It was for that precise reason that Norrington had chosen that particular lesson. After all, what better way to prepare them for the battles to come from a horror they had already faced, one that they were already dreading. To give them a defense to that? Was to give them confidence.

James gives him an oh-so-innocent smile, before gesturing him into the training ring. Why yes, Alayre, you have just been volunteered. "Thank you, Knight Commander Sauveterre. If you wouldn't mind just showing off some of the basic moves that you have learned?" He looked to the troops, "Demons and abominations are not seasoned fighters - they are simply going to look to hack and slash."