The doors to the North and South of the Arena open.
PrinnyBaal slides towards his starting circle on a wave of water, purple runes wavering along the sides. As he comes to a stop the water forms a shell around him.
Halmie walks in from the south, his Maroon robes flapping as his wooden staff clicks against the stone. As he stops in his circle a great aquamarine rune appears before him. The ground rumbles, and a great stone dog claws its way from the rocks of the Arena floor.
A spray of colored light flashes over the Arena, and the stone dog lunges forward. The globe of water leaps as well, spinning towards the dog. As the dog crashes down on the globe PrinnyBaal appears from inside it and slashes out at Halmie. The aquamarine wizard steps back and glares at his opponent while fingering a long cut in the sleeve of his robe.
PrinnyBaal slashes again, but Halmie blocks with his staff and steps to the side as the stone dog plows into Prinny and knocks him to the ground. A slap with it's paw sends him rolling away, and the purple mage summons mist to conceal himself from the dog.
The great stone dog leaps into the mist, lunging around and growling with a deep grinding voice. But the purple mage has slipped away.
From the mists comes a cracking sound, and a great dragon of ice and water shoots out. Halmie barely dodges out of it's path, and is blinded by a spray of freezing mist. You can hear the dog growl from the mist.
The dragon turns, and claw of water and ice slashes out at Halmie. His runes flare, but then shatter, and he staggers away with a rent along his right arm. The dragon turns to attack again, but the stone dog leaps in the way.
The two Elemental beasts grapple, the dog's jaws clenched on a thrashing wave of ice and water while the dragons claws screech along the stone flanks of the beast. Halmie backs up, his runes flaring as he pours his powers into his construct.
Back and forth the battle rages. Ice shatters against rock, and flecks of stone and earth rain down from the battered hound. Purple runes shine forth from within the great Dragon's head as it slams into the stone dog again and again.
The dog leaps away, tearing a chunk of ice with it. As the dragon turns to answer, you hear a shout and watch as Org is propelled off of his chair and into the Arena! He is batted aside by the leaping hound, only to be slammed again as the dragon uncoils itself and crashes, into the hound. Flakes of stone and ice rain down on the hapless wizard as he goes tumbling along the arena floor to splash into a pool of muddy water. The Marshal of the Games calls an immediate halt, and the healers rush out to drag the battered mage to safety.
With Org safely en route to the Healing Ward, the Marshal signals for the combatants to begin again.
A great blast of frigid air washes over you as the dragon lets out a blast. Chunks of jagged ice and slashing rain explode from it's mouth and wash over the stone hound. As the rocky beast shrinks from the blast the dragon strikes again, claws of ice ripping chunks from the hound. It leaps at the dragon, only to be slammed aside by its tail. The dog rolls and slowly claws to its feet, the low grinding rumble of its growl vibrating the entire arena.
With a great howl it launches itself at the dragon. Icy claws rip into it as it clamps its teeth down on the dragons neck.
Back and forth the two great beasts roll, the dragon's claws ripping into the dog as it maintains a deathgrip on the icy throat of its foe. But soon the claws of the dragon dig deep, and blue light floods out over the arena from the many rents in the stone hid of the dog. With a final cracking howl the hound shatters into a pile of rubble, and Halmie collapses to the ground.
PrinnyBaal steps out of the head of the dragon, which fades to mist behind him. He draws his sword and points it at the remaining Wizards of the Tournament, before stalking off to the exit.
Looking up at the Floating Announcement Board you see:
Halmie, Archivist of Water has lost a duel and is removed from the Tournament!
Org, Justicar of Fire has fallen into the Arena and is removed from the Tournament due to injuries!
Long fight.
Anyway, Vote Phase will go until I have all the votes. With Christmas tomorrow, I don't really expect anything until Monday or so of next week. But the sooner I have all the votes (or enough to ensure the combatants), I'll move on to the set-up phase.
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Topic: Wizard Duel - Round 3 - Over: All Hail Jim Groovester! (Read 58882 times)