Post by Dreyco on Jun 21, 2008 12:38:47 GMT -8
As transcribed from the books of the Cabilis historians:
It was in the early days of the Sebilisian Empire that the art of fist and tail was forged. In the beginning, the pugilists of the five tribes were nothing more than warriors without weapons. Soon we would forge our bodies into weapons as deadly as any blade of the Legion.
Grandmaster Tynn was the father of our disciplines. He came to the Empire from the wilds. Some say he was a wanderer who walked the worlds of Norrath where he formed the basis of our disciplines without being rebirthed into them. He entered Sebilis to form a caste which did not exist, and was quickly challenged by the warlords. He spoke his ideas, but they did not listen. It quickly became apparent that the only way to make them understand was to challenge and defeat their finest in battle. He called for four of the finest warlords and allowed them arms. The warlords agreed, thinking his challenge a source of amusement.
Grandmaster Tynn quickly dispatched of the warlords with nothing more than fist and tail. He fought in a way never concieved. His victory earned him much respect, and Emperor Venril Sathir soon commanded him to form the Court of Pain and raise an army of these fighters. Tynn formed the Swifttail Caste.
Soon the way of fist and tail had hundreds in its ranks, climbing the rungs. Tynn showed them they were not warriors, but monks.
They would don shackles as testament to the Age of Snake when the Iksar were a race enslaved; a reminder of the weakness that they had overcome. Inner strength and harmony were taught. The Swifttails were born.
The Swifttails were disbanded during the end days of Sebilis. It was not until the rise of the New Empire under the great Emperor Vekin that the caste did reform. Grandmaster Glox, a former disciple of Tynn, came to Cabilis to rebuild the Court of Pain. In honor of Tynn, all masters now drape themselves in a robe like that he was said to wear.
It was in the early days of the Sebilisian Empire that the art of fist and tail was forged. In the beginning, the pugilists of the five tribes were nothing more than warriors without weapons. Soon we would forge our bodies into weapons as deadly as any blade of the Legion.
Grandmaster Tynn was the father of our disciplines. He came to the Empire from the wilds. Some say he was a wanderer who walked the worlds of Norrath where he formed the basis of our disciplines without being rebirthed into them. He entered Sebilis to form a caste which did not exist, and was quickly challenged by the warlords. He spoke his ideas, but they did not listen. It quickly became apparent that the only way to make them understand was to challenge and defeat their finest in battle. He called for four of the finest warlords and allowed them arms. The warlords agreed, thinking his challenge a source of amusement.
Grandmaster Tynn quickly dispatched of the warlords with nothing more than fist and tail. He fought in a way never concieved. His victory earned him much respect, and Emperor Venril Sathir soon commanded him to form the Court of Pain and raise an army of these fighters. Tynn formed the Swifttail Caste.
Soon the way of fist and tail had hundreds in its ranks, climbing the rungs. Tynn showed them they were not warriors, but monks.
They would don shackles as testament to the Age of Snake when the Iksar were a race enslaved; a reminder of the weakness that they had overcome. Inner strength and harmony were taught. The Swifttails were born.
The Swifttails were disbanded during the end days of Sebilis. It was not until the rise of the New Empire under the great Emperor Vekin that the caste did reform. Grandmaster Glox, a former disciple of Tynn, came to Cabilis to rebuild the Court of Pain. In honor of Tynn, all masters now drape themselves in a robe like that he was said to wear.
