User blog:El Alamein/Isaac Darkstone vs. Finn Müller. Day Four: Hunger Games Tournament Redux



It's almost over. The thrilling Hunger Games that have seen so many die has now reached its two final contestants! Isaac Darkstone, the career tribute from District 1, who has brutally dispatched several of his fellow tributes, takes on Finn Müller, the serial killer and wandering merchant who crossed paths with and schemed against dangerous allies and survived! This final duel takes place on a rocky outcropping surrounded by water, to ensure that only one will be left standing as the contest comes to its bloody conclusion! It is up to you, dear voters, to decide the winner of this shocking engagement, and then the champion of the Wiki's first complete Hunger Games will be crowned!

Isaac Darkstone


The well-educated son of one of the richer families of District 1, Isaac Darkstone was the younger brother of Phillip Darkstone, an arrogant career who was one of the first deaths of his game. Angered at his brother's idiocy, Isaac began training both his body and mind in an attempt to prove himself as the strongest member of his family. When the time came for volunteers, Isaac stepped forward without hesitation.

Equipment
Backpack: Canteen, rations, medical kit, space blanket, and matches.

Advantages
High-Intellect: Isaac was one of the brightest children in the district, and he regularly taught himself topics that he felt would enable himself to do better at the games.

Survivalist: Isaac is well-learned in the arts of survivalism.

Stealth: Isaac has taught himself to be as stealthy and quiet as possible, knowing that it is very much life or death.

Skilled Staff Fighter

Disadvantages
Arrogance: Isaac's training and intelligence has caused him to underestimate threats and challenges in the past, though he's smart enough to run when it comes down to it.

Distrustful: Convinced that his brother's willingness to work with other people was a factor that got him killed, Isaac avoids others unless it's absolutely necessary.

Finn Müller
Being born and raised within the outer areas of districts, Finn was born during a small trip to the woods to two prominent parents. He was raised in luxury during the earlier years of his life intent on becoming something within the medical field as a means to help others. He learned Human anatomy and his parents paid for his curiosity in methods of self-defense. During this time he slowly developed a keener interest in applying his medical methods and training into a possible military career. His parents once more supported his idea until their demise in a fire. Discovering the fire was set by an begrudged servant who was fired months back for negligence and stealing from the family, Finn had a moment of rushed anger and killed the man in his moments of fury. Realizing that he would now be wanted for his crimes, Finn collected what little valuables he gained and lived on the streets.

This is where he begin to take his lessons and apply them to killing, begging, and manipulation all in the pursuit of survival. Primarily these acts were committed in the slums of the city, where a few missing faces wouldn't leave any serious impression. This continued until around the age of 18 where Finn would pack up and decide to be a traveling merchant, but despite his attempts to leave another life, he still found himself with a desire to kill, but leaving himself with a code of ethics. He would only kill if he found himself in danger, other criminals and those he found to be lacking in Human nature or people he just began to feel a desire to kill, but preferring to study these before acting out on the feelings.. Often employing his intelligence, manipulation, Human anatomy and training all in perfecting his style over the years.

As the years go by and he continues to travel around the lands and sell his wares. In recent years, Finn has begun to supress his urges with greater degree, but as the Hunger Games begin and he is chosen. The Wandering Merchant must begin to call upon his urges and ability to kill once more if he is to survive. And survive is what he desires. He fits more of a Dexter Morgan personality, less Jeff the Killer.

Equipment
Backpack:

Water Tablets: Use to purify water as expected

Sharpening Tools: When the vast majority of your tools are blades, sharpening and maintence are going to be needed.

Fire Starters: He's already got the cloak to sleep in, but he's going to need a warm to keep himself having some light or to cook food

Canteen: Used for easy access to maintain and save your water.

Rations: About 2-3 days worth of food

Rope: Perfect to climb trees, make some traps of if you want to get creative then used to strangle someone or create a noose

Basic First Aid supplies: Bandage, disinfectant, painkillers, etc

Advantages
Expert Knowledge Of Human Anatomy: This involves pressure points, arteries, hamstrings, etc. When you're a serial killer you tend to need this knowledge in events to cut fast and effectively or to disable targets. In situations where he seeks to put an end to combat as soon as possible, he'll be aiming to disable the main dominant hand and a leg before going for a kill shot.

Undying Charisma: This was meant more as a joke before in the chat Hunger Games, but it has made its way here. As a traveling merchant and killer, Finn has trained himself to be as persuasive as possible to convince others to listen to him, follow his orders, or just to lure them into a false sense of security and believing him. His charisma is one of his best traits as he manipulates others and pushes himself to survive. And if he can convince them to buy something, stranger, then its all good.

Agile: Training himself to be agile to avoid detection by working on aspects of stealth and his main form of travel, Finn has excelled in aspects of agility and speed. He tends to out run pursuers and in combination with his environmental awareness will often blend the two together. It helps him with combat as well to circle around his opponents and aim for quick surgical strikes to wear them down before going in for the kill. It helps plenty with dodging as well in the heat of combat.

Expert At Bladed Weapons: Seeing that they work best with a more quick and agile combat style and perfect for cutting nerves or aiming for weakness points of Human anatomy, Finn has taken a liking to bladed weapons. They are serve better to his combat style due to their ability to be concealed and lighting fast attacks in cramped combat situations or even those with enough room as they still serve as good weapons in almost all situations. He's been often training with these weapons and fighting styles during his years on the road and perfecting his skill during kills.

Environmental Awareness: Needing to examine his surroundings and how to use them to his advantage as he incorporates them into his fighting style. Whether it be to escape, distract or even use a tree trunk as a defense or whip a branch into someone's face or push them into a sharp object aka tree branch or rock or off a cliff. He often uses this correlation to his attack style as a means to overwhelm targets which helps tremendously with improvising such as making small traps or quick sneak attacks. Along with that he's used to traveling on the road so he has knowledge of some plant life mixed in there that he can combine with his fighting style, but is no means an expert.

Disadvantages
Targets: Finn as expected in his trade is more used to attacking targets that lack the proper ability to fight back against him or threats that can be swiftly dealt with. So during the initial stages of combat he may find himself struggling against foes that can keep up with him and will likely have issues to keep up until he begins to adjust to the situation.

Lone Wolf: Finn due to his background and ways of operation prevent him from making long term alliances. He'll snake his way into alliances where he can manipulate and use, but refuse to co-operate for extended periods due to his lack of trust in others. So, you won't be seeing him sticking around for long unless he can use you for his own GAINS! and supplies to fit his own ends.

Average Strength

Battle
Will be one-on-one.

As stated above, the environment has been restricted by the gamemakers to  a rocky outcropping surrounded by water in order to ensure that only one will be left standing.

Please give edges as per any other usual fight.

To be written

Post-Battle Commentary
To be written