The tail-less man was recovering from the earth-quake and training to keep his balance. After some time he felt confident enough he was fine. So it was time he kicked himself into action, he may not be high of rank with the limit at the time. But as Sendoa had told him apparently there was a special place for him in her heart, and Isardis'. The man pressed his paws against the soft autumn snow, raising his head back in a howl as the blue man demanded youths presence. It had already been explained to them what was going to happen with the training. While they were acquired to attend all lessons, they would be concentrating on one they would like the most. Etern sat down on his rump, still getting used to the idea there was no longer a long fluffy dark appendage to curl around his paws. Green eyes looked around as he waited. Today he would pair them up, in the hopes the more experienced would be able to teach the less experienced in the art of fighting. ooc: you must post by April 14th that's next monday LETS GO! Speech,

With a new mind-set on life here in Glaciem, there was no wasting time. As soon as Talvi heard the howl of Etern, she moved into action, making her way towards the sound of the call unlike her previous hesitance on his last lesson. Now though there was certainly none of that, this was the lesson that was most important to her after all after her decision to specialise in fighting. And it seemed that along with her new-found confidence, the girl had also had a bit of a growth-spurt. Though eager, it was still rather surprising to Talvi to discover that she was the first blood to arrive for the lesson. Deciding not to linger on the fact for too long, she moved closer to the blue male and took a seat before him, giving a dip of her head in greeting. "Hello Etern." She had barely spoken upon the last lesson, and the verbal greeting now was just another demonstration of her new determination to do better for herself and the pack.

Like a leech she followed closely behind the unknown girl, whom bathed in ivory and hinted blue. She knew little about her, only that she was one of taurigs children. Though argent betrayed Isardis it would seem he had taken the girl and the siblings as his own, titling them blood. S'alkrie would remain silent as she weaves in and out of the trees, reaching the call at the polar sound. It was Etern again, was this the training? The placid babe would flick her tail eagerly hoping she does well at her very first spar. She had seen fights many times and has picked up on plenty, attacks as well as defenses. This included the challenge Artemis made towards Valhalla, when Sal was eager to see the event. " Hi Etern, are we doing more training today?" She'd asked sweetly before sitting herself down, hoping all the others woudl find there way.

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She prodded Kyarst awake, having heard Etern's call and knowing exactly what it meant. She had, of course, been informed of the circumstances and was rather eager to get her son into some real life action. He seemed to have grown cocky in his short lifetime, and she wished for that to be a warranted arrogance, rather than an unwarranted one. He was taking a while to rouse, and so she would chuff at him once more before setting off on her own, intent upon viewing just whom was attending these meetings. Etern deserved respect, and if the bloods and youth of glaciem were not giving it to him - they would have to learn to do so. She slithered up beside Etern, pride gleaming bright in her eyes. ?Etern,? she hummed in greeting, glancing to both Talvi and S'alkyrie in turn. ?Hello to both of you, I applaud your early attendance.? She smiled at them both, noting that Kuvio had not made his presence known. It was likely he was not here at all. She would have to speak with him soon enough about his reclusive behavior. ?speak,?

While the boy was now a healer, it didn't mean he was except from these things. Vereux was happy to attend, to learn, and whatever. Now that he was lower than most the ranks this was where he'd be happy to learn more than what Etern had privately taught him in their short reign of the organization thing. His tail flicked behind him as he saw Sendoa, and dipped his head in a greeting to her taking a seat off to the side. The sad amount of collection was surprising, not many had left, well not this many had they? Regardless he shook his head and looked straight forward with a smile on his face. This would be fun and great, there was no harm in it after all was there? Speech,

Why on earth these meetings had to be held at such godforsaken hours of the morning he had no clue, but the six month old wasn't really in a position to protest. He had very little fight training, and had no idea how to go about asserting himself in a proper manner - and so he would merely grumble as his mother roused him and move slowly toward the den's exit. She scampered along much faster than he, but the boy felt like it wasn't necessary to be the first one there - so long as he arrived. As he made his way he found his body wakening, his senses sharpening until he was fully roused. The faintest of eager smiles flickered upon his lips and brightened his eyes as he arrived on the scene. His uncle, Etern, was holding the meeting, which promised that they'd get some sort of fight training today. ?Uncle,? he chimed in a smooth baritone melody. His blackened figure settled nearest to S'alkyrie, though he was still a yard or two from her side. He'd grown accustomed to keeping his distance. ?speak,?

