Athletics Treatise II

Athletics Treatise II Written by Fridrich Fyr

"Journey to the East, Tome Two" Allows you to learn the following Athletics abilities: Dash Sudden Lunge Push the Falling Inner Reserves Reading this book grants some Experience.

The second part of the memoir by Fridrich Fyr is composed of disconnected travel logs and doesn't hold any particular value. However, a dozen detailed instructions on combat moves is actually quite helpful. 300

Description

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The second part of the memoir by Fridrich Fyr is composed of disconnected travel logs and doesn't hold any particular value. However, a dozen detailed instructions on combat moves is actually quite helpful.

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Effect

Allows you to learn the following athletic abilities:

• Dash
• Sudden Lunge
• Push the Falling
• Inner Reserves

Acquired From

• Always sold by Unar, scribe in Mannshire.

Book content

...We set up our camp next to a wilting palm grove on the edge of a giant open sky bazaar. Silk, ivory, and figs were laid out on display next to silver ingots and rolls of woolen cloth brought there from Aldor.

As I wandered through the stalls, admiring the wealth of imagery captured in the exquisite jade figurines, I couldn't get rid of a nagging thought. The next day I was supposed to head back to Aldor even though I hadn't yet experienced even the tiniest fragment of what I'd heard about the Jacinth Kingdoms.

My melancholy was interrupted by music. The sounds of flute and drums created such a catchy tune, that my legs carried me towards the source of the music on their own volition. A crowd of bystanders had already gathered on a small clearing near a carpet merchant's tent. I pushed my way through to get a better look - at first I almost mistook the performance for a vicious brawl.
Two stripped to the waist elves, their shaved heads betraying them as monks, were exchanging a flurry of strikes, kicks, and leg sweeps. Bare feet kicked up dust, every move and strike was so swift and powerful, it felt like a small miracle that the elves hadn't knocked each other down yet. The spectacle was truly breathtaking: when it looked like either of them fell behind and was about to take a hit, they would deftly dodge or parry it.

There were few more monks sitting on the ground nearby, a part of the same community. They played the drums, steadily raising the tempo, making the fight resemble an exotic dance.

Finally, the music came to a stop. The fighters bowed to each other to the sound of lazy applause. The crowd began to disperse. A novice monk walked between the rows of onlookers with a clay bowl - some people tossed copper coins in it before leaving. It only took me a couple of solid gold coins to strike up a conversation...

See also

• Treatises
• Athletics Treatise I
• Athletics Treatise III
• Athletics Treatise IV