Aetherite-Alloy Clock-Blade

Aetherite-Alloy Clock-Blade is a rare weapon in Landorya. Its known origin is Clock-Blades are a recognised artifact class within Gnomish craft tradition, produced by Steam-Smiths working in concert with Chronomancers under strict Balance Codex supervision. This exceptional specimen was commissioned by the Ministry of Mechanisms for the Captain of the Automaton Guardian Corps, its alloy processed in the Gearhaven foundries and its temporal runes certified by the Guild of Chronomancers.. Its most cited abilities include Phases briefly out of sync with normal time at the moment of impact, bypassing conventional armour, Stores up to 12 seconds of the wielder's kinetic memory, allowing a single strike to be replayed with perfect form, and Disrupts enemy Chronomancy on contact, resetting any active time-effect. Accounts also warn of a drawback: If the wielder exceeds the blade's 12-second kinetic memory without resetting the escapement, the stored energy discharges uncontrollably, locking the wielder'…

Carried by Captain Drevna Tocksworth during the Purge of the Soul-Gearing Heresy, the largest internal security action in Gearhaven's history, the blade was used to dismantle a rogue Automaton Wright who had attempted to bind a living soul into a Guardian chassis. After Tocksworth's retirement it passed through three successive Captains before being lost during a diplomatic escort mission near the Dwarven Ironpeak Mountains; the Alloy Exchange Treaty has since contained a quiet provision requesting its return if discovered in Dwarven territory.