The Sword of Cymrych Hugh, named for the first High King of the Moonshae Isles, was a unique enchanted longsword specifically crafted to defeat the beast known as Kazgaroth. It was the personal weapon of High King Tristan Kendrick during the 14th century DR.[1]
Description[]
The blade was silver and inscribed with an ancient crest and motto written in the Old Script of the Ffolk. It had a plain leather pommel and scabbard. It seemed to emit its own light.[2]
Powers[]
This +4 silver longsword possessed a number of unique powers and granted boons to its wielder. Whomever held the sword could detect evil within their sight at will. However, if they ever caught sight of the great beast Kazgaroth the bearer of the blade was compelled to engage it in melee combat. Fortunately for them, the sword itself instilled a sense of dread to take over Kazgaroth's mind.[1]
It was thought that by using the sword to kill Kazgaroth and then reducing its body to ashes, the Beast would be slain forever. Killing the monster using any other method would enable it to be reborn in three to eighteen years.[3] The blade was also devastating against against any of Kazgaroth's minions.[4]
History[]
When Kazgoroth awoke and began to wreck havoc in the Moonshaes during the Year of the Student, 201 DR, the finest dwarven craftsfolk of Highhome forged the sword, under the blessings of the Earthmother, for the specific task of defeating Kazgaroth. Cymrych Hugh defeated the Beast and united the Moonshaes under his rule.[5]
The sword would henceforth become a symbol of the High Kings of the Cymrych Dynasty.[6][7] Accordingly, that dynasty came to an end when High King Tanner Cymrych lost the sword to firbolgs, who slew him in the Year of the Animated Armor, 944 DR.[6]
Ffolk heroes and kings long sought the blade after its disappearance, and it was said that he who found the blade was destined to wield it.[4]
The sword ended up in a firbolg stronghold located in the Fens of the Fallen in Myrloch Vale. It was recovered by Prince Tristan and his friends when they went to rescue the bard Keren in the Year of the Saddle, 1345 DR.[8] Tristan was unaware of what he had found at first, but using the sword, he led his people to victory against Kazgaroth in the Darkwalker War.[9]
The next year, the mighty sword allowed Tristan to battle an avatar of Bhaal. By sacrificing the sword in the corrupted moonwell at the heart of the Sacred Grove of the Earthmother, Bhaal's connection to Toril was temporarily severed, destroying both his avatar and the sword of Cymrych Hugh.[10]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dale Donovan, Paul Culotta (August 1996). Heroes' Lorebook. (TSR, Inc), p. 124. ISBN 0-7869-0412-7.
- ↑ Douglas Niles (May 2011). Darkwalker on Moonshae. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 8. ISBN 978-0-7869-5958-7.
- ↑ Douglas Niles (November 1987). Moonshae. Edited by Mike Breault. (TSR, Inc.), p. 29. ISBN 0-88038-494-8.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Douglas Niles (May 2011). Darkwalker on Moonshae. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 9. ISBN 978-0-7869-5958-7.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 67. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Brian R. James (December 2007). “Grand History of the Realms: The Moonshaes”. Dragon #362 (Wizards of the Coast). Archived from the original on 2009-06-01.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, et al (1989). Hall of Heroes. (TSR, Inc), p. 41. ISBN 0-88038-711-4.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 139. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Douglas Niles (September 2004). Darkwalker on Moonshae. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 0-7869-3560-X.
- ↑ Douglas Niles (July 2011). Darkwell. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 19. ISBN 978-0-7869-5970-9.