The ruler of Outworld, conqueror of realms, King Onaga has died. Following his death, the Ourworld was thrown into civil war, with Onaga's generals, officers, concubines and followers all fighting for leadership of the Empire. The various rebel factions rose in a fight, hoping to regain their independence. Other realms started intrusions into Outworld, hoping to conquer some or all of Outworld. @moonblack Icena ran through the dark alleyways of city of Sun Do, her hand clenched over a stolen bag of coins, the pursuer hard on her heels. “Uf!” She exclaimed as she bumped into someone. She looked up only to freeze as her eyes locked with the eyes of the woman. All her instincts screamed to run away. This was someone strong! “Here you fucking are.” The man screamed as he moved past the woman, trying to shove her back to get to Icena. Only for the woman to grab his hand and hold it firmly. “You are with this thief?” The man barked taking out a knife and striking at the woman. Only for her to dodge and punch him in the face, her movements fluid – clear she was a skilled martial artist. As the man swayed back, the woman took a step back her hands formed in palms with a space between them. A white started gathering between her palms, forming a white ball. Icena could not turn away as the woman – cyromancer – formed the white sphere and thrust her hand forward. As the ball hit the man, his body quickly froze, becoming an ice sculpture. The woman jumped and twirled in the air, at the end of her spin, delivering a devastating kick, shattering the ice sculpture, killing the man. She then turned to Icena, locking her eyes on the thief... … Icena opened her eyes as she slowly woke up. It's been a year since she met her Mistress and became her guard. The basic training she received made her... not completely Initiate in combat, but she still had ways to go, before she could reach the lever of her mistress. Icena got up, the thin shit sliding from her naked body. She looked outside of the window. The city of Sun Do was slowly waking up. Mistress's mansion was located in the reacher district of the city. Another day has begun. First, Icena would need to put on her clothes, and then eat something in the kitchen, before joining other servants in the training yard.
@merkros The living forest. The trees themselves were living, sentient beings that were said to house honoured souls. They made noises and sometimes talked. A calm and peaceful place. The caravan was slowly making it's way through the forest. Several wagons, with escorts walking on either side of the caravan. A caravan that counted around sixty people. Already, there were two attacks of bandits. Valerian walked along the group he was hired with – their leader, Slate. The title was entirely earned, as Valerian saw how the woman decimated some of the bandits. No of their little group was in any place to change her. It's been a few nights since he discovered his... affinity to silver. He lost his entire reward for the escort duty, but at least he had food – there were things to be hunted and eaten in the forest, and he always received his share in blood. “Soon we will leave the Living Forest and enter the Corrupted Forest.” Slate spoke as she addressed the guards. “Remember to be aware the entire time when we are there. The trees there are vile, and a moment of inattention might end up with you being food to one of the trees.”
Icena yawned and stretched, fully waking up. She opened the dresser next to her bed and chose light blue bra and panties that she quickly put on, then moved over to her wardrobe and opened it. She paused to marvel at all the garments inside – even after a whole year she still had not gotten used to having so many clothes – then put on a rather revealing sleeveless blouse and short skirt in the same color as her underwear. Both were chosen for comfort and ease of movement - Icena did not care about people ogling her or about someone getting to see her panties by accident during training. Mistress did not seem to mind the way Icena dressed and in the end that was all that mattered. Once she was dressed the orphan checked herself out in the mirror to make sure that she looked presentable, then headed down to the kitchen to get a quick breakfast, before heading out to the training yard.
@Regin34 Rina Pest stood in front of the tower, thrusting her fists and kicks as she practised. Her form was weak, but she still could take down fodder. She had a way to go before she could be considered skilled, but still, her teacher said she was talented. Other servants were also training in the yard. There was... tension between them and Rina. After all, sorceress Izana had only three apprentices – the rest of them were guards and servants. In Rina's opinion, it was jealousy... of her talent. She paused as her Mistress entered the yard. The power Rina could feel coming from the woman commanded respect and fear. Spoiler: Sorceress Izana “You seem to be taking well into the combat.” Sorceress Izana addressed Rina as she stopped a few steps from her. “I can certainly see improvement.” She nodded her head, pleased by Rina's progress.
Rina stopped her practice and bow head before sorceress Izana with respect. "Thank you for your kind words Mistress Izana. I'm doing my best to improve my skills" She said, waiting for mistress to speak what she want from Rina.
