I'm also curious how my first match went. Curious how I lost my hand since that's what fucked me over in my first fight with Card.
I look forward to seeing matt get raped by Ronald. I'm not sure how to take the brutal beating of Soviet.
Hmm, could be...that would make card even more impressive, taking on a hydra after just finishing a battle (this only counts if I wasn't lying on the ground in a fetal position when the match started).
So, Round 2 being concluded, I'll post the summaries of each match. Match Q - Round 2 - Chelsea v. BurGroBro Equipment - (Chelsea) Steel platemail, steel 2h sword (BurGroBro) Steel platemail, steel longsword, steel shield Skills - Proficient combat skills, expert swordsman, talented armor user Other - None The battle between Chelsea and BurGroBro, two heavily armed and armored knights, began with a long series of dodges and parries by both parties. BurGroBro landed the first blow, striking Chelsea's left arm and bruising it through the steel plate. Chelsea responded by cleaving through BurGroBro's breastplate and smashing one of his ribs in the process. Realizing the gravity of his situation, BurGroBro went on the immediate offensive, and swung hard at Chelsea's sword arm. A quick dodge by Chelsea put her in a favorable position to strike, but before she could, BurGroBro simply used his momentum to power himself into another attack on Chelsea. Catching her between her steel gauntlets and actual platemail, BurGroBro lopped off her left hand. By now, however, Chelsea was more than ready to swing, and cleaved off BurGroBro's left arm. As his arm flew towards the entrance of the dueling chamber (and eventually landed on the bridge outside of the room) his body was sent blasting towards the stone wall on the far side of the room. The impact crushed one of his lungs, and combined with the sudden loss of an arm BurGroBro entered into shock. Chelsea walked over to his seizing body and finished the match with a stab to BurGroBro's neck. Match R - Round 2 - Card v. UnitRico Equipment - (Card) Steel breastplate, reindeer leather trousers, steel longsword, reindeer leather gloves, phantom spider silk (white) cape, reindeer leather low boots (UnitRico) Steel breastplate, steel longsword, reindeer leather hood, reindeer leather gloves, reindeer leather trousers, reindeer leather low boots Skills - Proficient combat skills, expert swordsman, expert dodger Other - I imagine card looks quite a lot like this: The fight between Card and UnitRico was a fight between the sword duelists who preferred mobility and agility to bulk defense. Both expert swordsmen, both confident in their abilities, each fighter was certain of victory over the other. UnitRico made the first move, charging at Card and making a series of slashes with his sword at Card's torso. Parrying with one hand, pushing his bangs out of his eyes with the other, Card was in his moment. Between the clangs of clashing steel and Card's billowing cape, his haughty laughs were entirely audible. Eventually Card tired of remaining on the defensive and used a parry to counterstrike at UnitRico's arm. He slashed across the right forearm and gave UnitRico a deep gash, but as his sword arm was extended his opponent struck out. Stabbing Card in the left foot, UnitRico then used the pommel of his sword to bash Card onto the ground. Card, now angry that his opponent dare draw his blood, sliced off UnitRico's left leg. So began an intense grappling battle on the ground, as both parties attempted to roll on top of the other and pin them. During this melee, UnitRico kicked Card in his offhand, bruising it, and Card dealt a swift knee to UnitRico's chest. The wind knocked out of his opponent, Card took his chance and made a single vertical stab through the underside of UnitRico's chin and out the top of his skull. The battle over, Card gave a harumph, and hobbled over to the corner of his dueling chamber, sitting down to tend to his foot wound. Match S - Round 2 - LeonTrotsky v. Lucy Equipment - (Lucy) Steel platemail, steel great axe, steel helm, steel chain shirt, steel gauntlets (LeonTrotsky) Steel platemail, steel longsword, steel helm, steel chain shirt, steel gauntlets Skills - (Lucy) Proficient combat skills, expert swordsman, expert armor user (LeonTrotsky) Proficient combat skills, expert axeman, expert armor user Other - None Another battle between heavy armor users, Lucy and Leon were both experts in their respective fields. Added to the fact that they were both skilled in moving with full plate on, and it's easy to see that the fight would be decided by whoever got the first real opportunity. Indeed, as LeonTrotsky made the first move towards Lucy, and stabbed outward with his longsword, she dodged and returned his attack