tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 30 02:48:10 1995
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Re: KLBC
>I am reminded of the story of Kahless and Motak. Motak had come to
>Kahless to be trained as a great warrior. Kahless began teaching him the
>ways of honour. Motak ignored his studies in honour and only begged to
>have more weapons training. Kahless told Motak that a warrior must start
>from the beginning and that even if a warrior without honour should win a
>fight, it is an empty victory and the battle has already been lost. Yet
>Motak continued to refuse to learn and practice the basic techniques of
>combat and pushed Kahless to teach him techniques above his level. One
>day there came news to Kahless of a great beast that terrorized the
>people of Tra'kest. When Kahless had gathered a group of his best
>warriors to hunt the beast, he learned that Motak had heard the news and
>had stole away on his own. The boy believed that his will to win would
>be enough to beat the beast, but when he got there, the beast quickly
>taught him that he did not even know how to properly swing a sword.
>After Kahless had defeated the beast, he stood over the corpse of Motak
>and said, "His training was lengthy. It was possible that he could find
>the heart of the beast, but he refused to learn how one perfectly holds a
>weapon. Motak died in order that we learn. Victory and/or honour belong
>not to the fool which does not perfectly train."
maj. 'a chaq DIvI' Hol vIyajchu'be', DamughmeH tlhIngan Hol yIlo' neH. lutvam
Dun DelmeH tlhIngan mu' 'um law', DIvI' mu' 'um puS.
ghuy'Do