Tizona

Tizona was a legendary rapier wielded by Finn Hamm. Originally forged in year 4675 of the post-Imperial era, it was first wielded by Ser Salazar the Black, marshal of the Valencian Guild for the monastic Templar brotherhood. Sivella was by far the most formidable Templar stronghold throughout the 4600s, with their financial and military dominance over the Audax continent allowing them to dispatch expeditionary armies throughout all Aquila in their eternal crusade against the followers of the Old Ways. Most notably, Salazar led the Guild on a quest to far-off Ertdor to help the Sultan of Kazimir destroy the occult armies overwhelming Alamut and threatening to cross over into Imperial territory. With Tizona in hand, Salazar slew countless practitioners both martial and civilian, culminating in the violent sacking of the Temple of the Beyond in Zalibar which forced the magi into hiding for decades. His victories earned Tizona a reputation as the scourge of the Old Ways, snuffing out darkness wherever it traveled.
Years later, an elderly Salazar was assassinated by cultists who thereafter brought his legendary sword to Alamut, entombing it in the catacombs below the Temple of the Beyond in symbolic tribute to the innocents culled by its steel. There it remained until 4801 when the Acolytes of the Beyond or "Kokushi," self-styled successors to the Temple's original custodians, exhumed the blade and performed a series of rituals to corrupt its power, using their dark enchantments to twist it into a relic of the shadows rather than the light. Imbued with the anguished souls of Salazar's victims, the sword was then used by the Acolytes' master, archmage Izahdera, in a ritual to grant him power over the Oracles of Kazimir, a plot thwarted by the heroic Outlanders. With Izahdera slain, Tizona remained hidden in the bowels of the Temple until the remnants of the Acolytes returned to Zalibar in the 4820s and recovered it along with a trove of other ancient artifacts associated with the religion of the Old Ways. It was stolen by erstwhile acolyte and pirate captain Finn Hamm in the 40s, effectively the last straw which saw him expelled from the order. It remained in his possession for the rest of his career, even up to his begrudging reconciliation with the Acolytes which eventually led to the founding of the House of Mortis. Popular legend speculates that Tizona was the blade which ended the famous Jeremiah Garland's life in the bloody Siege of Dreiton.
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