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(Current Game Note: Bleys and Arlo have done extensive research of the developing "Swords Issues" They have come up with this information for the King and those others involved. Including of course, the PCs. Enjoy) | (Current Game Note: Bleys and Arlo have done extensive research of the developing "Swords Issues" They have come up with this information for the King and those others involved. Including of course, the PCs. Enjoy) | ||
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+ | <blockquote><span style=color:blue>''Who holds Coinspinner knows good Odds | ||
+ | ''Whichever move he makes | ||
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+ | ''But the Sword of Chance, to please the gods, | ||
+ | ''Slips from him like a snake.</span></blockquote> | ||
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+ | <blockquote><span style=color:blue>''The Sword of Justice balances the pans | ||
+ | ''Of right and wrong, and foul and fair. | ||
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+ | ''Eye for an eye, Doomgiver scans | ||
+ | ''The fate of all folk everywhere.</span></blockquote> | ||
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+ | <blockquote><span style=color:blue> ''Dragonslicer, Dragonslicer, how d'you slay? | ||
+ | ''Reaching for the heart in behind the scales. | ||
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+ | ''Dragonslicer, Dragonslicer, where d'you stay? | ||
+ | ''In the belly of the giant that my blade impales.</span></blockquote> | ||
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+ | <blockquote><span style=color:blue>''Farslayer howls across the world | ||
+ | ''For thy heart, for thy heart, who hast wronged me! | ||
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+ | ''Vengeance is his who casts the blade | ||
+ | ''Yet he will in the end no triumph see.</span> </blockquote> | ||
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+ | <blockquote><span style=color:blue> ''Whose flesh the Sword of Mercy hurts has drawn no breath; | ||
+ | ''Whose soul it heals has wandered in the night, | ||
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+ | ''Has paid the summing of all debts in death | ||
+ | ''Has turned to see returning light.</span></blockquote> | ||
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+ | <blockquote><span style=color:blue>''The Mindsword spun in the dawn's gray light | ||
+ | ''And men and demons knelt down before. | ||
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+ | ''The Mindsword flashed in the midday bright | ||
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+ | ''Gods joined the dance, and the march to war. | ||
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+ | ''It spun in the twilight dim as well | ||
+ | ''And gods and men marched off to hell.</span> </blockquote> | ||
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+ | <blockquote><span style=color:blue>''I shatter Swords and splinter spears; | ||
+ | ''None stands to Shieldbreaker. | ||
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+ | ''My point's the fount of orphans' tears | ||
+ | ''My edge the widowmaker. </span></blockquote> | ||
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+ | <blockquote><span style=color:blue>''The Sword of Stealth is given to | ||
+ | ''One lonely and despised. | ||
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+ | ''Sightblinder's gifts: His eyes are keen | ||
+ | ''His nature is disguised.</span> </blockquote> | ||
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+ | <blockquote><span style=color:blue>''The Tyrant's Blade no blood hath spilled | ||
+ | ''But doth the spirit carve | ||
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+ | ''Soulcutter hath no body killed | ||
+ | ''but many left to stave</span></blockquote> | ||
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+ | <blockquote><span style=color:blue>''The Sword of Siege struck a hammer's blow | ||
+ | ''With a crash, and a smash, and a tumbled wall. | ||
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+ | ''Stonecutter laid a castle low | ||
+ | ''With a groan, and a roar, and a tower's fall. </span></blockquote> | ||
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+ | <blockquote><span style=color:blue>''Long roads the Sword of Fury makes | ||
+ | ''Hard walls it builds around the soft | ||
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+ | ''The fighter who Townsaver takes | ||
+ | ''Can bid farewell to home and croft.</span></blockquote> | ||
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+ | <blockquote><span style=color:blue> ''Who holds Wayfinder finds good roads | ||
+ | ''Its master's step is brisk. | ||
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+ | ''The Sword of Wisdom lightens loads | ||
+ | ''But adds unto their risk.''</span></blockquote> | ||
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+ | [[File:1sword1.jpg]] | ||
