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[Valin Arkadis]

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Sweat dripped down the front of Valins face and he jumped out of the way of the stone hammer swung by the ettin. The battle had only been going on for a few mintutes but still it took alot of energy out of Valin to avoid being hit. Of course the night out at one of the taverns in Britain didnt help much. After avoiding the blow Valin lunged at the ettin with his sword to finish it off. The sword hit the mark just about the ettins right shoulder but to Valins suprise the blade broke when the ettin went to swing at the blade in its shoulder..

Dismay spread across Valins face. How could a blade made by his Uncle snap like a twig? The dismay turned to horrow when he realized the Ettin didnt fall to the ground due to the blow but was no charging him at full speed. Valin quickly sidestepped the Ettin and not thinking jumped ont the creatures back. The ettin began twisting and turning trying to shake him off. Valin knew he had to come up with something quick or he would end up on the ground and then smashed by the giants feet. He took what was left of his broken sword and reached around the neck of the Ettins first head and with one swift motion dragged the sharp edge of the blade across the throat. Loud screaming came from the second head nearly causing Valin to let go of his hold. He quickly then did the same to the Ettins last head and with a big thump the Ettins lifless body fell to the ground.


Dusting himself off Valin then took a deep breath picked up his broken sword and turned south to head back towards britain. Hours later he was back at the Inn him and his uncle were staying. Once inside the room he threw down the broken sword on the table where his Uncle was working. "Your work could use some improvement." he said to his uncle as he went and sat down on his bed. Richard looked up from the book he was reading and looked at the sword and picked it up. Afterawhile he began to laugh. "My boy did you not look at the mark just above the hilt before taking this sword out to test it?" Valin shook his head no. "Well you should have this is a practice sword m'boy. Its basically useless in combat." his uncle said while laughing some more. Valin shook his head and droped back onto the bed. "The old man is going to get me killed one of these days." he said to himself as he drifted off.