Ancient Dances

Ears would flick slightly at the foot-fall of another that announced the presence of the brute before his actual appearance. He was getting to know Surreal, even if they had barely spoken. His presence seemed to be everywhere within this pack lands, it showed how much he cared for Valhalla. He was surprised that there was to be an audience, but pushed him quickly from his mind; he did not want nor could afford the distraction. His assessment returned to the other as he fell into his own defence, but it was the words that caught his attention first. He was surprised to learn that this wolf was the brother of their queen. His next words almost caught him off guard entirely ? he wasn?t certain what had been spoken of him and considering he had had little interaction with the queen to date was in fact surprised. He supposed he had done good with helping Erion in the quake and feeding the mothers of the pack, but that was something anyone part of a pack life would do. ?Thank you, Cormalin, and I believe it will be a pleasure to spar with you? He said softly, still taken aback by the kind words of this stranger.


The change was abrupt and without subtly as they went from pleasantries to spar, and the older boy was running for him. In the moments before Cormalin moved the brute would check over his defences again, the balance of his tail, the dig of his well-spreed claws in the dirt, the roll of his shoulders and ensuring his muscles felt limber and strong beneath him. He was ready for the force of the brute as he propelled into his right shoulder with the momentum of his run. Well Cormalin was taller than Alpine, the snowy brute stood with more pounds and weight to his muscles. He took the weight, having already been easing out his breath as they collided to sooth his lungs, and having shifted his centre weight into his forepaws, and rolled his shoulders backwards, lowered himself to take the force and move the impact to absorb the shove there in his shoulders instead of in his ribs as the other had planned.


The result would be bruising, but his stance was solid and would not shift. He would instead move to drive his shoulder into the neck that snaked out in order to get his jaws into the shoulder of the white brute. By driving his shoulder upwards he would be aiming to get the other in the windpipe, to bring him short of breath and cut off his lunge for the tuff of his fur at his upper back. As the older boy would lift his forepaws off the ground to encase Alpine in a bear hug, the drive to the neck, weather connected or not would drop lower to drive into his chest, showing onto him as he lost the security of balance that came with four paws. He would drive at an angle in an attempt to knock the other to the side, hopefully off balance but if nothing else to expose the throat at his side, which Alpine?s open jaws would lunge for even as he tried to tackle him to the side.



Defenses: 1: Well balances weight with spacing of paws, paws dug into earth for traction with tail flared behind him also for balance. Shoulders rolled to protect throat and tighten his muscles for extra layer, ears flattened to skull.

Attack Defenses: Driving his weight forward to take the impact on his shoulders, which roll back to absorb it, center of weight lowered to add weight and keep him on the ground.


Attack: As Cormalin stretches out to bite neck will move to ram shoulder into exposed neck to cut off breath and stop the attack to his upper back. As Cormalion moves to hug him he will move his shoulder to drive into the shoulder of the other hoping to flip him to the side well his balance is off his paws, but before his paws wrap around Alpine, since the movement of his shoulder from the others neck to shoulder is a very small one he believes it can be done faster then the other can shift his weight upwards, rise his paws and encase Alpine.


Injuries: Heavy bruising on shoulder from impact


ROUND 1 of 3 FOR FIGHT