Season 23, Week 5
Lyon
(Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones)
 
His magic has torched countries and killed the brave and foolhardy alike, and now Lyon's dark power will overcome the last obstacle on his path to a championship! Lyon will fight with all his unholy will: Antenora's Epheromon will be useless against Lyon's necromatic magical resistances, and the destructive power of Naglfar will rip the slow, frail girl to pieces. Nothing shall stand in his way: the evil powers of the Demon King Fomortiis have granted Lyon the strength to come this far, and soon, they shall see him through to victory!

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She might be best-known for her status, but don't count Antenora out just because her foe is immune. She won a semifinal match on the strength of her durability and her damage, and she can do the same here. Like her allies in Cocytus, Antenora has staying power to be reckoned with, and like most Fire Emblem bosses, Lyon has a hit point total that's less that stellar. Put the two together, and anyonce can tell that even if Antenora is outmatched on damage, it won't take much luck for her to leave the arena a winner this week.


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*A day before the match.*

"What do you mean, I'll need luck?" Antenora said, sipping some wine.

"Well, unless you listen to me." Caina said. "Your opponent's defensive, he nulls all the little tricks you have-a pity, shutting him up would make this battle quite simple-and he happens to counter everything you do. This isn't a good situation."

"I'll make it through anyways." Antenora said dismissively.

"But wouldn't you rather not have most of your bones broken in the process?" Caina said.

"...A point. Well?"

"Well, all people have a weakness, and I happen to have found Lyon's." Caina said, tossing a book onto the table.

" "Dragon Quest Magic For Dummies, co-written by Cristo, Jessica, Hero, Hero, Hero and Hero." " Antenora said, reading the cover. "...um..."

"I'll explain. Trust me, this shouldn't be hard to incorporate into your skills."

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The battle started simply enough. Lyon and Antenora traded blows, Lyon using his trademark Naglfar while laughing evilly, while Antenora continued blasting him with Ephemeron.

Then Lyon, after a blast, blinked at something he saw out of the corner of his eye.

Eirika! In the arena with him!? But they'd said she had a restraining order on him! She even had a Godlike guarding her door!

Lyon gasped, and rushed towards her, ignoring the battle entirely for something that was much more important to him, as he rushed towards her.

Then he slammed facefirst into an arena wall. Dazed, he looked around, and saw her again, this time, up in the stands. Quickly leaping to his feet, he jumped into the stands, and rushed to embrace her.

As the crowd watched, Sephiroth efficiently impaled Lyon just before he embraced him, and slashed him off the sword, sending him soaring into the air to smash into the arena ground, quite dead.

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"...Okay, so I owe you." Antenora said.

"Hmhm. I told you. A mind that weak is easily afflicted by illusion magic, and Surround is quite a simple spell to incorporate into what is essentially a large flash of statusing light anyways." Caina said, softly laughing.

Lyon: 22
Antenora: 28