Good Ol' Scoundrel
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a pen that's more than just a pen for a bunch of mischievous Sith.
- Image Source: Caran d'Ache Caelograph Sirius 45 Gold Fountain Pen - image from here.
- Canon Link: N/A
- Development Thread: If needed
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Vitor Avendahl via Corondex Arms
- Model: N/A
- Affiliation: Vitor Avendahl, [member="Tai Fa"], [member="Maleagant"], [member="Thengil Ri'Shajirr"]
- Modularity: Yes
Poison type can be changed.
[*]Production: Semi-Unique
[*]Material: Delicately forged durasteel, Devaronian Blood-Poison
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Stylus Pen
- Size: Pen
- Length: 11cm
- Weight: 50g
- Concealed Poison
Touching a side button coats the edge of the pen with the poison, thus when stabbing someone with it. The poison is injected into their bloodstream. Holding that same button would make the poison drip, drop by drop, from the pen's edge - useful in terms of poisoning an edible or drinkable object.
Strengths:
- Surprise! : The pen is just a pen in appearance and in its normal usage. Granted, quite luxurious and wealthy looking, the pen's biggest strength is that a small vial of devaronian blood-poison is within it. As the pen's non-writing capabilities have been explained in the detailed special features section, we can only summarize that this can be indeed a dangerous and surprising tool in the right hands.
- Not really much of a weapon: The pen is no weapon for melee combat. It is more of an assassination tool than anything else. It cannot be wielded in combat and is in such situations, more or less, rendered useless.
- Low ink: There is not much space in an 11cm pen for too much poison and ink, as well. The poison is bound to end after a couple of uses.
Much does one learn when they embark on a war against underworld kingpins such as Fator Hra on Vorzyd V or even the wealthy Humbars family that ruled Humbarine. One of the lessons that Vitor had learned is the importance of surprise, cheap shots and behind the scenes actions. Let's be more specific - poisons. A primary weapon in the dealings of men that smiled at each other on the table but held their guns pointed at each other beneath it.
The Devaronian blood-poison, Vitor came to learn, was an extraordinary poison capable of inflicting an extreme amount of pain just upon contact with the skin, let alone injected into once's bloodstream. Such pain was a great sealer of deals, one would find, as it turned a bad offer on the table for the victim to an 'offer he could not reject'. How unfortunate for him.
When it comes to Sith, though, the opportunities are boundless. As dark side users, emotions such as pain, are extremely useful tools. They could feed off it, they could make one's mind easier to break into, they could even subdue someone to the point that they became a simple thrall. It all, of course, depended on the mastery of the Force the Sith possessed.
So many opportunities.
So many deals to seal.
P.S: You can write on your datapad with this as well, not only on paper. Pretty cool, right ?
