Aetherius

**Aetherius** is an Protas sword not made of steel but energy given a metallic form, it was broken down into the relatively weaker longswords which the Archfey kings claimed: Claimh Scath and Claimh Solais.

## Functions

It was capable of killing higher beings like the Outer Gods, Protas and Grigori. It had power over life and death itself, though these powers were tempered by the restraint of The Source himself who only used these abilities when necessary.

**Absolute Death**: The Source only used **Aetherius** to kill Cosmic Horrors when it was necessary such as in the case of **Alengremyak** who was going around to livable worlds and changing the atmosphere forcing the population to relocate and live under his thrall, or **Ximeshassanth** who had been eating entire stars to gain more strength. This function would result in the death of whatever it was used on in absolute terms.

**Banishment**: One of the abilities of the blade was to banish **Cosmic Horrors** into a dimensional prison known as The Desolate Dimension, this was considered to be a non-lethal way to deal with the **Cosmic Horrors**, a method that The Source preferred to use as to a degree he understood that the **Cosmic Horrors** were a necessary balancing force for the **Protas** only using it to kill them in cases that the danger outweighed the potential good or balance they brought.

## Chronology of the Artifact

* Near the beginning of the Protas-Cosmic Horror War in the year 1,000,000,000 BR, **The Source** feeling he would need a great weapon to aid him in the war would pour his power into the shape of a sword dubbing it '**Aetherius**' which meant *the Blade of Magic* in the Protaic Language.
* In the year 968,032,169 BR at the Battle of the Storm, **The Source** uses **Aetherius** to strike down Alengremyak, The Storm, and kill it.
* In the year 937,047,615 BR at the Battle of the Living Flame, **The Source** uses **Aetherius** to forcibly smash Cthugha, The Living Flame outside the bounds of reality into **The Desolate Dimension**.
* In the year 892,580,230 BR at the Joining of the Vampires, **The Source** uses **Aetherius** to pierce through Gna-Limer, The Dull Bloodsucker with the destructive power of a star killing him and laying waste to (most of) his vampiric armies.
* In the year 848,881,906 BR at the Battle of The Sublime Digger, **The Source** uses **Aetherius** to forcibly smash Takarneph, The Sublime Digger That Reigns outside the bounds of reality into **The Desolate Dimension**.
* In the year 643,250,693 BR at the Battle of The Commander, **The Source** uses **Aetherius** to overpower and banish the Outer God Thanitharzat, The Commander outside the bounds of reality into the Desolate Dimension. This confirms that **Aetherius** is able to handle Outer God-level threats which pleased **The Source**.
* In the year 574,933,332 BR at the Battle of The Flame of the Khemaami-I, **The Source** uses **Aetherius** to pierce through Ximeshassanth, The Flame of the Khemaami-I killing it.
* In the year 531,194,413 BR at the Battle of the Sovereign, **The Source** uses **Aetherius** to overpower and banish the Outer God Isgua'Smantal, The Sovereign outside the bounds of reality into **The Desolate Dimension**.

## Notes

* The object known as **Aetherius** is a purely fanon creation as such there is no official proof of their existence in the Witcher works outside the fanon community.
* The existence of the sword known as **Aetherius** is a personal iteration inclusion for the fanon by Adalwulf of Aedirn, as such its existence in the fanon is not 'definitive' and is subject to the decision of inclusion in others head canons.
* Aetherius and the lore relating to it is protected under the EAPEU as such it can be considered not a part of the understood 'main fanon', while it is free to be implemented in other stories and such, **the author of the article does not give permission for this article to be deleted or changed without their express permission**.
* **Aetherius** is free to use in stories and articles, as well as edit all I ask is that you honor the lore present.