Your walking down the street, to nowhere in particular. Next to you is the canal, an long bridge to the other side, where you see the tournament arena, a giant circular building where the best swordpeople compete for the title of the best annually, in the master sword competition, which is coming up in a week. Any and all can enter.

There’s also news of a powerful person who recently defeated the master swordswoman, and the goddess of swords a week ago, destroying a large portion of the city