Moonblade of Khilat

An heirloom of the Elven House of Khilat, this moonblade had been passed down through the generations. The blade was lost and lay dormant for many generations after its owner became Lythari and left civilization behind. It was later retrieved by a Knight of the Fellowship of the Forgotten Flower but was lost again in the fall of Myth Drannor, and subsequently taken to the lower planes. While under the mental control of a former owner of the moonblade, Chiliad Khilat used his amulet of the planes to open a portal and summon the sword.

The sword was created by Lumiel Miritar, a Master Swordsmith artisan priest of Corellon Larethian as the culmination of his crafting skills, taking 50 years to complete, with the blessings of all the Seldarine. First, he formed the outer edges from folded layers of Arandur, a rare silver-blue metal famous for staying sharp, and further blessed and magically hardened by priests of Labelas Enoreth. Inside the outer edges, he crafted a grill of small black adamantium circles to provide the underlying framework and structure of the blade. Each circle was silver plated to appear as a quarter moon, and each contains an 8 pointed titanium silver star, individually blessed by Corellon. He obtained a block of pure Dwarven "True Silver" Mithral that had been hidden in an ancient shrine of Sehanine Moonbow and blesses with numerous Moonfire ceremonies making it living metal. He mixed in ingots of Obdurium, a pale violet metal harder than adamantium, and Arambarium, a silver metal tuned to primordial and elemental energies that enhances magic. Working for decades, he carefully molded the living Mithral alloy over the adamantium framework to form a mastercraft blade of perfection. Over the Mithral, he laminated a foil of cold iron Darksteel, a deep gleaming purple meteoric alloy tempered with special oils blessed by priests of Hanali Celanil. The completed blade of the sword then underwent the ancient Dwarven blueshine process to purge any fractures or weakness while providing resistance to acid and corrosion, and any future rusting. The tang of the blade is a thick walled tube of adamantium wrapped with wires of gold, silver and platinum gifted from the horde of Avachel. Sealed in the tube of the tang is a single perfect feather of a mighty phoenix servant of Aerdrie Faenya. Made of Dlarun, a bone-white metal that can take a high polish and appears like ivory, the cross guard has the form of a crescent moon that curves towards the handle. The cylindrical tubelike handle was designed to thread securely by twisting onto the wire braided tang. The handle was crafted from Duskwood, a wood as hard as steel, by a druid of Rillifane Ralathil, who blessed it with an Ironwood spell and seasoned it with Fairy Dust collected from avatars of Erevan Illesere. The handle has a fine inlay of Holy Moon-touched Oak and Weirwood that had been temporarily transformed into a Treant. The wood inlay inscribes symbols of totemic magic drawn by totem-sisters of Angharradh. The handle ferrules capping each end are made from thin rings of unicorn horn, collected from a unicorn servant of Khalreshaar that died of old age, and was blessed by her Druid. Threaded onto the adamantium rod tang, the pommel piece is made of platinum and extends the handle a few additional inches. The pommel knob is a hollow conic bulb of platinum, with a depression at the end, and a loop for a lanyard. Sealed inside the pommel is hair from Fenmarel Mestarine. The pommel stone is mounted in a mother of pearl clasp carved from the pearlescent shell of a steel oyster blessed by Sea Druids of Deep Sashelas. The pommel stone is a large deep blue star moonstone, bathed in moonfire and blessed by a Starsinger of Sehanine Moonbow. The final product had mending cast on it to turn the sword into a single piece. At its completion, the Mastercraft sword with its blessings was equivalent to a magical +1 weapon.

The Moonblades were brought to life in -9,000 DR by an Aryvandaari High Mage named Ethlando, and a Circle of Elven High Magi. The blades were enchanted with magic cast by the Circle to judge those who were worthy of wielding them, and to empower them, based on the exploits of the wielder, and past wielders. The completion of the High Magic resulted in the sacrifice of Ethlando as his life force and spirit was divided and bound to the 300 master crafted swords created for the ceremony.

Since the swords creation, each owner has completed a simple ceremony that bound a portion of their spirit (requiring 5,000 experience points) to the blade for as long as the blade retains its magic. Transferred with the spirit of the owner, personality and knowledge are added to the storehouse of information from previous owners. Further, each owner contributed a finely crafted, rare or precious material to be incorporated into the sword having a value of at least 5,000 gold pieces. The material selected typically has properties related to the power the user wishes to imbue into the sword. The material gets magically incorporated to enhance the overall value, aesthetics and craftsmanship of the weapon. The owner may then imbue the sword with a power of his choosing or need which is powered by the owner's spirit and the high magic ritual that created all the moonblades. A rune then appears on the blade to signify the power. The moonblade, in its final form, is a +6 weapon. The blade is effective against creatures subject to silver or cold iron weapons. The sword is intelligent (17) with a starting ego of (15) but has gained a point of ego after the death of each of its successive owners. The sword is generally of Neutral Good alignment but but has strong tendencies towards the alignment of the current and previous owner. The blade can communicate by speech and telepathy, ether from itself or one of its manifestations. It can speak Elvish and read Elvish and magical writing. The blade also speaks all the languages known by its previous owners. It can detect magic in a 10’ radius, Detect invisible objects/creatures in a 10’ radius and locate object in a 120’ radius.

