Solo Lessons from Father (Valkalah's Tears)

Chealvanand Farlvan talk and spar on the use of Lakans and Daggers

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Built into the cliffs overlooking the Suvan Sea, Riverfall resides on the edge of grasslands of Cyphrus where the Bluevein River plunges off the plain and cascades down to the inland sea below. Home of the Akalak, Riverfall is a self-supporting city populated by devoted warriors. [Riverfall Codex]

Lessons from Father (Valkalah's Tears)

Postby Favchean Hronis on November 17th, 2013, 3:08 am

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The waters gently rolled along the beach, now too cold to tread in for many, as the sharp air promised winter. Syna sat low in the sky, just barely a hairsbreadth above the horizon causing a gloom to spread across the land as twilight begins to fade to dark. Two large males walk the beach together and instantly the familial resemblance is apparent to anyone with any amount of ability to see. In this light they look almost black, though perhaps to another Akalak they might be able to discern the greens in their skin tones. One was taller then the other, but the shorter was far more thick but they walked easily together down the beach.

"It has been a long while since I have been able to speak to you, son." Farlvan was saying, his body encased in leathers that were soft and creased with age. On his left hip is his Lakan, one that he had crafted almost one hundred years before. His Djed and sweat going into the process, and the end result had been a beautiful blade of twisted metal. "It seems when I have a chance to get away from your mother or the Kendoka Sasaran it is Favchean that I run into." The older Akalak says in Tukant. If Farlvan hesitated using the name that he and C'hea had given their infant son forty three years prior it is because Favchean and his dark brother had never used separate names. It seemed they both were comfortable with Favchean, and it seemed less hassle, especially since their personalities were blessedly easy going together. However, a few days prior it seemed the dark brother had decided to become a bit more..autonomous and took another name for himself.

It was something Farlvan though should have happened when the dark brother had emerged when the boy was ten. "Indeed Father. It seems to me, at least, that Favchean has been struggling a little with his duties in life. It has caused...an imbalance in our unique relationship." Chealvan grins easily enough at the man who had sired him, though he had no memory of the man before he was ten years old, the memories after were warm enough for him to cling to even when the days between his appearances grew longer.

"Your mother and I have noticed this, he needs to accept his duty. Perhaps if I hadn't married your mother he would not hold out for romanticized ideas." Farlvan shakes his head, not in disgust or annoyance but in concern for his sons. Favchean had such an easy time of learning to balance between himself and his dark brother that Farlvan was half expecting this to happen. Not an imbalance along the line of the Cerulean's but enough to be uncomfortable for a while.

"He will. He just will push it until the last moment." Chealvan shrugs his shoulders, and stops to stand watching the sun sink lower still, until his infrared vision kicked in illuminating the darkness in ways that only Akijia could grant. While Favchean felt closer to Wysar, it was Akijia that drew Chealvan more."Let us not speak on balance, not tonight when the air is brisk and we have nothing else to worry about but ourselves." Chealvan turns once again to face his father, his hands dropping to gently unsheathe first his dagger and then his Lakan. His own Lakan from his own Djed was smaller then his father's, but only by a finger breadth but it felt right when his light brother had helped to craft it. It felt balanced and true.

"Eager for a lesson are you Son?" Farlvan grinned, his own hands falling to his Lakan and his own dagger as well. "Fair enough. Tonight we will focus on why a good attack will lead to a good defense." The older Akalak crouched into a starting position. His Lakan twirling just once in his fingers as he sought to find the best balance.

Chealvan responded in kind, his bright white teeth showing up clearly against his dark skin in Farlvan's own infrared sight. His body slipped lower, his Lakan held in his right hand -for Chealvan was right handed while Favchean was left- and his dagger in his left. However because both he and his light brother focused hard on unarmed combat, daggers and Lakan's were not as familiar to them, much to Farlvan's dismay.