with a slash of her axe. For several minutes the two armored titans traded missed blows as they dodged around their opponent's strikes. In an attempt to break the stalemate, Leon swung left with his sword and forced Lucy to dodge in the opposite direction. With his offhand he proceeded to punch her square in the jaw, knocking loose one of her teeth. Lucy's response was something Leon didn't see coming, as she simply brought her axe down on his helm while he was unable to dodge. Not only did the strike crack the steel plate, but it crushed all the way down into his skull and split his brain. Lucy wiped the blood off of her mouth and used the pleats of her armor to wipe her axe clean of blood and gray matter. Match T - Round 2 - pottman v. Kali Equipment - (Kali) Steel breastplate, electrum longsword, reindeer leather trousers, reindeer leather gauntlets, reindeer leather low boots (pottman) Steel breastplate, steel longsword, steel chain shirt, steel gauntlets, steel high boots Skills - Proficient combat skills, expert swordsman, expert dodger, talented armor user Other - Electrum is an alloy of gold and silver which has a better shear elasticity (sharpness) than steel, but is considerably less dense and more malleable and thus has far less blunt impact Another match between duelists who prefer to use a sword but no shield, this time pottman, a rather heavily armored swordsman, was pitted against Kali, a lightly armored and uniquely armed opponent. Pottman attacked as soon as the battle began, rushing straight at Kali with his longsword. Kali dodged the strike and attempted one of his own at pottman's shoulder, but it was parried. The counterstrike missed and Kali took up position behind pottman. Pottman simply rammed himself backward, pushing Kali along with himself onto the ground. From this position Kali was trapped under pottman's heavy armor, but was presented with an excellent vantage point for an attack at pottman's head. Pointing his sword straight at pottman's skull, he rammed forward and sliced right through the steel platemail before cutting into pottman's brain and ending the fight. Rolling out from underneath his opponent, Kali straightened his clothing and waited by the door to his dueling chamber, unscathed. Match U - Round 2 - D3adtrap v. Lennins Beard Equipment - (Lennins Beard) Steel whip (D3adtrap) Steel mail shirt, steel mace, steel chain leggings, steel helm, steel high boots Skills - (Lennins Beard) Proficient combat skills, talented dodger, expert lasher (D3adtrap) Proficient combat skills, expert maceman Other - None The naked lasher, Lennins Beard was locked in combat with the Nordic knight D3adtrap. Armed with only a steel whip, while his opponent had steel armor and a heavy mace, it didn't look good for Lennin's Beard. Right at the beginning of the match Lennins Beard was tackled to the ground and bashed repeatedly in the stomach with D3adtrap's mace. Utilizing some latent strength, Lennins Beard was able to throw D3adtrap off and stand back up before his opponent. The first lash with the steel whip didn't do much but dent his opponent's armor. The second left deep scratches in it. By the fourth, the steel whip was lashing all along D3adtrap's back, and the heavily armored warrior was paralyzed by the extreme pain and unable to respond or even move away. As Lennins Beard continued lashing D3adtrap's back, more and more skin and fat were torn away. Eventually getting down to the point where the bones of the spine were visible, it wasn't long before the nervous tissue connecting D3adtrap's brain to his body was ripped away and the warrior lost all motor control. Repeated lashes to the head ripped the steel helm right off D3adtrap's head and exposed his skull to the vicious steel whip. Only a few lashes more were necessary to rend his brain and put an end to the duel. Match V - Round 2 - LeninCat v. LK Equipment - (LeninCat) Steel breastplate, bronze spear, steel gauntlets, steel greaves, steel low boots (LK) Phantom spider silk headscarf, phantom spider silk trousers, phantom spider silk tunic, phantom spider silk sandals Skills - (LeninCat) Proficient combat skills, expert spearman (LK) Talented combat skills, grand master fighter, grand master striker Other - None Though LK had proven his worth in a fight against fellow martial artist Imperial 1917, it remained to be seen whether or not he could duke it out with an armored, armed opponent in single combat. LeninCat wielded a bronze spear, and immediately sprinted at LK. His charge ended with the spear going straight through LK's left arm, tearing the muscle and doing quite a bit of nerve damage. Yet, the spear was now stuck in LK's arm, and it being a two handed weapon, LeninCat didn't have an effective means to