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|jap-name={{ruby|{{hl|剣聖|Sōdo esukatosu}}|ソードエスカトス}}

|jap-mean=Officially romanized as '''Sword Eschatos'''; literally translates as "sword saint". In ''Radiant Dawn'', all Japanese class names are spelled primarily in kanji (i.e. {{lang|ja|剣聖}}), with a foreign-language name in katakana applied as [[wikipedia:Furigana|furigana]] (i.e. {{lang|ja||ソードエスカトス}}) and used as the basis for the romanized name in the class roll.<br>In feudal Japanese culture, ''{{lang|ja-Latn|kensei}}'' ({{hl|剣聖|Kensei}}) was a title given to a [[Myrmidon|swordfighter]] ({{hl|剣士|Kenshi}}) of legendary skill. It is even higher in prestige than the title ''[[Swordmaster|kengō]]'' ({{hl|剣豪|kengō}}), which was bestowed upon great swordfighters.<br>The ''Radiant Dawn'' furigana/romanized name, Sword Eschatos, is taken from the Greek {{lang|grc|ἔσχατος}} ''{{lang|grc-Latn|éschatos}}'', "furthest" or "extreme", implying the class is the "greatest swordsman".