Athletics Treatise I
| Athletics Treatise I Written by Fridrich Fyr |
| "Journey to the East, Tome One" Allows you to learn the following Athletics abilities: Mighty Kick Leg Sweep Disengage Not This Time Reading this book grants some Experience. |
The first part of the memoir written by the heir of the now impoverished trade house. The lengthy musings about the author's place in the world are lined with meticulous descriptions of martial arts exotic to Aldor. 100 |
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| “ | The first part of the memoir written by the heir of the now impoverished trade house. The lengthy musings about the author's place in the world are lined with meticulous descriptions of martial arts exotic to Aldor. | „ |
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Allows you to learn the following athletic abilities:
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Book content
For as long as I can remember, I invariably preferred the open road to working with dusty ledgers or moving promissory notes from one pile to another. It always felt more engaging to listen to the tales of caravaneers about their distant travels instead of bickering with them, haggling for better prices.
Being a firstborn son of a wealthy spice merchant, I never had a say in choosing my fate. My late father, the Host rest his soul, harbored deep animosity towards any kind of knowledge that he couldn't turn into profit - I was taught how to count almost before I learned how to write. He even hired a travelling elven monk to tutor me in dialects of Jacinth, so that he could spare expenses on translators in the future...
Over the years me and my tutor became good friends. Not only I got a decent grasp on the elven language but also learned the basics of the martial art practiced by most of the Jacinth Kingdoms' monastic communities.
To my then surprise, the focus wasn't on wrestling and fist fighting but rather on a rich variety of kicks.
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After my father's death from a sudden disease, I had no more reasons to linger. I sold my part of the family business to my brother for a hefty sum, used that money to gather a caravan, and, after bidding farewell to my family and friends, embarked to the Jacinth Kingdoms...
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