Scabbard

A scabbard was a protective covering or slot for a weapon worn on a belt. Most scabbards were sold by vendors along with their weapons, but there were also several magical scabbards known in the Realms.

Rumors & Legends
In the divine myths of the elves, the goddess Araushnee once created a magical scabbard meant to cause her then-husband's sword to shatter when he faced the god of the orcs, Gruumsh.

Notable Scabbards

 * scabbard of blessing

Trivia
1116 DR was known as the Year of the Empty Scabbard.

In the Realms, crafters often decorated scabbards with irtios, a pale yellow gemstone, because it was believed that the gems would prevent rot.

A group of dwarf assassins in Gracklstugh were known as the Empty-Scabbard Killers. This was because they were often soulknives who could manifest a blade of psychic energy and thus did not need a physical blade in their scabbards.

In thieves' cant, the word for "sword" was kam, and the word for "container" was kanab; the word for "scabbard" was simply kamkanab.