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Chapter Five: Filthy Rats!
I stumbled through the house, grumbling to myself, while making my way to the kitchen. Everything seemed like too much effort this morning, but I'd managed to pull on training clothes at least. Researching the beasts had taken longer than expected, so I hadn't gotten to return to the house until the wee hours of the morning. Nalithor and I hadn't made much headway the prior night. I planned to seek the Adinvyr out later—after taking out my frustration on training dummies.
'Tea, tea, I need tea…' I held my forehead in one hand for a moment and winced when the kitchen's Magelights blinded me temporarily. 'What's that noise…?'
Frowning, I looked around the kitchen in search of what was making the muffled sounds. There was no one there, but the sound itself was familiar. A chill shot down my spine when I realized it was Darius. If I could hear him sobbing from the kitchen, he was either nearby or he was severely distressed. I grit my teeth and strode out of the kitchen to look for my brother.
'I know that sound.' I clenched my fists, struggling to quell my bubbling anger. 'What made him snap? Are his professors or therapists pushing him too hard? Did something happen while I was gone last night?'
"A-Ari!" Darius wailed at me when I rounded a corner. "I-I don't wanna!"
"Don't want…to what?" I shielded my eyes, waiting for them to adjust to the golden and while light swirling around my brother. It cut through the otherwise comfortable darkness in our house like blade, making me bristle. 'Ugh, his light… I hate it. I want to snuff it out. It feels like—'
"O-our parents are here f-for some reason!" Darius shrieked. "I-I'm expected to come and m-meet with them and t-the Vorpmasians in an hour!"
Time stopped, my blood running cold. Shivers ran through my body and my skin prickled into waves of goosebumps. What were they doing in Vorpmasia? Why was Darius' presence required? Hadn't the Vorpmasians claimed that they would keep Darius separated from the bastards?"
'Can I… Can I get away with killing them here?' I bit down on my lower lip, shivering while I considered it. 'No, no. Unlikely…'
"A-Ari?" Darius' whimper snapped me out of it, making me turn to look at him. "Y-you'll come with me right? D-don't leave me alone w-with those—"
"Didn't you just say you don't want to go?" I blinked at him as he scrambled out of the corner and clung to my leg. His tear-stained face soaked my pant leg. "Darius…"
I sighed and placed a hand on Darius' head, patting his curls while he sobbed. The light swirling around him hissed and retreated away from my hand, slinking away to observe from afar. As much as I hated the light… I still hated those people more. Darius was my only sibling, light affinity or not, and those people had hurt him so many times. It was unforgivable.
'Did Nalithor know they were coming here?' I gnawed on the inside of my cheek. 'I think he would tell me if he knew, but…'
"I-I need to go b-because it's really important to the treaty between X'shmir and Vorpmasia!" Darius' grip on my leg grew painfully tight while he continued to shake, small sobs wracking his body. "I-I know t-the Vorpmasians said they'd keep my s-safe b-but…"
"You want me to come along and look imposing?" I sighed, patting his head again. "And if I…lose control and kill them?"
"Nali will stop you!" Darius exclaimed, shaking his head.
'Nalithor is just as likely to lose it and kill them as I am… I think.' I grimaced, my shoulders slumping. 'If he hasn't killed him already, there must be some reason. Right? They represent so many things that he loathes. I doubt he would leave them alive without good reason.'
"Let's get dressed then, Darius," I relented, tugging gently at his curls. "You're still in your pajamas, and I'm in my training clothes. I'm sure you need to wear formal refinery, right? And, if I'm going to look imposing, I'll need to change too."
Darius hesitated before releasing my leg and pulling himself to his feet. He mumbled his acceptance and retreated to his room to get dressed. I let out a shaky sigh and then turned to stalk back upstairs. Darkness swirled around my bare feet as I padded down the hallway and into my rooms. Both Alala and Djialkan both jerked awake when I slammed the door.
"You look murderous," Djialkan spoke, lifting his head to watch me as I summoned trunks of clothing from my shrizar. "What are you looking for?"
"The X'shmiran filth are at the palace," I snapped, opening one of the trunks to rummage through it. "I'm escorting Darius. I need something that makes me look imposing."
Alala ran under the bed and geckered at the shadows around my feet, while Djialkan simply flew over to perch on my shoulder. If I was going to have to deal with those fucking bastards from X'shmir, then I was going to make myself look like a goddess of death. I wouldn't be satisfied until their heads were rolling at my feet but, for now, I would have to be content with frightening them.
"Nalithor will have to subdue you if you do not calm down," Djialkan warned me, nudging my cheek with his snout. "Alala says that you should dress like one of the Vorpmasians, not as a X'shmiran. I agree with her."
I paused mid-reach for a X'shmiran robe and cut my eyes to the side at my companions, "Dauthrmiran…or Draemiran?"
Alala scooted out from beneath the bed and pawed at the side of one of the unopened trunks. I flipped the lid open for her and then sat back on my heels to wait. She seemed like she had something in mind, so I allowed her to paw through the contents in peace. After a few moments, Alala pulled several items from the trunk and then yipped at me.
"You're sure?" I arched an eyebrow.
