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Post by glexen on Nov 20, 2008 22:08:37 GMT -5
"Alright kid. This explanation will take a while, but in the end. You will know all you need to know about swords" Crom said a he then cleared his thought before finally starting.
"There are three major sizes of swords and daggers out there. The small swords, mainly used for backup" He started as he used his hands to show the two smallest blades that where on the left ends of the three rows, some where a little large than others but that is how they are made.
"The standard swords witch are used the most commonly with another standard sword or small sword or used with any kind of shield" He continued as he then showed the two mid-sized swords that where in the middle of the three rows, this is where the size difference is rather noticeable as some have a inch difference to a 6 inch difference.
"last be not least are the large swords. The big, heavy two handed swords that can deal the most damage to ether human, animal or demon." he said as he showed the last two at the right end of the row. These swords as crom said, where pretty big. Almost as long as how Kenta is tall. the ones in the middle however are the tallest compared to the others.
"There are also different organ that these weapons came from. It is rather simple really, the top row ones are the standard European swords, mainly define on how plain they look. They are more ment for mass production and are commonly seen thouought Europe. There straight edge however dose not give them any sort of increased damage and they are rather prone to breaking if used improperly. From left to right ill tell you the swords." He said as he then picked up the top row, farthest right sword.
"This is called a Dagger. and going by the Imperial measurement. The length is anywhere up to 12 inches in length of the blade, the handle dose not count. These are strictly used for last resort as they are small and only really good for stabbing the target." He said as he then put the dagger down and picked up the next largest.
"This is s short-sword, another backup weapon but it is more common as they can both slash and stab the enemy. They are usually about 12 to 24 inches in length and used when you lose or break your standard or large weapon." He said as he then picked up a standard size weapon. larger than the short-sword but smaller than the next size weapon.
"This is a broadsword, the most common type of blade in the western lands. Light enough to be used one handed yet heavy enough to try and cause some harm. These can range anywhere from 24 to 36 inches in length." He took a large breath before consenting to the next sword, witch looked rather long for a standard sword.
"This is the long sword, also known as a bastard sword because people can use it with ether one hand or with two. They are also called 'hand-and-a-half' swords, however they are not really common as the heavy Knights use these swords the most and each sword is a not only a weapon, but a work of art. These swords are usually 36 to 48 inches in length and are quite light compared to the other heaver swords. Here, see how light they are." He said as the passes the long-sword over to Kenta, it looked like it was going to be heavy but infact it was lighter than what most people would think. Crom then moved on and picked up one of the similarly large swords.
"This is what we call a Claymore, a heavy two handed work of art. A Claymore is nateive only to a place called Scotland as the highlanders use these weapons commonly. However other places have them, they are just not that common outside Scotland. Claymores are 48 plus Inches as they are extremely large and heavy swords." He said as he put the sword down gently not to rattle any of the other swords as he then picked up a rather eye catching sword, it had a wave-like blade and there was a small cross-guard that protected an extension of the hilt before actually going into the main blade.
"This is the Zweihänder, Flameberge variant. Possibly the Rarest of English weapons, also the heaviest, the most eye catching and the most devastating if it hits. I have seen warriors getting mauled by people using this blade, especially this variation of the blade. If your opponent parry's this blade, then it is possible for rather nasty vibrations go though there arm. These swords are also 48 plus inches long." He said as he placed the zweihander back.
"This finishes only one third of learning all the swords. Any questions on the english blades?" He finished as he then again took a deep breath of air. He also had in his hand a shinai. Dont ask how he managed to get his hands on one, but the thought of getting hit with that would sting quite a bit ... If crom would hit someone, then he may make them bleed quite a bit.
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Post by Rin on Nov 20, 2008 22:20:37 GMT -5
(Woah! Data overload! System error, system erroe! Hee hee! Kidding! But phew... now I know why it took so long for you to post. Where did you learn all thsi stuff, wikipedia or something?)
Kenta shook his head. "No, not at the moment..." And went back to examinign the longsword for a moment... it really was lighter then expected. He then glanced at the weapon in Crom's hand. "What about that one?" he asked, pointing at the shinai.
