(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/6530/storypost.jpg)<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Combat - Round One Results</span></strong><br/><br/><strong>Round One</strong><br/>Soldier #1 (20): On the ground, dying. (-1 hp)<br/>Alfreic (13): Attacks S2; 12 dmg to S2<br/>Woman (5): Begins to scream as she crawls backwards on the damp ground<br/>Soldier #2 (4): Swings wildly at Alfreic, before falling prone; 4 dmg to Alfreic<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Alfreic came forward, striking the hefty man before he could react. The soldier was large and hulking, but hardly agile. He brought his sword up to deflect Alfreic's blow much too early, and all of Alfriec's strength brought the sharp blade down into the biceps of the man's left arm. The strike severed his appendage right off!<br/><br/>"My fucking arm," he screamed, driving the woman by the campfire into a craze. "You fucking cut my arm off, you bastard," he screamed, rushing forward and flinging his remaining arm at Alfreic. The blade connected slicing across Alfriec's hip and drawing blood of its own.<br/><br/>The man stumbled after his lunge, however, and he went crashing to the ground at Alfreic's feet. "Please," he begged, trying to turn over and prop himself up. "Please don't kill me. Please," he said again, exhausted, as he dropped his sword and cradled the stump Alfreic left behind. When he looked up again, Alfreic could see the brand of the two-headed hawk on the soldier's forehead...the mark of Vlad Drakov, Falkovnia's tyrant ruler.<br/><br/>From near the campfire, the distressed woman finally stopped screaming. "Thank you," she cried out. "You saved me from those awful, horrible men. They did...such awful things...thank you!" She began to sob gratefully, still kneeling on the ground.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>Round Two</strong><br/>Soldier #1 (20): On the ground, dying. (-2 hp)<br/>Alfreic (13): ?<br/>Woman (5): Sobbing on the ground near the camfire<br/>Soldier #2 (4): Falls incapacitated, dying (-1 hp)<br/><br/><hr/><br/>(http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/2896/avonleigh7alfreicwoodsr.png)<br/><br/>(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/6530/storypost.jpg)