Zaahnwir

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She let her creation do the talking - with a flourish, she removed the cloth. Carastor’s mouth fell agape. He kept trying to form sentences, but after a few tries, he could only manage one. ‘It’s… it’s bloody beautiful.’Alanahaela ran her hands through her hair, absent-mindedly getting soot into her silver locks. ‘It needs a name, of course!’ Carastor finally managed to say. ‘Something fitting.’Alanahaela looked over the blade, with its elegant hilt and commanding, graceful body. ‘Zaahnwir,’ she said proudly. Reverting to Common, she chuckled. ‘The Rose of the Gods.’- The smith Northstar to Carastor, around -33 DR.
Zaahnwir, Hazirawn, informally The God Slayer, The Sword as Black as Stars or simply The Black Blade was an ancient High Elven sword forged by the half-celestial half-elf Northstar in The Alderei. Made out of silver-hued meteoric iron, it was intended as a gift for a lord of the time, Regulus Kingmaker, before the year -30. At this time, the Lusken Empire was not a thing, but Regulus' lordship was the closest thing to its ancestor. The sword's name meant 'Rose of the Gods' in Alder.
The blade fell out of memory, and was slowly corrupted by unknown means. It resurfaced in the hands of a dragon-worshipping cult, where Wajilaran used it to kill two forest spirits and countless innocents.
Just before the year 0, Tyrvok was freed by several odd heroes. Not long after, Wajilaran killed Tyrvok.
By this time, the sword had turned black, and gained the ability to store the souls of those it slew. The stronger the soul, the less likely it would fade into the 'static soup' of all the minor beings it had killed.
It passed out of mind and sight for long after, for countless centuries.
It was next seen in the hands of Vezrath Startouched in 1490, who had taken it from Jarren Weyloran, who in turn had taken it from Rezmir Wyrmspeaker. You may be sensing a pattern here. 
Hazirawn left a wake of death wherever it went. It was also the fascination of Karrus XXIII Weyloran, who was trying to avenge his father's efforts.
It was then taken by Trajan the Terrible, who fled, Karrus at his heels. Trajan took it through Bracken, and later to Rakkimar in 1493 or so.
In 1516, Thovir wished via Djinn for a crude copy of the sword, which came to be known as Hazirtwain. 
Luke Stormwind dueled Trajan for the blade in 1553 and took ownership of it. It was used to kill Velarin Naysayer amongst others, but then passed out of sight and mind again, as it usually did... 
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