BogModWeapons/ShadowEater

Artifact •••

It was some time before the Solar exalted discovered Soulsteel let alone how to make it. Early exporers into the Shadowlands and the Underworld gathered samples of the material and witnessed early nephwracks taking souls and working them like a piece of metal in the inhuman forges they had underground. One of the early explorers, Four Spears Risen, may well have been the first to develop the process or at least figure out how others did it. The first weapon made of soulsteel by the hands of the Exalted of Creation he went to the court of the Solar Queen Merela in the 73rd year after the end of the Primordial War.

The Solar Queen was not pleased or impressed at his Creation and he left her court embittered against her. The short struggle that lead to the formation of the Solar Deliberative lead to his death as he personally sought to avenge the insult on the Solar Queen and though she killed him for it he proved what Soulsteel could do as the weapon ravaged and destroyed the Solar Queen's shadow for a little while.

Its owner dead the weapon moved throughout many hands during the First Age. Oftentime it would be worn as a visable symbol of one who was taking a position contrary to the Solar Queen. Though not the most powerful of weapons its debut use and what it did to Merela lent to it a legend greater than its ability. Plus there was something that put the fear into people when they saw that terrible dark blade compared to the shining glory of the Solars and Lunars.

When it strikes someone in combat with a hit that could deal damage the user can spend 5 motes and as a Shaping and Crippling effect the sword destroys the shadow of the person it strikes just like the Shadow Summons spell. Aside from that the weapon functions just like a regular Soulsteel Daiklaive.