 8 fighters of the 16 fighter tournament planned this next month.” “With that in mind, here are the locations of Round 2 qualifiers.” ---- Week 4, North Tramontane Qualifier Round Two, The Temple of the Eight Winds High on a mountain top along the Skyshield Mountains hidden in an extinct volcano lies a curious temple that normally only sees a few visitors each year, The Temple of the Eight Winds. Many thousands of years ago legends say, the eight winds had been bound to the mountain’s peak by a terrible demon, or perhaps an evil god until a great warrior who had climbed to the top carved the entire tip of the mountain off in one clean sweep and freed the winds, which scattered into eight directions to escape their captor. This is offered as the explanation as to why this place through the meddling of gods or a geographical quirk the location became the place where the winds of Copher come to rest. Sheltered from the gale force winds above in the hollowed bowl of the mountain itself, a lot of time and effort had been spent in making what used to be a perilous trek undertaken by only the most hardy - or foolish - of pilgrims into one that could be easily made by spectators of the House. The solution came down to a lot of carefully crafted tunnels, and a lot of stone shaping that happened over the course of many months. The tickets by themselves are very cheap but, come with the asterisk that you have to trek up the mountain yourself. A small but thriving trade has sprung up as a result of this, offering spectators a ‘fast pass’ to the mountain top via flying mounts, teleportation or other such methods, a little more pricey than just walking up but a lot quicker and a lot less tiring. Match 1 Caerskan Promphaxoc of Clan Invincibles Vs Dhamor Scalesplitter of Clan Thunder Hawk Round 1 – TKO for Caerskan Promphaxoc (NS Choke) (38 – 13) Caerskan Promphaxoc wins over Dhamor Scalesplitter due to Technical Submission via North/South Choke after 3 minutes and 47 seconds in the first round. Caerskan Promphaxoc: +1 Career, +5 Experience Dhamor Scalesplitter: -1 Career, +1 Experience Match 2 Ahla of Clan King Cobra Vs Setzizhu of Clan Night Lotus Round 1 - 9 - 10 (33-34, Judges 1 and 3 in Setzizhu’s favour) Round 2 – TKO for Setzizhu (Injury) (37 – 46) The fight progressed with Setzizhu having the advantage; however during a front kick aimed at the body Ahla struck against the hard bone of Setzizhu’s knee that she had brought up to block with instead, and ended up with a minor fracture on her tibia. The fight immediately had to be stopped for this reason Setzizhu wins over Ahla by Technical Knockout due to a Cracked Bone after 4 minutes and 10 seconds in the second round. Ahla: -1 Career, +1 Experience, Setzizhu: +1 Career, +4 Experience Match 3 Khel The Vulture of Clan Flame Tiger Vs Lordorim Shambastik of Clan Night Lotus Round 1 – KO for Lordorim Shambastik (21 – 16) Lordorim Shambastik wins over Khel The Vulture via Knockout due to Overhand to Head after 2 minutes and 18 seconds in the first round. Khel The Vulture: -1 Career, +1 Experience Lordorim Shambastik: +2 Career, +5 Experience Knockout of the Night! Match 4 Rohros Riptide of Clan Invincibles Vs Anemone Alagath of Clan Gold Hammer Round 1 – TKO for Anemone Alagath (Toe Hold) (28 – 55) Anemone Alagath wins over Rohros Riptide via Technical Submission due to Toe Hold after 4 minutes and 49 seconds of the first round. Rohros Riptide: -1 Career, +1 Experience Anemone Alagath: +1 Career, +5 Experience ---- Week 5, North-Earth Gregale Qualifier Round Two, Goldust Caverns Of all the venues used for the House of Spirits in Copher, the Goldust Caverns were at the same time the easiest to find agreement to use and the most difficult. The Shah when brought the idea for using the caverns as a venue had simply responded, “Yes, but good luck, I’m not the one you have to convince here.” Of all the various races of Genie that make up the elemental planes the Dao can be considered some of the most unpleasant to deal with, and this was their cavern since the breach that opened it up to the Elemental Plane of Earth, and they have occasionally demanded blood sacrifices to not cause problems. Efforts to close the hole before had been both costly in money and lives and mostly failed, so it had been cheaper to leave them well alone and throw the occasional condemned prisoner in, but the House offered a solution that required no lives to be spent. Blood spilled in the course of fights that take place in the Goldust Caverns was apparently enough to appease the Dao they had found, so as such rather than one occasional death a large selection of fights allowed them to meet the terms of the pact, and provided a very natural environment for rear end whooping to take place. The security detail at the event has of course made it extra certain that spectators don’t wander off the beaten path and have an ‘accident’, the last thing the House needs is an insurrection of angry earth elementals in the middle of their sporting event after all. -- Gathered together in the shade of a small cavity in the wall carved out as their changing room, the Teeny Kobolds war council prepared themselves for the fight ahead. “The fact that we got all four of our guys past round one and into round two of this new winner’s bracket is a drat good step for us as a company, but let’s not get complacent.” Grugtik started, addressing the assembled management team and Traubon. “First of all, Winston, who is Traubon up against?” Winston had gotten used to the routine by now, he reached to the bag to his side, pulled out a nice folder and then layed it onto the carved rock they were using as a table. “Bhuv Fangbreaker and orc trained in Alhion and Sjir Darastrix representing his clan in this competition.” He finished and looked to Skaugran and Traubon for their input, Skaugran answered first. “Eeee, it’s another grappler innit?” Skaugran murmured, on the one hand for rookie grapplers they didn’t have the chin to avoid getting knocked out by a good swing yet, but on the other against strikers they often could make them tap a lot easier. “You know what to do right Traubon?” “Don’t get grabbed?” Traubon parroted, there had been a lot of training from the other grapplers in the Clan to practice how not to get grabbed, or how to break out of holds. “Don’t get grabbed.” Grugtik confirmed. “If we can keep on the whole winning and not losing thing we’ll be in the clear. If you don’t mind going over the warmups for the fight we’ll meet you in the ring, sound? Sound. Let’s mosey.” Combatant Identified posted:Bhuv Fangbreaker -- Match 1 Traubon Steelfist of Clan Teeny Kobolds Vs Bhuv Fangbreaker of Clan Invincibles The fight kicked off the second the bell rang with Traubon taking the first move, as he lashed out with a hard kick into Bhuv’s mid section. He began to throw left and right hooks into the Orc but couldn't seem to find the purpose. Skaugran nibbled on a talon, a habit of his when he was nervous. “I think he’s trying to bait the straight and go for the grapple, he’s making Traubon extend further out with his body on every swing.” He confided with Grugtik. And sure enough it happened very suddenly, Traubon lashed out with a hard kick to the leg that seemed to send Bhuv buckling, but with one hand gripped on the foot he slipped around behind the dwarf and wrapped a quick arm around his throat. Before they could get the full lock behind Traubon’s head he quickly threw his weight forward to unbalance the Orc, and twist out of the grapple. The few seconds of the choke that did happen however didn’t give him the chance to get his breath back, he could do nothing but defend as Bhuv jabbed at his guard and tried to clinch with him again. He went in for the trip but Bhuv fended off the leg with his own, and when he went in for another kick Bhuv pushed into his personal space and with both arms grappled onto him lifted him up, over and slammed him hard into the mat. As they fought for dominance on the floor, Bhuv eventually managed to get a solid toe hold which if it had continued on for long may have ended the match right there and then, but Traubon found himself being quite literally saved by the bell before it could have gone on longer with a score of 22 - 38 in favour of Bhuv Fangbreaker. The Teeny Kobold corner was looking pretty nervous when Traubon returned to the corner, whilst Winston saw to Traubon’s injuries and provided him with water Grugtik and Skaugran started throwing down the game plan. “He’s been deliberately trying to push into Traubon’s space so he doesn’t have enough room to throw any punches, have you noticed that?” Skaugran recounted, Grugtik who had his eyes fixed on his opponent simply nodded. “That I have, and he’s been going for holds that are very deliberately either behind, to the side or away from Traubon’s torso, he’s trying to avoid giving Traubon a clear shot to his head.” “Sooo, what do I tell him, how do we deal with it?” Grugtik considered this for a moment and then replied. “Well if it was me, I’d maybe just lamp him one when he tries going for a grapple, rather than trying to force it?” “As good a plan as any, I’ll relay the orders then.” Round two kicked off in much the same way with the two sides trading blows back and forth, until seeing an Opportunity Bhuv leapt forward with the grab and picking Traubon up bodily slammed him into the mat. But this time Traubon was ready, before the Orc could move himself away he had slipped his leg under his throat and pulled him back with his other hand, locking him against his shin in the traditional Gogoplata maneuver. With the Orc’s head locked in place he wound his arm back for the punch but as he threw it Bhuv threw his body weight to the right and as the hand sailed past his head, grabbed it and with his other free hand pushed Traubon away and forced him to the floor. Now with himself on top he forced his arms around and once again made for the Rear Neck Choke. But Traubon had been practicing for this and his opponent had to kneel to be around the same height as he was, so before the elbow pressed in around his throat, he reached back for Bhuv’s leg and when he got a grip on it, wrenched it forward, knocking the Orc off balance and allowing Traubon room to breath. Bhuv realises he’s trying to open just enough of a gap to get the punch in and when the RNC was broken, he tried to lever down on Traubon’s dominant hand instead, weighing it down attempting to Americana him into submission or at the very least prevent him from once again being able to strike him. Traubon made some thrusting motions to wiggle himself under Bhuv’s core and with his entire body behind it, lifted himself up to break the Orc’s posture on the clinch, one final thrust rolled him onto his side as the hold was loosened and WHAM. Traubon threw his entire weight from the floor into one point, one straight punch into the side of Bhuv’s temple, he leant to one side from the impact before very ungracefully slumping down onto the mat. The Guide runs over to check the two fighters as Traubon was trapped under Bhuv, and immediately calls it there and then. Round 1 – 9 – 10 (22 – 38) Round 2 – KO for Traubon Steelfist (14 – 27) Traubon Steelfist wins over Bhuv Fangbreaker via Knockout due to a Straight to the Head after 2 minutes and 22 seconds in the second round Traubon Steelfist: +2 Career, +5 Experience Knockout of the Night! Bhuv Fangbreaker: -1 Career, +1 Experience Match 2 Ulam of Clan Black Sabor Vs Civnis Thunderhead of Clan Gold Hammer Round 1 – TKO for Civnis Thunderhead (Triangle Armbar) (30 – 55) Civnis Thunderhead wins over Ulam via Technical Submission due to Triangle Armbar after 4 minutes and 18 seconds in the first round. Ulam: -1 Career, +1 Experience Civnis Thunderhead: +1 Career, +5 Experience Match 3 Giggung Jointcrusher of Clan Flame Tiger Vs Zog Wolfslammer of Dread Wyrm Round 1 – 9 – 9 (62 – 55, -1 to Giggung due to Foul) Round 2 - 10 - 9 (37 – 38, Judges 1 and 2 in favour of Giggung) Round 3 – 10 – 9 (55 – 49) Giggung Jointcrusher wins over Zog Wolfslammer via Split Decision after the third round Giggung Jointcrusher: +1 Career, +3 Experience Fight of the Night! Zog Wolfslammer: +2 Experience Match 4 Shog Ribslicer of Clan Gold Hammer Vs Payax Clipoc of Clan Grizzly Round 1 – TKO for Payax Clipoc (Cut) (44 – 24) Payax Clipoc wins over Shog Ribslicer via Technical Knockout due to a Cut after 4 minutes and 24 seconds in the first round Shog Ribslicer: -1 Career, +1 Experience Payax Clipoc: +1 Career, +4 Experience ---- WEEK 1, MONTH 3 - YEAR 1220 Clan Teeny Kobolds Clanhouse: The Residence of his Grace Emir Farad Current Roster: 4/10 (Heavyweight Division) Rostered Fighters: 1) Ginsung Duskmoon (Orc) | Grappler: Earth-fighting / Dance of Death | Condition: Healthy | Morale: Great | Status: In Tournament 2) Mardor Danxic (Dragonborn) | Grappler: Mer-wrestling / Paura | Condition: Healthy | Morale: Great | Status: In Tournament 3) Oshyn Kingfisher (Triton) | Grappler: Earth-fighting / Aehamar | Condition: Healthy | Morale: Great | Status: In Tournament 4) Traubon Steelfist (Hill Dwarf) | Striker: Tss'Ulatasss / Mageslayer | Condition: Healthy | Morale: Great | Status: In Tournament -- Events Phase: Talent Scouting It was evening time in the house of Clan Teeny Kobold, the day’s training had wrapped up, with the fighters heading to their rooms to cool off whilst lunch was prepared and the management team of Clan Teeny Kobold’s meeting in the master bedroom turned office for their monthly meeting. This time however was important. “So, I got some good news, and no bad news this time.” Grugtik started, in front of him was a signed piece of parchment on which bore both the House of Spirit’s official seal, and the signature of Poppy Merribuck and the Shepherd of the House himself. “They’ve finally got the training colleges set up in Copher, and they’re started inviting back the guys who were doing their boot camp there but had to stop due to the stuff that happened.” Skaugran looked surprised at this, Winston mainly looked confused. “Hi hello.” Winston spoke up, raising a small finger after a few awkward moments. “I’m the only person here who wasn’t ‘part of the industry’, what does that mean exactly for us?” “It means now the new blood is gonna start trickling into competition.” Skaugran remarked helpfully. “And that means a, we can start hiring new guys for less than it would cost to hire from the other Clans, and b, the House is gonna start opening up side tournaments for the guys who washed out of the current tournament.” “Mostly we care more about the A part, because although as has been proven that our rostered fighters are kicking several kinds of arse right now, we are still the smallest stable by far.” Grugtik added, tapping his fingers on the statement in front of him. “More fighters means more money, more money means we expand faster, and faster expanding means we can maybe buy this place rather than rent and even - if we are especially fortunate - expand into the other weight divisions” He clapped his hands together looking at the others for approval., Skaugran nodded in agreement, Winston didn’t entirely understand the hype but shrugged semi-committedly. “So we should consider signing on new fighters yeah? I’ll leave the talent scouting to you Skaugran, and the Contract drafting to you Winston.” “We’ve got a busy month in front of us gentlemen, let’s ride this wave of good fortune to the big time!” Recruitment has been unlocked! You may now spend your cash on recruiting new fighters, or attempting to buy fighters from the other Clans in the league. --  Vote Now!Roster Phase 1) Ginsung Duskmoon (Orc) | XP: 13, Primary Offence Cost: 3, Secondary Offence Cost: 6 2) Mardor Danxic (Dragonborn) | XP: 17, Primary Offence Cost: 3, Secondary Offence Cost: 6 3) Oshyn Kingfisher (Triton) | XP: 13, Primary Offence Cost: 3, Secondary Offence Cost: 6 4) Traubon Steelfist (Hill Dwarf) | XP: 12, Primary Offence Cost: 3, Secondary Offence Cost: 6 >Spend Experience Or Let Skaugran Handle It. Experience Costs and Amounts posted:Lose a match: 1 point -- Staff Phase Funds: 20z >Purchase: Spend funds to buy stuff. -Buy The Villa (100z) - Right now though you operate out of Emir Farad's villa, it is still very much his villa, you cannot make any expansions to the number of fighters or other facilities until you buy it from him outright. -Hire a Rookie Fighter (10z) - Generate three fighters and recruit one for the Clan that will join your roster, fighters you do not choose will be hired by the house. -Hire a Veteran Fighter (10z + Career Strength) - Attempt to negotiate with another Clan for a fighter you’ve identified under their roof. Note that offers on fighters competing in tournaments are less likely to be accepted than fighters that aren’t currently competing. You will not lose the money if your offer is declined. >Observe: Choose two fights to watch, you will identify the fighters participating Documentation Current Cards and Tournaments (Updated!) Current League Fighters (Updated!) Detailed Teeny Kobolds Fighters (Updated!) Lore Index TheNabster fucked around with this message at 17:33 on Jul 28, 2020 |
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 That went pretty much perfectly! Complete and utter crusher of a night. Not much to say mechanically, I guess i'll chime in by observing Shambastik's next fight.
