(Chaos Warband 3rd Edition Ruleset)
Two Aspiring Champions of Chaos spy eachother in the Chaos Wastes,
each seeking to impress their Dark Gods in battle.
El Creepo, sorcerer servant of Nurgle, travels with three pestigor followers, each sporting bulging red eyes that carry a terrible curse.
El Creepo casts a spell of Protection to give him a shielding aura.
Shady, dark elf warrior thief, blessed by the Undivided powers of Chaos with a magical short sword and wizardly knowledge, is followed by five brigands and their captain, Moresly.
Shady casts a spell of Resiliance to give him a shielding aura.
The battle begins with the pestigors advancing, hooves pounding in the dust, as El Creepo tactically casts a shroud of mist to block all sight and line of fire from the enemy.
Sneaking around the rocky outcrop, Shady approaches only to have a fireball launced directly at him by El Creepo. Misjudging the distance by only a few feet, the fireball dissapates before reaching the target.
Noting the distance, Shady responds, getting closer and letting loose a lighting bolt from the short sword, electrocuting the sorcerer and causing burn wounds over his body.
Thrusting the pain from his mind, El Creepo attempts a spell to break Shady's leg, but the spell is shugged off while on the other side of the battlefield the mist of vapours dissapates.
The pestigors circle around the opposite side of the rocky outcrop and lie in ambush, but Shady retreats, using his sword to imbue his body with magically assisted fighting prowess.
El Creepo casts a flying spell and Monkey Magics his way over toward the brigands, who shoot their arrows at the sorcerer, only to have them harmlessly bounce off the aura of protection.
Shady sees the sorcerer land and much to the Nurgle servant's surprise, also leaps into the air and lands in front of him to duel. The lightning blade is quick, but also dispels the aura of protection, and El Creepo is wounded in the stomach. In response, he bashes Shady in the temple with his staff, knocking the warrior thief to the ground and quickly retreats.
Acrobatically leaping to his feet, Shady gives pursuit, but stunned by the previous blow, is unable to catch the sorcerer, who then turns around and lowers his cowel, revealing a warped and bestial face.
He grins an ugly, slavering grin and summons a vortex before him, commanding it to tear a path through reality toward the hapless enemy.
However, the vortex moves so slowly, that it can not quite trap the warrior thief, who barley escapes with his life. Once their champion is clear, the brigands shoot a volley on Moresly's command, but every arrow is sucked into the vortex.
Shady then casts his Hammerhand spell, increasing his fighting prowess even further and charges the pestigors. The pestigors try to meet his gaze, bestowing the curse of the Evil Eye, but Shady is too quick and sly, shielding his eyes with his arm and then maiming one of the pestigors in the bicep, even as the beast slices a nasty wound across his chest with its halberd.
Thrusting the magic sword through the stinking creature's belly, Shady screams a twisted elven warcry and the other two pestigors lose their nerve and run, only to be cut down by a flurry of sword strokes.
With the vortex fizzling out and his retinue defeated, El Creepo decides to attack, his magic now spent.
The brigands approach and some begin to draw their bows, but the commander bids them stay their weapons and obeserve the duel to see who shall be victorious.
Both wounded and set upon proving themselves, the two champions fight like rabid animals until Shady delivers a final blow with the hilt of the sword, knocking the sorcerer unconcious.
The brigands cheer and Shady looks to the roiling clouds above, yelling
"For Chaos Indivisable! For Victory! For Supremacy! I have vanquished my foe!"
Shady and the bandits leave the sorcerer in the wastes to meet his fate, but something in his mind tells the dark elf that he will meet the champion of Nurgle again.
