Brothers in Iron Bonds

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    Under Jone and Jode the hunter crept

    Fur, as night, leathers oiled and dark, in shadows cloaked

    By ebony blade and ebony bow he came

    The hunter, eyes wide, nostrils flared, paws silent as the grave

    The hunted not hiding, not running, standing tall, waiting, taunting

    Scaled hide, gnarled and twisted, marked by a hundred blades, a thousand lashes

    Shimmering scales in firelight, thick and dark, hammered like iron

    With expert skill and perfect aim the hunter drew and fired

    Arrow one, arrow two, perfect, precise

    Deadly shots thought mortal and fatal woefully inadequate

    A hissing roar, fury unleashed, iron scales charging forward

    Quick as lightning, through fen and pool

    Massive fangs, hooked and barbed swung left and right

    Bob and weave, hunter, now hunted

    Strength unmatched, speed impossible, flickering fangs

    Biting, gnawing, devouring

    Hammer blows, frail frame, impossible odds

    Pounding heart, pumping blood, virulent toxins too little too late

    Muscles slow, strength wains, teeth barred

    Bloody earth, matted fur, poisoned blood

    Monster dropping, hunter down, Jone and Jode shining on

    To the swamp the iron scales crawl

    Once allies, now enemies, once brothers in iron bonds, now slaves to fate

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Comments

7 Comments   |   SpookyBorn2021 and 3 others like this.
  • SpottedFawn
    SpottedFawn   ·  August 20, 2017
    Enjoyed this approach a bunch. I like that a lot. :)
  • Sotek
    Sotek   ·  August 17, 2017
    Now there's a different approach for a battle scene. You even have the poetic vibe to it.
    Well done Amornar.
  • Paws
    Paws   ·  August 14, 2017
    Damn. Visceral and tight. Cool as mammoth balls in winter. 
    • SpookyBorn2021
      SpookyBorn2021
      Paws
      Paws
      Paws
      Damn. Visceral and tight. Cool as mammoth balls in winter. 
        ·  August 15, 2017
      I...this is the first time I've ever seen someone describe anything with the words 'mammoth balls' before...yeah, nope, not even literaly mammoth balls :P
  • SpookyBorn2021
    SpookyBorn2021   ·  August 14, 2017
    This one feels really different but damn it's enjoyable mate, really gripping chapter this time around :)
    • Amornar
      Amornar
      SpookyBorn2021
      SpookyBorn2021
      SpookyBorn2021
      This one feels really different but damn it's enjoyable mate, really gripping chapter this time around :)
        ·  August 14, 2017
      Thanks I wanted to do something different and rather than a simple third person battle I thought this would challenge me more as I lacked a first person author to tell this section of the story.
      • SpookyBorn2021
        SpookyBorn2021
        Amornar
        Amornar
        Amornar
        Thanks I wanted to do something different and rather than a simple third person battle I thought this would challenge me more as I lacked a first person author to tell this section of the story.
          ·  August 15, 2017
        It definitely worked Amor, It'd be kinda cool if this was the way you handled future battles but uh, really I just like that you've tried something new in chapters.