either attack or defend until his spear was retrieved. LK, now thoroughly pissed off about his arm being speared and LeninCat's attempt to retrieve it (basically a lot of twisting and yanking), unleashed hell on LeninCat with his right fist and legs. Starting with LeninCat's right hand, LK broke his thumb and several other of LeninCat's fingers, so that he was effectively wielding the spear with only one hand. Kicks to Lenin's chest ended up breaking several ribs, even through the steel plate, and one punch in particular shattered a rib and pushed the resulting bone fragments into Lenin's lungs. Losing grip on his spear due to the repeated beatings and thrashings, LeninCat was crushed onto the ground by LK. In a kneeling position, LeninCat sat dazed, as LK performed one final roundhouse kick to Lenin's head, and snapped his neck. The battle over, LK pulled the spear out of his left arm and waited by the door to his chamber. And, an aside here, LK had already had his left arm (the only one that didn't get bitten off by the hydra, at least for a while) pierced and his motor nerves there severely damaged when the hydra escaped. This means that he was using his weakest limb to attack the hydra while his others were being eaten. Certainly merits an honorable mention for badassery. Match W - Round 2 - fucking faggot v. teremaster Equipment - (fucking faggot) Steel platemail, steel pike, steel helm (teremaster) Steel platemail, steel hammer Skills - (fucking faggot) Proficient combat skills, expert pikeman (teremaster) Proficient combat skills, expert hammerman Other - None fucking faggot and teremaster differed only by their choice of weapons, each being content with heavy armor and a bulky defensive fighting style. Opening the fight, fucking faggot, with his superior reach, stabbed teremaster in the left hand, disabling his opponent's ability to wield his hammer with full strength. Teremanster responded by bringing his hammer down on fucking faggot's extended right arm, breaking it at the elbow. With fucking faggot still reeling from the pain, teremaster took a horizontal swing at Uni's head and caught the edge of his helm, flinging it off. A strong blow to the chest crushed Uni's lungs, and he was forced to his knees. A potentially life ending blow missed fucking faggot's head at the last second and destroyed his nose instead. Teremaster was quick to recover, and made sure the second time that his swing was on target, hitting Uni in the temple and caving in his skull, killing him. A rather short, brutish fight. Match X - Round 2 - Demondaze v. FeyBart Equipment -(Demondaze) Steel breastplate, steel scimitar, phantom spider silk turban, phantom spider silk face scarf, reindeer leather sandals, reindeer leather gloves, reindeer leather trousers (FeyBart) Steel breastplate, steel mace, reindeer leather hood, reindeer leather gloves, reindeer leather trousers, reindeer leather low boots Skills - (Demondaze) Proficient combat skills, expert swordsman, expert dodger (FeyBart) Proficient combat skills, expert maceman, expert dodger Other - None Demondaze and FeyBart were both duelists of a sort, but Demondaze preferred the scimitar and a slightly lighter set of combat armor while FeyBart used the traditional setup with the exception of using a mace instead of a longsword. The fight began with FeyBart's strike on Demon's left arm, which dealt major bruise damage and hurt Demon's ability to move around the battlefield. When FeyBart next struck, Demon parried, and used his counterstrike to break FeyBart's mace arm with the pommel of his scimitar. Now unable to move his arm, FeyBart was essentially powerless as Demondaze stabbed him in the leg and slashed across his torso. A particularly vicious strike tore both of FeyBart's lungs open, and the shock from this attack left FeyBart stunned. His opponent dazed, Demon was able to decapitate FeyBart with a single slash of his scimitar. Match Y - Round 2 - matt v. battleearl Equipment - (Matt) Steel breastplate, dual steel daggers, reindeer leather trousers, reindeer leather sandals, reindeer leather gloves, reindeer leather hood (Battleearl) Steel platemail, steel longsword, steel shield, steel helm, steel chain leggings Skills - (Matt) Proficient combat skills, professional knife user, expert dodger (battleearl) Proficient combat skills, expert swordsman, expert shield user Other - None Another matchup between an agile, offensive fighter, matt, and a well armored, stationary, defensive fighter, battleearl. Matt began the fight with a straight charge at battleearl, who put himself in a defensive stance and braced for impact. Unfortunately for battlearl, he wasn't quite ready for the impact that matt created, as the steel daggers went straight through his