![]() ![]() ![]() In fact, the alchemical alterations allowed the Sith sword to block incoming lightsaber attacks, as well as deflect and redirect blaster bolts in much the same way a lightsaber did. It often requires great strength of body as well as in the Force to successfully wield the weapon and make it as dangerous as a lightsaber. The rare metallic compounds used in its construction could result in blades varying in weight from 3 kilograms up to 6.5 kilograms, a blade far heavier than its 1.4 meter length would indicate. Sith swords were constructed through various metallurgical and arcane means, transmuting base metals into an alchemical alloy possessing an unusual affinity for dark side energies. ![]() They can speak Common, Dwarven, and Pandaren.A Sith sword being enhanced with Sith alchemy He balances on the balls of his feet, eyes watching, and when the time is right, he is a spinning, leaping weapon of destruction. He wields a delicate shaktani sword in one hand, and his other hand is empty. The iconic pandaren wardancer wears a long, black tunic with gold buttons and gold trim. ( MoM 77-78) Wielding, thin, delicately balanced blades, the pandaren wardancers quickly established themselves as some of the deadliest swordsmen of the world. Wardancers are backed up by pandaren who throw pan-spears at the enemy, while guarding the flanks of their champion pikemen. He dances the shaktani dance alone and with grim determination. Instead, each wardancer operates alone on the battlefield, supported by those pikemen over whom he is both captain and mentor. Though they are trained to use effective group tactics during their careers as pikemen, wardancers do not operate together. Wardancers are at the forefront of any pandaren war effort, cutting a swathe through the enemy. In the midst of battle, few sights can equal that of a pandaren wardancer, performing a lethal dance of steel and blood, moving to the sacred song that all wardancers are taught to hear within the din of violence. Nevertheless, they save their regret for purifications undertaken after combat. Wardancers are not warlike, however they are perhaps the world's only artists who regret every opportunity they are given to practice their art. For the wardancers, this art is the art of violence and war. To the pandaren, each individual has an art, an art that he or she should spend his or her life perfecting. Resplendent in their elaborate bambus armor and dangerous with their shaktani warblades to hand, the wardancers are the very epitome of the pandaren outlook on the world. Wardancers move out to confront demons, undead and other horrid creatures, their hearts lightened by the thought that, through their battles, other creatures will live - perhaps, other creatures will never know battle. However, in Azeroth’s current age, the wardancers’ skills are needed more than ever. The greatest hope of the wardancer is to not have to use his skills. While wardancers are deadly, they, like all pandaren, are inherently peaceful. Their movements are precise and fluid they appear to dance through a battlefield, their blades flashing silver, blood spraying into the air, and bodies toppling as they move. For the wardancers, battle is an art and the act of fighting a form. Pandaren wardancers are the epitome of the grace and skill, the ultimate development of warriors and their place within Pandaren culture. ![]()
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