Brand, the Lord of the Red Gale, had sought out artifacts and places of magical resonances as he learned the ways of power. In time, in a realm near the Stone of Skulls, he found these 12 powerful blades. He collected them all, much to the annoyances of the gods of that realm. When he acquired the Jewel of Judgment he came to a place of power and engraved them, raising them to a pinnacle of power. He put the Mindsword on his belt when he went to battle at the Abyss. Events there prevented him from drawing it and the victors of the battle are lucky for it. He took it over the edge when he was pierced by an arrow. What happened then is unknown, save that when he finally left the Abyss, he did not have it. . | Brand, the Lord of the Red Gale, had sought out artifacts and places of magical resonances as he learned the ways of power. In time, in a realm near the Stone of Skulls, he found these 12 powerful blades. He collected them all, much to the annoyances of the gods of that realm. When he acquired the Jewel of Judgment he came to a place of power and engraved them, raising them to a pinnacle of power. He put the Mindsword on his belt when he went to battle at the Abyss. Events there prevented him from drawing it and the victors of the battle are lucky for it. He took it over the edge when he was pierced by an arrow. What happened then is unknown, save that when he finally left the Abyss, he did not have it. . | ||
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===6. The Mindsword<nowiki>:</nowiki> The Sword of Glory/Skulltwister/The Sword of Madness=== | ===6. The Mindsword<nowiki>:</nowiki> The Sword of Glory/Skulltwister/The Sword of Madness=== | ||
− | <blockquote><span style=color:blue> | + | <blockquote><span style=color:blue>The Mindsword spun in the dawn's gray light |
− | + | And men and demons knelt down before. | |
− | + | The Mindsword flashed in the midday bright | |
− | + | Gods joined the dance, and the march to war. | |
− | + | It spun in the twilight dim as well | |
− | + | And gods and men marched off to hell.</span> </blockquote> | |
The Mindsword, when drawn, compels absolute and fanatical devotion to the person holding it. It flashes brightly as if catching the sun, and emits the faint roar of a cheering mob which cannot be blocked out by covering ears or averting eyes. All who are in visual or aural range are affected. Not even the gods of the Swords universe are immune to its power. | The Mindsword, when drawn, compels absolute and fanatical devotion to the person holding it. It flashes brightly as if catching the sun, and emits the faint roar of a cheering mob which cannot be blocked out by covering ears or averting eyes. All who are in visual or aural range are affected. Not even the gods of the Swords universe are immune to its power. | ||
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==Rumors and Disposition to the Blades== | ==Rumors and Disposition to the Blades== | ||
− | + | *Brand found the blades during the centuries before Patternfall. Having created the Red Gale none of his attempts to inscribe the blades worked. | |
− | Brand found the blades during the centuries before Patternfall. Having created the Red Gale none of his attempts to inscribe the blades worked. | ||
When the Battle of Patternfall occurred Brand wrested the Jewel of Judgment from Corwin after the creation of the pattern of Avalon. He then went to the red gale and finished attuning himself to the Jewel. To test his ability to control it he inscribed these 12 blades, although the Jewel controlled the final 5 inscriptions. Afterwards Brand transfered the blades to places of safety. | When the Battle of Patternfall occurred Brand wrested the Jewel of Judgment from Corwin after the creation of the pattern of Avalon. He then went to the red gale and finished attuning himself to the Jewel. To test his ability to control it he inscribed these 12 blades, although the Jewel controlled the final 5 inscriptions. Afterwards Brand transfered the blades to places of safety. | ||
*What happened to split them up is unknown but it spread them wildly across shadow | *What happened to split them up is unknown but it spread them wildly across shadow | ||
− | + | *Rinaldo, King of Kashfra & the son of Brand and Jasra, knew of the safe holding spot for 4 blades. 300 miles below the Keep of the Four Worlds in a small cubical. Those blades were Stonecutter, Wayfinder, Townsaver and Dragonslicer. | |
− | Rinaldo, King of Kashfra & the son of Brand and Jasra, knew of the safe holding spot for 4 blades. 300 miles below the Keep of the Four Worlds in a small cubical. Those blades were Stonecutter, Wayfinder, Townsaver and Dragonslicer. | ||
King Rinaldo entrusted Wayfinder to Sir Macsen, son of Dalt, in the pursuit of the Red Sword. He bore Stonecutter himself. | King Rinaldo entrusted Wayfinder to Sir Macsen, son of Dalt, in the pursuit of the Red Sword. He bore Stonecutter himself. | ||
− | Rinaldo used Stonecutter to topple a Tower in | + | Rinaldo used Stonecutter to topple a Tower in Brsain. |
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− | + | At the command of King Random, King Rinaldo brought the remaining two swords to Amber. After they were examined by experts It was determined that Macsen would continue to bear Wayfinder, Rinaldo would keep Stone Cutter, Prince Dalt would hold Townsaver, and Arloxedra was given Dragonslicer temporarily. | |
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− | + | *Soulcutter was discovered deep in the shadows of Avalon | |
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==Current Locations of the Blades== | ==Current Locations of the Blades== | ||
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