The 4 Points of Weakness

Nabasuthar (Divine First)

Rashgur Nitem (Attack Vision)



Zilirakith (The Eternal Wrath)

Fertharnas (TheBeast-Slayer)

The Gut: A sharp blow to the stomach causes nausea breaking the concentration of the opponent. This foe will no longer fight as effectively and may spend more of the fight combatting the urge to vomit than defending against the practitioner.The Lungs: A powerful shot to the chest may bruise the lungs even through the ribcage. The bruised lung is ineffective and the enemy gasps for air unable to summon energy for the rapid pace of combat. Should both lungs become bruised the foe is doomed to death.The Neck: There are two ways to target the neck for assault; the throat, or the spine. To fracture the spine is to paralyze or at least incapacitate the foe, this is very likely to be fatal. When the throat is crushed, punctured, or torn the blood quickly leaves the body resulting in death. If the practitioner wishes their enemy to live, if only temporarily, they may also use the chokehold. To grab the neck and create a sort of lock around the throat deprives the enemy of oxygen. The choke can be held until the foe dies struggling or more aggressively strangled to unconsciousness or further still until death.The Joints: Combat often ends when one party is too badly injured to continue. A strong or large fighter can reliably break joints inflicting horrible pain that typically leads to unconsciousness. Thak techniques can be applied to the thighs, shins, feet, upper arms, forearms, or hands.The art of Nabasuthar is to know the enemy's decisions before they are made. A Kisat Dur master may identify the exact type of attack the enemy seeks to use the moment they make the decision but even a novice can be aware that an attack comes. A weapon makes the enemy predictable. An enemy with a weapon will rely on the weapon and when the enemy prepares an attack successfully grabbing the weapon will almost always interrupt the attack. Should the enemy have a shield they will next attempt to use the shield. With this knowledge the Sodel Ar can be employed effectively even by a novice.An unarmed foe is less predictable and it may be wiser to dodge than attempt an uncertain grab but this does not mean the practitioner is without knowledge. In Kisat Dur attack and defense are different perspectives on the same acts. The defensive mind looks inward and the offensive mind looks outward, when they are combined the practitioner is far more deadly. If the practitioner quickly places himself in a mental state for striking they may feel the instinct that one particular limb is easier to strike than another.The attacking mind sees subtle signals and recognizes the limb as weak but does not continue this thinking to realize this denotes an incoming attack. Using the knowledge of the attacking mind the practitioner may quickly employ Sodel Ar.An ineffective strike dissuades novice practitioners. This need not be so. Focusing on an area of attack has compounding effect. Muscle and bone are imperfect and enough impact will cause them to yield.Kisat Dur is tailored to combat with warriors. When fighting an animal or monster Kisat Dur is at it's weakest. This does not mean the practitioner is helpless. Animals and beasts seeking a quick meal or defense of their territory will lose interest in vicious prey.Here the practitioner has stumbled upon a bear. The Practitioner carefully creates space and when the beast steps forward launches a quick strike intended to inflict minor harm.These injuries may be enough to discourage the foe. If this is not the case a few more strikes may prove sufficient to diminish it's capacity to fight effectively.If the beast is truly recalcitrant it's lack of armor is a weakness that a strong practitioner may exploit.The beast is now dead and the practitioner victorious so long as he is successful at maintaining distance.