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Post by glexen on Nov 21, 2008 16:43:27 GMT -5
"You mean this?" He said as he then looks at the wooden sword.
"This i believe is called a Shinai. A practice weapon, it is also useful to whack people till they wake up if they fall asleep on one of my lectures or where not listening." He said as he then sort of laughed his evil laugh, making that kind of a joke. However he was serous about that, despite being in a kind voice.
"It is a eastern weapon. Witch I am going to explan now. The eastern swords are almost the opposite of the western weapons. Each of them a work of art, each of them are extremely strong, light and each of them are potently devastating in close combat. However the requirement, training, the time it takes to make one of these weapons, the matinence required to keep these blades functioning and the training to use one of these properly are very high and they are rare to find these swords around." he said as he then picked up the the boddom row's left sword, witch is the smallest.
"This is a Tantô, the eastern equivalent to a dagger. Unlike the Dagger, the Tantô is used for both slashing and stabbing and is the easiest to use. Tantô's are also similar in length of a dagger. Under 12 Inches." He said as he then gently put down the Tantô and picked up one of the more familiar blades known to Kenta.
"This is a Wakizashi. The equivalent to the western short-sword. This sword is a relatively strong blade if used in a proper way, not only that it can be a very sneaky weapon if used in a hands of a Assassin. The Wakizashi is also similar to the short sword in length, about 12 to 24 inches." He said as he again gingerly put the sword down for a common blade and unlike most of the Eastren weapons, this one has a straight blade to it.
"This is a Chokutô. Equivalent to the broadsword, it is the more common kind of blades as these are easer to make, maintain and to use, again these swords still hold the work of art that goes into every eastern blade. These swords however range from being 24 to 48 inches long. Considerably longer than the Broadswords." He said as he then put the blade down and picked up the all knowing sword and possibly the most famous sword of this country.
"This is a Katana. The equivalent to the western longsword. This sword is one of the most potently devastating weapons in this small country. Even in the hands of an inexperienced person. However this sword is somewhat easy to damage if an inexperienced person where to use it. These swords are roughly a little smaller than the western longsword, 30 to 45 inches.” Crom continued to explain as he then gingerly placed the weapon down back on the table and picked up an enlarged version of the Katana by at least a good foot or two, outsizeing the Claymore.
“This is a Nodachi. The Equivalent to the Scottish Claymore. This is one of the more rarer blades due to there size and arguably less effective against calvary and heavy infantrymen. It is also harder to make than other swords due to there great length. This sword is about 50+ inches long, meaning it's a large weapon.” he said as he then gently put the blade back down and picked up the sword that is similar to what Ois was wielding and is also outclassing the
“This ... is what I believe to be called a Zanbatô. The eastern equivalent to the German Zweihänder, most devastating blade, it is also the heaviest, the strongest and rarest. Harder to find than even the Nodachi, be it that it is also high maintenance. It is possible to use this sword as an Anti-calvary sword, it has the potential to kill the horse and the rider in one swing as I heard. This sword is slightly longer than the Nodachi, being at 55+ inches long.” He said as he then placed the massive sword back down gently.
“So ... any questions?” He asked Kenta as he looked at him carefully if Kenta went asleep or was not lisening.
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Post by Rin on Nov 21, 2008 16:54:15 GMT -5
Knet adidn't look as interested in the eastern weapons then the westearn, but it only hsowed jsut a tad bit. "No sir." He said once again. But he was still eyeing the shinai. 'I swear I've seen that thing somwhere... oh yeah! My dad threw one at me that oen time...' He unconsiously began rubbing the left side of his head as if someone had wacked it but quickly stopped.
"I didn't know about other weaposn except for bows and Katanas... but I guess that's because I've been in one territory almost all my life." He smiled at Crom. "So what's next?" He asked.
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Post by glexen on Nov 21, 2008 22:42:37 GMT -5
Crom smirked under his helmet, the kid did like to learn after all.
