Oh, what are the odds? Lucky you, Loki, you've stumbled upon one who has created such an artefact.
Azwel gives a rueful smile. "I know rather a lot about such artefacts." He reaches down and unclips the gauntlets from his belt, placing them on the table. "These bear shards of what are called the Spirit Sword and the Cursed Sword," he says, indicating the vaguely crystalline things in the triangular settings. "Taken from before the weapons re-formed themselves from being shattered in a fight. The Cursed Sword holds the essence of Chaos, whereas the Spirit Sword holds the essence of Order. In my world, the Cursed Sword had the ability to cause something called 'Malfestation'--it would twist and mutate a certain kind of person in body and mind, bringing out rage and hatred before leaving them a mindless killer.
There is no cure for Malfestation save for one thing--" he taps the left gauntlet and its blue crystal. "The Spirit Sword. At least that's the legend. In the hands of the right bearer, its energies could merge with theirs and reverse the effects. The right bearer, however, is a rare individual, indeed,"
"Rest assured, though, bound as these shards are, they cannot work any transformations unless I will it. They are part of a... a circuit, now, for which I've made myself a catalyst."
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Azwel gives a rueful smile. "I know rather a lot about such artefacts." He reaches down and unclips the gauntlets from his belt, placing them on the table. "These bear shards of what are called the Spirit Sword and the Cursed Sword," he says, indicating the vaguely crystalline things in the triangular settings. "Taken from before the weapons re-formed themselves from being shattered in a fight. The Cursed Sword holds the essence of Chaos, whereas the Spirit Sword holds the essence of Order. In my world, the Cursed Sword had the ability to cause something called 'Malfestation'--it would twist and mutate a certain kind of person in body and mind, bringing out rage and hatred before leaving them a mindless killer.
There is no cure for Malfestation save for one thing--" he taps the left gauntlet and its blue crystal. "The Spirit Sword. At least that's the legend. In the hands of the right bearer, its energies could merge with theirs and reverse the effects. The right bearer, however, is a rare individual, indeed,"
"Rest assured, though, bound as these shards are, they cannot work any transformations unless I will it. They are part of a... a circuit, now, for which I've made myself a catalyst."