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Team forgets morals; fouls way to victory

 
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."