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You got a way with fight descriptions. Clan Teeny Kobolds is on the up and up. For the plan: Let Skaugrim do XP Get a rookie fighter
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(For the sake of avoiding a little bit of faff, next month will be starting from Week 2 rather than Week 1, due to some of the brackets in the upcoming cards being contingent on what happens in the Week 1 North-West Mistral Round 2 Qualifier.) Roster Phase >XP: Let Skaugran handle it. S: “Ay-firmiative, I got some ideas” Ginsung Duskmoon and Oshyn Kingfisher - Saving for Improved Defence/Countering, 13/15 XP “Biggest concern I’ve had with these two are the same ones I had last last month, their styles are great but they let too many shots slip through the net and in an active match the points from those blows can add up real fast, we’re working towards that slowly at this point.” Mardor Danxic - Improved Chin, -15 XP ”We’ve seen a lot of matches over these two months where in a Grappler versus Striker match, one side lands their signature on the other and the match is just over right there and then. This one small improvement right here should be enough to increase their staying power against Strikers, such as their next match coming up.” Traubon Steelfist - Increased Signature Power x2, -12 XP “Steelfist’s patented right straight hasn’t done us wrong yet, if anything it’s pulled him out of some dodgy situations. Whether it will hold up against other Strikers we shall see but in the meantime, I’m recommending we take what is clearly working and make it better and later aim to improve his finishing.” Staff Phase >Observe: Lordorim Shambastik versus Dhamor Scalesplitter W: “This was the same match that happened back in the first round, it seems that Lordorim is being given a shot at doing that particular match over. Or walking into a repeat of it.” >Purchase: Hire a Rookie Fighter (-10z) S: “I’ll put the feelers out boss, I’ve had my eye on a few candidates” Talent scouting takes time, you will not be able to see who your new recruits are until the start of the next month. -- Fight Phase, START! Week 1, East Levante Qualifier Round 2, The House of Serenity There are three rules all supplicants must know before they enter the grounds of the House of Serenity. One; shoes are taken off at the door, two; please respect the silence inside the temple and three; do not trespass into the inner temple without express permission. Unruly pedestrians that break rules one and two may quickly find themselves in the company of the very large and very scary blacked robed figures that make up the temple guard and asked to leave politely, and they do not accept no for an answer. No one knows what happens to the ones that break rule three, but sometimes they find themselves in one piece in an alleyway with no memory with how they got there, and they may even still have all their fingers and toes. The courtyard outside the foreboding black basalt temple itself however is a little more relaxed with the rules, and is often the site of a lot of festivals both religious and non-religious and what is a scheduled round of MMA fights but a one night festival that happens on a weekly basis? The peddlers there know the score, the staff brought in by the house to set the arena up were told the score and just to be a little on the safe side a few extra members of the city guard were brought in alongside the House’s own security just in case some of the more out of town spectators with maybe a skinful too many decide that the rules don’t have to apply to them. Disappearing spectators during a sporting event tend to cause comment after all. The judges presiding over this event are,  Arnold Alder,  Glimmert Ungart, and  Myria UnderfootMatch 1 Gagnog The Oaf of Clan Dread Wyrm Vs Dhojud Bonedagger of Clan Invincibles Round 1 – 10 – 9 (51 – 36) Round 2 – 10 – 8 (68 – 63, -1 point from Dhojud due to Foul) Round 3 – 10 – 9 (44 – 30) Gagnog The Oaf wins over Dhojud Bonedagger via Unanimous Decision in the third round. Gagnog The Oaf: +1 Career, +3 Experience Round of the Night! Dhojud Bonedagger: +2 Experience -- In the Clan Teeny Kobolds tent sectioned off a little way in the shade of the temple itself, as Ginsung and Skaugran went over their final warmups together outside, the air inside was tense with stringent calculation. The management team went over the details of their upcoming fight once, twice, three times even, looking over their opponent whilst considering the skills of their own fighter and… The results weren’t ideal. Combatant Identified posted:Roc The Aged Winston who had been looking at the sheet in front of him merely turned to Grugtik and reassured “Well… Ginsung pulled herself back from a bad round one in her first match, and Roc has only won a single match just like she has.” “But her defence work though.” Grugtik replied morosely, looking at the Hobgoblin’s file alongside Ginsung’s. “We know it’s not great.” “It could be better, I agree.” “And Francine Ang in round one was arguably stronger, but her ability to fend blows off wasn’t great. This guy is way better at it than she is and the rating is just barely below her. It’s very likely if Ginsung tries to uses the first round to feel her opponent out she’s gonna be in a real bad time.” “So then… What’s the plan just tell her to do her best?” “Telling her to do her best is all we can do, let’s head out we should be making our way to the arena in a few minutes.” -- Match 2 Ginsung Duskmoon of Clan Teeny Kobolds Vs Roc The Aged of Clan Thunder Hawk The match began and both fighters with their arms out began to circle, hands swiped back and forth but no one pushed in quite yet. Ginsung makes the move suddenly, springing up she clasped two arms around the back of Roc’s neck and with her entire body weight pulled him down, trying to start gripping around his throat with her forearms. But Roc had tucked his chin into his throat and crouched as soon as he saw what she was doing, so when she had almost got the hold he sprung up to his full height, lifting her up off the floor, slipping out of her hold and dropping them both back, with Roc hitting the ground first on the ground and his hands gripping Ginsung’s arm. On the way down Ginsung’s head took a glancing blow against Roc’s elbow and opened up a tiny cut over her eye, as she tried to pry herself out the blood obscured her vision. She suddenly was put on the defensive against an opponent she couldn’t quite see properly and she was losing, badly. She attempted to roll out whilst her arm was in the Kimura grip, but he rolled with her and quickly tucked in his legs to keep on wrenching, she levered herself into a position where she could try and pull herself up but he hooked his one of his free legs around her and pulled it out from under her dropping her back down. The second time however she stood, and he tried to sweep her leg out again, but she had a grip on the Hobgoblin and as she started to fall heaved up with core and waist and threw him off of her back to the back, he slammed into it with a thud that made him spit out his mouthguard and suddenly they had been separated. She used that time to clear her vision, she lost a lot of points in those first few minutes of the match and was at risk of a technical knockout, she went for the takedown taking a hammer fist to the side of her head in the process getting Roc to the ground. But even from that position she couldn't make that headway. She tried trapping his throat against her leg for the Gogolplata, but he held down the arm she needed to complete the hold. She rolled back and forth with him he tried to clamp around her throat, using the grips she could grab to throw him back and slammed him down with the suplex but he wouldn’t let go, he kept trying to shift the grip and get the arm around her throat as she kept trying make him drop his grip by slamming him against the wall of the cage and the floor of the mat where she could but he wouldn’t, let, go. And it was only during his attempt on a rear neck choke that he finally got a hold of a foot and tried to twist for all it’s worth that he broke it off, landing on her one last hook just as the round ended. The judges scored 47 - 75 in Roc The Aged’s favour, that the match didn’t end with TKO against Ginsung was a small miracle but she needed more than hopes and prayers at this point. But she wouldn’t get one, the second round began and she went once again for the choke, a Guillotine hold, but Roc was there first and that’s where that fight stayed for the rest of that round almost. They had started trading kicks as they had locked themselves in that right angle grip against each other, before Roc pulled her back and to the ground once again. Ginsung threw punches for all it was worth from that position but with one hand trying to guard her throat and the other being held away by Roc’s spare arm she couldn’t find the space to land more than hard taps. And there she was trapped spending that energy fighting off the choke attempt but without any space to get her own offence going there was no place to get that grip, no space to throw those punches, the clock was ticking Roc decided this put this fight to rest. He locked hard around that throat with his right forearm and pulled straight up forcing her to stand on her toes, then yanked her back, unbalancing her as she tried to stay upright and then with both arms tucked in tight around her neck and body as she threw punches for all she was worth, threw her around and slammed into the side of the cage. She bounced off the floor, and couldn’t get back to her feet. The Guide stepped in and called it quits there and then. Round 1 – 9 – 10 (47 – 75) Round 2 – TKO for Roc The Aged (44 – 69) Roc The Aged wins over Ginsung Duskmoon via Technical Knockout due to Strikes after 4 minutes and 49 seconds in the second round. Ginsung Duskmoon: -1 Career, +1 Experience Roc The Aged: +1 Career, +4 Experience -- Match 3 Bamon Beastcleaver of Clan Grizzly Vs Tokul Farjek of Clan King Cobra Round 1 – TKO for Tokul Farjek (Strikes) (11 – 42) Tokul Farjek wins over Bamon Beastcleaver via Technical Knockout due to Strikes after 4 minutes and 26 seconds in the first round. Bamon Beastcleaver: -1 Career, +1 Experience Tokul Farjek: +1 Career, +4 Experience Match 4 Darcy Landown of Clan Dread Wyrm Vs Francine Ang of Clan Flame Tiger Round 1 – 9 – 10 (36 – 46) Round 2 – 9 – 10 (18 – 23) Round 3 – 9 – 10 (17 – 32) Francine Ang wins over Darcy Landown via Unanimous Decision in the third round. Darcy Landown: -1 Career, +2 Experience Francine Ang: +3 Experience ---- Week 2, South-East Sirocco Qualifier Round 2, Hazrad’s Folly Shah Hazrad The Black was at the same time the greatest ruler Copher had even seen in its history, and also its worst tyrant. Hazrad expanded the trade empire of Copher to the entirety of sea and the surrounding coast lines, but acquired that dominance through brutal military campaigns against his trade rivals. Hazrad enriched the citizenry of Copher and funded many of its public works out of his own pockets, but acquired a lot of that money through carefully having his political rivals assassinated and their assets seized whilst he was in power. Hazrad became the richest man in the entire world for the duration of his life time but ended up using a lot of that money on the artificial small chain of islets that to this day bear his name, Hazrad’s Folly. The Folly is not so much that the process didn’t work but was more that he sunk a vast majority of his massive wealth to achieve this, almost emptying the city’s coffers and leading to some the other members of the council to try and rein in his extravagences before he beggared them all, which didn’t end well. Today the large chain of boats from the various harbours around Copher bring the spectators to this little slice of paradise, the peddlers shipped out earlier in the week to get set up on the main islands as the House makes ready to put on their show of the week. The judges presiding over this event are Wuni,  Quarethon of Pyraxtallinost, and GurgorrhimMatch 1 Vendon The Giant of Clan Dread Wyrm Vs Zorbroth Timtar of Clan Black Sabor Round 1 – 9 – 10 (44 – 66) Round 2 – 10 – 9 (53 – 43) Round 3 - 10 - 9 (26 – 29, Judges 1 and 2 in favour of Vendon) Vendon The Giant wins over Zorbroth Timtar via Split Decision in the third round. Vendon The Giant: +3 Experience Zorbroth Timtar: -1 Career, +2 Experience Match 2 Arkog The Shrewd of Clan Night Lotus Vs Ulfgar Durthane of Clan Gold Hammer Round 1 – KO for Arkog The Shrewd (Haymaker to Head) (31 – 40) Arkog The Shrewd wins over Ulfgar Durthane via Knockout due to Haymaker to Head after 3 minutes and 13 seconds in the first round Arkog The Shrewd: +2 Career, +5 Experience Knockout of the Night! Ulfgar Durthane: -1 Career, +1 Experience Match 3 Iaus Trust of Clan King Cobra Vs Archibold Fischer of Clan Night Lotus Round 1 – 10 – 9 (42 – 38) Round 2 – 9 – 10 (49 – 54) Round 3 – TO for Archibold Fischer (Omoplata) (18 – 22) Archibold Fischer wins over Iaus Trust via Submission due to Omoplata after 1 minute and 36 seconds in the third round Iaus Trust: -1 Career, +1 Experience Archibold Fischer: +2 Career, +5 Experience Submission of the Night! Match 4 Orolon The Razor of Clan Night Lotus Vs Klod The Rock of Clan Grizzly Round 1 – 10 – 9 (38 – 33) Round 2 – 9 – 10 (42 – 48) Round 3 – 9 – 10 (45 – 54) Klod The Rock wins over Orolon The Razor via Unanimous Decision in the third round Orolon The Razor: -1 Career, +2 Experience Klod The Rock: +3 Experience ---- Week 3, South Ostro Qualifier Round 2, Brokekeel Coast One of the largest wrecks on the Brokekeel Coast that was used as the location of the ring in this venue is The Tidehunter. Before The Sirocco, it was the premier flagship of Copher’s navy, a three tiered war galleon, containing three hundred and sixty guns and weighing in at around one thousand tonnes, the ship was so infamous that the mere sight of its silhouette drifting through the fog was enough to strike fear into even the most hardened corsairs. But like many great titans of antiquity it came undone through very humble means. A low tide around the Brokekeel Coast combined with the Tidehunter’s considerable weight during a chase of a routed pirate fleet, caused the ship’s keel to ram into the sharp jagged rocks that were often deceptively hidden beneath the waves and almost ripped half of the Galleon’s underside off as is scraped past. The ship sank quickly as a result, most of the crew were able to be saved when they made it ashore, but as soon as the various ne’er do wells of the coast found out what happened they descended on the ship, stripping it for parts and burning what remained before the Navy could retrieve it and rebuild it. To this day the great bones of that ship diminished through salt water, fire and time make for a suitably impressive backdrop for the ring itself. The judges presiding over this event are  Leshanna Selevarun,  Agatha Butler, and  BaramielMatch 1 Mall Deathspear of Clan Gold Hammer Vs Glardan The Bold of Clan Night Lotus Round 1 – 10 – 9 (31 – 23) Round 2 – TKO for Glardan The Bold (Strikes) (30 – 60) Glardan The Bold wins over Mall Deathspear via Technical Knockout due to Strikes after 3 minutes and 40 seconds in the second round. Mall Deathspear: -1 Career, +1 Experience Glardan The Bold: +1 Career, +4 Experience Match 2 Yawyn Alroth of Clan Flame Tiger Vs Wides de Montfault of Clan Gold Hammer Round 1 – 10 – 9 (47 – 36) Round 2 - 9 - 10 (45 – 46, All 3 Judges in favour of Wides) Round 3 – TO for Wides de Montfault (Heel Hook) (28 – 26) Wides de Montfault wins over Yawyn Alroth via Submission due to Heel Hook after 4 minutes and 49 seconds in the third round Yawyn Alroth: -1 Career, +1 Experience Wides de Montfault: +2 Career, +5 Experience Submission of the Night Match 3 Paggam of Clan Gold Hammer Vs Muhzall Coldgouger of Clan Grizzly Round 1 – TKO to Paggam (Cut) (22 – 10) A significant delay had to be made to the start of the next round due to the extent of the bleeding caused by the cut Muhzall acquired from being thrown against the cage, to both replace the mats with clean ones and to inspect and secure the cage to ensure it was safe to keep using. Paggam wins over Muhzall Coldgouger via Technical Knockout due to a Cut after 2 minutes and 22 seconds in the first round Paggam: +1 Career, +4 Experience Muhzall Coldgouger: -1 Career, +1 Experience Match 4 Sitlenen Silt of Clan Thunder Hawk Vs Gad Sorrowslayer of Clan Flame Tiger Round 1 - 9 - 10 (41 – 41, All 3 Judges decided in Gad’s favour) Round 2 – 8 – 9 (35 – 30, -2 Points for Sitlenen to Fouls, -1 Point to Gad to Fouls) Round 3 – TKO for Gad Sorrowslayer (Arm Triangle) (13 – 38) Gad Sorrowslayer wins over Sitlenen Silt via Technical Knockout due to strikes after 4 minutes and 55 seconds in the third