Winner Takes All
The art of swordplay has been studied, modified and reviewed by hundreds of masters and scholastic organizations throughout the ages. Predominant as the fighting art of history before the invention of the matchlock, there were few other forms of close combat that could match a well trained sword arm and the sharp steel it carries. Even today, in modern day Earth that everyone knows so well, there are some out there who would push away the safety of the firearm for the old fashioned blade of any size. The eldest among them teach their young, and when the young become elders themselves, they teach their own young. This needy cycle to carry on tradition carries through generations, esoteric, honorable and downright respectable. From what Eric could see in the 23 year old blonde French woman …