[quote=@souleaterfan320]
<Snipped quote by Legend Begins>

*As I go to send it out to you, Artorias sweeps his sword aross your back from behind with its blade coated in amaranthine. It lets out a tortured yell/roar*
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*Flips a knife behind my back to intercept the strike, glistening with a gray, difficult-to-look-at gray sheen like subtle static*
Surprise attacks are only successful if you attack unannounced.