The Exiled Blades are a group of wandering Aqshian warriors, bodyguards, and sellswords fighting under the command of the noble-born woman Kido Takara, heir to the deposed warlord Kido Takeo of the Dawnsgift Isles. They fight to restore their honor and reclaim their lost home island.
(Credit to Fiona Gardiner for the concept of the Dawnsgift Isles. She can be reached on Discord as “fibutt”.)

“Salt to purify, nullstone to ground. Faith to gird, brass to slay.”
– Eighth Lesson of Banishment.

“In other empires, power is apportioned based upon the blood of your sire. In the Dominion, power is apportioned based on the blood of those you kill – the truer form of power.”

– Meditations on Empire, allegedly authored by Desraki Khrodes

“They say those who live by the sword, die by the sword. In my experience, those who refuse to embrace such a life also die by the sword, but do so faster.”
– Brasslord Desraki Rickad