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The
blade, guard and hilt are all made of titanium. The blade is heavily runed
and encypted, whilst the hilt and guard are crafted in spiralling and entwining
loops. The grip is made from the hide of a deer.
Forged
in the Age of Ascension by the dwarven and elven weaponsmiths Astra was
a tribute to the creative talents of both races. It was for three centuries
the personal weapon of the Lord Cleric of the Stars who lived in
the Cloud Palace.
During the Age of Glory the Lord Cleric
toured the land proudly displaying it.
Entering the Age of Justice it was loaned
to Sarithius, Supreme Lord of War for the Elves to combat the Ogre Hordes
overrunning the elven forests to the south. Sarithius wielded it
right up to The Dark Rift. (Mainly due to there being no current Lord Cleric
of the Stars.) After the Dark Rift, Sarithius now a hunted elf by
both the humans and the dwarves carried the sword to the only place where
neither race would follow and gain possession of it. The underworld cities
of the Dark Elves. Here it was renamed Arcana Astra. (Secret Star)
and here it has remained for over nine hundred centuries.
During the Age of Desolation which followed
the Dark Rift it became the symbol of the ruling royal house. Any House
wanting to become the ruling house had to steal the sword from the current
owner. Sarithius was slain 23 D and the sword became the property of the
House of Ezaerus. Here it remained for 40 years before the House of
Keth'Tular launched a massive attack which has since never been repeated
by one Noble House. The sword was hidden deep within the House of Keth'Tular
and even the most of teh royal family didn't know of it's location. Only
the heir and the current
ruling monarch knew where it lay.
When Sabrae was born the sword was lost
to the House of Yulas upon her birth day. Hidden now in a armoury vault
inside the Yulas stronghold. It woudl remain untocuhed for 37 seasons before
Sabrae would return. The sword was finally discovered by Sabrae's Lord,
the Shadow Lord in 100 D. Given to her it is now her favoured weapon of
choice.
The
sword is highly magical and since it was held by the Shadow Lord it has
gained some truly interesting features. It is known to make the wielder
enter a furious rage. The rage is so intense that the wielder gains
an extra attack every round as well as the wielder becoming a
shadow.
Other offensive abilities exhibited
by the sword is the ability to cast spells of immense power. During a battle
with a red dragon, it was noted that when Sabrae drew the sword free of
the scabbard it instantly hit the dragon with a three forked lightning
bolt and created a whirlwind of stones that incircled the dragon preventing
it from breathing or flying. When it finally met the dragons tough scaled
skin it cut through it as if it was
just hay.
Other similar displays of power have
been demonstrated on other monsters, including a burst of blinding sunlight
that fried a vampire dead where it stood. It is believed many other features
are still yet to be discovered.
Whilst most of
the abilities displayed by the sword are of offensive nature it has been
noted that during battle the sword flashes periodically. What
exact this does is only known by Sabrae.
But two mages who are very good
friends of Sabrae noted that her open
wounds from battle were healed after one of the flashes and another time
her spells did so much damage that the mages thought they were fighting
alongside a Lord Wizard.
Sabrae
has never told anyone this but the sword speaks to her alot, infact more
often than note it's asking pertinent questions about whatever is taking
place about it. The sword while scabbard is blind and cannot see, but it
can hear and it can hear very well. It has already detected two would-be
assassins as well as various other creatures wondering near Sabrae that
she was unaware of.
The sword actually contains the spirit
of a cleric/mage of almost godlike power. But the spirit can't continually
use the powers it has repeatedly and so it limits it's usage to 4-8 times
per day. It tells Sabrae moments before it does anything what exactly it
will do. If Sabrae is just working and the sword is unsheathed around here
(10') it makes all spells cast by her or her friends 4 times as powerful.
But it can only maintain this power for a short period of time before as
it says, "sleeping".
When in combat it will run through all
of it's known spells and try and aid either Sabrae or her friends in someway.
Sabrae knows the sword doesn't have to be touching someone to heal them,
it can somehow pass the healing ability to that person.
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