A blade of wavy, flamelike steel clutched in either hand, the warrior before you wears rough cloths of red and dark brown about his waist, his upper body covered only with twisting scars. An ornate, sweeping headgear obscures his upper face, lined with traceries of glinting bronze that twist together into a single, wide eye, and his jaw is set into the stern, unquestioning grimace of a dutiful soldier…
