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<blockquote data-quote="Tokiwong" data-source="post: 170606" data-attributes="member: 961">Where to begin.... and what to say...&quot;My origins... I was born into the noble house...&quot; he pauses, &quot;of the Kinain... we as a family are famed as a house of wizardy and arcane mastery... my father... was warrior but he fought with blade and magic... a Bladesinger... while my mother was a wizard without peer... just as her mother before... and so on...&quot;Keith takes a sip of his juice...&quot;My brother Elisdill was an aspiring Enchanter... my eldest sister Delviane... a diviner... and my younger brother Yulius... already showed the natural talent for the Art at th age of 43 by human reckoning...&quot;Everyone had the talent... and drive except me... always they wondered why... a fluke?&nbsp; Perhaps I would bloom late... perhaps I was simply an abomination... or perhaps I was meant to be something other then a master of the Art...&quot;Though myself... I showed talent in the more atheltic disciplines.&nbsp; I was trained under an elven fencer, Alustir Soriel Thallain.&nbsp; She taught me much in my 15 years of tutelage... but as with all things it came time for me to take my place among my peers as a member of the noblesse oblige... and thus I was sent here to refine my skills in the court... mastery of the more intellectual arts... at least that is what my parents hoped...&quot;Much to their dismay... I suppose...&quot;I find myself driven to the mastery of the art that is the blade... its intricate disciplines... the dance of savegery and elegance... the portrait of crimson... that can be created with it... I see it not so much as swordplay... but a Swordart... for at its essence it is an artform.&nbsp; A dance weaved with each step to create one beautiful flowing movement...&quot; he smiles and takes another sip of his juice...Perhaps I prattled on too much...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tokiwong, post: 170606, member: 961"] [i]Where to begin.... and what to say...[/i] "My origins... I was born into the noble house..." he pauses, "of the Kinain... we as a family are famed as a house of wizardy and arcane mastery... my father... was warrior but he fought with blade and magic... a Bladesinger... while my mother was a wizard without peer... just as her mother before... and so on..." Keith takes a sip of his juice... "My brother Elisdill was an aspiring Enchanter... my eldest sister Delviane... a diviner... and my younger brother Yulius... already showed the natural talent for the Art at th age of 43 by human reckoning..." [i]Everyone had the talent... and drive except me... always they wondered why... a fluke? Perhaps I would bloom late... perhaps I was simply an abomination... or perhaps I was meant to be something other then a master of the Art...[/i] "Though myself... I showed talent in the more atheltic disciplines. I was trained under an elven fencer, Alustir Soriel Thallain. She taught me much in my 15 years of tutelage... but as with all things it came time for me to take my place among my peers as a member of the noblesse oblige... and thus I was sent here to refine my skills in the court... mastery of the more intellectual arts... at least that is what my parents hoped..." [i]Much to their dismay... I suppose...[/i] "I find myself driven to the mastery of the art that is the blade... its intricate disciplines... the dance of savegery and elegance... the portrait of crimson... that can be created with it... I see it not so much as swordplay... but a Swordart... for at its essence it is an artform. A dance weaved with each step to create one beautiful flowing movement..." he smiles and takes another sip of his juice... [i]Perhaps I prattled on too much...[/i] [/QUOTE]

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