Sword of Adha

The Sword of Adha was a powerful sword gifted to the Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad by his lover Adha.
==Design==
The sword's most distinguishing feature was in the composition of its wide and double-edged blade, with a profile matching that of a Type XIV European sword according to the .Azerad, Eyal. "Oakeshott and his Typology – Part II". Darksword Armory. 18 January 2017. Accessed 1 April 2020. The fuller, extending a little over half the blade, glowed an enchanting, sapphire blue. A single round sapphire jewel was embedded at the center of the gleaming, broad handguard. Overall, this weapon was suitable for both thrusting and slashing, and superior to all the previous swords that Altaïr wielded during his Quest for the Chalice.Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles
==History==
In 1190, the sword was in the possession of Adha, the mysterious woman regarded as the Chalice sought after by the Crusaders and Assassins alike.Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles – The Chalice
When the Templars captured her at Don Carvaggio's villa in Jerusalem, the sword was carried along with her while Altaïr stalked the group from the rooftops in the hopes of rescuing her. At the end of the pursuit where Altaïr routed all the knights that held her hostage, the two made their escape through the sewers. Upon reaching the exit, Adha gifted Altaïr the sword after he vowed to kill the Templar spy Harash and desert the Assassins for a normal life with her.
Altaïr used this new weapon to great effect in his assassination of Harash,Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles – Snake Heart and once more when he slaughtered scores of Crusaders in his race to rescue Adha from the clutches of Basilisk in Tyre. Although he slew the Templar leader in personal combat with this sword, he was unable to prevent the Crusaders from escaping on a ship with Adha a prisoner once more.Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles – Always an End When he at last caught up with them, he found he was too late to prevent the death of his lover.Assassin's Creed II – Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex
The Assassin spent the rest of the year hunting down each of Adha's murderer one by one in a merciless quest for vengeance, one that would ultimately bring him no solace. By the next year, when he had returned to the life of the Assassins, he no longer used this sword for whatever reason, and it would eventually be replaced by weapons such as the Syrian sabre and his iconic Sword of Altaïr.Assassin's CreedAssassin's Creed II
==Behind the scenes==
The Sword of Adha is the most powerful sword in the 2008 mobile game Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles. The fourth and final sword in the game, it is given to the main protagonist, Altaïr ibn-La'ahad, by Adha at the end of the memory "The Chalice". By this point in the game, players normally should have acquired the second and third swords using upgrades with Blue Orbs, with Adha's sword superseding them. Because it is a story item, even if the player has never upgraded their weapon, it will be automatically unlocked at the end of this mission, rendering the outstanding upgrades not only inconsequential but impossible.
The sword is distinct in its highly stylized, fantasy appearance, which, for this early era in the Assassin's Creed series, was an outlier. Despite the significance of the sword to Altaïr and his love interest, it neither makes an appearance nor receives any further recognition in Assassin's Creed (2008) or subsequent installments.
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles
==References==
it:Spada di Adha
Category:Swords
Category:12th century weapons
Category:Personal weapons