The Return of the Iron-blood Sword Hound

A man's tears.

It's a rare thing to see. The older you get, the more so.

Men are socially conditioned not to shed tears.

It's a rare thing to see in a normal family home, but not in Baskerville, where the iron-blooded sword is a thing of the past.

Iron blood boiling in the heart of a furnace. A Swordmaster without human emotion.

Hugo Les Baskerville, the iron-blooded swordsman of Baskerville.

Tears are not the word to describe him.

A needle in his eye would make him bleed, but not tears.

So Vikir was surprised this morning when he saw Hugo crying.

...So surprised, indeed.

In an age of destruction, through a devastating decade of war, he could think of few times when he had been so surprised.