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Llud against Alxanda
In the hall before a local shaman, Alxanda and Nara stood. Alxanda had a look of triumph upon his face while Nara only had a mixed look of disgust and sorrow upon hers. La Na Buffoon Ar was here and the two would be married.
"We come here today in the sight of the almighty Spirits to join these two together in holy matrimony." Said the Shaman.
And he needn't go any further as Llud walked into the hall from the upper floor with an axe in hand. It was then that he spoke.
"Good morning, Chieftain Alxanda." Greeted Llud.
Surprised by the sudden voice, the Shaman looked behind him and stepped aside in shock. He then left, rather than witness the fighting that was to happen.
To say Alxanda was angry would have been to put things lightly. He was actually a raging volcano, so much so that instead of having the men he had on hand attack Llud he did so himself with a flail.
Axe against flail. On Third Earth the axe was a weapon of Evabon invention while the flail was a weapon of Labinnac invention. It seemed fitting that while the combatants were two Evabon, he that wielded the flail was one who was perfectly willing to pay Labinnac to do his dirty work.
Llud and Alxanda were both equal in build. The former was twenty-six years younger and the latter was twenty-six years meaner. Either combatant could have come out as the victor.
Yet neither opponent was equal in weaponry. The axe Llud had was old and rusted while Alxanda's mace was new and without rust. A weapon was not a person and thus would not have anything to put it on an equal footing. So it was the Llud's axe eventually broke and he was forced to avoid Alxanda's attacks.
Thankfully, there was something interfering with Alxanda. A clamor from outside that had brought his men in the hall, one of them Petir, outside to investigate.
Eventually, Alxanda had corned Llud only for Nara to bring a dagger she had snatched from one of the warriors down into Alxanda's right shoulder. In retaliation Alxanda threw his flail aside and placed his hands around Nara's throat and forced her down onto the table. He would have killed her had he not felt the cold metal of the sword Llud had left in the middle of the hall go into his side and strike his lungs.
Pulling the sword away, Llud watched as Alxanda released Nara and stumbled towards to the entrance of the hall. Once outside Alxanda found his men dead, Petir included, and Evabon costumed as mummers, behemoths and buffoons. But it was Xaxez costumed as the Chief of Misrule that truly placed fear into the dying Alxanda.
With a big smile, Xaxez raised his arms in welcome and happily said to Alxanda "Welcome to the pit!"
Alxanda did not burst into a rage or start trembling in fear. The last thing he ever did was scream in horror before falling down the steps of the hall.