Responding to Arvahn's questions, Sevasti replied, "Oh, you know, this and that.  Bodyguard for a wizard, hired bandit slayer, the occasional 'house cleaning.'  Until I heard from you, that is, and I know that whatever you do always pays well, so..." Sevasti was not what you would call rich for an adventurer of his experience...hell, he wasn't even average - the mystic swordsman was always nearly broke because he ended up destroying things in the process of doing his job.  The good news was, he was famous enough that between what people paid him, and the adventures he'd had helping people, he always managed to walk away with enough coin to last him the week or so he typically had between jobs.  Looking over his shoulder at the Material Blade, he grinned.  "Isn't it great?  I found it in a bandit hideout!  It looked expensive, so I brought it to a weapons guy I know, and turns out it's made of starmetal!"<br/><br/>Starmetal was something of a fabled material in the land - most swordsmen like Sevasti, who used their weapon as a focus for magical abilities, went through a sword or two a year.  But starmetal had special properties that allowed it to handle the strain that fighters like Sevasti placed on it.