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The longsword, while made by a famous Duderet Armory of County Faer, was not engraved, or heavily stylized – by all accounts it was unadorned and plain other than the large yellow family stone in the pommel – though it was silvered.
The blade was famously wielded by the warrior woman of the noble family of the Riverdan of Tuflim named Astayd Vongleur (’vhon-glu-er’ Lineage) in a great battle. Astayd was a 2nd daughter of the noble family of Tuflim at that time, but had left to seek her fortune and returned as one of the World Watchers of the High King.
As you grasp it, you can faintly hear a horn sound, then it is broken as if it were struck. Faintly the wind carries the sound of cheers, then it fades.
Item Purpose: Rallying troops.
Blood & Service Bound: Some of its abilities are tied to the family bloodline and the role of World Watcher.
Family Bloodline > Dancing Lights # times per day = Proficiency Bonus of wielder.
As long as it is wielded in hand by the possessor, they gain the following benefits:
If a Bard wielder uses Inspiring Leader or Orate, they dont have to speak the same language as long as they can move and make eye contact and the target is not considered alien.
Estimated Value: ? (Silver Crowns)
Item Source: i20™ 2023
It gained its name in CY 7259, at the battle of Bentwillow Creek in the east of Bar-Innis, during the first major battle it was used in. Astayd and her cavalry rode their wedge deep into the ranks of the warlord Kurst. Kurst was a local war-band leader that had gathered mercenaries, bandits, and thieves to him, and controlled three small hamlets and the crucial trade town of Bentwillow Cross. He had come as a mercenary himself years before, and abandoned the Baron who had hired him when he could not pay. Without direction himself and owed money, he killed the local lord’s son and drove his family out. He gathered the soldiers he once commanded and the worst armed men of the local region and set out to conquer. He was trying to expand his territory from eastern Bar-Innis into the Riverdans in a big way – he saw the Riverdans as weak during a time of political unrest and easily culled. In a large pitched battle, she cut down the horn signaler and helped turn the tide for her Riverdan folk, fighting alongside a couple hedge knights or the earldom and the Baron of Bentwillow. A local knight of Bar-Innis was able to kill the warlord who was fleeing without the cover the horn could have signaled. This ended a period when the Earldom of Bar-Innis was in unrest itself from larger political changes and on the verge of civil war.
The sword passed to her descendants and it was lost on the The Maithen Plateau of The Riverdan of Tufflim in CY 8802 when the host on the plateau was scoured by the druids, along with the inhabitants and Orrish besieging it. At the time, it was being wielded by a brave hedge knight – sir Luther Gadroit of Umbak – who was betrothed to the daughter of the Lady of Tuflim at that time.