Raineh Daze

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP

75 hours and yes, I've fought Seymour. By which I mean I was in an inaccessible tower taking shots across the map with a ballista.

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP

I don't know if anyone's noticed that I kept fiddling with the armoured appearance, but I have been. And the sword. That one has changed quite drastically.

But this time there were some interesting screenshots in the process.

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Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP

Flaunt your codpiece?

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP

You think the one we take alive is surviving anyway?

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP

Tyaethe Radistirin

Oh, they had a healer around for once. She had entirely forgotten; it was rare enough to have knights with any magical ability beyond the straightforward "pick an enemy to set on fire" option, let alone one competent at something such as healing. It was like those that had the ability to heal injuries were somewhat reluctant to attach themselves to the kingdom's most efficient source of rapid-response dismemberment. Not that Tyaethe was going to complain, it definitely freed her up even more than the artificer coming along...

"Like I would lower myself to feeding on bandits," the child sniffed, but Elodie had a point--and, at that, one of their newest knights had somehow managed to get in a pickle. With bandits. Honestly, it was pathetic, but Jarde might need help if left to get more surrounded.

With both hands on her sword, Tyaethe took the most dangerous and direct route to the very forefront of the conflict, even though it was by this stage certainly winding down: run straight ahead. The ease of it seemed almost comical, as if fate itself was looking out for her rather than awareness--but there was a slight hesitation before taking a step, slightly veering to one side to let a bolt pass, lowering her head as friendly magic passed into a bandit.

And then the flash of white was behind Jarde's opposition, blade swinging from ankle to shoulder and leaving two of the bandits in rather more pieces than the human body ought to be--and a light shove to push the third forward, into his range and completely exposed.

@PaulHaynek

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP

I'd rather marry the shortstack loli vampire

@Psyker Landshark

You have a better chance of turning into a parrot-pig hybrid.

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP

I mean, you might be wed by a shortstack vampire paladin instead.

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP

So because it isn't actually written down anywhere in the intro, some other facts about paladins aside from the whole "religious warrior" part of it. They're actually part of the clergy and can officiate weddings or perform religious ceremonies and services--pretty much what you'd expect. The main difference between them and higher-ranking priests† is that instead of conducting services or doing much in the way of organisational or social work or theological stuff they're... meant to go out and fight. A large amount probably retire into priestly positions but in this case that's obviously not happening. They're not super common either--whilst they're common enough to see because they travel around a lot, they're like the more important priests in that there's substantially less of them in the country than knights in general (let alone men at arms if we want to get into those distinctions).

Apart from that, they get blessed equipment.

Tyaethe being Tyaethe, she just has a sword.

† You know, not the equivalent of a village or parish priest. Bishops, more or less.

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP

Got nothing on Tyaethe's approach to injury. :P

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP

Tyaethe Radistirin

Like the others, Tyaethe dismounted, smoothing out her dress as she did so--and then throwing the sword over her shoulder as Fanilly went to the rescue of the wounded farmer. So, they'd left someone alive...? There was no way that could be an accident. Not this close to the camp. Talk about a lazy trap--sure enough, the captain easily avoided the obvious attempt to spring something on her. So amateurish; you didn't leave your bait alive to give warning.

But the small girl was alongside the captain in moments, shifting grip to wield the sword as best as possible in her free hand. It was almost an afterthought as she thrust it through the heart of one axe-wielding bandit, not seeming to pay much attention as the order's one and only undead briefly strengthened herself to free her sword; the corpse sailed into an onrushing pair, leaving them free for other knights to stab down.

"Reon's jiggly ass... this is enough to scare you brats?" Tyaethe grumbled, looking back at the farmer. What... there, on the horse. That would do. The paladin dropped her umbrella and tore the saddle blanket free, pressing down on the man's wound. No sense in dropping the sword, and the trees shielded enough of the sun that it was more an irritant than painful.