Trax-Freedom 'n fame

[Aerimor]

I been try'n ta decide wha type o weapon to make myself famous for.  I wen ta the arena where I were train'n and ask'd around.  Seems every'un thinks some one my size should be focus'n on cutt'n down others before they can do anything about it.  At firs they said I should take a big weapon, like me.  But when they saw 'ow good I am with both 'ands they said I should try use'n two weapons n'stead.

Said if I cut my enemy down quick like, I'n not need to worry about use'n a shield and all.  Sound'd good ta me.  They had me try a couple weapons out.  Flail, broad sword, rapier, scimitar, dagger, long and short swords.  Did'na like some of em so much.  An the broad sword, it was weight'd odd, they said that were normal, most that took ta it took a lot longer ta develop.  I told em I was in for the now, I did'na have years ta spend on learn'n another weapon.

Left me as my favorites of Short Sword, Scimitar and dagger.  Some of em said twin scimitars is real nice like, all those edges, cuts things up real pretty like.  Couple of em said pair'd shorts is ta way ta go, easy ta hide and can stick things real deep like.  one said Short and dagger were ta way ta go.  I tried em all out for a bit.  Did'na like the dagger so much when spar'n with others, no reach at all.  An I am a big guy, look kind'a silly with so litt'l o weapons, hard to make a name for maself that way.

I haff ta ammit I see good things abou both ta shorts and the scimitars.  I can decide.  So fer now I am gon'in ta use both.  Give me a real good feel for each of em.

With that tak'n care of I am ask'n around tomorra ta see wha jobs there are.  need some coin to buy decent weapons and some armor.  Every one agrees shield or no shield, noth'n protects like a metal skin on ya.  But they cost a'la.  Hope I can make some quick coin.

~T

[Aerimor]

I got my armor, and it do make a big diff'rance.  Got two shiney blades now too.  An iron Skimitar and iron Short sword.  I been using em both.  I like em both too.  I have tak'n to usen that skimitar in my right hand and the sticker in my left.  I usen the skimiar to do the bulk of tha attacks and the sticker to just take the free hits that open when I press em with the skimitar.  Ya, I am finden I like the skimitar a lot.  With my strength I can open up others defenses and then slice em on the back swing, stick him with the sticker, head butt em or just run em ova.  I am trainin in the arena now tha I have lots of gold.  I hav ova 500 gold now even afta buyin all this stuff.  I figure the key to my fightin is the skimitar.  Tha better I am with it the betta all my otha fighting ability gets.  

So I been train'n with jus the skimitar, with the skimitar and the sticker.  An I been adventur'r'ing a lat too.  Been fight'n skelatans, kobalds and even cleaned out the sewa fer some toots in 'Empstead.  Them kobalds tougha than they look.  Well they no match fa me one on one, but they always are inna pack.  All tha yipp'n gets 'noy'n too.

Got my armar and blades from Ben o tha Angel's in 'Empstead.  Tha guild is fa ex-steet foks like meself.  Looks like iffa make a name fa yaself adventur'ing than when you get as ole as Ben you can make an 'onest livin sellin the stuff ya got while adventur'in.  Good ta know if I make it to be as old as 'im I can 'ave a cushy gold'n years.  I went back ta pay off my debt but he went in. Some doll, "Eddesa answered tha door.  She's a Xeeny, said if i get tha money she'll show ma around.  Seem I were right, tha women can' keep their 'ands off an adventur'r in armar.

This is eva thing I were 'oppin.  I jus need ta keep workin on ma fight'n, its tha key to evera thing.  Noone cares abou an adventur'r tha can only fight kobalds.  I needa keep tran'n ma blades.

[Aerimor]

This adventur'ing live is great.  Always new things ta do, new places ta see and new things ta fight.  I have been doing a few jobs for folks around.  Collect'n ears, deliver'n things and the like.

