Known for carrying the banner for "clean, forthright play", the Lothloren Lawyers showed a
disheartening lack of ethics as they attacked prone players three times in order to win their third
straight case.
The most successful of the miscreant players, Part Five, provided this rationalization, "The
first time, we had to foul that assassin. He was right next to the ball carrier, and there was
nothing we could do about it. Had the refs been doing their jobs, he would have been thrown out by
halftime. That second time, our fans had just taken out that blind ref, and we were down by two
players, so we had to take advantage of that rare opportunity. The third time... well, I guess we
just had a bit of momentum built up, didn't we?"
Allogations that the foul tendencies of their previous Skaven opponent had rubbed off, or
rather, infested the team were declared "ludicrous" by team caption, Sentence Seven. Further, he
went on to state the following:
"All of us realize how underhanded tactics leave us vulnerable to appeal. Besides, had it been
flagrant, we would have been thrown off the case immediately. The fact that we weren't caught
proves that we were in the right."
The Lothloren Ethics Committee saw things differently. The team was called to replay the
situation before the board immediatly following the match. Over thirty thousand fans stayed on in
order to observe the proceedings. About the outcome, Lawyer's Head Prosecuter had this to say, "I
knew we would be exonerated. Not because we were particularly innocent, but because we had spent
all week working on every aspect of this case. The extra training we invested in paid off, and we
managed to recoup an extra 40,000 gold to boot. I have no regrets."
The fans in the audience, although happy to shell out additional monies to observe the demo
game, were not as enthusiastic about the team as in games past. Perhaps they saw something the
Ethics Committee judges didn't, because fan factor failed to increase.
A deeper impact was felt on the morale of the team. Their most skilled player, Section Three,
has gone on a developmental strike in protest of their new courtroom strategy."Oh, I won't quit
the team, but if they expect me to bust my hump picking up any new skills, they can forget it. I
can't give 100%, so they might as well consider me peaked."
Game recap:
50,000 winnings + 40,000 demo game income
no fan factor increase
Section Three learns Dodge skill, and is Peaked.
Volume One learns to Block, Stand Firm
Phrase Eight becomes Dauntless
Purchased RR with Extra Training (50K cost)
Purchased Gallows (rookie treeman).
Coach's commentary:
"The docket has us up against the Chaos Dwarfs next week. Hooo boy, I hope we can find a spare
healing scroll somewhere."
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