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Eilif Dhaoine had little reason to send people to the North Way Cluster, really - they had little in the way of political ties to those who had the power here (if anything, one could argue that the current political situation made coming here unwise), and most officials and representatives of the government were busy elsewhere. The Knights of the Dhaoine, however, were mostly former sealga, and sealga were prone to wandering when given the opportunity, and a tournament like this was a siren song for people like them. With that in mind, it isn't that unexpected when a group of Knights turn up at the Set Serpent Sorority looking for a good time. Leading the back are a pair that may be familiar to anyone who paid close attention to the big wedding in Sansar a few years back, or to Clagath's appearance at the Mekhala Mad Dash back in 2037 - Eighbris and Cagairmòr, Clagath's left and right hands among the Knights. While Cagairmòr dressed in a similar way to how she did back at the Mad Dash - that particular sealga style, with clothing chosen for practicality, freedom of movement and a little protection over style with flashiness reserved for a selection of trophies (an impressive-looking bàscail head hollowed and mounted on a shoulder, a medal looped around her belt - given to her by Giomad and picked out from General Veldoon's collection after her help in the war - that sort of thing), Eighbris was dressed rather differently. After all, he was here to fight.

Anyone who has paid much attention to Eilif Dhaoine will likely know about the armour worn by lannan - chitincraft full-body armoured suits, a mixture of parts harvested from antlike bàscail and technology manufactured in the cities of the Dhaoine. Eighbris' suit is similar to lannan armour, sharing the same origin and tech base, but is clearly rather more customised than that, one of the main ways that sealga show off their successes - after all, why just carry a trophy when you can make your significant kill into your weapons and armour, and what better show of the wealth your skills earned you than getting the best artisans around to make the thing? He's happy to tell the story behind the armoured, a striking red suit with a helmet and mask resembling some sort of horned beetle, to pretty much anyone who asks. As he tells it, there was once a crimson beetle threatening Oirdeas, one of the cities of the Reserve, a tough and brutish thing that bulldozed through walls and crushed those who opposed it. He found the trail, found its den, and found a way through its shell to kill the beast - if someone asks for details of that last point, he just grins theatrically and says that it's a secret. After all, who would tell someone else about the secret behind the armour they wore? They'll just have to watch the show and see if any of the other fighters work it outOOC: There is no secret, it's not some invulnerable suit with one fatal flaw. It's just pretty damn good armour that can be penetrated or worked around like any other armour, Eighbris is just a bit of a showman like that (hence him using Dip for the cagefight)..

He doesn't bring his main set of weapons around the station, naturally - he has a little something tucked away just in case, of course, but it was impractical and likely offputting to troop around carrying the big stuff. They'd be ready when the time for the duel came, and he was quite proud of his selection - another topic which he's perfectly happy to boast about to anyone interested. For this, given the theme of the proper above-board stuff and some of the stories he'd heard in his travels about what people thought when they heard "knight", he'd chosen a sword and shield - the latter a big heavy thing (took him some getting used to back in the day but these days he's pretty comfortable with it) made from one of the elytra of the same red bàsclan the rest of the armour was made from, and the former from a different bàsclan, clearly a sharp, bladed monstrous forearm that has been mounted and modified to act as an effective weapon. They'd had some modifications and additions done to them, naturally - why not take advantage of some of the little ways modern technology can make the ancient art of fighting up close easier? - but at the end of the day, their purposes were quite direct.

While Eighbris wandered around, had some fun and worked the crowd a little, Cagairmòr finds her way to wherever the best place to watch the show is according to the word on the street (the way the people did things around here was a little unusual, but she was quite good at adapting) and settles in with a drink after telling some of the other knights wandering the Sorority to point anyone wanting to talk shop her way to save them having to quit having a good time themselves.

Eilif Dhaoine had little reason to send people to the North Way Cluster, really - they had little in the way of political ties to those who had the power here (if anything, one could argue that the current political situation made coming here unwise), and most officials and representatives of the government were busy elsewhere. The Knights of the Dhaoine, however, were mostly former sealga, and sealga were prone to wandering when given the opportunity, and a tournament like this was a siren song for people like them. With that in mind, it isn't that unexpected when a group of Knights turn up at the Set Serpent Sorority looking for a good time. Leading the back are a pair that may be familiar to anyone who paid close attention to the big wedding in Sansar a few years back, or to Clagath's appearance at the Mekhala Mad Dash back in 2037 - Eighbris and Cagairmòr, Clagath's left and right hands among the Knights. While Cagairmòr dressed in a similar way to how she did back at the Mad Dash - that particular sealga style, with clothing chosen for practicality, freedom of movement and a little protection over style with flashiness reserved for a selection of trophies (an impressive-looking bàscail head hollowed and mounted on a shoulder, a medal looped around her belt - given to her by Giomad and picked out from General Veldoon's collection after her help in the war - that sort of thing), Eighbris was dressed rather differently. After all, he was here to fight.

Anyone who has paid much attention to Eilif Dhaoine will likely know about the armour worn by lannan - chitincraft full-body armoured suits, a mixture of parts harvested from antlike bàscail and technology manufactured in the cities of the Dhaoine. Eighbris' suit is similar to lannan armour, sharing the same origin and tech base, but is clearly rather more customised than that, one of the main ways that sealga show off their successes - after all, why just carry a trophy when you can make your significant kill into your weapons and armour, and what better show of the wealth your skills earned you than getting the best artisans around to make the thing? He's happy to tell the story behind the armoured, a striking red suit with a helmet and mask resembling some sort of horned beetle, to pretty much anyone who asks. As he tells it, there was once a crimson beetle threatening Oirdeas, one of the cities of the Reserve, a tough and brutish thing that bulldozed through walls and crushed those who opposed it. He found the trail, found its den, and found a way through its shell to kill the beast - if someone asks for details of that last point, he just grins theatrically and says that it's a secret. After all, who would tell someone else about the secret behind the armour they wore? They'll just have to watch the show and see if any of the other fighters work it outOOC: There is no secret, it's not some invulnerable suit with one fatal flaw. It's just pretty damn good armour that can be penetrated or worked around like any other armour, Eighbris is just a bit of a showman like that (hence him using Dip for the cagefight)..

