Dates: -8,406 to - DR (years)

Powers

Azure Flame

On command, the blade can shed brilliant azure flames for 13 rounds, after which they extinguish for 1 turn of rest. The flames illuminate a 15' radius area as brightly as a torch. The flames do not harm the wielder.

Frost / Fire

The blade sheds azure flames, it can be switched between fire or frost each round, with either of the following effects.

Frost Brand, +3 vs. fire-using/dwelling creatures

The length of the blade frosts over with a fine layer of ice crystals. Cumulative with any other applicable combat bonuses, the frost add an additional +3 bonus to hit and damage against creatures that dwell in fire or have innate fire attacks.

The blade can freeze 1 cubic foot of water per round.

Fire Resistance

The wielder is protected as if wearing a ring of fire resistance, providing immunity to normal fires. Very hot fires and lava cause 10 hp damage per round, while damage from magical fires are reduced by 2 hp per die, with a +4 to the saving throw.

On command, the sword also has a 50% chance of extinguishing any normal or magical standing fire into which it is thrust, extending to a 10' radius. This does not apply to any detonations such as fireballs, but can affect fires left after such detonations.

Flame Tongue

The flames easily ignites oil, burns webs, or sets fire to paper, parchment or dry wood. Cumulative with any other applicable combat bonuses, the fire add an additional bonus of +1 versus regenerating, +2 versus cold based, inflammable and avian, and +3 versus undead.

Quickness / Bladethirst

Quickness

The blade automatically grants its wielder the first attack in a melee round, even though some magical effect might have otherwise slowed his speed and reaction time. It also allows more than one strike in some rounds, increasing the wielder's figure for attacks per melee round by one place, so that if one attack is normal, then the improvement is to two attacks per round. This increase in attacks is cumulative with any other bonus attacks (such as those provided by a haste spell).

The order of attacks in the round is determined normally after the wielder has made his first attack to begin activity in the round. It is possible, for instance, that a wielder entitled to three attacks in the round will attack once before any other action takes place, and then (because of poor initiative rolls or other factors) take his remaining two attacks at the very end of the round.

Bladethirst

Singing

Already imbued with song from previous blade owners, including Lyassa and Halel, the song has been enhanced. The blade anticipates the song of any singer within hearing, perhaps as a function of its ability to manipulate time. It can sing on its own, or harmonize with any and all singers. It has the uncanny ability to tie the songs of others together, no matter how different. It is effective at countering any singing opponent, including canceling any opposing counter songs.

The blade's song makes its wielder confident and immune to charm, command, confusion, fear, friends, repulsion, scare and suggestion. An emotion cast on the wielder only causes rage, focused on the one who cast the emotion spell. The sword's song also cancels the effects of a harpy's song, silences shriekers, and can entrance weak, earthly, living creatures, although this ability could be negated by a bard's counter-song.

Spellsong

By planting the sword tip down into the ground, while dancing and singing around the blade, the wielder can cast Eilistraee's Spellsong spell, once per day. The owner is treated as one of Eilistraee's Spellsinger specialty priests, and the sword counts as a second priest. Additional priests of Eilistraee can join in to augment the power of the spell without the need to cast their own spell. Any one of the following effects can be achieved:

Cast any priest spell of 5th level or below with standard range, duration, casting time, saving throws and effects. Spells can be any Drow priest spell, or standard spells from any of the following spheres: all, combat, creation, elemental, guardian, healing, necromantic, protection, sun, weather; animal, charm, divination, plant, summoning
Recall any single priest spell cast in the last 48 hours.
Restore a lost level to any one creature embraced during the song, including the caster.
Heal the caster or one creature touched for 1d4+1 hit points, plus 1d4 hit points per additional priest participating in the Spellsong.
A chorus of 7 priests can cure blindness, slow poison or cure disease.
A chorus of 9 priests can dispel magic, remove curse, or neutralize poison.
A chorus of 12 priests can cast regeneration or spell immunity to one specific spell.

The wielder can participate in the Spellsong casting of another priest, counting himself and the sword towards the total number of priests.

Interactions

Chromatic Blade - Enhanced sharpness.
Teleport - Flying range becomes unlimited with the teleport ability. Sword can blink while dancing in melee, up to 10 feet including between opponents.
Wind - the sword can fly at a move rate of 60 while retaining a maneuverability class of A.

Appearance

Rune

Owl - on back.  

Feature

Two owl wings of silver, gold and bronze extend from each side of the ricasso. The feathers are sharp and separated at the outer edge. In long sword form, the tines are 4 inches wide for a 10 inch wingspan. On the back side of the ricasso, the body of the owl is worked onto the blade in silver, gold and bronze work with two golden tiger's eye gemstones framed in platinum circles appearing like the owl's face.  

Rite

Lady Aviel requested that three of Eilistraee's Sword Dancers bless her sword with a Sword Dance. Lady Aviel called a Moonbeam down into their midst while each dancer danced and cut themselves upon the blade to cover it in their blood and gain Eilistraee's favor on the moonblade. Once the blade began to glow with the goddess's moonfire, Lady Aviel lifted the blade into the air with telekinesis while the priests combined their powers in Spellsong to cast Bladedance upon it. As Lady Aviel bound her spirit to the blade, a Gust of Wind blew through the dancers and the illusory form of an owl passed from her to the blade.  