Ask Mandalore Mandalore: Forged in Flame

[Srucayr]

Srucayr would sigh as she spoke, first his visage softening at the squeeze on the arm and soon he found her head on his shoulder. The arm that she had been holding would move to go around her shoulders. "We find ourselves in war. Pray to Kad to preserve you, but upon yourself to the spirits of our forebearers. My armor was handed down through generations as was my warpick. With every battle, I know I am not alone. Each wound set aside by armor or each powerful swing of the pick and I know my forefathers lend me their strength, their power. Wreathe yourself in the glory of our ancestors, in the glory of Kad and you will not come to harm. And to ensure it, little one, when we do make war, you will stay at my side. If there is a price to pay in this life, I will pay it for those around me until I have no blood left to pay with."

@Forsythe Crowholde

 

[Reiel Mal Crowholde]

It was interesting to learn that Srucayr's armor and chosen weapon had seen countless of wars that spanned generations. More so that she found comfort when he put his arm around her shoulders. Reiel smiled. Was this what having an older sibling really felt like? That a mere half-hug was capable of reassuring her that things would work out their way, that there was someone who would look out for her as much as she would do for them?

She had felt this with Gett'se back in Ord Radama, when they sat beside each other after surviving their battle with the skinstealing Trandoshan and his trigger-happy droid. Her head resting on his shoulder and his atop her helmet...

They were vode whom she would fight tooth and nail for.

"Your words bring me comfort. Thank you, Srucayr," she told him, the sincerity in her voice matching the gleam in her eyes. "I will fight by your side, and rest assured I won't let you kick the bucket. Not this early in the game. I feel this battle is just a prelude into something greater, and I'd hate to take part in that if you won't be there. And Gett'se, for that matter. And any of our vode who will be willing to fight for a higher purpose."

She patted his hand lightly and said, tone joking but her words sincere, "And besides, I think that if there's someone in this ship who's capable of doling out a one-sided massacre against these kriffing pirates we're about to face, it's you. That warpick and shield combo is pretty freaking scary. I'm glad I wasn't one of those Nagai pirates."

Snickering, Reiel added in a whisper, "And I don't feel bad for the scum aboard the corvette. They have no idea what's about to hit them."

@Rhogar

 

[Srucayr]

"Whether we die today or ten years from now, take solace that we will cross paths again in the Manda." Srucayr would say. "Death is merely a the first step to the second half of our lives." he'd give her shoulder a squeeze. It had been some time since he had comforted another, sometime since he had found fellowship with one outside his Clan. It was in this moment that he knew, he would one day die so that Reiel would live. It was nothing but a feeling and he would just smile, at peace.

Noticing movement amongst the others he'd begin to rise, hauling the younger Mandalorian with him. "For too long they have desecrated the lands of our people. Today, they shall know the Hands of Retribution. And they shall know the pain associated with earning their ire."

@Forsythe Crowholde

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