Nobu set out along the Sandspills with his father to learn the Dying Way. He knew nothing of the way himself, nor how it was to be taught. All he knew was that it was the only path he could take, his father gave him no other choice. Before they left the city of Nigura his father presented him with a black palfrey that was more beast than horse, an empty canister of water, and a Kata blade that stood at half Nobu’s height. The desert valley was a harsh road, travelled mostly by Daimos during ...