round. Sitlenen Silt: -1 Career, +1 Experience Gad Sorrowslayer: +1 Career, +4 Experience ---- Week 4, South-West Libeccio Qualifiers Round 2, Royal Ampitheatre The Royal Amphitheatre was originally built as an extension of the nearby Copher University as an open air auditorium to only be used by students and staff studying at the university. However after the reign of Hazrad the Black and the messy way it came to an end, the university suddenly found itself somewhat bereft of money. It was then found that by opening up the Amphitheatre to the public and putting on the occasional stage performance there it helped supplement their funding and proved to be very popular as a result. As a side benefit and as a part of the agreement to make use of the Ampitheatre, students studying at the university get reduced ticket prices on all House of Spirit events that take place in Copher, and in this venue especially almost an entire section of the stands is made up just of students and staff from the University itself. They tend to be the ones that get the most rowdy during the course of the matches, especially the professors. The judges presiding over this event are  Aramil Horineth, Gurgorrhim, and Endless Reflection of the Musing GladesMatch 1 Babarum Sholded of Clan Invincibles Vs Sizsi of Clan Invincibles Round 1 – 10 – 9 (64 – 51) Round 2 – 9 – 9 (55 – 51, -1 to Babarum due to foul) Round 3 – 10 – 9 (52 – 43) Babarum Sholded wins over Sizsi via Unanimous Decision in the third round Babarum Sholded: +1 Career, +3 Experience Fight of the Night! Sizsi: +2 Experience Fight of the Night! -- Away from the wild cheering of the crowd after the best fight of the night so far, the mood in the room of Clan Teeny Kobold’s was by comparison rather subdued. The Teeny Trio that made up the management team were still feeling the shock of Ginsung’s utter defeat last week, it had been an unpleasant wake up call after the four out of four clean sweep last month that this competition was still a lot closer than they were pretending it was. Even if Ginsung still has a shot within the Loser’s Bracket the defeat still stung ever so slightly. And a lot of their concerns they had about this match were the same that they had about the last one too. Combatant identified posted:Asan “We’re having a lot of trouble with aasimar fighters it feels like.” Noted Grugtik checking out the sheet up close. “I’m confident in our girl’s abilities but after last week…” “Do not sweat it big man.” Skaugran cooed reassuringly, passing a flask of something over to his friend. “The stats don’t tell the whole story, if you trust me with anything then trust me when I say I’ve given her the best training for this I can give.” The combination of liquor and encouragement did seem to perk up Grugtik, Winston interjected to help. “We’ve done all that we can do as a team, the best we can do now is hope for the best and prepare for the worst if it comes to it. It should be about time we made our appearance yes?” -- Match 2 Oshyn Kingfisher of Clan Teeny Kobolds Vs Asan of Clan Black Sabor The round started with both fighters taking their time and feeling out the situation slowly. They knew how this kind of match would play out for them both, it was going to come down to for the most part on who got the first good grab. Asan moved first, when Oshyn got a little too close her threw out a quick hook to her side and dived in for the takedown. The fight continued on the ground with Oshyn on her back as they fought for dominance, both sides tried their respective holds to choke their opponent’s out. At least that is what it looked like but Oshyn had other plans, with one of her free legs she pushed it against Asan giving her the leverage she needed to slide out the right side with her hips. Suddenly she had her legs sandwiched around Asan, she forced his face into the ground, grabbed for his right foot and held onto it hard as she tried to twist and torque it back towards his thigh. But with his other spare foot before she could, Asan took his toe and jabbed it right into her eye, breaking the lock but costing him a point from the Guide. The situation was reset once again as the guide separated them and brought them back to the middle. Once again, Asan is the first to move, and once again they end up back into the grapple, arms under Oshyn’s throat he tries to lock her into a guillotine choke but Oshyn will not have it, he resorts to from that position when he drops the hold from her neck to around her midsection to throw her to the mat but as she falls she grabs onto Asan’s leg and takes him back to the floor with her, now she has his leg in between hers and she rolls over for the kneebar. Asan immediately hooks the leg being held into his free leg to prevent the kneebar, but he still has to get off the floor, he tries slipping his way out multiple times but Oshyn won’t let him go that easily kicking his leg out and keeping him down, he tries to pry and kick his leg out but when she loses the kneebar she takes a hold of his foot once again and curls it back in for the toe hold. Asan stalled for just enough time however, one last shot to the head that she couldn't fend away and the round stopped. The judges deliberate the result and it is close, endless reflection scores it as a 9-9 round in Asan’s favour but with a point lost for his earlier foul. Aramil and Gurgorrhim however, they score the round in Oshyn’s favour, a 10 - 8 lead has been established. Round two began with both sides immediately swinging in with their finishers, Asan’s Hook caught a blow across Oshyn’s cheek but as he threw it Oshyn dived forward and pushed him over onto his back. Suddenly with his legs in the air, Oshyn put her legs around the right leg she had been working all match, and in one smooth motion dropped to the ground and tried to kneebar her opponent into her submission. He was quick enough on the uptake to lock his legs into position before she could complete the submission hold, but she was not letting go even when he managed to lever his leg after 2 minutes of this she was back on top of him before he could get off and locking in around his arm instead. Swinging his arm back and forth to prevent the Americana from being locked in he managed to kick himself out, not hard enough to do damage but enough to get distance. From there the fight got physical, Oshyn lashed out with a spinning back first that caught Asan across the jaw but he swing back with his own Hook, she leaned away enough to avoid the KO but as he stepped in swinging around and back with his fist extended smashing her across the jaw with a hit that sent her sprawling. He got the mount and began to throw punches for all he was worth but Oshyn was experienced with fighting from the guard position, fending his blows and pressing him away from getting any grapple attempts. It wasn’t until just very near the end of the world that he finally got a hammer blow on the nose right before the bell rang. The judges deliberated, this time there was a clear favourite in this round as all three judges voted 10 - 9 in favour of Oshyn Kingfisher. The match from this point was secure for Oshyn if she could make it to the end of the third round, if being the key word. The bell rang Oshyn took a step back as Asan rushed forward and stomped down on his foot, but he followed through with his ducking uppercut and smashed her across the jaw, knocking loose her mouthguard in the process, and an elbow to the body that doubled her over. Asan closed in trying to get a hold of a leg but as he came close Oshyn grabbed a hold of his arm and pulled them both to the ground into the guard position, and hooked her arms in around his throat for the Peruvian Necktie attempt. Asan however rolling and shifting his way around them, broke the posture of the Necktie just enough to grab hold of her arm and with a lot of effort pry himself out. The two fighters rolled back up and around when suddenly Oshyn went for the Kneebar, and only got so far until Asan finally after fighting in the backfoot for the past few minutes landed a heavy hook to Oshyn’s head that sent her reeling. He got the mount on her and starting pummeling like the match depended on it, a backfist to her jaw opened her guard but when he went for the second big hook she blocked it, when she tried to fight her way out with a few guarded blows of her own he slammed in with a heavy haymaker and then, in the midst of that scuffle Oshyn reached up and grabbed his hair inadvertently while trying to improve her position and, without entirely thinking Asan mashed his head into her face. A headbutt, an illegal headbutt, right as the round ended in his favour. And that is what cost him. The judges came to their decision very quickly, the round was heavily in favour of Asanit was very obvious, but that last second foul sealed the deal, 9-9 a round that was in no one's favour. Meaning that at the end of the match. Round 1 - 10 - 8 (40 – 41, Judges 1 and 2 in favour of Oshyn, -1 point from Asan due to a foul) Round 2 – 10 – 9 (44 – 38) Round 3 – 9 – 9 (41 – 57, -1 point from Asan due to a foul) Oshyn Kingfisher wins over Asan via Unanimous Decision after three rounds Oshyn Kingfisher: +3 Experience Asan: -1 Career, +2 Experience -- Match 3 Brytvia Ironfist of Clan Black Sabor versus Lace Oscasqe of Clan Night Lotus Round 1 – TKO for Brytvia Ironfist (22 – 10) Brytvia Ironfist wins over Lace Oscasqe via Technical Knockout due to a Cut after 3 minutes and 22 seconds in the first round. Brytvia Ironfist: +1 Career, +4 Experience Lace Oscasqe: -1 Career, +1 Experience Match 4 Laslow Dudz of Clan Thunder Hawk Vs Ren Blackchopper of Clan King Cobra Round 1 – TO for Ren Blackchopper (10 – 0) In a rather unfortunate turn of events, Laslow Dudz's attempt to use his own signature hold got him instead caught in Ren’s. After a few seconds of choking Laslow had passed out and the match immediately was decided in Ren’s favour. Ren Blackchopper wins over Laslow Dudz via Technical Submission due to Peruvian Necktie after 1 minute and 17 seconds in the first round. Laslow Dudz: -1 Career, +1 Experience Ren Blackchopper: +2 Career, +5 Experience Submission of the Night ---- Week 5, West Ponente Qualifier Round 2, Zaid Botanical Gardens The botanical gardens were originally nothing more than a small few plots tended by the mildly eccentric nobleman Emir Zaid, they had some beautiful flowers yes, very nicely arranged of course but it was just a nobleman’s garden for the most part. It wasn’t until said Zaid, who at this point hadn’t earned his moniker of ‘The Greenthumb’, started experimenting with ways to preserve a local mountain flower that wilted at low altitudes that he really began his lifelong work into the study of Botany and built the gardens that stand to this day. A great abundance of those mountain flowers were planted alongside other specimens of flowers that grow at high altitude, the dome that houses them is next to the enclosure that houses the natural ‘cage’ for the event itself, aside from the ‘predatory plant’ enclosure that is only opened to the public at specific times and only with a guide present, the mountain enclosure if one of the most popular attractions of the gardens. Indeed some of those mountain creepers have found themselves woven around the cage itself this evening as the last fights of the month commence. The judges presiding over this event are Agatha Butler, Baramiel, and CaspianMatch 1 Van The Impaler of Clan Grizzly Vs Komos Saltmarsh of Clan Night Lotus Round 1 – 9 – 10 (44 – 54) Round 2 – KO for Komos Saltmarsh (16 – 6) Komos Saltmarsh wins over Van The Impaler via Knockout due to a Knee to the Body after 2 minutes and 48 seconds in the second round. Van The Impaler: -1 Career, +1 Experience Komos Saltmarsh: +1 Career, +5 Experience Match 2 Move Spiteender of Clan Thunder Hawk Vs Zhuzod Pridesaber of Clan Flame Tiger Round 1 – KO for Zhuzod Pridesaber (14 – 15) Zhuzod Pridesaber wins over Move Spiteender via Knockout due to an Inside Uppercut to the Head after 2 minute and 39 seconds in the first round. Move Spiteender: -1 Career, +1 Experience Zhuzod Pridesaber: +2 Career, +5 Experience Knockout of the Night! Match 3 Bibis Gildrath of Clan King Cobra Vs Ile of Clan King Cobra Round 1 - 10 - 9 (41 – 41, All judges in favour of Bibis) Round 2 – 10 – 9 (37 – 33) Round 3 - 9 - 10 (48 – 50, All judges in favour of Ile) Bibis Gildrath wins over Ile via Split Decision after three rounds. Bibis Gildrath: +3 Experience Ile: +2 Experience Match 4 Crisbis Pralkac of Clan Thunder Hawk Vs Weaken of Clan Thunder Hawk Round 1 – 10 – 9 (46 – 19) Round 2 – 9 – 10 (38 – 45) Round 3 - 9 - 9 (43 – 42, Judges 2 and 3 in favour of Crisbis, -1 point from Crisbis due to foul) Crisbis Pralkac and Weaken draw after three rounds. Crisbis Pralkac: +2 Experience Weaken: +2 Experience ---- Month 4 Week 1, North-West Mistral Qualifier Round 2, The Spice Market ‘Why the Spice Market in particular?’ Some locals have asked. The cattle market is arguably larger, the fish market is more easily accessible, there’s a lot of locations that may have provided more space and access to the event but the House chose what is essentially the most densely packed and busy market of them all for their big fight event. And therein lies the answer, it’s packed at all hours, it’s very likely many of the people there have a lot of money, and it’s right in the heart of the city where a lot of people frequent on a day to day basis. As an unspoken aside to that answer, the spice market has a more pleasant ‘fragrance’ than the cattle or fish markets. Before the events of the evening got started, a small official announcement had to be made concerning the results of the last match of the previous month, Crisbis Pralkac vs Weaken. As both of these fighters were of the same clan, and it was the actions of Crisbis that caused the draw in the first place it was to be decided by that most tried and true method of conflict resolution, a coin flip. Ankath Raivys, the Master of Clan Thunder Hawk did the honours, she flipped the coin high into the air, caught it on the back of her hand and waited a few moments before announcing the result to Poppy and the crowd. Crisbis Pralkac advances to the next round. And with that matter decided the fights of the night commenced in earnest. The judges presiding over this event are Aramil Horineth, Myria Underfoot, and Ander Cherrycheeks-- Meanwhile in the war room the mood was even more tense than it usually was in light of the first match of the Heavyweight division. “I cannot express enough how important it is that we do not lose here.” Grugtik declared, both hands planted on the table as he spoke to the assembled group of Winston, Skaugran and Mardor, the former two staying very silent as to not get in the way of their friend’s rant. “Losing to other clans, that’s one thing, close matches that’s another thing too, but I am not getting shown up by my bloody rival tonight, not here not now, and not ever, am I clear?” This last word was projected at Mardor, who sort of blinked whilst tilting his head and asked. “Did ya make some sorta money bet with him?” “No I-” “Does he even know you’re competing with him? And I don’t mean like in your name is in the cards opposite him sense, I mean in like the actively pursuing a competition versus him sense.” Grugtik opened his mouth, then closed his mouth, and then opened his mouth before closing it again and rather sinking back into his chair, slightly embarrassed. “No, I’ve been rather taking every chance to avoid the bugger, not gonna lie. We didn’t exactly part on good terms, being that one of us lost their job in the arrangement.” But he sprang back to his feet suddenly and continued “That’s beside the point however! He’s got at least two of his lads in this Winner’s Bracket and if we take one of them out now and hopefully the other one gets knocked out too, then he’s only gonna have one guy in the Winner’s Bracket. So Mardor, I need you to whoop Mr Lutgher’s arse six ways to sunday and back again.” Mardor leaned back in his seat and grinned a toothy grin and chortled. “Brah you didn’t even need to ask, that’s what you pay me for right?” -- Match 1 Mardor Danxic of Clan Teeny Kobolds Vs Fayyaad Lutgher of Clan Dread Wyrm Before the fight had even begun the crowd was expecting something special from these two fighters known for their high intensity fighting styles, and they delivered. The bell rang, and before the tone had even faded they were across the ring throwing their first attacks, Mardor mashed a fist into Fayyaad’s side but caught a heavy blow across the jaw in turn, but grabbed on tight before he the Human could pull back and yanked them both to the floor. Rolling back and forth for position Fayyaad manages to break the hold before kicking out Mardor’s leg when he tries to break away and pulls him back down