Sword
Righteous
Jadeon
Sword cultivators who fight at range with lightning. Forgiving to learn and welcome in any party, which makes it a reasonable first character.
Before you start
The schools
Twenty-four of them, across four peoples. This is what each one fights with and what it is for.
Choosing
Pick the one you want to play, not the one that looks strongest.
Every school here is finished content with a full skill tree, so none of them is a trap. What differs is how a fight feels: standing in the middle of it, picking off one target, keeping everyone else alive, or fighting with something you summoned.
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Your school is fixed, your path is not
The school you choose at character creation stays with that character. The specialisation splits later, and that is where most of the difference between two players of the same school comes from.
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Weapons belong to schools
A Jadeon uses a sword and nothing else; a Celan fights with a zither. Gear you find is for a weapon type, which is why a drop that is useless to you is worth trading.
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Nothing here is locked
All four peoples and all twenty-four schools are available on this realm. Nothing on this page has to be bought or unlocked.
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Humans
The six schools of the mortal world. Three follow the righteous path and three the devil path, and the split runs through most of the story.
Duoblade
Devil
Vim
Front-line brawlers with a blade in each hand. They open fights, hold enemies in place and take the hits meant for everyone behind them.
Staff
Righteous
Skysong
The healers. They keep a party alive and standing, and a good one changes what a group can attempt.
Glaive
Devil
Lupin
Assassins. They pick one target, get to it, and finish it before anyone can answer. Difficult, and enormously satisfying when it works.
Fangclaws
Devil
Modo
Shapeshifters who tear through crowds. If you like fighting several things at once, start here.
Twin Kristocs
Righteous
Incense Mage
Fire mages who lay down arrays that help the whole party. Ranged, fragile, and a real presence in a group fight.
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Athan
A winged people from beyond the mortal world. Their six schools arrived with the first great expansion and play very differently from the human ones.
Axe
Athan
Balo
Warriors built to absorb a fight. Enormous axes, enormous health, and the patience to stand where it hurts.
Bow
Athan
Arden
Rangers who call on nature. They fight at distance and rarely fight alone — a summoned companion does much of the work.
Scythe
Athan
Rayan
Assassins who work from the shadows and leave wounds that keep bleeding.
Zither
Athan
Celan
Nobles who fight with music. They revive the fallen and turn a losing group fight around.
Cestus
Athan
Forta
Knights who fight with their fists. Straightforward, durable, and hard to shake off.
Stardial
Athan
Voida
Descendants who draw on light and dark at once. Ranged, strange, and strong in the right hands.
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Etherkin
Made rather than born. Six schools with mechanics that do not resemble anything else in the game.
Paint Brush
Etherkin
Psychea
Summoners who paint their allies into being and set traps for anyone who follows.
Trident
Etherkin
Kytos
Half man, half beast, with a trident and no interest in subtlety.
Halberd
Etherkin
Hydran
Weapon masters who channel a whole armoury through one halberd.
Fan
Etherkin
Seira
Casters who transmute the elements and decide where a fight happens.
Umbrella
Etherkin
Gevrin
Mages who fight with a lotus umbrella and curse whatever they cannot reach.
Scroll
Etherkin
Sylia
Scholars who summon the elements from written scrolls, and bless the people standing next to them.
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Deikin
The newest people in the world, and the newest six schools. If you want something nobody has worked out yet, they are here.
Dragon Lance
Deikin
Ceros
Lancers who call dragons out of the lance itself.
Dao Sword
Deikin
Imperia
Sword masters who fold wind and fire into their sword art.
Amulet
Deikin
Ashura
Witches who follow the serpent and hex from behind an amulet.
Crescent Fist
Deikin
Zephyr
Assassins who invoke the phoenix, built around closing the distance fast.
Flute
Deikin
Yuna
Support who charm as much as they damage. A flute is a real weapon here.
Scepter
Deikin
Akaza
Enchanters who call souls out of the scepter to fight beside them.
Still undecided
You do not have to get this right.
Making a second character costs nothing but time, and most people play several. If you are stuck between two, make both and see which one you keep opening.
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Every school is on the boards
The rankings show which schools the top characters here actually play. Worth a look if you want to know what you will be fighting.
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Ask before you commit
People who play a school will tell you honestly what it is like at level 20 and at level 150. Those are very different answers.