Icicle was a unique long sword forged by the song-smith named Gehorg Diamondforge of Ravens Bluff in the late 14th century DR.[1]
Description[]
Icicle got its name from the sword's blade, which had turned transparent during forging.[1]
Powers[]
Apart from its impressive appearance, Icicle possessed a +2 enchantment to the wielder's aim and the blade's damage. It was also especially deadly to creatures that were not scared of any sort of cold. When wielded against such creatures of cold, the weapon's blade became effectively a devastating +5 enchanted weapon. Additionally, Icicle acted in the same fashion as a ring of warmth did and allowed the wielder to unleash the cone of cold spell once per day.[1]
History[]
In the Year of the Unstrung Harp, 1371 DR,[note 1] Gehorg Diamondforge and many other stores of Ravens Bluff's Market District fell victim to extortion by a group of criminals. These people—Marella, Elizza, Moamar, and Rundell—were members of the warlord Myrkyssa Jelan's army that waged war on the Vast just a year prior. Gehorg spent years of his life creating weapons of great power through the ancient dwarven art of song-smithing. The master smith lost several magic weapons to the extortionists: Icicle, Stone Splitter, Flame Quencher, and Starshine. This loss disillusioned Gehorg Diamondforge, and he decided to leave Ravens Bluff and its corruption unless the city was to reimburse him for the masterworks lost to the people whom he perceived to be Living City watchmen.[1]
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Notes[]
- ↑ The events of the Living City Ravens Bluff campaign took place on a timeline that advanced together with the real world's time. Even though all Living City adventures and issues of Ravens Bluff Trumpeter were dated with real-world dates, there were events that received a DR year. The Living City timeline can be derived from Myrkyssa Jelan's historic events of the late 14th century DR. Myrkyssa Jelan attacked Ravens Bluff in 1370 DR, according to The City of Ravens Bluff and Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition; these events are chronicled in an in-and-out of universe issues of Ravens Bluff Trumpeter. This places the real world year 1997 as 1370 DR, and in 1998 (1371 DR), Myrkyssa was at last arrested and tried and said to have been executed, only to reappear in 1372 DR in The City of Ravens novel. As the real world's months and the Calendar of Harptos are virtually identical, we can also date all events of the Living City Ravens Bluff as close as an in-universe month.
Appearances[]
Organized Play & Licensed Adventures
Alter Egos
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 George Aber (January 1998). Alter Egos. Living City (RPGA), p. 11.