Daniel Smith

** takes hold of the branch and takes a few steps backwards, gripping it rightly with both of his hands.
Sir Daniel Smith says "Hm."
**Sir Daniel Smith He'd draw his iron longsword out and grip in two hands, raising it into a defensive hold as he spreads his stance out slightly, facing the opponent. "Begin when you wish."
** spreads his legs out and bends his knees a little bit, he nods before taking a step forward, raising his branch up high in preperation for a strike.
**Sir Daniel Smith He'd move the sword around to prepare to block it, keeping enough distance so that the sword and branch can connect as he holds it, facing the broad side of the blade towards the peasant.
** took another swift step forward and initiated the first attack, bringing his branch downwards, but moving it along the side at the last moment, in attempt to hit Smith's side instead.
**Sir Daniel Smith As the peasant would roughly swing the branch downward he'd follow his movements, following his step to the side as he circles his arms with the sword held out in front of the branch, intercepting his swing as it comes down and around towards his side. He'd then push it back to try and deflect it, regaining his stance.
** steps to the side as his branch is deflected off to the side, but he quickly goes back into his offensive stance, holding the branch as if he were holding a naginata as he began to move around Daniel in a circular pattern.
**Sir Daniel Smith He would keep his distance from the peasant, following him as he'd carefully make small steps to keep himself grounded as he holds the sword up defensively in both hands, tightly gripping it.
** took another big step forward with his branch pointed out, attempting to quickly jab the tip of the branch into Daniel's calf, where it may be less protected than his upper body.
**Sir Daniel Smith He'd swing his sword downwards as he briefly loosens his wrists to swiftly collide the side of the blade with the branch. But the tip still scrapes against his calf. He grunts and lowers his sword, nodding once to the peasant. "You do well. I may be able to hire you when I need soldiers..."
** gives Daniel a quick nod before sticking the branch into the ground, and giving him a quick, polite bow, standing back up afterwards and picking up the branch again.
**Sir Daniel Smith He'd raise the sword up again and take it into a defensive stance as he'd hold it up. "Now, let us continue while we still can. I must train intensively to better my skill."
**Susanoo pulls the branch out of the dirt and steps back again, holding the branch with both hands like previously, going into roughly the same stance again.
**Sir Daniel Smith He'd begin to approach him but keep a good distance as to not allow him to extend the stick past him as he begins to circle the opponent while gripping the sword in two hands.
**Susanoo walked opposite of Daniel to prevent being circled, eyeing his opponent intensely as he gripped onto his branch, and changed to a more offensive stance, with the branch sticking outwards more.
**Sir Daniel Smith He would angle the sword outward as the opponent poked it forward, making a quick turn with his upper body and attempting to strike the wooden stick so it went off balance before rapidly returning to his defensive stance, trying to turn himself so he'd fully face susanoo.
**Susanoo stepped forward after the wooden stick was struck to the side, but he used the initial momentum from the strike to turn the branch completely, attempting to hit Daniel with the other end of the branch like a staff.
**Sir Daniel Smith He'd pull the sword in towards himself, just about catching the staff swing as it pushes against his blade. He would not be able to match the strength of the attack and attempting to rapidly step aside and hook the branch in the handguard of the sword. then push it off if he were successful.
**Susanoo took another step forward whilst trying to keep pushing onto Daniel's sword with his staff to assert more pressure onto Daniel's blade, he tried to keep pushing onto the sword so Daniel wouldn't be able to retain his defensive position, trying to keep it up for the time being.
**Sir Daniel Smith He'd hold the struggle for a brief moment before trying to step aside again and suddenly turn his sword, angling it so the way Susanoo was pushing his branch would side off the edge of his blade and leave him to angle the sword back up into a defensive stance.
**Susanoo keeps pushing forward along the edge, he took a few steps forward before turning back to Daniel and getting back into stance with his branch staff, starting to circle him once agian.
**Sir Daniel Smith He'd grunt slightly and push back with his blade after susanoo finally let up on the pressure with the wooden sparring branch, taking a couple steps back and turning to face the opponent as he circles in the opposite direction.
**Susanoo kept holding the sparring branch by the middle as he took another sudden step forward, starting to relentlessly strike with both ends of the branch, without giving Daniel any break.
**Sir Daniel Smith He'd bring up the blade to quickly intercept the first blow from the staff, blocking it but not being as versed with the sword as the other man was with his branch he'd take the second strike to his arm and stagger to the side slightly, lowering his sword and holding a hand out to signal a halt. He sheathes his weapon and nods once. "Very good."

recieved a truesteel ingot from rhogar

**[Long. Braided ginger beard| Long ging...] would approach the group and dig out the true steel ingot, holding it out to daniel "here you go, all done."Vandel Drek says "If you have the free time to do so now, I wouldn't mind some practice."[LOOC] Vandel Drek: oi smith you missed some ore you piece of shit[LOOC] Rhogar Shieldheart: it's ic wise cause i dont actually melt down the materials cause I cant spawn them**Sir Daniel Smith nods and takes hold of the ingot, investigating it's craftsmanship before he stores it away and reaches out to pull out 5 coins, handing them to the dwarf. "Good."