"I agree with her." Djialkan snorted and leapt off my shoulder, gliding over the curl up on the bed. "You had best hurry, lest Darius grow too skittish and leave without you."
I nodded and pulled off my training clothes, replacing them with the partially armored robes that Alala had selected. The layers beneath the platinum-plated overrobe conformed to my curves and revealed a questionable amount of cleavage, but that had its own unique appeal to me at the given moment. I could piss off the X'shmirans while simultaneously flaunting my cleavage for Nalithor. It seemed like a win-win situation for me.
'Oh for fucks sake!' I snapped at myself while pulling on the clothing. 'I should be focused on protecting Darius right now, not thinking about that delicious taste of Nalithor's blood that I—'
Bristling, I bit my cheek hard and ground it between my teeth while I finished getting dressed.
The layers beneath the overrobe left my throat, cleavage, and shoulders bare because the embroidered fabric hung just off my shoulders. My leather overrobe covered my shoulders and swept around the outer section of my bust to clasp beneath my chest, framing my cleavage.
"Alala, are you trying to show me off?" I sighed, glancing over at the fox. She just pounced around in a circle on the floor, warbling the entire time. "Bah, whatever. I'm going to get going. Watch the house for me, you two."
I swept downstairs with a smirk on my face and pinned up a portion of my hair while waking. My armored boots made a satisfying click on the floor with each step.
Darius was pacing around in the foyer and wringing his hands, his white, gold, and jade robes fluttering around him. Fear came off him in waves. His emerald eyes were wide with fear.
"S-still no mask?" Darius stuttered, looking up from the floor when I descended the last few steps. "D-don't you think t-that will be a problem?"
"Why, I'm just abiding by our hosts' traditions," I replied innocently, placing a hand over my chest as if offended.
Darius cracked a smile and let out a nervous laugh before falling into step with me. The sweet morning air outside carried a chill that relieved me of my temper and bloodlust. However, the reprieve was brief. Darius' sheer terror made my blood boil again in seconds.
The few people who crossed our path on the way to the palace all gave us a wide berth and shot me wary glances. I wondered if my anger was truly that palpable, or if my darkness had manifested around me again. Either way, it didn't matter much to me. My least favorite type of monster was currently in Dauthrmir, yet I couldn't hunt it. I had every right to be livid.
'I don't want to do this, Ari.' Darius whimpered, clinging to my sleeve. His trembling grew worse with every step we took through the Sapphire Quarter. 'Why are t-those people here and not in X'shmir? I thought they'd signed the treaty! I don't wanna—'
'It will be worse if we don't go, right?' I glanced to the side at Darius, having caught the sound of his teeth chattering. 'Do you really think that the Dauthrmirans will just let the rats do as they please?'
'N-no… But, what happens if they say something to piss the Dauthrmirans off?' Darius' grip on my arm clamp down hard, likely bruising me. 'O-or worse, if they upset Nali. He's…he's higher ranking than Lucifer isn't he? What'll happen i-i-if…'
'I actually kind of want to see him that pissed off…' I kept the thought to myself before answering my twin. 'Darius, calm down. There's no point in worrying about what-if's. We knew that they would probably have to come Below for political reasons at some point, and we also know that the Vorpmasians intend to keep you safe—and out of those bastard's clutches.'
'I-I feel terrible for it, but I wish Nali had j-just gone and conquered X'shmir without w-waiting for us to become Dauthrmiran citizens…' Darius mumbled, startling me. 'L-let's hurry before I c-change my mind.'
Several of Nalithor and Eyrian's men fell into step with us when we neared the palace gates, informing us that the generals had assigned them to work as Darius' bodyguards for the day. I could tell a few of them were Astral Mages like Darius. The crisp stink of light affinity mages wore at my patience almost as much as the X'shmirans did.
My instincts revved into action when I sensed intense bloodlust channeled at my brother. Instead of speaking, I grabbed my brother by his shoulder and shoved him toward Maric. Darius yelped his confusion as darkness swept outward from me like a shockwave when I drew my scythe. 'Filth. Human fucking filth. They really brought assassins with them to the palace?!'
"Keep Darius out of my way," I commanded, spinning my scythe into position. Taking a deep breath, I let my vision blur and grow unfocused while I searched out the source of the bloodlust with my darkness. "Keep yourselves out of my way too while you're at it."
"G-General Black?" One of the younger soldiers stuttered, only to be hushed by Maric.
"Kill the witch, then kill him!" A manic voice screeched.
"Fool." I spun my scythe behind me as my darkness snatched the voice's owner.
A blood curdling scream ripped through the air when I dragged the assassin out of his hiding place. His blubbering grew more and more desperate as I strode across the grass toward them. I smiled at the bastard and then swung my blade through him at an angle, severing him from his shoulder to his opposite hip. Blood splashed across my skin, hair, and clothes. I didn't care. There were more to kill.
"They always die too fast…" I tilted my head to the side, examining the severed corpse. "Oh well. Who wants to be next?"
'Fear. I smell fear. Not Darius'.' I glanced around, letting my darkness rush along the ground. 'More… How many more? Hmmm, not enough to be interesting. I see.'
