Revenant

**Revenant** was an incredibly powerful divine sword. It was capable of great feats of divine brilliance and had the ability to become pure light at the utterance of a spoken command.

In this form, it was able to deal damage to a soul itself, ignoring all else in its path. In addition, it was capable of slaying minor celestials. The many shards of the weapon were lost to the four corners of Esria upon the recreation of the world, each imbued with a fragment of Juriel's incomplete soul after her castigation in Heaven.

## History

### Origins

The sword that came to be known as Revenant was not always a divine artifact. Originally, it was a weapon of evil, forged of black steel and imbued with wicked carmine energy by the heartstone set into its pommel.

During the years of the Long Night, it was the corrupted human swordsman Tyvan Black who was first was granted the defiled blade by servants of the Archangel Netheriel. He would use it to do his fallen master's bidding across the countries of Saint-Astan and Leoben, leaving a trail of ashen corpses severed from their souls. This would continue until his death in 1381 C.E, at the hands of heavenly champions.

### Purification

Following Tyvan Black's death, the sword passed into the hands of Sir Elric Wybert, one of the heroes fighting back against Netheriel's evil. The Khairysian knight would struggle to control its chaotic and malicious will, but chose to harness the raw energy of the blade in order to overcome great hardship.

He remained ignorant of the true nature of the heartstone gem that decorated the hilt of the blade, and used it to great effect until the death of one of his close fellows, the one-armed necromancer Lorawyn Allard. Together with David Holmes, he made the decision to remove the gemstone from the sword and place it next to the heart of their fallen companion. Although this was a desperate move, it would prove highly effective in bestowing a second lease of life upon the young woman. The heartstone, however, would remain in Lorawyn's chest, and the power of the blade was lost.

At the height of the Long Night, in the hours preceding the Battle of the Nebelwald, the sword was reforged using the sunsteel halo of the seraph Juriel. With the angel's blessing, it became purified and possessed an incredibly potent holy energy. It was at this time that Elric bestowed the name Revenant upon the divine blade.

In the final battle for the destruction of the Grand Heartstone, it was shattered by the Archangel Netheriel. The shards were scattered and lost across Esria upon the world's recreation.

### Hidden in Havelport

By the time that the world was readying itself to enter the Imperial Era, many of the shards of Revenant had been located and identified as holy artifacts. Others remained scattered and lost, yet to be discovered. The largest pieces of the broken blade came to rest in Vesryn, where they were housed in the Museum of Caerle. The museum itself was located within the confines of the Imperial Palace, and was heavily guarded due to the nature of the relics and curiosities held within.

Nevertheless, when the shards of Revenant began to disappear in 1587 B.E, those kept under watch in Caerle also mysteriously went missing.

### Return and Retribution

In 1606 I.E, somewhere within the broken remnants of Esria, the shards of Revenant were finally located in Havelport by the heroes who had survived the world's deconstruction. They were used to infuse several weapons with sunsteel, in order to better fight the unrestrained hordes of demons that were now freely pouring forth from Hell. The young human blacksmith Sigrid Hale carried out the reforging process, guided by the soul of Juriel that was still contained within the holy shards.