The Games of Saberhaven
Glub vs. Seishi Ki
        The crowd is clearly divided on this fight today. Most of the humanoids here expect to see their favorite, Glub, a grizzled, unwashed veteran of many wars, to clean up the arena with his opponent. The other half of the crowd, the more "civilized" part, believe that Seishi Ki's incredible martial arts will rule the day. They all grow quiet at the opening of the doors at both ends of the arena.
       Seishi strides purposefully through the doorway, bows across the arena to her opponent, and proclaims, "Great warrior! May you show equally great honor in this fight." Glub, firmly encased in his well worn full plate armor, stalks out, staring at the woman on the other side of the arena. After proceeding twenty feet into the arena, he stops, raises his huge, battered, claymore into the air and bellows, "Listen carefully frail! Today I seek your death. Bow down and submit or see your life slip from you." Seconds later bolts of magical energy burst from his upraised fist and strike the monk solidly, leaving smoldering wounds across her torso.
       Seeing her opponent flaunting his lack of honor infuriates Seishi, who, while grimacing from the pain, sprints across the arena towards her foe.
       Glub winds up, prepared to gut the unarmored woman charging at him, but she unexpectedly leaps at his head. He manages to strike a suprised blow at the flying woman but she, with a mighty chi yell, powerfully lands her flying kick. In a shower of blood, spit, and teeth, Glub's helm flies from his head, striking the door twenty feet behind him with a hollow, broken 'bong' sound. The huge half ogre is left dazed by the incredible kick as Seishi lands gracefully before the staggering warrior. The crowd goes wild at the prospect of an early and somewhat unexpected kill.
       The next flurry of blows is a comedy of errors as the two combatants are too close to fight effectively. Many strikes, blows and kicks are thrown and other than the clunk in the head that Glub gives himself, none are landed.
       Seeing an opening the nimble woman strikes out with her staff, landing a respectable, and totally unanswered, blow that causes the ogre to stagger back once again. Her next strike misses, and throws her completely off balance.
       Anger clears the vision of the huge fighter, and with another bellow, he strikes with his claymore, drawing a gout of blood from her shoulder. His short sword tangles in the robes of the monk, and it is yanked from his grasp. It falls, embedding itself in the stone of the arena floor, with an audible 'tink'.
       Wavering on her feet and seeing her opponent doing the same, Seishi attempts to end the fight with a quick strike of her staff. His thick hide shrugs off the blow and his riposte blow smashes the "frail" to the ground at his feet. He screams a victory roar, swings his sword wildly in the air, and the humanoids in the crowd go wild. Glub wrenches his short sword from the ground and strides out of the arena, looking forward to telling this tale many times tonight.
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