Esterel

Esterel appears as a very plain short sword entirely made of dull grey metal. Even the grip is metal with a rough texture.

Powers

Short Sword +2

Esterel is an intelligent short sword created from a summoned greagzim. Graegzim are gaseous beings of swirling sparkling energy of raw life force native to the ethereal plane. Graegzim are chaotic neutral, with evil tenancies. Their native form on the material plane is a 6’ diameter glowing grey cloud. When summoned by powerful wizards, graegzim are typically bound into one or two predefined forms; one inanimate form equal to a +1 magic item, and an animate form in the shape of a small faerie creature like a sprite or pixie. They are semi-intelligent and can reason, but only in a simple fashion. They have poor memories and tend to whine and complain a lot.

Esterel is slightly more powerful than a typical graegzim and serves as a +2 item. He is chaotic neutral. His bound inanimate form is a dull silver short sword. His animate form has the appearance of a fremlin, a small slate colored goblinoid with wings. Esterel only ever remembers his sword form, but he can be commanded to assume his gaseous, inanimate and animate forms at will.

Simple alteration magic can be used to reshape Esterel to any simple single-piece inanimate form or any small faerie type creature, but if commanded to transform, he can only become a short sword or fremlin. Due to his chaotic nature such changes improve his disposition considerably.

Time of Troubles

Bastard Sword +3, Strength Stealing

During the Time of Trouble, Esterel was transformed by the magic of a hat of disguise gone haywire due to instability of magic. Esterel absorbed energy from the weave and grew to become an eoluzim, whose natural form is an 8' diameter violet colored glowing ball of energy with 25% magic resistance. Esterel was transformed into a long slender lightweight bastard sword, +3 strength stealing (2 strength points per hit until unconscious). The sword sheds a pale violet light on command. Esterel remains chaotic neutral but has picked up good tendencies. While he recognizes that each hit feeds his strength, he views it as a kindness that his opponent need not be slain. He is permanently bound to his sword form, which he believes is his natural form and that his purpose is to serve the dual entity Chiliad/Eriyin. He can detect ethereal creatures in a 10' radius.

Falconblade of Khilat

When Esterel was merged into Falconblade and the Moonblade of Khilat, he was metamorphed into a maronzim, whose natural form is an 10' diameter golden colored glowing ball of gas with 50% magic resistance. Esterel's spirit provides nearly all the power for the magic of the combined blade, but his spirit is also bound to the spirits of Chiliad and all the past elves residing in the blade. When Chiliad grows weak, so does he, and should Chiliad die, he believes he will too. His alignment has shifted to Neutral Good.

Esterel can no longer transform into a creature form, but can manifest as an illusory semi corporeal creature able to lift and carry objects up to 5 lbs weight; he typically favors the form of a golden faerie dragon.

History

Owned by: Chiliad Khilat

Chiliad found Esterel on the Lost Island of Castanamir.