#ooc

looks cool, yes

Let's face it, when Dagmar grows up fully she's going to be one of those polearm wielders they they pretty much say "Brute squad, hold off that flank will you?" and she will just terrorize 15 plus men at some pass

And then she will HOLD THAT SIDE, all by herself, standing on a heap of bodies.

You get a glimpse of what I do there, too! No, not the swords, but that row of kettlebells in the background of a few shots? Yep, that;s me

Cool!

I may look into the swordsing once I feel at a better base level of general fitness and muscula...tude...

Take a look at some of those fighters, Rae. You don't need to hit "base level" to play with swords.

I have weeny little computer arms - I need to be able to hold it long enough! 😄

best way is by doing!

Some of what they were working with was rapier/Schlager. Not heavy.

Oh jeez, my fencing days - poking at a ping-pong ball on a string until my arms shook

wince I don't train. I really don't. Mostly why I end up a speedbump on the field. But I'm an effective speedbump.

Huyah

hey, it counts!

Unless you fight for the East.

Mercs.

Hey, we get PAID.

true

and I dn't fight

We'll be lucky this year if I make it down to the lake and back, tbh

I mean, I will

Somebody is gonna want to go for a walk, and I'm gonna go, and I will regret it somewhere around runestone

Heading up Brewer's at Holy-Crap-Thirty at night when you've had too much to drink and you know you have to put armor on in....groan...less than five hours, and it's still another mile uphill to get to your camp....

Oof

Yeah, I've been having some mobility issues all summer. Steroids are helping, but a week from now? 2?

Ohhhh....Mr. D, someday I need to find a recording of Lanea doing her Boudica chant.

I have a friend who would love it. Of course, my friend is rather anti Roman..which I tease her about

I sort of want to see the women in white do their thing

Ohhhh....yeah, need to hear the tale of Arminius, too.

but not sure how welcome a lookie loo would be

Well, show up about an hour before Field Battle, Cat. We're in the middle of the battlefield...EVERYBODY watches.

ok

caught the tail of it last year

grins at Firnost Frank's going to be so embarrassed if that gets around.

It doesn't take long...about 5 minutes, once we get on the field, especially if we're running late.

cool

Embarrassing Frank IS a perk

Indeed!

Okay...this takes a while to read, but...imagine it recited by a small, broad-framed woman dressed in skins, her red hair hanging down her back, amber adorning her neck and woad painted across her face. Her voice is roughened by the fire smoke, but that only adds to the power of the tale....

Brekke needs to hear it someday 🙂

ooo good imagery

And yes, Brekke will be tempted to memorize it...but she doesn't want to torture him.

I'm sure if she heard it she would be tempted to bestow a hero's reward upon him

(Hero's reward varies by state, lodge, and she-troll's interest and inclination, in case female she-troll IS the hero, similar things apply but a foot rub would be welcome)

chuckle First, the chastising. THEN the hero's reward.