King of Swords 4-44
“KI RATA
An internal/external discipline, widely respected as the most dangerous Fist Art in the multiverse. It’s core technique is a breathing method that allows internal force to be cultivated extremely rapidly and focused on a point smaller than a pin-prick, giving blows absolutely phenomenal power. Blows using this technique are named by the number of points they contain – one point blows are strong enough to crack stone with a touch. Two point blows can decapitate a man with the air pressure created by flicking a finger. Legends about of old masters of Ki Rata using ten point blows to level cities but I find the claim highly dubious.
I have found nobody willing to train me in this art and none who will grant me observation. Improper use of a Ki Rata technique will literally tear a man’s own body into pieces, so I have not attempted to study it myself. The only living masters live in the (remarkably pretty) land of Rayuba and are staunch pacifists, having, according to legend, culled their order to a single community. Reportedly the only time they ever use their considerable talents is to kill someone who somehow manages to learn a Ki Rata technique without being trained by them first. They only take apprentices to replace an old master when he dies, so that someone will always be around to make sure Ki Rata does not exist in the wider world. Many supplicants flock to Rayuba in the hopes of being trained by the masters, who sometimes are forced into self defense when they are challenged to unwanted duels.
When I arrived there hoping for some insight, I witnessed such a duel between a low-ranking monk of the style and a well-known master of Pilgrim fist. Within three moves, the monk, a rather short fellow, use a two finger one-point technique to completely vaporize the bones in both the master’s arms.
I am strongly dissuaded to continue pressing my study of this art and will write no further on it.”
-MANUAL OF HANDS AND FEET
He has repaid his teachers by assisting them in the realization of their ideal.
It was a millennia before the remains of Rayoban were uncovered in the void. Sifting through the ash the only ruins to be uncovered are believed to be the sacred shrine of the fabled Ki-Rata monks. Indeed while the most learned of scholars would struggle to speak of Rayoban and draw Solomon in the same breath, In the common tongue Rayoban has synonymous with trappings of pride and power.
~Excerpt from The Last Lamentations Of The Celestial Empire
Did anyone else notice that the wound on Incubus’ cheek is now gone? Not even a scar. How’d he heal it that fast?
*Ahem* … It’s a dream… he’s a god… the god of dreams
Well, I think it won’t be too long before Yemmod is short one divine gem. Along with one head.
There is a certain massive hypocrisy in renouncing violence when it is your _capacity_ for massive violence that kept you from being killed along with your world. Some might argue you haven’t exactly renounced violence when you respond to attacks by vaporizing people’s arms.
Have you heard of the story of Preem Plagueis the Wise?
I thought not. It’s not a story the demiurges would tell you.
A foul betrayal. What did Solomon do, but continue his conqueror’s work?
I’ve had the displeasure of meeting a man that somehow learned Ki-rata by himself, he was boastful, arrogant and thick headed.
He killed a dozen fighters in a single day once he arrived in my town because they didn’t bow to him, but succumbed to a middle aged grappler born to an unconquered world that seamlessly dodged his powerful attacks, took his back and broke his neck like a twig, the man died gurgling and wheezing.
days later a monk came about looking for him, once he learned of the man’s fate, he simply thanked the grappler and went away.
Fools that discover power by chance tend to forget that it does not necessarily translate to skill.
Do not let power and dogma cloud your judgement lest it lead to your downfall and never underestimate those with revenge in their hearts
Even we of the Law cannot escape violence. To do nothing is to allow evil and corruption to win. I do not condone the path Solomon David took… but I can understand why he walks it. The monks who trained him failed utterly.
True ubermensch martial artist god kings rides a gigantic black horse that is made of awesome.
Ahhh, the punch-line…
WHAMO!
Those hunted by the monks of Rayuba for mastery of Ki Rata include Emmet after the events of The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.
Hmm. Well, this is why we can’t have nice things.
I’m nitpicking here, but the phrase “Legends about of old masters of Ki Rata using ten point blows to level cities” should be “Legends abound of old masters of Ki Rata using ten point blows to level cities”. Using “abound” instead of “about” turns a sentence fragment into a complete sentence.
Typos are dangerous because they sully sentences, cause confusion, and interfere with wisdom. Violence upon grammar must be met with the violence of proofreading.
Quite right. No matter if the world perish in flames and the dead march forth from the sea, the law must be upheld.
oh he fucken dead
is solomon thanos or kratos?
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