So maybe I am seeing things wrong, but I noticed something odd when I was finally able to make my thralls.
I did as Mason said in one of the comments, get a follower into the blades, kill them, removed everything except the ceremonial weapon, thrall them, then fast travel to make them have new gear on them.
I did that with one follower, but the second one, I just killed and raised immediately, and I noticed that they had the ceremonial weapons equipped and not the blade sword.
Should I kill, strip, thrall both of them? How can I be sure they will use the blade sword?
So maybe I am seeing things wrong, but I noticed something odd when I was finally able to make my thralls.
I did as Mason said in one of the comments, get a follower into the blades, kill them, removed everything except the ceremonial weapon, thrall them, then fast travel to make them have new gear on them.
I did that with one follower, but the second one, I just killed and raised immediately, and I noticed that they had the ceremonial weapons equipped and not the blade sword.
Should I kill, strip, thrall both of them? How can I be sure they will use the blade sword?