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,[1] 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.[2]
Notable Scabbards[]
Trivia[]
In the Roll of Years, the year 1116 DR bore the name "Year of the Empty Scabbard".[4]
In the Realms, crafters often decorated scabbards with irtios, a pale yellow gemstone,[5] because it was believed that the gems would prevent rot.[6]
A group of dwarven 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.[7][8][9]
In thieves' cant, the word for "sword" was kam, and the word for "container" was kanab; the word for "scabbard" was simply kamkanab.[10]
Appendix[]
External Links[]
Scabbard article at Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams (July 2003). Player's Handbook v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 114. ISBN 0-7869-2886-7.
- ↑ Elaine Cunningham (1999). Evermeet: Island of Elves. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 21, 30. ISBN 0-7869-1354-1.
- ↑ BioWare (June 2002). Designed by Brent Knowles, James Ohlen. Neverwinter Nights. Atari.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 119. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 300. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd (1996). Volo's Guide to All Things Magical. (TSR, Inc), p. 42. ISBN 0-7869-0446-1.
- ↑ Richard Baker, James Wyatt (March 2004). Player's Guide to Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 173. ISBN 0-7869-3134-5.
- ↑ Eytan Bernstein (2007-06-20). Psionic Races and Classes (Blues, Duergar, and Elans). Class Chronicles. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2020-03-14. Retrieved on 2017-09-24.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, Adam Lee, Richard Whitters (September 1, 2015). Out of the Abyss. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 55. ISBN 978-0-7869-6581-6.
- ↑ Aurelio Locsin (October 1982). “Thieves' Cant: A primer for the language of larceny”. In Kim Mohan ed. Dragon #66 (TSR, Inc.), p. 38.