Later recieved lessons in prospecting iron from Leonardo.

Squire Leonardo 'Leo' Dickens says "Okay."Squire Leonardo 'Leo' Dickens says "So my father taught me the two most important things to know when searching for a specific ore: know your rock formations and check for clues in underground rivers. If there's something you want floating in the water, go upstream."**Sir Daniel Smith he'd nod and listen quietly, taking note of what Leo says.Squire Leonardo 'Leo' Dickens says "Iron is made in this thing called sedimentary rock which which will appear to have layers of different colors. It'll look pretty weathered too."Squire Leonardo 'Leo' Dickens says "So uh, with that in mind, let's go search for some. I'll show you all what it looks like if there's any to be found."Sir Daniel Smith says "Very well."Squire Leonardo 'Leo' Dickens says "Aha."**Squire Leonardo 'Leo' Dickens stepped up to the large chunk of rock that was sticking out of the wall. He gave it a few pats and wiped his hand over it, "This 'ere is what we're looking for." He motioned a finger up and down, "See those thin layers? That means there's a chance we'll find some ore in here. It ain't always gonna have a deposit of iron around it, but there's a good chance it will. Just gotta pick away a bit until you find an ore vein."

Later gave the ingot to rhogar to make a truesteel longsword.


**Sir Daniel Smith He'd pull out a whole bunch of ores in some pouches, handing them over to the dwarf as well as the truesteel ingot he had just recently recieved, heaving and setting down the pouch of heavy materials for the dwarf along with 10 coins.

**Rhogar Shieldheart Would approach his furnace, pulling out four coal ore and six iron ore and put them into a mold, he would melt them all down until he had about three steel ingots and two coal ingots, he would then combine those into one single mold and melt it down to make a true steel ingot, once that was hardened he would put it into a mold with the other true steel ingot he had made before, melting them both down and combining them,he would begin making the sword first, He would take the metal and place it on his anvil and begin hammering it into the shape of a sword, wiping the sweat from his brow he would stick the metal back into the furnace to heat it up again and bring it back to the forge, he would continue to hammer it with a loud *tunk tunk tunk* noise with each hit of the metal, once it was in shape he would take it over to his grinder and just rest his foot on the pedal, he would then start pressing his foot down and lifting it back up in a rythmic fashion, keeping the grinder spinning as he sharpens the metal into a point and then grinding the sides into a sharp edge for each side, after it was sharp enough and the end pointed he would take a small engraving knife and mark his symbol on the base of the blade, just above where the handguard would be. After this step he would take the blade and heat it up to a very hot temperature until the blade was red with heat, he would then dip it into his quenching tank and quickly pull it out, making sure it cooled evenly and hardened evenly as well he would then stick it back into the furnace until it was hot but not as hot as before, he would then dip it back into his quenching tank and pull it back out in the same fashion he did before, he would repeat this process until the blade was hard yet flexible enough to be usable, thanks to his mastery of the craft it would be perfectly hard as well as perfectly flexible, after all this he would set the sword down on his anvil and fish through his box of handles, he would pull out a simple wooden handle and a handguard, he would then shape them onto the blade, making sure the blade could not slip out of hit and comfortable to hold just the same, once this was done he would hold it in his hands and give it a few swings to make sure it was balanced enough, once he made sure it was he would smile to himself and wipe the sweat from his brow and clean up his forge and refill his quenching tank with fresh cold water.



You got a Mastercrafted Truesteel Longsword

sparred with Leonardo using his longsword, two handed.