I swept across the courtyard and extended darkness into every nook and cranny I sensed. Eight. Eight more bastards needed to die. I ripped them out of hiding and dragged them into open view. My darkness hoisted them into the air around me in a circle while I smiled at them. Their terrified whimpering and begging sent a shiver down my spine. The poor fools didn't understand what they had gotten themselves into.
"Who sent you?" I asked sweetly, leaning against my weapon. Looking between the filthy rats, I sighed; I was already bored. "Ah… Or have the King and Queen grown so dense that they're willing to bring assassins here themselves?"
"Don't talk!" One of the more ragged looking males snapped to another.
"O-ho?" I grinned savagely and turned to the ragged one, burying the tip of my scythe in his abdomen. He screamed in agony, which only served to make me twist it more. "Resistant ones? I like resistant ones. You're more fun— Ah… You broke already."
I sighed in disappointment and shook my head at the unconscious man. An upward swing of my blade cut him in half, my darkness releasing him. His comrades screamed in terror, several soiling themselves as they stared at the ruined corpse. 'This is why I prefer beasts…they don't break as easily.'
"J-just tell her what she wants to hear!" The sole female assassin screeched. "M-maybe she'll hand us over to the D-Dauthrmirans and—"
"T-the king and queen sent us!" Another male offered hurriedly. "T-they said their heir h-has been tainted by the Devillian ways—"
"Lying? Really?' I spun my scythe and rested it against my shoulder while I examined the man. 'Unexpected…'
"W-we've all seen her face! We're going to die anyway!" One howled in despair.
"Arianna-jiss, we're going to be late at this rate," Maric offered, his tone full of amusement. "We should get going. Do you want to capture them, or…?"
"They won't talk," I stated, watching with interest as the assassins began their struggle against my shadows anew. They spewed curses in the midst of their incoherent screaming, eyes wide with fear. 'Die.'
With a few wide swings of my scythe I severed the assassins into several chunks each. Blood soaked my hair and clothes as I watched their remains drop to the ground, lifeless. My grip twitched when I considered tearing them into finer chunks, but the unpleasant smell of their vacated bowels and burst organs made me reconsider. I sighed, relaxing slightly now that their murderous presences were gone.
"A-Ari, aren't you going to c-clean all of that off?" Darius yelped, shying away from my darkness as it flowed back to me. "Y-you're—"
My brother cut himself off and turned to dry heave. Perhaps it was a good thing that we hadn't stopped to have tea or breakfast before making our way here. Getting vomit out of Darius' white clothing would have been an utter pain.
"No, I think it's about time I made a fucking point to those 'people'," I replied coolly, stepping over a tangle of intestines and portions of severed limbs. "Maric, why are you laughing?"
"Some of our men were worried you wouldn't be able to handle working with Devillians—especially one like Nalithor!" Maric slapped his thigh, delighted, as he howled with laughter. "You're just as vicious as he can be!"
"I apologize, Arianna-jiss." Another soldier snickered, tail snapping back and forth as he failed to restrain his laughter. "S-seeing a tiny thing like you do that is just—"
I rolled my eyes and placed one of my bloodied fists. "Yes, yes. A tiny 'Human' princess ravaging the bodies of her enemies has some entertainment value for your kind that I still fail to grasp.
"Didn't you say we were going to be late? Let's go."
'Tch. Human blood smells and tastes awful.' I grimaced, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
When we entered the palace the servants grew pale and scurried away upon spotting my blood-coated body. Even a few of the Imperial Guard looked queasy, though I had a feeling it was because of the foul metallic scent of Human blood. I doubted any of Eyrian's men would find the sight of blood and gore nauseating.
"Darius-zir, we will wait for you outside the throne room," Maric informed my brother. "We have been ordered to accompany you everywhere until the X'shmiran king, queen, and their guests have left Vorpmasia."
"W-what about Ari?" Darius whimpered, his gaze flicking to me as we came to a half in front of the throne room doors.
"Arianna-jiss will continue to work with General Vraelimir on a classified matter," Maric stated in a rather formal tone, before pivoting to shoot me a crooked grin. "You sure you don't want to clean up first, General?"
I nodded and shifted my attention to the ebony doors, tilting my head when I caught the sound of a vaguely familiar instrument. It sounded similar to a violin, and I had heard several songs on my headphones that used the same instrument. Though I didn't know the name of the instrument, I did know that the way it was being used sounded much like the first time I heard Nalithor playing a violin in X'shmir. It had to be him playing the song. 'Is he bored?'
"I apologize if we have offended you, Lucifer." I heard Dilonu wheeze. "However, is the Umbral Mage's presence here necessary? He wears neither a mask nor a hood!"
"Why would a god be among mortals?" Tyana added ever-so-helpfully. "Everyone knows that deities are ethereal beings!"
"A-Ari, don't—" Darius groaned, covering his face with one hand when I grinned at the door.
"They're really that dense?" Maric turned to look at me.
"Oh you don't even know the half of it." I laughed, finally dismissing my scythe.
"We understand that your gods are important to you of course, but we see no reason to erect temples to your gods in our city." Dilonu continued. His tone made me want to roll my eyes.
"Ari—" Darius started, but it was too late.