Lysis was quick to reply to her Uncle's call. They had been told that training sessions would happen soon, so the gathering came as no surprise to her. A delicate smile twisted at her lips as the babe came forward, making her presence known. Her spar with Kyarst had done well, and she was eager for more -- though would be lying if she said the prospect of ruining her flawless ivory coat was not something unappealing to her. She had a constant air of dignity about her as she entered the small group, instinctively coming to rest beside Kyarst. This time, however, she kept a small distance between the two of them. Her affections were given to her siblings rather freely, but she didn't want her half-brother to grow bored of her -- and this seemed the next best solution. Her tail curled about her hindquarters as she reclined backwards, eying Etern and wondering what awaited them today.

He was sore but optimistic as he returned to Glaciem territory after his vacation exploring the surrounding areas. Drashiel had visited Roman in Tortuga then had a rather nasty encounter with a mother and her newborns as she'd attacked him. He frowned? no, mother was not a name for D?gmar. He felt a fire in his chest for a moment at how she'd abandoned her children so but at the same time he could understand her reasoning. The boy came to a halt in his journey. Had his mother felt the same? His teeth grit together. If she had then he wished she'd have left before he'd been old enough to know her, to miss her. Drashiel leaned over to lick at the shoulder wound that was healing nicely. He had several scrapes but nothing too serious and the encounter had been fruitful. In return for hunting for her and assisting her in delivering the pups to their father she would train him. Of course he was to bring her a treat now and again for her continued support but the lessons were going well. He hoped to learn from as many different wolves as he could! Already he could see the difference in fighting style. As if on cue the call of Etern reached his ears and his heart leapt. Finally, the official Glaciem training! Drashiel sprinted towards the gathering but it was a bit of trip from the border and he was one of the last to arrive. Dam. Oh well, tail waving high, tongue lolling he strolled into the group, leaning over to brush against Lysis shoulder in affectionate greeting before he moved to sit next to S'alkrie? purposely leaning all his weight into her with a mischevious grin on his face before letting up and slipping into his more studious nature. Offering Etern a nod of respect "Speech"

Those who wanted to gather, gathered. And such to him only six of which desired to show up but at least it was a number he could work with. As his sister appeared he fought the urge to wiggle his rump at the sight of his beloved sibling. Etern however would offer a smile and a dip of his head to her. As everyone settled he rose himself. "Glad all of you could make it." he said with a soft sigh. Well at least it gave him an even number of all of them to work with. He stepped forward a bit looking at them, "You will be sparring today, I have set you up into pairs. Weather you wish to spar now or some other time this week is up to you, as long as I see it. Talvi and S'alkrie you are a pair, Vereux and Lysis you are a pair and Kyarst and Drashiel you are a pair. No complaining with who you have been paired with. But make sure that you get your spars in within the week." he said looking over them. This training exercise was important as the next. ooc:; Have your spars started by the 29th at least, it doesn't matter when they end as long as they get done. You can post in the battlefield or otherwise in this thread or elsewhere in glaciem. Etern will be watching! Decide among yourself who will start the thread and how many rounds you will have. Speech,

The next to arrive would be a girl Talvi hadn't yet had the chance to speak with the albino girl. If she had to guess they were probably around the same age though S'alkrie was the slightly smaller of the pair. She had no chance to speak to her though, even if she had dared to use this waiting time for the lesson's official start as an opportunity for conversation for it wouldn't be long before the Queen would arrive. A slight swell of pride would rush over her at the praise that they received, certainly something that she had been lacking for a while now. She smiled in response to Sendoa, a slight dip of her head in a sign of respect for the Queen. Others would soon begin to follow, though still there were certainly others that were missing. All the same Etern would apparently feel he had waited long enough and begin to speak. Sparring so soon? The instructions for the lesson certainly took Talvi by surprise, she had expected that they would at least learn a little about efficient attacking and defending prior to any sparring though she supposed with the range of ages and experience, he probably wished to assess them individually before working out what to teach them. All the same, the girl felt a little nervous and the small size advantage she may have had over S'alkrie certainly wasn't enough to fill her with confidence right about now. "Shall we get this spar done now?" Talvi questioned as she looked towards S'alkrie. The sooner the better in some ways she supposed, though a little time may have allowed her to watch some of the other fights and perhaps learn a little from her observations. That luxury probably wasn't what Etern really wanted to give them though anyway. If the girl responded with a yes, she would move heading out of the way of the other bloods and find some space in which they could begin.