Had a run in with an elf an a rear witha big flammin sword.  The rear were insultin me.  I told him he need'd to use sum manners or he'd end up with tha sword up his backside.  Next I know, tha elf toots blasted me twice with some magic from the sky.  Now that she wern't invisible I ran her down and tried to put her down.  Get into a fight with em both.  I got some good shots off but tha two of em tagether were better than i were.  I arrived at tha bindstone right mad.  By tha time I got back they were gone.  Now I think tha saved me another trip to tha stone.

But it lit a fire under my butt.  I had a chance to take one down, mayeb both an I was able to get aenough hits in.  I made up ma mind.  I am gonna practice day an night with my skimitar.  Tha guys in tha arena said when you truely masta tha skimitar you can use tha curve to score hits even when parried.  You can continue that contact and wrap tha curve o tha blade around tha parryin weapon.  Extend'n that range and draw'n blood where there where only a parry before.  They gave me a few otha pointers as well.  Routines ta use, angles ta set up.  But its up ta me to masta them.  And thats wha I am gonna do.  I am gonna become tha best o the best.  If I get in skimitar range, folks are gonna respect or fear me.  

I have sum coin, I coin gonna rent arena time and hire me some practic'n partners.  My blades are tha key to my abilities to adventur and continue tha life I love.  I love see'n all this new stuff.

[Aerimor]

I 'ave been cuttin down gobblins when I can.  Got ta say they can hit hard, get through ma plate too often.  But I can trade blows with something tha small, an in tha end I'm standin an they are dead.  Tha coin keeps it so I can keep livin my dream.  I eat good food, drink good ale and 'ave money ta buy new gear.  

And train'n lessons.  Been rentin arena time and hirin sparin partners.  This weeks was a no show.  Wait till I get ahold of em.  Costs coin ta rent arena time and within one to spar with its useless.  Ya got ta show up if ya say ya will.  I reserved more time and was headed out tha door when I ran inta a toots in armor.  She heard I were stood up like and took insult I guess ta me callin her a doll.  Told ma ta get in tha ring.  I didna wanta beat her inta a pulp, but I figured the arena magics made it safe enough.  So we had a go, she's real light on her feet.  Uses two stickers an gets a numba of quicks hits in like.  Guess I shoulda takin her more serious like.  She managed to get me good like.  It were worth it though.  I got ta watch here sticker in her off hand.  I'm quick ta pick up technique, got me two new things ta try with my off hand sticker.  She were all haughty like, I told her I liked her off hand even if she hits lika girl.  That lead ta anotha go roun.  She is too light on her feet, still managed ta wear me down.  Got ta give her credit, she knows she ain'n a big guy like me an can trade blows like.  i hata say it but maybe I should work on not gettin hit so much.  That time anyway I got in some good licks, an ya know when I hit ya.  One of em was even tha off hand move I saw her use on me tha firs time. Told ya I were quick ta learn fightin stuff.

She took ta my charms, women love guys in armor, specially big guys like me.  She said she'd help ma out if I stopped callin her doll.  I said, alright toots.  She said i fought like a wall.  I didna move ma feet. I said ya right,  I keep my feet under ma so I can real back an end a fight in a good hit.  She said if I ever wanted ta get anywhere, i'd have to learn to use tha feet to.  I thought about it, if it worked for a little girl like her, think o how great i'd be.  I said show me, I'd try it out.  She had ma stand with ma knees bent and try to dodge without movin my feet.  Was tough ta get use ta, I'm usta standin tall and intimidatin folks.  She said I needed ta work on ma balance before we could go anywhere like.  Said she'd show ma somethin to improve my foot balance if I stopped callin her toots.  I told her she didna have people skills like ma and she needed ta work on it if she were gonna get anywhere.  I asked her what I were suppose to call her if I couldna clal her doll or toots.  She told me ta call her masta.  I chuckled and told her I am my only masta, I didna become a adventur'r ta serve anotha.  We agreed Teach would work for now.

