>“It’s a beautiful blade. Elegant. Dangerous... Yet it still loses to a trigger pull.”
	- Gunsmith Rosen
# Stage I - Fractured Arcblade
_A broken relic. Heat leaks from its cracks._
**HP Damage:** 1d8 Slash + 1d4 Fire (separate instance)  
**Posture:** 5  
**Penetration:** 10%  
**Chip:** 10%  
**Riposte Modifier:** +1d8

**New Passive - Ember Vein**: Critical hits apply **Burning** (1d4 Fire for 3 rounds, refresh only).

**Critical Art - “Flicker Dash” (CD 5)**
Dash 6 meters in a straight line.
- The first target hit takes:
    - 1d8 Slash
    - 1d4 Fire
- Applies Burning if it Crits normally.