Famines's Taint
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Intent: To create a unique weapon to be wielded by current and future bearers of the title Black Assassin/Aspect of Famine within the Sith Assassins.
Development Thread:
Manufacturer: Darth Lykos (Forging the blade), Darth Abyss (Everything else).
Model: N/A.
Affiliation: Black Assassin/Aspect of Famine
Modularity: No,
Production: Unique.
Material: Alchemised Durasteel.
Classification: Dagger.
Size: One-Handed.
Length: 0,36 m. 8cm hilt, 26cm Blade
Weight: 0.7kg.
Special Features:
- Able to inflict a "Famine Blight".
- Resistant to Lightsabers and Blasters.
Strengths:
- Resistant to Lightsaber and Blasters through Alchemisation.
- Able to inflict a "Famine Blight" through the Sith Runes etched into the Blade if the blade is able to touch the blood of a living being. By altering the physical structure of the blood, a fast acting, but short lived (fades from the blood after around an hour) virus is created, which forces the targets body to burn through nutrition in a highly amplified rate. While a single cut only gives the victim a slight lightheadedness, prolonged contact or infliction of several cuts in short time can drain all nutrients from the victims body. Other than actual poison it is far harder to defend from the virus both with the force or with conventional means
- Invite only: The magic is made so it only answers to the individual filling the role of the aspect of famine/the black assassin inside the sith assassin. If another touched the hilt or blade, a short burst of the famine Blight will be inflicted on him or her.
- Famine: A version of the blight can be summons upon consumable objects like food and water, if the object is in close range and the following incantation is spoken: "Tave jena'tes buti malotré, mezdi sis visuom alkuza ir solu" (The darkness is sacred, leave this world hungry and tainted). If inflicted on an object, it will start to rot over time (different from object to object, but with a max of one day) and if consumed it will infect the consumer with famine blight.
Weaknesses:
- Gives of a slight Dark Side aura, meaning that is someone were to be specifically searching for such a feeling of Darkness within the Force, it is possible it could be sensed.
- Famine Blight: While the blade holds the most part of the magic, the hilt is still inflicted with the power of the runes. When used for a short time the effects are neglectable, but if used in a prolonged fight, the knife while slowly begin to take a toll on its user, inflicting him or her with a reduced version of the blight
Description: A blade commissioned by the Black Assassins and Aspect of Famine, Darth Abyss, to serve as the official weapon of the Seat. The blade was forged by the hands of Darth Lykos to Abyss' exact specifications. From there it was alchemised, granting it its resistance against lightsaber and blasters by Lykos before being passed on to Abyss, who then applied the Sith Rune Clusters to the blade. The Runes within the Cluster were Lith'valor, Ziggra'nar and Telamath: The first one hold the information of the actual virus, the second is the one alters the structure of the blood cells (or organic material if used on an object), and the last one creates the virus DNA inside the altered blood cells to set the virus free. Korribunious, Pac'mor'ah and the Sith Master Rune are used to give the rune structure form, balance and strength.
The blight isn't like a conventional poison, and more alike an actual bio weapon. If infected, and individual has to clean all infected blood fast enough to stop the diseases spreading. The body itself will start to fight it with time, but due to the fact that the virus is made of already existing body cells, it takes quite a while in the most cases for it to find the infected cells and destroy them. The only reason why the blight by itself isn't lethal in most cases if the fact the the virus starts to die within an hour, as only the magic of the runes can keep it fully functional. Like most rune magic, the effect was made permanent by baptizing the runes in blood, while channeling energy through them. In case of the knife, blood from several homeless, starving men and woman, to be in tune with the disease that the knife creates.
