HI there, Welcome to my weekly Splinterlands post.
I have made my weekly splinterlands battle a couple days ago for this opportunity I make my own additional lore about splinterlands character. From many characters out there, I pick this Thanalorian Blade because I just made a post about him/her a few weeks ago. this is the post
https://inleo.io/@dewabrata/my-first-epic-rebellion-soulbound-card-and-her-first-win-4xe
In that post, I picked a topic about Thanalorian Blade which by the stats was not bad, but turned out to be hard to use. Her unique ability is Execute, an ability to make sure your opponent die in a single blow. This is actually a good ability for an Assassin
However if you check the lore, you will read that Thanalorian Blade are describe as the kingdom Guard.
In the Kingdom of Thanaloria, the House of Arven’gileon is renowned for its warriors and rangers, who devote their lives to perfecting their martial prowess.
Those Arven’gileon warriors who comprise the kingdom’s elven guard are known as blades. It is said they can strike thrice before their opponent reacts: the first to wound, the second to kill, and the third to strike another.
In the Kingdom of Thanaloria, the House of Arven’gileon is renowned for its warriors and rangers, who devote their lives to perfecting their martial prowess.
Those Arven’gileon warriors who comprise the kingdom’s elven guard are known as blades. It is said they can strike thrice before their opponent reacts: the first to wound, the second to kill, and the third to strike another.
I wonder why a guardian role doesn't bestowed a name such as shield, or sword... instead of blade. And why they have opportunity and execute abilities?
So let me make a spin off story, about a dark side of the Thanalorian Blade
ASSASSIN IN DISGUISE
Everyone knows that the kingdom of Thanalorian, House of Arven’gileon is renowned for their rangers. Some of them are even selected as the royal guards, the protectors of the noble. Those elite guards sometime send to the battle field as the elite Warrior known as Thanalorian Blade.
The name of Blades is more than a mere title. It is to define how proficient they are in killing their opponent, not like an ordinary warrior or paladin. They are very fast and agile, striking and killing their opponent before their opponents know they are under threat.
However that is what the public know, not what the real thing happens in the kingdom. Everyone combat experts know that you can not train rangers and warrior at the same time, at the same academy or barracks.
How Thanalorian Blades are trained is not what public should know. They are selected when they are still young and put into concentration camp which for the whole day, whole weeks, and for years, they are only trained about the art of killing. They are well trained to eliminate threats with the highest efficiency.
The Blades' technique, was nont developed for open battle, group combat, or a one on one duel. Those technique is honed for covert killings. It was said that they could strike three times before an enemy even knew they were in danger: the first strike is to wound or disarm, the second one to kill, and the third attack is actually is to take down any nearby witness.
WHY THEY TRAIN ASSASSIN
Why did they choose this path, training a deadly assassin in secret? The purpose was very simple, it was to to maintain the power of the House of Arven’gileon. They needed to remove anyone who stood in their way. They needed to secure their position as one of the six Noble house in Thanalorian Kingdom.
For decades, These blades before introduced as guard, they carried out deadly missions in the shadows. Political rivals, silenced traitors, or some spies.. just name it, they would eliminate those targetd to ensure that the kingdom’s power remained balance. The blades were purely weapons.
THE ELVEN KINGDOM
Do not ever forget that Thanalorian Kingdom was a kingdom that had only Elves who populated the kingdom. Art and beauty were at the heart of their culture. They could not have people knowing that they uses a group of elite assassins to guard their Kingdom, so to hide these things off, they made the story of this Thanalorian Blade...
Thanalorian Blade, "known" for their grace and precision in combat... was all fabricated story to preserve how people saw those High Elves as a population full of grace and dignity...
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