"Alright, in the middle row is the weapons that our kind makes. Or as the Westerners call them, the 'barbaric' weapons. They are a unnoticed hi-breed between the two others. As powerful and strong as the eastern weapons with the mass production of a western weapons. The swords in the middle are relatively hard to break, even if misused and some have the cutting power of a Katana. There is one problem with them though and that is there weight. They are relatively heavy for even sword standards. However us warriors of the dark ones don't mind this as we are physically stronger than the other humans, although we are far and few in between." He said as he then sighed.
"The swords are roughly the same names as the English weapons. However the swords here are considerably different, not only in size and shape, but in weight also." He said as he then picked up the barbaric longsword, it was a good half a foot longer than the English longsword.
"Here, compare the weight western longsword with the barbaric longsword." He said as he then placed the sword down. It was in fact heaver than it looks. It would take almost a normal person or even a half-demon to weld such a heavy weapon with two hands. A Physically stronger person like the warriors of the tribe would have no problems wealing such a heavy blade with one hand.
"However, the Barbaric weapons are extremely reliable. They don't break easily if they do , can be easly produced and can be devastating to the enemy. They can also last hundreds of battles without breaking even once or even losing it's cutting power." Crom said with a bit of pride. After all these weapons where as hard as rocks.
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Post by Rin on Nov 22, 2008 18:18:59 GMT -5
Kenta squeaked as he almsot fell over from the weight. "Sheesh..." He grummbled. "Never... thought... they'd be THIS heavy..." He groaned out as he rested over his shoulder(On the side so it wouldn't cut right through it!)
Now don't get this wrong. Kenta was stong... but when you've been running from demons, and have never been able to run or jump off on all fours, you never get those muscels working much. Except foir westling demon fish of coarse! (XD).. so you can't really blame him at the moment.
He panted as he put it ont he table. "Phew..." He sighed. "Sorry, don't know how weak I really am I guess." He commented.
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Post by glexen on Nov 24, 2008 7:22:37 GMT -5
Crom could only slightly laugh at the kid.
"It is human and demon nature to overestimate our selfs when we try and do something with little chance at succeeding, however when you succeed passing that objective that you once thought you cannot do. You grow stronger, physically and mentally." Crom said only a little part of his wisdom.
"So ... That concludes the knowledge of the swords. I only ask of you to take one of these weapons. That will be your main weapon and take a small blade as a back up. You don't want to get caught without a blade out here." Crom said/Warned as he then watched at what Kenta choses for his main and his sub weapon.
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Post by Rin on Nov 26, 2008 18:47:02 GMT -5
Kent alooked at the wepons for awhile, and finally went to the weastern swords. He took the longsword as his main weapon, and the short sword for his sub weapon. "Will these be alright Crom?" He asked the other, making sure he chose okay.
He'd chosen the Long sword(Or Bastard Sword), because it was light, and he'd perfer to have one until he got stronger. Plus, they did look like they made a good sword to train with.
The short sword because it was more effective, and it seemed more interesting or/and useful to use then a simple dagger.
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Post by glexen on Nov 27, 2008 21:49:54 GMT -5
Crom was a little suprised on what the kid chose, he was expecting him to use weapons that he had seen before, but it was his dission.
"I see that you have taken up the long-sword. Very well, I shall teach you how to use it to it's full potental. How to use it with one hand, two hands, How to use both of those weapons in each hand in combat and finally. The use of a sword and Shield, we will however start off small with the basics" Crom was as he then started to walk towards the Hastly contructed arena. This is where auccual physical training will take place.
He also waved his hand towards the kid as if he wants the kid to come over to the Arena.
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Post by Rin on Nov 28, 2008 11:29:32 GMT -5
Kenta smiled and quickly followed Glexen to the Arena.
Bard was near by, taking a small break to get some tools from hsi bag when he saw the two. He watche dthem for a moment, then shrugged, deciding he'd have to see if he could watch later. Right now, he had a hut to finish up.
Kenta waited for Glexen's insturtions, feeling a bit excited. But he didn't let it go to his head...
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Post by glexen on Nov 28, 2008 16:10:38 GMT -5
(OCC- It's crom ... not Glexen, although i may make a charater named like that eventually -OCC)
"Alright." Crom said as he unsheahed the Harbinger.
