[@Syn]I think the general idea is that we'd all be in one group, so if secondling does get around to accepting Sloth's initial idea then it'd be difficult to also include a guy who is currently looking for said sword.

Sidenote: frick I forgot to intro myself. Name's raijin, been stalking this thread for a bit and was initially going to offer my idea before I butted my nose in so. . . whoops

Side-sidenote: anyway, my general idea can kinda be summed up as "Wuxia Ghost in the Shell"

basically, The rundown was that he was your classic retainer-type warrior, extremely loyal to his master. Was tasked with defending his master's young daughter, who he began to see as his own.

Dark ritual happens involving master sacrificing his strongest, most loyal retainers as well as the daughter, to bring a puppet to life via a pact with demons. However, my dude manages to take control of the puppet from the demons via pure force of will as well as rage at the betrayal of himself and his comrades. Goes on a mad rampage and kills a lot of people, only to be stopped by the daughter's spirit when he was about to slaughter an innocent mother and child.

Has now been wandering for 10-20 years barely clinging to his humanity as he feels the demonic magic tied to his body try and push him to commit acts of violence. Often wonders if he still fights for himself or if it's due to the dark forces worked into his form.

Special abilities that he has, aside from everything that being a living puppet entails, is that he's able to call upon the skills of those that were sacrificed along with him. this was initially something like 20 styles, but over the years, many of those souls have been degraded into nothingness from his channeling of them, thus leaving him with, like, 5 or so fighting styles to choose from at present, including his own.

Not sure how viable this idea is with Wuxia, but i like the idea of a man bereft of his honor, his life, and even his humanity struggling to do good, while also questioning why he even still goes on.