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Wesen Scenario #1: Detroit Games

In a barely man-sized cage in an underground corridor beneath a dark and shady corner of Detroit, Michigan, sat Brian Randall. Brian was a Sagefisch, a sawshark-like Wesen, and three months prior, he had been chased and captured by a group of Lowen and thrust into the underground fighting ring of the Lowen Games. Brian was a generally kind fellow, a Wieder Sagefisch who reformed his ways after he brutally injured his wife during an outburst of aggression. He fought against the Lowen for some time, but began to succumb to his fate after they gave him hope of release if he won enough battles. His "owner" did not treat him poorly either, in fact, Brian was a prized fighter that had gained admiration after his first few fights; defeating three Blutbaden, a Schakal, and a Skalenzahne without receiving more than a shallow, yet bloody, gash.

Now, he sat, anticipating what he was told would be his most difficult battle yet. His "owner" was already in the battle arena, watching the current round. The current round was the "prey" round, where some of the more powerful warriors, usually individuals who drafted themselves in, were given weak Wesen, such as Mauzhertz or Eisbibers, to brutally slaughter to prepare for the real battle. Brian heard a tall, heavily latched door at the end of the dank corridor scrape open, and he heard the roar of the brutal crowd behind the heavy barrier. In the cage next to him, the captured Hollentier that had been sleeping for the past hour did not even stir. A tall and muscular Lowen opened Brian's cage and held his wrists behind his back, leading him to the arena. The room was still dark, but positively bright compared to the corridor and positively deafening from the cheering crowd composed of the utmost scum of the Wesen community. Brian was pushed agressively into the cage and his opponent also stepped in, the announcer said something over the microphone, but Brian could not hear it over the crowd. Some Lowen Games have their opponents use weapons like flails or swords and allow them to protect themselves with shields, this was not that kind of Games. These Games only allow the competing Wesen to use their special abilities, which is why Brian was chosen.

His opponent did not move toward him, but woged. His body grew larger, more muscular, and much more grey. Thick webbing was visible on his hands, but the most change occurred in his face. A pair of fleshy mandibles appeared on either side of his mouth as his head flattened slightly and the sides of his face "winged out". A long, thin "tail" sprouted from the back of his head and extended to his lower back. Brian knew that thin "tail" was tipped with a painful barb, because his opponent was a Teufelsrochen, a manta ray-like Wesen. In response to this, Brian also transformed into his true Sagefisch form. His skin became a lighter grey than his opponent and his head also "winged-out", but less severely. The front of his head became a flattened snout about a foot in length. This snout was fringed with sharpened and serrated teeth, evolved for slicing meat and bone. This fight would be quite interesting.

The Teufelsrochen made the first move, of course, and ran at Brian, grabbing and throwing him against the wall of the cage with surprising strength, that was their primary offense tactic, blunt and traumatic force. Brian was much stronger and more resilient than a human, so the impact did not affect him too badly. Brian got to his feet and aimed a powerful punch with a new-found fury. He hit the Teufelsrochen in the face and made him stumble slightly, but Brian knew his opponent was much stronger than him. The ray-man knocked Brian down again and he lost his woge. While he was down, his opponent struck him in the shoulder with his head-tail barb. The barb was poisonous, but the poison was far from being able to kill a human, let alone a Sagefisch, like that of a Stachelrochen (stingray-like Wesen). However, the barb was excruciatingy painful and Brian immediately woged again and lashed out with his serrated snout. He severed the Teufelsrochen's head-tail and was then splattered with blood as he began to hack away at his opponent's face, fueled by pain and primal instinct. The Teufelsrochen staggered back and the crowd cheered even louder as he cried out in agony. Brian lept forward and used his snout to totally sever his opponent's head. Brian soon after passed out, blinded by pain, as the Teufelsrochen reverted back to its human form in the throes of death.

Sagefisch (Ger. sawfish) - sawshark Wesen

Teufelsrochen (Ger. manta ray) - manta ray Wesen

Stachelrochen (Ger. stingray) - stingray Wesen (SergeantPepper909)