Lore - During what has become known as the Purge of the Unfaithful, General Aebos was protecting the town of Dormholt. This was the last stand for the King of Greyholm. The King ordered his army to protect the town, and give him and his family time to escape. As General Aebos prepared his forces, Aebos and his army were betrayed, and banished to the Shadowfell by the King's advisor, the Wizard Saril Munder. General Aebos tried to lead his his army back to the material plane, but was ultimately unsuccessful.

After years of struggling to survive in the Shadowfell, Aebos and the last two survivors of his army, Strom and Brylin, managed to find the Raven Queen. The men plead their case before her; begging for help in their search for revenge against the wizard Munder. The Raven Queen granted General Aebos and his men their request in exchange for their service to protect her followers. The agreed, and their souls were combined with the weapons they carried, a broken short sword, a spear, and a dagger. This short sword was not the weapon General Aebos fought with. General Aebos volunteered to bond with what remained of a long dead soldier that gave his life to protect Aebos. This sword is to remind him of the fragility of life. The Raven Queen kept these weapons at her side and bestowed them on those who would act as her aspects of fate in the material world, the crone (the broken sword), the mother (the spear), and the maiden (the dagger).

Description  - A worn and broken short sword with the sign of a raven subtly etched in the blade, and whose cutting edge is sharp and clean, and shows no sign of wear on it.

• Dormant -
  • Deals +1 to attack and damage rolls
  • 1D4 necrotic damage (3d4 necrotic to undead)
  • General Aebos can only communicate through the temperature of the blade (warm good/ cold bad), and images in dreams
• Awakened -
  • Deals +2 to attack and damage rolls
  • 2D4 necrotic damage (6d4 necrotic to undead)
  • Gain temporary hit points equal to necrotic damage given once per day
  • Wielder gains use of one Action Surge per day
  • Sword gains use of Death Ward once per day, and gains a Charisma Bonus.
  • The broken portion of the sword is outlined with light, and can shed dim light in a 10-foot radius
  • General Aebos can communicate Telepathically while held.
• Exulted -
  • Deals +3 to attack and damage rolls
  • Scores a critical hit on 19 and 20
  • 2D6 necrotic damage (6d6 necrotic to undead)
  • Gain temporary hit points equal to necrotic damage given twice per day
  • Wielder gains one use of Action Surge and Commune.
  • Sword gains use of Death Ward and Dimension Door once per day, and gains a Charisma Bonus.
  • The broken portion of the sword is filled with spectral light, and can shed bright light in a 10ft radius, and dim for another 10ft
  • General Aebos can communicate telepathically up to 100ft.

• Superior - (only when the wielder is willingly Controlled by an Exulted Sword)
  • Sword takes on the glowing spectral form of a Longsword (1d10)
  • covered in ice + 1d8 ice damage
  • Deals +5 to attack and damage rolls
  • critical hit on 19 and 20
  • Gains Multi-Attack (x2) per Attack action and one use of Action Surge per day
  • 2d8 necrotic damage or 6d8 necrotic to undead.
  • Gain temporary hit points equal to necrotic damage given.
  • Sword gains use of Death Ward and Dimension Door once per day.
  • General Aebos has taken control and you view yourself as either a passenger or a collaborator.

   

Harmonious - Attuning to this item takes only 1 minute if the wielder is a follower of the Raven Queen.

Sentience - The Sword of General Aebos is a sentient neutral weapon with an Intelligence of 15(+2), a Wisdom of 14(+2), and a Charisma of 17(+3), and hearing and normal vision out to 60 feet. It seeks to protect the followers of the Raven Queen and slay the Mage who betrayed him. The weapon communicates, dependent upon it's status, through temperature and visions, or telepathically with its wielder when awakened, and can speak, read, and understand common, elvish, and all languages the attuned wielder knows.

Personality - Having been betrayed by a wizard, Aebos is distrustful of any arcane spell casters not aligned with the Raven Queen. The sword will try to control the wielder when a humanoid wizard is visible, and General Aebos determines is untrustworthy, directing all attacks against them. Wielder needs a Charisma saving throw DC of 15. On a failed save, the wielder is charmed by the item for 6 hours or until the swords target is killed. If the wielder takes damage, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on a success. The item can't use this power again until the next dawn. An awakened sword has a Chraisma of 18(+5) and DC save of 16, and an Exulted sword has a Charisma of 20(+5) and a DC save of 17.

Status Reset - Should another creature other than the wielder pick up the sword, the sword will try to charm the creature at the Exulted level (+5) ignoring and negating any charmed resistance or immunity with the single thought to drop the weapon. Should the sword fail, it will reset to a dormant status. Should the wielder die (fail 3 death saves), the sword will be reset (even if the wielder is restored to life).

Death Ward - Once per day should the wielder of an Awaken or Exulted sword be reduced to 0hp the Sword will restore the wielder to 1hp and try to take control of the wielder to escape  (if exulted with dimension door).

Gathering - Should the other weapons made from the other survivors, The Dagger of Strom or The Spear of Brylin, be within 1000ft of each other they know the direction of where the other is located, and grant the wielders a +1 (or +2) to AC if the 2 (or 3) weapons are wielded within 120ft of each other. 

Ritual to Awaken - found in the tome 'The Unspoken Ways of the Shadow Queen'

Ritual to Exulted -  found in the tome 'Eclipse of Fate'

Blade Pact for Warlock - (Not everyone will agree with this) -

 

 

 

 

Proficiency with a Shortsword allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.

Notes: Damage: Necrotic, Damage: Slashing, Damage: Necrotic, follower of the Raven Queen, Finesse, Light, Vex