Fencing

Boxing is the fourth encounter in Grand Games: The Ascent
==Enemies==
* Vampire Fencer (605 Gold, 80 XP, 50 Energy, 5 HP)
* Human Fencer (605 Gold, 80 XP, 50 Energy, 5 HP)
==Transcript==
===Introduction===
"All come forward for the swordmanship event!" The nymph gestures at the rack of gleaming weapons. "Take your blades."
Your gaze falls on a broadsword, one that looks like it would be well suited to your fighting style. But the bearded fellow next to you must be thinking the same thing - since he reaches for it as well.
He's too slow. You grasp the weapons handle and pull it off the rack. His groping fingers end up clasping the blade instead. Then they fall twitching to the ground, leaving him starting at blood-spurting stumps.
At least that proves it's sharp...
===Conclusion===
Steel rings on steel. The beautiful sound of clashing arms reverberates from rock, spreading across the mountain pass and growing in its echoes until one might believe the gods themselves do battle.
That exhilarating noise envelops you. Dancing metal flashes before your eyes, weaving webs of attack and defense which send shudders down your arm and could become your death in a split-second. There's nothing in the world quite like sword fighting.
Your adversary, a man with a thick, oiled moustache, is good. His blade meets your every attack and replies with lightning repostes. His eyes are firm, sharp, dauntless. As steady as the hand that wields his blade.
But his style isn't flawless. No warrior's is. and you perceive his weakness before he can spot yours. It's slight and subtle. A minute slowness in the wrist on his left-to-right parries.
"Ah!"
It might be a cry of pain. For he's holding his injured forearm, while his sword clatters on the ground. But it emerges as one of pleasant surprise and welcome epiphany.
"You have got me," he says in a thick Stromhamren accent.
He bows. You do the same.
"A pity..." He stares at the cloud-laced peaks above. "I would have liked to test my skills on the summit."
Category:Grand Games: The Ascent