“The Archers of Avelon were in complete disarray. Their home stadium had been cursed by chaos and they had been losing games. Worse, their captain, Revwe Larereta had ceased to provide the leadership they needed. Since her near death experience several games earlier, she had become despondent. On the field she normally played like her old self, but off the field she was unrecognizable. Gone was the attitude of arrogance and the compulsion to guide the squad through difficult times. If a decision was to be made she deferred to Nienna or even more uncharacteristically to Kondor.

That was the situation when Kondor found a match against one of the most infamous vampire teams in the Fumbbl Confederation. When a Nurgle squad canceled a match due to an unforeseen breakout of cleansing Never Date Before First Bite had an unexpected opening on their busy calendar. Coincidentally, Kondor’s petition for a match arrived the same day as the cancelation was announced.

Thus the Archers of Avelon traveled to Bloody Falls and stepped onto the pitch and fell flat on their faces. From the opening kickoff it was clear that there was no game plan. At least there was no plan to win the game. It turned out that the Archers had decided to take a shot at Fumbbl fouling badges. The plan was to foul as often as possible with the most prominent player on the pitch. Revwe fouled twice before the ref tossed her out. Nienna fouled two more times before the ref threw her from the match. The goal was to register 16 fouls but it all came unraveled when they hit a stretch where they could not even knock down a thrall. By the time they realized their plan had been thwarted, the two best players were in the penalty box and the chance of winning was gone.

There was a chance to steal the ball and tie it late in the game but the Archers simply did not have the elf power available to seal the deal. This was largely due to the fact that while the elves had opened the game by fouling, they were unable to penetrate vampire armor while the vampires scored five casualties.

When the game came to a close, Kondor crossed the field to congratulate Coach Crook for a good win. He hoped that Crook would be willing to give the Archers a shot at redemption at some point. After all, the Archers existed to prove that High Elves are superior to all other races in the Old World.
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