Duel:Belphesius v Umunari
Duel Info
- Judges: Ryeanna, Thea, Azakeal
- Stakes: OOCFC Round 1 Advancement
- Assigned Duel Details: Avian Paladins, who view one another as heratics. 1 blessed, intelligent weapon, and 2 magical items
- Rd/time: 3rds / 15 min
- Date: 07/21/2012
- Venue: Ancient Tower
- Decision: Belphesius
Venue
Ancient Tower
In front of you is an impossibly tall tower. It stretches so far into the heavens the pinnacle is not visible. The tower does not seem to be fashioned to exacting standards of the other buildings and retains a rough weathered look and is evidently quite ancient. It is made from some kind of sandstone and is etched with what appears to be billions of tiny inscriptions of an ever increasingly intricate design, starring at the inscriptions too hard could cause somebody to go cross eyed or at least get dizzy. There appears to be no entrance to the tower and the area surrounding it shows signs of neglect, including a crumbled wall and out of control shrubs. This area appears to be both ancient and out of use, possibly it's function is long since forgotten.
Belphesius vs Umunari
Belphesius paces into the aged venue, glancing once at the massive stone structure before his gaze falls back down to the accursed Avian before him, a filth of the worst variety, an oathbreaker, betrayer of their holy order. A snarl passes over his lips, these emotions of anger toward opponents didn't often grace the paladin, but this was personal, this damnable foe had defiled the name of their god and must pay. No words of taunting or denigration are offered toward his opponent, merely a rapid leap to action. Whispers from his holy implement invade Belphesius mind, filling him with a holy fervor to smite this unholy Avian as quiet prayers cause a rapid blessing to enshroud his trusty spear, the full length of its shaft now covered in the ruby glow of holy fire as he sprints toward his foe. Feet pumping with reckless abandon against the firm ground beneath as he nears Umunari's form. Just prior to a sudden leap, the massive wings spread outward and sweep down with a mighty <flap>, sending a thick obscuring cloud of dust into the air, hopefully blinding his opponent as Belphesius launches his form over Umunari's body, thrusting the trusty spear down at the Avian below. The enchanted tip seeks to penetrate Umunari's chest from above, precision aim targeting the sensitive flesh near his clavicle whilst the holy fire simultaneously rushes forth from the weapon, cascading downward with a cone-like pillar of fiery judgment about his foe.
Umunari 's falls upon the Avian as he steps into the area, brow lower into a glares as she grinds her teeth in anger. The male had proven untrust worthy and must be dealt with. Within her right, the paladin wields her spear, cupped beneath the arm and stand straight up to where it's tip point to the sky. With her left the paladin holds her shield, bringing it to the ready as the traitor makes his way in. She makes sign of faltering as the male makes his charge, and turn her form toward her left with the shield extended out before her. She grits her teeth and dust stings her eye, blinding her slightly as the male takes to the sky. The warth of the flames above clue her in to the male's true attack. And though slightly blinded, she is able to make out the paladin's frame but the blurry glow of the fire. Quickly she lifts her shield and the spear slams into the surface with a powerful enough impact to force the woman to kneel. Flames pour from the edges of the shield, burning the avain's wings. The pain is ignored for now, and the paladin would spread her wings as well. From her kneeling position, she push up, leaping a might flap of her smoking wings. Her first action from this would be to send her shield in a upward swipe, aiming to smash the edge upon the male's chin, or simply throw him off. For then, the paladin thrust her spear out before her, sending what she hopes is a killing blow straight for the traitor's throat, seeking to impale him through the neck
Belphesius feels the sudden shock to his wielding hand as the spear meets shield with a concussive <thud>, altering the intended gracefulness of his wing-aided leap. His arc modified, he begins a shifted descent, falling to the side just as Umunari's form emerges from the smoky torrent of flame below. The shield-blow misses its intended target, though slams him firmly in the chest, knocking him unceremoniously backward onto the unyielding ground below. His falling motion sends him mostly out of range from a full penetration of Umunari's spear thrust, though its tip still grazes his chest as he attempts to squirm away from the attack. A thin trail of sanguine vitae drips from the wound as he scowls and backpedals onto his feet. Two powerful flaps send him rapidly airborne as he takes fully to the skies, taking flight on a course around the perimeter of the tower, and hopefully unseen for a brief moment before he emerges around the other side with his intended attack fully at the ready. The amulet about Belphesius neck is grasped midflight with his off-hand as he quietly activates the magical powers within, a bright flash emerges from implement as the Avian clamps his eyes shut. The blinding flash hopefully providing him with an ample opportunity to launch a successfull attack of opportunity on the airborne foe. The spear is swung in a large arc with the full compliment of Belphesius avian frame with the tip set on severing his opponents supple throat. Continuing his assault, he resets the implement into a horizontal position and thrusts forth with a targeted strike at the wielding arm side of Umunari's chest.
