“The Horde scuttled onto the field after winning the toss, noses twitching and claws twitching in readiness to slice into Dwarf-flesh.

Down to ten players, The Bubonic Horde would always face an uphill battle against the dwarvish scum they faced, knowing that though the stunties were also down a player, it would be a matter of using their natural speed against the enemy.

Today would either be make or break the Horde. Only the Horned Rat knew what was to come...

The kick was a bad one by the stunties with the ball landing directly next to Lurgy Shuffleguts one of the Horde's speedy Gutter Runners on the right flank. But Lurgy knew it was not his destiny to be throwing any balls. Only catching after a long sprint down the field.
The slavering Storm Vermin with assistance from some rear-guard linemen, surgically opened up a gap for Lurgy to spear through the centre of the field with only a few deft dodges needed. He was soon accompanied by the left flank Runner, Rag Toothsharpener who, with some equally skillful dodges, found himself running furiously upfield a few paces from Lurgy.

After an unfortunate series of fumbles (accompanied by furious screams from Horde fans) saw Groggy Halfwhisker, with the help of a timely block from Lineman Trekski the Rathound, dive through the arms of a charging dwarf Runner to pick up the ball and throw a huge long bomb of a pass straight into the waiting claws of Lurgy who had moments before easily evaded his pursuers and made it to the line.

Touchdown!

Indeed the sacrifice and subsequent consumption of the virginal wood elf maiden had inspired the Bubonic Horde to score within moments of the kickoff!

Alas! The Horned Rat ceased to smile upon the Horde from the very next kickoff. A strong push from the stunties saw a huge hit by Ttroll Slayer, Dorn Bladebite send lineman Twitch Snipsnort taking a long nap in the Badly Injured box for the rest of the match.
The list of torn and wounded for the Horde mounted. Key thrower for the team, Groggy Halfwhisker was destined to sit the rest of the game out with concussion. Trekski the Rathound, Murgle of Sewerdeep and, most tragically, the heroe, Lurgy Shuffleguts was seriously injured by a fluke hit from the diminuative dwarf Runner Gordrivvor. Lurgy will carry a limp for the rest of his career...a tragedy indeed that has reduced the once ligntning fast Gutter Runner to the ranks of mere human or elf speeds.

Thunder Blessing took full advantage of these injuries and proceeded to push strongly through the middle of a weakened Horde defence to score their first running touchdown.

The second half saw the Horde only able to field a team of six players. Surely the points would roll in for the stunties now??

Not while a whisker still quivered on a single nose, or the Horned Rat still breathed words of crepulant horror in the ears of the unbelieving!

A series of probing thrusts from the stunties were held off and a briliant burst of speed by Storm Vermin Meaty Scatterfeet saw him pick up the ball mere yards from the stunty touch line. He Who Infests was not smiling upon poor Meaty that day and his moment of triumph was snatched from him as he met the unyielding form of the aptly named, dwarf blitzer, Balwin Stoneshield who repelled Meaty's blitz move to knock the skaven upon his nose, thus making him drop the ball...

No mistakes were made by stunties this time. The ball was picked up and progressed inexorably down the field surrounded by a bunch of stumpy figures. The ball crossed the line despite a heroic last-ditch blitz by the ever-fast Rag Toothsharpener.

The game ended at 2-1 to Thunder Blessing though the dwarves went home that evening knowing that even six Skaven driven by the wrath of the Horned Rat are a force to be reckoned with!




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