Gladiators: A Bloody Beginning(IC)

[Ursusbear]

While shooting the bow he was using he eventually formed a idea, the use of seraded arrows and poison in the arena.

So he walked up to the guards and asked if he could speak with Lucerita about using poison and serrated arrows in the arena witch would make it far more easier to kill someone especially in a drawn out fight with the poison and possibly end up killing mutch faster with serrated arrows.

[Lancearc]

Clennan nodded as she informed him of this, seeming to be only somewhat affected by the display. True, as the Celts performed similar 'ceremonies' to the failures and non-cooperative enemy soldiers that they weeded out within their tanks, and Clennan had needed to perform a few of these himself, back home. He followed as requested, back to her quarters.

[Whittington]

Lucretia entered her chambers and went to a wash basin near her bed. She dipped a cloth into the water, and washed the blood off her face. After cleaning up she turned to Clennan. " Apologies for display of anger. I do not take such matters likely, if she were to be caught stealing bread...then she would have gone without meals. However she saw hands to my fucking possessions. I only wish the Gods are kind to her in the afterlife." Lucretia walked toward a table in her room, and gave Clennan a club. "Here are the things you requested. I hope they are to your liking."

[Lancearc]

Clennan took the rightfully heavy weapon in his hands, raising it over his head to test the weight of the simple object that he would choose to arm himself with. It seemed close enough to what he would use if he were still fighting the Romans. The bulky iron band that was wrapped about the top of the dense wooden mast seemed to be in order too. He nodded with approval as he lowered the weapon. "It's not perfect, but it will do." he finally announced.

[Whittington]

"Very well, these will be yours to use, and yours alone. They will be kept in the armory when not in use. As for your brother...he will rejoin you in due time. " Lucretia said. She went to a table and grabbed the document she had also promised the Celts. "Here is promised document. Read over and see that my words hold meaning." Lucretia said as she handed the paper over to Clennan."

[Whittington]

House of Verinius, one month after arrival of gladiators

Lucretia, dressed in her finest robes, gold jewelry and signature red wig walked onto the balcony to greet her gladiators. A rival house, The House of Letea has challenged Lucretia's gladiators to a skirmish, that would see much coin to the victor and raise winning house to greater standing. The gladiators have trained non stop since their arrival, gaining strength and skill. Lucretia called down to her gladiators below. " The Gods have blessed us this day !! Today you shall see long awaited blood and earn your place among champions in the arena. You all have proven yourselves, and have exceeded my expectations. Today you will bring honor to yourselves and to your house. Your swords will collide with the skulls of the lesser gladiators from the House of Letea, who dare challenge you. After the fights, you will be met with much earned coin, wine, food and any other pleasures you desire. May the God's bless you with their strength as you fight for The House of Verinius !!"

Venturi Arena

Lucretia entered the Magistrate's box that looked down upon the arena below, with Legate Atius, Cassius Lividicus and Howell in tow. She walked up to Marccus Letea. " It seems today we shall see who the God's favor." Marccus took Lucretia's hand into his. "Oh Lucretia, your gladiators will offer much awaited blood and spectacle to the crowds." He said with a smirk. Lucretia removed her hand from his. "We shall see Marccus." Lucretia said as she took the one of the center seats along him. After gladiators from both houses were in the arena, the Magistrate raised from his seat and addressed the awaiting crowd. " People of Venturi !! Today you will bear witness to fall of a house, and the rise of another. The House of Letea has challenged The House of Verinius to a test of honor and strength. In a month's time Lucretia Verinius has restored her families ludus to it's former glory, and promises the people of this great city, their new champions!! However Marccus Letea's gladiators hold current title. We shall see if title is stricken from hands, or if title remains with The House of Letea. Now...let the games begin !!" With that, the crowd roared with cheer and applause as the gladiators took their place upon the sands, glaring at each other...waiting for the first blow.

