Mayemi Stays Unbeaten With Tie vs. Ratbags and Win Over Krakens

The Mayemi Nereid-fins remained unbeaten in the Bonehead League season 3, squeaking out a 1-1 tie against the Stratford Ratbags, and shutting out the Steinvik Krakens 2-0 in their last two games. Mayemi’s catchers continued to lead the way with 2 touchdowns from Faylyn Woodyl and 1 from Odyl Bekym over that stretch.


Odyl Bekym scores the first TD of his Mayemi career during a 2-0 win over the Steinvik Krakens

“Our catchers have been impressive, especially since they have no one to throw them the ball, because Tya … uh … retired to … uh, spend more time with his family,” said Mayemi Head Coach Mickon McDenial.

Promising Nereid thrower Tya Tyngafarthrowa is no longer with the team this season, and the organization has been coy about the reasons for this. Tyngafarthrowa was injured after being mauled by Ratbag rat ogre Lady Macbeth in last season’s opener. Though he played the rest of the season with a smashed knee, some reports indicate that the leg developed an infection that spread to Tyngafarthrowa’s brain and ultimately killed him. As a result, the league opened up an investigation into the team’s handling of Tyngafarthrowa’s injury, but McDenial denies any wrongdoing.

“His brain? No, no,” said the coach. “He developed some soreness in his back maybe, but not his brain. And he’s definitely not dead. Just look at these magecast images of him at a party with his family and friends last weekend.” McDenial then held up some portraits of what appeared to be Tyngafarthrowa’s corpse wearing shaded spectacles and being propped up by Nereid fin PR staff members among a crowd of scantily clad elven maidens toasting dream wine.


A magecast image presented by the Nereid-fins to prove that Tyngafarthrowa is still alive and that the team bears no responsibility for his death, captioned by their PR department simply as, “Weekend at Tya’s”

Two Heads Aren’t Always Better than One

Despite earning the tie against the Ratbags, the game teetered on disaster early in the first half due to a questionable coaching decision by Coach McDenial. After several Ratbag defenders blitzed into Mayemi’s backfield following the opening kick, catcher Devyorn Achyn broke loose along the northern sideline. As he moved deep into Ratbag territory, Mayemi set up a loose screen behind him, which was as easy for two-headed gutter runner Malvolio to move through as a slice of Hochland cheese. The Nereid-fins dodged a major crossbow bolt, however, when the ball-stripping rat tripped over his own tail just as he reached Achyrn. Hitting his head on a mislaid stone on the pitch, he was knocked out for the remainder of the game.

“That was all part of our strategy,” said team captain Rahor Mossheart of the apparent miscue. “Yes, two heads make it easier for him to dodge through our blocks and maybe we should have had a tighter cage, but two heads also make it twice as likely that he hits his one of his heads on something and knocks himself out. So we played the odds and won there.”

Though Mayemi failed to score on that drive, knocking Malvolio and later three more rats out of the game paid off in the long run. Macbeth III put the Ratbags up 1-0 early in the second half, but with only 7 rats left on the pitch, the Nereid-fins were able to get the tying score and milk the remainder of the clock to earn the 1-1 tie.

Norse-men and Speedos Don’t Mix

The next match was more one-sided, mainly because of the Nereid-fins’ homefield advantage. With temperatures in the 100s and humidity off the charts in Mayemi, the Nereid-fins forced the visiting Norse squad to position themselves on the unshaded sideline in Hard Gem Stadium. As a result, the Norsca team—more used to playing in freezing conditions—stripped off much of their armor early in the game.


The Mayemi heat and humidity forced the Krakens to make some questionable fashion decisions

The lack of protection led to 6 of the Krakens being knocked out of the game, as the Nereid-fins racked up 4 casualties. They were led by line-elf Amanyul Agbyr who had a game high 2 casualties on the day, and the numbers advantage helped Mayemi keep the Krakens out of the end zone while scoring two TDs on 42 yards rushing.

Number 2 Doesn’t Always Stink

Now in second place in the Warpstone Division, Mayemi looks to keep the momentum going and fight for a playoff spot in the next few games. They’ll get a boost toward that goal from newly recruited thrower Danyla Marynthrow, who was just added to the active roster. The daughter of legendary Danryth Marynthrow, whose legendary quick release was so fast it distorted space and time and enabled his receivers to catch his passes before he even through them, has a lot to live up to, but Coach McDenial says she’s ready for the task.

“I haven’t seen her throw the ball yet, but she’s the spitting image of her dad, so I think we’ve got a real weapon here,” he said. “I mean, looking like that, if she can’t throw the ball … or have some sort of secret talent, gods help the poor girl.”


New Nereid-fin thrower Danyla Marynthrow definitely has her father’s face—all of Mayemi hopes she also has his arm