| From the earliest times of the Dream, the ancients and those that followed looked to replicate tools that had existed in Cloudsbreak. Prominent among these tools was the Blade. Originally, this utensil was made to be short, simple and efficient. It served a purpose and was thus made a Dreaming art, one which all dreamers know upon entering the City. This existed for a time, until the coming of Amniir. A member of a Nomadic Cloudsbreak tribe, Amniir desired a schimitar blade, similar to the one he carried while riding. After several years of hard effort and work, Amniir successfully changed his simple blade into a finely edged one, almost exactly like the one he bore on his shard. However, the change in this fundamental art was widespread. When dreamers awoke they found that their simple blade had been replaced by these large unweildy, yet very deadly tools. Now we all have this art, and each is tailored to the focus that summons it. As we move up in this art, the blade becomes lighter and has a finer edge allowing us to effectively use it. |