"So!" I kicked the throne room doors open, leaving a bloody outline of my booted foot. "Which one of you fuckers sent assassins after Darius, hmmm?"
The air grew still when I strutted into the throne room with darkness swirling about my feet. I smirked at the X'shmiran royals and nobles while they shrieked and brought their hands up to cover their eyes. Several caught enough of a glimpse of my bloodied form to turn green. In contrast, the Devillians in the room—including the representatives of the Vorpmasian Families—appeared fascinated.
"What is the meaning of this?" Tyana shrieked, holding one hand over her eyes and pointing at me with the other. "Why is the whore without her mask?!"
I glanced toward the dais at the back of the throne room when the music abruptly ceased, and caught a glimpse of rippling rage cross Nalithor's face. He shot the X'shmiran queen a murderous look but, lucky for her, she missed it. She likely would have pissed herself had she seen it. Several of the Vorpmasian royals shot Nalithor wary looks, but he seemed as if he didn't notice.
"Darius," Dilonu barked, making my twin flinch. "Explain yourself at once!"
"H-her mask was d-destroyed while hunting." Darius whimpered, shrinking away from the bastard king. "S-since we're in foreign lands, and she has no replacements, I thought it would b-be alright for her to adhere to t-their ways—"
"Arianna." Nalithor's firm, enraged demeanor made me to focus again on him with a startled expression, only to find he was already sweeping across the floor toward me. He left the stone frozen in his wake. "What is this about assassins?"
"Nine assassins were waiting for Darius and I in the courtyard." I shook my head when my bloodlust threatened to rise again. "They were all from X'shmir. I—"
I fell silent when Nalithor grabbed my face in both of his hands and pulled me abruptly to him, making me brace myself against his chest. His skin was hot like fire, a stark contrast to the icy floor around us. I could feel his rage rippling through him beneath my hands. The expression in his eyes was so intense that I decided to remain silent, unsure of what to say. For the life of me, I couldn't determine the source of his anger.
"S-she's still a princess of X'shmir! Unhand her!" Tyana demanded.
"I don't remember giving you permission to wear someone else's blood." Nalithor growled at me, swiping his thumb roughly across my lower lip. His muscles tensed and his tail snapped into the floor behind him, breaking both the ice and several of the stone tiles. "Such unworthy blood should be cleansed immediately."
"Oh? I thought I was making a good point for them," I murmured quietly in Draemiran, flicking my gaze to the X'shmirans and then back to the growling Adinvyr. "Are you going to let—"
Nalithor's power slammed through me, ripping every last drop of blood from my skin, hair, and clothes. The Humans present shrieked and whimpered, cowering away from the wild darkness he had summoned. I simply remained silent and attempted to restrain myself. His power threatened to draw me in, sliding over every inch of my skin and dulling my awareness of the others present.
Once every trace of blood was gone, Nalithor's pale eyes drifted down my form. His gaze was predatory and penetrating. I could hear my brother attempting to stutter some kind of excuse from behind me, but Darius couldn't formulate a coherent thought. 'Darius is concerned about what Nalithor might do?'
"She may be an Evil Mage, but she's still the First Princess of X'shmir!" Dilonu bellowed. "Unhand her, Adinvyr."
"The word you were looking for is 'Rely'ric', not 'Adinvyr'. Unless you're trying to die, that is." I shot Dilonu a condescending look.
"F-Father, Nalithor-y'ric is a god!" Darius stressed, stomping one foot in indignation. "Arianna has been working with—"
'Can you play along?' Nalithor's question made my turn my attention back to him.
'They're causing even more trouble than I thought?' I asked as he traced my lower lip again.
'That…and the fact that we shouldn't kill them. Yet.' Nalithor confirmed, his gaze drifting from my lips and down my throat to my cleavage.
'I'll play along but, if you keep looking at me like that, I'm going to grow worried,' I replied dryly.
'Their blood is unworthy of you,' Nalithor reiterated with a growl, bristling as his eyes snapped up to mine. 'Did you leave any of them alive? I should shred them for tainting—'
"Let's pretend, for a moment, that he is a god. What would he want with an Evil Mage like her?" Tyana argued with Darius, sending Nalithor's tail cracking into the floor as another shudder of rage ran through him.
"I have chosen Arianna-jiss to work for me," Nalithor began, shifting to glare at the X'shmiran royals. "As a X'shmiran mage, she's in a unique position to inform us about the beasts that plague both our lands and yours." Nalithor paused to pull me fully against his chest and made a show of nuzzling his face into the side of my neck. "Furthermore…she tastes delicious."
'Play…along.' Nalithor released a shaky sigh and then coiled his tail around my hips lazily. 'We need them to think you're…a little more than "just" working with me.'
"How dare you!" Dilonu snapped as Nalithor pulled my overrobe from my shoulder and exposed my bare neck and shoulders for all to see. "Arianna, kill him?"
"Why should I?" I drawled, shifting my shoulder downwards to offer a longer stretch of my throat to Nalithor. "Our very own texts dictate that obeying a god is more important than— Ahhhnn…"
'So you're sensitive here too?' Nalithor asked with a devious chuckle, drawing me completely against him. He planted kisses and sharp nips along my throat and pressed one arm firmly against my back. His power danced around both of us like a lazy fog of darkness and frost, luring my darkness out from where I kept it. 'I think they can do with a little more fear.'
