Paladin Apprentice Training

[Anamatar IV]

In back of the great temple of Heren Istarion a wide field is spread. A large lake is next to it. Horses graze among themselves. And a group is gathered. Ingolemo stands among them.
"Greetings all ye who have been selected to join the elite few of Heren Istarion. You have chosen to be a Paladin. paladins are fine warriors and will be the trusted leaders of battle. Though Heren Istarion is a place for council we may need protection none the less. The training will be vigorous and it will be fruitfull. Are there any questions before we start you with the first weapon?"

[Maeglin]

No questions, lets get started.:)

[Celebthôl]

ready when u are Anamatar, il ask along the way if i think of any (is that alright?)

Thôl

[Anamatar IV]

ooc-the training is like an rp. So I am not Anamatar but Ingolemo. And also say what your characters name is.

IC:

"It appears as our final student wont be here for a few days so he will be a bit behind. So lets begin." Ingolemo lifted 3 objects from a box. They were each about a foot and a half long. He gave one of the objects to each of the students and the third he held.
"Now unsheath what I gave you." The students slowly pulled away the scabbard to reveal short swords. "These are you first weapons. Short swords. They are the basic melee weapon. Take this note: A melee weapon is a weapon used at no distance. Swords, axes, knives, spear are all melee weapons."

[Celebthôl]

note taken
*unsheaths short sword and holds it ready*
next command?

[Maeglin]

I'm ready

[Anamatar IV]

Ingolemo drew his own sword and spoke.
"I see you all have the correct grip of having your fingers curled around the hilt and your thumb pointing towards the blade. So now you are ready to fight. If you feel on your blades they are all covered by a clear plastic guard. No matter what part of the sword you hit your opponent with it will not be a deadly blow. When fighting with a short sword the trick is to be elusive. With a bow it is accuracy, a spear timing, and with a long sword it is strength but with a short sword you must be elusive. This blade is much to small to handle a direct blow with another sword. If you were i battle and clasheed swords with this you would end up with shards in your hands. So when you fight you LIGHTLY clash swords and then try to draw your opponents weapon away from his body.

When you have the weapon close to your body you have the advantage. Always keep it close. Try to draw your opponents sword away from his body."

[Rasec]

The Sun was shining brightly when Rasec received his weapon. He had heard everything Master Ingolemo had said, and now he was taking the short sword which was handed to him.
- Take it, Rasec Geäthryn. - said Ingolemo - This is your first sword. Now listen to what I will teach you.
He took the sword and observed it as it gleamed upon the Sun.
- I am really thankful, Master Ingolemo. - said Rasec. - I am indeed listening to your lessons and paying attention at your commands. I am sure I will learn fast, Master.
Ingolemo nodded positively, and then they continued the training.

[Celebthôl]

Celebthôl stood in the correct stance with sword close to his body, "ready when u give the command, sire!"

[Anamatar IV]

"I am sure that you do not yet understand the consequences of clahing swords with a short sword so watch this. Put these helms on first." Ingolemo handed a helm to each of the students. He drew his short sword and took another sword from a crate. He fastened that sword to a still position against to desks. Ingolemo reached back with his sword hand thrusted it at the still sword. A loud series of snaps was heard and bits of metal sprayed the protected heads of the students, litered the lake, and pierced the ground. Of Ingolemo's sword all that was left was the hilt. Of the fastened sword half of a half of a blade stood.

[Celebthôl]

Put on helm and watched, after the demonstrasion, turned to Ingolemo and said "wow i never knew that, i have learned a valuablr lesson today"
(if that sounded sarcastic i appologise i didnt intened it to)

Thôl

[Maeglin]

Glorfindel watched intently, thank you for the demonstration master Ingolemo, now we know how fragile these swords are and to be careful.

[Anamatar IV]

"good." Ingolemo took out another short sword. "Unnfortunately I will NOT be destroying this one. SOrry." he said mockingly. "Now we will move on to how to fight with these weapons. As with all swords, with a short sword you can stab or slice. But there are different occassions when you will want to stab of slice. For instance if your opponent has his sword lower than your target you slice. This is because stabbing swords are very easy to deflect when raising your sword. But if your opponent has his sword raisedd high as if to deliver a blow to you you should stab. This is just for a matter of speed.

