User blog:Facetheslayer/Joint Ops: Round 12: Hildeard Von Krone (Soul Calibur) vs. Eowyn (Lord of the Rings)

Foot Note: I am doing this seperately from my brother, as a way to introduce to you the style I will be doing my future Femme Fatales tournament, which is exclusively modern female fighters. (I'm strictly fiction, so I couldn't really find enough for an ancient bracket as well. But, at least you have an epic match-up right here.)

Hildegard Von Krone, the fearless princess of the Wolfkrone empire, who learned to combat at the age of 11, and defended her kingdom from the Azure Knight, Nightmare! Eowyn, noble woman, and niece of King Theoden of Rohan, who fought in the battle of Pelennor Fields, and slain the Witch King, fulfilling the prophecy taht he will die by no man! Who? Is? DEADLIEST?! Our Panel of experts will decide, using the latest of scientific gadgets, and data! No rules! No mercy! Only Survival of the Strongest! Who will be.... the deadliest warrior?!

Compare and Contrast...
Both women are royalty in a way, Hilde being a direct princess, while Eowyn was a noblewoman. However, Eowyn had always wanted to fight in battle, among her fellow man. Despite the disapproval of King Theoden, Eowyn disobeyed, along with a hobbit named Meriadoc Brandybuck, and both rode into the battle of Pelennor Fields, on Minas Tirith. Eowyn survived the ordeal, and slain the powerful Witch King, fulfilling a prophecy that in one hundred years he would die by the hand of that who was not a man, with assistance from the hobbit, and the Rohirrim.

In comparison, Hildegard was forced into being a strict and powerful ruler after Nightmare was ravaging her lands. She trained herself in combat at the age of eleven, using a style called Große Erbschaft, or great inheritance. This was a combat, which allowed her to fight with a lance and a short sword in unison. Her major victory was pursuing the Azure Knight, and slaying him with her army of Wolfkrone knights.

Short Range
The Glanzande Nova is an heirloom of the Wolfkrone empire, along with the spear, Frischer Himmel. It is two and a half feet long, and is an excellent thrusting and slashing weapon, similar to the Roman Gladius. Guthwine is the sword of Eowyn's brother, Eomer. Guthwine is three foot long, and can hack, slash, and has moderately good thrusting abilities, similar to a Celtic Longsword. Due to the additional half feet, and more versatile use ,I give my edge to Eowyn.

EDGE: Eowyn

Medium Range
Frischel Himmel is a spear, which along with Glanzande Nova, was believed to be forged to destroy evil. It is 6 foot long, and with a thin pike, similar to a Xyston. Eowyn's Spontoon is the traditional lance of the Rohirrim, whcih is an equal length, and has a trident like pike, which is extremely formidable. The Spontoon worked well against Uruk-Hai armor, however, I am doubtful of it piercing high quality steel. The Frischel Himmel, on the other hand, can easily pierce through the chainmail and leather of Eowyn with authority.

EDGE: Hildegard Von Krone

Long Range
Hilde's Throwing Spears, are similar to her lance, only with a shorter shaft, by two feet. Records have shown that she has bested foes at 50 meters with them, who had similar armor to Eowyn. However, Eowyn packs the Mirkwood Bow. The Mirkwood Bow is an Elvish bow, that while shorter, and has less of a range than the Rohirrim English Longbow, it is able to use on horseback, and can reach around 150-175 meters. Despite a very small taget for her to hit, (Hilde's head or neck), she has a stronger ranged advantage.

EDGE: Eowyn

Special Weapons
Hilde's army had often used the Chained Flail, which was taught to them by Hilde, herself. It has a chaotic nature, but it was very damaging to armored foes, and was also used to ensnare spears away from their hands, leavign them open for attack. Meanwhile, accompanying Guthwine was the Rohirrim Shield, which was a 2.5 meter diameter shield, made of solid oak, alogn with a boss made of wood, for bone breaking hits. However, with testing reveals that the Flail would splinter the shield with minimal effort, and break the weilders' arm in the process.

EDGE: Hildegard Von Krone

Final Fight...
With Testing complete, our computers expert, Max Geiger is here with the results...

(This set is strictly comments only, I want some good feedback from you guys, and I want to hear thos eopinions out there. Also, teh main thing is that this site really needs some girl power.)

This fight will be written on March 17th.