@Arachna Juno looked around disoriented as she passed the gateway from the Edenia to Outworld. The environment seemed hostile with the wastelands and red sky. The portal closed behind, leaving her and her squad in the... alien realm. Her squad was part of the forces that aimed to probe, and maybe conquer the Outworld. The invasion force was led and commanded by the mighty Queen Sindel herself. Spoiler: Queen Sindel But Juno, was considered just a rookie – a simple warrior in the army. Juno knew, her destiny was to become someone greater! The group made their way to the Edenian camp. The tents were set up where she could rest, guards posted doing their duty, there were cages with prisoners being interrogated – outworld's warriors soon to be Edenian subjects, then there was an officer gathering a party for a scouting mission. She could probably join the party – if she wanted to avoid boring guard duty...
As she entered the yard, Icena found a fellow guard - Kina. Spoiler: Kina The woman was practising forms already, hard at work. The two had often sparred, in order to advance their skills. As Icena approached, Kina noticed her. "Up so late? Must be pleasant being so lazy~" She said in a teasing and friendly tone. "Will you be able to spar, I wonder~"
“Morning, Kina. Yes, it sure is nice to be so... lazy. You should try it some time.” Icena smirked as she responded to the busty woman's teasing. “Give me a few moments to warm up and after that I'll be happy to spank you... I mean, to spar with you.” She added as she began warming up.
The woman nodded with a pleased expression. "Then let's put your progress to the test." She waved one of the guards to approach. As he stopped in front of duo, he bowed his head. "Mistress?" He inquired and greeted their mistress. "The two of you will spar." Sorceress commanded. The man nodded and immediately went into a combat stance. Before Rina could protest, he threw a punch at her... Spoiler: Combat Guard Health 3 Stamina 9 Rina Health 3 Stamina 13 Guard Punch, ?
(Yes, I might start putting the large pics into spoilers...) "Well then, no time like the present~" Kina smiled. "And you wish - I will be doing the spanning, maybe even slapping~" The two bowed to each other and assumed a combat stance. Moments later, Kina threw a Kick at Icena's head. Spoiler: Combat Icena Health 4 Stamina 10 Kina Health 3 Stamina 9 Kina kick, ?
Rina take a combat stance and made counter on guard punch, then she attack him with kick his leg, with intention of breaking his bone.
“Dream on!” Icena replied with a smirk before responding to the attack with two quick punches aimed at her opponent's head. Icena Punch, punch (Hope I did that right)
Spoiler: combat Counter – 1 damage, 2 stamina kick vs dodge - miss Guard Health 3-1 = 2 Stamina 9-> 8 Rina Health 3 Stamina 13-> 12 Guard: kick, ? Rina spun around man's punch, throwing her elbow into side of his head. She followed with courching and swiping her leg, only for the man to flip backwards, dodging the attack. He then flipped back, and spun around, aiming his kick at Rina's face.
Rina punch him in his leg, to block his attack and throw in his eyes some dirt and sand from the ground, to attack him with secend punch.
(Throw actions into spoiler with title combat, so there would be no mistake.) Spoiler: Combat punch - 1 dmg Icena Health 4 Stamina 10->9 Kina Health 3->2 Stamina 9->8 Kina punch, ? Kina's closed in, throwing a punch into Kina's chin, breaking her attack. Kina's swayed back and as Icena threw a punch, Kina threw her own, the forearms collided. A moment later Icena saw another punch aimed at her stomach.
(That are three actions you are declaring - you only have two actions) Spoiler: combat punch– 1 damage, 2 stamina special action (counted as punch) vs punch - Guard Health 2-1 = 1 Stamina 8-> 7 Rina Health 3 Stamina 12-> 11 Guard: ?, punch Rina moved into the man's guard as he kicked and punched him in the stomach. She crouched and grabbed some sand, only for the man to strike her hand - the sand spraying on the ground.
Spoiler: Combat Icena Counter, Kick Icena saw the attack coming and instinctively responded with a counter, then took a step back and aimed a kick at Kina's stomach.
Spoiler: Combat counter vs punch -1 dmg to Kina kick vs punch - Icena Health 4 -3 Stamina 9->8 Kina Health 3->1 Stamina 8->7 Kina ?, punch Icena spun around Kina, her elbow landing on kina's back. She attacked with her own kick, aimed at woman's stomach - only to realise Kina was inside her guard, her fist clashing on Icena's cheek, throwing her back.
The woman observed her surroundings with a yawn. She couldn’t grasp how they could seriously consider this worth her time and effort. She was kind of above all this, after all. The priests had told her so. There was also the fact not just anybody was chosen by Queen Sidnel even for a small role. The impact of it would change in time. Still as she surveyed the encampment, she ruled that monitoring the prisoners was a waste of her power. Until something worthy of her attention surfaced, she’d go to the party and stand at her place as the elite of the enderians.
Spoiler: Combat Icena Punch, Counter Icena grunted in pain as Kina's fist hit her. Not wasting any time the orphan threw another punch at her opponent, then noticed Kina was about to punch her again and countered.
