Tephra's Holy Avenger

### Basic Bonuses

+3 bonus to attack/damage, deal an additional 2d10 radiant damage when attacking undead or fiends

## History

### Location Found

An unnamed stream outside of the Larimar Tower

### Current Owners

Alexander Thunderpouch

**Tephra's Holy Avenger** is a powerful blade, forged to serve the hand of a chosen warrior of the Dragon-God Tephra. After being abandoned for an unknown period, it was fished up outside of Larimar Tower by Yucca Thistleclaw during the Seaquence Festival's fishing contest. It currently belongs to Alexander Thunderpouch.

This item is a standard Holy Avenger flavored to fit a worshiper of Tephra.

## Description

This holy weapon is a smouldering blade forged with dense black iron, the blade stretching five feet in length from the top of the hilt to it's point. It's also quite wide, spanning almost an entire foot in width.

The grip is coated in fist-sized, triangular orange dragon scales, woven together with a similar orange light. Two large "horns" extend from the guard as quillions, conforming around the lower sides of the blade to keep it in place. The scales decrease in size as they reach the pommel, ending with a diamond-shaped gemstone that glows a dark blue. A red rectangle floats within it, making it reminiscent of the eye at the center of Tephra's holy symbol.

It was not fished up with a scabbard- however, if wielded by one attuned to it, the wielder may speak a command word to "sheathe" it. In doing so, the scales that cover it's grip expand upwards, protecting the blade with dense, rocky plating until the command word is spoken again.

Upon being approached and grabbed by one deemed worthy to wield it, the blade's core begins to glow, illuminating the blade with orange magmatic veins. The scaled grip becomes soft to the touch, the rough scales scratchy and painfully hot to the touch to non-worshipers.

## Powers

Those who wield Tephra's Holy Avenger gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. When they hit a fiend or an undead with it, that creature takes an extra 2d10 radiant damage.

While the sword is drawn, it creates an aura in a 10-foot radius around the wielder. The wielder and all creatures friendly to them in the aura have advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. If the wielder has 17 or more levels in the paladin class, the radius of the aura increases to 30 feet.

## History

This immensely powerful weapon has the radiant glow of Tephra's might imbued within it. Investigation from both the history buffs and the mages at Nadir's Zenith estimate that it must be almost a thousand years old, potentially being forged and used most during the early Metier Era.

It can be assumed from it's location in the furthest reaches of the Great Northwest that whomever had it last had dropped it or been felled within the silver goddess' domain. Perhaps they had been defeated in a conflict with some Crusaders, or potentially it was claimed by some worshipers of Pyx and was on it's way to be given as an offering before the carriers were assaulted by the beasts that roam the northwestern country's wilderness.

## Notable Owners

It is unknown who wielded the blade before it was abandoned, but it can be assumed they were a mighty warrior dedicated to Tephra.

Yucca Thistleclaw fished it up from a stream outside of Tower Larimar during Hook, Line, & Sinker- however, upon realizing that it's not a fish, she threw it back into the river.

Seeing her discard this radiant weapon, Alexander Thunderpouch swooped in, saving the sword from returning to it's watery fate.