Sarghathuld Sarghathuld , or " Orcbane " , was a legendary magical sword forged by dwarves to slay orc s , before becoming a sword of a king ' s royal guard , then finally a prize to a dragon , adventurers , and knights . Description . " Sarghathuld " was a short sword forged of " orcslayer " metal , which was of dull gray hue . " Sarghathuld " was etched in dethek runes on one side of the blade , while " Orcbane " was etched on the other side . A glowing gemstone was embedded in the pommel . Powers . " Sarghathuld " was made of orcslayer , an alloy of steel that was poisonous to orc s . It was also an " orc bane " weapon , so its touch was lethal to orc - kind . The glowing stone in the pommel continuously radiated light equivalent to a " daylight " spell . It could be blocked by covering the pommel . The weapon could also be made to unleash a powerful beam of energy at will , which blasted whatever it touched . The sword ' s magical powers came from the glowing gemstone in the pommel . Sages believed that even attempting to remove the stone would cause both it and the sword to lose all these powers . History . Master Smith Fyrfar Smokebeard forged " Sarghathuld " in the Year of the Many Serpents , 605 DR . This was one of over a thousand orcslayer weapons made over several years at the order of Deep King Tuir Stonebeard , in an effort to destroy the orcish realm of Vastar . " Sarghathuld " and the other weapons were enchanted by High Old One Turbaern , Blood Axe of Clangeddin , who was assisted by the human mage Beldossan and the elven sorceress Aleratha Ilnatar . " Sarghathuld " was granted to Ulnorn , a dwarven warrior . Wielding Orcbane , Ulnorn fought with courage in the dwarven battles against Vastar ' s orcs , culminating in that realm ' s fall in the Year of the Spellfire , 610 DR , and the rise of the dwarven kingdom of Roldilar . Ulnorn later journeyed to Myth Drannor in its heyday , and there dwarven craftsmen and elven mages further enchanted " Sarghathuld " . But with the fall of Myth Drannor in the Year of Doom , 714 DR , " Sarghathuld " disappeared from history for almost twenty years . But " Sarghathuld " found its way back into dwarven hands , and in the Year of the Splendid Stag , 734 DR , Ironlord Barundar mac Idrin of Earthfast presented " Sarghathuld " as a gift to King Halanter I of Impiltur on his coronation . Halanter was known as " Arausamman " , or " great friend " , to the dwarves of Earthfast , and was the first Impilturan ruler to make a pact with them . " Sarghathuld " lay in Impiltur ' s Royal Vaults for some time , and was eventually collected by Mage Royal Soargar in his tower as part of his mission to preserve the treasures of Old Impiltur as the realm fractured . He granted the collection , known as Soargar ' s Legacy , to Imphras I in the Year of the Dawn Dance , 1095 DR . " Sarghathuld " was one among a hundred - or - so magical weapons in the collection . These were granted to Imphras ' s loyal battle companions , who later became his Royal Guard . " Sarghathuld " remained in the hands of the Royal Guard until the Year of the Luminar Procession , 1127 DR . King Imbrar I led the Royal Guard and a troop of soldiers against the hobgoblins of the Giantspire Mountains — and all vanished without a trace . " Sarghathuld " and the other enchanted weapons were thought lost . " Sarghathuld " resurfaced a century and a half later , when Kesten Orthalin of the Grimblades adventuring company had the sage Arthylmas of Saerloon identify the blade . Given the Grimblades activities , " Sarghathuld " may have been plundered from some ruin in the lands around the eastern Inner Sea . Shortly after , however , the Grimblades were slain by the green dragon Urnalithorgathla in the Spiderhaunt Wood in the Dalelands and " Sarghathuld " lay another ninety years in her hoard . Finally , a force of dwarves slew Urnalithorgathla , and their leader , Borlin , claimed " Sarghathuld " to wield in battle . In the Year of the Wave , 1364 DR , Borlin led the Mithril Legion on a quest to reclaim the lost Mines of Tethyamar by the Dalelands . Then they , too , disappeared , and " Sarghathuld " with them . Othiiyr Velthrann , a sage from the city of Tsurlagol in the Vast , made his life ' s work the study of the magic swords of Soargar ' s Legacy . Othiiyr dedicated himself to recording the legends around them , and pieced together the history of " Sarghathuld " and other blades . Othiiyr assisted the Knights of Imphras II in their continuing quest to find the lost swords of Soargar ' s Legacy . " Sarghathuld " remained missing by the Year of Lightning Storms , 1374 DR , but the Knights were working to recover it .