Ten of Swords

                          is a professional arcane historian and hobbyist pharmaceutical chemist who unintentionally entered the spotlight decades ago, following the 'makoto mori incident'. despite the massive amount of fame she's garnered thanks to his research, the one known only as 'ten of swords' is a figure as mysterious as he is renowned. for better or worse, everyone in this world has heard the name: they've seen him on the news, on billboards, and at every celebrity event in the past sixty years.
all for good reason, of course: ten of swords is the public 'face' of the swordsworn ritual, after their efforts to produce a standardized and safe process to complete it in the days following the resurgence. you've got to either love him or hate him, but it's probably the former, right? the world is a much better place thanks to her, isn't it?
he may very well be this world's best chance of surviving yet another re-emergence of the scorned, after all.

still, despite ten's overwhelming fame, and the fact that she may very well be the most influential figure in this world, he is strange and unusual, and no one knows what they're truly up to behind the scenes. was bringing magick back into the wider public scope after all these centuries really what she wanted?