to the ground. Mardor catches him across the mouth with the back of his fist splitting his lip open, but the fight continues with them grappling on the floor and jockeying for position. Eventually it’s Mardor that finds it as he slips his legs around Fayyaad’s torso and attempt to wrench his arm back in the armbar, Mardor manages to break his attempt to lock his arms back but it allows him to run his way across the floor and out of the hold. Loosened from the hold Fayyaad tries to reclaim his position of dominance but catches an uppercut to the jaw from the grounded Mardor and uses it to get himself off the floor. The fighters didn’t stay upright for long however, a slight misjudgement from Mardor caused him to take a flying knee to the chest that opened him right up to a massive whalloping uppercut from Fayyaad. Mardor zoned out for a moment, but the training he had spent the week doing with Skaugran and Traubon let him remain conscious, grabbing hold of Fayyaad as he fell back pulling him in and bringing the fight to the floor. Fayyaad levers himself way enough to get a little wiggle room as Mardor locks his arms in place around his head angling for the Triangle Choke, the human starts to drop knees into Mardor’s stomach to try and get him to break the grip but Mardor’s core let's take a lot of those shots, before he finally during an attempt to Fayyaad to break free rolls him around and shoves him right up against the cage, holding him hard against it until the end of the round. The round is extremely close with merely one point in difference for both fighters, but there’s some debate on who has that edge. Aramil Horinenth and Myria Underfoot in the end score it as Mardor’s advantage over Ander Cherrycheeks deciding in Fayyaad’s favour, scoring it 10-9 for the Dragonborn. Round two, Mardor can’t take a step before catched a heel to the bridge of his snout from a devastating Axe Kick from Fayyaad, before kicking out his legs and bringing him down to the ground again. But fighting a mer-wrestler on the mount is risky business, no sooner does he get into position than a sudden knee to the side from Mardor turns the table, locking his legs around the arm and slipping out the mount. Fayyaad lands a heavy jab to Mardor’s face, who responds by picking him up bodily and shoving him up against the cage to try and limit his blows. The two fighters trade blows from that position hooks and uppercuts coming out and finding their marks but neither side can get ahead over their opponent, and it takes a hard knee to the stomach before Mardor decides to try another tact, hooking Fayyaad’s remaining standing leg and bringing back down to the mat near the edge of the cage. But Fayyaad rolled on contact with the ground before Mardor could land on top of him and before he could get up and guard, Fayyaad came back and kicked him square in the jaw. Mardor got up grabbing onto Fayyaad and pulling himself up, but the human hooked his arms around Mardor’s knees and pulled him back down, he’s not getting the mount on this one. The two fighters position, transition and reposition for dominance next the the cage, Mardor holds Fayyaad to try and get hooks in for a kneebar, but Fayyaad is holding him down and throwing the left and right hooks for all he’s worth, with Mardor only being able to land a few strikes back in response with Fayyaad working to get his arms in and around his neck until he was saved by the bell moments before he completed the Necktie. The judges this time scored the round entirely in Fayyaad Lutgher’s favour making them neck and neck in the match. Round three started with a bang, it was the sound of Fayyaad striking first with another uppercut to Mardor’s jaw, but Mardor held him down to prevent him from getting away and took him down to the floor. On the way down Fayyaad’s head hit against one of the supporting posts, unintentionally by Mardor’s hand but suddenly being stunned on the floor versus a grappler that was on top of you was a bad place to be. One arm slid in under the back of Fayyaad’s neck and grasped Fayyaad’s left arm pushing it up against his own neck and Mardor swung himself off and squeeze. Fayyaad quickly stuck his free arm under his other to try and keep his air passage free, his beard helped cushion the choke but he couldn’t get off the floor. He kicked out at Mardor’s side but he held on tight, moving with Fayyaad’s attempt to break the hold. He slid his spare arm out to smash the Dragonborn across the jowls but he continued to hold on, he even threw another one of his signature uppercuts but the angle was wrong, he couldn’t get it to hit hard whilst he was being held down by the Mardor. Mardor transitioned to behind him at this point, sliding his arm from behind Fayyaad’s neck to in front of it and attempting to still put pressure on that airway, but then Fayyaad somehow found the leverage he needed to break that hold just enough to give him space, and get the hell away from Mardor. The fight reset, but Fayyaad was gasping and Mardor was coming in hot. Fayyaad lashed out a foot and caught Mardor across the face but he just kept going in, scooping up the helpfully provided leg and bodily carrying the human all the way to the opposite side of the cage and with a shoulder in place slamming him hard into the fence. He started to wrench the leg up, Fayyaad threw another blow it hammered into Mardor, he was taking a lot of these blows head on but he refused to let go of Fayyaad now that he was in control. He kicked out his remaining standing leg so he had no leverage on the floor and with that just ramming him hard against the fence. Fayyaad couldn’t break the hold, all he could do was cushion the impacts as Mardor just kept ramming him against the fence, throwing hits at everything he could reach until suddenly the bell rang, and wordlessly Mardor just let Fayyaad drop to the mat and walked away. The judges didn’t take long to decide the winner of that bout, because it seemed pretty obvious who had the advantage from minute one of the round. All three judges scored the match 10-9 for Mardor Danxic. Round 1 – 10 – 9 (49 – 50, Judges 1 and 2 in favour of Mardor) Round 2 – 9 – 10 (58 – 69) Round 3 – 10 – 9 (69 – 58) Mardor Danxic wins over Fayyaad Lutgher via Split Decision after three rounds. Mardor Danxic: +1 Career, +3 Experience Match of the Night! Fayyaad Lutgher: +2 Experience Match of the Night! -- Match 2 Urud Batcrusher of Clan Dread Wyrm Vs Rhedkar Skullslicer of Clan Thunder Hawk Round 1 – 9 – 10 (33 – 37, Judges 2 and 3 in favour of Rhedkar) Round 2 – TO for Urud Batcrusher (10 – 26) Urud Batcrusher wins over Rhedkar Skullslicer via Submission due to a Salaverry after 2 minutes and 19 seconds in the second round. Urud Batcrusher: +1 Career, +5 Experience. Rhedkar Skullslicer: -1 Career, +1 Experience. Match 3 Bronzall Crookedpeak of Clan Flame Tiger Vs Sidwell Heim of Clan Black Sabor Round 1 – TO for Bronzall Crookedpeak (6 – 13) Bronzall Crookedpeak wins over Sidwell Heim via Submission due to a Peruvian Necktie after 1 minute and 21 seconds in the first round. Bronzall Crookedpeak: +2 Career, +5 Experience Submission of the Night! Sidwell Heim: -1 Career, +1 Experience Match 4 Khazredok The Dagger of Clan Invincibles Vs Zsaltsush of Clan Flame Tiger Round 1 – 9 – 9 (45 – 53, -1 point from Zsaltsush due to Foul) Round 2 – TO for Khazredok The Dagger (20 – 29) Khazredok The Dagger wins over Zsaltsush via Submission due to a Sweep after 2 minutes and 44 seconds in the second round. Khazredok The Dagger: +1 Career, +5 Experience Zsaltsush: -1 Career, +1 Experience ---- (1/2)
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---- WEEK 2, MONTH 4 - YEAR 1220 Clan Teeny Kobolds Clanhouse: The Residence of his Grace Emir Farad Current Roster: 5/10 (Heavyweight Division) Rostered Fighters: 1) Ginsung Duskmoon (Orc) | Grappler: Earth-fighting / Dance of Death | Condition: Healthy | Morale: Bad | Status: In Tournament 2) Mardor Danxic (Dragonborn) | Grappler: Mer-wrestling / Paura | Condition: Healthy | Morale: Great | Status: In Tournament 3) Oshyn Kingfisher (Triton) | Grappler: Earth-fighting / Aehamar | Condition: Healthy | Morale: Great | Status: In Tournament 4) Traubon Steelfist (Hill Dwarf) | Striker: Tss'Ulatasss / Mageslayer | Condition: Healthy | Morale: Great | Status: In Tournament 5) TBD -- Events Phase: A Few Notable Revivals An official announcement was released by Poppy Merribuck before the commencement of final stage of the Maelstrom Qualifiers “Once again I cannot thank everyone enough for the progress of this flagship tournament so far, for the upsets, knockouts, submissions and high intensity bouts that we have witnessed, for the assistance from the Guides and Staff under our roster and the clan managers who made this all possible. I have two matters that I wish to discuss.” “Firstly, The Grand Copher Arena is nearing the end of its restoration. The additional assistance from interested parties that had been generated as a result of the House of Spirit’s revival has allowed us to accelerate the timetable for when we can reopen it, and it will be ready for use just in time for the Loser’s Bracket Finals this month. One hundred and ninety-two fighters had entered this tournament and by the time we are through we will have half of that amount left, which brings me to the second item I wish to announce. Starting from the next month we have finished the applications for and organising of additional events, to accommodate for those fighters who have either been eliminated now or will be eliminated in the following matches this month. For the Heavyweight division these are as follows. Ghassen’s Gauntlet funded by Commander Durga in cooperation with the Royal Copher Marine Corps. A Round Robin style tournament accepting at least 6 fighters to take part, the winner of the most bouts after the 6 weeks of matches will receive a cash prize and by my blessing the right to challenge the current holder of the Heavyweight Title belt. Whoever that may be by the time this tournament ends. The Summer Shield Strike, yes it’s back! For those who are new to the House of Spirits, the Shield Strike was a special bi-annual event held by the house to foister fair play and cooperation between the various clans under our banner, by having them face off in a five on five team elimination tournament. For the clans that cannot field 5 fighters by themselves do not worry, it is perfectly acceptable to form teams with other clans to compete in this competition. The Shield Strike will be our largest open registration with 20 slots available. Finally with the approval of the various sponsors under our banner we are moving to restart the monthly One-Night Slam tournaments. Traditionally these are small one night single elimination tournaments held by the House and funded by the various sponsors under our banner for the less experienced fighters on the roster which right now is most of you. The sponsor of this Slam will be the Enhance Ability gym equipment company, who in addition to the cash prize will be providing state of the art training equipment for the winner if they succeed. She would go on to list the events available for the Middleweight and Featherweight divisions but for the purposes of this game they don’t need to exist, yet. Events Phase:Scouting Report! S: “Got a couple of candidates for you here boss as requested, which one would you like to go for?” 1. Recruit a new fighter A. Bonndora Broadchin Manager: Shepherd of the House Heavyweight (Mountain Dwarf) Striker: Aehamar/Laikat Record: 0-0-0, 0 DQ Workrate: Low Health: Good Offense: 144 Defense: 85 Finishing: Bronze Chin: Silver Heart: Bronze Tenure: 0 years Career Strength: 10 Signature: Ducking Hook to Body (0) Experience: 25 (25 available) Biography: Bonndora was sent away to a convent of Moradin by her parents at an early age due to her unruly and fiery temperament in the hopes that she would learn some restraint and discipline, instead she learned how to channel her anger into a fine point, specifically her opponent's jaw at the tip of her elbow. She at least became an ordained cleric of Moradin however. B. Ssahshu Manager: Shepherd of the House Heavyweight (Yuanti) Grappling: Akor-rin/Jarghalaur Record: 0-0-0, 0 DQ Workrate: High Health: Poor Offense: 141 Defense: 120 Finishing: Bronze Chin: Bronze Heart: Silver Tenure: 0 years Career Strength: 10 Signature: Americana (0) Experience: 13 (13 available) Biography: Nicknamed 'The Tsuchinoko' somewhat derogatorily due to his slightly squat and pudgy stature for a yuanti, Ssahshu decided to lean into it and has made it part of his brand. This makes the feeling of getting run rings around them by a pudgy snake-man and getting choked out even worse for his opponents. C. Ave Manager: Shepherd of the House Heavyweight (Aasimar) Striker: Khaanukh/Laikat Record: 0-0-0, 0 DQ Workrate: Low Health: Average Offense: 142 Defense: 115 Finishing: Bronze Chin: Silver Heart: Bronze Tenure: 0 years Career Strength: 10 Signature: Kick to Body (0) Experience: 10 (10 available) Biography: Rumoured to be the daughter of Tempus the Lord of Battles, Ave seems to be the polar opposite of her thunderous father with her calm and serene attitude. Even when she is viciously thrashing her opponents her calm expression never changes one iota, which somehow is even more unnerving. -- Vote Now!Roster Phase 1) Ginsung Duskmoon (Orc) | XP: 14, Primary Offence Cost: 3, Secondary Offence Cost: 6 2) Mardor Danxic (Dragonborn) | XP: 5, Primary Offence Cost: 3, Secondary Offence Cost: 6 3) Oshyn Kingfisher (Triton) | XP: 16, Primary Offence Cost: 3, Secondary Offence Cost: 6 4) Traubon Steelfist (Hill Dwarf) | XP: 0, Primary Offence Cost: 3, Secondary Offence Cost: 6 5) TBD (Will not be able to spend experience this Month) >Spend Experience Or Let Skaugran Handle It. Experience Costs and Amounts posted:Lose a match: 1 point >Enter Tournaments S: “We have one free fighter right now (And potentially two later depending on how Ginsung’s match shakes out), the tournaments start next month but it doesn’t hurt to register early” 2) “With that in mind, any of these you want to enter us into?” A. Ghassen’s Gauntlet - Min 6+ (1 fighter only per clan), Round Robin Tournament, 6 Weeks A small competition sponsored by an affluent general, the fighters in the Gauntlet will face every other opponent at least once in a Round Robin format with the final winner being the fighter who wins the most bouts. A very involved event time wise, but the House has also added the promise of a title bout challenge to the winner. B. House of Spirits: Summer Shield Strike - Limit 20, Team Elimination Tournament, 3 Weeks A revival of a popular bi-yearly event, in which four teams of five fighters each face off against each other in a single elimination tournament. One fighter of each team will enter the arena and fight, the winning team’s fighter stays in the ring and the losing team sends in their next fighter, until all the fighters of one team have been eliminated. A fairly prestigious event that could improve your relationship with another clan. C. ‘Enhance Ability’ One-Night Slam - Limit 8 (1 fighter only per clan), Single Elimination, 1 Week A small monthly tournament held by the house sponsored by one of the various companies that advertise in the matches. This tournament’s sponsor is the ‘Enhance Ability’ exercise equipment company, for all your fitness and wellbeing needs. In addition to the cash prize the winner will also receive some free training equipment for their Clan. -- Staff Phase Funds: 17z >Purchase: Spend funds to buy stuff. -Buy The Villa (100z) - Right now though you operate out of Emir Farad's villa, it is still very much his villa, you cannot make any expansions to the number of fighters or other facilities until you buy it from him outright. -Hire a Rookie Fighter (10z) - Generate three fighters and recruit one for the Clan that will join your roster, fighters you do not choose will be hired by the house. -Hire a Veteran Fighter (10z + Career Strength) - Attempt to negotiate with another Clan for a fighter you’ve identified under their roof. Note that offers on fighters competing in tournaments are less likely to be accepted than fighters that aren’t currently competing. You will not lose the money if your offer is declined. >Observe: Choose two fights to watch, you will identify the fighters participating >N. Tramontane and NE. Gregale Winners Finals -Lordorim Shambastik (Night Lotus) Vs Dhamor Scalesplitter (Thunder Hawk) Documentation Current Cards and Tournaments (Updated!) Current League Fighters (Updated!) Detailed Teeny Kobolds Fighters (Updated!) Lore Index TheNabster fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Aug 6, 2020 |
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Let Skaugren handle it. Hire Ssahshu. Enter a fighter into the One-Night Slam.
