IMPORTANT: Training Information

[Prince Arthur Pendragon]

Army training works similar to that of the Magicians Guild. Through making a series of posts, increasing in length, your character becomes more skilled and powerful in combat, and this is reflected through the titles awarded at each stage.

To Train in the Army:

1) Your character must possess an interest or skill in combat, but must not be powerful. You do not necessarily have to have stated this in your character application to the site.

2)Firstly you must enrol. To enrol in the Army, follow the instructions and post in the Recruitment office. Once I have replied confirming your place you may begin training.

3) Training: Traning occurs in the training board. On your first training session, you may create a thread simply called' [insert character's name here]' Training'. Here, you will post all of your training sessions and I will post my feedback.

4)In the training sessions, you must write a post to a certain minimum wordcount. Training will take place under my instruction [therefore your posts must make reference to Prince Arthur, including his opinions of you and his feedback during session. For this part you MAY roleplay The Prince] Just make sure you convey a gradual improvement in your abilities. You may also include NPC's in your training. [see the example post below for how to RP Prince Arthur]

5) I will reply to your training post either accepting it, or denying it. Reasons for denying it include: being more than 10% under the wordcount, very poor grammar/spelling, plagiarism of a fellow magicians training ideas etc.) Please wait for one post to be accepted before posting another.

6) Ranks and Word Counts (Ranks, once achieved may be added to your signature)

Title/Task
Recruit: Enrollment accepted
Soldier: One post 250 words
Page: One post 500 words
Squire: One post 650 words
Master: One post 800 words

Knight: - 1000 word post.

(Knight is the highest possible rank in the Army. The equivalent to the Enchanters of the Guild.)

All wordcounts are minimum, more would be great!

I hope that makes everything clear,
Any questions don't hesistate to PM me (Or the other staff members)

Good luck!
Prince Arthur Pendragon

[Prince Arthur Pendragon]

Example Training Post

[titles and characters will differ to those you will use]

Post for Trainee
Robin hopped the fence at the edge of the training grounds and sprinted to the middle of the field. Commander Morland was already there, standing patiently, and Robin sprinted over-worried he may have been late.

“Sorry sir!” He apologised to his superior [terrified he would be scolded], and saluted him. The commander smiled and held out a hand. “Ah, you are not late, I merely like to be early. May I see your blade boy?” Robin nodded and unsheathed his dull blade-slightly embarrassed. It was nothing spectacular, he knew that, but because his old friend Saria had made the sheath, he couldn’t bear to part with it. The commander muttered something and handed it back to Robin.
“Lad, if you want to go far in this division, your blade needs to be much stronger and impressive. This is…quaint, but not what the Order of the Lionesses requires. Although it will do for now, see that before our next session a real sword has been obtained. I suggest a longsword rather than a broadsword such as this.”

After Morland had crushed his pride a little, Robin felt he needed to impress his commander and completed his lap of the training grounds as fast as he could. When he reached the finish though, he was out of breath and dropped down on the ground for a rest. “You will never get anywhere like this!” A voice called to him and before Robin knew what was happening, he was pulled onto his feet.
“You have to learn some discipline boy!” Robin nodded, eager to impress and prove his worth.
“I…just…” he heaved but received nothing but a disapproving look from Morland.

“Now we will learn the basics of sword play” Robin was told firmly. “Draw your blade.” Robin followed orders and began to spar with Morland. At first he was able to keep up, blocking hits and even bringing a few different foot patterns in order to dodge his blows. However, as Commander Morland upped his game, Robin dramatically started to lack the skill he needed and eventually he was reduced to the ground.

“Well boy” Commander Morland finally gave his sword arm a rest and allowed Robin to relax too. “I am fairly…disappointed.” Robins face dropped, he had been so keen to impress his new commander and yet he had left him disappointed. “Sorry sir” Robin muttered, his pride so hurt he felt he would burst into tears, “I tried my hardest…”
“Yes boy, I know. To be perfectly honest it is not your skill I am disappointed in as you were not bad for a beginner, but it is the fact that you assured me you were already a competent swordsman. Perhaps I expected too much…” Robin dropped his gaze to the floor, red faced.
“Sir, I apologise for my error. I believed I was better than this. I want to be…” When Robin looked up he was astonished to see that his commander was smiling.
“Do not worry Smolkes, you have done not badly, perhaps I was a little harsh. Just be sure to get practicing and buy a new weapon! I shall see you in 3 days.” Robin nodded smiling once more.
“Yes, of course sir!” he grinned and picking up his sword, left Commander Morland beaming by himself.



Thanks to Cesitria for the use of this post