Still somewhat at a loss. So the character I'm thinking about would wield a magic katana handed down in her family. It would have been one used against mages during their persecution. As such it's one that would give an ordinary human the capability to compete with a mage. But I can't quite put my finger on how best it should do that. I'm leaning toward it having something to be with magic sense as an aura. But beyond that I'm having difficulty.

Here's the image and inspiration of this concept:
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