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[personal profile] tombtaker 2024-03-11 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ my GOD a short king.

well this little guy is pretty adorable but lucien isn't going to tease him about that, he seems perfectly functional. going over to the weapons to peruse.
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I've never been a disappointment.

[ running his hands over everything, feeling the edges of blades. ]

Usually in a group myself.
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[personal profile] tombtaker 2024-03-11 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Perfectly competent by myself, thank you kindly.

[ tilting his head while he listens, softly snorting a bit. he picks up a scimitar to test the weight of it, looking down it to see the bend in the blade. ]

We're trained as pack hunters. Harry them them to slow them down, exhaust them so they can't fight back, then converge and finish them one by one. Not surprising when half your instructors are werewolves, I suppose.
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[personal profile] tombtaker 2024-03-12 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, who's to say, really.

[ he should! he is, after all, the BBEG of his campaign. he'll pick up a second blade, a matching scimitar, and then without responding immediately ducking and whirling to do a large sweep with the swords at him. apparently there's no honor in the ring for him.

He's incredibly fast and relentless, the strategy generally to stay in as tight quarters as possible to keep doling out punishment at close range, and he's not above dirty tactics - trying to trip or disarm, willing to drop a sword to have a hand free to grab and yank or scratch. he can take a good beating without slowing down either, he's a front-line fighter in the battle strategy, meant to soak up damage without missing a step.

there's definitely openings though - he's well-trained, but used to being able to use magic to his advantage, and lately overly reliant on the power of the Somnovem, who clearly aren't here. he'll drop form to mistakenly try a gesture that's meant to evoke something that doesn't come, and gets frustrated easily when he finds himself slowing down.
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