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Dueling is Magic / Fields Outside the Crystal Empire - Princess Cadance v. Sadowi
« on: October 12, 2015, 11:44:02 pm »
Challenging: Princess Mi Amore de Cadenza
Setting: The late morning sun, low in the sky due to the latitude, shines her ardent gaze upon an expanse of tall grasses and perennials in a field just outside of the Crystal Empire, visible in all its glimmering beauty by the horizon and crowned with the magical aurora. Also off in the distance, but not yet where the sky touches the earth, mountains, some capped with snow, dot the landscape, their angular slopes of terracing marking them as homesteads. The temperature is cool right this moment, but is sure to rise as the day ascends.
Challenger: Sadowi, an undead marine of the damned frigate Codrington.
Powers and abilities: A marine, this pony has great proficiency with many weapons, most notably poles such as the boarding hook, javelins the likes of a harpoon, and staves, though he is best with the sword. Without the need for food, water, or oxygen he never tires. Without true gelatinous eyes connected to the brain with nerve cells and instead bestowed teardrops of light able to assume any orientation for eyes along with a career on a small ship that loved the waves but rolled miserably, he is more or less an organic gyroscope, jumping, leaping, hopping, rolling, dodging, sidestepping, cartwheeling, flipping, and/or pirouetting his way across the ring. His gallop is fast, but his reflex is equal to 2.7x108 meters per second and he sees in bullet time.
As an Earth pony, he cannot fly and wouldn't dream of it, but he can jump and is coordinated enough to "climb" through the air, using falling objects or projectiles as platforms.
Sadowi is ambidextrous and can stand, walk, and fight on his hind legs.
Flaws: Proficient, but he has less true experience with weapons not mentioned above. He is not as fast as he once was due to his undead state as a zombie and not a skeleton, still toting around bunches of spare flesh. Flesh, though damp, also makes him more flammable. Raised as a servant to a noble family, he has a strong sense of honour. Facing a head of state, he will give her first move, allow her to choose which fighting discipline (dueling form) she would like to encounter, and will combat with the honour system. For example, should a foreleg of his be struck he will remove and not use it for the rest of the fight.
Armour: Sadowi wears no armour, for it slows him down when he's running awa-er, around and would have been a nightmare to maintain on a far-sailing commerce raider.
Dueling forms:
Ataru: emphasises erratic, almost unbalanced acrobatics to outmaneuver and confuse the opponent and their momentum to deal powerful blows or to flow into the next steps. Most commonly used.
Aegis: utilises precise blocks, short-step dodges, and parries to dizzy or tire the opponent before striking. Very useful in confined areas and against opponents of all sizes, but with his slight frailty he tends to avoid this form.
Parting the Silk: an elegant form most commonly used to practice balance. He always begins with this to transition to others.
Sadowi can do his forms unarmed, though his reach and lethal damage will be impaired.
Equipment: Goldnail: a dao, or Middle Kingdom broadsword.
Sinkhook: name originating from its distinctive, barbed appearance and its guard made from fishing wire, this blade bears little resemblance to the talwar it was cut down from. Attached to another length of fishline coiled around his right foreleg, the weapon can be used as an offhoof sword, a fishing hook, a grappling hook, or a kunai. Will not be used and will stay sheathed on his back, without any fishlines around forelegs, should Princess Cadance choose to face Sadowi in his Parting the Silk or Aegis form.
Fight to: death, surrender, or incapacitate
An earth pony, pelt blued from a drowning, stood at parade rest, his hindhooves hidden by the long grasses and his forelegs crossed over his breast, and eyed, or leered, at his opponent. "Wellnow, what a lovely Princess."
Setting: The late morning sun, low in the sky due to the latitude, shines her ardent gaze upon an expanse of tall grasses and perennials in a field just outside of the Crystal Empire, visible in all its glimmering beauty by the horizon and crowned with the magical aurora. Also off in the distance, but not yet where the sky touches the earth, mountains, some capped with snow, dot the landscape, their angular slopes of terracing marking them as homesteads. The temperature is cool right this moment, but is sure to rise as the day ascends.
Challenger: Sadowi, an undead marine of the damned frigate Codrington.
Powers and abilities: A marine, this pony has great proficiency with many weapons, most notably poles such as the boarding hook, javelins the likes of a harpoon, and staves, though he is best with the sword. Without the need for food, water, or oxygen he never tires. Without true gelatinous eyes connected to the brain with nerve cells and instead bestowed teardrops of light able to assume any orientation for eyes along with a career on a small ship that loved the waves but rolled miserably, he is more or less an organic gyroscope, jumping, leaping, hopping, rolling, dodging, sidestepping, cartwheeling, flipping, and/or pirouetting his way across the ring. His gallop is fast, but his reflex is equal to 2.7x108 meters per second and he sees in bullet time.
As an Earth pony, he cannot fly and wouldn't dream of it, but he can jump and is coordinated enough to "climb" through the air, using falling objects or projectiles as platforms.
Sadowi is ambidextrous and can stand, walk, and fight on his hind legs.
Flaws: Proficient, but he has less true experience with weapons not mentioned above. He is not as fast as he once was due to his undead state as a zombie and not a skeleton, still toting around bunches of spare flesh. Flesh, though damp, also makes him more flammable. Raised as a servant to a noble family, he has a strong sense of honour. Facing a head of state, he will give her first move, allow her to choose which fighting discipline (dueling form) she would like to encounter, and will combat with the honour system. For example, should a foreleg of his be struck he will remove and not use it for the rest of the fight.
Armour: Sadowi wears no armour, for it slows him down when he's running awa-er, around and would have been a nightmare to maintain on a far-sailing commerce raider.
Dueling forms:
Ataru: emphasises erratic, almost unbalanced acrobatics to outmaneuver and confuse the opponent and their momentum to deal powerful blows or to flow into the next steps. Most commonly used.
Aegis: utilises precise blocks, short-step dodges, and parries to dizzy or tire the opponent before striking. Very useful in confined areas and against opponents of all sizes, but with his slight frailty he tends to avoid this form.
Parting the Silk: an elegant form most commonly used to practice balance. He always begins with this to transition to others.
Sadowi can do his forms unarmed, though his reach and lethal damage will be impaired.
Equipment: Goldnail: a dao, or Middle Kingdom broadsword.
Sinkhook: name originating from its distinctive, barbed appearance and its guard made from fishing wire, this blade bears little resemblance to the talwar it was cut down from. Attached to another length of fishline coiled around his right foreleg, the weapon can be used as an offhoof sword, a fishing hook, a grappling hook, or a kunai. Will not be used and will stay sheathed on his back, without any fishlines around forelegs, should Princess Cadance choose to face Sadowi in his Parting the Silk or Aegis form.
Fight to: death, surrender, or incapacitate
An earth pony, pelt blued from a drowning, stood at parade rest, his hindhooves hidden by the long grasses and his forelegs crossed over his breast, and eyed, or leered, at his opponent. "Wellnow, what a lovely Princess."