Horn of Valor

Horn of Valor is a legendary relic in Landorya. Its known origin is The Horn of Valor was crafted during the Second Deepcrush War by the Orcish war-shaper Grothaan the Unbroken, who served under the Warchief Malgura of the Ashvein Clans, a pivotal alliance of Orcish tribes that stood against the Talamhari earth-sentinels threatening to reclaim the surface war-plains. Grothaan hollowed the tusk himself, bleeding his own war-oath into each rune-cut so that the horn would carry not merely sound, but the living will of every Orc who had ever refused to kneel.. Its most cited abilities include When sounded, all allied combatants within earshot are suffused with Valor's Breath, granting them heightened strength, suppressed fear, and resistance to pain for the duration of the next clash., The horn's call carries a resonant Dread-note tuned to break the nerve of massed enemies; those of lesser will must succeed a contest of courage or falter and retreat for several heartbeats., and Once per great battle, the blower may sound the Undying Peal, a prolonged, trembling note that briefly raises the fallen in the immediate vicinity as unyielding Valor-Shades, solid enough to fight one final charge before dispersing.. Accounts also warn of a drawback: The horn demands a toll of will from its blower: each sounding ages the bearer's resolve, and one who uses the Undying Peal without Orcish blood in their veins…

The Horn of Valor first turned the tide at the Battle of the Sunken Gate, where Warchief Malgura's shattered flanks were on the verge of collapse until its Undying Peal raised three score fallen Ashvein warriors for one last charge, driving the Talamhari vanguard back into the deep-tunnels. It passed through generations of Orcish warchiefs until it was seized by the Human general Artos Veyne during the Sack of Kol-Durrath, becoming a trophy of the Veyne Compact and a source of lasting enmity between Humans and the Ashvein Clans. The Desert Scholars of the Sunscribed Archive later documented the horn extensively after Artos Veyne's heir, desperate for coin, sold it to their agents, though the Scholars kept it sealed and unstudied for decades, fearing its Dread-note would destabilize their sandstone vaults. It is believed to currently reside in the deepest reliquary of the Sunscribed Archive, though Orcish blood-seers of the reformed Ashvein Clans have recently begun sending agents to reclaim what they call the Voice of Grothaan.