The Games of Saberhaven
Asharag vs. Kkkrawkk
Asharag is the first competitor to enter the Arena. He nods to the crowd and begins to slowly fade out, using a ring placed on his clawed finger.
His opponent the dark tiefling Kkkrawkk enters the Arena and immediatly drops a darkness over himself! After this happens, the match begins.
Both opponents are nowhere to be seen and the crowd begins to boo loudly. A booming command is all of a sudden echoed from the top of the Arena.
"Concede this fight, Kkkrawkk, before you expierence true despair, once offered."
The is no answer from the darkness, but whizzing through the air fly two daggers, both trained on where the command was issued. Both fly true and the sickening sound of steel into flesh rings from the ceiling. After this there is a lull in action and the crowd once again begins to grow restless.
The silence seems deafening as the oponents secretly square off. All of a sudden materializing about 20 feet above the darkness is a huge red dragon! It is flying dead on with the globe. It opens its huge maw and flames pour from it, charring the entire globe. At the same time the tiefling rolls out from the globe and leaps at the dragon with a halberd, taking the huge flame head on.
A ring on his finger glows warm as flames lick him but seem to not inflict much damage. At the same time the halberd flashes up and slashes the dragon's underbelly. Both cuts dig deep into the skin, drawing a large amount of blood which spills upon Kkkrawkk. The dragon beats a hasty retreat and as he is flying back, morphs into Asharag and once again dissappears. The tiefling retreats back into his globe of darkness.
All of a sudden at the top of the Arena there a luminous phantasm glowing in the dark sky. A ear splitting wail is heard from the top and Kkkrawkk pales visably upon hearing the scream, however, he does not keel as he was expected to. Now raging in anger, Asharag tranforms into a huge blue dragon and spits his lighting down to the center of the globe, only to curse in frusteration as before the lightning hits, Kkkrawkk rolls out of the globe, avoiding all damage. Asharag is furious now and the tiefing slips back into the globe of darkness, and calls for the coward to come down from the air, a sentiment echoed by the crowd very loudly.
Suddenly from the top of the Arena, a huge shadowy form of a dragon glides down towards Kkkrawkk's darkness. Four daggers appear in the air as Kkkrawkk skirts from the protection of the darkness. They spiral into Asharag with unerring accuracy. Kkkrawkk begins to sprint away from the darkness, and then turns back and runs this way and that, dodging wildly.
A huge burst of blackness erupts from the dragon, covering Kkkrawkk. He gasps and moans as he feels the life energy being sucked out of him. He emerges from the black cloud, choking and crying for the damned coward to come out and fight man on man.
Asharag once again uses the Torc of the Gods and polymorphs into a dreaded beholder and focuses his most deadly eyestalk at the tiefling making a mad dash for the cover of his darkness. The black ray licks hungerly at the heels of the fleeing Kkkrawkk. He dives into the darkness but seems to fall short, as the ray engulfs his legs. His legs twitch for a minute then lie motionless.
Asharag shimmers in the air, as if seen through a filmy haze, while he shifts back into his natural form. His small wings slowly beat as he lets himself gently land on the ground, his dark eyes glittering as he watches Kkkrawkk's motionless body. He calmly walks over to it, and begins to turn the body over. It is only then he realizes his mistake and a very pained expression crosses his face. Kkkrawkk's heart is still beating!
Kkkrawkk snaps to life and slams his halberd at the astonished dragon man. He grins in delight and cries, "Never count a fallen opponent out you cowardly so of a..."
His words are lost as cry from the dragon man escapes as his abdomen is ripped apart by the tiefling's halbard. A rage seems to overcome him from someplace unknown and hatred for his opponent flows through his body, making his eyes glow red.
His first attack slices into the shoulder, but does minimal damage. The second slice slams through the abdomen of Asharag, disembowling him and leaving him crumpled on the floor, and eventualy giving way to unconsiousness.
"You fight like a coward, now DIE like a coward!" cries the triumphant Kkkrawkk, as he readies his blade. A downward chop severs the dragon man's head at the neck, destoying the life he clung to in unconsiousness. Kkkrawkk then spits the severed head on the spike of his halbard and begins walking to his exit. He arrives at the gate and gives a mock bow to his fallen opponent. His eyes flare up once more and he slams the halbard down to the ground. Shattering the head with a disgusting crunch. The hatred recedes from his eyes and he calmly walks out of the Arena.
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