Not much. It's a largely semantic difference from the archer, they just tend to be more offensively focused.

Still wondering if I can not be Rank E for swordsmanship. Figure I should jump to C or something for that killing edge.

Since Loyal and Krylo are playing a Caledonian character, I'll go ahead and say that I'm playing a character from Makeen, which was my primary choice anyhow.

Name: Axis
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Affinity: Water
Nationality: Vendalior

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Axis is a bright eyed and rather new wyvern rider. As a boy he loved watching the drills of the trainee wyvern riders, seeing them flying in tight formations and pulling aerial dodges and attacks during the extensive training all riders had to go through. As soon as he was able he joined the military, his parents while not necessarily pleased with their still young boy choosing such a hard life that early knew his desire to soar couldn't be contained for long and so gave him their blessings.

Axis worked diligently day in and day out on his spear combat training, every day looking up and dreaming. More than once he was called out for daydreaming before returning to drills with a renewed vigor. Any free time he had was spent observing the wyverns or continuing his duties. Upon becoming a soldier he immediately enlisted towards becoming a wyvern rider. His training barely had ended before it had started again, this time in the skies. To him however the movements were almost familiar. He had watched many of the same ones as a boy and. while the experience was far different than just watching from afar, he knew what needed to be done. The harder part was convincing his young wyvern to obey at the time of. The two slowly grew closer over many mistakes caused by a lack of communication between the pair and eventually managed to become a full fledged wyvern rider.

His wyvern, Spine as its affectionately referred to despite the still untested jokes of the wyvern having more of its namesake than the owner, is young but obedient of his somewhat impulsive rider. The two were selected due to their potential to join with the squad sent to Caledonia to observe the ceremony.

He currently stands at about 5'10" with short brown hair, always kept short enough to stay out of his light blue eyes. He keeps his armor on whenever he rides Spine as more a matter of discipline than comfort. His body is toned but not overly muscular, more suited for staying on top of his Wyvern and holding the lance for long periods of time. Spine is a light red and oddly doesn't have any particularly noticable ridge down its back. In fact as far as wyverns go Spine looks pretty average. The name confuses most everyone but Axis doesn't seem to have noticed.

Promotion Goal: Wyvern Lord.

Skill: Guard

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HP 20 (55%)
Class: Wyvern Rider
STR 6 (50%) DEF 7 (50%)
MAG 0 (00%) RES 3 (40%)
SKI 5 (45%) SPD 3 (30%)
LUC 1 (30%) MOV 7
CON 10 AID 22

Weapon Proficiency: Lance (E)

Inventory:
Name Type ( ) RNG WT MT HIT CR QL
-Iron Lance Weapon (E) 1 8 7 80 0
-Vulnerary Item (-) 0 -- -- --- -- 3

Go ahead and jump to C. I'm pretty set on using you as Nabarl anyway.

Looks good, Dante. There might be a little... Storyline... Issue... With your character, but it'll come around. I mean, we all know Vendalior is going to invade Caledonia. Except it'll be due to EVIILLLL puppetmastery in the background by a certain nefarious group of [redacted]. You'll likely be among the group of Imperial knights who go "What the hell? Why is the empire acting so strangely?" and join to solve that mystery. As PCs, you're by default supposed to be good guys, after all.

I'm not at all surprised by this.

Well, here's my rough draft. I kind of want Kelsha to be at D Rank in Swords and have an Armourslayer, but the primer doesn't help me in determining if that's even possible. How do we find out what weapon ranks and how much money characters have?

Name: Kelsha
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Class: Mercenary
Affinity: Earth
Nationality: Republic of Welas
Background: Born from a long line of mercenaries, Kelsha seemed to have the same talent for combat in her blood that her father and his father and so on and so forth possessed. This is good, considering that Kelsha has little talent for anything else. Books make her tired, she'd sooner start a brawl than engage in any politics, and she doesn't seem particularly interested in love. Eh, she does have her looks.
Kelsha was recently hired to escort Wels noblemen to the Kingdom of Caledonia, leaving Kelsha's mother Rennith hopeful that perhaps maybe Kelsha would find some future away from battle by a smitten nobleman. Rennith just couldn't bare to see Kelsha dying on a bloodsoaked battlefield. Still, the blood of Kelsha's father's bloodline burns hotly in her veins. She longs to use her skills to help those in need.
Kelsha inherited her father's strength and personality, but she retained her mother's radiant looks. She wears a red tunic with a steel pauldron on her left shoulder and brown trousers with boots. Her hair is long and black. Her left eye is green while her right eye is violet.

