These days, my daily exercises were not nearly as easy; i wasn't simply learning the art of war, i was mastering it. new instructor (for some reason, i couldn't shake that old moniker) assigned me a mission everyday.
Character Development, Fear, Fox, Military, No-Yiff, Sci-Fi, Science, Series, Story Progression
"they have magic, near immortality, centuries of practicing the art of war. we were peaceful once. we were happy."
"we were all happy once." alaine flexed his claws and suppressed the urge to snarl.
Clean, Dragon, Drake, Fear, History, Plot Progession, Satyr, Story Progression, Story Series, Violence (Not In Yiff), world building
Unsurprising, he supposed, it was the colour of the ro'xanshin, the colour of their house and the colour of the art of war that they claimed so much puissance in. still, it was oppressive after a while.
Character Development, Ferret, Fox, Mouse, Plot Development, Sci-Fi, Wolf
Its not a very...whatcha call it...uti...uti...its not practical...but there is a certain art of war after all...
-interesting...you really come from a proud and scholarly people, don't you ?
Commission, Fantasy, Gnoll, Humorous, Kobold, Magic, Minotaur, Orc, Sword and Sorcery, Tauren, Warrior, bandits, funny
Probably another one of vinge's art of war quotes, but regardless... you could have got more people involved."
"sure; i may have only done this for two years now," avory went on.
Avian, Bald Eagle, Character Development, Eastern Dragon, Female, Raven, Sentinels, Story Progression, Story Series, hoopoe
"i am merely a student of the art of war," the ice phoenix returned, saying nothing else as he and the cat returned to their duel.
~~~~~
above the alley, red lightning watched the ongoing fight from afar.
Cat, Dragon, Eastern Dragon, Fantasy, Husky, Magic, Phoenix, Sentinels, Story Series, Violence, Western Dragon
"...wait, you read the art of war too?" kieran asked.
"i quoted it when you and i fought before," vinge reminded him.
"...guess i wasn't paying too much attention to it in the heat of the moment." kieran admitted, smiling somewhat.
Avian, Bird, Dragon, Husky, Phoenix, Sentinels, Snake, Story Progression, Story Series
Dwarves are experts in the art of war, use their surroundings effectively for their attacks and carry out well-planned group attacks. they rarely use magic because there are only rare magicians among them.
Daracoss, Daracoss for Dummies, Monster
He'd spent his childhood and teenage years learning about every aspect of the art of war from the greatest trainers that his uncle's money could buy, constantly being groomed for his role as wulric's military leader and ruler.
Adventure, Avian, Battle, Cat, Character Development, Clean, Commission, Demon, Fantasy, Jackal, Magic, Plot Development, SFW, Story Series, Violence (Not In Yiff), War, Wolf
I'm not a fighter, i just learned the art of war for smithing... to help protect others from harm." he looked into those golden suns sadly. "i'm... not sure what you want from me. what she wants..."
"you will likely have to ask zhoja.
Armello, Assassin, Bear, Bunny, Canine, Crownless, Death, Female, Hare, King, Lion, Male, Markus, Medieval, Murder, Ninja, No Yiff, No-Yiff, Rabbit, Rat, Rodent, SFW, Savah, Violence, Violence (Not In Yiff), Zhoja, graphic, no sex, rot
"to _expect_one to come back home safely is to be oblivious of the art of war." another grunt as he took a step closer. "you don't intimidate me, private. and your current actions are really showing how green you are."
All Pain Is Gone, Architects, Artheas, Combichrist, Cybergenesis, Cybernetics, Cyborg, Horse, Red Hypergiant, Snow Leopard, Thias, nightmare