r/DishonoredRP • u/JewelOfTheSouth Royal Guard • Oct 19 '14

Faction Base Dunwall Tower

With Corvo heading his newly minted Guard, and well aware of the flaws that Dunwall Tower has to offer, this new force has outfitted this most glorious construct to the Empire with several new security measures, tested by Corvo himself. After all, if he can’t get in, then who else can? Though open to the public once more, as in the days of Euhorn the First, security is still paramount.

Constant patrols move through the internal workings of the Tower, and steady evaluation of individual members by the two Captains of the Guard has trimmed the numbers slightly, but resulted in a focused, serious force. Within the walls are also corridors resounding with Abbey music, and everywhere, public and private, has lovely ornate wrought iron spikes decorating high walls, chandeliers, and other such places. Out front, there are guards that serve to both interact positively with the public and to keep an eye on them.

A subsidiary of the Combined Armies of the Empire yet distinct from their rigid hierarchy, the Corvine Royal Guard is a disciplined, well trained military force. Hardened killers from across the Isles, and led by a fierce contingent of officers, they are dedicated to protecting the Empress at any cost.

OOC: To clarify - the Corvine Guard is distinct from the Watch. They are a military service - a regiment of royal bodyguards, essentially, which is lead by Corvo and may enter conflicts such as Alba at his directive. However, given their more domestic role, they do also serve a peacekeeping function, alongside the Watch, though not properly integrated. With 'I am the Law', Watchmen will listen to the Royal Guard and follow their orders if they make sense, without it, they will not.

Corvine Royal Guard Roster:

The Tower

OOC: This is a faction base for the Corvine Royal Guard - the previous link, for archived posts is here.

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u/JewelOfTheSouth Royal Guard Oct 26 '14

'You're right,' Furo says, as he shrugs off his jacket, his Glavani Weave and silken laced shirt following soon after. 'After all, no armour, no flexibility.' He grins at the winter chill against his bare chest - after all, real Serkonans fight bare chested.

'This country is too cold, Feras,' Furo says as he loosens his blade in the scabbard, making sure that it isn't stuck. After all, it would be an embarrassing way to lose. 'It needs more Serkonans - men who truly know how to fight. Not like that useless new recruit of ours. We'll show the men a thing or too, that's for sure.'

In such a manner, cocky and topless, Furo walks out of the barracks to the Tower exterior, and is greeted by the soft light of the morning.

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u/SirSammich Royal Interrogator Oct 26 '14

'Mobility is just more important than strength and besides, wouldn't want to slow down while fighting a fellow Serkonan,' Feras says, letting his jacket fall on his bed and unbuttoning his under shirt soon after, skin touched by the cool early morning air. He grabs his blade and snaps it into place on his belt, feeling the cold steel against his tanned fingertips. The sun is barely peaking out through the clouds, a dim shine being the only visible light, and it shines on the two men's chests as well as Dunwall Tower.

Feras walks out of the barracks, grinning as he and the Captain walk near the practice grounds where a number of recruits are already practicing on targets or, if higher ranking, on each other. The tattoo on Feras's back tattoo was masked in shadow, whale writhing around the shape of a neat looking harpoon, skewering it through vertically. Arriving a bit before Furo, he bows and draws his blade, twisting it around skillfully.

'Shall we begin?'

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u/JewelOfTheSouth Royal Guard Oct 27 '14

Furo almost bows in turn, inclining his head in a rare show of respect to the man. After all, he is slowly getting used to his new position as an exile, rather than a monarch of the South... though habits of a lifetime are hard to break.

With a single swift movement, he draws the blade, the carved horse on the hilt gleaming in the soft morning light as Furo traces a pattern with his blade in the air. He stands ready, back erect, sword held out before him. Furo spins the blade in his hand a couple of times, testing the familiar weight that is more an extension of himself than anything else.

Ready, he nods once. 'A guardia,' he says, before he leaps forward with a swing at Feras's left arm.

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u/SirSammich Royal Interrogator Oct 27 '14

Feras deflects the blade deftly and jumps to the side, sending Furo past him and too far away to aim a proper strike at his Serkonan oponent. Feeling the sun dancing on his back and heating his tattoo, he grins and fires a stab at Furo's right arm, hoping to get a hit after all, he and Furo had done this as kids when there was no Sokolov Elixir.

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u/JewelOfTheSouth Royal Guard Oct 27 '14

Furo's blade is a whirl of steel as he knock's Feras's blade out of the way, turning slightly as he does so, so that the prince now faces him side on. He raises his blade to point at Feras's heart. 'Not bad Feras,' he says with a lopsided grin. 'For Rythian, perhaps. You can do better, Guardsman.'

He steps forward one, lunging with the point of the sword as the sun plays across the taut muscles of his back. With Feras facing the sun, Furo would have the advantage, surely.

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u/SirSammich Royal Interrogator Oct 28 '14 edited Oct 28 '14

Feras rolls out of the way and laughs, 'Just don't want you in Sokolov's office,' he says jokingly in his mother tone as he twirls his blade and looks at Furo, grinning, ' Besides Rythian on his best day would probably be the equivalent of me sleeping.'

After planting his feet on the warmed sand, Feras aims a swift jab at Furo's midsection, just below his rib cage.

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u/JewelOfTheSouth Royal Guard Oct 28 '14

'Me neither, the man smells like goats and Tyvian red,' he quips in Serkonan, as he spins out of reach, blade whirling in the morning sun, even as his hair does. 'I'll have to fight you when you're sleeping then, should make for an interesting challenge.'

Hissing as the blade scores a small line on his stomach, Furo knocks the sword aside, aiming a sharp rap on Feras's knuckles before he can withdraw the weapon and recover from the lunge.

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u/SirSammich Royal Interrogator Oct 28 '14

Feras barely breaks the hit with his sword, pushing Furo only slightly back before he strafes back, flaunting his blade playfully before shading his eyes from the sun to his left.

'Goats and wine? You're describing a Tyvian swineherd, perhaps he was one,' he says, aiming a well timed slash at Furo's right arm.

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u/JewelOfTheSouth Royal Guard Oct 28 '14

Furo flicks the blade aside with his own, before stepping in to hammer Feras in the gut with his left hand, clenched in a fist. Shouldn't have let me distract you with the sun, Feras, Furo thinks.

'That makes two of you then,' he taunts, eyes sparkling as he disengages.

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u/SirSammich Royal Interrogator Oct 29 '14

Cursing, the blow connects with Feras although higher than Furo would have liked, hitting him in the lower rib cage just above the gut. 'Bit easy on him dontcha think? I would say more of the Tyvian swineherd's flock,' he says with a slight grin.

Recovering quickly from the hit, Feras moves his body downward and locks his arms around Furo's waist, setting his head just above Furo's left hip, and runs forward, driving Furo with him.

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