Swordmasters of Ginaz
An isolated academy that turns out the finest blade-combat instructors in the Imperium.
Ginaz sits far from anywhere. Its training regimen is said to rival Sardaukar conditioning for sheer punishment. It pairs lethal blade skill with a personal code so strict it forbids a graduate from raising his sword for a cause he does not believe in. That combination is what makes Ginaz men so trusted as combat instructors and bodyguards. A House hiring one knows he will not sell out for gold, and he will not turn his blade on an innocent on the say-so of rank alone. Duncan Idaho trained there before he ever wore House Atreides colors. He became the school's ideal made flesh, a swordsman whose loyalty to Duke Leto matched his skill with a blade. He paid for that loyalty with his own life, buying the Duke's family time to run from the Harkonnen attack. Masters who carry the Ginaz name stay rare across the Imperium, prized as much for the code they live by as for what they can do with a blade.
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