**Squire Leonardo 'Leo' Dickens grasped his stick firmly as he gazed at it worriedly, "I hope this thing doesn't break." After saying this, the man advanced towards Smith anyways. He'd try and swing it from left-to-right and hit him in the right bicep/forearm.Squire Leonardo 'Leo' Dickens says "Hah!"**Sir Daniel Smith He'd ground himself firmly on the floor, grunting as he'd swing the sword out towards the left and deflect the incoming blow with the broad side of his sword as to not chop the branch. He grunts slightly and after pushing the stick away he'd retract the sword back towards himself, re-taking the defensive stance he had in the beginning.**Squire Leonardo 'Leo' Dickens allowed the stick to get deflected by the sword and, instead of putting up any resistance, decided to follow through and change the direction of his swing. He brought it down after having it get hit and immediately swung it back up to try and hit Smith in his right hip with it. It was a close proximity swing, so the damage would've been less-- with a greater chance to hit.**Sir Daniel Smith He'd lower his sword briefly and hold hand out towards leo. "hold..." He nods and turns towards the smithy, sheathing his iron sword and holding a hand out. "Ah good. Thank you Rhogar."**Sir Daniel Smith He'd keep the old iron sword out, using it for the sparring purpose as he'd hold it back up and return to his defensive stance. "Let's continue."**Squire Leonardo 'Leo' Dickens nodded in acknowledgement and took up an attack stance. This time he'd try and use his strength to harshly swing his branch down over the top of Daniel's sword in an effort to force his weapon down and at an angle-- further away from him. If he's successful, he'd use this brief moment to try and simply lift his branch up and swing it at Daniel's face. With the branch being so close already, there was probably a good chance it'd hit him. Of course, he'd stop the second before and gently nudge him in the cheek instead.**Sir Daniel Smith He'd take a quick sidestep, and suddenly lift his arms, angling the sword back to block the downward strike. He'd then use his swift skill with the sword over Leo's skill to deflect his sword. He then pushes it to the side and angles his blade so he can use the momentum against him and throw his sword off course as he'd retract his blade from leo's stick and returning to his defensive stance to continue. "Quite a strong strike..."**Squire Leonardo 'Leo' Dickens quickly brought his branch back out in front of him. He nodded a little at that, "Aye, uh.. Suppose that's what happens when I'm beating my--" He coughed a few times before continuing, ".. When I'm beating my pickaxe against rock all day." He got himself back into position. This time, he'd change his stance up and held his branch with one hand.**Sir Daniel Smith he'd begin to slowly step around leo with his sword held firmly, watching for any moves made by him with his sparring stick.**Squire Leonardo 'Leo' Dickens turned and kept his front facing Daniel, feet shifting every so often. He gazed at him carefully, watched his movements and where he was going to step next, and how his sword was positioned. Once he spotted an open opportunity, he'd take a quick step forward and lunge the end of his brange towards Daniel's torso. "H-yah!"**Sir Daniel Smith He'd Take a sudden step back while suddenly lowering his arms and the blade with it. He'd then slash the sword, broadsided at leo's stick and swiftly deflects the jab, quickly bringing the sword back up into a defensive stance after making a block.**Squire Leonardo 'Leo' Dickens brought his stick back after that resumed his attack stance. The man decided to rush Daniel this time by quickly moving forward towards him while simultaneously bringing his stick down on Dan's sword in order to smack it away again. Without leaving Daniel much room to jump back, he'd quickly go to deal another strike towards his chest right after. Of course, this meant Leonardo was extra close to the man too.**Sir Daniel Smith He'd take a sidestep as leo would charge at him, just about getting aside as he blocks the downward strike with a simple upwards block. But his blade was briefly knocked aside by leo's strength. He grunts, but being quicker with the weapon than his opponent he would swiftly draw the sword back towards himself and angle it backwards, deflecting leo's blow and attempting to turn his sword around the stick as the side of the blade pressed against it, trying to knock it off to the side**Squire Leonardo 'Leo' Dickens allowed his original strike with the stick to be blocked, though with Daniel stepping to the side and seeing his sword coming back up so fast, Leo decided that instead of striking, he would instead send his left elbow up for Daniel's face-- the two easily being almost right in front of each other considering Dan's position and Leo having his arms up. Of course, Leo wouldn't do much more other than give him a little nudge.**Sir Daniel Smith He'd of deflected the first attack, but stagger back as his face his smacked roughly with leo's elbow. He grunts and lowers his sword to press the tip into the ground as he holds his cheek. "Hmh..." He'd rub his cheek briefly before looking back up at Leo, blinking a few times. "We'll count that as the end of the sparring. Good enough for tonight, I grow tired."

Neat, +3 Two-handed.

From a recent dungeon:

got shot in the shoulder with an arrow by vantar

**As Daniel is swinging at the spearheads above him, he finds an arrow strike him in the left back shoulder. Felzu continues on through the cracks. It would appear a distance is forming between the groups due to the spears poking at each other from both parties.

Hacked off a bandits spear head with his longsword, two handed.

**Daniel does however manage to slice a spear head off the left spearman.
**Next turn.


Assisted in using his sword, two handed to kill a bandit spearman.

**The final spearmen is unable to fend off so many attacks, he is diced and sliced. Sun Wang finds trouble balancing on his feet, the pain is horrible. Felzu knocked the previous swordsman back earlier, he however finds the same corpse he pushed towards him earlier being sent directly towards Felzu whilst he was making his acrobatic moves behind the scene.


Assisted in killing the last bandit swordsman.

**Sir Daniel Smith He'd thrust his truesteel sword out, attempting to viciously impale the bandit in the solar plexus and withdraw his weapon, hopefully slaying him before he could grab for vantar's sword
**The bandit is impaled from likely all directions, being turned into swiss cheese.