The Gloves Are Off

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Route

  • Jan wants a Water Mage healing salve for his injured knuckle before he will teach boxing. Get the remedy, then return and ask to train.
  • His first lesson is practical: watch an opponent before engaging, keep your footing, then follow a clean opening with fast pressure. Later lessons require beating Jan in a fight.

Quest Parts

  • The Gloves Are Off:
  • I should get the healing salve from the mages.:
  • Jan needs the salve.:

Outcome

The salve unlocks Jan's boxing training.

A champion with a broken knuckle

Jan introduces himself as the Colony's best boxer, boasting that he has even crushed a rock with his bare hands. The claim ends with a practical problem: he may have broken a knuckle and needs a healing salve from the Water Mages. He will not teach while injured, so the hero's first lesson begins by helping the teacher recover.

The request quietly crosses the camp's boundaries. Jan's training belongs to the world of fists and bravado, while the remedy comes from an order built around magic and balance. The hero carries care from one tradition to another before learning how to fight.

The eyes before the fists

Jan's first instruction is not to strike. A boxer must watch the opponent, read where the opening will appear, keep their footing, and then follow a successful hit with clean pressure. The lesson replaces showmanship with attention: survival depends on seeing the fight clearly before trying to dominate it.

Further training requires the hero to face Jan in a real bout. The progression turns the exchange into a test of whether knowledge has become reflex. Jan's exaggerated pride is part of the challenge, but beneath it is a useful discipline that the colony's armed fighters can apply far beyond a boxing ring.

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