Blademasters! How arrogant did a group have to be to dare name their class that? Just like human Paladins.
Paladins! Alleria wanted to laugh at the very thought. Humans always cast themselves as holy and righteous. Even their class names had to include something sacred, as though that alone put them in the right in everything they did.
They threw that notion of holiness around more than anything else-the Holy Light, holy this, holy that. But did they realize that, before the Orcs arrived, their race had caused more slaughter on this continent than any other except the Demons?
"Don't underestimate them," Yu Lin Bloodhawk said. "Anyone who comes out of a class bold enough to use that name is no ordinary fighter.
"We Elf Rangers excel at ranged combat, but our close-combat abilities are clearly lacking. After studying the melee classes I could find, I discovered that Blademasters' close-combat skills were the most suitable for us Rangers to learn.
"Humans managed to combine two vastly different classes, Warriors and Priests, to create a new class: the Paladin. They gave it powerful offensive and defensive abilities, along with healing and magical attacks.
"If humans could create such a nearly all-purpose class, why can't we combine Blademasters and Rangers? Why can't we create a purely offensive troop type that excels at both ranged and close combat?
"Of all the melee Class Practitioners I've been able to find, only Rogues and Blademasters rely on a high evasion rate to avoid serious injury in close combat.
"Other melee classes mostly rely on external equipment, usually heavy plate armor, to achieve that. But that clearly doesn't suit the mobility we High Elf Rangers strive for.
"As for Rogues and Blademasters, Rogues excel at stealth and ambushes, while Blademasters specialize in frontal assaults. Both have