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The quotes attributed to "Giacomo" are paraphrased from Giacomo di Grassi's work on "The True Art of Defense", [Chapter XV]. |
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"And so in war it is employed to defend the standards because it is able to withstand numerous attackers in defence of the colours. It is also customarily carried outside cities or on patrols, by day or night, whenever it happens that a few must oppose many." |
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:"And so in war it is employed to defend the standards because it is able to withstand numerous attackers in defence of the colours. It is also customarily carried outside cities or on patrols, by day or night, whenever it happens that a few must oppose many." |
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"But when a dwarf must by themselves act to oppose many, in order to be more safe to strike and to terrify their adversaries with the fury of the war axe, they must be accustomed to using great slashes, bringing the axe back in a full circle, balancing their weight now on one foot, now on the other, hardly bothering at all to use the point in a thrust, since all students of martial skills are of the opinion that the thrust can only affect one man while a cut has the power to deal with many." |
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:"But when a dwarf must by themselves act to oppose many, in order to be more safe to strike and to terrify their adversaries with the fury of the war axe, they must be accustomed to using great slashes, bringing the axe back in a full circle, balancing their weight now on one foot, now on the other, hardly bothering at all to use the point in a thrust, since all students of martial skills are of the opinion that the thrust can only affect one man while a cut has the power to deal with many." |