"H-how do you know he's a god?" Tyana demanded while I struggled to separate my darkness from Nalithor's. "What proof do you have?"
'Nnngh… Come here.' Nalithor released a feral rumble into the side of my throat and then lifted me off the floor. He stalked back toward his chaise at the back of the room and addressed the X'shmiran's as he walked, "All you need to know is that I chose to work with Arianna-jiss over Darius-zir…
"Or would you prefer that I feast on his body over hers?"
"F-feast…" One of the Human nobles muttered.
"If our Holy Mage was tainted in such a way by an Evil Mage…"
"Your Majesties, it may be for the best to—"
"Fine, we will sell her to you," Dilonu stated flatly. "I'm sure we can come to an agreement on the price."
'Nalithor, calm down.' I placed a hand against Nalithor's chest, having sensed his rage snap. He moved to turn on the Human king, but hesitated when I touched him. 'They're not supposed to die yet…right?'
'That bastard is trying to sell you!' Nalithor bared his fangs and set me down on his chaise. His masculine features were twisted with anger as he flicked his gaze to glare over his shoulder at the Humans. Yet he still hesitated to move. For that, I was thankful.
'Would you really risk being Exiled over a Human's blustering idiocy?' I countered, catching him by his wrist when he turned. 'There's also the matter of my curse to consider.
'Besides… I already want to kill them bad enough as is. If both of us lose control…'
"Nalithor," Lucifer finally spoke up, shifting his bi-colored gaze between Nalithor and me a few times. "I believe you told me that you and Arianna-jiss have not concluded your research as of yet…right?
"Feel free to see to important matters such as those instead. We need to remedy the beast problems in Vorpmasia, Beshulthien, and X'shmir as soon as possible."
'Will Darius be alright without you here?' Nalithor turned to look down at me again. He twisted his hand out of my grip so that he could grasp my hand instead, shooting me a concerned look. 'I may detest the boy, but…'
The Adinvyr trailed off with an odd expression on his face as he examined me. Instead of waiting for my reply he tugged me to my feet and slipped an arm behind my back. Nalithor maintained a brisk pace and led me past the X'shmirans, my twin, and out of the throne room past Darius' waiting escort. Maric called a greeting to his commanding officer, but Nalithor was unresponsive.
'Where are we going?' I frowned up at Nalithor when he began leading me out of the palace instead of to his laboratory.
'We are going to hunt…' Nalithor trailed off as he led me into a courtyard, his lips parting in surprise while he examined the bloody mess I had left behind. 'You did this to them and yet you're still raring for more?'
'Hunting?' I asked excitedly, turning to press myself up against his side and grin up at him. 'Where? What are we looking for? Can we grab breakfast first?'
'What am I going to do with you?' Nalithor sighed, tightening his grip on my waist. 'Let's find you some breakfast. After, we can find something to rip apart.'
'What if we can't find anything?' I pouted, watching him cast a displeased look at the Human blood and gore everywhere. 'Wha— Hey!'
'I did say their blood is unworthy.' Nalithor bristled, lifting me off the ground again. He didn't set me back on my feet until we had cleared the courtyard entirely. 'We will find something to hunt. That I can assure you.'


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Legends of the Dreaming Sea
The Devil King
Sorcerer King of Y'danna
A powerful sorcerer, who ascended the Devil KIng's Tower in Y'danna in RY 624 and has not been seen since.
The man who would become the Devil King appeared in Y'danna in RY 560, his life before then is a mystery.
In a few short years he had taken over the city's criminal underground and in RY 565 he led a successful revolt against the Conclave, the ruling oligarchy at the time. Soon after he instituted the Ministry of Information and began a brutal reign of terror.
In RY 580 he used his sorcery to force open the tallest spire in the city and began construction of his Tower. Construction finished in RY 624, at which point he ascended the tower with his concubines and servants.

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I have a BSc in Physiotherapy and ever since I graduated from University I have specialized in Sport Science undergoing a PG Diploma in Exercise Physiology and recently a MS in Sport Science for which I developed my research on the effects of beetroot juice supplementation on fatigue-induced decline in football performance.
I´ve always strived to develop a broad curriculum and tried, to the best of my abilities, to keep updated about different areas such as training, nutrition, and these last months about sports analytics. I have been working for the last couple of years as an independent Sport Scientist supporting athletes on their nutrition and training, I have also worked as consultant with different organizations such as the English Street Football Association and most recently a Sports Tech company as their local partner in Chile.
Have you always been into sport/fitness?
Yes, most definitely, either as an athlete or on the professional/academic side, always linked to sport and physical activity.
How did you get involved with Sports Science?
I have always had a big interest in trying to understand the underlying bases for performance, whether this is in sport, on the academic side or in everyday life. I find it fascinating the spectrum of mechanisms that a person has in order to overcome obstacles and develop resilience. I have also always been a very athletic person and in my youth I enrolled in different sports. This is how I got into studying my BSc in Physiotherapy and my Postgraduate courses in Sport Sciences.
