Krad Bonington -- Player Bio

Krad Bonington is the closest thing the Crocfins have to a thrower.

One of the most cerebral lizardmen to ever set foot on the Blood Bowl pitch, Bonington is a savvy student of the game who gives the Crocfins what is in effect a second coach on the field. Having studied scribes ledgers of nearly every Blood Bowl match ever played, Bonington expertly directs the other skinks on the surest route to the endzone. If his tiny skink arm were only powerful enough to throw the ball more than 10 yards with any kind of precision, he and Skeddy Sginn would make a deadly combination. As it is, Bonington usually limits himself to short, smart passes to exploit holes in opponent's defenses.

Still, the Crocfins are very happy to have the born leader on the squad, considering his arrival in Maimey resulted as an afterthought to Blood Bowl's biggest off-season story last year. When renowned human star-player Brick Favor came out of retirement to join the Chaos team, the Old York Yettis, Bonington--oft injured and out of place among the Old York beastmen and minotaurs--was deemed expendable and scheduled to be eaten. Luckily for Bonington, new Crocfin GM Belly Parkles, who had coached Bonington in Old York for a season, rescued the skink from the beastmen's ditch-oven and brought him to Maimey. Of course, while every Blood Bowl fan knows the story of how Brick Favor let down the Yettis by hurling two interceptions in their play-off qualifier and had his right biceps torn from his throwing arm byt eh team's minotaur as punishment, fewer know the story of Bonington's resurgence in Maimey.

"I'm happy to be flying out of the eagle's eye, so to speak," says the well-spoken Bonington. "For me, it's all just about playing to game the best I can. Each week we look at the scribe's ledgers and we see something new. I bring in the other guys too, though most of them just want to dip the pages in goblin blood and suck on them. But, hey, I figure they're still learning right. If they're there, they got to be listening to some of what I'm saying."