breastplate and sheared off his ribs as they impacted vital organs. The pain was intense, and while battleearl did attempt an attack, matt dodged it, and used the opening to cut off battleearl's left hand with one dagger, and stab him in the eye with the other. This killed battleearl instantly, leaving matt unscathed and the clear victor. Match Z - Round 2 - Achtung Kommunisten v. Ronald Equipment - (AK) Steel platemail, steel two-handed sword, steel helm (Ronald) Steel battleaxe, Giant Cave Spider silk robes, alpaca wool sandals, leather gloves Skills - (AK) Proficient combat skills, expert swordsman, expert armor user (Ronald) Proficient combat skills, expert axeman, expert dodger Other - Ronald is an elf, AK is a human Ronald found himself in a similar matchup to the round before, though in this case Achtung Kommunisten was a two-handed specialist. Ronald acted first, charging at AK and swinging in a large arc about his wait. AK dodged and swung out himself, starting a long series of misses and dodges. Eventually AK tired out, having such heavy armor, and had to begin parries. He kept up the parries for a good while before Ronald managed to break through his defenses and cleave AK's left arm off. Reduced to one hand gripping his two handed sword, AK was able only to bash Ronald's leg with it before Ronald again attacked and separated AK's other arm from his body. Still standing, but armless, AK had no way to defend himself apart from dodges. Surprisingly, he kept this routine up for another few minutes before finally being struck again, when Ronald cracked his breastplate. Another few swings and Ronald had broken through entirely and began hacking away at AK's chest. Both of his lungs were cut before Ronald hacked his heart apart and killed him. Match AA - Round 2 - slydessertfox v. MayorEmanuel Equipment - (Mayor) Steel platemail, steel helm, steel scourge (sly) Steel platemail, steel helm, steel longsword, steel shield Skills - (Mayor) Proficient combat skills, expert lasher (sly) Proficient combat skills, expert swordsman Other - None A well armored lasher equipped with a far less range-competent, but far more vicious weapon against a standard sword-and-shield knight. Mayor took the initiative in this battle, closing to scourging range and immediately lashing out with it. This first strike broke sly's shield hand and forced him to drop it while the second broke his left foot, throwing him off balance. Sly tried to get a blow in, but as he raised his sword Mayor lashed his forearm and shattered all of its bones. Now unable to act in any effective way, sly was powerless to the unrelenting assault by Mayor. Mayor tore sly's throat open and then severed the nerve tissue on his spine, killing sly. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So this is what all happened prior to the hydra incident. Everyone except Mayor, matt, and myself had some kind of existing injury during that whole conflict. LK in particular comes off as extra badass with the knowledge that he was already seriously messed up when he encountered the hydra. All of the following rounds took place in a fresh object testing arena and did not involve any peculiar hijinks outside of what happened in the rounds. Match AB - Round 2 - Toast v. SovietEmpireUSSR Equipment - Reindeer leather armor, oaken training sword, reindeer leather trousers, reindeer leather sandals Skills - Proficient combat skills, proficient swordsman Other - None This fight was going to be brutal from the start, since neither fighter was equipped with directly lethal weapons, and neither was particularly skilled with their weapon. Still, they were on even footing and had the same equipment, so the victor here would be one who deserved it. The beginning of this fight was characterized by a series of attacks by both parties on the other, without either really being able to dodge or parry their opponent's attacks. It was Toast who first landed a solid, and critically important, blow, breaking Soviet's right wrist and forcing him to drop his weapon. At this point Soviet could do little against the horrendous volume of strikes made by Toast, and had his facial features reduced to mush as Toast pounded it with the pommel and flat of his sword. Toast eventually became fixated on Soviet's right leg, and struck it over and over again, forcing his opponent to the ground. After around twenty or so blows with the wooden sword, Soviet's femur shattered and the bone fragments pierced his femoral artery. The bleeding was massive and rapid, but it didn't bring Soviet a swift death. Instead, he died over the next agonizing minute, as Toast slammed his head into the ground, kicked him in the torso, and bashed him with the wooden sword. Match AC - Round 2 - Soviet