SEMI FINAL
And so the final day of competition dawned. From all across the City of Churches the teams descended on the East Adelaide Coliseum for the day of the Grand Final.
The crowd's appetite would be whet by the two Semi-Finals and then the ultimate Grand Final contest would begin to the delight of the fans, all paid for by the generous King (please don't rebel!).
First game was Three Wolf Moon vs the wood elven Forest Kings.
The Forest Kings were a veteran team with some of the most famous players in the league, however they had suffered several telling casualties in the season - losing their Treeman, their star catcher and a player who excelled at guarding his friends. They were the sole remaining team from the Cathedral Conference.
Three Wolf Moon won the coin-toss and coach GuppyShark elected to receive, wanting to dictate the initiative.
The ball was secured by Sigrún the Victor, whose Sure Hands would ensure the elves couldn't Strip the Ball away from her.
The team then marched carefully down the field. The Wardancers took shots at the cage but paid a heavy price - they did not stop moving forward simply because there were prone elves in front of them!
One Wardancer was injured and badly hurt, another was knocked out by a vicious stomping from Geirdriful Spear-Flinger, who was spotted by the ref. Coach GuppyShark threw a bag of gold at the ref but he derisively kicked it into the crowd and the Norse Thrower was sent off.
As the clock ticked away Three Wolf Moon scored, looking good with a 1-0 lead going into the second half.
It was all downhill from there.
The Forest Kings received. Their thrower was in the backfield to receive, several catchers flooded the Three Wolf Moon backfield. One was blitzed down, the others were marked up. The thrower ran forward, bombed it to the receiver, who caught it, dodged out and through tackle zones and scored the two-turn touchdown.
Annoyed but not undetermined, Three Wolf Moon set up to kick once more. And the kick-off result... BLITZ.
The now-recovered Wardancer ran under the ball, caught it, evaded the Three Wolf Moon players trying to stop him, then dodged out through tackle zones for a touchdown.
Annoyed but not undetermined, Three Wolf Moon set up to kick once more. And the kick-off result... BLITZ.
The Wardancer ran under the ball, caught it, but was knocked down.
A scramble for the ball developed. Three Wolf Moon fought hard and began driving downfield with the ball safely secured. Along the way, Þögn the Silent was silenced permanently. In the last turn, they scored, tieing the game and leading into sudden death overtime.
Coach GuppyShark called for a drink.
The Forest Kings received. Their thrower was in the backfield to receive, several catchers flooded the Three Wolf Moon backfield. One was blitzed down, the others were marked up. The thrower ran forward, bombed it to the receiver, who caught it, dodged out and through tackle zones and scored the two-turn touchdown.
Three Wolf Moon's quest ended. A complete inability to prevent the elven aerial attack ruined an otherwise flawless game, but ended an impressive season.
I had a blast and I can't wait for next season. Three whole months without Blood Bowl!? Damn the off-season!
Will Three Wolf Moon return? Probably not, but either way, you'll read about it here. ANd seriously, how do you stop elves
Thankyou, and good night.