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1B Sssahshu - Finally a Jarghalaur user. 2 Abstain
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Remora posted:Let Skaugren handle it. Hire Ssahshu. Enter a fighter into the One-Night Slam. All seems sound to me!
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Hire Ave so our fighters can get more practice fighting Aasimar. Let Skaugrim train, that's why we pay him And go to A for the tournament. Another chance at the belt is always good
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Hey this thread isn’t dead! First of all I would like to sincerely apologise for taking far too long on this, I had time slip away from me, and then I slipped away a bit more, and then I ended up with being busy on the days I was prepared to write due to things we planned on doing on this end falling on that time, and unmotivated to write on the days I was free because I wanted that rest and now the update was over two weeks late as a result. So for the sake of keeping things moving, regrettably, I have had to cut the fight description out as they tend to take up the most time and there were over five fights this update. I would have preferred not to, especially because this month had some primo bangers in the works but the game has stalled and I want it to keep going. Next update will be business as usual now that things have quieted down and I promise it will be better. On that note, on with this month. Roster Phase >Recruit Ssahshu S: “Ahh the Snakeman, bit of an odd bod but I’ve yet to meet a serious Jarghalaur fighter who ain’t. I’ll put him through the paces before his competition. >Sign up Ssahshu to the One-Night Slam >Let Skaugran Handle It. S: “Gonna cover the obvious bases here.” Oshyn Kingfisher - Improved Blocking, -15 XP ”Finally starting to make some progress on the blocking issue… Granted the fact that we’ve made progress literally three weeks before her important winner’s finals match isn’t ideal but, we take what we can get” -- Fight Phase, START! Week 2, North Tramontane and North-East Gregale Winner's Finals, Azure Plaza Of all parts of the city of Copher, one of the oldest segments of the great trade city (At least if you don’t count ones that were burnt down and had to be rebuilt) that is mostly still in tact is the Noble Quarter, where as per the namesake, most of the aristocracy and merchant princes reside in their old stately homes right at the seat of power. One of the most frequented areas in this place is the Azure Plaza, a marbled and bedecked stage speckled with lapis lazuli and thin streaks of silver made in commemoration of an old Shah’s first wife for their 50th anniversary. Today the area has been prepared for a performance put on for the amusement of the nobles, but perhaps none quite like they are going to witness here, not since a good few centuries ago at least. The gilded cage raised above the stadium on winches had been checked, rechecked and double checked, the stands properly set up and pillowed and the (relatively) cheap seats prepared for those who didn’t live in the area and their tickets. As the first exclusive events to take place in this arena Poppy wanted exactly zero problems from tonight. The Judges presiding over this event are  Orryn Silverthread, Chrola, and  Shulali-- A lone carriage trundled down the sunlit boulevard of the Noble Quarter heading towards the Azure Plaza and within it was the Clan Teeny Kobold management team, dressed in the closest approximation of finery they could get for an event held amongst the upper classes. Compared to the luggage cart that had brought them to Copher in the first place it was a much nicer method of transport, it actually had seats for one and they were cushioned! And they had actual windows instead of second hand tarp that let the wind in. “It was very generous of the Emir to provide us his carriage for this event.” Winston commented, adjusting the collar on his outfit, a traditional Copher Thawb. “Though I don’t know where he got some of these Goblin sized Thawbs from. “Well~ I asked nicely and managed to get a good deal on them.” Lied Grugtik, who had in fact asked if they had any hand-me-downs in about human child size, and they just so happened to have two that were just about the right size and shape. “Have you heard back from Skaugran yet?” “I received the missive just before we left Grugtik, Traubon Steelfist is as ready as he can possibly be for his big bout, he’s done everything he said he can do so it’s all in Traubon’s hands now. I also got the stuff back from him in the meantime.” From behind him in his carrying case he produced three simple folders, picking one at random he opened it up. “Lordorim Shambastik, Dragonborn.” Combatant Identified posted:Lordorim Shambastik “Yep got it here, Dhamor Scalesplitter, Orc.” Combatant Identified posted:Dhamor Scalesplitter “Is dragon-slaying even a thing people do these days?” “Not necessarily. I think a lot of the stereotypical ‘evil’ dragons that you used to see died out through changes in their natural environment and the great excess of adventuring parties that came to slay them. To my knowledge, they are either smart enough to avoid attention or engage in less overt forms of evil, like market manipulation. And last folder here, it’s mildly important for sure.” “Civnis Thunderhead, Triton.” Combatant Identified posted:Civnis Thunderhead “A complete and utter blowhard then. What do you reckon Winston? 3 Months of fights should be enough for an educated guess right?” Grugtik queried. Winston had admittedly been picking a few things up during his stay in Copher as the Teeny Kobold Accountant, but guessing the outcome of a fight wasn’t one of them. “I mean… He got to the winners final of his qualifiers yes? He must be doing something right, surely?” “Well only one way to find out, our bout is the last match of the night, so we have plenty of time to just chill and watch the other bouts happen.” -- Match 1 Lordorim Shambastik of Clan Night Lotus Vs Dhamor Scalesplitter Round 1 – 10 – 9 (53 – 36) Round 2 – TKO for Dhamor Scalesplitter (Cut) (13 – 14) Dhamor Scalesplitter wins over Lordorim Shambastik via Technical Knockout due to a Cut after 1 minute and 5 seconds in the second round Lordorim Shambastik: -1 Career, +1 Experience Dhamor Scalesplitter: +1 Career, +4 Experience Match 2 Anemone Alagath of Clan Gold Hammer Vs Ahla of Clan King Cobra Round 1 – TKO for Anemone Alagath (Injury) (9 – 5) The match had only just started when it seemed that after an axe kick from Ahla had connected against her opponent, the Yuanti suddenly fell to the ground in seemingly severe pain. On closer inspection after the fact it seems as though the doctor of Clan King Cobra cleared her to fight before her previous injury sustained versus Setzizhu had entirely healed, causing complications in the match. Anemone Alagath wins over Ahla via Technical Knockout due to an Injury after 54 seconds in the first round. Anemone Alagath: +1 Career, +4 Experience Ahla: -1 Career, -1 Experience Match 3 Giggung Jointcrusher of Clan Flame Tiger Vs Ulam of Clan Black Sabor Round 1 – TKO for Giggung Jointcrusher (Strikes) (25 – 0) Giggung Jointcrusher wins over Ulam via Technical Knockout due to Strikes after 2 minutes and 43 seconds in the first round Giggung Jointcrusher: +1 Career, +4 Experience Ulam: -1 Career, +1 Experience Match 4 Payax Clipoc of Clan Grizzly Vs Bhuv Fangbreaker of Clan Invincibles Round 1 – TKO for Bhuv Fangbreaker (Strikes) (23 – 52) Bhuv Fangbreaker wins over Payax Clipoc via Technical Knockout due to Strikes after 4 minutes and 46 seconds Payax Clipoc: -1 Career, +1 Experience Bhuv Fangbreaker: +1 Career, +4 Experience Match 5 Caerskan Promphaxoc of Clan Invincibles Vs Setzizhu of Clan Night Lotus Round 1 – TKO for Setzizhu (Strikes) (15 – 37) Setzizhu wins over Caerskan Promphaxoc via Technical Knockout due to Strikes after 2 minutes and 17 seconds in the first round Caerskan Promphaxoc: -1 Career, +1 Experience Setzizhu: +2 Career, +9 Experience North Tramontane Qualifier Winner! Match 6 Traubon Steelfist of Clan Teeny Kobolds Vs Civnis Thunderhead of Clan Gold Hammer Round 1 - 10 - 9 (48 – 46, All 3 judges in Traubon’s Favour) Round 2 – 10 – 9 (52 – 26) Round 3 – KO to Civnis Thunderhead (41 – 14) Civnis Thunderhead wins over Traubon Steelfist via Knockout due to an Uppercut to the Body after 3 minutes and 49 seconds in the third round Traubon Steelfist: -1 Career, +1 Experience Civnis Thunderhead: +3 Career, +10 Experience Knockout of the Night! North-East Gregale Qualifier Winner! ---- Week 3, East Levante and South-East Sirocco Winner's Finals, The Sirocco Sitting within the Copher Merchant Navy Docks, in a drydock reserved for this ship and this ship alone, a ship that has no equal amongst the seven seas stands The Sirocco, pride of the Copher Navy. It’s construction was the collaborative effort of the best shipwrights, dwarven craftsmen and gnomish artificers the world had ever known built as the fancy of Grand Admiral to make a ship that could replace the Tidebreaker as the flagship of Copher after that ship had been wrecked along the Brokekeel Coast. The deck of the ship of course had space enough for the ring and several stands, cordoned off areas for the various clans that had a stake in today’s events and of course, the many, many guards present beyond the norm for an event like this is still taking place on military property. In bars around the docks off-duty sailors and marines cluster in smoke filled rooms, eyes fixed on the projection screens provided by the House to those around the venue itself, betting books are already being brought out in bars across the city as the second batch of Winners Finals begins. The Judges presiding over this event are, Arnold Alder,  Kali Laughter, and Quarethon of Pyraxtallinost.Match 1 Dhojud Bonedagger of Clan Invincibles Vs Tokul Farjek of Clan King Cobra Round 1 – TKO for Tokul Farjek (Cut) (7 – 4) In a rather controversial match, Tokul Farjek wins one of the fastest matches of the tournament so far in a single blow that seemed to cause some sort of rupture in Dhojud’s eye, cutting the match short. This event has caused even further scrutiny to fall on Clan King Cobra after the incident with Ahla the previous week. Tokul Farjek wins over Dhojud Bonedagger via Technical Knockout due to a Cut after 25 seconds in the first round Dhojud Bonedagger: -1 Career, +1 Experience Tokul Farjek: +1 Career, +4 Experience Match 2 Ginsung Duskmoon of Clan Teeny Kobolds Vs Francine Ang of Clan Flame Tiger Round 1 – 9 – 9 (29 – 34) Round 2 – TO for Ginsung Duskmoon (18 – 0) Ginsung Duskmoon wins over Francine Ang via Submission due to a Salaverry after 1 minute and 22 seconds in the second round Ginsung Duskmoon +2 Career, +5 Experience Submission of the Night! Francine Ang: -1 Career, +1 Experience Match 3 Zorbroth Timtar of Clan Black Sabor Vs Archibold Fischer of Clan Night Lotus Round 1 – 10 – 9 (59 – 54) Round 2 – TO for Archibold Fischer (20 - 13) Archibold Fischer wins over Zorbroth Timtar via Submission due to an Omoplata after 2 minutes and 19 seconds in the second round Zorbroth Timar: -1 Career, +1 Experience Archibold Fischer: +1 Career, +5 Experience Match 4 Ulfgar Durthane of Clan Gold Hammer Vs Klod The Rock of Clan Grizzly Round 1 – 10 – 9 (62 – 40) Round 2 – 9 – 9 (34 – 39, -1 point deducted from Klod due to Foul) Round 3 – 9 – 10 (34 – 49) Coin Flip – Red Ulfgar Durthane wins over Klod The Rock via a Coin Flip after three rounds Ulfgar Durthane: +3 Experience Klod The Rock: +2 Experience Match 5 Gagnog The Oaf of Clan Dread Wyrm Vs Roc The Aged of Clan Thunder Hawk Round 1 – 8 – 10 (50 – 56, -1 point deducted from Gagnog due to Foul) Round 2 – 10 – 9 (57 – 50) Round 3 – TKO for Roc The Aged (Strikes) (24 – 52) Roc The Aged wins over Gagnog The Oaf via Technical Knockout due to Strikes after 3 minutes and 25 seconds in the third round Gagnog The Oaf: -1 Career, +1 Experience Roc The Aged: +2 Career, +9 Experience East Levante Qualifier Winner! Match 6 Vendon The Giant of Clan Dread Wyrm Vs Arkog The Shrewd of Clan Night Lotus Round 1 – 10 – 8 (36 – 21, -1 point deducted from Arkog due to Foul) Round 2 – 10 – 9 (55 – 48) Round 3 - 9 - 10 (46 – 46, Judges 1 and 3 in favour of Arkog) Vendon The Giant wins over Arkog The Shrewd via Split Decision after three rounds. Vendon The Giant: +1 Career, +8 Experience South-East Sirocco Qualifier Winner! Arkog The Shrewd: +2 Experience ---- Week 4, South Ostro and South-West Libeccio Winner's Finals, Azure Plaza When the nobility first arrived at the Azure Plaza to witness the first Winners Finals it was more out of idle interest more than anything, after all events get held at the Plaza all the time some of them rather quaint, some of them forgettable, and on a otherwise fairly uneventful saturday evening what is a bored noble to do but make his way down to the Plaza and see what event is happening this week. Not this week