Vagabond

Vagabond
Role
Alternate Names	Korean: 베가본드 Chinese: 流浪武士 (lit. Blade Ranger) Japanese: バガボンド
Base Job	Female Slayer
Job NPC	Knight Robato
Specialized Weapon	Lightsabre
Class Information	Skill Type: Physical Damage Type: Percent Subclass Difficulty:
Inflict Element?	None
Inflict Status Effect?	Negative:  Stun (Status),  Bleeding (Status),  Bind (Status),  Shock (Status) Positive: None
Awakening Dualist
Alternate Names	Fencer Korean: 검호 Chinese: 劍豪
Second Awakening Blade Dancer
Alternate Names	Blade Empress Korean:검제 Chinese: 劍帝
Neo: Awakening Neo: Vagabond
Alternate Names	Korean: 진(眞) 베가본드 Japanese: 真バガボンド

No place accepted the girls that ran away from the horrible experiment.

It reflected the cold-heartedness of the world but at the same time, it showed how dreadful the chase from the empire was. Most fugitives were killed by the pursuers from the empire or lost their lives from the uncontrolled metastasis energy. However, there were some people who succeeded in completely suppressing the metastasis energy and revolted against the empire.

These people, who succeeded in suppressing the metastasis energy with their innate talent and perseverance, mixed in with the adventurers and learned how to fight. The endless fights that pushed them to the brink of death was also and oppurtunity to turn their swordsmanship into a unique style.

The fighting style using a dual sword and the innate strength that awakens the potential power of the humans is their weapon and their way of survival.

But with the endless torment and wandering, they did not even have time to think about what they should call themselves. The word that someone randomly spit out while looking at their agonizing life became their name and ego. The one and only name they have is Vagabond which means beautiful as the flower and dreadful like thorns.

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The Vagabond are Swordsmen that suppressed the power of the transformation with its inherent ability to focus on battle, using its own technique to attack with telekinesis and a splendid dual sword technique.

• At level 50, Vagabond awakens as a Dualist then at level 75, the Dualist awakens as a Blade Dancer.

• Her subclass cosmetic effect is a short energy sword forming as she opens and closes her hand.

• Her 2nd Awakening cosmetic effect is a ring of pink petals swirling around her, then dissipating within her hand as she closes it.

• Her Neo Awakening cosmetic effect is her summoning four orbs of light before dissipating them into rose pedals.

Becoming a Vagabond

The Slayer must choose the Vagabond advancement upon character creation.

Alternatively, if the player is still in it's base class:
The Slayer must click the Advance button on the skill window.

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Awakening as a Dualist

Who dares speak of strength?

Even the most trained warrior may be killed by the needle of a woman

and mountains may fall with a cry of a child.

That is the way of the world.

Who dare speak of weakness?

A needle of a woman can kill even the most trained warrior

and cry of a child can make mountains fall.

That is the providence of the world.

So do not boast strength carelessly.

Because I know the heaviness of the sword, I do not expect others to know its elegance.

Just quietly swinging, as the sword guides me.

What the sword slashes is the flesh and the bones of the enemy,

but the sword cuts away my own pride and habit.

Slash and slash again.

My life, my dream, my happiness. To not lose my mind to the sword that has taken everything away from me.

I will slash and slash again.

To change my strength to weakness and weakness to strength, so that I can follow the journey that the sword guides me.

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The Vagabond must first reach level 50.

• Complete the quest Unending Foreboding from the North Myre Epic Quest line.
  
  

Alternatively, if the player skips Unending Foreboding:
The Vagabond must first reach level 50.

1. Talk to Knight Robato in the Hendon Myre Back Alley.
   
2. Collect 1000  White Cube Fragments, 1000  Red Cube Fragments, 100  Superior Hardeners, and 100  Superior Irons.
3. Defeat Agram the Witch in the Abandoned Mine on Master or harder mode.
4. Collect 1  Formidable Essence from the Abandoned Mine on Master or harder mode.
5. Collect 60  Chaos Stone Debris and 120  Seals of Emperor Helm.