"I told already that you try to draw your opponents sword frrom his body and this is how: The easiest (but maybe the least effective) method is to slowly (note that I say slowly. NOT SLUGGISH) drive your sword towards your opponent and once you see him reach to deflect it pull you sword back right up against your chest. Then drive your sword SPEEDILY towards a vulnerable part." Ingolemo produced 3 dummies from a crate and gave one to each. He walked to Celebthol. He stood in thought for a moment and put a wooden sword in the dummies hand and changed the arm position until the sword pointed straight towards celeb.

"Where is the most vulnerable position now master celeb?"

[Rasec]

Rasec stays there, upon the Sun, paying attention to the lessons. He already knew few things about how to use a sword, but Ingolemo was a great Trainer, and Rasec was learning the instructions fast and efficiently. At that moment, Celebthôl had his dummy pointing a sword at him, and Rasec was about to set his dummy too, so he could learn the weak points to attack in an opponent.

[Celebthôl]

hmmm *ponders for a minute*
his outstretched arm and his torso?

[Anamatar IV]

"Precisely! When an opponent has his arm aimed at you it is most likely going to be at shoulder level. When the arm is like that with a simple bend of the elbow he can deflect a blow to the neck or head. but it take a harder motion to deflect a torso THRUST. here is a time when you would stab." Ingolemo walked to Rasec and pondered for a moment. "Ah!" He placed a shield in the dummies left arm and positioned that so it covered the upper left part of his torso. Then Ingolemo positioned the dummies sword arm to have the dummy reaching back as if to deeliver a blow. "The most vulnerable position rasec. And do not complain about having a shield to deal with. We dont have time for it."

[Rasec]

- Perhaps when he has his sword arm far from his body and his shield below my target, so I can slice. - Rasec answered, looking really worried, for he was not sure if that was correct.

[Anamatar IV]

"I am sorry but that is incorrect. His sword is up so you would stab. In this position the must vulnerable position would be the throat. If your opponent tries to deflect your blow from above when you are stabbing the throat your sword would stab down across his chest. Glorfindel-you are next." Ingolemo gave Glorfindel a dummy with a sword across his stomach. "Answer swiftly for we are short on time."

[Maeglin]

I am afraid I must answer a question with a question before I can give you a final answer. Is the sword being held vertically or horizontally?

[Anamatar IV]

"The sword's dull side is held against his stomach while the blade goes up at a diagonal. War is growing! We need to finish this training swiftly!"

[Maeglin]

The most vulnerable spot is the leg that the hilt of the sword is being held closest to*, it would be very difficult to manuever the sword blade down there fast enough to deflect the blow.

*if the hilt is being held just above the left leg and the sword is going diagonally up towards the right shoulder, then the left leg is most vulnerable.

[Anamatar IV]

"Very good. Move on. Since we need to speed up I will skip right along to the final part of this weapon." INgolemo led the 3 students to a circular sand dune. "You each have you non-fatal weapons so now you will each do battle with eachother (ooc--this is rp post style. Each post must be at least 3 sentences. If you have you post that isnt you lose.) The first battle is Celebthol vs. Rasec."

[Celebthôl]

(ooc can we taunt the other person?)

Celebthôl took up his stance, looked at Rasec and drew his weapon, he pointed it at Rasec not to far from the center of his body and took up the correct stance and checked to make sure that Rasec was ready and looked to Ingolemo to see when they should start. He awaited the response from both, before any further action.

[Anamatar IV]

ooc-lets have no taunting:rolleyes: and that is less than 3 sentences. I'll let it pass now but be carefull...;)

Ic

"You may begin NOW!"

[Celebthôl]

ooc-well on the post screen where u type a post its the wrong size so you like gotta type 5 lines, anyway.

Celebthôl, stared at Rasec and sized him up and judged his strengths and weaknesses *he ponders for a while* then starts off, he swings his sword at Rasec's sword arm and moves into a postion to dodge any retaliation that might be made, he constantly watches Rasecs eyes and sword arm to pre-determine any attack from him.

