Glart Smashrip, Sr

History
2469 ~ Minotaur legend, Massif "Hungry" Bovine achieves the record for heaviest player to take part in the Blood Bowl final, gaining fame and fortune. Deep in an underground brood-pit, a young Glart Smashrip sits in front of a Cabalvision broadcast and swears that he'll someday hold the record himself. Only a handful of his broodmates survive the subsequent feeding frenzy.

2472 ~ A now impressively obese Smashrip attends the tryouts for the Warpfire Wanderers, but is laughed out of the line-up. His chances aren't improved when he eats the team's assistant coach to prove a point, but news travels fast, and it isn't long before the Skavenblight Scramblers scout him out and offer him a place on their roster.

2475 ~ Although Glart moves too slowly for his rise to be called "meteoric", he begins to build a devoted fanbase. They refer to themselves as "Glart's Gluttons" and seek to emulate his lifestyle wherever possible. The Skavenblight Scramblers' match rider is amended to include a clause stating that the stands must be suitably reinforced in their half of the stadium.

2485 ~ In a now famous match against the Darkside Cowboys, Glart is sent off for chewing on a fallen player, and responds by guzzling down the referee. Despite the howls of approval from the crowd, he is removed from play by force and issued a lifetime ban. He vanishes form the public eye.

2486 ~ In Smashrip's absence, a number of imitators come forward to capitalize on his popularity, often claiming to be members of his brood. The Gluttons are divided between those who allow these replacements a place in their hearts, and those who stubbornly refuse to accept imitations and start a petition to get their hero reinstated.

2488 ~ In an unprecedented u-turn, the NAF listens to the fans and annuls the lifetime ban. Smashrip comes out of his self-imposed exile and returns to the field; perhaps a little more grey around the whiskers than before, but somehow even more colossal in girth. Rather than rejoin his old team, he makes himself available as a free agent and is bombarded with offers.