Thalena’s silver sword is the weapon she made and wielded as Arcanis. Forged from essence cores compressed with aether magic, it holds a reserve of essence as well as serving as a blade. She designed it for use against gods and the shard wielder Jorhan.
Construction and power
Thalena gathered and mined essence cores while living in the swamps of Erenmyr. She charged them at an abandoned essence tower to the north, then spent years compressing, enchanting and refining them. She incorporated cosmic and divine power and temporal magic as she worked. Two weapons took shape: a golden sword that she gave to Hrzai, and the silver sword she kept.
The silver blade glitters with constellations and cosmic glyphs. Its stored essence can be exhausted, leaving it inert until it is recharged. Thalena’s strikes can collapse the air into voids and release destructive shockwaves, breaching shields and tearing open the ground.
History
Thalena prepared the sword for her confrontation with Jorhan in the final Xalmyrran cycle. Fighting as Arcanis, she broke through his layered shields and repeatedly drove him into the ground. Their battle destroyed Dravemir and drained the surrounding land. Eshmir intercepted the descending blade before it could strike Jorhan’s neck and carried him away.
Thalena’s sword and star shard had together supplied enough power to defeat him. The silver blade was exhausted afterward, and she brought it back to Thalassai. It rested uncharged beside her writing in her chambers.
Thalena’s silver sword is the weapon she made and wielded as Arcanis. Forged from essence cores compressed with aether magic, it holds a reserve of essence as well as serving as a blade. She designed it for use against gods and the shard wielder Jorhan.
Construction and power
Thalena gathered and mined essence cores while living in the swamps of Erenmyr. She charged them at an abandoned essence tower to the north, then spent years compressing, enchanting and refining them. She incorporated cosmic and divine power and temporal magic as she worked. Two weapons took shape: a golden sword that she gave to Hrzai, and the silver sword she kept.
The silver blade glitters with constellations and cosmic glyphs. Its stored essence can be exhausted, leaving it inert until it is recharged. Thalena’s strikes can collapse the air into voids and release destructive shockwaves, breaching shields and tearing open the ground.
History
Thalena prepared the sword for her confrontation with Jorhan in the final Xalmyrran cycle. Fighting as Arcanis, she broke through his layered shields and repeatedly drove him into the ground. Their battle destroyed Dravemir and drained the surrounding land. Eshmir intercepted the descending blade before it could strike Jorhan’s neck and carried him away.
Thalena’s sword and star shard had together supplied enough power to defeat him. The silver blade was exhausted afterward, and she brought it back to Thalassai. It rested uncharged beside her writing in her chambers.
The blade remained empty at her desk for a time. Cassian later noticed that it was missing from their chambers.
The Sword of Arcanis is the silver weapon made and wielded by Thalena, who was known as Arcanis. Forged from compressed essence cores, it holds a large supply of essence as well as serving as a blade. Thalena designed it for use against gods and the shard wielder Jorhan.
Construction
Thalena gathered and mined essence cores while living in the swamps of Erenmyr. She charged them at an abandoned essence tower to the north, then spent years compressing, enchanting and refining them with aether magic. She incorporated cosmic and divine power and temporal magic as she worked. Two weapons took shape: a golden sword that she gave to Hrzai, and the silver sword she kept.
The silver blade glitters with constellations. Cosmic glyphs and divine enchantments inscribed into it shine as it absorbs essence.
Power and weight
The sword provides a dense reserve of essence when Thalena cannot draw enough from her surroundings. That supply is finite: heavy casting and combat can drain it until the blade becomes inert. It can be recharged from the artifact used to charge cores at an essence tower. Before leaving Chronasis, Thalena collected it from the tower, where it rested against the charging artifact and absorbed essence.
Its charged mass makes it difficult to handle or transport. Caius and the tower attendants could not lift it, while Thalena lifted it without magic. Even then, her footstep cracked the floor until she used aether magic to reduce the weight. She also lightened it with aether magic while riding Glin, whose long flight would otherwise have been burdened by its mass.
Thalena channels additional aether magic through the sword in combat. Her strikes can collapse the air into voids and release destructive shockwaves, breaching shields and tearing open the ground. These attacks combine the weapon’s stored power with her own casting.