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Awakening as a Blade Dancer

Who can comprehend the weight that this blade carries.

They only praise it's greatness for it’s beauty

Nobody understands the sacrifice it took to earn it.

I can hear their constant praises.

The endless cheers and well wishes.

Songs and tales that carries my name.

I tire of this endless meaningless charade.

I will no longer hide or run away from the truth.

I will not shy away from the dangers that I will face.

I will show them that I'm no mere tool for their fancy.

I will end it all. I shall no longer live to be ordered around like a dog.

My life is my own and my destiny is what I choose to be.

May those in resentment gain hope. I will now fight for you.

I shall become the symbol of the oppressed.

I will aim vigorously for the freedom and liberty of all.

It matters not, if the journey that I will take is long and a lonely one. As long as there is meaning to it.

This is the burden that I'm willing to carry. Let the name "Blade Dancer" have purpose, and be remembered for all eternity.

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The Dualist must first reach level 75.

1. Talk to Siran in the City of Shonan.
2. Collect 25  Seal of Empress Skardi.
3. Clear EX: Gold Dragon Tournament.
4. Collect 40  Seal of Emperor Helm.
5. Clear EX: Silver Dragon Tournament.
6. Clear Tainted Time Gate.

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Awakening as a Neo: Vagabond

Under the night sky with a pure white moon, she alone seemed to dance in a different world.
Where her blade and palm passed blood was spilled,
But the alluring flower blooming around her covered the scent of blood.

For a long time, I’ve wandered the continent and I’ve claimed that I’ve seen many arts of the sword,
But was it merely the ignorance of a frog in a well?
I became ashamed of myself being confident of my narrow sight.

Many vagabonds only relied on their own chi and sword to carve their path
And only the select few with exceeding perseverance and talent were called the dualists or blade dancers with awe.
But what I witnessed was a level beyond it.
A blade sage. If one could reach the level of sagehood with swordplay, was this it?

Even a simple gesture had both discipline and confidence,
She danced without stopping for a moment as though there were no unexplored paths on her martial path.

“Yet this is your last moonlight…”

The two blades dancing on her hands had become one like magic,
And at that moment a calm, powerful single slash that almost silenced the world itself unveiled.
Under the full moon, on the world she cleaved in half the flowers bidding farewell to her enemies bloomed.

“Ha…”

Under the night sky where all had fallen she seemed truly sad of the blooming flowers and the wilting breaths of her enemies.
As I hid in the bushes and watched her my eyes met hers and I was unable to move a finger,
I could say nothing to her as she gently disappeared amongst the blooming and wilting flowers.

And when some time had passed, I came to realize that they weren’t really flower petals,
But the scattering chi released from just one person.

-A memoir of a vagabond

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The Blade Dancer must first reach level 100.

• Complete the True Awakening 1 Quest line and obtain Ability Intensification.

Skills

Vagabond Skills

Active Skills  Blade Triangle  Gyre  Qigong - Yang  Quintuple Strength  Spiritual Suction  Chain Blast  Soaring  Oppressive Pressure  Sword Wheel  Fluttering Blades  Cutting Palms  Blasting Palm  Explosive Sword  Comet Rush	Passive Skills  Blade Integrity  Secondary Weapon Mastery  Lightsabre License  Spiritual Trinity	Vagabond TP Skills  Blade Integrity Upgrade  Qigong - Yang Upgrade  Cutting Palms Upgrade  Soaring Upgrade  Explosive Sword Upgrade  Oppressive Pressure Upgrade  Comet Rush Upgrade  Chain Blast Upgrade  Sword Wheel Upgrade  Fluttering Blades Upgrade  Blasting Palm Upgrade  Spiritual Suction Upgrade  Cross Sword Upgrade  Explosive Palm Upgrade
Vagabond Awakening Skills  Verdant Blast  Cleansing Fire  Cross Sword  Explosive Palm	Vagabond 2nd Awakening Skills  Lotus Dance  Zenith  Lotus Flash  Moonlight Dance	Vagabond Neo: Awakening Skills  Sword Deity  Kinetic Drift  Lunar Arc

