Conflict over appropriate forms and functions of martial violence meant that swordsmen were more likely to privilege their own reputations than the outcome of battle.
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I feel a little like aswordsmanrather successfully drawing blood.
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Where two such excellent swordsmen are engaged, it would be a great pity for anybody to interfere to spoil the fight which we all enjoy witnessing.
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She ranked in the top 12 of her year, thus qualifying her to be a valet of an eliteswordsman.
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He took him in and became a father figure to him and taught and trained him as aswordsman.
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A master of the katana who claims to have left theswordsmanpath of destruction to follow the path of life-giving bread.
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There are five main troop type available: swordsmen, ranges, rivets, mage's and vugal's, with gyrocopter's and various mercenaries becoming available at high levels.
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Although he is a masterswordsmanand marksman, he has more than once demonstrated his prowess in unarmed combat against multiple opponents.
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His character is portrayed as a fallenswordsmandriven by greed and heartless to both friend and foe.
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He became famed as aswordsmanand duellist, and for his stature, which measured six feet four inches in height.
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Kylun is also an expertswordsman, with years of experience battling a broad variety of enemies.
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A hot-bloodedswordsmanwho wields a katana while having mastery over the element of fire.
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While he possesses no magical ability, he is a devastatingly powerfulswordsman.
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He was described by contemporaries as a good-looking man, about six feet tall, athletic and a goodswordsman.
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He is an expertswordsmancompelled to take lives, especially innocent lives.
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