History
The final Xalmyrran cycle
Thalena prepared the sword for her confrontation with Jorhan. Fighting as Arcanis, she broke through his layered shields and repeatedly drove him into the ground. Their battle destroyed Dravemir and drained the surrounding land. Eshmir intercepted the descending blade before it could strike Jorhan’s neck and carried him away.
Thalena’s sword and star shard had together supplied enough power to defeat him. The silver blade was exhausted afterward, and she brought it back to Thalassai. It rested uncharged beside her writing in her chambers.
Recharging and recovery
Once recharged in Chronasis, Thalena took it across Valrindor. Her fight with Eremion around Maraveth drew on both the sword and her shard, and she had to conserve essence during the battle.
In the fighting near the Navan Sea, she threw the sword into the ground to expose Azarion and Eliona behind their illusion. She later escaped through a gate with Deylin, leaving the blade embedded in the battlefield.
Glin guided Lythariel and her companions to it in the mud. She needed both hands and shadow tendrils to lift it. Thorik added runes that drew on its essence to lighten it, easing Glin’s burden, though it remained difficult to carry.
The Sword of Arcanis is the silver weapon made and wielded by Thalena, who was known as Arcanis. Forged from compressed essence cores, it holds a large supply of essence as well as serving as a blade. Thalena designed it for use against gods and the shard wielder Jorhan.
Construction
Thalena gathered and mined essence cores while living in the swamps of Erenmyr. She charged them at an abandoned essence tower to the north, then spent years compressing, enchanting and refining them with aether magic. She incorporated cosmic and divine power and temporal magic as she worked. Two weapons took shape: a golden sword that she gave to Hrzai, and the silver sword she kept.
The silver blade glitters with constellations. Cosmic glyphs and divine enchantments inscribed into it shine as it absorbs essence.
Power and weight
The sword provides a dense reserve of essence when Thalena cannot draw enough from her surroundings. That supply is finite: heavy casting and combat can drain it until the blade becomes inert. It can be recharged from the artifact used to charge cores at an essence tower. Before leaving Chronasis, Thalena collected it from the tower, where it rested against the charging artifact and absorbed essence.
Its charged mass makes it difficult to handle or transport. Caius and the tower attendants could not lift it, while Thalena lifted it without magic. Even then, her footstep cracked the floor until she used aether magic to reduce the weight. She also lightened it with aether magic while riding Glin, whose long flight would otherwise have been burdened by its mass.
Thalena channels additional aether magic through the sword in combat. Her strikes can collapse the air into voids and release destructive shockwaves, breaching shields and tearing open the ground. These attacks combine the weapon’s stored power with her own casting.
History
The final Xalmyrran cycle
Thalena prepared the sword for her confrontation with Jorhan. Fighting as Arcanis, she broke through his layered shields and repeatedly drove him into the ground. Their battle destroyed Dravemir and drained the surrounding land. Eshmir intercepted the descending blade before it could strike Jorhan’s neck and carried him away.
Thalena’s sword and star shard had together supplied enough power to defeat him. The silver blade was exhausted afterward, and she brought it back to Thalassai. It rested uncharged beside her writing in her chambers.
Recharging and recovery
Once recharged in Chronasis, Thalena took it across Valrindor. Her fight with Eremion around Maraveth drew on both the sword and her shard, and she had to conserve essence during the battle.
In the fighting near the Navan Sea, she threw the sword into the ground to expose Azarion and Eliona behind their illusion. She later escaped through a gate with Deylin, leaving the blade embedded in the battlefield.
Glin guided Lythariel and her companions to it in the mud. She needed both hands and shadow tendrils to lift it. Thorik added runes that drew on its essence to lighten it, easing Glin’s burden, though it remained difficult to carry.
Return to Thalassai
Lythariel brought the sword back to Cassian in Chronasis. He found that it had become lighter after Thalena’s expenditure of essence, though the weapon still held a substantial reserve. Astryx’s aether magic and Thorik’s runic magic helped carry the bag containing it to Stella Aeterna.
Thalena later carried the silver sword beside Cassian’s golden sword. She placed both at the Chronasis essence tower for charging, where the runic enchantments made them easier for the attendants to handle.