Umunari 's eyes follow the male as he takes flight. With her own wings being so damaged by fire, the pain of taking to the air would be too great of a stress just flap. No, she stays grounded, keeping her defensive stance as she watches the paladin vanish behind the tower. Unless he was running away, she knew he'd appear again, and she'd be ready. And once the male is seen again, the paladin charges forward on the ground, ready to meet him head on. She does however halt her movements as the flash of light removes her sight completely, and replaces it with a screen of white. She can't see anything, but her ears work very much still. And using her best judgement of where she last spotted the male and the path he was moving in, the woman readies herself. She lifts her shield before her, holding her spear horizontally at her side. She listens from the sound of air rushing of large wings to time her movement right. She extends her shield, the male's spear head scraps across the surface as she turns it slightly to cause the weapon to veer off to her side. She then thrust her spear yet again, sending it on a path toward the male's wings, seeking to disable his ability to fly by impale it through the muscle.
Belphesius curses under his breath as his weapon once again fails to meet flesh and finds only shield on its course. Momentum carrying the Avian into a rapid descent just to Umunari's off-hand flank, Belphesius' eyes grow wide as his opponent's spear makes a railing assault toward his left wing. Leaning back as he supports his weight with the butt of his spear, the avian attempts to successfully twist his way away from the damnable implement. While his motions save the wings from permanent disability, the opponent's weapon still finds mark in a less flesh portion of Belphesius' right wing. A scream of torment emerges from the paladin as his weakened and distracted mind allows the intelligent weapon to take full control over his consciousness; eyes rapidly altering from a sapphire blue to an opalescent hue which almost glows with radiant light. Filled with the holy rage of retribution, Belphesius lowers his shoulder and thrusts forward at his foe's solar plexus, strength enhanced by the intrusive essence that occupies his holy spear. A shout of anger and pain accompanies the two pronged blow as he takes his spear within both hands like a bo staff, thrusting the butt up toward Umunari's nose before twisting to slice downward in a vicious blow toward his adversary's abdomen
Umunari cannot mistake the feel of her spear hitting flesh, or the sound of pain that comes from the paladin. Still blinded, first by the dust and now by a flash of light, the woman has no choice but to throw her spear to the ground and use her hand to rub her eyes. This helps a little, but not much as her vision is doubled and extremely burred. The male's attacks can barely be seen, and the first comes so quick she was not able to mount fast enough. Though instinctively the steps back, turning her body toward it's side, does save her life. She however was not able to stop the spear from ripping a gash from her breast to her shoulder, and to where it snags he wing. Blood quickly oozes from the wound, but she cannot stop. Being thrown into a back peddling stride, the woman takes the straps of her shield in both hands, first knocking away the upward strike by swing the shield toward the spear's side as it come up. She then kneels, raising the shield above her head as the male's weapon comes down. The shield would catch it to where the she come slide the shield down the staff of the weapon from beneath. And in fact that is just what she does, aiming the edge of the shield to hopefully slam into the male's chest seeking to fracture rib cage. From here the edge of the weapon is turned upward, she swung in the fashion to seek out the jaw of the male, looking the impact with bone crush force.
Belphesius abandons his weak-hand grip upon the staff as he witnesses the Paladin's shield coming full force toward his chest, throwing up his forearm as the sudden shout activates his defensive bracer. A shimmering disk-like field of arcane forces suddenly formulates from the bracer, held outward to intercept Umunari's descending shield as it rushes toward Belphesius chest. Slamming down upon his impromptu shield, the force knocks Belphesius down onto one knee, though his scintillating shield allows far greater visibility of oncoming attacks than Umunari's more traditional defensive implement as he witnesses the shield swinging outward toward his jaw. Lifting it up with mere moment to brace for impact, the Avian drops his weapon and braces for impact as the arcane shield is contacted once more by Umunari's shield, thus knocking him back into a backpedaling fall which finally topples him onto his back. The painful wound previously inflicted on his wing causes gritting of teeth as a wince emerges upon Belphesius visage as his full weight lands upon the injured wing. Struggling to regain his footing, he once more takes a stance and readies himself for combat.
Autohit
Belphesius lunges forward to regain his previously discarded weapon, taking it up into his skillful grasp as he struggles through the pain. Pacing with sidesteps around his opponent with careful staking movement, the Avian looks for any potential weaknesses or openings within Umunari's defense. Eyes still radiating with the holy strength of his enchanted spear he notes the tiring shield arm of his paladin foe, slightly shaking under the implement's load and stresses of battle. Feigning a strike at his opponent's already damaged midsection, he knows the Avian will likely move to defend the weakened area; at the last moment his movements are redirected toward Umunari's face, the butt of his weapon finally meeting its mark upon Umunari in the nose. Blood begins to trail down from the paladin's nostrils, eyes tearing naturally in response to the broken nose as Belphesius stands over his opponent. "You are not worthy of our God... in the name of the Church I banish you from the Order and sentence you to a life silent of his divine whispers."