Forged Destiny [Book 9: Ch. 6]

"Is it?" Blake asked. "Last I checked, your Skills didn't work like Adam's, even if you share the same names for them. His cut through people and Grimm. Yours cut through weapons and armour." She clicked her fingers. "Ferromancy. You're a Mage, Jaune. A very specific and targeted Mage who can disarm an army with a wave of a sword."

That… Was that accurate? Could a Class be split in two directions at once? Path was the obvious answer and explained how some Warriors could be pure tanks, while others were damage dealers. The same applied to Mages, who could specialise in all sorts of different things. In theory, your Path dictated what you became, and you chose your Path through the actions you took in life.

Adam's Path as a Swordmaster saw him becoming a warrior versatile against Grimm and people. My Path had led be to become, if Blake was right, a Mage of some kind? A Mage who specialised in swords and armour? It would explain why my Skills were so stupid. They weren't the problem; I'd just been using them wrong. Instead of trying to cut people down, I should have been disarming them.

I wasn't a Swordmaster in terms of being a master of the sword. I was a Swordmaster in terms of being a `master` of swords.

—Forged Destiny [Book 9: Ch. 6]