As Kailin and Rolg enter the arena, the audience is struck by the remarkable contrast between the two. They are here for the same reason, however, and they take their places across from one another.
Rolg steps back into the arena. He gives the sands, the pillars, and the crowd a familiar grin. The red-maned square-of-a-dwarf is coming to feel at home here.
Clad in nearly the same gear as before, he seems to have chosen a few less weapons but instead has purchased a cloak of some kind, but it sure does look fancy. His trusty lucerne hammer rests comfortably on his shoulder as he looks across at his opponent.
He stoops down, picks up some sand, and dusts it between his hands as he prepares for the fight to begin.
Kailin steps into the arena while Sunahl slithers out to his left. The serpent bares his fangs at Rolg, while Kailin looks over impassively. With a grand motion, he draws his blade and levels it between himself and the dwarf, setting himself at a battle-ready stance.
His equipment looks much the same as from his previous fights.
Grabbing a pinch of black powder from his spell component pouch, Kailin tosses it into the air, arcane energy flaring up before he presses a hand on Sunahl's back. The eidolon shifts and coils as his form grows larger, and hunkers down, teeth bared towards Rolg, as Kailin steps to the side.
Rolg stands his ground, muttering his own mumbo jumbo in response to Kailin's.
Swift to activate Judgement of Purity
AC 20; CMD 18
Fort +10 Reflex +4 Will +8
Rolg frowns at his opponents' inactions, shrugs, then bursts into motion.
The spectators are treated to a sight not seen since Rolg's initial appearance in the arena. He lets out a wordless roar, exploding across the arena sands in a reckless rush at the opposing man. With every thunderous step, he grows larger. The long-hafted hammer's head has expanded to nearly the size of Kailin's chest by the time it rushes through the air in a diagonal arc towards the man's torso.
Rage + Charge to E/F.9/10
AC 16; CMD 19
Fort +12 Reflex +3 Will +10
---> Damage
As Rolg bursts into the run, charging forward, Kailin and Sunahl both spring into action, moving in opposite directions of each other, behind the pillars and away from the enlarged Dwarf.
With a flick of his wrist, Kailin wards himself with a spell, and moves further around the large dwarf, while Sunahl does the same, besides the flick of the wrist that he doesn't have.
Rolg grins as the two split around the arena.
"Hyggelig!" He laughs, "La oss nå se hva du faktisk kan gjøre med det brevet opener."
The dwarf stalks around behind the half-elf, closing and swinging his hammer low in an attempt to sweep the man's legs out from under him.
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Free: release Enlarge
Move to F.03
Rage + Trip on Kailin
AC 18; CMD 18
Fort +12 Reflex +4 Will +10
Kailin falls to the ground, but returns to his feet , taking a step towards the dwarf and swinging the blade at him.
---> Damage
The surgery-precision slice from the man's razor-sharp blade catches Rolg off-guard. It's only through sheer refusal to be one-shot by an opponent with elven blood that the dwarf remains on his feet. He allows the blow to push him backwards a step, creating enough distance to bring his hammer to bear once again.
"Du er en kreditt til din spisse øre slag…" he mutters through the pain.
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Attack Kailin
Free: Drop Rage (fatigue: 1 of 4 rds)
Swift: Switch to Judgement of Healing
HP 10/26
---> Damage
As Rolg makes his swings at Kailin they are deflected, either by armor or a small trace of magical force surrounding the half-elf. Meanwhile, Sunahl continues crossing the battlefield, coming up behind Rolg with a snarl just as Kailin steps over to the side, and swings at the dwarf once again.
Rolg can feel the snake behind him… like an iron bar in a vise. Thinking quickly, he slings the shield from his back, hunkering down as he takes a step to the south.
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HP 11/26
As Rolg goes on the defensive, Kailin steps to the side to keep him surrounded, while Sunahl moves further up behind him, both of them lashing out simultaneously.
Rolg grunts as the attacks all bounce off of his armor and shield, then grunts again at the futile nature of trying to get better positioning.
The hammer hits the floor as he draws the war axe from his hip, stepping into the unnaturally large snake and driving his axe towards its head.
