something borrowed
Seventeen weapons were imported into Worlorn and retained the supernatural dwoemers
of the lands from which they came. It is known that while a Great Weapon exists, so lives
the weirmoniken traveller who brought it hence. It is known that while the wielder lives, the weapon
may not be Destroyed, Removed, Transformed, or Unmade. The weapons are presented in
the order of their appearance in the Worlorn system.
| Weapon | Wielder | Origin | Notes | |||
| Bardsong | Krimtag Gatmirk | Crosstime |
+6 Greyhawk Vorpal undedicated holy dagger.
Krimtag later suffered apotheosis and became the greater god of Improvement, Ko. The god was never seen to wield Bardsong. |
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| Blade Cusinart | Jil Sander | Trebor’s Lair | It is thought that blade cuisinarts were not unique within Trebor’s Lair. | |||
| Lifesbane | Hallenrakenthaller | Starguard | Black mithril Greyhawk vorpal (lawful) life-stealing longsword Wished into being by Hal. | |||
| Deathstick | Muad’dib | Crosstime (2nd Era) |
Chaotic Good Greyhawk longsword of Sharpness. | |||
| Flamelife | Remollinandore | Troy Ounces Proving Ground | Flame Tongue with special purpose against vampires. | |||
| Greyswandir | unknown | Crosstime |
This blade slew the deathgod, ending the first era of Crosstime.
It is known to have the same potential in Worlorn when empowered with a first era Crosstime rod of recharge. Prince Corwyn has been seen with the sword Greyswandir at the Court of Spam Gangrene. |
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| Black Sword | Eternal Champion | Melnibone | This blade is the prime from which Stormbringer et al. are derived. | |||
| Killer | Evingolis | Crosstime | This blade inspires the wielder in lieu of any Muse. To receive inspiration, the wielder must slay non-humans, holy persons, and/or iahklu. A non-human holy iahklu victim provides triple inspiration. This weapon appears to be constructed of lead and gold. | |||
| Widowmaker | Maltathar | Middle Earth (4th Age) |
Holy Weapon dedicated to Sekkar, a Balraug.
Eventually became a Morganti weapon. |
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| Iss Hogai | Eressea | Courts of Chaos |
Second Generation Artifact from the Topaz Stone.
+6 Topaz Holy Sword with ultimate resurrection plus healing abilities when drawn. Resurrected victims made permanently good, vis-a-vis Salt Peter and Morgan la Faye. Warns even non-good possessor of immanent danger. |
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| Lady Luck | Dira | Troy Ounces Proving Grounds | Rechargeable luck blade. Grants +10% probability shift per level of wielder; grants the Power of Wish whenever recharged through exposure to two Demonlord Red Lights. | |||
| Runesong | Krimtag Gatmirk | Crosstime |
+6 Greyhawk Vorpal undedicated holy rapier.
Krimtag later suffered apotheosis and became the greater god of Improvement, Ko. The god was never seen to wield Runesong. |
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| Shadowdancer | Michael Donn | unknown | Said to be a life stealing probability shifter even before made Morganti. | |||
| Basher | Champion Dwarfgod | Bob’s War Wagon World | Middle hammer of three. Follows Smasher. Precedes Crasher, a weapon foretold to be needed for the Ragnarok, apocalypse. | |||
| Shiho | Llewellyn ap-Owen | Drew | Galvorn vorpal two-handed sword. | |||
| Whistler | Ghisten | unknown | Crystal psionic sword, makes noise when swung in atmosphere. | |||
| Wyrmbane | Bianka | unknown | Originally a bastard sword, was sliced by monofilament line and retipped as longsword, and shard was hilted as shortsword. Wyrmbane the Lesser was the raw material Morgan la Faye used for her personal Morganti weapon. | |||
The next opportunity for Great Weapon creation occurred when three
weapons arrived simultaneously in the Cycle of Dreams: Dolkris welded by Erin
called the Betrayer; King Dancer wielded by Gorm; and Bruce wielded by
King Feramyr.
However, before this Crossing-in-the-Mist, Wyrmbane had been blooded
against a sentient Dragon. Whether three weapons arriving in Worlorn
during a single Crossing-in-the-Mist changed the mechanism, or the failure was
caused by a sentient choice, no more artifacts of the nature of Great Weapons were
advanced after Wyrmbane.
Dolkris eventually was taught to be Morganti, and the other two blades were well known
for their powers. Other weapons of note include Gold'n'Pretty of Bactor,
Ellindindar of Chrysofar, and Flessex, but none of these weapons truly
matched the power of the seventeen.
This is a tale told by Threnody. Listen, learn, and be wiser.
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