Rise Up, Ting Ting, Like Glitter And Gold

Artorias watched Fern as she tumbled to the ground, her legs taken out from beneath her by his sweeping swing. Artorias paced slowly back and forth while he watched Fern get back to her paws, glowering at him with a fierce determination. Once she's up and squaring off against him again, Artorias resumes his combat stance with a roll of his shoulders, lowering his tensed body and prepared to spring. Once again, Fern darts right for him and the Aegis waits, watching her movements. She repeats the same process as before—predictable—and goes for his right side this time. This time, Artorias blades his sword down at an angle, catching Fern's blow along the length of the wooden blade and using her own momentum to direct her swing high. Because of their height difference, he still felt the end of her training sword graze over his right ear, but he'd managed to block the majority of her attack.

"Good. Don't stop, keep pushing!" he instructed Fern while he shoved his body towards hers, pushing them into close quarters combat and aiming another horizontal swing for her head this time. Not hard enough to cause any real damage, just enough to give her a good thunking if he made contact.

Artorias vs Fern for Training Spar
Round 2/2
Age: 1+ years
Size: Dire wolf
Build: Medium
Offensive Battle Accessory: Wooden training sword
Defensive Battle Accessory: Reinforced leather cuirass
Companion 1: Common raven, Male - Flying - Boosted
Companion 2: Silver cross fox - Battle - Boosted
Mutation 1: Stronger teeth and jaws - Offensive
Mutation 2: Thicker fur - Defensive
Skills: Master Fighter & Master Navigator
Specialty: Weaponsmaster

"Artorias" | "Carpathian" | "Corbin" | "Argent"