A Nomad

Nomad (Shadowed Warrior) Nomads let their Sword ride visibly on their hip as they walk the long path of the Way. Their path has no destination; the journey’s purpose lies in its interruptions. Nomads carry them- selves with a belligerent air, inviting conflict. Their cloaks carry the scents of road-dust and exotic locales, and these things threaten rather than entice. The presence of a Nomad is a small but calculated affront to a community of Creation-born or raksha, culminating almost inevitably in an insult or chal- lenge to the Nomad. It is these moments, when their endless and purposeless journey is impeded or interrupted, for which a Nomad lives. Then the Way runs red and the Nomad, having established the superiority of his skill or narrative, continues along his path, sated again for a time. Inversion: Sometimes an encounter along the road pierces the superficiality of a Nomad’s life and he becomes invested in a court or obsessed with an enemy. Then the Sword ascends above the Way, and the Nomad becomes a Dragoon.