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Date: July 4th, 2012Setting: Evan'ules Reserve Time: Afternoon Character Form: Optime Dress: Traditional (check Profile) |
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Archery was a dangerous tool for any warrior to have. The Issum often thought about while he practiced. Most warriors fought with tooth and claw while on four legs. Some even adapted past that to fighting with weapons on two legs. It was an evolution of battle. Nearly any unarmed and unarmored quadruped stood no chance against a trained swordsman. And the next step above this rung was an archer. The pack Jaden had been born into understood this. They had trained him to kill with the bow in a single shot, something that took great skill to actually do. Uva Atka knew, for all of their darkness, that being able to wound an enemy without actually presenting a target of oneself was an invaluable tool. This was one of the very few things Jaden agreed with them on. He spent a dozen hours at the very least each week firing, repairing, and conditioning his bow.
This was one of those dozen hours. Jaden had decided to test his accuracy over a distance this day. He chose a tree that he liked to shoot at upon the Evan’ules reserve and decided the best angle corresponding with the slight wind of the day. Such a shot as he would be attempting didn’t need the aided difficulty of wind compensation. Then he turned and took a hundred paces away from the tree which left him with a nice and challenging target. After that, it was simply a matter of firing his arrows. Three times he went through his quiver of fifteen arrows and had to go fetch them again. The archer averaged about ten hits per load and it was pleasing him greatly. Of course, there was always room to improve. He knew one day he would be able to sink every shot easily from this distance but until then, practice would be essential.
Jaden does. Jaden speaks. Jaden thinks.
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