**A Gotrek & Felix short story**
The Old World’s greatest adventuring duo return! When a night in a tavern turns nasty, Gotrek is forced to take part in a competition of skill, daring and determination. Can he survive… the Contest?
**READ IT BECAUSE**
It’s a short tale from a Black Library Advent Calendar of years past that pits the Slayer against a whole host of foes in the most dangerous contest in which he has ever partaken. What is the competition? You’ll just have to read it to find out!
**THE STORY**
Gotrek and Felix: unsung heroes of the Empire, or nothing more than common thieves and murderers? The truth perhaps lies somewhere in between, and depends entirely upon whom you ask…
Sometimes there comes a challenge that cannot be cannot be avoided, a test of skill that must simply be met and bested, lest you fall by the wayside and fail in all your ambitions. In a tavern somewhere in the Old World, the infamous Slayer Gotrek Gurnisson – who has killed trolls, giants, dragons, daemons and more besides – faces a contest that will require all of his skill, daring and determination. The Contest awaits him. Can he survive it?