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<blockquote data-quote="Kaodi" data-source="post: 5639013" data-attributes="member: 1231"><p>Being wanted, I imagine he has moved around quite a bit, so I will say yes.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> The epithet " the Snake " is strictly pejorative, and Geoffrey has been called many versions of it. " Rattlesnake " I imagined is what his companions call him because of a penchant for lecturing them on various historical trivia.</p><p></p><p>Now, Geoffrey has earned this name for his peculiar philosophy on fighting. He is a big fan of George Silver's Paradoxes of Defence, and the key insight he learned from it was of the Italian duelists who would always thrust first, and the accompanying anecdote of how occassionally both duelists would die, having run each other through. This is rather like duels in the Wild West. </p><p></p><p>Geoffrey, instead, eschews duelling because it artificially emphasizes fighters who are able to draw quickly and shoot accurately first. His philosophy is that you watch what other people are doing, and when someone tips there hand and shows that they have the intent to kill you you shoot them then and there, no duelling required.</p><p></p><p>In fact, Geoffrey's wanted status and enemy derives from just such an occassion, I imagine. The fellow he killed issued an ultimatuum to fight him in the classic duel at High Noon, but Geoffrey just drew and shot him then and there. It is likely a larger fire fight ensued, and he has probably been at least one or two others as well. The man he shot is the brother, or at least close relative, of his enemy, I would think.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Probably not, unless he figured he had a detailed plan on how he was going to get back out alive. It is not so much that he would be afraid to go, just that he understands it would be foolish without the right reason and opportunity. The right reason would probably involve pissing off and or killing his enemy and getting away with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kaodi, post: 5639013, member: 1231"] Being wanted, I imagine he has moved around quite a bit, so I will say yes. :D The epithet " the Snake " is strictly pejorative, and Geoffrey has been called many versions of it. " Rattlesnake " I imagined is what his companions call him because of a penchant for lecturing them on various historical trivia. Now, Geoffrey has earned this name for his peculiar philosophy on fighting. He is a big fan of George Silver's Paradoxes of Defence, and the key insight he learned from it was of the Italian duelists who would always thrust first, and the accompanying anecdote of how occassionally both duelists would die, having run each other through. This is rather like duels in the Wild West. Geoffrey, instead, eschews duelling because it artificially emphasizes fighters who are able to draw quickly and shoot accurately first. His philosophy is that you watch what other people are doing, and when someone tips there hand and shows that they have the intent to kill you you shoot them then and there, no duelling required. In fact, Geoffrey's wanted status and enemy derives from just such an occassion, I imagine. The fellow he killed issued an ultimatuum to fight him in the classic duel at High Noon, but Geoffrey just drew and shot him then and there. It is likely a larger fire fight ensued, and he has probably been at least one or two others as well. The man he shot is the brother, or at least close relative, of his enemy, I would think. Probably not, unless he figured he had a detailed plan on how he was going to get back out alive. It is not so much that he would be afraid to go, just that he understands it would be foolish without the right reason and opportunity. The right reason would probably involve pissing off and or killing his enemy and getting away with it. [/QUOTE]
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