the teacher (sword of mikael)

In the days before the rise of megacorp machina, the teacher was a disciple, training with his master to learn the way of the sword. This was an ancient discipline, stemming from those who broke away from the worship of raphael after mikael’s first salvation. The training was arduous, on both the body and the mind. After many, many years of instruction, he was ready. His master pulled him aside, revealing to him the secret kept by the keepers of the sword: the sword of mikael. The sword of mikael had been passed down for generations, from sword master to sword master, until the day of reckoning, when mikael would return to protect elysia’s hero…