Each time a moonblade is passed on, the moonblade itself decides whether to accept the new owner or not. The owner must be Elven, a member of its chosen Elven family if any still live, of good alignment, and act in a selfless and heroic manner. Major acts of cowardice, cheating, or lying will all count against an individual attempting to possess a moonblade.

If the moonblade does not accept a new owner, or if it is touched by a non-elf, the blade may choose to inflict 5d8 points of damage per round. If the blade is dormant or chooses not to react, it will perform as a long sword +1. Individuals of evil alignment must successfully save vs. death magic or be instantly slain. Even if the save is successful, the evil individual will feel intense pain, and will never be able to handle the blade again.

Powers

• Moonblade +1
• Selu'Kiira
• Silver Dragon
  • Dreamwarning
  • Guardianship
• Speed +2
• Dancing +3
• Teleport
• Spell Domination
• Dweomer Drinker
• Chromatic Blade +4
• Nature's Friend
• Silver Shadow
• Seeking +5
• Flame Tongue
• Spell-focus

1. Dreamwarning; the sword's owner receives a prophetic dream warning of danger within one day. The pommel stone will glow blue if danger is imminent, starting pale when the danger is within a turn and moving towards brilliant blue as it gets closer. The glow can be cancelled by the wielder at will.

Attempts to surprise the wielder are reduced by 5 on a d6 or 8 on a d10. 

Spending 2 hours within a radius of motes of moonlight allows the wielder to cast divination to garner one piece of advice for any event in the coming 7 days. Spending the time in revere or sleep allows for up to two pieces of advice each hour in the motes, but the information is hazier due to the dream state. 


   The sword is also imbued with Elven and Dragon melody that can be called forth on command, but often times the sword sings of its own accord, particularly when its owner is sleeping and dreaming. The words of the melody can only be heard in the owner’s dreams.


   When the Silver Dragon Khilat chose to ascend to serve Bahumat at the twilight of his life, he took the magic ring that contained the soul of his first wife, the Silver Dragon Halel, and sang a draconic ballad as part of the ritual to ascend. Lady Lyassa sang with him and the spirit of Halel who was released during the magic of Khilat's ascension song. Lady Lyassa, with the help of several high mages of the Khilat family, created a link between the moonblade and the ascending spirit. This seemed to be the best way for Khilat to continue to guide his elven and dragon family, since the elves do not establish a clan lair. He will always converse with any family member, elven or dragon, seeking his wisdom. Most silver dragons will approach in disguise, and only some of them will acknowledge the wielder as family. Khilat thinks highly of himself and that his role to provide wisdom is more important than the wielder's goals. He often loses track of time and will spend days, weeks and even months alone with the wisdom seeker. Khilat will offer advice and answer questions about the past at will. Silver dragons can detect Khilat when within 1 mile of the blade. 

The spirit of Khilat can awaken one innate dragon power in any of his descendants typically based on the dominate inheritance of either silver, deep or shadow dragon.
   

Rune: Music - on back.
   
Feature: Khilat family symbol of shiny silver dragon over dull dark gray and crimson dragon cut out of the flared moon circle of the blade. The Silver dragon is typically on top, but they change positions at times, especially during warnings of danger or ominous prophetic dreaming. The dragons are highly detailed with gleaming gem chips for eyes. A single crystal clear King's Tear gem stone is mounted just above the symbol pointed side towards the sword tip, visible on both sides. 

   Rite: Lady Lyassa gathered a chorus of singers including two other Sisters of the Veiled Choir, three Starsingers specialized in divination, three male gypsy bards, three Song Dragons, and three male metallic dragon Dragon Singers, including a gold, bronze and the silver dragon Khilat, who's moonfire powered blood had already baptized the blade. Their music was accompanied by Ilyriciel’s Harp of Valantra. They sang in the Crystal Cave of Divination Veiled Cantoria where the crystals enhance divination spells. During the singing, the participants cast several types of divination spells, including Foresight and Vision, and clairsentient psionic abilities, including Precognition, All-Around Vision and Danger Sense, upon the sword. Lady Lyassa cast Foresight and Vision during a spellsinging ritual of high magic, while binding her spirit to the moonstone of the blade. 


History

Owned by: Chiliad Khilat