Moonblade
Also known as: the Lunar Blade, Seraphina's Sword
A slender, double-edged sword of lunar-tempered aetheric steel, its blade distinguished by a crescent-shaped channel of pale resonant crystal running from cross-guard to tip. Throughout each monthly cycle the embedded crystal accumulates stored lunar mana, beginning as a faint luminescence at the new moon and building to a fierce silver radiance at full moon bright enough to read by and visible at bowshot range. The sword's balance is exceptional by any mundane standard, but it is in the final days before and during the full moon that the Moonblade reveals its true nature: the resonant crystal's frequency shifts, and the edge produces a tone audible only to magically sensitive ears that disrupts enchantments on contact, severs mana-bond constructs, and parts magical barriers as cleanly as it parts cloth. The cross-guard is cast in the shape of two crescent moons facing opposite directions, the same symbol as the empire's lunar festival banner.
Artifact Details
- Type
- Weapon
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Origin
- Forged by the master enchanter Seraphina Moontide of the Arcane Academy of Gleamspire during the Golden Age, the Moonblade was commissioned by the High Council as a gift for the lunar treaty signing with the Sylvanos Elves — a gesture of respect for elven reverence of the night sky. Seraphina spent three years perfecting the lunar-tempering process, alloying aetheric steel with fragments of a fallen moonstone retrieved from the Verdant Plains and attuning the crystal channel through twelve consecutive full-moon immersion baths in mana-charged spring water.
Overview
Moonblade is a legendary weapon in Landorya. Its known origin is Forged by the master enchanter Seraphina Moontide of the Arcane Academy of Gleamspire during the Golden Age, the Moonblade was commissioned by the High Council as a gift for the lunar treaty signing with the Sylvanos Elves — a gesture of respect for elven reverence of the night sky. Seraphina spent three years perfecting the lunar-tempering process, alloying aetheric steel with fragments of a fallen moonstone retrieved from the Verdant Plains and attuning the crystal channel through twelve consecutive full-moon immersion baths in mana-charged spring water.. Its most cited abilities include Stores lunar mana continuously, cycling from dim luminescence at new moon to brilliant silver radiance at full moon, At full moon, edge resonance disrupts active enchantments on struck targets, temporarily suppressing magical effects, and Silver light emission usable for illumination and functions as a warding light against creatures with aversion to moonlight. Accounts also warn of a drawback: The Moonblade craves the night sky. Its bearer experiences a growing restlessness during daylight hours that builds through the day into a compulsive pull towa…
History
The Moonblade served as the ceremonial sidearm of the Azarian ambassador to the Sylvanos Elves for over two centuries, worn at every major diplomatic function in the elven court, where its light was considered deeply auspicious by elvish custom. During the Ashen Rift Wars of Years 645-652, the sword passed to a field commander who used its enchantment-disrupting properties to neutralize a Drakonian war-sorcerer's barrier array, turning the Battle of the Cinder Pass. Its current whereabouts are listed as classified in the Arcane Registry.
Powers & Abilities
- ✦ Stores lunar mana continuously, cycling from dim luminescence at new moon to brilliant silver radiance at full moon
- ✦ At full moon, edge resonance disrupts active enchantments on struck targets, temporarily suppressing magical effects
- ✦ Silver light emission usable for illumination and functions as a warding light against creatures with aversion to moonlight
- ✦ Mana-bond constructs, summoned barriers, and tethered magical entities struck by the Moonblade suffer accelerated destabilization
Curse or Drawback
The Moonblade craves the night sky. Its bearer experiences a growing restlessness during daylight hours that builds through the day into a compulsive pull toward open sky at moonrise. Those who carry the sword for extended periods report difficulty sleeping indoors and an involuntary habit of gauging the time by the blade's glow rather than the sun.