[Ursusbear]

Seigfried stood off to the side and aimed his bow at a gladiator armed with a Gladius and who also did not see Seigfried and after he believed him self to be dialed in for a perfect shot to the chest or lower neck. And at the right moment he launched the arrow and watched as it flew and then as his heart started racing when the opposing gladiator was in the picture and then suddenly he saw the squirting of blood coming from the opposing gladiator as it hit right below his neck and the gladiator fell to the ground stone cold dead.

[Lancearc]

Clennan savored the moment that they were allowed to charge across the sand beneath their feet to meet the enemy opposite of them. Raising the Celtic club to his shoulder and charging towards the opposing group with a cry seemed all to natural to him, allowing himself to believe that he and his brother hadn't been captured at all. Eventually the two great masses met in the center of the circular arena, the first opponent that attempted to engage Clennan, a man without a shield, soon regretted that decision as Clennan brought down the heavy weapon with enough force to push through the last-second block with the sword the man weilded and cave in the enemy's skull.

Soon after, another man with an axe ran towards him, this one swinging first--forcing Clennan to duck the blow and come back with a swing of his own, dodged by the opponent.

[Galdius]

Ursula began charging towards the fast approaching enemy, screaming an old Celtic war cry before attacking her first opponent, it was a small gladiator armed with nothing more than a spear, Ursula quickly dispatched her first foe, quickly slicing his neck with her Gladius, as she went to face her next opponent, her left arm was hit with an arrow, forcing her to drop one of her weapons, two opponents began to charge her, she was in trouble if no one backed her up. "Brothers, Help!" she shouted as she prepared for the next battle.

[Treko]

Adalwin twirled his gladius in his right hand and felt the weight of it before he gripped the straps of his shield with his left hand. The cassis crista that sat atop his head was weighted but not heavy enough to cause problems in battle, Adalwin was to busy sizing up most of the opposing gladiators in the arena before making a move. He noticed an opposing gladiator that almost matched his size and technique, "That man is mine." Adalwin said allowed to his team mates as he pointed his gladius at enemy gladiator. He then slowly circled around the arena until he was close enough to the opposing gladiator, "I will tear your heart from your chest!" Shouted Adalwin as he lunged towards the man with his gladius ready to thrust. With all his might, Adalwin thrust his gladius at the gladiator, but he deflected it with his tower shield and countered with a slash towards the face. Adalwin quickly parried the blow with his gladius before pushing the man back with his own tower shield, as the man regained his posture, Adalwin cut the mans upper torso. Blood splashed the ground but the man still stood and yelled in pain before charging at Adalwin, the man was blind with fury but he still would pose a challenge. As the man got closer, Adalwin rolled out of the way before quickly rising and charging at the man.

Smack, Adalwin felt the power of the man and quickly flew to the ground, as he rose the man lunged at him with his gladius. "Die!" Adalwin shouted in German as he kicked the man in the shin with his metal greave, dust and dirt flew up into the air as the gladiator hit the ground. As the dust and dirt created a veil, Adalwin quickly got up and awaited the gladiator, it wasn't long before he saw the man swinging wildly in his direction. As Adalwin neared the man he deflected a blow with his metal manica before getting cut diagonally across his mid torso. The cut was shallow which eased Adalwin's mind but the thought of pain only fueled Adalwin's anger. As he examine the gladiator one more time, Adalwin rushed forward and smashed the edge of his tower shield in the mans face. With a loud thud the man lay on the ground bleeding from his face, Adalwin smiled at the man, "I'll take your head instead." said Adalwin as he raised his gladius and quickly brought it down onto the mans neck. Blood gushed forth like a geyser but quickly subsided to a low flow, as the mans head rolled away, Adalwin stabbed his gladius into the ground before grabbing the head and raising it into the air.

As Adalwin expressed great excitement over his victory he saw Ursula call for help, with the mind set to help his brother, Adalwin through the head at the enemy before grabbing his gladius and running over to Ursula. "I'm here." said Adalwin as he slammed his tower shield into one of the opponents charging at Ursula.

[Ursusbear]

Seigfried noticed that Ursula had been hit by a arrow and was being charged by two large enemies, taking quick action he aimed the bow and dialed it in to hit one of them and when he felt he could hit sucsefully he released and watched as it glided into the stomach of one of the gladiators who was going to attack Ursla.

