On the 3rd week like promised Stormgar was done with the living blades both were katanas and both had the same markings and sheaths. Both were made with mithril but they had different dragon cores and he knew which was in each sword he brought them home and put them away in the cottage where Sherly could not find them. Then he went to Thunder-hammer and said "I want to hold a large gathering in the clearing to have an apprentice take her oath. And the bestowing of her sword after she will take on challengers. So how do I arrange such without her knowing? I will be buying 2 casks of ale for the guest to drink" Thunder-hammer ask "is she ready already"? Orion replies "she is ready to take her vow and start learning magic. She can be considered ready to begin her journey. As an adventurer she would be a rank F. Let's set it up for tomorrow night". Orion went back to the cottage and pulled out the wooden sword and went through the sword forms with Shery then faced her and said "let's dance". Then they were swinging the swords blocking and parrying over and over. This kept up for hours and they both started to glow with the manna that was flowing through both of them. When Shery would have fallen the mana kept her on her feet and she could see her glow as well as Orion's. After a while Shery was once again on her butt and Orion was smiling, he helped her up and says "take the rest of the day off tomorrow will be your oath taking ceremony". Shery perks up and smiles and says "I will go to town and get a new dress" Orion then says "I already have bought you ceremonial clothes for you they are on your Bed". Also, after the ceremony you will have to take on challengers". Sherly looks at him and says "really" and goes and tries on the clothes, she is amazed because they fit perfectly and allow complete movement. And they look exactly like what he always wears. This is the outfit of a sword mage! She still goes out shopping in celebration.
The next night the area around the cottage was crowded and their front porch became a stage of sorts. Orion walks out and sings a song of new beginnings, of life and hope, of truth to oneself and to others, of removing the shadows that blind us to the truth of our selves.as the song dies he says "thank you all for coming to witness this right in days past it was only the members of our order who bore witness but with the order gone you get to witness this great right" Sherly comes out on the porch and kneels Orion pulls out the living Katana she will receive and Says "repeat After me. A sword mage is sworn to Righteousness, his heart knows only kindness, his blade defends the week and virtuous his word is always true and is his bond. His wrath is only for removing evil. Sherly repeats the oath and when she is done, he asks for her hand and makes a small cut on a finger and he pulls out her sword and has her drop a bit of her blood on the blade and repeat the oath again with sword in hand and Sherly does as asked. Then Orion tells her to focus on the sword and meditate and when she hears the swords name to acknowledge it by Drawing the blade. Sherly meditates and she sees herself in front of the dragon and she finds herself repeating the oath with the dragon A sword mage is sworn to Righteousness, his heart knows only kindness, his blade defends the week and virtuous his word is always true and is his bond. His wrath is only for removing evil. Then the dragon gives her their name not his but their name. This takes 30 minutes and then she draws the blade she then stands and ask" are there any who would challenge me"? one at a time older warriors stood up and took a turn fighting her and each fell in a matter of minutes after everyone partied and drank till they all stumbled home. Sherly noticed that Orion only drank one glass of watered down ale and she did likewise. She asks Orion about the dragon and the oath and he nods. Orion says the sword will fight for you as long as you follow the oath. This is not like other blades it's a living blade it has accepted you and your oath and it has been witnessed by an entire town. If you ever don't keep your vow it will Shatter. If you ever lose it, the sword will come to your hand. It is a partner and it requires you to do much studying. Over the next week I want you to wake up and practice the sword forms. After everyone leaves, I will give you a magic book and a blank journal I expect you to read a chapter then copy it in your journal. You will want to do so neatly because this will become your book. And it will be what you use to train other sword mages. Also, as we go, I will have you train the new recruits that want to learn. They say the best way to learn is to teach. In this way iron will sharpen iron". Sherly says" So I start magical training officially tomorrow and then are you going to leave me"? Orion laughs and replies "I am your teacher and it takes years to learn magic you think I am going to dump you just like that? I have an order to rebuild and to a certain degree I need a choir. When I have enough of you, I can send you out and we can remove the shadows from the land once again.