Class Fantasy
Steel is a promise made where everyone can see it.
The visible edge of conflict. Warriors fight openly, endure hardship, and accept the cost of violence so civilization does not have to. Their advancement is purely martial - durability and the threat they project - and the world reads every blow. Steel and will; nothing else matters.
Warriors open fights, absorb the answer, and keep enemies exactly where the party needs them. Their best play is not only damage - it is deciding which threat is allowed to move.
Warriors rise through Threat Index and Hardiness. The world respects what survives openly, but it also remembers who made violence feel normal.