Artifacts of Krynn

Brightblade

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Useable by: Warriors

Used by: Berthel Brightblade, Bedal Brightblade, Bayard Brightblade, Galen Pathwarden di Caela Brightblade, Emelin Brightblade, Angriff Brightblade, Sturm Brightblade, Steel Brightblade

The sword of the Brightblades is a splendid two-handed sword, one of the finest swords dwarves have ever produced for humans. It is old fashioned with a beautiful golden dragonhead carved into the hilt and powerful dwarven runes of friendship and peace down the entire length of the blade. It is considered to be one of the finest swords dwarves have produced for humans. The Brightblade is approximately 3000 years old, but the blade is still as un-marred as it was the day it was forged.

History: In the time of Vinas Solamnus, one of Sturm's ancestors, Berthel (he taken the surname Brightblade later), defended a lone dwarven noble from a tribe of hobgoblins. Dwarf promised a reward to Berthel and one year later a delegation of dwarves brought a beautifully shining two-handed sword to Berthel's stronghold. The sword was engraved and enchanted with dwarven runes of friendship and peace. It bore the name Brightblade.

Berhel accepted the sword and took Brightblade as his surname. He served under the command of Vinas Solamnus against the Ergothians during the Rose Rebellion. Berthel became a trusted lieutenant of Vinas Solamnus.

When Berthel grew old, he passes Brightblade to his only child, Bedal. He defended a strategic pass from desert nomads and proved himself as heroic as his father.

The sword continued its history with the family for the next tree millenia, with a few minor diversions. After the Cataclysm, the owner of the Brightblade was slain and it was lost to ogres. Bayard Brightblade's (a descendant of Bedal Brightblade) Knight Quest was to retrieve the Brightblade. He returned the Brightblade in a week and Knightly Council awarded him his knighthood. Then Brightblade passes to Bayard Brightblade's adopted son, Galen Pathwarden di Caela Brightblade. When Bayard's true son came of age, Galen passed the sword to him.

Through history sword passed to Emelin Brightbladeand then Angriff Brightblade. The sword was lost during the peasant rebellion called the Outcrying. When Sturm came from Solace to seek his father, he claimed his inheritance and faced down Lord Wilderness' challenge of the heart. Sturm fell at the Tower of High Clerist during the War of the Lance and the Brightblade has come to represent the ideal of the knighthood.

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