Most interesting or sport related career achievement so far / career highlight?
The most remembered events I have been involved with have been when I worked with the Chilean U17 Football Amateur Team towards a South American tournament achieving the first place, working with the English Street Football Association towards the World Cup in Amsterdam in 2015 and most lately having worked with a Sports Tech company as a consultant Sport Scientist supporting a professional football club for the second division finals.
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This 2016 I am relocating to the UK and I am planning on staying involved with my partner companies as well as exploring the possibility of enrolling into a PhD or MPhil.
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I have always been an insanely passionate fan of Muhammad Ali´s life, probably because there are endless life lessons you can learn from how he approached his sporting life as well as outside boxing.
A non-sporting role model (not considering family members) I think it would probably be Sir Ken Robinson, for how he has dedicated his life to communicate the need for a new way of understanding education in the world.
What are you most passionate about in your career?
Making meaningful change, even if that is using the most basic resource or the most sophisticated approach, the possibility of making real impact over someone´s life by improving health, knowledge or a specific ability makes me motivated for new challenges.
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- Don't under appreciate the importance of protein intake.
- ALWAYS try your sport supplements during training first.
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|Publication number
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|Publication date
|Jul 10, 1973
|Filing date
|Jan 11, 1971
|Priority date
|Jan 11, 1971
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|H Kyrk
|Original Assignee
|Abbott Lab
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|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (4), Referenced by (16), Classifications (9)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
United States Patent 1 Kyrk [ 11 3,744,140 [451 July 10,1973
[ CIRCUMFERENCE MEASURING DEVICE [75] Inventor: Harry J. Kyrk, Waukegan, II].
[73] Assignee: Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago,
[22] Filed: Jan. 11, 1971 [21] Appl. No.: 105,355
[52] US. Cl. 33/179, 33/139 [51] Int. Cl. G0lb 3/02, G0lb 3/10 [58] Field of Search 33/179, 139, 140, 33/177, 174, 2
[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,282,772 10/1918 Dinhofer 33/179 2,231,121 2/1941 Harmann 2,271,725 2/1942 Tunnicliff 33/179 FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 2,000 1/1898 Great Britain 33/179 Primary ExaminerL0uis R. Prince Assistant ExaminerSteven L. Stephan Attorney-Sherman and Shalloway [57] ABSTRACT A circumference measuring device including an elongated body forming a handle grip and a housing, a rotatable drum disposed in the housing, a flexible band having one end secured to the drum and a slot in the other end thereof to permit looping of the flexible band, and a rotatable measuring dial secured to a common shaft with the drum such that movement of the drum in tightening the flexible loop around an object to be measured moves the dial to permit the obtention of a circumferential measurement.
7 Claims, 7 Drawing Figures Pmmww 3.144.140.
14 as was a) wfx w JTTOFNEYS 1 CIRCUMFERENCE MEASURING DEVICE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION measuring devices and more particularly to such devices for use in measuring diseased or inflamed joints.
2. Description of the Prior Art The obtaining of circumferential measurements is a difficult task in that such measurements cannot readily be obtained by conventional measuring devices such as those utilized for linear or straight point-to-point measurements. Of particular difflculty is the measurement of inflamed joints such as those inflicted with arthritis, which measurements have previously been obtained with ring gages. One of the problems existing with the measurement of joints with ring gages is that a ring gage measures only a diameter and does not truly indicate the actual size of joints since joints are normally out-ofround.
It has been proposed to utilize flexible bands for circumferential measuring; however, devices utilizing such flexible bands have in the past not permitted simple measurement. That is, the means of reading the measurement accomplished by means of the flexible band has not been readily accessible to the user of the devices; and, accordingly, it has been difficult to obtain precise measurements therewith. One of the disadvantages of conventional circumference measuring devices utilizing flexible bands is that two hands are required to obtain measurements, and such devices are, therefore, awkward for use by physicians and those utilizing the devices on themselves such as to measure the knuckle of a finger. Another disadvantage of such circumference measuring devices is that they are not uniformly drawn or tensioned against the object to be measured. That is, the band must be tightened manually, and the human error thus involved with respect to the tension applied to the band renders such measurements highly variable dependent on tension.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a circumference measuring device that may be easily operated with one hand to provide precise measurements.
The present invention is generally characterized in a circumference measuring device including an elongated body forming a handle grip and a housing, a drum rotatably disposed in the housing, a dial rotatably movable with the drum, a flexible band having an intermediate portion looped upon itself to form a measuring loop, amovable end secured to the drum, and a stationary end secured to the body, the dial having a scale thereon cooperating with an indexing mark on the body whereby the circumference of an object is determined by the position of the scale relative to the indexing mark and the dial is movable with the thumb of a hand grasping the handle grip.
Another object of the present invention is to construct a circumference measuring device which applies uniform tension to a flexible band to permit the obtention of precise measurements.
A further object of the present invention is to construct a circumference measuring device with a dial positioned to be operable by the thumb of the hand utilized to hold the device.
Some of the advantages of the circumference measuring device of the present invention over the prior art are that the device may be inexpensively manufactured, the device provides uniform measurements, and the device may be easily operated with one hand.
Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of the preferred embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front elevation of a circumference measuring device according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a rear elevation of the device of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a side elevation of the device of FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the device of FIG. 1.
FIG. 5 is a view of the dial of FIG. 4 taken along lines 5-5.
FIG. 6 is an exploded view of another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the device of the present invention utilized during measurement.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A circumference measuring device in accordance with the present invention is illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 5 and includes an elongated body 10 forming a handle grip l2 and a housing 14. Body 10 has flat upper and lower edges 16 and 18 which extend in parallel relation from housing 14 to an arcuate end 20. The body has flat parallel sides 22 and 24 which arcuately terminate at upper and lower edges 16 and 18 in order to provide a rounded grip to facilitate grasping of the handle grip 12 with the hand.
As best illustrated in FIG. 4, an indexing mark 26 is centrally positioned on the surface of body 10 adjacent housing 14 and a cylindrical stop 28 protrudes from the surface of body 10 adjacent indexing mark 26. An arm 30 extends from housing 14, and a channel 32 is aligned with arm 30 and communicates with the housing, as will be explained in more detail hereinafter.
A cover 34 is fastened against a recessed side surface 36 of housing 14 by means of four screws 38, and a bore 40 is centrally disposed in side surface 36 thereof. A bore 42 is disposed in the opposite surface of housing 14 and communicates with bore 40 by means of a cylindrical aperture 44 extending through a wall 45. Bore 42 has a diameter less than that of the diameter of bore 40 and is formed with a recess 46 extending tangentially from the outer surface thereof.
A shaft 48 extends through aperture 44 and has one end secured in a central bore of a cylindrical drum 50 by means of a set screw 52. A tang 54 protrudes radially outwardly from a central portion of shaft 48 in alignment with bore 42, and the other end of shaft 48 is secured to a measuring dial 56 by means of a set screw 58. A flat spring 60 has an inner end 62 with a slot 64 therein which is adapted to receive tang 54, and spring 60 is wound counter clockwise around shaft 48 and disposed within bore 42 such that an outer end 66, which is bent upon itself, is held in place in recess 46.
A flexible band 68 has a movable end 70 attached to the outer surface of drum 50 by means of a rivet 72 and a stationery end 74 which is secured to the end of arm 30 by means of a rivet 76. An intermediate portion 77 of flexible band 68 is looped upon itself to form a measuring loop and extends through a rectangular-slot 78 formed adjacent the stationery end 74 of the flexible band. The flexible band 68 must be made of material which is sufficiently strong such that it will not stretch under measuring tension; however, the material must also be sufficiently soft and pliable to conform to irregular surfaces of objects to be measured. Any polymeric materials having the above characteristics may be utilized to form flexible band 68 such as, for example, polyvinyl chlorides.
Dial 56, as best illustrated in FIG. 5, has a groove 80 extending around approximately 270 of the periphery thereof, and groove 80 is radially spaced from the center of dial 56 to receive stop 28. Accordingly, dial 56 can be rotated only 270 as controlled by abutment of stop 28 with the ends of groove 80. An annular chamber 82 having a diameter equal to that of bore 42 is formed in the center of dial 56 such that when the dial is assembled with body 10, spring 60 will be housed partially in both bore 42 and recess 82. A scale 84 is radially arranged on the outer peripheral surface of dial 56 around a knurled knob 85 and is adapted to be read in cooperation with indexing mark 26. For exemplary purposes, the scale 84 is graduated to permit circumferential measurements between 40 and 100 mm.
In order to facilitate rotating action of the device of the present invention, a ring of polytetrafluoroethylene 86 is secured such as by means of an adhesive to dial 56 between groove 80 and recess 82, and a ring 88 of polytetrafluoroethylene is adhesively secured to the inner surface of drum 50. A small diameter bore 90 communicates with the upper edge 16 of body 10 and bore 40 to permit insertion of an Allen wrench to engage screw 52 and permit disassembly of the device without permitting spring 60 to unwind.
When the device is assembled, drum 50 is rotatably housed in bore 40, and dial 56 is secured to the other end of shaft 48 to contact the outer surface of body 10 and to hold spring 60 in place within bore 42. The connection of end 62 of the spring with tang 54 on shaft 48 biases the shaft in a counter clockwise direction such that drum 50 is rotated to tighten the measuring loop of flexible band 68. The rotation of drum 50 is controlled by the abutment of stop 28 with the end of groove 80 in dial 56 since shaft 48, drum 50 and dial 56 are rotatable together. Thus, it will be appreciated that flexible band 68 is under relatively uniform tension within the range of measurements provided thereby and that in order to increase the size of the measuring loop, dial 56 must be rotated clockwise against the force of spring 60.
Another embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in FIG. 6 and parts in the embodiment of FIG. 6 identical to parts in the embodiments of FIGS. 1 through 5 are given identical reference numbers and are not described again. Parts in the embodiment of FIG. 6 which are similar to parts in the embodiment of FIGS. 1 through 5 will be given the same reference numbers with 100 added.
