Editing Arlaan (section)

= Covenant Items =
[[Arlaan's old covenant items]]
'''Note from Bill:''' I'm going to try to replace what I'd done before with brief idea generators, rather than something with depth in flavor or structure.

==== Dark Blade of Dakuel ====

This is a large scimitar made of a strange metal, impossible for anyone to identify (it's adamantine from Pelluria, a metal that isn't found in Eredane).  It has a particularly thin, dark blade, and though it looks to be almost the size and design of a falchion, it can be used as a scimitar.  At the base of the crossbar is the clear inscription "Dakuel Fine Steels" in Courtier.  There are rumors that it has a slightly smaller twin, both of which were used by a fabled Sarcosan ruler.  He used them to slay a king and conquor that region, then used in his older years as a marauding invader of Eredane.  By the time the Dornish and Sarcosan kingdoms were at peace, both swords were lost.

==== The Paw Club ====

This looks like an old, rusty iron belaying pin, the top of which is shaped like an ape's paw.  It has a wrapped handle and can easily serve as a club, if used as a weapon.  It was once a simple belaying pin used on the ship ''The North Scanapo'', which was a common sight off the shores (and in the ports) of southern Erenland about 230 years ago.  The crew was beset by a mysterious creature no one had ever seen before, and could not be identified, while attempting to investigate rumors of a small island chain far from the east coast of Eredane.  The creature was not large, but it was vicious and slaughtered most of the crew.  One of the humble crewmen felled the beast with this pin, but how he was able to do so remained a mystery, as most weapons did nothing against it.  With a skeleton crew (in one case this was literal) ''The North Scanapo'' made it to Asmadar, where it sank.  The crewman who used the Paw Club made it to shore as the sole survivor of the crew, and felt strangely compelled to deliver the pin to a mysterious man (somewhere).  Once this was accomplished, a minor mishap resulted in his death and the belaying pin was never seen again.

==== Lion-Faced Mask ====

This is a mask with the face and mane of a lion.  It has a long fur mane that is made to drape over the back of the wearer's head, regardless of (and not interfering with) what is normally worn on the head.  Some orcs found it once in the base of a large mountain, and once it was donned, turned the wearer into a gargantuan beast.  Others attempted to wear it after the death of the crushed giant (there wasn't enough space) and found that it had a different result for every wearer (generally very beneficial), but each had a burning desire to seek out a particular sword.  While wearing the mask, the secrets of this sword are known, but cannot be communicated to others - after the mask is removed only the knowledge of the desire for the sword is remembered.  None of these orcs were pathwalkers, however, and the mask may react differently in the hands of one.