Completed Dazzling Dagger

[Morvale Barrows]

4th Of Fall 513 AV

So it was another dreary day in Sahova, he was standing and there wasn't much for him to do. Like really? What could he do except stay in his dormitory and study or train? He didn't want to meet other magic users right now. He wanted to keep to himself and work towards his goals and reach them on his own.

Morvale believed that everyone was out to get him, in one way or another.

He took a stance, unsheathed his dagger and then let his body loosen up. He pointed the dagger at the wall as if it were some mock adversary. And then pretended it was coming in to thrust a sword into him. It was that same side step technique he'd been practicing and he pretended to narrowly avoid danger and thrust his dagger into his opponents kidney. His movements were good but that thrust was sloppy so very sloppy.

His hand eye coordination was fine, and his agility and reaction time weren't the problem. He liked to think he knew himself pretty well but unfortunately this did not help him become accustomed to something as foreign as steel in his hands.

The weight would take some getting used to.

[Morvale Barrows]

An honest attempt, at dagger.

He fell back into stance, he made sure to keep his balance and to let his body relax. The acrobat in him defined a loose watery style that was intangible and evasive while the flux would have an easier time traveling through his muscles. Those two support skills he relied heavily upon to help him in a scrap. But now it was time to figure out how to properly apply technique to reflex.

He stepped forward and snapped his hand forward in a thrust to his mock enemy, he realized although his extended reach was minimal he could easily maneuver. Moving his foot back he stepped back and then thrust his knife. The double edged throwing dagger was balanced.

He took the knife and then fell back into his original stance.

Morvale was realizing that knife fighting required fast hands and feet and the footwork was critical. Even as he thrust the dagger he had full range of motion from even the most cramped position.

He even went so far as to brace his forearm on the wall, and use his knife wielding hand to tap the stone in any direction. He could slice, he could stab hard, or he could stab multiple times in quick succession. A good solid blow for trying to hit something intentional like an organ or a lung protected by bone. And quick snappy strikes to put holes in them to bleed them out.

He was satisfied with this, and pushed his forearm off the wall.

[Morvale Barrows]

He was feeling a little more confident as time passed, he had time plenty of it as he went back to learning the basics of thrusting. His grip on the dagger he noticed seemed to be off, he pushed the tip on the wall and noticed how his hand slid on the handle. Something minor like this could result in the thing slipping out of his hand. Although his body was loose perhaps it was best to tighten his grip.

As he tightened his grip and pressed the the tip against the wall it slid a little less, although what he was left with now was realizing he was holding his dagger all wrong.

So he took a look at the daggers handle, and wrapped his thumb against it. Before he was balling his hand like a fist and it was doing very little. As he pressed the dagger against the wall he realized that hooking his thumb around the handle offered him a bit of resistance from sliding.

Very good he thought he was making some progress.

[Morvale Barrows]

He practiced his stabbing maybe it was time for a change of pace.

The mixed blood wanted to try his hand at cutting now.

Next to the wall with dagger in hand he swung into it, his new grip kept the handle from rattling as it streaked across the stone. He took a step back and thought about what he was doing. Maybe just trying to force his way through wasn't the answer he'd banged his edge pretty hard and most likely dulled it.

He fished his sharpening stone and took a seat on his bed, and he angled the knifes edge on it and slid it through. He'd continue the motion on each side to straighten and sharpen its edge back to a razor finish. Happy with his handy work the stone was tossed back in his backpack and he proceeded.

Knife in hand he loosened his body and stepped in snapping his arm out like a whip, it was a fast stroke on the adjacent edge. He starting putting it together, he could cut outwards on inwards and thrust in just about any angle of position he thought of.

So he reeled his foot back in and attempted an overhead slash, as his hand went down he snapped it back out utilizing the daggers double edge. It might prove useful later on in feigning an attack and following through with another.

It seemed this light weapon could misdirect and counter strike fast.

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After his basic understanding he wanted to learn something a little different. How could he make his thrusting strikes have a little more umph behind them. He wanted something that could really hurt someone, if all he could do was land a single blow. It was much better to hit something like an organ but there must have been something he could do to improve the simple technique.

He extended his arm and began turning the blade side to side, as he was looking at the dagger. It seemed as if his wrist would only turn back so far, but if he started with the knifes edges going horizontally he could complete an almost full rotation. A dagger twisting technique to open up the wound. Although it wasn't exactly the thing he wanted it could be used in a pinch.

As he practiced rotating the dagger he realized it was a combination of things the wrists movement was paramount it required an inward rotation to its full extent. Then the thrust and only after that was complete it required the dagger to be spun by the wrist all the way out to its fullest extent for a complete three hundred and sixty degree turn.

Morvale was rather pleased with his accomplishments for the day, and decided to go back to learning some other things in his spare time. That beef jerky was looking mighty delicious and that wine seemed to be calling his name.

[Radiant]

Morvale :

Experience

Skill	XP Earned
Weapon: Dagger	+2 XP
Tactics	+1 XP

Lores

Lore Earned

Dagger Allows For Quick Movements and Tricking Manoeuvres

Dagger: Basic Stabbing And Cutting Techniques

Loots

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