Originally posted by: Windexed
I guess my biggest gripe is that Orlando gets 15 minutes of lessons about fighting from his pop, then automatically is the best swordsman in the world for the next 2 hours and 45 minutes.
I guess my biggest gripe is that Orlando gets 15 minutes of lessons about fighting from his pop, then automatically is the best swordsman in the world for the next 2 hours and 45 minutes.
That's explained in the DC, vaguely anyway - it was mentioned that Balian had been at war before, so he does have experience, his father just refined his technique. And his brother mentioned that he designed siege weapons for war as a blacksmith, hence his eye for tactical strategy.