Blood Iron

Blood Iron was a unique enchanted short sword created by Hekedder, a wicked barbarian shaman, many years before the late 13 century DR.
==Description==
The weapon was a crudely forged iron sword. The blade's metal was covered in gouge marks and dents from the shaman's unskilled hammer strikes. Blood Iron's handle was a simple wrapping of bright red leather.
==Powers==
Despite its crude appearance, Blood Iron possessed a powerful +4 enchantments that guided the wielder's hand towards the target and ensured the weapon's damage to be much deadlier than that of a regular weapon. Additionally, Blood Iron's necromantic magics healed the wielder with each successful strike. However, due to the weapons dark enchantments, it could only we wielded by creatures of neutral or outwards evil morals.
==History==
Blood Iron was forged by Hekedder, was a shaman of low morals. He forged and enchanted the crude blade and gifted the sword to his cousin. In the years that followed, the cousin and all subsequent wielders of Blood Iron found themselves hated because of its evil necromantic taint, which was much reviled by the barbarian tribes of the Frozen North. Hekedder's creation became infamous among his people long before the , with them thinking that even uttering the sword's name to be a curse.
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Category:Iron items
Category:Magic items
Category:Weapons
Category:Magic weapons
Category:Swords
Category:Magic swords
Category:Short swords
Category:One-handed swords
Category:Piercing weapons
Category:Uthgardt items
Category:Items from the Frozenfar
Category:Items from Icewind Dale
Category:Items from Northwest Faerûn
Category:Items from Faerûn
Category:Items from Toril
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