Skadi was looking for a fight. It sounded like things were going to get interesting for Fireside and the only way she knew how to process that and prepare was to fight. Hone her skills, kick ass, take names, you know, the usual. So, here she was in the clearing in front of the barn sweeping aside debris and shooing chickens off in preparation of a fight. Once the ground was clear she slapped on her gear, threw back her head and howled for anyone who wished to practice with her. She made the terms clear; this was just a spar. All gear, all companions, just like it would be in a conflict.

Dagrún was chewing on a deer antler when she heard her sister calling out for an opponent. She hadn't made any plans for the day and was suffering under the weight of boredom so the minute she heard the call she sprang to her feet and raced over the rangeland. She didn't want any of her other siblings to get there before she did. It felt like it had been ages since her last real spar. Dagrún had been spending time tinkering, crafting, and setting up her own personal den now that she was a yearling. Her fighting skills were being neglected and it was definitely time to correct that.

She skidded to a stop in front of her sister, panting a little from the effort. "You rang, sis? I could use a good fight!"

Skadi was delighted by the appearance of her sister. It had been far too long since they'd slugged it out just for the fun of it. In response to her sister's words Skadi struck a defensive pose and quipped, "Then it's a good fight you'll get!" And that was that. No need to draw it out. They both knew why they were there so it was time to get cracking. Dagrun was a heck of a lot bigger than Skadi but the tiny viking was used to that. Everyone was bigger than her. So, naturally, she did what any small fighty person would do: she went for the joints. Skadi sought to shove the left side of her chest into Dagrun's right foreleg. Her goal was to buckle the limb and knock her sister down to her level


Skadi vs Dagrun for Spar
Round 1 of ??
Age: 1+
Size: Extra small
Build: Light
Offensive Battle Accessory: Bladed forearm guards
Defensive Battle Accessory: Bear skull mask
Companion 1: Great Horned Owl, Female - Flying
Companion 2: Magpie, Male - Flying
Mutation 1: Cat claws - Offensive
Mutation 2: Spicy blood - Defensive
Skills: Intermediate Fighter & Intermediate Hunter

Dagrún grinned as Skadi agreed to fight her. She quickly set her defenses, making sure to pin her ears and tuck her tail. Having siblings meant getting your extremity's chewed on so she wanted to make sure those were tucked away for the fight. She coiled her limbs, ready for action as Skadi sprang toward her. Dagrún had forgotten how fast her sister could move. The girl sprinted forward and slammed her chest into Dagrún's foreleg. Dag's head dove down, seeking to grab Skadi by the scruff near the head, while she shifted her weight to her other three limbs, letting her right forelimb slip back with the blow.

Dagrún vs Skadi for Spar
Round 1/2
Age: Over 1 Year
Size: Large
Build: Medium
Offensive Battle Accessory: Spiked shoulder harness
Defensive Battle Accessory: Spiked helmet
Companion 1: Cougar, Male - Battle
Companion 2: American kestrel, Female - Flying
Mutation 1: Cat claws - Offensive
Skills: Master Fighter & Master Intellectual
Specialty: Tactician

As she should have expected - and honestly, it was time she got a cape or something, jeez - Skadi felt teeth sink into her scruff. Fortunately for her, her momentum into Dagrun's moving leg carried her forward enough to cause the bite to land on the lower portion of Skadi's scruff, just above her shoulder blades. Because of this, unless her sister really cranked on her and flung her around, Skadi felt she still had good control of her head. So for that reason she went in for a bite, seeking to grab her sister by the ribmeat directly behind the 'arm' of her spiked harness. Unless the opponent was loose skinned or flabby it was a terrible place for a bite, but from experience Skadi knew it was pretty sensitive and thus worth a shot. If nothing else maybe she could tickle her sister into submission.


Skadi vs Dagrun for Spar
Round 2 of 2
Age: 1+
Size: Extra small
Build: Light
Offensive Battle Accessory: Bladed forearm guards
Defensive Battle Accessory: Bear skull mask
Companion 1: Great Horned Owl, Female - Flying
Companion 2: Magpie, Male - Flying
Mutation 1: Cat claws - Offensive
Mutation 2: Spicy blood - Defensive
Skills: Intermediate Fighter & Intermediate Hunter

As soon as her teeth seized Skadi's scruff, Dagrún heaved her upper body to her left, seeking to place her right foreleg on ground once more to aid her in an attempt to toss her smaller sister onto the dirt. As she did she felt fangs cut the delicate flesh of her side. As she moved Dagrún sought to keep her defenses as set as she could. As she did she felt some sense of frustration at herself. Why did she still continue to rely on her fangs so heavily? She had cat claws didn't she? It was this reliance on her teeth that tended to get her in trouble when fighting her sister. She only hoped that her hold on the other girls scruff wouldn't cause to deep of a bite and the following burning sensation whenever she spilled her sister's blood into her mouth.

