[2503] Bloodsport- First fight scene
Hi.
This is the first fight scene in my story, and the first one I've written in a long while, so I'd love to get some feedback.
AS A HUGE NOTE, this story has a FRAMING DEVICE: Someone is telling this story. This is just relevent to a single paragraph within this chapter so I want to avoid jarring any readers.
CONTEXT: Keeping it brief. Carridon Tyflos is a student at "uni" for Medicine and Sygaldry. He is working on shift as a courier for corpses. He just moves cadavers from mortuaries at night, running a rickshaw with his leader, Golant. Carries shrouds and corpses.
He is a good medical student, but only just learnt how to cast "Magic" for the first time. (As a quick aside, Magic is fairly simple. You can Command an object if you "know" it- have a intimate understanding of it.)
I'd love to hear your thoughts of the following: Mechanics of the fight, Enjoyability, Prose , Pacing, Characterisation
However, of course, please comment or note whatever you'd like. All opinions would be helpful.
Thank you kindly
Here is the doc.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uBg2-odPzjSn91huHgtSmP2a5nNiCFRvTqK75yotc6s/edit?usp=sharing
My two critiques are here.
Posted Jan 26, 2026, 8:24 PM UTC