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[Antinous Training Grounds] Pointless Routines

Postby Endir Vuras on July 4th, 2013, 10:51 am

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A cool breeze skimmed the side of Endir's face, raising the hairs on the back of his neck, it was rare to catch wind rustling leaves at the time of year, let alone in Syliras itself. Endir stood motionless in one of the many open-roofed sections of the Antinous Training Grounds, his face was gleaming with perspiration from the strenuous exercise that took place moments ago and his fingers were wrapped around a blunted steel bastard-sword, its use was clearly specified for training routines.

Endir rolled his shoulders backwards, stretching out the aching muscles in his torso and then making absent adjustments to the old plate armour he had secured tightly across his figure. With a deep breath, Endir stepped forward into a violent swing, his blade thrusting outwards into the air and then making several other consecutive strikes to various locations around his body. The movements weren't overly precise and it could be assumed this wasn't a rehearsed display. Endir's movements were somewhat sketchy in comparison with the other Knights of the order, but then again, Endir wasn't a Knight, only a Squire. The slashing and swiping began to feel slightly pointless to Endir at this point, he knew he was trying to successfully orchestrate various moves he'd learned over the past year in a string of attacks, yet the feeling of disappointment continued to creep up on him.

"I need someone to fight." Endir muttered in annoyance with himself, after brining the display to a halt.

Lowering his sword arm, Endir took a glance around at his surroundings, he stood in a somewhat flat field, a dozen meters or so in length and width, the grass was at ankle height and gently swayed in what little breeze this stereotypical summers day had to offer. Glancing around a little more, Endir stood stationary, looking slightly defeated.


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[Antinous Training Grounds] Pointless Routines

Postby Drasir on July 4th, 2013, 1:15 pm

Drasir stepped into the training grounds, holding his sword with both hands against his thighs, sword safely encased within it's scabbard, each side of the sword raising up and then lowering each time he took a new step, kicking the ankle high grass as he walked, in the back of his mind he heard his Uncle yelling at him to walk straight and not to slouch, instantly he corrected his posture, pushing his shoulders back, straightening his back and holding his head high, almost like a Knight, but he wasn't one, he was just a measly one year Squire.

As he lifted his head he noticed another figure on the training ground, it took a little while for his eye's to adjust but he made out the figure within seconds, it was Endir, his friend, at least he considered the young man his own age to be a friend, he was not sure if Endir felt the same way about Drasir but he couldn't think what he didn't know, and thus for should not judge, stepping through the ankle height grass, in his Squire's uniform, with some training padding on over, he walked like a Knight but he wasn't one of course.

"Endir... I see you have begun your own training today already"

He said bowing his nodding his head respectfully, lifting his scabbard side stepped a few steps to the left to the edge of the training field and placed his weapon down on a wooden bench, he looked down at the Bastard Sword and then turned to look at Endir.

"Would you care to spar?"

He said, his mouth a little bit dry, having not spared against another living being for a while.

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[Antinous Training Grounds] Pointless Routines

Postby Endir Vuras on July 4th, 2013, 1:58 pm

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Angling his head to the left, Endir's attention was drawn by the sound of footsteps. Endir readjusted his composure and greeted the familiar face with a small smile beneath his chain-coif.

"Endir... I see you have begun your own training today already."

"Well, you can never be too dedicated." Endir said in response.

Bending his upper-body down slightly, Endir returned the bow with a mild one of his own, his mobility slightly restricted by the aged plate-armour he wore.

"Would you care to spar?"

Endir nodded a single time, not bothering with a vocal response. A small cheeky grin climbed across his face as he made a small adjustment of his blade lifting it up in front of himself and then above his head in a high guard. Knee's bent, body rigid and blade readied, Endir began to pace his soon to be opponent awaiting his own preparation for the fight ahead.

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Postby Drasir on July 4th, 2013, 2:14 pm

"Well, you can never be too dedicated."

Drasir nodded at Endir's responce, moving to a stationary rack he grabbed one of the training Bastard Swords, that were purposely blunted to make sure no major injury occurred on the training field, walking a few paces so he was ten meters in front of Endir he nodded once, lifting his sword and grasping it with two hands, holding in front of his body with it pointed slightly forward, unlike Endir who had some plate on, Drasir was wearing a heavy studded leather shoulder guard on his left shoulder, underneath his Squire's uniform, chain-mail used during his practices, as well as leather boots and gloves, as well as a chain-mail coif for minimal head protection

"I guess I shall take the first move."

Drasir took a few quick steps forward before lunging forward with his front (right) foot, swung his sword down, and up, in an upward swing which he was hoping would make contact with Endir's left side, near the ribs, making sure to keep his foot work steady and keep his concentration up all at the same time, if he wanted to be a Knight he had to fight like one too, he kept his body turned to the right a little so his padded shoulder was faced forward to keep him protected from any blows.

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Postby Endir Vuras on July 4th, 2013, 2:31 pm

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"I guess I shall take the first move."

Endir prepared himself, halting his pacing and bracing himself for impact. Watching on as Drasir made his dash forward, Endir kept his eyes locked on his opponents weapon, not allowing it to slip out of sight on its ascension down upon him. Making a small rotation pivot on the spot, Endir snapped his arms and blade into a defensive swoop, catching and shunting away the incoming blade. With the successful defence, Endir brought the blade back across from its flight and attempted to swing it heavily into Drasir's shoulder, following through with momentum and his physical prowess to deliver a shocking blow.
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Postby Drasir on July 4th, 2013, 2:46 pm

With the moment of the parry which Endir caused from Drasir's previous swing, Drasir dropped to the ground, squating down and bringing his blade up horizontaly around head level, hoping to catch Endir's blade on the way down, by the time Endir's blade made contact with Drasir's he would have downed the blade to a diagonal angle, letting Endir's slide down his own blade and off to Endir's right, still holding onto his sword with two hands, he pushed his fists forward to hopefully smash his hilt into Endir's left thigh.

While he did this he instantly begun to think about what his opponents next move could be, though there were hundreds of maneuvers Endir could do to possibly, to respond from this maneuver, either with a defensive or offensive tactic.

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