Laevateinn (95)

Category:Mythic WeaponsCategory:Staves
==Statistics==
Enhances "Elemental Seal" effect
*Increases damage of the next spell by 10%.
Hidden Effect
*Increases Vidohunir damage by 15%.
==Other Uses==
==Synthesis Recipes==
==Used in Recipes==
==Desynthesis Recipes==
==Obtained from Desynthesis==
==How to Obtain==
===Quest===
*Trial of the Magians
**:Staff Trials
Laevateinn 	Laevateinn 	Laevateinn 	Laevateinn 	Laevateinn (80) 	Laevateinn (85) 	Laevateinn (90) 	Laevateinn (95)
Trial 1072: VerminVidohunir x200	Trial 1073: UndeadVidohunir killing blow x200	Trial 1872: LizardsVidohunir killing blow x300	Trial 1873: BirdsVidohunir killing blow x300	Trial 2276: BeastsVidohunir killing blow x400	Trial 2687: Tyger x3	Trial 3120: Long-Bowed Chariot x3	
== Historical Information ==
Passed down for generations in the myths and stories of the peoples of the north is the World Tree motif, known to those intimately versed in such tales as Yggdrasill. One obscure legend tells of an ambitious Gigas who ventured to the center of the tree to obtain the single branch fabled to grow there, the “Branch of Ruin.” Known to sprout only the seemingly lifeless, skeletal frames of leaves in place of lush foliage, he plucked it at its base and made his way to the lands of the Dvergar, whom he commissioned to fashion the branch into Laevateinn.
===Background===
Laevateinn, or "Levatine," is a mythical sword from Norse mythology, also known as the "Wounding Wand" or the "Staff of Destruction". The elf Volund had forged a sword so lethal that it imperiled the very gods themselves. The sword was taken from Volund, brought to Asgard, and passed into the hands of the god Freyr, who traded Laevateinn for the hand of the giantess Gerðr. At Ragnarok, Surtr (the lord of the fire giants) wielded Laevateinn and severed the roots of the world tree Yggdrasil, instigating the destruction of the universe. Freyr would ultimately fall to his own blade during Ragnarok at Surtr's hand.
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