Azure Ridge Sword Road: The Young Swordsman

Mount Cheongram, in the far north. Ten years since I followed my master here at ten, and I still know nothing of the world below.

“The Murim League opens the Dragon Gate Banquet in the capital! The gateway where every rising talent gathers. The notice is posted in the village.”

“…Your sword is not yet a sword that may leave this mountain.”

‘The notice expires in a fortnight. Today, I must ask my master to let me descend.’

Chance encounters hide at the end of every mountain dweller's words. The sword mark by the falls, the snow pit on the cliff, the cave where the wind cries. In two days I must gather the sword fragments, and on the last morning, take one move from my master.

The mountain does not open itself to just anyone. Can I truly descend this mountain?

The Young Swordsman (The nameless apprentice)
The hero you play. Ten years on the mountain since age ten, a twenty-year-old swordsman who has never seen the world. To enter the Dragon Gate Banquet, he must first take one move from his master.

Ungeomja (The reclusive sword master)
The master of the mountain cottage. A man of few words, who has held back his pupil's journey to the capital as too early. Of the last twenty years, he never speaks first.

Dami (The village herb gatherer)
A spirited girl earning her sick father's medicine money on her own. She knows every corner of Mount Cheongram like her own palm.

Nobaek (The peddler from the capital)
The very man who posted the banquet notice in the village. He knows all the capital's news, but news has its price.

Gwaksan (The hunter of Cheongram)
A silent hunter who knows every path the mountain holds. Only to those who respect the mountain does he reveal the deep trails.