[Lancearc]

Clennan had taken a brief split second to glance away from his opponent and see who was calling out for help, and it appeared to be the Celtic woman that Howell had pointed out to him earlier in the market. However, another gladiator had already come to her aid, so he returned his attention to his opponent. The axe-weilder had managed to give the Celt a good gash on the arm when he'd looked away, causing him to lower his weapon slightly, but Clennan returned fire with a massive left hook to the man's uncovered face, sending him sprawling into the sand. Raising his club slowly, he dropped it onto the man's bare back, a satisfying snap indicating a devestated spinal cord as a result of the finishing strike.

[Lewina]

Medios faced the other gladiators. He had a little fear in him but he washed it all down once he looked down at himself. He had a large scutum, a galdius, a good amount of armor was on him, and two fascinas were attached to his shield. He charged in with the group and threw the two fascinas at the his opponents. One went right into one man's chest while the other got caught in a shield. He then got in a small fight with be of the nearby gladiators. After a while he had stabbed the man in the gut and moved on with a few scratches on his arm. He killed two more people and continued to fight hard.

He then noticed Ursula cry for help. Medios ran over dropped his shield and jumped onto one of the charging gladiators. He started punching and kicking the man while cursing a little. "DIE!" He shouted in Konie driving his galdius into the man's heart. The man gave a loud shout in pain before dying. Medios then got up grabbed his shield and stepped back towards Ursula.

"Are you okay?" He asked. The adrenaline in him was rushing, his heart was pumping hard, sweat dripped from his face, and his temples felt like exploding.

[Whittington]

Lucretia sat forward, smiling as she saw her gladiators bring death upon The House of Letea. Her gladiators were crushing their enemies, one by one, some teamed up together, doubling their efforts. The crowd roared with applause as the gladiators spilled blood upon the sand. Lucretia looked over at Marccus Letea, who's previous smirk had turned to angered face. "Oh Marrccus, your gladiators offer much awaited blood and spectacle to the crowd." She said, mimicking his earlier statement. She waved Howell towards her, and he brought her a cup of wine. "Howell...observe your brother during this fight. If he proves to be a champion, then you shall return to his side, and share in honored glory among with brothers and sister." Howell then moved back behind her, holding the wine jug as Lucretia sipped on the sweet wine, watching the battle unfold below.

[Lancearc]

Howell only nodded in response as he watched the battle. He was still utterly raging that she had chosen him to be a common slave instead of a gladiator, and the fact that she brought him here to watch his brother and others do battle whilst he held a jug wasn't doing much to help his reaction to his new post. Still, he maintained his outward facade of calm as he observed the conflict below.

[Lewina]

Medios noticed that everyone was standing around. So he gave out a large war cry and charged back Into the fight catching a rival gladiator by surprise. The gladiator turned around but Medios stabbed him in the gut. Blood spilled at Medios's feet. He grinned and stepped b
Ack letting the man fall. The rival gladiators numbers were low, only 13 of them remained. Medios continued fighting. He killed one more and got in a fight with another.

[Ursusbear]

Seigfried took down another enemy that was near bye and then ran over to the body and picked up his Gladius and the gladiator and dragged the body to the middle of the arena while keeping alert for anyone who could sneak up on him.


At the center using the fallen opponents Gladius in one clean motion cut the fallen gladiators head off, receiving a loud cheering from the crowd. But he wasn't done threw the head far up into the air and imeditaly prepared to shoot a arrow and in one clean motion released...........



As the head began to fall back down the arrow went into the head and was caught by Seigfried and with the arrow in hand lifted up the speared head with the arrow and received a almost ear defending cheer from the crowd.

[Lancearc]

Whilst the other man was wasting his time showing off, Clennan had taken it upon himself to engage one if the opposing gladiators that had attempted to sneak behind him. With a large overhand swing, the club snapped in half the spear shaft that the enemy had raised to attempt to defend himself. The Celt kicked the man down to his back, throwing the club down on his chest and obliterating the Nan's lungs and internal organs. "If you're done fucking around we have a battle to finish!" Clennan shouted angrily to the archer.

