Regarding Sunder and The Blade of Souls

was tied directly to the core binding aspects of the enchantment. I wonder if I could replicate something similar?
Perhaps if made for a

specific person in mind rather than aiming for a general result, we would be able to make the enchantment that much stronger and more
precise.
So the story goes, there was once an enchanter named Akalier, a disciple of Hespien, who lived in the Era of Lords. One day an
empress told Akalier that she wished to be immortal, and demanded they make something for her that would grant eternal life. They forged a
s word that was meant to render the wielder untouchable to Death (a function that I am not especially interested in, as it seems largely
unnecessary.) The empress was a powerful and feared warrior for much of her life, but she was eventually killed in battle. She was buried with
the s word until many years later when a team of archaeologists discovered her tomb, and one of them picked up the s word, at which point he
learned that Death had in fact not taken her at all, and that her spirit had been trapped, haunting the blade for over a thousand years. Soon
this archaeologist died as well, and he too found himself trapped. A wizard later acquired the artifact. He named it the Blade of Souls, and he
spent the remainder of his life studying it until he too fell victim to its curse.
I was fortunate enough that I never had to touch the blade myself. But I was able to study it in the hands of another. Clearly I have
no intention to create a cursed s word, and this Blade of Souls was dangerous enough that we did have to destroy it in the end (after “borrowing”
Sunder for a short time.) Even so, my examination of its mechanations was promising. Those other souls who had held the s word previously
were able to grant its present bearer full use of their powers. As such, although the enchantment on the s word itself was fairly simple, the
amount of raw power it granted its user was potentially on par with that of a Hylan weapon. Of course, there is a certain amount of luck
that these spirits had happened to possess potent magical abilities (again, this will not be an issue for me) and she did not seem to consider
this a worthy trade-off for the haunting she endured. She’s free of it now, of course.
The woman who had retrieved it for me didn’t wish for me or anyone else to know her name, which is reasonable. I do owe her a debt
though, and I hope that some day after Mazarin is dead and buried, she will be recognized for her part in all of this. At the very least, I hope
she knows her own part in it.
Of course the enchantments used to create such a thing are archaic. Even knowing how they work, I don’t think I’d be able to fully
replicate them. Which is a good thing, I think. I don’t want to recreate this mess of an item, I want to make something new and different that
can be wielded with intention. And I know who I want to use it. All respect to Akalier, but it’s wildly agreed that one of the factors in the
overwhelming potency of Hyla’s creations was that she made each one for a specific person. Those that have survived have often rejected other
users throughout history, but maybe that’s okay. Hell, maybe that’s what I want. Something that can fulfill our prophecy, but whose power won’t
be abused after the emperor has been killed.
While Sunder is still in my possession (I will need to return it soon if I am to keep a low profile) I’ve been trying to garner what
I can about its enchantment as well. Apparently its name was originally a portmanteau of Sunset Dreams, which strikes me as eminently
strange. Its enchantment is not a destructive one, but rather an unbecoming. It unmakes creations and consumes for itself everything that went
into them. As a s word to destroy other s words, it seems perfectly functional, but its enchantment is so odd. It’s almost as if Teos had
originally intended it for a different purpose, and then changed his mind some time during the process of forging it. There was something of a
presence in the s word, and I attempted to communicate with it with varying amounts of success. I think it knew I was there and could sense
me, and I could tell that if I wanted something destroyed then it would be happy to help me, but it felt as if it was already bonded to another
person. That s word holds an absurd amount of power that I just can’t access right now. I can only hope the Devil can’t access it either. Well,
if that’s the case then he must have it here in hopes to use it for its more traditional purpose. Perhaps to destroy whatever it is I make in the
end? Is he able to observe the future in some way, or is it more a general preparation? Or maybe I’m reading too much into this whole thing
and he’s a powerful being who possesses powerful artifacts and likes to keep them close, albeit under rather lacking security.
All that aside, this has been a valuable opportunity to examine its artistry. Teos’s style has always leaned more subtle in contrast to
his contemporaries. His designs are widely considered to be less artistically ambitious, although he certainly makes up for it in sheer technical
competence. There is a certain beauty to the blade once it’s actually in hand. From afar it’s nothing special to look at, but it is rife with
impossibly intricate and elegant engravings when viewed from a distance of inches. Its designs are very Lissid in shape, flowing almost like a
poem. There is a sad anger to it, in an odd contrast to the s word’s happy, almost sickeningly helpful presence. The more derivative a creation,

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was tied directly to the core binding aspects of the enchantment. I wonder if I could replicate something similar?

Perhaps if made for a

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