Original Class Skills

Female Slayer Skills

Active Skills  Ascending Sword  Demonic Slash  Mountain Press  Flying Tips  Sword Barrier  Cross Slash  Spinning Blade  Shadow Snake Attack  Castigation  Sliding Slash	Passive Skills  Composure  Heaven Cleaver	Female Slayer TP Skills  Shadow Snake Attack Upgrade  Demonic Slash Upgrade  Spinning Blade Upgrade  Castigation Upgrade  Flying Tips Upgrade  Ascending Sword Upgrade  Sword Barrier Upgrade  Cross Slash Upgrade  Mountain Press Upgrade  Sliding Slash Upgrade
Female Slayer Togglable Skills  Composure

General Skills

Active Skills  Backstep  Quick Rebound  Leap  Indomitable Spirit  Ancient Memory	Passive Skills  Latent Power  Armor Mastery  Basic Training  Backstep Upgrade  Conversion  Focus: Critical  Rear Attack	General TP Skills  Basic Training Upgrade
General Neo: Awakening Skills  Subitism  One Step Closer  Clues to Awakening	General Togglable Skills  Conversion

Media Content

• [Vagabond Trailer]
• [Vagabond Trailer] [Vagabond Gameplay]
• [Vagabond Awakening Trailer]
• [Blade Dancer Awakening Trailer]

Trivia

Subclass Inspiration

• The Vagabond's theme is heavily based around Wuxia (武俠) or known as martial arts and chivalry, which is a very popular Chinese genre of fiction about regular humans who can achieve supernatural fighting ability through martial arts training and internal energy cultivation.
• Her gameplay could be reminiscent to the Star Wars franchise on how both Jedi & Sith fought using both Lightsabers and the Force.
• The Vagabond is the only subclass in the game that is able to wield more than one weapon in their inventory due to having a special slot above their primary weapon.
  • She and Blade Master are the only two Slayer subclasses that can wield Lightsabres.

Titles

• Despite what the lore says, Vagabond, in reality, means a person that wanders place to place without a home or a job.
• Her First Awakening Dualist can refer to the Chinese philosophical concept known as Yin & Yang.
  • Despite sounding similar, the Skirmisher has Duelist for his overseas subclass with a different meaning to it.
• Blade Dancer may likely be a reference to Irelia's title from League of Legends.

Skills

• A variety of the Vagabond's skills tend to have a flower theme to them.
•  Blade Triangle - Charlotte's Trislash. (Samurai Shodown)
•  Fluttering Blades - Charlotte's Crystal Rose. (Samurai Shodown)
•  Cutting Palms - Shinka Ialdabaoth. (Super Robot Wars OG Gaiden)
•  Explosive Palm - Buddhist Palm Technique from the 2004 Comedy/Action film, Kung-Fu Hustle.
•  Verdant Blast - Inspired by the 24-Movement Plum Blossom Sword Technique featured in a Korean manhwa and webnovel called Return of the Mount Hua Sect.
•  Zenith - Her 2nd Awakening passive's alternative name in Chinese (登峰造極) refers to how the Vagabond has reached the pinnacle of her abilities, and could be a metaphor that she's entered the realm of the gods.

Gallery

Artwork

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  Vagabond Skill Cut-In

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  Mermaid Star Vagabond Skill Cut-In

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  Vagabond

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  Blade Dancer

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  Petite Blade Dancer Portrait

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  Dualist Avatars

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  Blade Dancer Avatars + Weapon

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  Blade Dancer Bobblehead

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  Blade Dancer Phone Artwork

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  Chibi Blade Dancer Phone Wallpaper

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  Neo: Vagabond

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  Full Neo: Vagabond Artwork

Animations

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  Vagabond Motion Aura

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  Blade Dancer Skill Cut-In

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  Petite Vagabond

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  Neo: Vagabond Buff Animation

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  Neo: Vagabond

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  Neo: Vagabond Skill Cut-In

Class Avatar

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  Vagabond Cosmetic

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  Blade Dancer

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  Neo: Vagabond