“Dear Vanyar,

It pains me to bring ill tidings to you one again.

The unfortunate encounter ended 3 – 2 in their favour, a repeat of our previous performance which only adds to our shame.

We relay no word of a lie however when we say that fortune favours these menfolk.

Their quest for wanton destruction and carnage, the likes of which no other being either alive or dead in the Freeworld exhibits, allowed us to easily lead the game 2 – 0 before the first half after a lengthy stall. We were however forced to score giving them the minimum time these menfolk would require to reply before the first half ended, sadly they did, 2 – 1.

When it was their time to receive in the second half they again neglected the ball, taking unnecessary chances and ill positions to better aid their blocking prowess, ultimately they stretched a man too far and he fell. We secured the ball but were regrettably taken down soon after by one of the powerful blitzers.

Fearful of going down 3 – 1 they immediately gave the ball to their Leader and General, a huge beast of man named Bâr-Adrahil, and it is fortunate indeed that he is so string – for seemingly he carries the whole of the team.

Nonetheless, I personally had trained for this very occasion and would not be daunted by the task at hand. Despite however striking him on three occasions, aided by others to help overpower him, he would not topple, and worse of all even proved himself a more than capable dodger... an unstoppable object indeed! 2 – 2.

However, with almost a full quarter remaining, and despite short of troops, we were confident to win this contest. Then as we lined up to face them, they reacted too quickly for us, catching us off guard with a blitz… coupled with a deep kick and abandoned by all fortune - things looked dire.

We managed to wheel back and surround the ball, their greed for blood once more could have been their undoing as it allowed us to position more men around the ball and allowed a concerted effort in removing theirs… unfortunately our juvenile Lion Warrior prematurely hit the floor. After a day like this, Akallabeth had no problem removing the remaining Elves from the ball, running to scoop it up and score with their General once again.

Now… a place amongst the Fellowship is out our hands, we can only hope that Akallabeth or the Deadmen fail in their own task and that we better prepare for ours.

Regards,
Torin

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Well played Borup.

That puts Borup 2 – 1 up on the games front, and if I’m not mistaken this game looked a lot like our previous one. The Blitz at the end was cruel, especially since I had no RRs and the ball was in my endzone, and my misclick to knock my own catcher down was just dumb, one allowed him to score the other surely cost me a draw if not the victory.

I took dauntless solely to handle his 5ST Blitzer, but sadly with two 2d attempts, and a third with failed dauntless, could not bring this monster down.

As my team improves however they seem more capable of standing up to these humans, I look forward to our next encounter which due to our union in the Two Towers may not be for a while.

A couple more skills and a much needed additional RR is a good start to getting just there.

Death to Bâr-Adrahil!!!
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