The Phoenix Opening: Round 1Match 3: Urist McUrist Hatchetpanted vs. Led Warleach GiltmouthRith: Here we are at the Phoenix Amphitheater to bring you match 3 of The Phoenix Opening. Match 3 and the arena floor is already highlighted with a lovely shade of blood red.
Stakud: That is a lot of blood out there… I think some vomit green would compliment it very well.
Rith: You always have to take it a step further don’t you? Moving on, our next match-up consists of two combatants who will attempt to use speed to gain the upper hand, a tactic that has proved to be very effective in earlier fights.
Stakud: We’ve learned that speed is huge part of winning a fight against heavily armoured dwarves, but in a matchup like this so early on in their careers it can go either way.
Rith: Do you have some kind of lever in your head that when pulled changes you from a clown to someone that can make intelligent comments?
Stakud: Can we stay on topic?
Rith: Yes, yes we can because Urist McUrist has entered the arena! The crowd is going wild!
Rith: Urist will be fighting with the same weapon of choice as Fireheart, an exceptionally crafted copper short sword. Combined with a good quality shield this set-up has proved to be very effective in battle.
Stakud: Urist McUrist, his parents must really like daggers.
Rith: And here comes Led Warleach, a dwarf seemingly not worried about getting hit.
Stakud: I’m not really sure what to make of this setup. Led is one of two dwarves in this tournament to not have a buckler or shield. A dwarf can only be so fast and choosing to not have a shield wouldn’t have slowed him down at all, so why this decision?
Rith: I had a talk with him before this tournament began and he didn’t seem worried about it, with that iron short sword of his I think his game plan is to get in a quick kill shot before his opponent can react. I should mention that Led is the only dwarf in this competition with iron equipment.
Stakud: I think we’re about to begin so we’ll see how this game plan works out. Urist McUrist vs. Led Warleach! LETS GET IT ON!
Rith: The signal has been given and Led is off! Urist hasn’t budged from his position and looks to be waiting for Led to come to him.
Stakud: Here comes Led with an attack to the left and it’s blocked!
Rith: And he just kept going, flinging himself into Urist and they are both sprawled out on the ground! Getting up Urist strikes and connects with Leds left hand!
Stakud: I think it’s only a flesh wound, Led still looks fine!
Rith: Ow, Not anymore. With a deadly thrust of his sword Urist has delivered a devastating wound to Leds right arm, I think it’s stuck!
Stakud: Led doesn’t seem to even notice the chunk of metal sticking in his arm as he continues to attack Urist!
Rith: He’s got heart I’ll tell you that, but he’s got to be hurting right now. Urist is twisting that sword in Leds arm and you can see the pain in his face. There, it looks like Led has had all he could take and passed out. Urist is still twisting that sword, opening that wound wider. Look at all that blood.
Stakud: I think, yes I think Led has now died, from blood loss no doubt.
Rith: That will do it. Urist is raising his blood covered short sword in to air to the satisfaction of the crowd and the crowd is loving it!
Stakud: Led battled bravely but when you have two fast dwarves, one with a shield and one without, the outcome should be obvious. I’m sure Led will go on to winning many fights in the future, but right now the victory belongs to Urist McUrist as he moves onto the Quarter-finals. I can’t wait, I really can’t.
Rith: Me neither, but there are still five more matches to go. Next up we have… Nichaey vs. Necksnapper! If you don’t count shields as armour then you could call Nichaey the least armoured dwarf in this tournament while Necksnapper is THE most armoured dwarf in this tournament. If any dwarf is to prove that a good defense can beat out speed and quality equipment then it will be in this fight, you don’t want to miss it.
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