Arlo Renard
Chaldean Mystic
Left to right: The reforged sword of Tania; massive statue depicting Tania holding the sword in her left hand and staff in her right.
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To craft a sword/artifact with story potential.
- Image Source: Margarita Bourkova | Joon Ahn
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Tania Bayern
- Affiliation: Kai Bamarri
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: N/A
- Modularity: No
- Production: Unique
- Material: Dragonskin leather, songsteel
- Classification: Greatsword
- Size: Average
- Weight: Heavy
- Centuries-old sword that once belonged to Tania Bayern, a Chaldean historical figure of great importance
- Forged using meteorite ore
- Reforged using modern cutting edge smithing techniques
- Tania's Grace: The sword is lightsaber resistant and described as having a "weird aura" in the Force.
- Still Sharp: The blade is able to cut through most materials.
- Legendary Weapon: Carrying this priceless historical artifact grants the wielder a certain amount of clout among those familiar with the legend.
- Heavy: The sword is heavier than average.
- Claymore: The length of the blade requires more room to swing it around.
- High Maintenance: The blade must be sharpened so as not to lose its edge.
- Legendary Weapon: Whoever possesses this sword will draw unwanted attention from thieves and fanatics.
Tania Bayern is arguably the most important figure in Chaldean history, yet very little is known about her. This has led to many legends and myths about her life, some of them too wild and weird to be believed. At the very least, she is known to have existed - the numerous artifacts which have survived attest to the fact that a woman named Tania Bayern lived and died sometime during the Gulag Era, where she distinguished herself as the mother of the modern Chaldean Potentium and founder of the Order of Mystics.
This sword is one such relic. According to legendary sources, the weapon was crafted by Tania herself, using ore obtained from a meteorite that had crashed in Bamarre. She wielded it in many battles against numerous foes. At some point the blade was broken into several pieces, making it unusable. A prophecy was foretold that the sword would be reforged and wielded once again by someone with a "sibling-soul" to Tania herself.
The broken pieces were collected and stored in the Chaldean Academy's antiquities building for nearly five hundred years, where they were sometimes put on display for pilgrims to view. During the Chaldean Civil War, the sword was used in a ritual manner. Soldiers and knights of the Potentium would kiss the base of the broken blade before heading into battle in order to obtain "Tania's Pardon" - killing is seen as a grave sin in the Potentium, tolerable only in self-defense. This practice became widespread during the war, with Chaldeans kissing their blades before and after battle.
Recently the blade was reforged under the orders of the seer Persis Solusar and given to Kai Bamarri. Persis is convinced that Tania was in fact a Bamarri who had possessed the body of a human woman, and that Kai is the "sibling-soul" of the prophecy.
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