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== Description ==
== Description ==
{{quote|Journey to the East, Tome Two.}}
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==Effect==
==Effect==
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Allows you to learn the following athletic abilities:
Allows you to learn the following athletic abilities:


*[[Dash]]
*{{cl|Active|Dash}}
*[[Leg Sweep]]
*{{cl|Active|Sudden Lunge}}
*[[No Time to Linger]]
*{{cl|Orange|Push the Falling}}
*{{cl|Orange|Inner Reserves}}


==Acquired From==
==Acquired From==
* Sometimes sold by [[Gerlot]], merchant in [[Mannshire]].
* Always sold by [[Valden vir Krenn]], owner of [[Vir Krenn's Printing House]] in [[Brynn]].
* Sometimes sold by [[Bert]], merchant in [[Osbrook]].
{{Acquired from}}
{{Acquired from}}


==Book content==
==Book content==
...I decided to join the pilgrims on their journey to the mountains of Sundanar. By the time the coin purse I brought with me was empty, I had already managed to become close friends with the monks, earning their trust and a place in their community. I spent a few years with them, making pilgrimages across half the Jacinth Kingdoms.
{{:Book data|{{ROOTPAGENAME}} Content}}


And yet, even at the edge of the world, my fate still caught up with me. I received some troubling news from Aldor about my family - our trade empire was falling apart. I had to make a choice once more...
( ... )In a truly inexplicable manner, my dear brother managed to make enemies of each and every one of our suppliers. He barely paid any attention to the business, instead wasting our fortune on studying questionable occult practices. It goes without saying that he didn't have a drop of magic talent in him. Or any business sense, for what it's worth...
To get us out of the debt, I had to sell off the pitiful remnants of our former wealth. Only a few things remained - the family house and our only profitable manufacture - a small typography near Maen.
( ... )
After everything was taken care of, I started languishing. I yearned for the Jacinth Kingdoms, but I couldn't abandon my family in that dire of a condition. Ever since my return to Aldor, I had a growing desire to tell the entire world about my adventures in the East. Even though I had lots of stories to choose from, I was particularly interested in telling about the exciting life of Sundanarian monks, their strength of spirit, their grueling training, and the amazing martial arts they practice...
( ... )


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Treatises]]
*[[Athletics Treatise I]]
*[[Athletics Treatise III]]
*[[Athletics Treatise IV]]


*[[Treatise]]


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Latest revision as of 17:11, 16 September 2023

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.
Price300

Athletics Treatise II

Description

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.

Effect

Allows you to learn the following athletic abilities:

Acquired From


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