So she had me stand in this dumb position, with ma main leg bent and unda me and my otha foot ahead and kinda but not really touchin tha ground.  And had me have my arms out like i were huggin a tree.  I told her it were a dumb way ta stand and ya couldna stand like that in a fight.  She said it were for workin on balance only.  She I tried, were hard not ta wobble at first but I'm quick ta learn like and I figured out how ta do it, had no problems once she told ma to striaghten ma back.  I had to stand like tha for a while and then switch feet and do it again.  I didna gripe much though.  Afta all if it works for her, imagine how devestatin I will be.  I'll get better than her in no time.  I use a skimitar, not two stickers and i'm a big guy.  When I hit ya, ya know it.

We had one more go afta that where I had to use the knees bent unda me stance and work on dodgin some of tha blows.  I still got hit like, but I guess i dodge a blow or three i might not of othawise.  And since I had anotha chance to see her style i got in some more hits this time.  Finally managed ta make sure she'd member me good for a while.  She still good at dodgin aroun though.  But now I am onta her skills.  She said she'd meet me again if i sent her word, but I were ta keep workin on tha dumb lookin stance in tha mean time.  I told her thanks and I have been workin on it, tryin it out some when im fightin. Early ta tell yet, but it ain'n hurtin one anyway.  I'll keep at it fer now

~T

[Aerimor]

Been workin on ma balance an footwerk.  It does make a diffrance.  I were fightin tha ugly beastie in tha gloom woods tha them fort guys want his head of.  The beastie were bigger 'an me an almos as strong.  So i figur'd was a good time ta put ma practice inta real testin.  It werk'd real good like, I were still able ta hit hard, in fact hard'r than i thought I were gonna be able ta.  I found tha the little lass either were telling me half o it, or didna realise tha rest.  If ya use tha moving to set up yer hits or ya move with tha hits they can hit harder than using jus the upper body.

I ain'n see tha sword girl since, an i been lookin fer her at tha arena.  But maybe I don need her none any more.  She set me on tha path and I am smart 'nough ta see where this can lead on ma own.  I took down that zamin beastie, I still take ma own hits.  But tha thing no is, an hits I dona take is suga on tha top.  I been playin with this movin around and usin ma balance and footwerk ta set up hits, an it werks real nice like.  Ida not thought feet could help yer sword hittin but it does.  It got ma ta thinkin.  Thinkin about how I could use ma feet to set up more hits, I am strong as any'un but I think if I use momentum err movin I could hit deeper, stronger.  And if I move ma footwerk around I can hit from differ'n angles like.  Get more blade contact, spill'n more blood.  I could improve hittin when parried.  Like I were writin earlier, turnin a parry inta a hit. If I am movin ma feet during the hittin, I can get a better angle as I am hittin, better able ta reach around the parryin weapon.

I ken see it in ma mind, I see how it should werk.  I donna think I ken explain it right.  An its takin lots of playin in tha arena and in real combat.  But I ken tell it is werkin.  I think about it a lot, its important like to me.  I started drawin it.  I got some fancy papers and pens an I started drawn differn thing ta try.  Some of em dona werk, but a lotta them do.  I showed on drawin ta ma arens partner this week, he were impressed with it.  I told him o'course I spend a lotta time thinkin them out.  He said he meanta drawin itself, said I had a lot more talent fer drawin than he'd o given me at first look.  I think that means he thinks I look like an ogre er somethin.  I donna show ma pictures ta anyone any more.  Fer some reason it made me feel weird like.  I only draw ma fightin pcitures fer maself.  So I ken keep track o tha ideas I get in ma head when i am thinkin of the skimitar an tha fightin footwerk.  Tha drawn helps I lot, I get so many ideas o things ta try, I canna always 'member them all.


I figure tha mos important things abou fightin with the skimitar is how hard I am hittin, how long tha blade is in contact with tha 'pponent, where tha blade is hittin and tha angle its hittin at.  The footwerk can help with all ov them if I werk at it.  I think this were the step I were missin in becommin a great fight'r. I already 'ad the size, stregth and dedicatin to it.  I were jus missin this.

