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At the Realm only the people in the Cloister of Wisdom and the Immaculate Order may legitimately practice magical martial arts. Enlightened mortals and Exalted of middling skill practice lesser styles, Markolab calls these "Terrestrial Martial Arts", such as Five-Dragons Style. While those Dragon-blooded who are truly immaculate learn the five great elemental styles, which the demon refers to as "Celestial Martial Arts". The difference according to the Coadjutor is that Terrestrial arts are more of an introduction to the true arts. They are simple mortal fighting techniques but enhanced with essence for slightly magical effects, such as throwing a punch and having some fire come out. While Celestial arts are about studying the essence flow of certain things and learning to emulate them fully, such as certain animals like tigers, or the elements like fire. Mastery of a Celestial Art is more than learning how to pounce like a tiger or bite like a snake. It's to mold one's own essence to mimic these things. In doing so one attains certain kinship with these things. The serpents of the world become the sifu and kin of a Snake Style master and so on.
The martial art he's to learn is called "Hero style". Less a martial art and more of a way how a certain type of exalt fights most naturally while unarmed. The Dragon-blooded have Terrestrial Hero Style, Solars have Solar Hero Style and the list goes on.
"-yours is called Infernal Monster Style. Or Infernal Hero Style if you have a taste for irony. Heh."
But no matter how he called it Jet absolutely despised learning the style. Each night he spent repeating the katas, practicing on dummies, punching rocks and meditating on his own essence. All of that bore fruit. His punches became faster, stronger and more precise. But he could not make any headway on mastering the Infernal Monster Style. What’s worse, his frustration only mounted as the Realms troubles multiplied seemingly each day. More and more Anathema sightings are reported, and with the Houses consolidating all their power on the Isle the Wyld Hunt meant to cull them could not do its job. One of these Anathema, the so-called Bull of the North, grew so powerful up North that he started building a petty kingdom for himself.
When House Tepet finally had enough of this beast and dispatched their legion to take care of it, the result was a disaster. Most of the Tepet Legion was slaughtered, meaning the militaristic house lost most of its scions. Already people are talking of how the once prestigious and highly respected family might be doomed to die out. If the Empress was around such a thing never would’ve happened.
“ARGH! This is maddening!”
“Calm down Jet!”
