Acere vs Ashmedai

The coydog who comes to get Ashmedai and Acere is a fierce-looking ginger brindle who sweeps in with a frown to survey the pickings before indicating the two of them. He leads them to a circle of stones that mark a ring in the ground. "All right," he barks in a sharp tone. "Let's see what you idjits can do. Step out of the ring, you lose! Fail to impress me, you lose! Get a move on then! You get things started!" he adds with a gesture to Acere.