He doesn't bring his main set of weapons around the station, naturally - he has a little something tucked away just in case, of course, but it was impractical and likely offputting to troop around carrying the big stuff. They'd be ready when the time for the duel came, and he was quite proud of his selection - another topic which he's perfectly happy to boast about to anyone interested. For this, given the theme of the proper above-board stuff and some of the stories he'd heard in his travels about what people thought when they heard "knight", he'd chosen a sword and shield - the latter a big heavy thing (took him some getting used to back in the day but these days he's pretty comfortable with it) made from one of the elytra of the same red bàsclan the rest of the armour was made from, and the former from a different bàsclan, clearly a sharp, bladed monstrous forearm that has been mounted and modified to act as an effective weapon. They'd had some modifications and additions done to them, naturally - why not take advantage of some of the little ways modern technology can make the ancient art of fighting up close easier? - but at the end of the day, their purposes were quite direct.

While Eighbris wandered around, had some fun and worked the crowd a little, Cagairmòr finds her way to wherever the best place to watch the show is according to the word on the street (the way the people did things around here was a little unusual, but she was quite good at adapting) and settles in with a drink after telling some of the other knights wandering the Sorority to point anyone wanting to talk shop her way to save them having to quit having a good time themselves.

Eilif Dhaoine had little reason to send people to the North Way Cluster, really - they had little in the way of political ties to those who had the power here (if anything, one could argue that the current political situation made coming here unwise), and most officials and representatives of the government were busy elsewhere. The Knights of the Dhaoine, however, were mostly former sealga, and sealga were prone to wandering when given the opportunity, and a tournament like this was a siren song for people like them. With that in mind, it isn't that unexpected when a group of Knights turn up at the Set Serpent Sorority looking for a good time. Leading the back are a pair that may be familiar to anyone who paid close attention to the big wedding in Sansar a few years back, or to Clagath's appearance at the Mekhala Mad Dash back in 2037 - Eighbris and Cagairmòr, Clagath's left and right hands among the Knights. While Cagairmòr dressed in a similar way to how she did back at the Mad Dash - that particular sealga style, with clothing chosen for practicality, freedom of movement and a little protection over style with flashiness reserved for a selection of trophies (an impressive-looking bàscail head hollowed and mounted on a shoulder, a medal looped around her belt - given to her by Giomad and picked out from General Veldoon's collection after her help in the war - that sort of thing), Eighbris was dressed rather differently. After all, he was here to fight.

Anyone who has paid much attention to Eilif Dhaoine will likely know about the armour worn by lannan - chitincraft full-body armoured suits, a mixture of parts harvested from antlike bàscail and technology manufactured in the cities of the Dhaoine. Eighbris' suit is similar to lannan armour, sharing the same origin and tech base, but is clearly rather more customised than that, one of the main ways that sealga show off their successes - after all, why just carry a trophy when you can make your significant kill into your weapons and armour, and what better show of the wealth your skills earned you than getting the best artisans around to make the thing? He's happy to tell the story behind the armoured, a striking red suit with a helmet and mask resembling some sort of horned beetle, to pretty much anyone who asks. As he tells it, there was once a crimson beetle threatening Oirdeas, one of the cities of the Reserve, a tough and brutish thing that bulldozed through walls and crushed those who opposed it. He found the trail, found its den, and found a way through its shell to kill the beast - if someone asks for details of that last point, he just grins theatrically and says that it's a secret. After all, who would tell someone else about the secret behind the armour they wore? They'll just have to watch the show and see if any of the other fighters work it outOOC: There is no secret, it's not some invulnerable suit with one fatal flaw. It's just pretty damn good armour that can be penetrated or worked around like any other armour, Eighbris is just a bit of a showman like that (hence him using Dip for the cagefight)..

He doesn't bring his main set of weapons around the station, naturally - he has a little something tucked away just in case, of course, but it was impractical and likely offputting to troop around carrying the big stuff. They'd be ready when the time for the duel came, and he was quite proud of his selection - another topic which he's perfectly happy to boast about to anyone interested. For this, given the theme of the proper above-board stuff and some of the stories he'd heard in his travels about what people thought when they heard "knight", he'd chosen a sword and shield - the latter a big heavy thing (took him some getting used to back in the day but these days he's pretty comfortable with it) made from one of the elytra of the same red bàsclan the rest of the armour was made from, and the former from a different bàsclan, clearly a sharp, bladed monstrous forearm that has been mounted and modified to act as an effective weapon. They'd had some modifications and additions done to them, naturally - why not take advantage of some of the little ways modern technology can make the ancient art of fighting up close easier? - but at the end of the day, their purposes were quite direct.

While Eighbris wandered around, had some fun and worked the crowd a little, Cagairmòr finds her way to wherever the best place to watch the show is according to the word on the street (the way the people did things around here was a little unusual, but she was quite good at adapting) and settles in with a drink after telling some of the other knights wandering the Sorority to point anyone wanting to talk shop her way to save them having to quit having a good time themselves.