Season 13, Week 3
Ward Zabac
(Final Fantasy VIII)
 
Ward did his part in stopping the vile Chrono Cross invasion. Now he sets his sights on a far tougher goal - stopping one of Phantasy Star 4 Legion is no easy task. Gryz's solid frame stops his Anchor attacks cold, leaving Ward to have to rely on his Massive Anchor limit. Of course, Ward isn't a quitter - the scars that marr his face show that he has no give in his large body, and the young Motivian's laid back nature should give at least Ward one chance to strike at low HP... which is all he needs.

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He might not look it, but Gryz is very strong. In fact, though his opponent has somewhere near two feet on him, the young Motavian is even stronger than Ward. Easily having enough HP to survive any attacks from Ward's anchor, Gryz's own axe techniques would put a huge dent in the much larger human. Ward does possess a pesky Limit which may actually give Gryz pause... but of course, Gryz's mighty Crash attack tends to get straight to business, certainly wrapping this fight up almost immediately after it begins.


The Axeman
The two fighters, man and motavian stared each other down, each hefting their weapons. Ward towered over Gryz, but Gryz would not be intimidated by size alone.

"Hey," he said, "Good luck." Gryz was never a whiz with words, though he wanted to be sportsmanlike about things, and didn't know what else to say.

Ward, of course, didn't say anything at all. He merely blinked and picked up his anchor.

This did rattle Gryz a little bit. Though the taller man was huge, he made hardly a sound, not just counting his lack of speech.

They traded a few blows, not gaining much footing against each other, before pulling away. "You're pretty good," Gryz said, not at all used to being more chatty than an opponent.

Ward said nothing, merely closed his eyes very slowly, then opened them again.

"Dang that's creepy," Gryz said, and then he hit Ward in the face with an axe really hard.

MORAL OF THE STORY: Being the strong, silent type is one way to get ahead in life, but it's hard to argue with an axe to the face.

Ward Zabac: 10
Gryz: 40