I got to fight in my first investiture tourney this week. It was my second tourney since I’ve been back.
I fought well, and placed better than I expected, defeating three people. One of whom went on to win.
On the Sunday I fought in the Cadet Tourney, sponsored by Oberst Luther Magnus. I did much better than I expected in this tourney, with 14 victories, which is almost 50/50. Luther gave me some tips which helped a lot, bringing my dagger lower, and pulling my sword closer to me.
With the dagger lower, it needs to move a bit more to protect my head, but it needs to move less to protect the rest of me, which I found was useful in my parries, and kept me alive much better.
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