I have no idea what brought me to the open training day, in the middle of a muddy cabbage patch, in a village 200miles from Altdorf. The Duchies where looking for some new players, was was in town unemployed,well except from the odd, ERM shall we say entrepreneurial ventures, and thought why not give it a go. Bloodbowl has got to better paid than loan collector, although everybody knows its danger money. The collections job has got me in physically good shape, chasing down skaven bad debtors, fist fighting over a few gold crowns, putting my shoulder into doors and generally learning to hold my own and take my percentage of monies collected.

Coach Blacque stated he was on the lookout for new lineman as a few including himself have had to recently retired from the game. Gomz, Neumann and Lemieux recent all down with horrible niggles. Limieux in an operation with the Apothecary, had to have part of his leg shortened, slowing him down and making a dead weight for the team to carry. With his bounty he earned through his short 7 game career he has bought a pub in Altdorf called 'The Side Step'. When ever you in town mention his career and he'll be sure to put a couple of pint of Norska Ale on the house.

Training camp went well for me, firstly there was bag hitting, driving you shoulder into the centre of the bag, then your elbow, then anything, 'just to do anything to stop your opponent' Coach Blacque screamed. Then came mobility sprints in full Bloodbowl armour, sit ups, burpess, press ups with someone on your back. Thank Nuffle I didn't have that Ogre, But sat on me, the fat barsteward. Then after that, fight training, anything goes, this is me in my element, thumbs in the eye, knee to the groin, fish hooking, elbow across the jaw, stamping on feet, the other hope fulls I sparred against didn't stand a chance. I'd made it on the team.

“More meat for the blender” Casimir Schlueter the star Blitzer said mockingly, “Why do Linesmen do it”
“Don't you worry friend” the reassuring hand on my shoulder was from Linesman Travis Persheux “Blitzers are all mouth and no trousers, anyway we have all right this season out of the original 4 Linesman that started the season there are 2 of us left”

50%, good odds in anyone's book.