The Dragon Realms Saga

Black Rabbit Field Manual: Pain Defiance

The first technique a Rabbit is taught as a recruit is Pain Defiance. Before any other training the recruit will learn the finer ways of meditation. The recruit can focus only on the pain of his body, and then to store it deep within his mind, then his soul; soon, all pain will disappear.

With a willow switch, the Rabbit Drill Instructor will walk around a circle of their recruits and swat their shoulders and necks to distract the recruits, A distracted recruit is a failing recruit. Those that reach their zen state will learn how to achieve Pain Defiance while in a more active state. They will begin a kata on hot coals until they learn to overcome that as well.

By the end of the first month, if a recruit is not ready to begin their Black Rabbit combat training, they will cycle back to the first trial, and if they continue to show no improvement or aptitude, they will be "dealt with''.

Those that have passed onto combat and stealth training will find it better to function through their practice without the need of pain.

Those that forget their training, will find that Black Rabbit combat training is not for the faint of heart and will be "dealt with''.

The Skyripple

Thell Yol’Roth O’blivis, which translates to "Weapon of the Sky Destroyer,'' has been now more commonly named the Skyripple. A lance forged by the blacksmith of all ancient ones, it is said that the weapon possessed a fraction of both an angel's soul and a drop of a dragon's blood and was forged with the ore of a dying star to craft the perfect lance fit for a god… or to destroy one.

Tho'Torne, an angelic captain within the All-Father's army, was presented with the weapon so that he might vanquish the Night that ravaged the land during the War of the Black Moon.

However, with each strike of the lance came a thunderous impact, said to be beyond the power of the King of Angels himself. A sweep of the lance created craters upon the land. The island of Phellom was formed when the lance divided it from the mainland of Stratus.

At the end of the war, although as valuable as a lance that could shatter the very skies was in the hand of the angels, it was deemed too powerful for any one being to have. The denizens of the Dragon Realms took the lance and hid it deep within Draak'Terra, locked behind a vault that required 5 hidden keys.

May the Skyripple rest as a forgotten relic and never be found again.