The party awoke on Day 3 to see the match-ups had been posted for that day. Auric’s Warband was scheduled to fight Draconic Brood in the first match at 10:00 am. Drunken Devilry was scheduled to fight One of Us in the second match at noon. And lastly, Iron Fist was scheduled to fight Pitch Blade at 2:00 pm.
The party also learned that due to there being three victors at the end of Day 3’s matches, two of them will pair off for a semi-final match, while the third will battle some form of exotic beast. If the team battling the beast prevails, there will be a final match against the victor of the semi-final match. Conversely, if the team battling the beast loses, the winner of the Champions’ Games will be the victor of the semi-final match.
As expected, Auric’s Warband defeated Draconic Brood. In a surprise turn of events, Drunken Devilry was eliminated by disqualification leaving One of Us as the victor.
The group had to face Pitch Blade which consisted of a pair of angry dwarves. As the match started, the two dwarves each drank a potion and were able to run on air. Donnor pleased the crowd by casting his Righteous Might spell, while Eligos began casting both fire and ice spells. Unfortunately, Barnin wasn’t very effective for his part as he wasn’t able to reach the dwarves except for an occational swat at a boot. But that didn’t stop the team from pulling out another victory behind Eligos’s magic, and Donnor’s flurry of blows.
It was apparent that Loris Raknian was surprised and maybe even a bit angered, that Pitch Blade did not prevail. It has become evident that Raknian is hoping that one of the gladiatorial teams will bring down our party and save him from doing the dirty work himself. The party, obviously, hopes to see otherwise, and is praying that Raknian will make some misstep along the way.