Khazid ' hea Khazid ' hea was a sentient and magical sword . " Khazid ' hea " meant " Cutter " in the Drow language , and it was often referred to as such . Description . " Khazid ' hea " was a finely crafted longsword that could cut through flesh , bone , armor , and even rock . The edge of its blade glowed with a barely - perceptible line of red light . It was able to change its pommel to appeal to a prospective wielder . The sword itself was sentient , and could project its " thoughts " into the user ' s head and even affect his or her reasoning . On some occasions , users went into battle against impossible numbers without realizing it until their enemies lay dead before them . In the process , they often got hurt , but didn ' t notice . Distance was the only true way to escape from " Khazid ' hea ' s " influence , although if the wielder and sword had spent many years together , a kind of vague telepathic connection remained between them . " Khazid ' hea " was always hungry for blood and battle , and it was never sated . Khazid ' hea had one desire : to be held by the greatest warrior . It would even accept its ' wielders death in the pursuit of a better wielder . History . Creation . One version of " Khazid ' hea " ' s creation indicated it was in fact a demon ic intelligence that was forced into the form of a sword in the Abyss around the third millennium before Dalereckoning . Another version claimed that " faerzress " emanations in the Underdark had given it sentience . Underdark . Cutter was once one of the longswords wielded by Dantrag Baenre , the weapons master of House Baenre in Menzoberranzan . While it was carried by the Baenre weapons master , the sword ' s hilt appeared as a demon ' s head . When Drizzt Do ' Urden led Catti - brie and Artemis Entreri from Menzoberranzan , Dantrag confronted them ; Drizzt and the Baenre drow came to blows . Drizzt defeated Dantrag and thus acquired the sword . After Drizzt ' s victory , the sword changed its pommel into the head of a unicorn ( the symbol of Mielikki , Drizzt ' s goddess ) . However , preferring his scimitars to the longsword , Drizzt gave Cutter to Catti - brie and , after she dominated the sword ' s will , it accepted her ; adopting the form of the panther , Guenhwyvar , for its hilt , with the symbols of the dwarven gods etched into its side . Surface . During the conflict with Obould Many - Arrows , Catti - brie was wounded and unable to engage in combat . Khazid ' hea became furious and ensnared Delly Curtie , Wulfgar ' s jealous and neglected wife . The power of the sword , too great for Delly to control , consumed her and soon led her to her death at the hands of a group of orc s . Though Cutter was wielded by several of the orcs for a while , it eventually found its way back into the hands of Drizzt Do ' Urden , who used it during his fight with Obould . Drizzt lost the blade after it became stuck in Obould ' s armor . When he tore his armor off ( to rid himself of enchanted spider buckles Kaer ' lic Suun Wett had planted there , so he would die in battle ) , Obould took up Khazid ' hea . However , he threw it away as soon as it shouted for him to wield it as his own ; Obould believed it to be trickery on the part of Drizzt . Later , Khazid ' hea was wielded by Tos ' un Armgo , after he found it in the armor left behind by Obould Many - Arrows . Tos ' un eventually realized that he did not have as much command over the weapon as he believed . Therefore , he returned the sword to Drizzt , who donated it to the elves of the Moonwood for study . Inheritance . However , Tos ' un ended up with the sword once again and decided to pass it on to one of his two children in 1484 DR . His daughter , Doum ' wielle Armgo , won the duel that decided who it was to go to ; in anger and under the influence of the sword , her brother , Teirflin Armgo , attempted to kill her with " Khazid ' hea " in the middle of the night . She turned the sword on him , killing him , then fled in horror and fear . The sword took her under its control . Tos ' un eventually found her and traveled with her to the Underdark . When Tos ' un and Doum ' wielle returned to Menzoberranzan , Matron Mother Quenthel Baenre first gave " Khazid ' hea " to Andzrel Baenre . When he failed to master the sword , she gave it back to Tos ' un . Doum ' wielle ended up with the sword once again , but in 1485 DR she dropped it in a river . Despite the distance , " Khazid ' hea " was able to feel the death of Tos ' un due to spending so much time at his hip .