The primary difference between the embodiments of FIGS. 1 through 5 and the embodiment of FIG. 6 is that the circumference measuring device of FIG. 6 does not utilize a spring to provide tension on the measuring loop 77. Accordingly, dial 156 does not have a recess therein, but, rather, only has a small bore to receive an end of shaft 48. Since there is no recess in dial 156, the polytetrafluoroethylene ring 186 may be increased in surface area and the side of housing 14 opposite bore 40 will have a flat surface to contact ring 186.
The operation of the circumference measuring devices of FIGS. 1 through 5 and FIG. 6 is best understood with reference to FIG. 7 wherein it can be seen that the handle grip 12 of the body 10 may be easily grasped with the fingers and palm of a hand, while the thumb of that hand is utilized to rotate dial 56.
In order to utilize the circumference measuring device of FIGS. 1 through 5, the dial 56 is rotated clockwise to wind spring 60 and once a measuring loop of sufficient size is obtained, the measuring loop is slipped onto an object to be measured such as the knuckle of a finger. When the force utilized to wind spring 60 is released, the measuring loop will tighten about the knuckle due to the unwinding force from the spring and the circumference of the knuckle may be read by the cooperation of indexing mark 26 with scale 84 on the dial. It will be appreciated that by winding spring 60 four to five times around shaft 48, the tension supplied by the spring to the measuring loop is relatively uniform over the range of measurements and thus each measurement, regardless of size, will be accurate due to the uniform tensionapplied to the flexible band.
The operation of the circumference measuring device of FIG. 6 is similar to that of the device of FIGS. 1 through 5; however, since there is no spring utilized to provide tension on the flexible band 68, dial 56 must be manually rotated counter clockwise once an object is inserted in the measuring loop in order to tighten the measuring loop around the object to permit measurement thereof.
Measurements obtained with the circumference measuring device of the present invention are extremely accurate in that due to the action of slot 78, the measuring loop is maintained in alignment to reduce inaccuracies caused by skewing thereof, and, as above described, accuracy is enhanced by the utilization of spring 60 to provide uniform tension over the range of measurements. From FIG. 7, it will be appreciated that the circumference measuring devices of the present invention may be easily operated with only one hand to facilitate use thereof.
It will be appreciated that the circumference measuring device of the present invention may be provided with flexible bands having any desired length, it merely being required that drum 50 have a suitable circumference to wind the flexible band without interference with the accuracy of the measurements. That is, the outer diameter of drum 50 must be such as to take up the length of the flexible band within the range of scale on the dial.
Inasmuch as the present invention is subject to many variations, modifications and changes in detail, it is intended that all matter described above or shown in the accompanying drawings be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.
What is claimed is:
1. A circumference measuring device comprising an elongated body forming a housing, a handle grip extending from one side of said housing, and an arm extending from an opposite side of said housing;
a drum rotatably disposed in said housing;
a flexible band having a slot therein, an intermediate portion looped upon itself and passing through said slot to form a measuring loop, a movable end secured to said drum, and a stationary end secured to said arm;
spring means disposed in said housing and connected with said drum to bias said drum in a direction to decrease the circumference of said measuring loop; and a dial rotatably movable with said drum and extending from said housing adjacent said handle grip to be movable with the thumb of a hand grasping said handle grip against the bias of said spring means to increase the circumference of said measuring loop;
said dial having a scale around the periphery thereof and said body having an indexing mark thereon adjacent said dial whereby the circumference of an object is determined by the position of said scale on said dial relative to said indexing mark.
2. The invention as recited in claim 1 wherein said housing includes a central wall, a first bore on one side of said wall to receive said drum, a second bore on the other side of said wall to receive said spring means, an aperture extending through said wall and connecting said first and second bores,.and a channel aligned with said arm and communicating with said first bore to receive said flexible band, and further comprising a shaft having a first end secured to said drum, a second end secured to said dial and a central portion extending through said aperture and connected with said spring means.
3. The invention as recited in claim 2 wherein said spring means is a flat spring wound around said shaft and having a first end connected with said central portion of said shaft and a second end held in a recess in said second bore.
4. The invention as recited in claim 1 wherein said dial and said drum are secured to a shaft, said shaft being movable in a first direction to increase the circumference of said measuring loop and in a second direction opposite to said first direction to decrease the circumference of said measuring loop, and said spring means is connected with said shaft to bias said shaft in said second direction whereby said measuring loop is tightened around an object to be measured by said spring means under uniform tension.
5. The invention as recited in claim 4 wherein said housing includes a first bore housing saiddrum, a second bore housing said spring means, and a small diameter aperture extending through a wall separating said first and second bores to receive said shaft, said second bore having a recess in the outer edge thereof, and said spring means is a fiat spring wound around said shaft and having a first end connected with said shaft and a second end held in said recess.
6. The invention as recited in claim 5 wherein said dial has a chamber therein for receiving said wound spring and has a coating of polytetrafluoroethylene on the inner surface thereof engaging said body, and said drum has a coating of polytetrafluoroethylene on the inner surface thereof engaging said wall.
7. The invention as recited in claim 1 wherein said housing includes a stop projecting outwardly therefrom and said dial has a peripheral groove therein receiving said stop, said groove having first and second spaced ends whereby rotation of said dial is limited by abutment of said stop with said first and second ends of said groove.
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|International Classification
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