though, because whatever they took away from that first showing they wanted more. The stands are even more packed this week with the nobility and their entourages, so much so that the house has had to build additional seating to accommodate them. Words of potential additional sponsorships from powerful merchants have been coming in thick and fast to the House as they see the house itself as a great mercantile opportunity to advertise their business (And very maybe possibly, see any fighters sponsored by rival houses get humiliated in front of their peers). Whether this would be for good or for ill no one can say for sure but what it is right now is lucrative. The Judges presiding over this event are, Leshanna Selevarun,  Vadania the Spry, and Gimmert Ungart.Match 1 Mall Deathspear of Clan Gold Hammer Vs Paggam of Clan Gold Hammer Round 1 – TKO for Mall Death Spear (Strikes) (49 – 22) Mall Deathspear wins over Paggam via Technical Knockout via Strikes after 3 minutes and 24 seconds in the first round Mall Deathspear: +1 Career, +4 Experience Paggam: -1 Career, +1 Experience Match 2 Yawyn Alroth of Clan Flame Tiger Vs Gad Sorrowslayer of Clan Flame Tiger Round 1 – KO for Yawyn Alroth (27 – 23) The fight was quite neck and neck for most of the round, until an attempt by Gad to stomp on Yawyn’s foot led to him being tripped by the Dragonborn and falling badly on his head, knocking him out. Thankfully there was no damage to his neck but it was the judges agreed, a very unfortunate way to be KO’ed. Yawyn Alroth wins over Gad Sorrowslayer via Knockout due to a Leg Kick after 2 minutes and 55 seconds in the first round Yawyn Alroth: +1 Career, +5 Experience Gad Sorrowslayer: -1 Career, +2 Experience House of Bloopers Highlight Match 3 Sizsi of Clan Invincibles Vs Brytvia Ironfist of Clan Black Sabor Round 1 – TKO to Sizsi (Strikes) (34 – 7) Sizsi wins over Brytvia Ironfist via Technical Knockout due to Strikes after 3 minutes and 12 seconds in the first round Sizsi: +1 Career, +4 Experience Brytvia Ironfist: -1 Career, +1 Experience Match 4 Asan of Clan Black Sabor Vs Ren Blackchopper of Clan King Cobra Round 1 – 9 – 9 (55 – 35, -1 point deducted from Asan due to Foul) Round 2 – TKO for Asan (Strikes) (57 – 31) Asan wins over Ren Blackchopper via Technical Knockout due to Strikes after 4 minutes and 14 seconds in the second round Asan: +1 Career, +4 Experience Ren Blackchopper: -1 Career, +1 Experience Match 5 Glardan The Bold of Clan Night Lotus Vs Wides de Montfault of Clan Gold Hammer Round 1 – TO for Wides de Montfault (17 – 14) Wides de Montfault wins over Glardan The Bold via Submission due to a Heel Hook after 1 minutes and 45 seconds Glardan The Bold: -1 Career, +1 Experience Wides de Montfault: +3 Career, +10 Experience Submission of the Night! South Ostro Qualifier Winner! -- Combatant Identified posted:Babarum Sholded -- Match 6 Babarum Sholded of Clan Invincibles Vs Oshyn Kingfisher of Clan Teeny Kobolds Round 1 – 10 – 9 (59 – 45) Round 2 – 9 – 10 (46 – 54) Round 3 – 10 – 9 (67 – 60) Babarum Sholded wins over Oshyn Kingfisher via Split Decision after three rounds Babarum Sholded: +2 Career, +8 Experience Fight of the Night! South-West Libeccio Qualifier Winner! Oshyn Kingfisher:: +2 Experience Fight of the Night! ---- Week 5, West Ponente and North-West Mistral Winner's Finals, The Sirocco Before The Sirocco was built a lot of the development process was spent figuring out two matters, how much weight could a ship made from steel support, and what could be used to propel it across the water. The second one is a state secret closely guarded by Copher and the craftsmen who built it, but the first one was the subject of a great deal of scholarly experiment and discussion amongst the engineers that built it, building incrementally bigger and bigger test models until finally they managed to float a larger scale version out on the water for the first time. And it immediately sank. This was just one of the many hurdles that happened during the construction of the Sirocco. The air is electric on the boat itself today, and we don’t just mean because of the recent thunderstorms in the area, as the last week of qualifiers approaches everyone was abuzz in discussions about who the top 8 would be, who are the big names, the big shouts, Who is the most likely candidate to win? And at this stage everyone seems to have a fair chuck at it, it’s all down, with the Maelstrom tournament approaching in a month’s time it may just come down to the margins The Judges presiding over this event are, Throkk, Wuni, and Torbera Lutgher.Match 1 Van The Impaler of Clan Grizzly Vs Bibis Gildrath of Clan King Cobra Round 1 – TKO for Bibis Gildrath (Cut) (5 – 6) Bibis Gildrath becomes the third King Cobra fighter to be involved in a very controversial match after Van the Impaler was badly cut in the course of a grapple with the Bibis in the opening seconds of the match. The House of Spirits has said they are investigating the matter at the time of writing Bibis Gildrath wins over Van The Impaler via Technical Knockout due to a Cut after 10 seconds in the first round Van The Impaler: -1 Career, +1 Experience Bibis Gildrath: +1 Career, +4 Experience Match 2 Move Spiteender of Clan Thunder Hawk Vs Crisbis Pralkac of Clan Thunder Hawk Round 1 – KO to Crisbis Pralkac (10 – 7) Crisbis Pralkac wins over Move Spiteender via Knockout due to a Straight to the Body after 1 minutes and 13 seconds in the first round Move Spiteender: -1 Career, +1 Experience Crisbis Pralkac: +2 Career, +5 Experience Knockout of the Night! Match 3 Fayyaad Lutgher of Clan Dread Wyrm Vs Bronzall Crookedpeak of Clan Flame Tiger Round 1 – 9 – 9 (33 – 44, -1 point deducted from Bronzall due to a Foul) Round 2 – 9 – 10 (46 – 61) Round 3 – TKO for Fayyaad Lutgher (67 – 40) Fayyaad Lutgher wins over Bronzall Crookedpeak via Technical Knockout due to Strikes after 3 minutes and 55 seconds in the third round Fayyaad Lutgher: +1 Career, +4 Experience Bronzall Crookedpeak: -1 Career, +1 Experience Match 4 Rhedkar Skullslicer of Clan Thunder Hawk Vs Khazredok The Dagger of Clan Invincibles Round 1 – KO to Rhedkar Skullslicer (12 – 6) Rhedkar Skullslicer wins over Khazredok The Dagger via Knockout due to a Knee to the Head after 52 seconds in the first round Rhedkar Skullslicer: +2 Career, +5 Experience Knockout of the Night! Khazredok The Dagger: -1 Career, +1 Experience Match 5 Komos Saltmarsh of Clan Night Lotus Vs Zhuzod Pridesaber of Clan Flame Tiger Round 1 – 10 – 9 (63 – 56) Round 2 – 9 – 10 (48 – 54) Round 3 – 10 – 9 (37 – 25) Komos Saltmarsh wins over Zhuzod Pridersaber via Unanimous Decision in the third round Komos Saltmarsh: +1 Career, +8 Experience West Ponente Qualifier Winner! Zhuzod Pridersaber: -1 Career, +2 Experience Match 6 Mardor Danxic of Clan Teeny Kobolds Vs Urud Batcrusher of Clan Dread Wyrm Round 1 - 10 - 9 (60 – 60, Judges 1 and 2 in favour of Mardor) Round 2 - 10 - 9 (43 – 42. Judges 1 and 3 in favour of Mardor) Round 3 – 10 – 9 (45 – 38) Mardor Danxic wins over Urud Batcrusher via Unanimous Decision after three rounds Mardor Danxic: +1 Career, +8 Experience North-West Mistral Qualifier Winner! Urud Batcrusher: -1 Career, +2 Experience ---- WEEK 1, MONTH 5 - YEAR 1220 Clan Teeny Kobolds Clanhouse: The Residence of his Grace Emir Farad Current Roster: 5/10 (Heavyweight Division) Rostered Fighters: 1) Ginsung Duskmoon (Orc) | Grappler: Earth-fighting / Dance of Death | Condition: Healthy | Morale: Good | Status: In Tournament (Maelstrom Qualifiers Loser's Bracket) 2) Mardor Danxic (Dragonborn) | Grappler: Mer-wrestling / Paura | Condition: Healthy | Morale: Great | Status: On Break 3) Oshyn Kingfisher (Triton) | Grappler: Earth-fighting / Aehamar | Condition: Healthy | Morale: Bad | Status: In Tournament (Maelstrom Qualifiers Loser's Bracket) 4) Traubon Steelfist (Hill Dwarf) | Striker: Tss'Ulatasss / Mageslayer | Condition: Healthy | Morale: Bad | Status: In Tournament (Maelstrom Qualifiers Loser's Bracket) 5) Ssahshu (Yuanti) | Grappler: Akor-Rin / Jarghalaur | Condition: Healthy | Morale: Good | Status: In Tournament (One-Night Slam) -- Events Phase: Side Tournament Season Starts! From the latest fixtures posted by the House available at your local town crier and in every bar. Ghassen’s Gauntlet After much deliberation the fighters submitted to the gauntlet have been chosen as follows. >Bronzall Crookedpeak of Clan Flame Tiger, The Alpha of the Wolfpack >Zog Wolfslammer of Clan Dread Wyrm, The Werewolf of Copher >Klod The Rock of Clan Grizzly, The Stonebreaker >Khazredok The Dagger of Clan Invincibles, The Hitman >Lordorim Shambastik of Clan Night Lotus, The Marquis of Pugilism >Weaken of Clan Thunder Hawk, The Soldier of Fortune. An additional statement, Ahla of Clan King Cobra was additionally scheduled to take part in this event, however due to her unfortunate injury she has had to drop out of the competition, the event will from this point only be including 6 fighters. The Summer Shield Strike The teams have been decided between all the clans participating! Representing the combined clans of Flame Tiger and Invincibles presenting the first team of the event, Team Flame Invictus >Khel the Vulture (Flame Tiger) >Zsaltsush (Flame Tiger) >Francine Ang (Flame Tiger) >Gad Sorrowslayer (Flame Tiger) >Dhojud Bonedagger (Invincibles) The rulers of the skies and the king of the earth, from Clan Thunder Hawk and Clan King Cobra comes the second team of the event, Team King Hawk >Laslow Dudz (Thunder Hawk) >Move Spiteender (Thunder Hawk) >Iaus Trust (King Cobra) >Ile (King Cobra) >Ren Blackchopper (King Cobra) Strike the earth! A cooperative effort of Clan Black Sabor and Clan Gold Hammer brings you the third team of the competition, Team Black Hammer >Ulam (Black Sabor) >Zorbroth Timtar (Black Sabor) >Brytvia Ironfist (Black Sabor) >Shog Ribslicer (Gold Hammer) >Paggam (Gold Hammer) Finally a wild collaboration between Clan Grizzly and Clan Night Lotus, brute force and finesse comes together to represent, Team Dire Bear! >Lace Oscasqe (Night Lotus) >Bamon Beastcleaver (Grizzly) >Muhzall Coldgouger (Grizzly) >Payax Clipoc (Grizzly) >Van The Impaler (Grizzly) To close off this announcement, the first round of the Shield Slam will be including Team Black Hammer and Team King Hawk, live at the House of Serenity in Week 4, we hope to see you there. One-Night Slam In collaboration with the first graduates of the new House of Spirits Academy project and the Enhance Ability sports equipment company, the following fighters have been cleared to participate >Bonndora Broadchin (Independent) >Ssahshu (Teeny Kobolds) >Ave (Independent) >Sitlenen Silt (Thunder Hawk) >Orolon The Razor (Night Lotus) >Rohros Riptide (Invincibles) >Darcy Landown (Dread Wyrm) >Sidwell Heim (Black Sabor) As a reminder, the winner of this one night tournament will receive a set of state of the art exercise equipment for the use of their clan, as well as the cash prize provided by the company itself. That is all for the side tournaments. -- Vote Now!Roster Phase 1) Ginsung Duskmoon (Orc) | XP: 19, Primary Offence Cost: 3, Secondary Offence Cost: 6 2) Mardor Danxic (Dragonborn) | XP: 13, Primary Offence Cost: 3, Secondary Offence Cost: 6 3) Oshyn Kingfisher (Triton) | XP: 3, Primary Offence Cost: 3, Secondary Offence Cost: 6 4) Traubon Steelfist (Hill Dwarf) | XP: 1, Primary Offence Cost: 3, Secondary Offence Cost: 6 5) Ssahshu (Yuanti) | XP: 13, Primary Offence Cost: 3, Secondary Offence Cost: 6 >Spend Experience Or Let Skaugran Handle It. Experience Costs and Amounts posted:Lose a match: 1 point -- Staff Phase Funds: 33z >Purchase: Spend funds to buy stuff. -Buy The Villa (100z) - Right now though you operate out of Emir Farad's villa, it is still very much his villa, you cannot make any expansions to the number of fighters or other facilities until you buy it from him outright. -Hire a Rookie Fighter (10z) - Generate three fighters and recruit one for the Clan that will join your roster, fighters you do not choose will be hired by the house. -Hire a Veteran Fighter (10z + Career Strength) - Attempt to negotiate with another Clan for a fighter you’ve identified under their roof. Note that offers on fighters competing in tournaments are less likely to be accepted than fighters that aren’t currently competing. You will not lose the money if your offer is declined. >Observe: Choose two fights to watch, you will identify the fighters participating Documentation Current Cards and Tournaments (Updated!) Current League Fighters (Updated!) Detailed Teeny Kobolds Fighters (Updated!) Lore Index TheNabster fucked around with this message at 20:49 on Aug 22, 2020 |
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Hell yeah Mardor. Hang ten, bruh Let Skaugrim Handle it I think we should get one more fighter to round us out a bit. That should be a good stopping point until we save up to buy the mansion. As such, lets watch Bonndora & Ave as the one-night slam and try to hire the better of the two.