[Anamatar IV]

ooc-Ingolemo will be yelling stuff at the contestants constantly. Just listen to them and continue.

Ic

"CELEB! Use the lessons! draw his sword away from his body!"

[Rasec]

Rasec stares at Celebthôl with his flaming blue eyes and thinks to himself. "This is going to be too easy". Then he attacks Celeb close to his body and quickly takes his sword back close to himself, making Celeb feel teased, and so he draw his sword away from his body, then Rasec held his strongly below his and took his sword up, so he could stab, and he did.

[Celebthôl]

haha my plan worked, Celebthôl had drawn his opponents arm away from his body thus leaving an openning to the torso, Celebthôl took advantage of this position and sliced (sp) Rasecs torso! he jumped back and stared back at Rasec "easy huh"?! he awaited Rasecs retaliation, and his plan had worked! He had done the unexpected. He pulled his sword in close and awaited to deflect the next blow.

[Rasec]

Rasec stared at Celebthôl even stronger and so he jumped closer to him and made a silence sign, putting his finger in front of his mouth. Then he jumped back to where he was before and made another sign, this time tempting Celeb to come closer to himself. It happened so. When Celeb was very close to Rasec, this one drew his sword up, for he knew his opponent was then going to slice. But being sure of that, Rasec was faster. When Celeb was about to slice, he drew his sword down quickly and blocked Celeb's. Then he strongly forced his opponent's sword down and Celebthôl could not handle that. He drew his sword back close to his body and so Rasec pointed his at his neck. "Indeed very easy, friend".

[Celebthôl]

ooc- point your sword at my neck do you mean?
if so ill carry on
ic-Celebthôl pulled his neck back just intime and swung at Rasecs outstretched arm, he hit it and caused Rasec to fall back to cover his wound, this gave Celebthôl time to recover and get back into the proper defensive position again, he watched Rasec and studied him planing out a next form of attackseeing as how the others were not as effective as he had intended. He awaited the next attack, "I wont be defeated that quickly!"

[Anamatar IV]

"ENOUGH!" Ingolemo jumped into the stageed battle and tore the two fighters apart. "I am sorry but I have JUST been given word that my style of training (meaning the battle) is illegal in the province of the Arthedain (where we are for those who do not know). I am deeply sorry. But let us move on! I see that you ALL know how to fight with a short sword very well. Now we move onto the long sword." INgolemo handed each of the students a sheathed sword about 3 feet long.

"A long sword is very different than a short sword in other ways than its name. The long sword can take a blow by most weapons aside from concussion weapons (which I will introduce later) and even those the long swords, if used properly, can deflect. It is because of the way the two weapons are forged that differs its abilty to take a blow. A short sword is made for the purpose of only slicing skin. It is cheap and is made to be nothing more than a long knife. But a long sword is made with layers of steel and rust to form a blade durable and moderatly light. Unsheath these swords and get them in a grip."

[Celebthôl]

ooc-can we use or characters own personal swords?

ic-Celebthôl drew his sword Narkil and griped the handle and held it up and awaited Ingolemo's next order

[Anamatar IV]

ooc-why not.:)

ic-Before I forget I got a whole arsenal of pictures of each weapon. So here is short sword:

[Anamatar IV]

long

[Rasec]

Rasec swiftly unsheated his long sword Galáphix and, with a grip, he held it up in the air and looked carefully at it, as it gleamed fabulously upon the Sun.

[Anamatar IV]

"Since you have already learned to fight with a short sword Iwill only tell you HOW to fight with a long sword:

Long swords are too long to be used for trickery so you must over power your opponents sword. You swing your sword towards them many times until 1 of three things happens: Their sword breaks, their sword drops, their arm gets thrusted out of the way. Then you stab or thrust accordingly. On defense for the short sword you would lightly block a blow. With the long sword you MUST put force into your block. Only a little but it must be done. This concludes the lecture on long swords. Now for a pop quiz:

You have one question to answer. You must pm me with your answer. If you post it here it will be counted wrong even if it is correct:

Give me three ways a long sword is different than a short sword."

