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Well this is actually an interesting topic; the majority of my characters have to be engaged in hand-to-hand combat in order for them to win in battle. Ok I guess Sovereign could just throw a truck but never the less he knows the beauty of mortal combat. And Leon could just as well fire away with his power as soon as he could throw a single punch.

For starters Capin’ Cino; although he is an accomplished strategists, and the former Rear Admiral for the royal navy. He prefers face-to-face fist-to-fist combat. He is a pugilist through and through. Boxing is his passion he is blunt force straight to his opponents’ strongest front. He indulges his opponents’ underestimation of him by playing the fool in his fights but for anyone who knows of him he is a five-time golden gloves champion with more than enough experience in the ring. Outside it though he doesn’t tend to stray from strictly striking with his fist, the occasional head butt or shoulder ram but his feet do nothing but move him about.

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I also have Sovereign, Oberon, Soul, and Justice to which each have varying degrees of hand to hand training by the military that they use at their own discression. Sovereign tends to neglect the fact that he has those skills and in a fight he would rather just make a mess of things but then again he rarely has the opportunity to punch someone and not kill them in the process.

Oberon has been in the military all of his life, and has been expected to be nothing less than a perfect soldier. He is built like a train and acts like one.

Soul and Justice have branched out from their military back grounds and incorporated various fighting styles to help them complement their own fighting styles, i.e. they prowl cities and fight mass groups so they go for the strategic take down with the assistance of Ninjitsu, and styles like Jujitsu or Wu Shu.


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To that degree of mixing it up I have but one other man who has chosen but one path to walk, oddly I fixed him up with Cino. Sean Rand (Midas) is a practitioner of Jeet Kun Do, the martial arts discipline of Bruce Lee, in all his fifty years he had only seen one style worth taking up and this was it. He has spent his life honing his skills to the point where he is quite famous in the martial arts world. Although a pacifist by nature he believes that not every conflict can be solved with reason. In battle he chooses the quickest and most effective path hoping to only render his opponent the minimal amount of pain and ensuring a complete knock out. He moves fast and like water smoothly gliding to and from his opponent.

Well I guess The Goddess (Sophia Morrigan) too has but one teaching of fighting. She has a very barbaric nature to her fighting style. Growing up in isolation from the rest of the world her people have developed their own form of wrestling. She is a brawler whose technique only extends to grapples.

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Beyond all that stated above two of my fighting Characters stand above the rest. Ward and Reaper. Ward has followed Reaper studying him and learning from him. He was inspired by how much could be accomplished by an unarmed man. He has followed his abilities to the point that he unlocked a secret to Reaper’s fighting style. Both he and Reaper fight using similar styles very direct and very effective against all types of fighting styles. They are simply meshing everything they know into an ever evolving knew way. No style needed, if something doesn’t work it is dropped, if it takes too much effort to perform an attack, maneuver or defense it is abolished. They have found that the use of everything is important, what they bring with them the surroundings, other fighters. In front of the average man they appear to be nothing but crazed brawlers, but if watched carefully their brilliance should begin to show unless they’re having a very off day.

Ward has added the addition of firearms to his way. Due to his Police background he was the most efficient with firearms on the force besides the young Maria Faulkhazen. He will just as soon sweep your leg as shot you in it. He has enough reach in his attacks to keep a comfortable distance between himself and his opponent, while he decides whether or not he should shoot or knife. He has also involved bladed weaponry into his fighting arsenal as he follows the way of the samurai as the prominent underlying style. Though he carries no sword. Go figure.

Reaper is a force to be reckoned with. In mortal combat with his opponents he is merciless and unforgiving. He doesn’t like to give them a moment’s comfort he will close any gap between them by any means. He fights with the motto of “Whatever it takes”. Something he takes to heart. He has incorporated so many styles into his fighting that he will use no advance maneuvers or techniques. He uses his training in the various arts to help his movement taking from the stances and motion his fluid footwork that goes unseen in the dark of night when he usually operates.

When he strikes it is with destination in mind. His punch is viscous and powerful and he refuses to pull them on many occasions. They people he fights would not grant him the same courtesy. For a man of his size he is surprisingly agile and his athletic conditioning is second to none. He has honed his body to the peak of perfection. He does not consume wasteful foods into his body. He maintains a strict diet and unless he is in a situation where as Victor Elliot he must maintain face he doesn’t drink often. (The booze in Purgatory… well he had a really f’ed up childhood. Oddly it doesn’t slow him down on Saturdays. Drink day from dusk til dawn) He has a strange appreciation for others who have devoted themselves to learning various disciplines and is eager to watch them and incorporated what he sees. With his photographic memory he has learned the majority of his fighting skills in short periods of time by renting thousands of dvds. Oh yes he does. Ask him.