Blood Bowl is a violent sport and not everyone is cut out for it. Some players are actually cut in half because of it. In other cases, players get better offers and leave for better richer teams. Once a Hailer always a Hailer, we say, so here are some of the players that have left us for a reason or another.
Name: Helmut Wulff
Place of birth: Unknown
Position: Blocker
Number of matches played: None with the Hailers. He was technically a Yager Bomber player and thus deserves a mention.
Career achievements: See DZ1
Current status: Dead!
Starting his career at the Bruendar Grimjacks, Helmut passed quickly from unremarkable lineman to chainsaw lunatic and he kept that position for almost a decade and a half, longer than anyone could expect, until the infamous Yager Bomber incident 2 years ago when he killed half the team paying his bills, the coach and the owner.
While found innocent by a jury of his peers (and one wonders who would put up a jury composed solely of crazy chainsaw wielding fanatics, but we are not Law experts), his luck was growing thin. He got dismissed as the ambassador for Heinekhaine shortly after. The fact that he had a debt to pay with the Hailers was just the last nail in the coffin, both figuratively and literally.
No need for teary farewells, though. He will be remembered as one of the most prominent (and ugly) humans to ever play the game and rumor has it he is being considered for the Hall of Fame as an accessory to his chainsaw!
Name: Dieter Allenstag
Place of birth: Loningbruck, town in Averland
Position: Lineman
Number of matches played: 4 (season 3), 3 (season 4)
Career achievements: 1 TD, Best Kept Beard Award (category: Human Beards)
Current status: Transferred back to the Loningbruck Loners
Dieter came to the Hailers in order to deepen the bench and add muscle to the line of scrimmage, but he never quite got attached to the Hochland hilly landscape. After being beaten up by a bunch of sissy elves, he decided he had got enough and asked to be transferred back to his old team. Never a complainer, Dieter will always be remembered for that one TD he scored… As he was just flat on his back the rest of the time!
Coach Harry Kehry (archive picture)
Current Status: Dead
Captain in the 70s and 80s and, then, coach in the 90s of the famous Creeveland Crescents, Mr. Kehry had retired to the beautiful Hochland hills as a dancing instructor when the Elector Count cashed in a favour. Harry managed to get a band of misfits into a killing defensive machine, reaching semifinals, winning the Orcidas Best Defense trophy and being one of the 4 most violent teams in the season. He died of heart failure during the lost semifinal and is now being fast-tracked for Hall of Fame!
Name: Tim Tode Verano
Place of birth: Gaulcazar, town of Estalia
Position: Blitzer
Number of matches played: 7 (season 2), 14 (season 3)
Career achievements: 1 TD, 2 CAS, 3 MVPs
Current status: Unknown
Tim came from the far away land of Estalia where he worked as a mercenary. After some some misunderstanding regarding Lady Juana of Rochedez and her availability, the blitzer escaped to northern lands and ended up in a blood bowl team. His numbers were never great, but was clearly a Fan Favourite for the ladies. Found by Juana’s husband bounty hunters during the final, he disappeared in the half time with the cheerleader squad. Much better than winning the league!
Name: Orwin “One Eye” Kraemer
Place of birth: Esk, village in Hochland
Position: Lineman
Number of matches played: 6 (Season 3)
Career achievements: 1 TD, 1 CAS, 1 MVP, Fouler of the Year Award
Current status: Cherusen Bucaneer fan
A member of the Cheruseen Buccaneers, this hooligan was offered a contract after viciously injuring opponents as a journeyman. Nuffle took one eye of this devoted fan on his second official match, which has turned out to be a blessing. Orwin gets drunk with the Buccaneers before the matches so at least, now, he won’t be seeing double! After ending season 3, Orwin took back to the stands… Where there are many more people to injure and maim!
Name: Ruprecht Ehrhardn
Place of birth: Krudenwald, town in Hochland
Position: Lineman
Number of matches played: More than the 0 he should have played
Career achievements: Not being lynched by the fans
Current status: Unfortunately alive
An utter incompetent moron, Ruprecht only made the cut because the paperwork got mixed and they thought he was a promising second thrower. Turns out Ruprecht was destined for irrelevancy, after 14 games wihout a single action to be remembered. Despite several injuries, he kept playing. Death, unfortunately, never arrived.
Name: Volkrad Liess
Place of birth: Wurtbad, capital city of Stirland
Position: Thrower
Number of matches played: 1
Career achievements: Lost a semi-final
Current status: Back in the army
Retired from the sling militia patrolling the Stirland border with Silvania, he was spotted by coach Kehry after killing a match official with his sling at 72 yards, and lacking a back up for Rob Roy, he was rapidly hired for the semifinal. After only one match on the receiving end of several nasty blocks, he decided the army was safer.
Name: Erman Netzhoch
Place of birth: Esk, village in Hochland
Position: Lineman
Number of matches played: 13 (Season 3)
Career achievements: 1 CAS, 34 blocks survived, cocktail named after him (Bloody Erman)
Current status: Dead
Erman was a lumberjack and he was ok, he slept all night and he worked all day. A good, hard working individual, he was one of the first drafted to fill up the Hailers’ line. He carried his duty in the line of scrimmage for the whole season without a single complain and a crooked smile. “Be’er ere than aht ome, wiv me old baw and chain, innit, lahds?” he used to say. He was eaten up by vampires in 1/4 finals while defending the play for the winning touchdown, doing his duty until the end. The Hailers will sorely miss him. His wive is happy with the life insurance money, though.
Name: Barnabas Drakenhof
Place of birth: Hergig, capital city of Hochland
Position: Lineman
Number of matches played: 3 (Season 3)
Career achievements: Takled by Morg’n’Thorg
Current status: Retired due to head injury
A thug whose only choices were Blood Bowl or galleys, Barnabas had a promising start, being more competent than his fellow linemen. Overconfident with his early success, the lineman decided to takle Morg ‘N’ Thorg head on… With foreseeable consequences. Currently in intensive care, it is unlikely Barnabas will be able to come back to the giridion. And, judging by previous Morg headbutt victims, he will possibly need to be spoon-fed the rest of his life!
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