"Almost all swords have the same set of attacks, parries and tactics that make them swords. First of all, we will show you how to slash. It is realy simple, there is an overhead slash." He showed Kenta the overhead-slash and is only useing the Harbinger one-handed as he then brings the sword over his head and slashes down with the sword.
"The Mid-slash." he said as he then did a slash that was roughly arround the waist of his massive height .
"And the low-slash." he finished as he then revered the momentem and made the sword slash downwards, as if aiming for the legs of an invisable enemy that he just not only hacked in two but splited in half.
"These slashes can be placed at any angle and swung for as long as you have enough energy, strength, speed and control to swing the sword. You also have to control where the sword is going to go after you are finished. That is all you really need to know about slashes, now ... try and do those three slashes aganst me, dont worry. I can parry the blade, dodge the blade or the armor will absorb the blow." He said as he went into a battle postion, he is makeing shure that the Harbinger wont break the longsword as again, those swords are somewhat hard to comeby and nearly impossable to come by arround this area of the world.
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Post by Rin on Nov 28, 2008 18:51:05 GMT -5
(Sorry! I was kinda in a hurry, so I wasn't thinking! Oops!
But I kinda like the idea of you making another character! More people for me to bug! *But seirously, if I bug you when I ask to RP with you, let me now, and I'll stop!*)
Kenta nodded. "Here goes nothing..."
He took a breath. He aimed for Crom, then did a mid-slash, over head slash, and low-slash, in almost lightning quick movments.
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Post by glexen on Nov 29, 2008 9:05:49 GMT -5
Crom was verry unprepared for how fast the kid was useing the long-sword. He barely dodged the overhead slash that nearly came down upon his head. Managed to batter away the mid-slash barely. However the low-slash connected with his armor.
Sparks and small flakes of metal flung off the armor as the long-sword connected. However the Chaos armor held up to the long-sword and at the end of the swing. the Armor remained almost mainly intact.
'The kid has all of his power backed up into his swings. That is both good because the stronger the blow, the more damage it deals and bad because he can get more tired than reserveing the rest of his strength, however this was not bad at all! This kid is going to be a fantastic warrior yet!' Crom though happily, although he still had a bit of adrenelin pumping though his body after the three attacks.
"Very good kid. I was unexpecting the sword slashes to be so quick but you did please me greatly. Are you ready for your next lession?" He said/asked as he then recovered from the unexpecting slashes.
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Post by Rin on Dec 1, 2008 15:23:55 GMT -5
(*Grumbles about sister being on alll weekend*)
Kenta sighed at Crom's words. He'd been worried that he'd actully swung too fast and hadn't put enough strength in it... "Yes, I'm ready." He replied.
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Post by glexen on Dec 1, 2008 22:38:24 GMT -5
"Now kid, the sword can also be used to stab your opponent, however you must be ether rather strong or very dexterous to aim the sword properly for a stab. They can also get into the chinks of armor if aimed correctly." He said, demonstrating some fast stabs in the air and knotting how crisp and accurate the attacks where.
"Stabs can be placed anywhere and if you are both strong and fast enough, you can use something like a Barbaric Broadsword as fast and as a English rapier and as devastating as a Claymore if the attack managed to hit." He said as he then ends the final stab with an overhead slash.
"They are also used in combination attacks, when you keep throwing attacks at the enemy. It makes them go on there defensive as long as there are many attacks. as soon as you stop attacking, they will be back on the attack. However sometimes it is necessary to hold on your sustained assault when you know that you cannot get though there defenses and then attack when they attack and hit them when they least expect it." Crom said as he then stabbed the Harbinger into the ground and then looked at the kid.
"That lecture was possibly the most important information I can give you. Stay on the attack or when they are about to attack, strike out at them fast before your window of opportunity closes." He explained as he then took out his fixed up Battle-ax.
"Now, try land a hit on me." He said as he then grabbed his tower shield and went into his shield & Sword stance ... although he is using his Ax instead of the Harbinger.
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