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Lessons from Father (Valkalah's Tears)

Postby Favchean Hronis on November 18th, 2013, 10:12 pm

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Farlvan shifted his weight on his feet, back and forth watching and gauging. His son was a novice in dagger and Lakan still but he was well competent in unarmed combat, which a dagger is easily incorporated. "You must learn good attacks Fa-Chealvan, " Farlvan utters still in Tukant. "If you do not learn good attacks then your defenses will always be shoddy. We defend what we can imagine to happen. If we learn good attacks we imagine good attack moves. Anticipation."

Farlvan raises is Lakan, "The first is a simple right hand thrust, it is the most common attack that novice dagger wielders use since most people are right handed." The older Akalak moves forward, his Lakan in his right hand raises, and Chealvan watching that hand drops his left hand to block the Lakan..and felt the tip of his fathers dagger touch his side lightly. "Just because someone is showing all the signs of attacking in one way, you can not afford to only pay attention to that."

Chagrined Chealvan grumbled but stepped back into the ready position, the point in his side had not been hard but it was enough to prick a little of his skin. It was Farlvan's way of ensuring the lesson stuck in his mind. When he was mending the leather of his top, or perhaps when the bruise that will most likely form smarts he will remember his failure.

"My mistake Father." He rumbles, but now his blue eyes dance between the two, Lakan and dagger, in his father's hands. "Good Chealvan, good. Now I will show you simple attacks, you defend in any way you feel natural." Farlvan smiles at his son waiting to make sure Chealvan knew what was being said.

Chealvan knew, and he grimaced, very rarely does his father ever want either of his sons to just learn 'naturally'. Farlvan often said if Akalak's were meant to learn naturally then they would be left alone once they were birthed. No Akalak's had to be taught everything, so when Farlvan said this Chealvan knew that his father wanted him to learn by error.

Suddenly Farlvan leaped forward, his Lakan sweeping up and over in a downward thrust, Chealvan sees and counters by throwing his right hand up. Farlvan's wrist met Chealvan's wrist, but oddly it stopped instantly...and a moment later Chealvan sported another pinprick, "Your still focusing on the obvious. Imagine bigger." Farlvan said, barely getting the words out before he was pressing an attack again. This time both his Lakan and his dagger raised, his arms crossing for more stability as he drove the two peaks down, using his height advantage to bear down on the younger Akalak.

Chealvan made the mistake of raising one hand to deflect two, thinking that he would be able to muscle his way past since the two were so perfectly placed to land directly on his forearm. However when he did just that, and moved to bring his own Lakan up in his left hand intending on pinking his father once, Farlvan growled and bore down. The leverage and the double arms gave him the advantage, forcing Chealvan to sweep his Lakan arm up and force his father back.

"You are too worried about the blade. Remember that with daggers, you have far more room to use your body. Don't forget your greatest weapon!" Farlvan instructed, Chealvan nods remembering some of the basic dagger skills his father had instructed them in. "Lets spar now. You know that you must imagine the attacks and defend for the attacks you can barely imagine." The time of instruction was over. Now it was time for practical matters. Farlvan and Chealvan did not use blunted daggers or Lakans. Instead they used the real thing, trusting the other to pull their thrusts. Occasional mishaps happened, and at the very beginning Farlvan did make his sons use wooden daggers, then blunted ones but now they both used sharp edges.

Chealvan began to press the attacks now, sweeping his Lakan up only to have his father thwart it with a simple sweep of his hand. Farlvan used his elbow to deliver a blow to Chealvan's ribs, which caused Chealvan to lower his right arm, thus giving Farlvan a chance to slip in to the unprotected side. However Chealvan used his father's momentum to roll out from the attack, sweeping his left hand to barely tap his father's shoulder. He had scored that point he thought as he and his father fell back into circling each other.


