Ragna strolled through the battlefield in search of a good spot to call for an opponent. She sparred frequently with her husband but rarely with others. She felt she ought to take steps to correct that and try fighting wolves she didn't know on a personal level. She needed to expand her horizons more when it came to fighting. She had plenty of experience now with large predators, now to get a bit more experience fighting other wolves. She found a good clearing and tipped back her head to howl for an opponent. Once that was done she rolled her shoulders and stretched her neck. The summer sun was climbing close toward its apex. Hopefully she'd be able to get her fight finished before it got to hot. She'd brought some herbs with her as well to tend to her wounds afterwards.

She had been practicing and sparring about as much as she could within the Armada's lands, but she needed something to test herself in more than one way. Practicing with the same wolves over and over and fighting straw dummies was only going to get her so far. Plus, eventually she was going to have to get over her fear of being out in the world on her own. She'd begun to venture out of the pack's claimed lands bit by bit, starting with just going to visit Tamsyn in the neighboring pack. Each trip and exploration built her confidence a little bit more until finally she made up her mind that she would go out to the battlefield like her sister in law had suggested. It was certainly a stretch for her, but she hoped that the more she put herself into uncomfortable situations, the more that they would become less uncomfortable. As she wandered through the open field, she heard a howl from someone calling for an opponent and after a moment of hesitation she decided to head toward the call, easily finding the brown and gray woman that had put out the open invitation. Rhona was pleased to see that she'd found another woman about the same height and stature as herself so at least she wouldn't feel too overwhelmed. "Hello," she said in greeting as she approached the stranger, stopping several feet away to give them a nice distance to start their fight with. "You were looking for a spar?" she asked as she got into the defensive stance that no longer felt strange and had gotten to feel far more practiced and natural than it once had when Sirius taught it to her. "Speech"

Ragna mentally worked through the herbs she had with her to tend to any potential wounds she might receive. As long as things didn't get too violent she'd be fine. He call was soon answered by a young woman and she quickly nodded. "Indeed, I am." She pinned her ears tightly to her head and tucked her tail, swiftly setting the rest of her defenses as she readied herself for battle. When the other woman was ready Ragna sprang forward, kicking up dust as she launched herself at her opponent. Ragna sought to attack head-on. She attempted to slam her chest into the chest of the other woman while her jaws lanced down seeking to dig into the crevice between where the woman's left leg connected to the left side of her chest. Ragna sought to shred flesh in the sensitive area and slow down her opponents movements.

Ragna Shaelyn vs Rhona for Spar
Round 1/?
Age: Over 1 Year
Size: Large
Build: Medium
Skills: Advanced Healer & Expert Fighter
Specialty: N/A

Rhona readied herself across from her opponent with her ears and tail tucked, claws digging into the dirt, and knees bent slightly so that she could respond to whatever the other wolf threw at her. The other woman was clearly more experienced and confident in her movements, but Rhona didn't let that other her. As she learned from her spars with Naiche, she had to start somewhere and if this was where she would start then that was okay. As the woman's chest connected with hers she recoiled a bit as her form absorbed the impact, shifting her back a step before she could regain her grip on the ground. In that moment when she was regaining her balance the woman twisted her neck to bite into her left leg. The bite connected before she could react and she sucked in a breath through her teeth at the sharp sting of pain. She attempted to reach down to place a bite at side of her opponent's neck, hoping to move fast enough to catch her before she pulled away from where she had bitten at her left leg. Rhona vs Ragna for Spar Round 1/2 Age: Over 1 year Size: Large Build: Medium Skills: Novice Fighter & Novice Intellectual Specialty: N/A "Speech"

Ragna collided into her opponent, making sure to exhale right before the moment of impact so she'd have an easier time recapturing her breath. Her fangs latched into the other woman's leg and she held firm, making sure to keep her defenses set, her ears pinned, tail tucked, shoulders rolled forward and neck scrunched as much as possible. She was glad for these precautions for at such close range and with her head down there was little she could do to defend against her opponents retaliation. Fangs sank into the side of her neck. Slicing through the rolls of fur and fat and into the flesh below. Getting away now would be very difficult so Ragna decided to work where she was. She attempted to dig in deeper and increase the damage by scissoring her jaws back and forth to worsen the wound she'd initially started.

Ragna Shaelyn vs Rhona for Spar
Round 2/2
Age: Over 1 Year
Size: Large
Build: Medium
Skills: Advanced Healer & Expert Fighter
Specialty: N/A

Rhona gripped and got a firm hold on the looser skin around the woman's neck, only to realize that with them both holding firm they had landed themselves in a bit of a stalemate. Her opponent biting and digging her teeth more into the wound on her leg pulled a pained growl from her, but also made her realize that at this point even if she tried to pull the woman away from her leg it wasn't like she was really going to cause herself that much more damage. With her teeth still dig into the side of the woman's neck and her feet planted firmly on the ground of the battle field she started attempting to jerk the woman back off of her leg with sharp tugs and shakes of her head, letting her teeth tear into the skin she was holding more in the process if the stranger didn't let go of her leg right away. Rhona vs Ragna for Spar Round 2/2 Age: Over 1 year Size: Large Build: Medium Skills: Novice Fighter & Novice Intellectual Specialty: N/A "Speech"

And the winner is...

RAGNA

RHONA must give up by submitting, fleeing or passing out. Totals: RAGNA: 332.28 Rolls: 66 53 79 65 Adjusted: 69.3 63.6 79 65 RHONA: 304.15 Rolls: 89 15 91 99 Adjusted: 93.45 15.75 91 103.95