Talk:Arie Family/@comment-26484417-20160405071834/@comment-26484417-20160407114156

Unfortunately, Baam's attack was unnamed and therefore irrelevant to this thread. Moreover, there are two distinct terms here:  "The power of the Arie family"—the topic of the remark—, which has been established as the ability to wield swords in high density Shinsoo, possibly even manifesting Shinsoo swords. You could call it the innate benefit of the Arie swordsmanship, though it's simultaneously its prerequisite. "Arie swordsmanship"—the topic of the thread—, which is a school of swordsmanship that contains finite amount of techniques that are taught to the practitioners thereof. It's more than likely that more notable masters of the style add personal touches and enhancements to the style, creating separate set of techniques in the process. These techniques are no longer part of the Arie swordsmanship, they are extensions. This distinction is even more pronounced when these techniques share a common theme; one that suggests dependence on something (e.g., souls) that cannot be learnt by other practitioners of the Arie swordsmanship. 