Chronicles of Jaden Korr

[gall_4185]

This is just a little something I've been working on to tell the history of my RPG character,Jaden Korr

"Lavender eyes stared into similar grey orbs across the floor of the crowded and ancient duelling arena. Two curving Dj?ra blades rested easily upon his foe's hips while his own Tj?r sword stood with on blade buried to its hilt in the dusty ground. Such were the penalties placed upon the Laicaryn general. Jaden would face off against his former pupil in this duel,fuelled by the love they shared for one woman,without his weapon even though his opponent was almost his equal in armed combat. Such were the rules for such an honour duel. Jaden stood in his obsidian armour,with emeralds set in the breastplate and gauntlets and silver flames inlaid to form a crucifix between the jewels. Regal blue garments beneath the armour held firm to his flesh,but allowed form graceful movements. His opponent stood in his dull silver armour,with sapphires set upon his torso. An arachnid emblem was etched in pale cyan,appearing to form just below the surface of his armour. Spiked gauntlets wrapped around his forearms and curving blades extended down his spine and legs. A webbed design was inlaid upon his shoulders in gleaming silver. His grey eyes seemed dull and lifeless until he set his gaze on his former mentor,then a blaze of energy caused them to shine ever so slightly...

The traditional proclamation of achievements and ranks took many long minutes as the glories of both men's military careers were recounted followed by thundering applause for each combatant. One spectator alone did not cheer,would not have even were she allowed to. As the subject of the honour duel,she was forbidden from showing favour to either warrior. Heart mind hoped that both men would see the futility of such an action,especially Balthamos. He was a proud warrior who could one day lead their civilisation,if jealousy and envy did not overcome him. Often he was held in a less favourable light than his teacher and close friend. But Jaden held no asspiration to rule,his role was to protect his people through through military means. Recently however his thoughts had turned more to marriage. A young golden haired noble had caught his eye,and he hers, until Balthamos announced his intent to court the young Tinuviel. So there she sat in the crowd,hoping one would win her heart,and the other would grow to rule...

The crowd silenced as the siren blared to announce the start of combat. Prebictable as always,Balthamos charged headlong only to alter course at the last second and sweep around with both blades cutting high and low. Jaden reacted on sheer instinct and dived between the blades,his heel catching the flat of the high blade to unbalance his opponent. Rolling as he hit the ground,Jaden dived once more to land beside his weapon.

"The difference between a fighter and a true warrior is the ability to react as if you had practised that routine a thousand times. To improvise better than most attack in those patterns taught by rote" Jaden chided his former pupil. Wrenching his weapon out of the ground and sending it into a flourish to clear the dust from its edges,the general waited...

Balthamos growled in rage at the confident display by his mentor,such ease with his weapon skills that he could taunt someone who was nearly his eaqual. Darting to his left,Balthamos swept both of his blades in low before cutting high with one blade and continuing low with the other. Balthamos had delayed the move the move this time so that Jaden could not hope to repeat his diving manouvoer on this occassion. Jaden saw the coming attack and swept into motion. The longer blade on his weapon swung in low to deflect the first attack while he ducked and continued the rotation of his weapon to send Balthamos' second blade even higher,whislting over his head. Kicking out with his right foot and planting it just above his foe's kneecap,Jaden kicked off into a forwards somersault,his heel cracking against the forehead of his pupil. Balthamos' eyes rolled back in his head as he slumped to the arena floor,barely concious. Turning to bow to the judges and smile at his beloved,Jaden didn't see Balthamos rise back to his feet but he felt the blade slamming against his well crafted armour...This fight had only just begun.

Blades crashed together,drawing sparks and straining muscles to breaking point. Sweat ran down the faces of each Laicaryn as he tried to find a way to end this madness. Balthamos was still slightly dazed from the kick while Jaden was having problems moving as gracefully as he should be able to. Balthamos stood a few inches taller and was just as powerfully built as his teacher,but was also many years younger. Blathamos was barely eighty five now,while Jaden had reached the mid point of his second centuary. How many years would span ahead of both of them were it not for madness and jealousy. Blades clashed again and again,neither finding the opening in their opponent's defence that would end this duel...

Jaden's long black hair swept around his face as he twisted suddenly to avoid a cross slash from Balthamos. Sending his Tj?r sword into a full rotation he cleanly removed one weapon from his prodig?'s hands. Balthamos knew that he couldn't hope to match Jaden without both his weapons.

"We can end this my friend,I don't want to hurt you"Jaden calmly stated,more out of hope than belief that this could be easily settled. Balthamos' reply was to swing wildly at his 'friend',forcing Jaden to backpedal away from him. Jaden then saw that the ruse had granted Balthamos the oppertunity to retrieve his fallen blade,which he promptly did. Wide sweeping rushes were countered by well meassured parries. Balthamos relished being on the offensive,all Jaden had to do was build up to his Kz?rk Strike,even now he still feared to use it,he still hoped that he could avoid shedding his pupil's blood. One glance at the hate filled eyes of Balthamos showed how hopeless and foolish that sentimentality was. Jaden planted his feet as he began deflecting his opponents attacks,blade moving in circular motions,showing his intent to the one person who knew what was coming. In the crow,Tinuviel gasped...

Balthamos mistook Jaden's stationary stance as pure arrogance and set his blades into motion,both combatants creating a whirlwind of motion with their weapons. Balthamos halted the motion of one of his strikes and hopped backwards before diving forwards again,both blades driving towards Jaden's heart...

Jaden Korr saw his chance as Balthamos hopped backwards,shifted his feet and dashed forward. As soon as he saw Balthamos reverse direction he started his attack. Blades sweeping low to high from left to right,he blocked the incoming attacks... Blade to the ground and head ducked he spun past his friend... Pushing into the air,blade cutting through the ground,eyes closed so that he would not witness what he was about to do... Attack rising into an uppercut motion,blade rending armour and flesh alike... Reaching the zenith of his jump before Aiming his blade straight down.. His blade buried to the hilt in the ground beside his bleeding pupil... Calling for the medics rather than celebrate his victory... Holding his fallen friend and weeping that it did not have to be this way...

Jaden Korr stood and watched as the medical staff rushed about his fallen opponent while Tinuviel came to his side. Stripped of his armour,his regal blue clothing grew stained with tears as she lent her head upon his shoulder and cried for the fate of her people. Hours after Balthamos had been taken away to the hospital,Jaden and Tinuviel shared their first kiss as a married couple,but it was one tinged with sadness,a regret that both shared about the events of that day. When dawn found them lying in each others arms,Jaden's bride has dealt with her regrets and accepted that her love had no choice but to take such steps. That process would take Jaden Korr many months longer,but he would do his best to repair the gulf between himself and his one time friend... "

[Guest]

Well lets see... I think their armor is gaudy to the point of being elitist jeweled like that. Which could imply civilization that's gotten way to top heavy. I'd like a little more description of the blades other then one short one long if possible. Are we talking curved blades, straight blades, serrated blades, smooth blades, etc.?

[gall_4185]

Right,this is the first time I've checked the comments here,so please forgive the digging up of this thread. In response to the comments. The armour featured in this chapter is ceremonial Duelling armour,mainly used by the nobles and high ranking warriors. There are several forms of favoured blades in this civilisation. The Dj?ra blades are commonly weilded as a pair and resemble slender calvery sabers. The Tj?r Blade is a two bladed sword,which can also be used as a spear. The others are the flamberge like Kzurka Sword and the Tp?n daggers. As for more detail,this is actually chapter four of the chronicles,I've recently got round to writing chapters 1,2 and 3 and have posted them all on fan fiction.net

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2076797/1/