Torgal steps into his private booth and looks around.
Melanos is nowhere to be seen but the lovely Mistress
Sharanyl is quietly seated in the chair next to Torgal's.
Torgal quietly steps toward the beautiful lady and
ever so gently places his hands upon her shoulders.
She gives a small start before leaning her head up
and gazing into his eyes. "Good evening my fair
lady, I am glad you could join me tonight, even though
you don't like such displays of aggression. Can I
offer you some wine or redberry?" Torgal extends
his arm towards the small bar against the wall.
"I must politely decline the wine but I would
be delighted to have some of the redberry. You always
seem to have the best stock in the city." She
lightly touches Torgal's hand before he heads to the
bar and pours a goblet of redberry and a glass of
dry red wine for himself. The red liquid reminds Torgal
of the carnage about to ensue down below. For the
first time he almost regrets that he began such a
horrid exhibition, then a smile comes to his face.
The cleric is having some unseen effects on his mind.
Torgal shakes his head before turning back to the
lady who has been invading his thoughts more and more
lately. Torgal takes a few steps toward the table
between the chairs and places the goblets down.
"If you will excuse me for only a moment I will
introduce the fight. Then we can enjoy each others
company." Torgal strides toward the railing and
looks out at the assembled crowd. "Ladies and
gentlemen. Tonight you will witness the valiant Fenriz
the Wolf as he tries to stop the phenomenon known
as Ghrimm. He has his hands full and I am sure it
will be a wonderful display of violence to appease
your appetites." Torgal sweeps his arm towards
the eastern gate. "And now let the battle begin!"
The crowd as always erupts into cheer. Torgal quickly
turns and heads back to the waiting cleric.
From within the darkness of the eastern gate strides
forth the massive form of Fenriz. With his black paint
around his eyes and his wolf skin tunic, he looks
every bit as vicious as the wolf. Fenriz stops just
outside the gate and takes several deep breaths of
the stale cavern air. He fixes his canine gaze at
the opposite gate and waits for his victim to appear
a mask of calm already on his face.
The western gate opens but the crowd looks around
as there is no singing coming from within. The singing
that usually foretells the coming of Ghrimm. A buzz
rips through the crowd as people begin to mutter.
Slowly a singing begins to build and all eyes turn
towards the gate. The singing increases in volume
till it is echoing throughout the underground cavern.
People begin to look around, their eyes darting here
and there as no one can seem to pinpoint the source
of the singing. Even Fenriz begins to look around,
his mask of calm still in place.
A body hurtles itself out of the stands and plummets
toward Fenriz. Fenriz turns to see the multi-colored
haired dwarf sailing towards him and his mask of calm
breaks as shock replaces it. The dwarf screaming out
his song collides with Fenriz and both go down hard
into the dirt, the sound of ribs cracking burst forth
from Fenriz. Fenriz recovers quickly from the impact
and manages to force Ghrimm off him and stagger to
his feet. Ghrimm still in the dirt reaches for Fenriz's
legs and tries to bring the giant man down again.
Fenriz, with his sword in one hand, grabs the Ghrimm
with his free hand and sends him sailing through the
air. Ghrimm impacts with the sandy floor hard and
rolls a couple more feet before coming to rest against
the wall. "Ohh, so you want to play that way?"
Ghrimm gets to his feet, sand dropping from his armor.
Fenriz steps in with his sword, flashing a metal
arc in front of Ghrimm's face. Ghrimm's eyes begin
to bulge as the tell tale signs of his battlerage
begin to manifest themselves. His face flushes as
blood rushes into his veins and his eyes are seemingly
forced from his skull. Spittle begins to drip from
his mouth as he grinds his teeth in anger. With a
blinding move, Ghrimm launches his knee up into Fenriz's
groin and drives his spike deep into flesh. Fenriz
doubles over in pain and staggers back a couple of
steps. Ghrimm launches another attack but this time
Fenriz is quicker as he brings his blade up and smoothly
cuts a wide gash up Ghrimm's torso. Blood spews forth
and coats both fighters. Ghrimm is slowed down by
the attack and he misses with a swipe of his elbow
spike. Fenriz once again delivers a mighty cut, this
time nearly severing Ghrimm's legs, slicing through,
flesh and muscle and breaking the bone. But Ghrimm,
doesn't seem to stop as he draws his mighty double-handed
axe from his back. "I see you want to use the
big boys. Let me introduce you to mine."
With a single fluid motion, Ghrimm rips the blade
from his back and brings it down on Fenriz, slicing
his gut wide open and spilling his entrails out upon
the arena floor. Fenriz quickly drops his blade and
puts his hands to the wound. Trying all that he can
to hold his body together. Ghrimm kicks him down into
the dirt. As the light in Fenriz's eyes goes out,
Ghrimm noticeably weakens and begins to stagger towards
the gate before he finally collapses in the dirt.
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