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Lessons from Father (Valkalah's Tears)

Postby Favchean Hronis on November 20th, 2013, 2:12 am

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Chealvan noted a small crease in his father's leather vest where his blade had tapped him, but he had managed to pull the blow enough. The point of practicing with sharp edges was to teach discipline and control as well. To never let the battle lust grow so great that you did not have complete control over your weapon. It was a harsh lesson to learn if one learned by mistakes.

Farlvan was the one to press an attack now, darting forward and reversing his grip on the Lakan easily swirling it around to where the blade laid along his arm and the hilt was pointed up. With a swift upper cut, the hilt of the blade plowing into Chealvan's squared jaw sending a burst of pain into his mind, Farlvan tries to bring the dagger up to lay it against his sons neck.

Though his upper cut did connect to Chealvan's jaw, the Akalak not quite anticipating that move, he did manage to raise his hands to capture his fathers dagger arm between them preventing the blade from touching his thick neck. This did cause Chealvan to lose his grip on his Lakan and it fell to the sands below. In a counter move, Chealvan used his now free hand to grip his father's arm, and force it around using a holding move, twisting the wrist so that the hand was pointed almost fully in the wrong direction. Though since this was a sparring match and not pitched battle he does not continue the move where as Farlvan's arm would have been snapped.

Instead he used the older man's weight to throw him off of himself, staggering back with a grin. Both Akalak huffing now, and each having connected a blow to the other it was almost sacrosanct to stop the sparring now when they were tied.


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Lessons from Father (Valkalah's Tears)

Postby Favchean Hronis on November 20th, 2013, 4:13 am

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Down to his dagger only, Chealvan actually felt more comfortable as he settled into his Kata for his unarmed martial training. Now his dagger was more of a tool rather then something to focus on, just the way Chealvan -and Favchean- liked it. The dual wielding was handy, but equally as confining as well.

Farlvan darts in, slashing to the left and to the right, Chealvan was only able to deflect one slash with his dagger the metal sliding across each other with a distinctive clash, the other pinks his side and again he feels the pinprick of pain as the tip finds flesh before it pulls back. Another point to his father.

Snarling under his breath, the younger Akalak brings his dagger up in a move that would have been intended to gut his opponent but Farlvan easily sidestepped and put the tip of his Lakan against the base of Chealvan's neck. The match was Farlvan's, even if Chealvan had been a head in points that was a 'killing' move. Instantly the younger Akalak relaxed his body, holding his hands up in defeat. Most times his father manages to get the best of him, but the day was coming when he would get his.

Moving over to his Lakan, he bends and picks up the precious blade. Cleaning it with a rag pulled from his pocket before he sheaths it and his dagger once more. "Good job Father. The day is coming though." Chealvan grins even as he clasps his hand with his father, pulling the man close in a tight hug.

"Indeed it is Chealvan. That is the way of the world though. Who knows..." Farlvan's brow raised mischievously, "Maybe when my next son is born next year I might just have to start going easy on you and save the training for him." The older Akalak grins as he gave the news of C'hea's pregnancy to his son. The look on Chealvan's face was one of pure joy, and Favchean echoed his own joy within Chealvan's mind, as he gave his father another slap on the back.

"Bout petching time!" Chealvan exclaims, his arm still around his father as they made their way back up the beach, heading back to Farlvan and C'hea's apartment. Both eager to get back to the Konti woman there, as husband and son to share in her joy.


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Lessons from Father (Valkalah's Tears)

Postby Gossamer on November 24th, 2013, 3:20 am

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The Fates Have Spoken...


Player: Favchean Hronis
XP: Dagger +4, Observation +4,
Lores: Dagger: Right hand thrust, Dagger: A good offense is a good attack, Dagger: The Upper Cut, Combat: Combining Dagger W/Unarmed Combat, Dagger: Getting Past An Opponents Guard, Dagger: Combat Tactics – Adapting to changing circumstances.

Notes: I really appreciated this thread. You conveyed your characters uncertainty and enthusiasm combined. You failed as much as you succeeded and I liked seeing a glimpse of Favchean’s family dynamic.

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