Joyeuse

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*Joyeuse* is the name of a legendary, historic sword.

## Description

Joyeuse, also known as the Sword of Kings, is the legendary sword of King Charlemagne, said to have been forged for three years by the blacksmith Galas, and incorporating shards of the original Spear of Destiny. Legend tells that the sword was lost for a short period during the Battle of Roncevaux in the year 778, and that the knight who found it was rewarded with a appenage that would later become the French commune, Joyeuse.

While the Louvre in Paris currently claims to hold it, the sword there is in fact a replica, created from remnants of a number of different weapons over the centuries.

### Powers

The real sword is said to possess a number of powers, including:

* the ability to blind its enemies
* protection from poison on behalf of its master
* the bestowal of unlimited power
* dominance over empires

Some of these powers have been witnessed after its retrieval in Spain, 778; the sword appeared to indeed blind its enemies, as well as slice right through armour and cause immediate and fatal haemorrhaging. ("Family:)

## 2020

### Brent Hall

Hall's obsession with Joyeuse seems to have been ongoing for some time. In July 2020, he sent Miranda Davenport, along with recruited Reclaimer operatives Luna Tavistock and Kris Hagen, to research the weapon in Paris. ("Denny"). This later led to a mission to retrieve the sword from the year 778, with the intention of acquiring the weapon. ("Family")

### The Circle

Meanwhile in 2020, another group were also in pursuit of Joyeuse, which was supposedly the "key to everything". A cell of members of The Circle, led by Nate Cotter and including, in a bizarre twist of fate, Ethan Taylor, planned to replace the real sword with a forgery. ("Family")

## 778

The two factions clashed on the battlefield of Roncevaux Pass. During the ensuing struggle, all but Miranda and Ethan were killed, with the awesome powers of the sword becoming clear as it passed through armour like butter. Badly wounded, Miranda was forced to Home Jump, leaving Ethan to take possession of the sword. ("Family")

## Ethan Taylor

After Miranda caught up with him back in 2020, Ethan used Joyeuse as a bargaining chip to get information from Hall about a man who was threatening to kill Sarah Cunnington; in exchange for this knowledge, all Hall required was for Ethan to demonstrate the sword's powers by murdering his former colleague, Denny Franklin, which he appeared to do. ("Family")

However, it was later revealed that Ethan had not only used a replica of the sword to 'kill' Denny, but that he had also arranged with Jack Harringer to retrieve Denny's body and get him medical assistance; Denny later made a full recovery. ("Redemption")

Afraid of its dangers, Ethan stowed Joyeuse in a rented garage in Finsbury Park, but he was later accosted there by Adam Solomon, who had been sent by Hall to retrieve it. During the struggle, Adam blinded Ethan in one eye and took the sword. ("Life")

Two days later, in an underground bunker deep inside the Norwegian mountain Glittertind, Hall placed Joyeuse into a strange machine, which appeared to destroy the sword, which somehow 'upgraded' the weapon designated NT-063 into an even deadlier weapon, capable of horrific destruction. ("Death")

As it turns out, the sword was not destroyed after all, but sent back in time to some time before the year 1942, where it remained deep within the cavern inside Glittertind which would one day become the aforementioned bunker. On 18th November 1942, Jacob Dorody led a mission to recover the sword on behalf of Fran Grenouille. ("Glittertind")

## 2264

At some point prior to May 2264, the sword had come into the possession of Silea Coal. When she and Jonah West stormed Novus base the Citadel, Jacob Dorody killed her and took the sword, which he presented to his superior, Fran Grenouille. ("Death")