Streltsy v. pedro Equipment - (Soviet) Steel platemail, steel longsword, steel gauntlets (pedro) Reindeer leather armor, reindeer leather trousers, reindeer leather cowl, steel gloves, steel low boots, phantom spider silk cape Skills - (Soviet) Proficient combat skills, expert swordsman (pedro) Professional combat skills, high master striker, high master fighter Other - None Soviet had claimed victory over his last opponent with a precision strike to their neck, proving his potency with a blade. But how would pedro, an unarmed specialist, fare against this swordsman? Confident in his abilities, Soviet struck first, going for a stab to pedro's left arm. It contacted, pierced the leather armor, and was lodged in the wound. As Soviet wrestled with the embedded blade, pedro grappled his opponent's sword arm. First locking the elbow, pedro then proceeded to shatter it and leave Soviet in extreme pain and without a weapon. Several steel-booted kicks to the chest shattered Soviet's ribs and a punch to the fact sent him to the floor. Pedro brought his armored foot down on Soviet's head and crushed it, ending the fight. Match AD - Round 2 - ComradeLer v. Chives Equipment - (Chives) Steel platemail, steel mace, steel helm (ComradeLer) Steel platemail, bronze spear, steel helm Skills - (Chives) Proficient combat skills, expert maceman (ComradeLer) Proficient combat skills, expert spearman Other - None Ler and Chives squared off in a maceman on spearman duel, with one having the advantage in a melee and the other at range. Ler began combat by stabbing Chives straight in the left elbow, and then twisted the spear around to tear more motor and sensory nerves. Chives retaliated by pressing the attack with his mace, smashing Ler in the stomach. Instead of continuing his attack on Chives' arm, Ler pulled his spear out and went for the feet. He pinned Chives to the ground through his right foot, and again twisted the spear for extra damage and pain. Chives, unimpressed, again attacked with his mace, and crushed Ler's left shoulder. Ler once more removed his spear, and this time went for the kill: aiming straight at Chives' head. The thrust broke through Chives' skull, brain, skull again, and then went out the back of his steel helm. Match AE - Round 2 - Viking Socrates v. Observer Equipment - (Viking) Steel platemail, steel longsword, steel helm (Observer) Steel platemail, steel halberd, steel helm Skills - (Viking) Proficient combat skills, expert swordsman (Observer) Proficient combat skills, expert axeman Other - None Observer was the first contestant to opt for the halberd, a long pole with an axe and a pointed tip, kind of a cross between spear and battleaxe. Viking had already bested an axeman before, however, so fighting Observer couldn't be all that difficult, right? Well in the first move of the fight, this seemed true. Observer struck first but had his stab easily parried by Viking, who then counterattacked and landed a strike on Observer's right shoulder. Again Observer struck, and Viking parried, but this time around Observer was ready and parried his opponent. Things continued in this way for a minute or so, when Observer finally got past his opponent's defenses and stabbed Viking in the right foot, severing a sensory nerve in the process. Viking got an excellent attack opportunity while Observer's halberd was stuck in his foot, and took it by stabbing Observer straight through the chest. Unfortunately for Viking, he missed all of the vital organs and simply managed to get his weapon stuck. Observer pulled his halberd free, severed Viking's sword arm at the elbow (leaving everything from there up, including the sword, still embedded in his chest), and kicked his opponent onto the ground. Viking's left foot was then severed by Observer, and while writing in pain on the ground he was stabbed numerous times in the gut. Observer eventually tired of the fight and stabbed Viking straight in the head, killing him. Match AF - Round 2 - Link v. Karakoran Equipment - Steel maul Skills - Professional hammerman Other - Both Link and Kara are male trolls Another troll on troll match, Link and Karakoran were exactly even in terms of skill and equipment, the only thing separating them was Kara's record so far. And yet, when Link charged at the beginning of the round, Kara's parry failed him and Link was able to smash Kara's ribs with his maul. Kara reeled backward from the attack and stumbled to the ground. Link approached Kara, who was at knee height, and gave one good horizontal whack. Kara's head came clean off and catapulted to the far side of the coliseum, leaving his body slumped over and Link the victor. There it is folks, Round 2 concluded. Up next will be Loser's Bracket Round 1, followed by Round 3.