[Anamatar IV]

"The quiz is due by Monday for those who havent turnedd it in. Every day it is late another 2 points will be taken off." Ingolemo took out a new weapon.

"Here is another sword yet it isnt as the other swords. It is a hand-and-a-half sword. It can be used held by either one or two hands. You know how to fight with one hand so heres how to do it with 2:

You ALWAYS swing a sword in a downward motion. You cannot thrust easily so do not try:

[Celebthôl]

Stands and watches and takes in what Ingolemo says.
im ready to learn sire

[Anamatar IV]

"Again with this sword you try to win your opponent by force." INgolemo walked over to the demonstration table oncee again. "Put on your helms." He secured a long sword in position and raised his bastard sword. He reached back with both hands and smote the long sword. The long sword broke into 2 shards: one flying into the lake and the other still attached to the hilt.

"Now that would never happen in battle for if you EVER reared way back in battle you are making your torso vulnerable. Opponents are skilled warriors. If you rear back they'll send a blade through you. This was just to demonstrate the brute force of this weapon."

[Celebthôl]

Celebthôl looked and studied the broken sword.
"can the sword be broken in normal battle"?

[Anamatar IV]

"very good question: I demonstrated to you already that a short sword can; I told you a long sword can stand up to most weapons aside from concussion weapons; but a hand-and-a-half sword I have not told you. It obviously can take a blow from a long or short sword. A two-handed sword (you will not see this) has almost the same blade so the bastard sword can take that but concussion weapons will destroy this thing. A mace (either spiked or not) could break this into hundreds of pieces. An axe would wipe a shard off clean. So if you come across somone with a mace in battle you have two options:

Kill him before he kills you

Run away;)

[Maeglin]

ha ha I will remember to run then Master Ingolemo:D

[Anamatar IV]

Ingolemo flipped a few pages in a packet and looked up at his students.

"It seems we have finished the first of 2 terms of Apprentice training. So we have a test.:eek:...;) There will be 3 one word answer questions, 1 essay question, and 1 curriculum question. Each one word question is worth 15 points, the essay 25, and the curriculum question 30 points so watch out! BTW-I expect a correct format when I recieve it: The title of the pm should be "Mid-Term Test"

Here are the short answer questions:

What amount of force can a short sword take without shattering?

List three ways you use a bastard sword differently than a long sword (note it is not like the quiz when I asked 3 ways they were different)

A ____ sword is cheap and is nothing more than a long knife.

a) Bastard
b)hand and a half
c)Short
d)half
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The essay question (I expect 3 sentances):

Compare and contrast all three swords you learned about
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Curriculum:

What kind of weapons are these?

[Rasec]

Must we PM you everything, Professor? I mean, the three Answers, the Essay and the Curriculum? I just thought we might post any of them here, so I got confused. Thanks.

'Rasec.

[Anamatar IV]

you must pm me. otherwise the other students will copy your answers.

[Anamatar IV]

Bravo! You all passed the test with flying colors! Now I believe it would be a good idea for a short vacation for the holidays so I will see you on January 3rd:)

[Maeglin]

alright see you all then!:)

[Rasec]

Good Holiday and Christmas and New Year for all of you!! I'll see you soon!! =)

'Cesar.

[Celebthôl]

thank you very much sire, have a happy holiday all of you and ill see you all on the 3rd-1st-2003!!!

Thol

[Anamatar IV]

Ingolemo gathered his papers and slung his bundles of weapons over his shoulder. He turned and started walking to the Temple of Heren Istarion as a light snow started accumilating on the ground.

[Anamatar IV]

Ingolemo returned to the spot of Paladin training, one day late. He saw his class already gathered there.

"Greetings, students. Now we may continue our classes." he spoke. "Where did we leave off?"

[Maeglin]

We took a test about the 3 kinds of swords.

[Rasec]

Yes, Glorfindel is right. We answered to the Mid-Term Test. The last lesson was about hand-and-half sword, I think. Well, I can't be active here, but i'll try to read everything. See you soon.

'Rasec.

