The Wrestler 2

The Wrestler 2 is an encounter in Children of the Dragon-Rider.
==Enemies==
* Royal Guardsman (1410 Gold, 176/178 XP, 110 Energy, 7/8/9 HP)
* Royal Crossbowman (1495 Gold, 184 XP, 115 Energy, 7/8/9 HP)
==Transcript==
===Introduction===
"Bloody good bit of beer, this!" Hugh demonstrates his appreciation with a long quaff.
You, Edwin, Hugh, and Rakshara are sat around a table in the farmhouse, discussing beer whilst discussing beer.
"I made it myself," Edwin says.
"You're taking the sodding piss! You made this? You should open a bleeding pub!"
"I did," Edwin says. "The Front Canary. I bought it with the gold I won wrestling."
The dark look in his eyes invites the question, so you venture it.
"What happened?"
"Crenus' whoresons!" He turns his head and spits. The blob of saliva splashes on the stone floor. "They came barging in, bastards and bitches who'd spent the day rounding up conscripts, and they thought they'd get to drink my beer."
"Bloody gold dragons... No blooming respect."
"I told them to get out. When they didn't, I tossed them around like the sacks of crap they were. Put one of them through a table." He drains his tankard and brings it down with a thud. "I had to get out of town, before they could come back with more of their filth and hang me."
He glowers, and you decide to change the subject before he throws the table through the wall.
"How'd you meet Roderick?"
"Roderick..." Just like all others, his mood changes as soon as he starts talking about his friend and leader. "I saw him on the road, being attacked by two men."
"Were they bandits?" Rakshara asks.
"Worse. Bounty hunters. They knew he was a wanted man, and were going to hand him over to the executioner for the king's blood money. Bastards... The conscripts you can understand. They're just cowards who're too scared to do what's right. But the bounty hunters? I'd break all their spines if I could."
He refills his tankard from the pitcher and takes a big gulp.
"Roderick was fighting like Terracles, like Tyranthius! Like... Like the Dragon-Rider! He just had his pitchfork, and they had swords. But he was giving them all they could handle. They I came along and smashed their heads open on the ground."
===Conclusion===
A quarrel zipped towards Rakshara. Whether through skillful accuracy or the croosbowman's good fortune, it went straight for her heart. She swatted it aside with her shield.
The soldier blanched. He looked right and left, but his comrades were all locked in battle, oblivious to his plight. He struggled with the crossbow's string. Just a little further...
He gave a little cry of delight when it locked into place, ready to fire another bolt. Then he looked up, into a grim orange face. And Rogar's Dream cleaved his head from his shoulder.
Category:Children of the Dragon-Rider