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Let Skaugren handle it.
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Glad that at least Mardor had a good night. Nothing else to add that Slaan didn't say.
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Roster Phase >Let Skaugran Handle It. S: “We’re in real crunch time hours here, that’s for sure.” Ginsung Duskmoon - Improved Countering, -15 XP ”We’ve finally gotten to a point where she’s starting to block the punches we throw at her, this is good, and with Ssahshu joining the Kobold’s we have a Jarghalaur practitioner to practice against. Just in case.” Ssahshu - Improved Primary Style x4 - 12 XP ”Our boy Ssahshu has almost the exact opposite problem, good defence, not so good attack, you don’t win matches by lightly tickling your opponent into submission, thankfully he catches on quickly with the regime I got.” Staff Phase >Watch Ave and Bonndora at the One-Night Slam and hire the better of the two W: “I’ll have to get a rough estimation on their contracts but that I can do, I have some draft versions here if you are interested. Option Unlocked: -Hire an Independent Fighter (Career Strength z) - Hire a fighter that is not signed up to any clan, in the event of certain high career strength fighters you may be competing against other clans -- Fight Phase, START! Week 1, Maelstrom Loser’s Bracket Semi-Finals, Grand Copher Arena When the Grand Copher arena was last filled it was still a work in progress in a lot of places, where behind the fanfare, awnings and pomp was a lot of scaffolding, cordoned off areas and little bits of the arena that had to be built from scratch rather than restored for the modern environment. It looked pretty enough for an event that wouldn’t see the stadium rammed but wasn’t prepared for the massive crowds that would be expected from the larger events. These times have since passed. The buzz surrounding the sport in these past four months has ballooned the fanbase within Copher from a niche group of hobbyists who were following the sport in Goresbergh, to a steadily rising fanbase as the sport slowly got back to its feet and started running again. For this first night of operation tickets were cut in price to fill those stands, Poppy wanted those stadiums packed for the penultimate week of fights in the Maelstrom Qualifier, the last few remaining holdouts in the tournament after the dust from the Winner’s Finals had cleared to decide to further narrow down who the best 16 fighters of this new generation could be. And for some in this competition, they had a lot more stake than others. The Judges presiding over this event are, Shulali, Chrola, and Myria Underfoot.Match 1 Dhamor Scalesplitter of Clan Thunder Hawk Vs Anemone Alagath of Clan Gold Hammer Round 1 – 9 – 9 (39 – 48, -1 point deducted from Anemome due to a Foul) Round 2 – 10 – 9 (60 – 45) Round 3 – 9 – 10 (37 – 42) Anemone Alagath wins over Dhamor Scalesplitter via Unanimous Decision in the third round. Dhamor Scalesplitter: -1 Career, +2 Experience Anemone Alagath: +3 Experience Match 2 Giggung Jointcrusher of Clan Flame Tiger Vs Bhuv Fangbreaker of Clan Invincibles Round 1 - 10 - 9 (45 – 43, Judges 1 and 2 in favour of Giggung) Round 2 – 9 – 10 (51 – 51, All 3 judges in favour of Bhuv) Round 3 – DQ for Bhuv Fangbreaker (48 – 42) Giggung Jointcrusher wins over Bhuv Fangbreaker via Disqualification due to Ignoring the Guide after 4 minutes and 39 seconds in the third round. Giggung Jointcrusher: +3 Experience Bhuv Fangbreaker: -4 Career, +1 Experience -- In almost every underdog sports story on the market there always comes a point where the underdog team suffers a big loss, whether it’s a literal loss in whatever game is being played or some other big loss, the dramatic tension shoots up, the stakes get raised and it all hangs in the balance before triumph resumes. But last minute miracles don’t tend to happen for a lot of underdogs in the real world and that is where Clan Teeny Kobolds has found themselves, an unfortunate position borne out of all but one of their own losing their winner’s finals matches, and now needing to climb their way back out. The one loss allowable by the Winner’s Bracket had been spent and from this point it was do or die. “You’ve gone over what Ginsung needs to do in this match Skaugran?” Fretted Grugtik, he had been nervous about this particular match up for a while, after all of all the fighters under his stable that were in this situation, Ginsung had the furthest to climb. “Yes, every time you told me to, ya gotta just chill out just a little about this.” Reassured Skaugran, patting his friend on the back. “Your fighters are good, the fact that they all got this far should be evidence enough that they’re good, but you seem to be the only one who isn’t convinced?” Skaugran slid his canteen across to his friend and pointed out to the arena, where far below Winston was walking Ginsung out of the Blue Corner towards the arena. “Just sit back and watch.” -- Match 3 Tokul Farjek of Clan King Cobra Vs Ginsung Duskmoon of Clan Teeny Kobolds Round 1 - 9 - 10 (45 – 48, Judges 2 and 3 in favour of Ginsung) Round 2 – 9 – 10 (23 – 34) Round 3 – 9 – 10 (32 – 49) Ginsung Duskmoon wins over Tokul Farjek via Unanimous Decision in the third round Tokul Farjek: -1 Career, +2 Experience Ginsung Duskmoon: +3 Experience Match 4 Archibold Fischer of Clan Night Lotus Vs Ulfgar Durthane of Clan Gold Hammer Round 1 – KO for Ulfgar Durthane (14 – 8) Ulfgar Durthane wins over Archibold Fischer via Knockout due to a Push Kick to the Head after 1 minute and 22 seconds in the first round Archibold Fischer: -1 Career, +1 Experience Ulfgar Durthane: +2 Career, +5 Experience Knockout of the Night! Match 5 Mall Deathspear of Clan Gold Hammer Vs Yawyn Alroth of Clan Flame Tiger Round 1 – 10 – 8 (31 – 22, -1 point deducted from Yawyn due to a Foul) Round 2 – TKO for Mall Deathspear (56 – 27) Mall Deathspear wins over Yawyn Alroth via Technical Knockout due to Strikes after 3 minutes and 46 seconds in the second round. Mall Deathspear: +1 Career, +4 Experience Yawyn Alroth: -1 Career, +1 Experience Match 6 Sizsi of Clan Invincibles Vs Asan of Clan Black Sabor Round 1 – 9 – 10 (34 – 39) Round 2 – 10 – 9 (52 – 45) Round 3 - 9 - 10 (48 – 48, Judges 1 and 2 in favour of Asan) Asan wins over Sizsi via Split Decision in the third round Sizsi: +2 Experience Asan: +3 Experience Match 7 Bibis Gildrath of Clan King Cobra Vs Crisbis Pralkac of Clan Thunder Hawk Round 1 – TKO for Crisbis Pralkac (9 – 37) Crisbis Pralkac wins over Bibis Gildrath via Technical Knockout due to Strikes after 1 minutes and 56 seconds in the first round. Bibis Gildrath: -1 Career, +1 Experience Crisbis Pralkac: +1 Career, +4 Experience Match 8 Fayyaad Lutgher of Clan Dread Wyrm Vs Rhedkar Skullslicer of Clan Thunder Hawk Round 1 - 9 - 10 (49 – 49, Judges 1 and 2 in favour of Rhedkar) Round 2 – KO for Fayyaad Lutgher (6 – 7) Fayyaad Lutgher wins over Rhedkar Skullslicer via Knockout due to an Uppercut to the Head after 42 seconds in the second round Fayyaad Lutgher: +1 Career, +5 Experience Rhedkar Skullslicer: -1 Career, +1 Experience ---- Week 2, Ghassen’s Gauntlet Round 1, Ghassen’s Fist The sun rose over the towering edifice of the Ghassen’s Fist, the last fort before the wildlands beyond Copher and today was a slightly less than ordinary day for it’s garrison. An arena had been set up in the training yard and it had already gathered a small crowd, those soldiers who weren’t otherwise on patrol duty or any of the small maintenance chores had a front row seat to the event that was about to take place. This was not a regular event after all, the only way to view this match was through House sponsored projection channels because for the next 6 months the fighters in this fort would be going through a grueling training regime and a match every single month to prove once and for all who would be worthy for the new House of Spirit’s first ever title bout. 20 fighters had been assembled in the mustering yard, 7 from the middleweight and featherweight divisions, 6 from the heavyweight division, the tournament organiser was giving them the rundown of exactly what was going to be happening here. “From now until the end of the year, this is your home. You will eat here, you will sleep here, you will train here, and you will fight here, you will fight until one of you comes out on top. Only then will you have passed the Gauntlets, you may be rough around the edges at best, but we here at the Fist will forge you into the hardest flint. Prepare yourself for the long haul combatants, we’ll make you or we’ll break you one way or the other.” The Judges presiding over this event are Leshanna Selevarun, Baramiel, and Kali Laughter.Match 1 Weaken of Clan Thunder Hawk Vs Khazredok The Dagger of Clan Invincibles Round 1 – TKO for Khazredok The Dagger (Strikes) (9 – 36) Khazredok The Dagger wins over Weaken via Technical Knockout due to Strikes after 3 minutes and 15 seconds in the first round. Weaken: -1 Career, +1 Experience Khazredok The Dagger: +1 Career, +4 Experience Match 2 Klod The Rock of Clan Grizzly Vs Bronzall Crookedpeak of Clan Flame Tiger Round 1 – TKO for Klod the Rock (47 – 17) Klod the Rock wins over Bronzall Crookedpeak via Technical Knockout due to Strikes after 1 minute and 49 seconds in the first round. Klod the Rock: +1 Career, +4 Experience Bronzall Crookedpeak: -1 Career, -1 Experience Match 3 Lordorim Shambastik of Clan Night Lotus Vs Zog Wolfslammer of Clan Dread Wyrm Round 1 - 10 - 9 (39 – 42, Judges 1 and 3 in favour of Lordorim) Round 2 – TKO for Lordorim Shambastik (Cut) (31 – 40) Lordorim Shambastik wins over Zog Wolfslammer via Technical Knockout due to a Cut after 4 minutes and 47 seconds in the second round. Lordorim Shambastik: +1 Career, +4 Experience Zog Wolfslammer: -1 Career, +1 Experience ---- Week 3, Enhance Ability’s One-Night Slam, The Undercity Pitstop In the complete polar opposite of the boot camp happening miles away from the Undercity of Copher, the activity in the Undercity was building for their own little side tournament. Around the Undercity the various clocks, whistles and chimes had sounded to signal the end of the working day as the employees and employers both filed out of work, locked up tightly and headed over to the Pitstop for the evening’s entertainment, promising to be a quick series of bouts for developing Heavyweight talent, in a popular drinking spot on an otherwise uneventful afternoon. Due to the nature of the event, the crowds aren’t as packed as they were the last time an event was held in the Undercity from people outside it, this was a place for first ever crop of new talent to come from the House Academy prospects alongside a lot of the fighters who had for one reason or another were struggling with their career prospects, and whilst that was of interest to some others preferred seeing big names on the cards. But the crowds are still there, the card is still packed and this one night tournament promised to be a good money maker for the Sponsor. The Judges presiding over this event are, Ander Cherrycheeks, Throkk and Aramil Horineth -- Match 1 Sitlenen Silt of Clan Thunder Hawk Vs Darcy Landown of Clan Dread Wyrm Round 1 – TKO for Darcy Landown (Cut) (15 – 11) Darcy Landown wins over Sitlenen Silt via Technical Knockout due to a Cut after 2 minutes and 39 seconds in the first round. Sitlenen Silt: -1 Career, +1 Experience Darcy Landown: +1 Career, +4 Experience Match 2 Ave Vs Ssahshu of Clan Teeny Kobolds Round 1 – KO for Ave (9 – 11) Ave wins over Ssahshu via Knockout due to a Kick to the Body after 2 minutes and 25 seconds in the first round. Ave: +2 Career, +5 Experience Knockout of the Night! Ssahshu: -1 Career, +1 Experience Match 3 Orolon The Razor of Clan Night Lotus Vs Sidwell Heim of Clan Black Sabor Round 1 - 9 - 10 (49 – 48, Judges 2 and 3 in favour of Sidwell) Round 2 – TKO for Sidwell Heim (Cut) (23 – 12) Sidwell Heim wins over Orolon The Razor via Technical Knockout due to a Cut after 2 minutes and 26 seconds in the second round. Orolon the Razor: -1 Career, +1 Experience Sidwell Heim: +1 Career, +4 Experience Match 4 Rohros Riptide of Clan Invincibles[/u] Vs Bonndora Broadchin Round 1 – KO for Bonndora Broadchin (37 – 21) Bonndora Broadchin wins over Rohros Riptide via Knockout due to a Ducking Hook to the Body after 3 minutes and 45 seconds in the first round Rohros Riptide: -1 Career, +1 Experience Bonndora Broadchin: +1 Career, +5 Experience Match 5 Darcy Landown of Clan Dread Wyrm Vs Ave Round 1 – TKO for Darcy Landown (Cut) (0 – 3) Darcy Landown wins over Ave via Technical Knockout due to an Injury after 1 minutes and 13 seconds in the first round. Darcy Landown: +1 Career, +4 Experience Ave: -1 Career, +1 Experience Match 6 Sidwell Heim of Clan Black Sabor Vs Bonndora Broadchin Round 1 - 10 - 9 (41 – 43, Judges 2 and 3 in favour of Sidwell) Round 2 – TKO for Sidwell Heim (33 – 6) Sidwell Heim wins over Bonndora Broadchin via Technical Knockout due to strikes after 1 minute and 49 seconds in the second round Sidwell Heim: +1 Career, +4 Experience Bonndora Broadchin: -1 Career, +1 Experience Match 7 Darcy Landown of Clan Dread Wyrm Vs Sidwell Heim of Clan Black Sabor Round 1 – TO for Darcy Landown (19 – 15) Darcy Landown wins over Sidwell Heim via Submission due to a Trip after 1 minute and 43 seconds in the first round. Darcy Landown: +3 Career, +7 Experience Submission of the Night! One-Night Slam Winner! Sidwell Heim: -1 Career, +1 Experience ---- Week 4, House of Spirit Summer Shield Strike Round 1, The House of Serenity It was early evening at the