Behind the Mountains or Wound up The Wall ?

By Juno Lister

Hi there bloodbowl fans today I bring you this report in the far far south from the village of San Pedro. Although often described as behind the mountains the village is in fact on a plateau halfway up the Western Wall. It's human population are simple folk who speak in a completely different dialect to the rest of Valroma. I am here to bear witness to the fact that Bloodbowl has spread even to the outer regions. Bloodbowl or Bladbowel as it is known here is played between two teams which are representatives of the two band clubs that grace the streets of San Pedro at Festa time.

As I approached the village along a dusty winding path I could see the domed shaped church surrounded by yellow block brick houses,all sporting huge flag poles with either yellow or green flags attached. Yellow , the colour of the Banda San Pedro whose club house or Kazin is situated on San Pedro High Street and the green the colour of Il-Banda Filomarnika San Pedro whose rather grander Kazin is situated right next to the Church of San Pedro.

The one Bloodbowl pitch is a white gravel affair called Il-Grownd Patcho-Grasso. Today the two band clubs were playing head to head. Most of the village turned out and the hand-held whistling fireworks were only drowned out by the thunderous petards exploding over head as the two teams prepared to engage in what were trials for the first ever San Pedro Bloodbowl team to be known as The Rams. To coincide with the two bloodbowl teams joining forces the two bands played jubilous marches throughout the event.

The Valroma Bloodbowl Commission kindly sent Rack Myley their top referee to officiate this event. What followed was a highly charged game of bloodbowl somewhat lacking in skill but these rather stunt, barrel-chested men were full of enthusiasm. Rather strangely the yellows won by two touchdowns to nothing, both scored by catcher Mikiel Mufsid. Mufsid once had a trial with a team in Valroma city before Blodbowl was legal but the Guards raided the team before he could play and he fled back to San Pedro .I spoke to Mufsid who said:

" I am glad to be part of de team. I wish we had a trower to help me but I will do all de running and de linesmans dey will keep de udder players away from me eh!"

As the Yellows won it was decided that the San Pedro Rams would play in yellow with green trim. The team chosen by veteran underground bloodbowler Carmel il-Buzu who will be the head coach is as follows:

1 Mikiel Mufsid catcher
2 Bertu il-Bokser lineman
3 Kalcidon il-Fatat lineman
4 Pietru il-Hafi lineman
5 Nikol il -Gard lineman
6 Cenzu il-Bari lineman
7 Wenzu l-Haxxej lineman