Closed Fugitive [Ashar]

Kel sneaks back into Riverfall for the one thing he can't live without.

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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]

Fugitive [Ashar]

Postby Kel Tempest on August 14th, 2014, 8:40 pm

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As the Akalak ducked under his attack, Kel grunted in irritation, his swing whizzing through the air, meeting empty space. Kel felt his legs twist as his momentum carried his attack farther than intended. But instead of allowing the force of his strike to make him stumble, Kel leaned back, increasing his momentum, allowing the weight of his trident to swing him around. The Svefra pivoted on the balls of his heels, spinning around in a complete 360 before coming to a halt in a defensive stance.


Chest heaving, it only took a few ticks to size up his opponent. Kel noted the purple man’s tense grip on his weapon and the wide eyed look as he narrowly dodged the sweeping razor sharp blades of the trident head as it flew overhead.


Kel couldn’t tell how old the Akalak was but he guessed he was fairly young given the fact that instead of instantly going on the offense the moment he saw the Svefra breaking into the Alements, the Akalak felt the need to announce his presence. Kel would have struck while he had the element of surprise. But law enforcement always seemed to need to brandish their authority about themselves with a sense of arrogance. But maybe it was more of a power trip than a trait of the youth.


Either way, it didn’t matter.


Kel’s disgust for authority was obvious.


He was ready when the naginata flashed through the air towards him, intending to spill his intestines out on the cold stone below him. Kel lifted his trident between his hands and caught the blade in between his hands on the leather wrapped metal pole. The long pole was redirected as the attack failed, whistling down at him from above.


Once again, Kel caught the blade in between his hands on the shaft of the trident above his head, muscles taunt and straining against the pressure the Akalak forced against weapon.


The black clad Svefra intended to keep the two weapons locked together above his head. If that was successful, Kel would snaked his foot up and slam it into his foe’s chest, knocking him backwards.






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Fugitive [Ashar]

Postby Ashar on August 14th, 2014, 9:57 pm

Very quickly, Ashar's thoughts of exhilaration and thrill-seeking vanished in front of the reality of the fight he was currently embroiled in. His first attack was blocked with ease, to no one's surprise, and after spinning its way around Ashar brought the long blade of his weapon down from above.

This too was blocked, but before Ashar had the chance to retrieve his blade there was a tingling in his Evantia aura. The man's body was moving again, even though his weapon was already above his head blocking Ashar's naginata. Muscle tensions translated into action as the Evantia aura told Ashar that the man was aiming for a powerful kick to the chest, and as if on cue the scraping of metal on metal could be heard as the trident slide along the naginata's blade as the man raised his foot.

If Ashar had just been better, then he could have slid his blade in either direction along the trident's handle and force the man off balance to avoid losing his fingers. Rationally, however, Ashar knew that he was not good enough for that, and that he had to avoid taking the kick and getting the wind knocked out of him.

So the Akalak backpedaled quickly, the sudden rush forcing him off balance as he stumbled backward, his legs hopping backwards as he tried to clear the space between them. Even though the kick had not connected, the immediate result was still the same, with a bit of extra breathing room for the human thief to make his own offensive. Swiftly, Ashar tried to bring his naginata back down to in front of his torso, but by that time he knew that the human would either be making his next attack or legging it again.
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Fugitive [Ashar]

Postby Rosela on March 15th, 2015, 12:24 am

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Congratulations! You've Been Awarded:

Kel :
XP:
Stealth +2
Sailing +1
Observation +2
Planning +1
Larceny +2
Brawling +1
Running +1
Weapon: Trident +1

Lores:
Stealth: Using of Weapon Tarnish
A Svefra’s Greatest Weakness – Ale
Stealth: Boots are not Stealthy
Larceny: Breaking Open Doors
Larceny: Keep Time on the Mind
Young Men are Brash

Additional:

Ashar :
XP:
Observation +3
Detection +2
Stealth +2
Investigation +3
Tactics +2
Weapon: Naginata +3
Running +1

Lores:
Only Act on a Crime After It's Occurred
Evantia: Recognizing When an Opponent is More Skilled

Additional: One tiny little pet peeve in one of your posts... Scraping a blade across the ground looks badass in the movies, but it's a horrible thing to do to a blade. I'm not sure how often he does it, but Ashar would definitely have to resharpen his blade after this.

Otherwise, a great little thread here. Still sad we didn't get to see it finished!

Notes :
Not sure how realistically someone could sneak an entire ship into the docks, but we’ll call it lucky for now. Maybe if you were sneaking in with a rowboat, but with a city as well-patrolled as Riverfall, a great big casino is a little unlikely.

Also, since Ashar is gone, I didn’t award any lores related to him. Let me know if you’d like them anyway though.

Otherwise, a very nice thread here with a definitely unique pretense. Too bad we didn't get to see it finished though... Great job :)


If you have any questions or concerns about what was awarded, don't hesitate to PM me. When you're finished, please edit or delete your grade request from the grading queue.
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