Semifinal Round

Harald, Themistoclea, Richard son of Odo, and Evelake.

All four were given boxes with magical seals on them from the far east. Miss Lau says there seals are not to be broken, ever, by anyone. Should all four be sundered something really really bad will happen. How better to protect them than to find the four toughest folks in the West, and give one to each?

Also, this is the only round where you know who you fight ahead of time. The parings:

Themistoclea v. Evelake

Harald v. Richard

Who will fight in the final? Let's all cheer on Themistoclea!!

Cheer we did, but to no avail. In a close fight Themistoclea wails on Evelake until he gets tired of it and Power Word Stuns her. Two rounds later she's out cold and still stunned. Lame.

In a better fight Harald and Richard go toe to toe, straight up fighter style. Richard unleashes his badass shield lion, but Harald wins initiative when it counts and takes Richard down while at low single digits.