Dagrún vs Skadi for Spar
Round 2/2
Age: Over 1 Year
Size: Large
Build: Medium
Offensive Battle Accessory: Spiked shoulder harness
Defensive Battle Accessory: Spiked helmet
Companion 1: Cougar, Male - Battle
Companion 2: American kestrel, Female - Flying
Mutation 1: Cat claws - Offensive
Skills: Master Fighter & Master Intellectual
Specialty: Tactician

And the winner is...

Skadi

Dagrún must give up by submitting, fleeing or passing out. Totals: Skadi : Attack Roll: 33 Defense Roll: 24 Agility Roll: 66 Perception Roll: 51 Total: 174 Attack[33] + 30% Bonus[9.90]: 42.90 Defense[24] + 20% Bonus[4.80]: 28.80 Agility[66] + 15% Bonus[9.90]: 75.90 Perception[51] + 20% Bonus[10.20]: 61.20 Total[208.80] + 10% Bonus[20.88]: 229.68 Dagrún: Attack Roll: 7 Defense Roll: 20 Agility Roll: 9 Perception Roll: 57 Total: 93 Attack[7] + 35% Bonus[2.45]: 9.45 Defense[20] + 15% Bonus[3.00]: 23.00 Agility[9] + 0% Bonus[0.00]: 9.00 Perception[57] + 65% Bonus[37.05]: 94.05 Total[135.50] + 25% Bonus[33.88]: 169.38

Round and round they went until the match was decided. Skadi wriggled away from her sister and bounced off a few feet to give Dagrun space. She was beaming, pleased with herself, and happy with the exertion she felt in her limbs. It felt good to spar again! It was decided. She was going to make a day of this. Skadi stretched and rolled her neck, enjoying the small chain of cracks she felt run down it. Honestly she was surprised it hadn't popped when Dagrun whipped her around. Maybe that had been just the primer she needed for a good crack. "Good fight. Whenever you want a rematch just shout, I'm all yours," she said with a smirk.

Dagrún flopped down panting with a dramatic sigh. "Ok, I give!" Darn it, she really did need to practice her fighting more. She was secretly glad that neither of her parents were around to see that performance. Well, she couldn't do anything about her loss now. Dag rolled to her feet and shook out her coat. She'd just have to keeping practicing and fight more wolves in Fireside and maybe some off in the battlefield some time. Her ears perked up, flicking forward as Skadi mentioned a rematch. Dag smirked and walked back a little ways before flipping around to face her sister, her hackles raised, ears pinned and tail tucked. "Oh, yea? How about now? Best two out of three!" While she needed to work on her fight technique in general she also needed to work on her endurance so why not go for another match.

Another one? Now? Hell yes, Skadi was game! She was feeling good and ready for another round. She spun around and dropped into a play bow, her chin resting on one foreleg so she could look at her sister sideways. "If you think you can handle all of this a second time." She wiggled her eyebrows playfully and then was up and going after her sister without warning. Dagrun knew what she was getting into. Maybe it would have been a bit more sportsmanlike to let her sister go first, but Skadi didn't think Dagrun would mind. At the very least she wouldn't whine about it.

Skadi sought to circle around her sister and come up on her left side. Quick as a whip she jumped, seeking to land with her front paws on Dagrun's shoulder blades and her back ones stacked down her sister's left side just behind the meat of her shoulder. Her goal was to climb up onto her sister's back, but that took time. To aid in her efforts Skadi sought to bite into the lower portion of Dagrun's scruff. All of the attacks served the same two purposes: to stabilize her and to help haul her up onto Dagrun's back.

Skadi vs Dagrun for Spar
Round 1 of ???
Age: 1+
Size: Extra small
Build: Light
Offensive Battle Accessory: Bladed forearm guards
Defensive Battle Accessory: Bear skull mask
Companion 1: Great Horned Owl, Female - Flying
Companion 2: Magpie, Male - Flying
Mutation 1: Cat claws - Offensive
Mutation 2: Spicy blood - Defensive
Skills: Advanced Fighter & Intermediate Hunter

Dagrún resisted the urge to wag her tail in excitement as Skadi agreed to spar her again. If she won this fight then maybe they could go a third round to decide who was the ultimate winner. Of course she had to actually win this round first and it was clear she needed to get back on her game. Skadi darted around for her left side and Dagrún arced to her left to try and follow her sisters movements but it wasn't easy with Skadi being so bloody fast. Ultimately she couldn't dodge. She felt her sister's fangs dig into her scruff above her shoulder blades with those claws digging into her shoulder and side.

