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** More implied for the run of the mill horses, but they are also specifically bred for use as cavalry mounts. Coursers on the other hand, ''are'' magical, though there are clear limits as to what they can and can not do. |
** More implied for the run of the mill horses, but they are also specifically bred for use as cavalry mounts. Coursers on the other hand, ''are'' magical, though there are clear limits as to what they can and can not do. |
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* [[Badass]]: The entire cast, really, but Dame Kaeritha Seldansdaughter deserves special note. Kaeritha, although quite tall and muscular for a human woman, is still giving away almost a foot and a half in height and a couple hundred pounds in weight vs. Bahzell. Her reach disadvantage is even worse than it would normally be because she fights with paired shortswords while Bahzell's preferred weapon is a greatsword. On top of all that, the usual advantage someone has when fighting an opponent that outmasses them by this much -- speed -- is something she ''doesn't'' have, her speed advantage on Bahzell being only marginal despite his size. And as if her day wasn't bad enough, Bahzell is legitimately one of the most skilled warriors in the world. So why am I talking him up so much in her entry? ''Because she still beats him an average of one in five sparring sessions''. (And while 20% isn't usually that impressive, it damn sure is given a) the ridiculously lopsided odds she's fighting at and b) being about 19% higher than anybody else's performance in the entire series.) |
* [[Badass]]: The entire cast, really, but Dame Kaeritha Seldansdaughter deserves special note. Kaeritha, although quite tall and muscular for a human woman, is still giving away almost a foot and a half in height and a couple hundred pounds in weight vs. Bahzell. Her reach disadvantage is even worse than it would normally be because she fights with paired shortswords while Bahzell's preferred weapon is a greatsword. On top of all that, the usual advantage someone has when fighting an opponent that outmasses them by this much -- speed -- is something she ''doesn't'' have, her speed advantage on Bahzell being only marginal despite his size. And as if her day wasn't bad enough, Bahzell is legitimately one of the most skilled warriors in the world. So why am I talking him up so much in her entry? ''Because she still beats him an average of one in five sparring sessions''. (And while 20% isn't usually that impressive, it damn sure is given a) the ridiculously lopsided odds she's fighting at and b) being about 19% higher than anybody else's performance in the entire series.) |
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** Kaeritha gets the climactic boss fight at the end of ''Wind Rider's Oath''. She's going in vs. an entire temple full of dozens of guards, with the boss fight at the end being a ''divine avatar''. She single-handedly runs the table vs. the entire bunch. |
** Kaeritha gets the climactic boss fight at the end of ''Wind Rider's Oath''. She's going in vs. an entire temple full of dozens of guards, with the boss fight at the end being a ''divine avatar''. She single-handedly runs the table vs. the entire bunch, ending with the simultaneous defeat of her two final opponents -- who are fighting as a hive mind controlled by one brain -- by using one hand to nail the one in front of her with a running lunge ''while at the same time skewering the one directly behind her with a no-look behind-the-back thrust''. |
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* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Brandark. Deadly with a sword and capable of keeping up with Bahzell, but when they returned to Bahzell's home city most of the luggage was taken up by books he had bought. Completely self-educated (back home in Navahk, book-learning was considered to be only for wimps), but usually the best-educated person in the room. |
* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Brandark. Deadly with a sword and capable of keeping up with Bahzell, but when they returned to Bahzell's home city most of the luggage was taken up by books he had bought. Completely self-educated (back home in Navahk, book-learning was considered to be only for wimps), but usually the best-educated person in the room. |
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Telling a Hradani you're a Wizard needs to be done very carefully else you'll be dead within seconds. |
* [[Berserk Button]]: Telling a Hradani you're a Wizard needs to be done very carefully else you'll be dead within seconds. |
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