[Ursusbear]

Seigfrieds cockieness caught up on him when a arrow whizzed pass him and Siegfried quickly turned around, a gladius armed gladiator with a bow slung over his back and Siegfried charged the gladiator in return charged towards the gladiator and quickly there gladius's connected and the two battle neither sucsesfully hitting each other until Seigfried slashed the enemy gladiators knee and used the moment to push the gladiator into the ground.



With that he forced the helmet off the gladiator and smashed the enemy gladiators head into the dirt, before finnaly snapping the gladiators neck.


Seigfried let out a loud laugh as he was enjoying this, in fact he would probably be sad the day he would be set free. I mean killing for sport, now this was a nice gig.

[Treko]

After dispatching another gladiator via a gladius into his stomach he felt and sharp pain in his side which began to get repetitive. Adalwin swung around to see a small man had been stabbing him in the side with a short knife, "I crush you like an insect!" Roared Adalwin as he headbutted the man with his helmet before slicing off his arm in one fell swoop. The man screamed in pain but Adalwin was not finished, with rage on his mind, Adalwin dropped his tower shield and gladius before grabbing the man. As Adalwin grabbed the man he began to squirm, "Stop moving and accept death!" shouted Adalwin as he raised the main over his head. As the man squirmed in the air the crowd burst into a loud cheer, "Break him, break him, break him...." Adalwin smiled in joy as he brought the small mans back onto his thigh. A loud scream erupted from the man and a loud snap, as the man lay in pain, Adalwin picked up his tower shield and slammed it into the neck of the man before grabbing his gladius and heading off into more combat.

[Lewina]

Medios grabbed a smaller and weaker gladiator. He brought him to the side. He got the crowds attention by pushing the man onto his knees. He then kicked the man onto the ground and put his put his knees on top his arms. The man was pinned now and couldn't move although he was squirming a lot. Medios took out his gladius and placed it on the mans head. He lifted it up and stabbed the mans head, the man stopped squirming, he was dead. Medios slightly smiled as the crowd cheered him and the other gladiators on. He engaged a man who was charging him, after a while of slashing at him he finally cut the mans throat open. He then assisted his fellow gladiators in finishing off the rest of their opponents.

[Galdius]

As Ursula quickly ripped out the arrow from her arm, she caught a glimpse of a gladiator armed with a large gladius approaching medios from behind. "Greek!" Ursula shouted at the top of her voice in an attempt to alert him, she quickly started charging towards the gladiator whom was unaware of Ursulas charge and was knocked to the floor, Ursula quickly jabbed her blade into the gladiators neck, the light from his eyes slowly faded, Ursula quickly stood up and started helping the others kill the rest of them.

[Ursusbear]

Charging forward with a Gladius in hand towards another gladiator they fought for just a few seconds and then Siegfried got a hand full of sand and threw it into the enemy's eyes before Siegfried cut open the gladiators stomach open with a slash and left him there to bleed out for the entertainment of the crowds. The gladiator who was bleeding out was just laying there squirming hoping this would not be the end of it before Siegfried got a idea, he pinched sand from the ground and poured it into the wound to increase the pain suffered by his enemy.

[Lewina]

Medios looked behind him. The woman had killed a man who seemed to be charging him. "Thanks," he said nodding towards Ursula. The other houses gladiators were all dead. The crowd cheered as the few remaining ones were killed. "We did it," Medios muttered smiling. "I'm alive," he muttered again. He waved his sword in the air giving out a loud cry of happiness.

[Lancearc]

Clennan glanced about the now corpse-littered circle of sand, most of the ground now appearing to be a deep shade of crimson. He was looking to make sure none of the bodies were still twitching, ensuring clean kills. It seemed everything was finished as it should be. Not surprising, victory was not surprising to most Celts. He allowed himself to bask in the glory of this victory for now, though he knew that he would have to move on tomorrow.