House of Serenity and the buzz of entertainment had reached even those secretive and solemn halls as the day began to wind down for its shadowy occupants. How and why the House of Serenity was picked as a location for MMA fights had been the subject for a lot of people in Copher, did Poppy approach the House or did the House approach Poppy? The common theory that gets a lot of grounds is that the House (of Serenity, not the House of Spirit), agreed to let the fights take place on these grounds on the condition that they are allowed to observe and install their own security at the venue. Hand to hand combat is part of the curriculum after all, and what better place to see it in action than an event all about it? And this event promised to be an especially informative display of martial ability. The Shield Strike outside of the grand tournament or title bouts is one of the more popular events run by the house twice every year and the premise was very simple. Four teams of five fighters, sometimes all of one Clan but it was encouraged to form teams of two or even three or four clans together, would face off in a single elimination tournament over three weeks in a series of one on one fights that run for one night. Both sides pitch one fighter against the other in a single 3 round match, the loser is eliminated and the winner stays with the losing team sending in the next fighter until one team runs out of combatants. It isn’t run very often as an event because by it’s very design it is a grueling competition, a single MMA fight is an ordeal enough but for an experienced fighter it can run for multiple back to back matches at a time and that is where the true test of their stamina comes into play. The Judges presiding over this event are, Caspian, Wuni and Arnold Alder.Match 1 Brytvia Ironfist of Team Black Hammer Vs Move Spiteender of Team King Hawk Round 1 – TKO for Brytvia Ironfist (Cut) (26 – 16) Brytvia Ironfist wins over Move Spiteender via Technical Knockout due to a Cut after 2 minutes and 43 seconds in the first round Team Black Hammer (1 – 0) Team King Hawk) Match 2 Brytvia Ironfist of Team Black Hammer Vs Laslow Dudz of Team King Hawk Round 1 – 10 – 9 (46 – 34) Round 2 – TO for Brytvia Ironfist (7 – 0) Brytvia Ironfist wins over Laslow Dudz via Submission due to a Gogolplata after 23 seconds in the second round. Team Black Hammer (2 – 0) Team King Hawk) Match 3 Brytvia Ironfist of Team Black Hammer Vs Ile of Team King Hawk Round 1 – KO for Ile (0 – 5) Ile wins over Brytvia Ironfist via Knockout due to a Spinning Back Fist to the Head after 22 seconds in the first round. Team Black Hammer (2 – 1) Team King Hawk) Match 4 Zorbroth Timtar of Team Black Hammer Vs Ile of Team King Hawk Round 1 – TKO for Ile (38 – 62) Ile wins over Zorbroth Timtar via Technical Knockout due to Strikes after 4 minutes and 12 seconds in the first round. Team Black Hammer (2 – 2) Team King Hawk) Match 5 Paggam of Team Black Hammer Vs Ile of Team King Hawk Round 1 – 9 – 10 (46 – 64) Round 2 - 8 - 10 (50 – 52, All 3 Judges in favour of Ile, -1 point from Paggam due to a foul) Round 3 – 9 – 10 (54 – 69) Ile wins over Paggam via Unanimous Decision in the third round Team Black Hammer (2 – 3) Team King Hawk) Match 6 Shog Ribslicer of Team Black Hammer Vs Ile of Team King Hawk Round 1 - 9 - 10 (39 – 41, Judges 1 and 3 in favour of Ile) Round 2 – TO for Shog Ribslicer (6 – 6) Shog Ribslicer wins over Ile via Submission due to a D’arce Choke after 24 seconds of the second round Team Black Hammer (3 – 3) Team King Hawk) Match 7 Shog Ribslicer of Team Black Hammer Vs Iaus Trust of Team King Hawk Round 1 – 9 – 10 (46 – 62) Round 2 - 10 - 9 (45 – 48, Judges 1 and 3 in favour of Shog) Round 3 - ? - ? (40 – 41, Judges 1 and 3 in favour of Shog) Shog Ribslicer wins over Iaus Trust via Split Decision in the third round Team Black Hammer (4 – 3) Team King Hawk) Match 8 Shog Ribslicer of Team Black Hammer Vs Ren Blackchopper of Team King Hawk Round 1 – 9 – 9 (33 – 54, -1 point from Ren due to a foul) Round 2 – 9 – 10 (26 – 34) Round 3 – 9 – 10 (34 – 47) Ren Blackchopper wins over Shog Ribslicer via Unanimous Decision in the third round Team Black Hammer (4 – 4) Team King Hawk) Match 9 Ulam of Team Black Hammer Vs Ren Blackchopper of Team King Hawk Round 1 – TO for Ren Blackchopper (0 – 9) Ren Blackchopper wins over Ulam via Submission due to a Peruvian Necktie after 19 seconds in the first round. Team Black Hammer (4 – 5) Team King Hawk) Team King Hawk wins the match over Team Black Hammer with one fighter remaining! Team Black Hammer Brytvia Ironfist: +1 Career, +10 Experience (2W, 1L) Zorbroth Timtar: -1 Career, +1 Experience (1L) Paggam: +2 Experience (1L) Fight of the Night! Shog Ribslicer: +1 Career, +10 Experience (2W, 1L) Team Red MVP! Ulam: -1 Career, +1 Experience (1L) Team King Hawk Move Spiteender: -1 Career, +1 Experience (1L) Laslow Dudz: -1 Career, +1 Experience (1L) Ile: +5 Career, +13 Experience (3W, 1L) Knockout of the Night! Fight of the Night! Team Blue MVP! Iaus Trust: +2 Experience (1L) Ren Blackchopper: +2 Career, +8 Experience (2W) Submission of the Night! ---- Week 5, Maelstrom Loser’s Bracket Finals, Grand Copher Arena Five months ago, the Grand Copher arena threw its doors open for the first time in decades to host the largest display of martial prowess this side of Valhalla and from that arena 192 fighters stepped forth to answer that challenge. And now on the eve of the Maelstrom to decide the title belt holders for the first year of the new House of Spirits, those numbers have been shaved down to just a small chosen few. The decision to increase the number of participants in the final tournament from 8 to 16 had come down to a last minute decision admittedly, all to make it so the last 16 were truly the best of the best the tournament had to offer. A lot of big names and favourites had been eliminated at one point or another in the winner’s bracket but now with just one more match in their way to victory, they have been given the last chance to qualify for the tournament. The stands are packed, fans for every fighter present were crowding the stadium, the traders outside the stadium and within are doing a roaring trade and Poppy Merribuck has made every precaution to ensure the night goes exactly as planned. Now it’s down to the fighters themselves. The Judges presiding over this event are, Endless Reflection of the Musing Glades, Torbera Lutgher, and Quarethon of Pyraxtallinost-- Match 1 Anemone Alagath of Clan Gold Hammer Vs Caerskan Promphaxoc of Clan Invincibles Round 1 – 8 – 10 (48 – 64, -1 point deducted from Anemone due to a foul) Round 2 – TKO for Anemone Alagath (Cut) (10 – 6) Anemone Alagath wins over Caerskan Promphaxoc via Technical Knockout due to a Cut after 45 seconds of the second round Anemone Alagath: +2 Career, +9 Experience Tramontane Last Chance Qualifier! Caerskan Promphaxoc: -1 Career, +1 Experience Match 2 Giggung Jointcrusher of Clan Flame Tiger Vs Traubon Steelfist of Clan Teeny Kobolds Round 1 – 9 – 10 (22 – 38) Round 2 – 9 – 10 (40 – 49) Round 3 – 9 – 10 (37 – 55) Traubon Steelfist wins over Giggung Jointcrusher via Unanimous Decision in the third round Giggung Jointcrusher: -1 Career, +2 Experience Traubon Steelfist: +1 Career, +8 Experience Gregale Last Chance Qualifier! Match 3 Ginsung Duskmoon of Clan Teeny Kobolds Vs Gagnog The Oaf of Clan Dread Wyrm Round 1 – 9 – 10 (46 – 51) Round 2 – TKO for Ginsung Duskmoon (Strikes) (44 – 13) Ginsung Duskmoon wins over Gagnog The Oaf via Technical Knockout due to Strikes after 3 minutes and 8 seconds in the second round. Ginsung Duskmoon: +2 Career, +9 Experience Levante Last Chance Qualifier! Gagnog The Oaf: -1 Career, +1 Experience Match 4 Ulfgar Durthane of Clan Gold Hammer Vs Arkog The Shrewd of Clan Night Lotus Round 1 – 10 – 9 (66 – 57) Round 2 - 10 - 9 (52 – 50, Judges 1 and 2 in favour of Ulfgar) Round 3 – TKO for Arkog The Shrewd (24 – 45) Arkog The Shrewd wins over Ulfgar Durthane via Technical Knockout due to Strikes after 3 minutes and 42 seconds in the third round. Ulfgar Durthane: -1 Career, +1 Experience Arkog The Shrewd: +2 Career, +9 Experience Sirocco Last Chance Qualifier! Match 5 Mall Deathspear of Clan Gold Hammer Vs Glardan The Bold of Clan Night Lotus Round 1 - 9 - 10 (49 – 48, Judges 2 and 3 in favour of Glardan) Round 2 – 9 – 10 (32 – 38) Round 3 – 9 – 9 (41 – 38, All 3 judges in favour of Glardan, -1 point due to a foul) Glardan The Bold wins over Mall Deathspear via Unanimous Decision in the third round. Mall Deathspear: -1 Career, +2 Experience Glardan The Bold: +1 Career, +8 Experience Ostro Last Chance Qualifier! Match 6 Asan of Clan Black Sabor Vs Oshyn Kingfisher of Clan Teeny Kobolds[/u] Round 1 – TO for Oshyn Kingfisher (7 – 17) Oshyn Kingfisher wins over Asan via Submission due to a Kneebar after 2 minutes and 9 seconds in the first round. Asan: -1 Career, +1 Experience Oshyn Kingfisher: +3 Career, +10 Experience Submission of the Night! Libeccio Last Chance Qualifier! Match 7 Crisbis Pralkac of Clan Thunder Hawk Vs Zhuzod Pridesaber of Clan Flame Tiger Round 1 – KO for Zhuzod Pridesaber (9 – 9) Zhuzod Pridesaber wins over Crisbis Pralkac via Knockout due to an Inside Uppercut to the Head after 16 seconds in the first round Crisbis Pralkac: -1 Career, +1 Experience Zhuzod Pridesaber: +3 Career, +10 Experience Knockout of the Night! Ponente Last Chance Qualifier! Match 8 Fayyaad Lutgher of Clan Dread Wyrm Vs Urud Batcrusher of Clan Dread Wyrm Round 1 – 9 – 10 (42 – 55) Round 2 – 9 – 10 (40 – 67) Round 3 - 10 - 9 (45 – 48, Judges 1 and 3 in favour of Fayyaad) Urud Batcrusher wins over Fayyaad Lutgher via Unanimous Decision in the third round Fayyaad Lutgher: -1 Career, +2 Experience Urud Batcrusher: +1 Career, +8 Experience Mistral Last Chance Qualifier! ---- 1/2
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Hi everyone, you may have noticed from the large amount of time it took for this post to happen and the fact that it has not a lot of fight descriptions in it that this game is very possibly winding down. Let's just say a lot of things on this end haven't been, great, to say the least. I ran into a lot of things that distracted, took time away or otherwise outright sapped my will to do much of anything, and I can't in good conscience keep this one going when I know my heart isn't in it to keep the updates consistent and the fights moving. But more to the point, I kind of felt like people weren't overly interested? I greatly appreciate the posters who voted in the thread for their input, I am happy they liked what I was doing enough to keep coming back to it every time I dropped another update, but I couldn't help but feel like there were only a small handful of people who were posting when I updated, I didn't know if it was just maybe that the subject matter wasn't interesting to most or maybe they didn't care much for a mostly made up as I went along management sim? I know from my experience with Broken Gods CYOA Interlude people didn't care much for a "Choose A B C" style thing with no other input aside from it so I tried to avoid making that same kind of mistake with this one but still felt like I ran into the same issues. So, I'd like to do a little better next. What could have been better? What did you like? How might I make the experience better for people to participate in? Thank you for your time everyone. TheNabster fucked around with this message at 15:00 on Sep 24, 2020 |
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Sep 24, 2020 14:50
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I'm personally enjoying it, I'm not familiar with the background or mechanics so I'm all for letting others pick things mostly. Letting the NPC who specializes in something pick because idk what I'm doing. I think doing the fights not in our stable really quick like this last one and only going in depth for our guys fights was my preference.
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Sep 24, 2020 15:36
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Its just a lot of crunchy numbers that we're not invested in as much as our guys.
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Sep 24, 2020 20:33
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I felt a lot more invested when I was running a stable in the previous game, the switch from individual to collective autonomy added significant distance.
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Sep 24, 2020 22:36
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The feedback I am getting is telling me collective autonomy for one stable was not as engaging as controlling your own guys so how about this. Instead of controlling one stable, would you be interested in controlling one fighter each under one stable?
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Sep 25, 2020 10:08
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I can work with that.
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TheNabster posted:What could have been better? Answering all three of these at once I guess: The big problem for me is that there were three different elements - the story, the managerial aspect of the game, and mechanically running the thing. I liked the mechanical and story aspects but these are sort of naturally the ones that take forever to do as opposed to the managerial stuff, which always felt the weakest. Giving the players more control gives more engagement and agency threadside, but if just running the thing is a herculean effort i'm not sure how much better that would be in the long run.
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