Fervent Iris Sword

The «**Fervent Iris Sword**» (烈レツ菖蒲しょうぶの剣, *Retsushōbu no Ken*?) is a «Priority» 25-class «Divine Object» longsword, forged by Lewis Caroll. It was stolen directly before the Laurentine coup d'état and was temporarily used by Laurentius, the most influential of the rebels. However, the revolt was successfully stopped and the sword retrieved by Ernest Farrington, who on the order of the queen regnant, sealed the sword away in a cave system on the island of Elysium, wherewithal a series of events occurred resulting in the sword returning into Ernest's possession with a new «Priority» Class of 50.

## Background

On the First Day of the Twelfth Month in the Year 1214 of the Imperial World Calendar, Ernest Farrington's father, Lambert Farrington, comes across an unmeltable block of ice in the Draylet Range as the leader of the second Verham expedition. However, this wasn't the most intriguing thing about the object. Somehow, a flower, a beautiful iris, had grown on the block and it was still standing proud and strong even after several attempts to melt it.

Deciding that it was blessed by the gods, Lambert took the mysterious block of ice with him and returned to the royal capital of Avalonia where he presented it as the most fascinating find on his expedition to the king, Harold Rosenberg. Marveling its beauty, he immediately ordered the royal blacksmiths to work on forging a sword out of the block, however, it was stolen before it was completed.

## Stats

 Life
 Priority Class

## Abilities

During the events of the Laurentine coup d'état, the sword was only half-finished. It wasn't so much a sword than it was an elaborate icy staff. While it was most definitely a sword according to its Object ID, it served more as a staff whilst unfinished. It behaved as a sort of high-power catalyst for high-level «Sacred Arts», with its passive ability to absorb and store free spatial resources. However, in exchange for this, the wielder themselves must always donate portions of their «Life» proportionate to the scale of the «Sacred Art» they are performing.

### Armament Full Control Art

When the Armament Full Control Art is in effect, the sword is capable of generating and covering a large area in ice when stabbed into the ground. Everyone in the vicinity is entangled in pinky-thick icy tendrils shaped like the stems of iris plants.*[citation needed]* Similarly, pointing the sword into the air releases a freezing aura that penetrates the surrounding atmosphere, freezing anything the cold mist comes into contact with.*[citation needed]* A second command, "*Blossom, Fervent Iris*", further enhances the strength of the binds by causing the tendrils to start draining the «Life» from those caught in its grasp, causing icy irises to grow along the "stems".*[citation needed]*

## Notes

1. ↑ The Latin letters making up the Object ID stand for **N**on-ranged, **D**ouble-Edged, **L**ong**s**word, **S**ingle-Handed and the alphanumeric characters following that is the hexadecimal form of the number 10,482,073,924 which represents the order in which this specific weapon type was made in.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Volume 22, Prologue, Part 4
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Volume 22, Chapter 2, Part 2
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Winter Storm Signalling Spring