Bwang, bwang. Either way you'll get loss so better to live with it than be dead.

the ability to opt-out of death, or to get over being dead, is a very scarce skill and it's better to just not have to deal with it in the first place

You do have a point there

badum tish

the din of warfare indeed

I love your dynamic posing and the story the fight tells, and all the details in their equipment and little hoofsies. That is also a fantastic ability that I imagine must make practice sessions very loud. Really lovely work on this piece, I always adore how complete your pictures are and how you never shirk on capturing all the little bits and pieces you can.

oooh it's no practice session

this is a noble fight to the death

the most romantic of commitment and trust, to make someone else be such an important figure in your own story, and to in exchange risk becoming such to them

... altho gbh neither the captain or whatever ontology the adversary believes in probably tracks like that

I mean, I did figure this one was more serious, you got that across very well. The clanging and banging of two Cap'n worshippers sparring must be wild, I meant.
That is a very positive way to look at a duel to the death, though. Honestly would probably stop a lot of fights, too, if more people thought of it that way; you don't want to make some rando your story's apex, rather than some mighty hero or villain.
Although I guess it would still be better than just dying of age or disease.

A poke a day makes the adventurers go away. Also like the ears for both characters

which would you rather have and which would you rather touch

I think id like to have and touch the red guy