The Magical Lands

Dragon Fort

"I don't know about dignified, I like the spear better myself to be honest. But I've learned to use the sword too, there should be a few wooden ones in the courtyard" Though she refer to it as courtyard, it was more like a training ground "I'll teach you what I can" She flashed a, though by no fault of her own, vicious looking grin.

Dragon Army Fort

“Come, then,” Naif told Meganda, following the Pandalorian to the training grounds. “I would very much like to duel you.”
Once there, the Dawlati found a suitable, open space, and took her spear from where it was slung across her back. Standing with her left foot back and the spear's head low — roughly at the height of the middle of her shins — she motioned for Meganda to do the same. “Let's go, shall we?”

“Your Khan cannot even control his own armies?” Zahir asked, incredulously. “That is worrying. If it is true... that might be a cause that would unite the disparate clans; unite them in fear of being the target of more than just raids.”
He put a calming hand on Yoroi's paw. “My friend, I do not believe the Khanate seeks war. Rather, I believe they are simply so weak and undisciplined their ruler cannot even curb the restlessness of his own hordes.”

ICC

"Is that not true of your realm and mine as well?" Marċaiḋe replied to the Dawla ambassador, "Both of our peoples have a deep respect for the rights of Clans and Tribes, which others are so eager to curtail under a lone King. Even our High-King Riágḃaill Ḃraidliann, whose very name speaks to the unity he has brought the isles, must treat with a handful of willful clans."

Dragon Fort

Doiġtreṡionn looked now slightly intimidated in a manner which she had not with the Lizard. Still, after a moment her nervousness shifted into a warm and friendly smile.

"I have a feeling I'll regret this in the morning but I will do what I can," She said as she took a short sword and a round buckler shield, "Afterwards though, I'll show you a few tricks of my own."

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ICC

"Perhaps, Zahir, you would also be interested in my proposed tax for the Khanate? After all, it would only take a few rebellious centaurs to raid one of our peoples villages. Can you take the risk they'll all uphold their honour?"

Outside the Dragon Fort

Peter began to play a happy tune on his flute, with the hopes of encouraging the rest of his guild mates to practice to the best of their abilities.

Dragon Fort

Yevan picked up a wooden sword to spar against Doiġtreṡionn "I'd be honored" said the elf before taking a deep breath and asuming a combat stance, knees bent, one arm stretched in front, sword pointed front, the other one to the side, bent and ready to defend.

Dragonfort

Doiġtreṡionn approached slowly at first, only to pick up into a charge with her buckler forward and her sword aimed from behind. She was slightly more prepared in this than she appeared; planning to throw her foe off and parry any prepared defence with the forward buckler. Still, she wasn't sure how to read her foe.

Imperial Commerce Chamber - Malkarath
"I see," Yoroi said to Zahir.

"If you can neither condone nor control the actions of the Golden Hordes, then there is nothing to be gained from this discussion if we desire no more raids," Yoroi said. "We would need to deal with whoever leads each clan individually, rather than you, to ensure their compliance. But I do not believe we have the time or resources to dedicate to so many individual agreements."

He stood up. "All Pandoa requests is the right to treat any of your clans who violate the terms as we would any criminal, and the Pandalorians will be amicable with your Khanate itself. Regardless of how many deviant clans we are required to slay to protect our lands, we will not hold it against your Great Khan if he acknowledges that such clans are not under his protection and we can deal with them as we see fit."

She held her Bambife out like a quarterstaff, and twirled it in her hands as she waited.

Imperial Commerce Chamber

Shakur sighed angrily, then composed himself. "I will speak with His Mightiness, and we shall see," he murmured, giving a good long look to the desert elf that was trying his patience. Flatfoots were annoying as well as confusing...!

Imperial Commerce Chamber

Zahir smiled at the angry centaur, even though his blue scarf blocked any sight of his face. “I agree with Yoroi's proposal; it is only normal to solve this clan-to-clan, or even personally; if the Great Khan has no control, then I doubt that the Sheikhs would expect him to exercise it on his so-called subjects.”

“May the best fighter win,” Naif replied. Keeping the spear low, she advanced upon Meganda and stabbed in her general direction a few time, seeking to get a measure of her strength and the Bambife's reach.

Adventurer’s Guild Training Grounds - Dragon Army Fort
Meganda looked at her quarterstaff intently as she stopped twirling it around and held it at the ready.

Then she charged forward to try body-slamming the desert elf.

Dragon Army Fort — training grounds

So the Paung wasn't one for subtlety. Naif swiftly got out of Meganda's way; she was no match for her strength and she knew it. Once Meganda was roughly at the same sideways line as the desert elf, she struck, trying to trip the Pandalorian. “Kyaaa!” she shouted with the strike.

Dragon Fort

A simple charge, with a drawn-back swing, slow possibly. She attempted to sidestep and swing to her legs.

Adventurer’s Guild Training Grounds - Dragon Army Fort
Meganda firmly planted her Bambife in the ground, and rotated around it until she was facing Naif again. She let out a chuckle. "Good, you move fast, even against the unexpected."

Dragon Army Fort — training grounds

“I thank you,” Naif said. She backed up a bit. “You move fast, even for a Pandalorian hunter.”
She resumed her stabbing offensive, but this time her strikes were aimed toward Meganda's right side; she seemed averse to striking anywhere to the left of the imaginary line between Meganda's right ear and right leg.