[Anamatar IV]

Ingolemo turns and hands each student a spear. It is each 6 feet to 8 feet long. Ingolemo's past knowledge of spears tells him that most commonly they are thrusted forward at enemies and that should a horsed rider charge at one with a spear the spear man would put the butt end of the spear and the ground and the spear head diagonally towards the horses neck. After the horse has stopped the spearman would thrust the spear towards the rider.

"Take these spears and hold them with your hands about 2 feet apart," Ingolemo said.

[Anamatar IV]

Ingolemo waited until all 4 students had held the spear.

"Good now you know how to hold the spear. If you are battling hand to hand you always want to thrust a spear...preferably towards the breast but occasionally you must thrust it to the throat. If you are battling ONE enemy that is charging hold your spear like a javlynn and throw it at your enemy."

[Maeglin]

Okay, note taken.

[Ecthelion]

Ecthelion nodded as he held his spear the way Ingolemo had told them.

[Rasec]

Rasec watched Ingolemo carefully and tried to keep everything in mind. He knew he was not very good at that.
- Thank you, Master. I wonder what is the next weapon.
He then pointed his spear quickly at Glorfindel and started playing with him just as a joke.
- Sorry, Master Ingolemo. Err, we shall continue with the lessons.

[Anamatar IV]

"Yes, lets," Ingolemo said. "Spear men will usually use a shield as there is only one way to defend yourself with a spear-thwarting your opponents weapon with a thrust from the side (try to picture it like swinging a sword to cut off your opponents head)"

[Anamatar IV]

OOC:

Starting now you will be graded on each post:

I will post a lesson and then you will be expected to make a post afterwards. I will give 3 days for you to make the post. Each post is worth 5 points:

it must have SOME dialogue

It must be AT LEAST 3 sentences long

It must use proper grammar

If you do not post...tough luck and you get a 0. It should be easy grades for most of you.

IC:

Ingolemo lifted his own spear. Its head glinted gold off the fading sun.

"Spears are very effective against a cavalry yet not so against archers or other melee fighters. But should you come across someone wielding a concussion weapon you will have SUPREME advantage. The concussion weapons are heavy and take time to bring down upon an opponent where as a spear is quick to kill. There is a quiz on Friday. Questions?"

[Maeglin]

Nope, so just so I get this right what kind of post are we supposed to be doing, like an RP post or something of that sort?

[Ecthelion]

"Just one," Ecthelion said ," When using a spear on a horse what is the best way to attack ground fighters and other cavalry men? Thrusting as you go by or throwing at the intended target?" Ecthelion waited patiently for the answer.

[Anamatar IV]

Originally posted by Glorfindel1187
Nope, so just so I get this right what kind of post are we supposed to be doing, like an RP post or something of that sort?

I will excuse you this once, Glorfindel. Yes, an rp post and you are graded. Glor, you are still expected to make one for this lesson.

IC:

Ingolemo's eyes widened at this question.

"When attacking from a horse you must ALWAYS thrust. It would be no good to throw your spear for there is no way of retrieving it." Ingolemo demonstrated. he stood on his desk and threw his spear a few feet away.

"There is no way for me to reach down and pick up this spear from here."

[Maeglin]

OOC: Excuse me this once?:eek: I was a perfectly Legitimate question, but anyway, continuing master.....

IC: Glorfindel picked up the spear Ingolemo had given him and mounted his horse. "Watch and learn," he said jokingly to Rasec. "All I will learn from you is how to fall off of a horse and miss the target," responded Rasec. Glorfindel slowly brought his horse to a trot, and then to a full gallop, and as he rode by quickly he thrust the spear into the target, when he looked to see where he had hit it he saw that he had delivered a heavy blow to the shoulder.

[Anamatar IV]

ooc:

okay umm Glorfindel it is an rp post but NOT an rp post. You reply to me as if you are doing an rp post. I have no idea where that post came from as there were no horses her nor did I tell you to do that.;) but it was a good post so I will give you credit.

[Maeglin]

OOC: well I had to think of something to make it more fun and make it seem more like an RP! But anyway, I understand it now, I shall try my best to get it right next time.

