Dawnhammer

*The Dawnhammer, invulnerable to all damage, slayer of countless demons, but doesn't harm those without soul. A power dampener must be inserted to withstand its' limitless power.*

- Handbook of Sigmar

The Dawnhammer, known as the Hammer to many, is one of four extremely-rare relics from a time farther than the era of the Old Republic. Rumored to be one out of four relics that date back to the old Vanguardian Era, the Dawnhammer brings nearly-unstoppable stopping power to biological beings, but has unstable power that requires constant degeneration and energy output in order to prevent it from overloading.

### Origins

During the Vanguardian Era, the finest Blacksmiths of the Vanguardian race created four weapons in an attempt to prove who was the greatest Blacksmith. Forged by Dal'surnius the Hollow, the Dawnhammer empathizes unforetold power by directly overloading the soul of its' opponents with pure magical power, causing them to melt at the atomic level or to simply corrode away.

Though the Dawnhammer appears to draw energy from its' surroundings, in reality it is simply dispelling and outputting magic to prevent itself from woefully caving itself in at its' power. By forcing out liters of magic from the Dawnhammer, a wielder can devastate entire armies without moving so much as a step.

The Dawnhammer is with drawbacks, however; it's core cast and material have withered over the years, and though it never rusts or decays, the seals inscribed on it still weaken every day. If the Dawnhammer were to ever overload itself, one can only speculate how much destructive power it can bring.

The Hammer itself also targets and overloads the soul of an opponent; mechanical devices or opponents are nearly completely immune to its' magical attacks. The Hammer is also inconsistent; it prioritizes its' energy control and condition over physical strength, and some attacks can barely scratch a clone without the energy to back up its' strikes. Wielders that are strong enough, however, can mitigate this downside by using the Hammer as a true, functional Hammer, which works to varied degrees.

### Abilities

**Limitless Energy -** The Dawnhammer possesses nigh-infinite energy, and must be used on a daily basis to prevent the weapon from overloading. While it cannot passively share energy, items that drain energy can completely abuse the energy pool of the weapon as an infinitely-stored energy resource.

**Invulnerability -** Tales foretell that the Dawnhammer was able to destroy entire mountains, and withstand the unstoppable firepower of the Silverbow without a scratch. Though the seals themselves are strong, the material used to construct the Hammer itself are invulnerable to all forms of magical damage, and specifically magical damage. Physically, however, it is not as strong as one might think.

**Invincibility -** Experienced wielders of the Dawnhammer can abuse its' energy properties to construct a forcefield around themselves that negate any incoming damage. Though this can theoretically be upheld forever, the energy itself slowly deteriorates the Wielder at an astonishing rate, as it constantly looks for a target to prey upon, regardless of friend or foe.

### Trivia

- The Dawnhammer is one of the most reliable forms of damage against OPFOR and Hard Targets, but the worst against Confederate droids and Zombies.

- It is once said that Specialist Buz, the first of this generation, killed an entire Lucrehulk's worth of droids singlehandedly.

- The Dawnhammer can deal friendly fire, and has an extremely large AOE for every attack.