Ghost Keeper

Steel Realms
Ghost Keeper is a slim sword that is obviously of elven make, though it lacks any identifying prestige mark. The blade is mentioned only a few times in records, and only as a side note that “it was wielded by an individual at the time of X event”. It is a weapon that lives up to its name by protecting its wielder against spirits and non-corporeal undead.

Ghost Keeper

The blade itself is not known for its presence in any battles of note, and vanishes from all records several hundred years ago. The records of its sightings indicates it changed hands several times, until it ended up with a collector in the far south who seemed intending on putting together a band of adventurers in some foolish notion of collecting relics from the fallen Tower Lands of the south. They, and the blade, were never heard from again.

Item Powers (common and Attuned) can be found under Common Knowledge tab.

Chronicle of Ghostkeeper

Information Sources: Mundane Reference | Associated Phenomenology Only | Specific Lore

Knowledge is broken down by ease of discovery/accessibility. If nothing is indicated, assume it is Pervasive.

Pervasive Knowledge / Very Easy Difficulty

Ghost Keeper is a slim sword that is obviously of elven make, though it lacks any identifying prestige mark. The blade is mentioned only a few times in records, and only as a side note that “it was wielded by an individual at the time of X event”. It is a weapon that lives up to its name by protecting its wielder against spirits and non-corporeal undead.

The blade itself is not known for its presence in any battles of note, and vanishes from all records several hundred years ago. The records of its sightings indicates it changed hands several times, until it ended up with a collector in the far south who seemed intending on putting together a band of adventurers in some foolish notion of collecting relics from the fallen Tower Lands of the south around CY 8600. They, and the blade, were never heard from again.

The few historians who have ventured to comment on its origins, even evlen sages in Port Towne, find no known exact matched style.

Common Knowledge / Easy Difficulty

It seems to have come out of the north, the Rhyl forest area contains some of its first mentions (in old records compiled in the Merchant Cities of the North) when it was carried out of the ruins of a ghostly castle hidden on the edge of the woods in the Vale of Meargensdale area. It is at least two thousand years old by evidence of the styles it was made with, though it looks freshly forged. It gleams and glitters, and water coalesces on the blade as it moves through the air – leaving a faint mist behind its path.

Item Purpose: The silencing of spirits.

Common Properties

SPIRITS = Spiritus or Non-Corporeal Undead

  • Detection: Ghostkeeper vibrates silently in its wielder’s hand when SPIRITS are within 20m if they Concentrate for a moment.
  • Revealment: Invisible/incorporeal or Ethereal creatures attacking the wielder do not gain surprise, advantage or any other benefit – the mist the blade radiates coalesces into a light frost on them and they can be sensed and targeted as normal until the end of the round.

Lesser Attunement (1 Essence total)

  • Scourge vs. Spirits: The blade is especially wrathful to SPIRITS.
  • Spiritus Ward: The wielder is immune to all manner of Spiritus menace – they are treated as if they were fully warded.
  • Possession Ward: The wielder is immune to possession.
  • Fear Ward The wielder is immune to any mystical sources that can cause the effect or conditions of Fear/Frightened/Terror.

Greater Attunement (2 Essence total)

If it kills or banishes any SPIRITS, the wielder gains a measure of SPIRITCHAIN.

i20™ Ghostkeeper Details

This sword can be wielded proficiency as either a rapier or a long sword.

Scourge vs. Spirits: When the blade is within 5m of SPIRITS, the blade is +1 Attack, +1 Damage, +1 Initiative, and the wielder gains a +1 AC. All manner of resistances against Ghostkeeper by SPIRITS are negated, and immunity is reduced to resistance.

SPIRITCHAIN: As an action, The wielder may use 1 measure (reducing the total by 1 permanently) and cast the Spirit Guardians spell.

iCore iCore™ Ghostkeeper Details

Estimated Value: ? (Silver Crowns)

Item Source: i20™ 2023

Rare Knowledge / Very Hard Difficulty

Warning
Obscure/Hidden Knowledge is not generally available in known references; It is not necessarily Forbidden.
DO NOT READ BEYOND THIS POINT unless a character has the capability to gain such knowledge [through association, organization, or relation] if they do not possess it themselves or the reader intends to participate in scenarios using this material as a PLAYER! GM Narration will typically provide relevant information by check or story.

Ghost Keeper is a relic from the Elven Kingdom of Ilyndria Frostshine. In the hands of an Illyndrian elf, its frost defense does damage to all SPIRITS in a near radius.

Realm's Aptitude Powers: Divine, Occult, and Psychic