I been adventur'n aroun, seein new places and fightin new things.  I donna like them undead much.  Blades ain'n real effective like against em, no blood ta spill.  But I been hangin aroun these holly rollers like. Sam, Dani Benji and  few more.  They say im brutish and ill mannered, but they like 'avin ma swords aroun.  A couple ov em had tekin ta tryin to teach me ta speak nice like.  Tha looker, Dan-ella among them.  Said I shouldna call womenfolk doll or toots. I told em all I didna mean no disrespect like.  Its just what I know ta call em.  Tha lookers are dolls, tha othas are toots.  It neva gave me no problems before.  I think its jus adventur'rs that thinks thay need fancy title's like sir and lady.  I donna do any o that, but I tryin to use names, its jus hard like.  I know ima adventur'r an i donna need no sir.

Time ta go draw som more pictures and head to tha goblins ta try some drawins out.

~Trax

[Aerimor]

Tha stuff werks.  Seems tha movin were tha key I be needin ta open tha lock.  Still gotta long way ta go on werkin it all out, but it'll werk.  I been thinkin abou' it, it makes sense like.  Imma big guy if I get ma weight behind my swings, I ken really lay things out.  If I werk that with havin a touch, bein not righ' easy ta perdict in ma angels, it should make me righ' fierce like.  Every un expects a big guy ta hit hard, but how many go fer somethin more than tha direct attack?  Imma guessin not many.  Imma gona figure this all out, but it'll take sum time.  Gud fer me I'm a youngin, not like ole Ben.

Ben adventur'ring with soem otha folks when I ken find em.  I ken really stick things were it hurts if they are focused like on sumone else.  Mostly been goin with some holy rollers.  Paladins mostly i think.  Tha guys ain'n like me much.  Always claimin my manners are crude. But I think they are just intimidated like.  I cut down mor of tha enemy than they do.  The dolls like me, seem unable to help but like my charms.  Its tha armor, women luv it.  They 'ave ask'd me ta werk on my manners too.  Guess they like bein called purty names since they are paladins or adventur'rs.  I ain'n callin no one master er lady, same thing really.  But I been callin em by name when I 'member.  Guess doll is gud enough fer us lowly streeters but if her a holy roller you think ya need a title.  Wha'ever I like goin new places like, an its easier ta do tha with othars than alone.  Sides sum of em got magic ta fire ma blade or protect ma.  I righ' like tha too.

So tha's ma in a nut shell now.  Gettin along with othar adventuers, seein new places, killin new things and werkin on perfecting tha Trax style of skimitaring.  Life is good, I nevar regret one day since I left Vehl.  It'd be hell ta go back to a life of walls and seein tha same things every day again.

~Trax

[Aerimor]

I were killin gobbies by hlint an ran inta a bunch a folks.  The tories and a handful i didna know  Dan Ben said he could use ma ta go into the wood and look fer some gobbies.  We did and we found tha gobbies talkin ta some otha folk.  Our scouts I were told.  Afta listenin ta them talk, I come ta find out a gold haired elf lass kilt sum of em then told tha rest they had ta attack hlint or she'd kill em all.  Sucks ta be a gobbie, I don knwo why we didna kill em right thar an be done with it, but thay wenta town and sum of ours tried ta tell em not ta go.  They went, sum of us kilt tha gobbies.  Sucks ta be a gobbie.  I were gettin ready ta go kill sum more gobbies, I got a lot of practicin ta do.  An a elf doll walks up an some of ours question her.  All of this why did ya kill the gobbies, why did ya tell the gobbies ta attack town, what colar is yer hair. I told her she did nice werk with tha gobbie killin and asked her if she wanted ta go kill sum mor with ma.  She said, she wanted ta talk ta me later.  I told her sure, but no romantic stuff, shes too skinny fer a big man like me.  all them elffies are.  I think she got tired ov tha questions an left.  So I went an killed more gobbies.

~trax