One of my characters is having a bad day on the battlefield - he's on foot, encountering several mounted opponents, and while he's defending himself against one, another stabs him with a sword in the side through the armhole of his cuirass. That's pretty much the end of the battle for him.
It's a bad wound, from which he will in time recover. I don't need any information on the actual medical side of things.
But since he is a POV character, I am curious to know what it will feel like for him:
-- at the time he's injured
-- a few hours later (he hasn't moved very far by the time the battle's over & people go looking for him)
-- a few days later (the setting is pre-modern, so treatment consists mostly of letting nature take its course, with bandages).
It's a bad wound, from which he will in time recover. I don't need any information on the actual medical side of things.
But since he is a POV character, I am curious to know what it will feel like for him:
-- at the time he's injured
-- a few hours later (he hasn't moved very far by the time the battle's over & people go looking for him)
-- a few days later (the setting is pre-modern, so treatment consists mostly of letting nature take its course, with bandages).