Blades of Infinity

The three Blades of Infinity are Divine Shards and the most powerful swords on Elyria.

## **History**

These longswords were forged in the Seven Heavens, sometime during the Primordial Age but after the Great Betrayal. Legend says that Wegathus smelted and formed the weapons at the behest of another deity, who granted them to three mortal leaders of the Elven races in preperation for the coming war. The identity of this deity is unknown, though modern Dryadian theologians claim it was Sudara who was able to foretell the coming tragedies and wished to prepare her creations.

Since Sudara was banished from the Seven Heavens and would have likely not have had the means to make a deal with another deity, this claim is heavily disputed by most contemporary theologians. More common is the suggestion that Tanus himself may have been responsible for the distribution of Divine Shards (including the Blades of Infinity), as he might have been aware of the coming wars.

In either case, they were granted to the mortal elven races under one condition. That they put all feuds aside and unify under a singular banner.

The King and Queens agreed, and thus formed the Triumvirate of Beleg'Bar at Neldie Minasse. The Provenance of Beauty is a day still celebrated by Drowadians every 17th of Starfall.

## **Sword of Tragedy**

The Sword of Tragedy (originally Sword of Serenity) was granted to Tololin Helvuan, King of the Drowads which then ruled Rómen.

Following the End of All Beauty which led to The Schism of the Triumvirate, King Helvuan was defeated by the Eternal Queen in one of the most spectacular duels in the history of Elyria. Though it is rumored to have been shattered at the end of the duel, the blade's exact fate remains a mystery. It may have been captured by the Eternal Queen, although she has never been seen with it. Or the Drowadians may have managed to escape with it.

## **Sword of Eternity**

The Sword of Eternity was gifted to Asalre Ashreeh, Queen of the Dryadians that inhabited Endaya.

The Eternal Queen has held onto the blade for countless generations. The closest it ever came to being lost was when she dueled and narrowly defeated Samash Empendrid in the Zaroan Woods sometime during the Age of Destruction, and thus caused the collapse of the Sirillian Imperium.

## **Sword of Destiny**

The Sword of Destiny was handed to the Feylorian Queen Pilynna Yllaviryn, who ruled Elwenya at the time.

After the End of All Beauty, Yllaviryn chose to abandon the Triumvirate with her people, unable to bear the burden of having seen all their cities burnt and destroyed. The Dryadians claim that she did not leave Elyria for the Feywild. Instead, she supposedly chose to become a forest spirit to guide and protect the natural world.

Since she would be unable to wield the blade in her spirit form, she must have given it to someone else. The Dryadians claim that she betrayed the Elves by handing it to a lord of the Firbolgs of Irissia, though it was not found when that region was brutally conquered by the Eternal Matriarchy of Dryadia during the Second Age.

All of this is speculation however, since there are no sightings of Pilyanna nor any records of her transition into a spirit.

## **Powers**

### **Immortality**

Those that wield these blades never age, nor do they die of poison or disease. In addition, they are protected by some form of divine luck. They were capable of selectively employing this power to avoid lethal wounds in combat, as done many times by the Eternal Queen.

### **Lethality**

The Blades of Infinity are capable of killing any mortal with a single blow, and even deal devastating wounds to celestials and other immortal beings. Creatures killed by one of these weapons is instantaneously reduced to ash.