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The Blade

Myth

Mythic Bastionland · p.57

Open source p.57

Index: d6=2 · d12=3

The

Blade

There it gleam’d as glore in meadow’s sight

That star-forged blade amark of warborne plight

Omens

0 of 6 encountered

1. A booming voice singing in the distance. A travelling cook belts out songs about the Blade’s previous owners, each reaching a tragic end (see opposite).
2. A cliff-side village, ruined long enough to be overgrown with moss and thorns. In a ruined chapel an altar is inscribed with: *Forsake in earth, unbroke by time* *Afore first draw, that greedsome war*
3. Band of 5 cutthroats think the Knights have the Blade or know its whereabouts.
4. Down a spiral of natural steps, a bloodied sharpening wheel screams on the wind. Can sharpen blades to a keen edge (+) but they break after their first Wound.
5. A cave concealed by a steaming waterfall is the resting place of the Scabbard, which destroys any blade placed inside. The waterfall scalds () anybody wielding a weapon, harmless to the unarmed.
6. A louse-infested dead forest. The Blade lies within, but travellers are lured by visions of something they truly desire.

Cast

The Blade, Sifrex, Ilglamvent

hefty, wounded targets are utterly destroyed. The Blade’s wielder loses SPI after each Attack.

Cutthroats, Colan, Fia, Elga, Ness, Ruac

GD 2

Longknife (), 2 javelins () Colan has a halfshield (, A1), angelic features, never sleeps, can *Focus.* He is truly bloodthirsty; the others less so.

Granddad Louse, Rollyromple, Rockbug

GD 5

A2, or A4 when rolled up (plated shell) Scuttering bite () Hungers for wooden items to hide in its lair and eat later. Fancy items appeal most.

Past Wielders
d6
1	Erdyg, Shamed Knight	Throat cut
2	Belwin, River Bandit	Hanged from tree
3	Gwelhelm, Butcher	Poisoned feast
4	Ordrig, Tower Guard	Crushed by boulder
5	Regan, Cup Knight	Lost underground
6	Lervlin, Squire	Drowned in river

Dwelling: Toll bridge~Sanctum: Tiny island~Monument: Guarded reliquary~Hazard: Gulping marsh~Curse: Merciless winds~Ruin: Looted shrine