Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20150428121208/@comment-29461586-20150504014457

Harold Burned-Mane wrote:

"I've never been in battle." Arielle said.

"Stay on the defensive." Edgar said. No need to put yourself in extra danger.

"With only a rapier?" She asked. "I don't think I can stay defensive effectively with it."

"True...but still. Watch yourself." King Edgar said.

"Offensive." The princess replied to her teacher.

"Don't over exert yourself. Or else tomorrow you won't even be able to stand." The regent warned. (@Zoor: Sure.)

"Very well." Marielle nodded.

"I believe I will teach you an offensive form yet has a form of defense. But as what the regent said, be careful. Sometimes, discretion is the better part of the valor." She told Arielle.

The mercenary then took a one-handed stance.

"Occasionally, you have to use a one-handed blade with both of your hands, such as an event where yu have to block an attack with only a blade with all your might. Don't listen to those whom brag about using only one hand to use a blade.

There's one thing that Gaiden Shinji said: The best techniques are passed on by the survivors." She gave her student a valuable piece of advice.

"Here. Let me show you an form I learned from a fellow Breton in Skyrim. He called it the Foxhound Form. He coined it from hunting hounds used by some hunters to track down foxes in Stormhaven." Marielle told Arielle as she began to teach the basics.

Utilizing a combination of blocks and parries, the Foxhound form maintained a proper foundation of defense against both ranged and melee attacks. While a defensive user stayed on the defensive and only counter-attacked when necessary or when an opening appeared in the opponent's defense, the Foxhound was not as passive.

Immediately after defending against an opponent's strike, Marielle's style followed with an attack of their own, bringing the force of the opponent's own blow against them and seeking to dominate the duel.

The Foxhound's form required the user not only to counterattack, but also to press the assault at the right moment, using sheer strength with powerful blade combinations to overpower and overwhelm an opponent's defenses.

The Foxhound's sheer power, combined with skill and strength, was capable of defeating almost any warrior in melee combat, even a two-handed user.