Level: 1
EXP: 00
HP: 20 (50%)
Class: Mercenary
STR: 6 (50%) DEF: 5 (40%)
MAG: 0 (00%) RES: 4 (35%)
SKI: 5 (45%) SPD: 4 (30%)
LUC: 4 (50%) MOV: 6
CON: 9 AID 9
Weapon Proficiency: Swords (Rank E)
Personal Skill: Charisma (Free) - Characters (other than self) within 3 squares of you gain a 10% bonus to their accuracy and evasion.

Inventory:
Name----------Type------RNG--------WT---------MT----------HIT--------CR---------QL
-Iron Sword----Weap------1-----------5-----------5-----------90---------0----------460
-Vulnerary-----Item------------------------------------------------------------------500

= 0 Gold

Supports=
(Character | Element | Rank | Pow | Def | Hit | Eva | Crt | Dge )
>----------+---------+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+----<
|Kelsha . . .| . .Earth. . . . N/A. .+0. . +0. . .+0. . .+5. . +0. . .+5

Name : Ernesto Diaz
Gender : Male
Age : 28
Class : Myrmidon
Affinity : Earth
Nationality: Caledonia

Born as Ernesto Diaz twenty eight years ago, his father was a mercenary of notable renown, a wayward knight who lived by his contracts to various lords, but never staying long after they were spent. Nor serving with them further than the contract unless they brought concession. He raised his son knowing the country though safe of war for now was just awaiting the day when the conflict arrived. He had lived his life profiting off of such events, and he hoped his son to do much of the same. He taught him the sword, though he found him not quite so suited for his armored style, but showing great skill with the sword alone. At a certain age he laid down the morals that had kept their family comfortable for generations, and that morality was:

"Nations rise and fall, but gold is forever."

They key was, loyalty only lasted as long as it could be bought. Always keep your eyes on the contracts that worked, and look for the big profit, and moreover if the big war comes always end up on the winning side a hero.

His son fell into the footsteps of his father with swiftness and skill, taking the contracts as they came, and keeping his eye open for the big war. Hoping to make the winning side himself.

Diaz himself is a calm yet prideful man, he takes particular enjoyment in showing off his personal skill. He tries to place his family customs above his fame but gets genuinely flustered when he does something wrong and can sometimes go mad trying to get his reputation back up to his ideals.

He is reasonably tall at 5'7" and sports long black hair that extends past his shoulders(he won't say it but it is because he can't yet grow his father's bitchin beard), dark brown eyes, and fair soft skin. His features have been known to be fairly feminine, which have gotten him mistaken for one here and there(something that severely bothers him). He wears loose, light, and comfortable clothes that does not hinder his movements, typically deep dark green, and even out of battle he tries to maintain his dangerous grace in case he must spring into action.

Level 1
EXP 00
HP 20 (80%)
STR 3 (35%) DEF 4 (20%)
MAG 0 (00%) RES 1 (20%)
SKI 5 (50%) SPD 7 (50%)
LUC 5 (45%) MOV 5
CON 6 AID 5

Weapon Proficiency: C Sword

Inventory:
Name_____________Type___( )_RNG__WT__MT__HIT__CR__QL
-Killing Edge_______Weapon (C)__1____7___9___75___30
-Vulnerary_______Item___(-)__0___--__--__---__--___3

0 Gold

Skills:
-Personal [VANTAGE]


Supports=
(Character | Element | Rank | Pow | Def | Hit | Eva | Crt | Dge )
>----------+------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----<
|Diaz. . . . .| . .Earth. . . . N/A. . .+0. . +0. .+0. . .+5. . +0. . .+5

I think we don't get anything like that for first mission for the most part. That we start with the one E class weapon available to us, have one healing item and no money. (Overcast is an exception because he's being made an antagonist at first.)

Eh, works for me.