Episode 14: The Hero Battle Brackett

Undertowers Podcast

Hear ye! Hear ye! It is time for the Battle Bracket! We work through a violent thought-experiment asking the question, “who would be the victor in a combat tournament between sixteen selected heroes from the Sword & Sorcery / Heroic Fantasy series we’ve read over the past year?” The challengers are: Sir Able - Gene Wolfe’s Wizard Knight Conan - Robert E Howard’s titular muscle-bound barbarian Corban - John Gwynne’s The Faithful & The Fallen Druss - David Gemmell’s Legend Elric - Michael Moorcock’s albino sorcerer from The Elric Saga Fafhrd - Fritz Leiber’s barbarian from his many Lankhmar tales Geralt - Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher The Grey Mouser - Fritz Leiber’s mischievous thief from his many Lankhmar tales Karnak - David Gemmell’s Waylander Sir Leort - Gene Wolfe’s Wizard Knight Maquin - John Gwynne’s The Faithful & The Fallen Skafloc - Poul Anderson’s The Broken Sword Tarzan - Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan stories Tenaka Khan - David Gemmell’s The King Beyond The Gate Veradis - John Gwynne’s The Faithful & The Fallen Waylander - David Gemmell’s Waylander Matches were selected at random. Fighters assumed to be at the height of their powers with signature arms available to them. We have a lot of fun in this one and hope you will enjoy it. The music you heard was Greener Pastures by Hole Dweller from the record Crossroads.

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