[Ecthelion]

Ecthelion replied ," I did figure that, I was just wondering if there were ever any exceptions to that rule?" Ecthelion every once and awhile picked his spear and practiced thrusting. This he also did until Ingolemo told them what they should do next.

[Rasec]

Rasec laughed as Glorfindel joked about the horse and told him to "watch and learn". But he was serious again when Glorfindel dismounted. He observed his spear carefully, and a doubt came to his mind.
- I have a question, Master. Are there different kinds of spears, or are they generally alike?

[Anamatar IV]

Ingolemo answered swiftly.

"There are many variables in spears but for our purposes there are 2: a spear (typically about 4 ft long-what I gave you) and I pike (about 6-8 feet long that you will not recieve)

When you go to a blacksmith to buy your weapons you can request a spear or pike. They are easily used in the same fashion. I will be giving you the quiz tonight due to some unexpected things..."

[Anamatar IV]

Okay the quiz is simple:

3 questions each worth 5 points. There is no partial credit: either you get it right or you dont. No second chances the answer that I first recieve is the answer that I go with. If you feel you can do better after you recieve your score there is a way to get 25% of the points back:

You type up a paragraph explaining why you got each question wrong (that is a paragraph for each) and the correct answer at the bottom.

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Is the spear a melee weapon?

How long is an average spear?

Are spears used for archery?

[Anamatar IV]

OOC:

oh I am SO sorry guys! I forgot about this.:( just for that I will give you each an extra grade of 3/3.:)

IC:

Ingolemo spoke.

"We have finished our unit on spears. Now we do bows. This has always been a favorite of my past classes." Ingolemo gave a bow to each student.

"Bows were typically made of yew or ash. A taut string was all that was needed to fire these arrows. Arrows all had different heads."

[Ecthelion]

Ecthelion scanned his bow and pulled it a few times then asked, "Ingolemo, will we have some shotting practice with our bows?" Ecthelion continued to search his bow as he listened out for Ingolemo's answer.

[Anamatar IV]

Ingolemo rolled his eyes at Ecthelion.

"Possibly when I teach you how."

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OOC:

good post. but what I would do is start a new paragraph when someone speaks.:)

[Maeglin]

OOC: I have changed the name of my character from Glorfindel to Glarin to match the character I am using in the other RP's within this Guild, I hope this is not a problem.

IC: Glarin turned his bow over in his hands, inspecting it, several times. He then pulled the string back to his ear with his right hand, as he had learned in the past long ago.
"Master Ingolemo, I have a quick question; will we be shooting at still targets or moving targets such as animals for our practice? Or will we be doing both?"

[Anamatar IV]

As Ingolemo answered he brought forth a few quivers of arrows.

"Pay no heed to these for now...we will be shooting at still targets. I doubt you would need to shoot at a cavalry in a war but let us hope you dont."

[Rasec]

Rasec was alert and listening to everything his Professor was teaching him and the others. He was very happy about the new lesson, for he was very fond of bows. He did not have any questions, and he was indeed anxious about the practise lessons.
- Let us move on quickly, Master. I guess all students are looking forward to having shooting lessons. - then he looked carefully at his bow and wondered how they were made.

[Anamatar IV]

Ingolemo pulled suddenly from his long sleep.

"Erm uh sorry, folks. Us old folks fall asleep a lot." Ingolemo brought his Paladins to be to an archery range. Nearby they saw the archers of Valanthe...training to be archers.

"Knock your arrow and bend the string. Fire at the targets!" Ingolemo cried. The bullseyes were 100 yards away.

[Maeglin]

Glarin drew back the string on his bow and held it steady for several seconds before releasing. The arrow hit in the red ring right outside of the yellow. "Damn!", he said, "I'll do better this time." And he drew back another arrow.

[Rasec]

Rasec loosed his first arrow towards the target, but it did not hit it. He got disappointed, but then he saw that no one had hit it on their first chances as well. Then he set another arrow on his bow and loosed it. There was a loud keen noise, and the arrow flew so swiftly that Rasec was astonished. In a matter of seconds, the arrow hit the target on its very centre. Rasec smiled and Master Ingolemo looked at him aprovingly.