Rikard was right there with the army as they went into the woods to kill the savages and get into the heat of the battle. Where blood boiled and men could show their strength and their honor. There was more then battle of course, much more then battle but now this was all that mattered. So he put all that he was and all that he is into the battle itself.

Rikard didnt hide in the trees. The tattoo's on his face seemed to call forward people to look at him, to face him in battle. That was what he typically did in battle, he was the wall. "Savages! Come down from the trees! Fight like men!" His chest was exposed to arrows and he showed no fear to them as he stalked forward. The other men of the army ran around by him taking out men, distracted by him. As a arrow shot out he rose his shield and blocked the arrow. Raising up his spear he hurled it into the trees and it came back down with a savage on its shaft.

Immediatly he raised his shield again, it caught a few arrows right after he rose it. A couple flying by skimmed his coat. Though none of that stopped him as he walked forward. His hand went down to his large sword. Drawing it, the large Squarish bladed sword came out. The blade was covered in runes though it really didn't have any use it was just ornamental. I had no cross guard and its hilt was plain. Catching some more Arrows he stalked forward still. Grabbing the spear out of the corpse he looked around still black arrows, that the savages kept shooting at him.

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