Author notes

Book Two, page 41

bravo1102

on Feb. 18, 2018

Back to the battle. Armor is a great thing. That blow to Ragnar's shoulder is no more than a bruise. I just had to do the pommel bonk on the head.

Ragnar's nickname before he lost the eye was sword-hand. He was a noted swordsman. I tried not to make it too much like fencing but wrists and swords only move in so many ways and Ragnar has a light way of handing his blade. He has a superior blade that is lighter and stronger than a normal steel sword so it can be handled with that kind of finesse. Besides recent research shows that Medieval swordplay really was pretty fine as opposed to *clunk* on *clunk*. The swords weren't that heavy nor were they always unbalanced meat cleavers.