Two Bosses Enter ... but only One Boss Leaves, in WoW.com's series of fantasy death matches. It's a brand new season and a brand new format, introducing judges from WoW.com and the WoW community at large -- and of course, your votes. Grab a seat, and let's get ready to rumble!

Despite heaving all the saronite he could muster at the Devourer of Souls, Forgemaster Garfrost found himself devoured whole in this week's cage match. Three out of four Thunderdome judges handed the match to the Devourer, bolstered by 55.5% of the spectators. Judge Sky Paladin bore the banner for the dissenters, with a spirited account of the two bosses' meeting that delights (despite perhaps not actually swaying the vote).

Join us after the break for the judges' decisions, plus your chance to vote in the next battle of the season: Krick and Ick vs. Scourgelord Tyrannus. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls ... Dyin' time's here.
Devourer whips the pants off Garfrost

It seemed a fairly simple task for the Devourer of Souls to unmoor the soul of the mighty simpleton, Forgemaster Garfrost.

Judge Zapperz: The Devourer of Souls

This fight pits a bodiless floating, overly dramatic, three-headed entity thing against a big, not-all-that-intelligent, ice-covered, undead giant who starts off talking like Dr. Suess. I'm sorry, I know Garfrost may be a master with a forge, but he's not bright. He's one of those fellows good at one thing at the expense of everything else, including common sense, making this easy for me to call.

Devourer leads with a couple of Phantom Blasts, ticking Gar off. Gar tosses some nasty saronite at Devourer, following it up with his Thundering Stomp. Devourer lets loose Unleashed Souls ('cause if you're going to devour souls, you might as well make 'em work for you). The rush of purple souls is no factor, as they don't do enough damage to make the dense giant notice.

Gar's lack of higher reasoning skills is his downfall. The guy doesn't have all his rods in the fire. Gar clobbers Devourer with a Thundering Stomp or two, then suddenly decides he needs to forge a new weapon. Note to mobs: don't turn your back and make a new weapon in the middle of a fight; it's considered bad form and is dumb. While Gar makes his precious weapon, Devourer whittles him down with more Phantom Blasts, weakening the giant mental midget as he finishes his weapon.

Gar turns his anger on Devourer, hitting him with everything but the frozen kitchen sink. Of course, Gar's brain is too frozen to realize that Devourer has locked Mirrored Soul on him, so all of the damage Gar is dishing out he is also taking. Gar pretty much kills himself; Devourer wins. (Either that, or Gar trips over his shoelace while stopping to adjust those underpants he complains about, and the Devourer Well of Souls him to death. Bottom line: Garfrost's frosted brain is too dense for him to win this fight.)

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