Okay so it turns out a “sword sage” rises in the hierarchy based on how many apprentices they recruit and how many novices those apprentices take on. They don’t ascend through meditation and endless repetition of the blade forms, they don’t even decide ranking through a grand tournament or anything. But they do say the people on the top get access to ancient sacred swords and scrolls of divine insight, which is a grave injustice against noble hearted warriors who seek mastery of the blade arts. As a true dedicated disciple of the blade, it falls on me to topple this corrupt pyramid, and that’s why I need you to join my righteous cause and become my apprentice
You are truly wise and noble of heart to join my cause. But you must know that two swords are not enough to strike down a foe this vile. What we need is strength in numbers. Thus I beseech you; go out and recruit disciples of your own, then return to me and I will teach you all the techniques I have mastered thus far. Together we will bring justice to all disciples of the blade who have been kept from true mastery by the corruption at the core of this multi-level monastic order





















