@Eobelle: Great question in the IC thread!  :-) She may take her sword, though everyone in the Freehold is expected to leave weapons unused/sheathed without a very good cause. Brandishing a weapon at anyone in the Freehold without being able to prove that other person is a threat would be grounds for being removed, so many Changelings who visit often choose not to bring weapons. Duchess Cox is very famous for keeping her chimerical axe on her, so she tends to allow others to keep their weaponry. In part, this is because due to the high amount of Thallain and Garou in Oklahoma, she never wants to risk the Freehold being attacked/infiltrated & people being unable to defend themselves.