Pedigree rules the ring. Your fighting style came from a skewer cart.
Ironclad Hall trains the finest fighters on the coast, and every student battles for rank on the Circuit, a
ladder of sparring bouts where pedigree matters as much as skill. You got in on a scholarship from the Lowmarket, with
fold creases in your uniform and a fighting style you're not supposed to have.
It came from a street-food vendor who drilled you on the ferry steps at midnight — and made you promise never to say
her name on the hill. Climb the Plates, earn your rivals' respect, and keep her secret safe.
