Baneblades of Demron

The Baneblades of Demron are six powerful swords that were created over the course of 300 years. Though the archmage Demron receives the credit for their creation, the weapons were actually cooperative efforts, created jointly by all the races that inhabited Myth Drannor before its fall. Each of the blades was keyed to one particular race or profession. The baneblades function as nonmagical weapons of fine quality if the wielder is of an inappropriate race and/or profession.

All of the baneblades are powerful magic swords that are imbued with holy energy and that are particularly effective against outsiders (those from planes other than the Prime Material Plane) and undead. Each sheds light equivalent to that of a torch, although the wielder may suppress this light with a mental command. The individual blades also have their own additional powers. Unless otherwise noted, each power of a baneblade is activated by a command word.


 * Evaelathil : A green-glowing blade, usable only by halflings
 * Mhaorathil : An orange-glowing short sword, only usable by dwarves
 * Morvian : A greatsword that glows with a yellow sun-like light, intended to be used by humans
 * Faervian : A longsword that glows deep purple
 * Dragathil : A medium-sized rapier that glows red and can hold people in place
 * Keryvian : A broadsword wielded by Fflar Starbrow Melruth

Creation and History
In 346 DR, several senior and junior officers were exiled from Myth Drannor after it was revealed that they had subjected their non-elven troops to horrendous treatment and for willingly sacrificing them in favor of elven troops.

Major Pirphal Faerondaryl offers his resignation, but Coronal Eltagrim refuses it and instructs him to work to remedy the issue. Major Pirphal then commissions the first three of the Baneblades as weapons for his new lieutenants: one is a halfling, the other a dwarf, and the third a human. These blades are dwarven-forged, the hilts are of elven make, and the human archamge Demron was asked to enchant them.

Twelve years later in DR 358 Demron completes the enchanting of the first three baneblades. By 398 DR the baneblade Morvian is held by Lady Ahskahala Durothil, the previous owner having been killed in the Night Dragon's Attack skirmirsh earlier that year.

By 460 DR the archmage Demron is asked to complete another baneblade, though this one is for the Spell-Major since the traditional sword for that post, the Ary'Faern'Kerym elfblade, was lost 10 years earlier by Zaos Durothil when he attempted to fight off the red dragon Edallisufanxar. This blade is known as Faervian, and is completed only 2 years later in 462 DR. It is the only one created for the Akh'Faer (the arcane branch of the army).

In 574 DR Demron is asked once again to craft another baneblade, a fifth one, to serve as the blade for the Arms-Major of the Akh'Velahr (the normal standing army of Cormanthyr). It is completed later that year and named Dragathil.

The last of the baneblades, Keryvian, is completed by Demron in 633 DR for the Arms-Major position once again, since the previous baneblade Dragathil was lost in 590 DR when Spell-Major Pirphal died fighting the black dragon Mrinabnahor. Keryvian is said to be the most powerful of the baneblades. Exhausted by its creation, Demron dies only two days later.