The Ashbringer is a powerful sword named for its ability to slaughter the undead and leave nothing but ash in its wake.[1][2] The legendary sword was crafted by King Magni Bronzebeard on the Great Anvil of Ironforge, and was infused with the Holy Light.[3] Ashbringer shares its name with its original wielder, Alexandros Mograine, the former Highlord of the Order of the Silver Hand who employed the title of "The Ashbringer".[4]
Alexandros' oldest son, Renault Mograine, betrayed and murdered him with the sword, corrupting it. The Archlich Kel'Thuzad then resurrected Alexandros as a death knight to lead the Four Horsemen of the Scourge in Naxxramas. The undead Alexandros continued to wield the corrupted Ashbringer, until his younger son Darion Mograine killed him and reclaimed the unholy blade. Discovering that his father's soul had become corrupted and trapped in the sword, Darion impaled himself with Ashbringer in hope of freeing Alexandros.[5] While successful, Darion became undead and joined the Scourge. He continued to wield the corrupted sword as the Highlord of the Death Knights of Acherus. During the second Battle for Light's Hope Chapel, Ashbringer was purified when Darion betrayed the Lich King and relinquished the sword to Tirion Fordring.[6]
As the Highlord of the Argent Crusade, Tirion Fordring wielded Ashbringer during the Scourgewar in Northrend, and used it to shatter Frostmourne and defeat the Lich King in their culminating battle at the Frozen Throne. Following Fordring's death during the third invasion of the Burning Legion, the Ashbringer passed to his successor, a Champion of the Light who wielded it as the new Highlord of the Silver Hand. Ashbringer's power was later drained to neutralize Azeroth's wound inflicted by Sargeras.
The sword's story has been slowly revealed since World of Warcraft's inception. While Ashbringer had a pronounced role in Wrath of the Lich King, players were unable to wield it until the release of Legion. The Ashbringer is featured in a titular four-part comic miniseries.
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Soul Calibur is the spirit sword created to combat Soul Edge and is known as the protagonist in the Soul series. However it grew into an antagonistic role in later games; its spirit form Elysium served as the main villain and final boss of Soulcalibur V. Algol, the king that once wielded Soul Edge and lost his son because of the demonic sword, vowed to create a holy sword from the purified shards of Soul Edge that would oppose the evil sword, being its equal in strength and opposite in intent. Algol enlisted the help of the greatest sage in the land, who used purified fragments of the cursed sword to forge a new spirit sword, to be known as "Soul Calibur". After many failed attempts, the holy sword was born when Algol sacrificed himself to complete the ritual. However, the sword that was created was far from good due to Algol's thirst for power, and it was extremely similar in nature to Soul Edge. Nonetheless, the tribe that was tasked with guarding the sword slowly purified it to the point that it could be considered a holy weapon, while keeping dormant the dark soul that rested within the sword. The guardians lived in seclusion, passing the sword from generation to generation in secret. Whenever a warrior vowed to take on Soul Edge on his own, Soul Calibur appeared to prevent the cursed sword from causing any more damage. When wielded by King Arthur it was referred to as Excalibur. Soul Calibur finally appeared, somehow transformed into a different shape, as one of the Ling-Sheng Su Temple treasures, a sword called Krita-Yuga. The other treasures, Kali-Yuga and Dvapara-Yuga, are linked to the holy sword. Kali-Yuga, a holy staff, is capable of absorbing different energies in order to strengthen Soul Calibur. Dvapara-Yuga, the holy mirror of the Ling-Sheng Su Temple, is used to help keep the purity of Soul Calibur intact and has the power of purifying the corruption of Soul Edge. However Soul Calibur is becoming manipulative like her brother weapon Soul Edge, for her purpose to bring order in a ruthless way.
Proficiency with a Greatsword allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.
This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it.
Graze. If your attack roll with this weapon misses a creature, you can deal damage to that creature equal to the ability modifier you used to make the attack roll. This damage is the same type dealt by the weapon, and the damage can be increased only by increasing the ability modifier.
Notes: Damage: Bludgeoning, Damage: Lightning, Damage: Radiant, Damage: Piercing, Damage: Psychic, Damage: Slashing, Damage: Melee Weapon Attacks, Damage: Poison, Heavy, Two-Handed, Graze
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