Deciding to try something different to see how it went, Dagrún shoved her body to her left and let her weight go in an attempt to fall over on her left side and pin her sister beneath her superior weight. She knew it was important for a warrior to stay on their feet but she also felt it was important to experiment and try new things.

Dagrún vs Skadi for Spar
Round 1/2
Age: Over 1 Year
Size: Large
Build: Medium
Offensive Battle Accessory: Spiked shoulder harness
Defensive Battle Accessory: Spiked helmet
Companion 1: Cougar, Male - Battle
Companion 2: American kestrel, Female - Flying
Mutation 1: Cat claws - Offensive
Skills: Master Fighter & Master Intellectual
Specialty: Tactician

Had Skadi not just lost a fight to the very move her sister was trying to pull she might not have been prepared, but getting smashed under an opponent was no fun at all and it was forever seared into her memory. As Dagrun started to fall Skadi, thinking fast, shifted her weight forward onto her front paws. As she did that she kicked off Dagrun's side with her back paws. Though this was an entirely new move for her, she lucked out and stuck the landing. Her back paws struck the ground about the same time as Dagrun's side. Seizing the opportunity to be on top for once, Skadi sought to lay down on Dagrun's side with her front paws sliding down the right side of Dagrun's ribs and her back paws digging into the ground behind Dagrun's back. Her raised rump and coiled back legs were shoving all of her weight towards her chest and - hopefully - into Dagrun's right side just behind the meat of her shoulder. In the hopes of keeping her sister from biting her, Skadi also sought to bite into the right side of Dagrun's neck. The move was equal parts bite and shove as she was hoping to pin her sister's neck to the ground and shorten her reach should she try to lift her head and bite her. Skadi vs Dagrun for Spar Round 2 of 2 Age: 1+ Size: Extra small Build: Light Offensive Battle Accessory: Bladed forearm guards Defensive Battle Accessory: Bear skull mask Companion 1: Great Horned Owl, Female - Flying Companion 2: Magpie, Male - Flying Mutation 1: Cat claws - Offensive Mutation 2: Spicy blood - Defensive Skills: Advanced Fighter & Intermediate Hunter

Dagrún felt Skadi's paws push off her and realized that her gambit wasn't going to pay off but she quickly rallied. As she fell she pulled in her legs and swiftly rolled onto her back. As she did she kept her neck scrunched and her tail tucked up over her belly. As her sister pounced on her Dagrún pulled her hind legs up close to her chest and attempted to intercept her sister's attack by kicking the smaller girl in the chest as forcefully as she could and launch her sister off of her to give her time to get back to her feet. If she failed she'd just have to try wrestling her sister to the ground but she was eager to avoid more bites and scratches if she could. She didn't want to have to go visit a healer for her scrapes and bruises.

Dagrún vs Skadi for Spar
Round 2/2
Age: Over 1 Year
Size: Large
Build: Medium
Offensive Battle Accessory: Spiked shoulder harness
Defensive Battle Accessory: Spiked helmet
Companion 1: Cougar, Male - Battle
Companion 2: American kestrel, Female - Flying
Mutation 1: Cat claws - Offensive
Skills: Master Fighter & Master Intellectual
Specialty: Tactician

And the winner is...

Dagrún

Skadi must give up by submitting, fleeing or passing out. Totals: Skadi : Attack Roll: 20 Defense Roll: 95 Agility Roll: 62 Perception Roll: 29 Total: 206 Attack[20] + 30% Bonus[6.00]: 26.00 Defense[95] + 20% Bonus[19.00]: 114.00 Agility[62] + 15% Bonus[9.30]: 71.30 Perception[29] + 20% Bonus[5.80]: 34.80 Total[246.10] + 15% Bonus[36.92]: 283.02 Dagrún: Attack Roll: 51 Defense Roll: 24 Agility Roll: 43 Perception Roll: 58 Total: 176 Attack[51] + 35% Bonus[17.85]: 68.85 Defense[24] + 15% Bonus[3.60]: 27.60 Agility[43] + 0% Bonus[0.00]: 43.00 Perception[58] + 65% Bonus[37.70]: 95.70 Total[235.15] + 25% Bonus[58.79]: 293.94