The Song of Breaking

The Song of Breaking was a piece of baleful music written in the city of Silverymoon sometime before 1372 DR.

Description
The Song of Breaking was recorded by its composer in a sheet music booklet.

Powers
Legends surrounded the song, but they were not far off from reality. The Song of Breaking could be played once per day to trigger its magical abilities that were similar to casting the circle of death spell.

History
A young love-stricken composer from Silverymoon wrote this piece of music sometime before 1372 DR after he hopelessly fell in love with an elven noblewoman. Both their names were lost to history, but stories claimed that the love was unrequited. In the last desperate attempt to win her heart over, the composer penned this baleful piece of music. The moment he placed the last dot on the music sheets, he collapsed on the floor, lifeless. By the late 14 century DR, many believed that the Song of Breaking, when played, cursed anyone who heard it with the same grim fate as suffered by its young composer.

Originally, the original of the sheet music belonged to the Silverymoon Conservatory, but by 1372 DR, the Song of Breaking it fell into the hands of Vladmyr, the shady curio merchant from Daggerford. He tasked the Hero of Daggerford with tracking down and recovery of several pieces for his collection, lost while being transported in an unsecured trading wagon through an especially bumpy patch of the Trade Way. One of these items was the sheet music of this cursed song. After falling out of the wagon - they were swept away from the road by a rainstorm. The music was found by a hin bard Petrello who was hopelessly infatuated by Kyleena Moonglow the leader of a wild elf tribe. The halfling stayed with the tribe in the remote area of Lonely Barrens of Delimbiyr Vale trying to win cold beauty's heart. Subsequently, the Song of Breaking sheet music was taken from the bard by the Hero of Daggerford and returned to Vladmyr the Loanshark.

Appearances

 * Video Games
 * Neverwinter Nights: Darkness over Daggerford