Dornavver

Dornavver (also known as Demonbane) is a +3 outsider bane bastard sword with a multicoloured blade and long, silver hilt. It has a silver plated crosspiece and there is a symbol of Ilmater on the pommel. It weighs around 6 pounds (2.7kg). Although it is outsider bane, this quality only functions against evil-aligned outsiders. When within sixty feet (18.3m) of a demon, the sword glows blue. Dornavver's market value is around 262,000 gold pieces.

Effects
The sword increases the bearer's resistance to magical effects, and grants the bearer an immunity to the charms of demons. In addition, there is a chance that any demons struck by the sword will be temporarily unable to summon their kin. The sword has a strong negative effect on evil bearers which cannot be circumvented by any means, even magical. Demons are well aware of the reputation of Dornavver and are likely to be intimidated in its presence.

History
Dornavver was created in 275 DR by a swordsmith of the same name. At the time, a plethora of evil artifacts such as Jaralth, Kuraltaar and Morthinmar had been created under the reign of Qysar Shoon IV of the Shoon Imperium, so Dornavver created the sword in an attempt to counter this. It was enchanted at Allyn's Anvil on the Feast of the Moon during Uktar, 275 DR. This is the same site where the Demonsbane shields had been consecrated two hundred years earlier. Archsufferer Irmakul "Bloodthews", Reverend Brother Filithan, Exalted Servant Volshur the Crooked and a number of other priests took part in the ritual enchantment.

After its initial creation, the sword was given to a knighthood of paladins called the Holy Warriors of Suffering whose fortress was on the site of Castle Dasaajk, east of the Purple Hills. Around a century later, one of the order took the sword to Torsil and eliminated Uldoon, a feat which is recorded in the ballad "Uldoon's Doom". After this, the sword's whereabouts became unknown for around a hundred years.

Dornavver turned up again during the Weeping War in the possession of a paladin named Sarshel Elethlim, who fought in the Battle of Snowsblood Trail and the Battle of Standing Stone's Blood in 713 DR. He went on to use the sword in the Triad Crusade in Impiltur a decade later, during the Fiend Wars, and used it to destroy the Crown of Narfell in the Citadel of Conjurers, an act that began the retreat of Orcus's army.

Sarshel was subsequently crowned King of Impiltur, and when he died, Dornavver was passed down from monarch to monarch, although it was not used in battle again until 786 DR when Prince Nord banished the balor Ndulu from Impiltur. It was again used in combat in 850 DR by King Beldred who drove the demons out of the Rawlinswood in "the Scouring".

Dornavver was stored by Mage Royal Soargar in his tower in Lyrabar until around 1095 DR when the monarchy in Impiltur was reestablished. It is generally accepted that the sword was then used by King Imbrar in 1127 DR as he led an army against the hobgoblins of the Giantspire Mountains, but some claim he gave it to Lord Osper Wellhaven. The current location of Dornavver is unknown.