As noticed
here in the MMN last week, I was absolutely delighted to find out that my entry to this great
FF-Fields contest, had won the 1st place in the category that I've applied for (Best Original Concept).
The amazing quality of the teams there, (such as Paul's
Terracotta Tearers for instance), made me even happier with my chubby little
Three Chile Burrito Bandits, an halfling team converted to fit an
Old West/
Tex-Mex theme, where the trees... well, they HAD to be cactus....
The legend...
No one
really knows, and many stories are told amongst their fans but maybe, if there’s
some little pieces of truth in each of them, we can glue them all together and shed some light on how it
all begun...
Once upon a
time, there was a bunch of Halfling kids that spent most of their free time
(*read ‘not eating’), playing cowboys and reading his tales from the distant lands
of the new world.
With those
plays, it grew an indomitable will of stretching out their borders (much to
their parents worry), and the resolve to see and explore other places often lead
to trips into neighbour settlements with countless adventures.
By then
they were fondly known around as “The Bandits” not only for their fitting
outfits but for the ‘outrageous’ assaults on their parent’s kitchens where they
would gather enough supplies to set off on yet another quest.
One day
during the spring festival, escaping once again from their village, they’ve
managed to attend to an itinerary event that was to change their life’s for
ever: an exhibition match of blood bowl!
The Nordland Rednose -fierce bearded
warriors from the north-, with their horned helms and tattooed body’s, were
facing the agile All Black Owls, a
team of ladies from a far distant land across the sea that did not seem a bit
worried for facing such brutes.
How this
match indeed pushed them into Blood Bowl or effectively influenced their game
play is of course highly questionable, but to this day one of their fans mostly
appreciated cheering songs still shouts:
“Short
blows, don't beat too high - but hit like a norse all right!
Side step and Dodge
don’t rest - they’ll fly into the End Zone line!“
Oh, almost
forgot, why the ‘three chile’ you ask?
Oye muchacho, because no matter how tasty they
look, sometimes they reeeealy sting!
Three Chile Burrito Bandits team posing for the photo!
... and the back row was complaining for not showing up properly!
Here you have "Da Cook" (holding a burrito), the turn counter (featuring the local sheriff all 'pretty & tied up'), and since the Apothecary wasn't doing his job all that well, they've opted for a priest instead!
Of course all those "notorious deeds" tend to backfire sometimes...
Now that you already know what their made of, beware and keep your food well hidden and locked, or else...