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HP 12/26
---> Damage
Crit Confirm
---> Damage
As the axe slams into Sunahl's body, it cuts deep, piercing his scales and sending the eidolon toppling to the ground. Kailin grunts at the impact, but steps up to attack Rolg.
Knowing it's too dangerous to risk letting the half-elf's arena partner live , Rolg once again steps back out of Kailin's blade's range. Then, with intentional effort, he buries the axe one more time in the neck of the big creature at the base of its head.
He looks back up at his component. And while the sand beneath the dwarf is a dark, dark red with his own blood mixed with that of the giant snake, the dwarf appears to be stronger by the moment.
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HP 13/26
Kailin's breath goes out of him sharply as the axe bites into his eidolon. He recoils as if in shared pain for a moment. As the blood goes across the arena sands, a sharp crack like that of thunder resonates, as Sunahl's form fades into dark storm clouds and disperses.
As the echo of the thunder fades, Kailin lets out an angry shout as he rushes forward to strike at Rolg.
Rolg sidesteps the reckless attack, using the opening created by the man's overreach to quickly swing his axe down on the half-elf's arms. Unable to get his full weight behind it, it's a weak blow, but accurate.
"Han er en sint alv." As he speaks, the conviction comes back into his voice, replacing the fatigue of the last few seconds.
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HP 14/26
---> Damage
Kailin pulls back as the axe catches one of his arms and grunts, before fixing his grip on the sword's hilt. He then makes a more controlled strike at Rolg.
The blade rings off Rolg's shield, and the dwarf answers with another axe-swing. The rhythm of the fight is like a grim dance, punctuated with grunts, the shuffling of feet, and the sounds of impacts.
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HP 15/26
---> Damage
The axe passes Kailin by, deflected slightly in its movement, before the half-elf sets his stance and makes another swipe at Rolg.
Rolg gets his shield up just in time. What would have been a painful cut becomes a loud CLAANG of metal on metal. The dwarf responds by exploding to twice his size as he takes a step backwards, his large, reaching axe sweeping low to take Kailin's legs out from under him again.
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Swift to Enlarge (now in B/C 03/04)
Trip Kailin
HP 16/26
Kailin falls back to the ground a second time, face down on the sand. He gets his arms under him, but then holds still a moment, keeping an eye on Rolg's movements.
Rolg's massive axe falls with wicked speed.
Attack
HP 17/26
---> Damage
Crit confirm
---> Additional Damage
---> Damage
Kailin evades the bite of Rolg's axe as he rises to his feet, but is too slow to avoid the followup, and takes a vicious hit to the chest. He reels back, gasping for air. He seems barely able to remain on his feet, but grits his teeth and charges forward with a battle cry, throwing all of his force behind the blade as he goes in for one last strike.
After his vicious lunge, the half-elf gasps and collapses to the ground heavily.
Rolg is surprised when the half-elf survives the strike, and more surprised still when the lithe opponent springs inside his defense and slams that wicked curved blade between the joints of his breastplate at his side.
Rolg staggers from the blow, but remains on his feet . The third surprise comes when the half-elf crumples to the ground, leaving his wicked blade buried in Rolg's side.
The half-elf had proven too canny, too quick, and too dangerous through the whole fight… generally too competent to take any chances. Without a second thought, Rolg drives his axe once more onto his opponent's chest.
He pauses to make sure the strike did the trick, then releases his power – shrinking back down to normal size. His axe and shield hit the ground as Rolg grabs the pommel of his fallen foe's blade – still protruding from his own side, his own blood mixing with that of his opponent's in the arena sands – and yanks it out.
In a show of respect for the half-elf, he flings the blood from the blade, then re-sheathes it for Kailin before picking the half-elf's body up off the ground.
In what is becoming his customary victory routine. He marches his fallen opponent back to their own entrance, then tosses him back into the darkness.
It's not until he turns back around that he finally addresses the crowds, roaring a victory shout as he holds his arms wide… accepting their praise.
After a few more seconds, he holds his side, collects his gear, and heads back down his own arena entrance.