Dragon Fort

Takeen nickered a bit in amusement, watching the others fight. "You fight like children," she teased, pulling her own long, scimitar-like sword off her side and brandishing it, looking for a potential challenger.

Doiġtreṡionn wasn't expecting a low swing but a parry or defense, still she reacted to the side step with one of her own. The sword grazed her leg, but not enough to stop it or to hurt the skin. However, without pausing, after her leg was stratched, she moved her sword at Yevan's back; with perhaps more strength than invented. Still, she cursed bitterly in Cant, "Cac, min sianc!"

Even as she cursed however, her other arm moved down between her leg and Yevan's sword as it passed; though more in grabbing motion than a blocking one. Her body shifted slightly in this, to move her weight behind her opponent's swinging shoulder and put more weight into the attack.

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Adventurer’s Guild Training Grounds - Dragon Army Fort
Meganda spun her Bambife around like a quarterstaff in order to parry the spear strikes.

She looked over at the centaur and growled. "Would you care to put the horse in her place," she asked Naif. "Or may I have that honor?"

—ICC—

"The one to speak of the Druids of the Elunari would be Druid Gelroth, who now rests in the manse that was provided to our kind as a residence while we discuss diplomatic matters. However, knowing the man, he may be at the moment wandering the city in search of quiet, sunlight and earth" says Lariel when asked by the Selkie ambassador, though afterwards she kept quiet, seeing the disputes rising up among those sent for diplomacy by the many nations of the land...

Dragonfort

Shae, seeing people move outside to train, brought with her her bow and blades, picking on a target to start practice... notching one arrow and letting it fly in one fluid motion... trying to make the figure of a crescent moon with her arrows.

Dragon Army Fort — training grounds

Naif looked at Takeen over Meganda's shoulder for a few seconds before unexpectedly striking at the Pandalorian's left side with the butt of her spear.
“I think leaving her full of spear-wounds will not be as satisfying for you as hearing her bones crunch under your Bambife, my friend,” she said, “the pleasure is all yours.”

Yevan barely had time to time to dodge as she ducked, though by the same movement you manged to catch her blade. Noticing this she gripped it and moved against you in a tackle, attempting push the sword at you.

Dragon Fort

Doiġtreṡionn was caught off guard by the tackled but gripped on to her opponents wrist as she fell. She dropped her sword as she hit the ground and after a second or two of hesistation, released her opponent and gestured her resignation.

"It'll be a street brawl more than a match if I carry on," She replied, "I'll give you the point."

A sharp eye would see some bitterness at this resignation; if only because she did have some fight left in her, though by the end of her speaking, it had passed. After a moment's pause to rest and inspect her leg, she moved to get up again.

"You weren't the fencer that I imagined an Elf would be," Doiġtreṡionn as she began to pick herself up, "Swinging for the legs and that. Proper fighting and all."

ICC

Marċaiḋe nodded at the slightly tardy acknowledgement but otherwise found himself largely bored with the proceedings.

edited 19th Aug '14 10:12:59 AM by Fauxlosophe

Yevan stood up from half straddling her leg and offered her hand "not that bad for someone not trained" as she grinned at her.

Dragon Fort

The call for a slogan had resulted in half a dozen suggestions and an equal amount of arguments before petering out without any actual resolution.

"Oh, yeah. They totally knew a good slogan." The man who had been one half of the original conversation said with a laugh, before turning to his mug.

"Shut up." was the best retort the woman could give before turning back to the question on her own. A commotion at the door, however, put that task on hold again.

"Alright people, the moment ya'll been waiting for!" said a dwarf as he entered the room carrying a stack of papers in one hand and a hammer with some nails in the other. He approached a large, empty wall, stopping only to drag a chair with him. Clambering up, he took each paper and stuck it up onto the wall, hammering each one in place until the whole wall was covered like some mad poet's studio. Before he had even finished, the guild members were crowding around him, searching through the new posts for the ones that paid the most money, or sounded most interesting, or easiest. The dwarf was not even finished before some needy guild members had already ripped down some of the papers, formed into groups and run off to the front to register for their mission.

Others took their time, or called out to their friends in the training field outside to come in and join them. One by one or clumped together, guild members scanned each paper, searching for their next job.

ESCORT GROUP NEEDED FOR WAGON TRAIN TO BALIWE. PROTECT FROM MONSTERS, BRIGANDS.

HUNTERS NEEDED TO DESTROY WOLF PACKS NEAR BORDER.

SINGLE DWARF MALE SEEKS SINGLE FEMALE -

The dwarf hastily ripped this one down when some of the others started commenting on it.

BODYGUARDS NEEDED FOR EXPEDITION TO ABANDONED DRAGON CITY IN DESERT. PROTECT FROM RAIDERS.

CAT IN TREE DOWN THE ROAD. NEEDS RESCUE.

"I only said I haven't trained," Doiġtreṡionn replied as she took her opponent's hand, "Not that I hadn't fought."

She followed the commotion as others headed towards the sign, "I guess I'll take the Caravan. Unless the Cat's owners are particularly rich."

edited 19th Aug '14 11:50:39 AM by Fauxlosophe

Adventurer’s Guild Training Grounds - Dragon Army Fort
"It seems we whall have to save it for another day," Meganda said, heading off to the job board and looking over all the papers.

She grabbed the one talking about a cat stuck in a tree, taking it off the board and holding it in her paws. That would be easy money - after all, what could possibly complicate it? She'd be done in no time at all, and could then come back and do another one.

edited 19th Aug '14 1:39:24 PM by nman