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| The Ruin of Kings
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Unknown Dark Jedi
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Alchemically Forged Sword
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110cm
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The Ruin of Kings was a weapon forged during the Hundred Year Darkness by an unknown Dark Jedi. Ranked among those who fought in the war as a powerful alchemist and smith, it was a key to controlling and subduing The Fang, a semi-sentient fortress intended to imprison their enemies. In an act of irony, the creator of both the fortress and weapon would be entombed within his own prison after his allies grew to fear his growing power. With the prison abandoned as the war turned against the Dark Jedi, the weapon was lost for a time. It would remain lost within the castle's lower levels throughout the rise and fall of both the Republic and New Republic, only being found once a group of Jensaarai claimed the fortress as a base of operations. As the Fang reawakened it would call out to them, trying to test and judge each to see if they were also Dark Jedi, before settling on Sirra Werd'la as the being that drew them most parallels with its creators. It would guide her to the blade and, after some examination by Nikora Rhan, would be used to deactivate the Fang as it turned upon them. The group would retain the weapon after departing the fortress, recognising the potential danger it posed if it fell into the wrong hands.
History
The exact history of the weapon remains unknown, as only splintered fragments of what originally took place have been recorded. Even the name of its builder has been lost to the ages, and much of what is recorded has been taken from only semi-reliable sources. Nevertheless, it is believed to be largely true given the other elements which have been discovered since the loss of the Fang. The weapon was forged during the worst fighting of the Hundred-Year Darkness, by a group of Dark Jedi that required a prison to capture its foes. Some believe that this location was used as a lab and prison in equal measure, serving to hold their greatest enemies while also devising new Sithspawn to support their war. To create the greatest level of security possible, the Fang was forged with these methods and turned into a semi-sentient monolith capable of fully defending itself and commanding its creations in battle. Because all servants of the Dark side of the Force fear the power held by those beneath them, a weapon was forged as a means to subdue the castle and nullify its defences entirely. The Ruin of Kings was forged as this weapon, with the twin role of being both a warden's scimitar in battle and a key to subdue the Fang if it betrayed them.
Whatever the intent behind the Ruin of Kings' forging, its creator was betrayed shortly after completing his work. His allies feared his power more than they did the Jedi he was tasked with holding, and turned his prison upon him. Throwing him into the deepest of its dungeons, he was sealed away to rot within its depths, locked outside of the universe and unable to break his bonds. Whatever plans they might have had for him, whatever intentions were held for the Fang, these were lost in the centuries that passed. In value in the weapon or the location it was bound to was never recorded, even by the victorious Jedi. As the Vatali Empire emerged to hold ultimate authority over the worlds and Trepus was colonised by new arrivals, the Fang was avoided due to both its location and ill omens surrounding its presence. It would only be with the arrival of Ka Tarvitz and Nikora Rhan that this would change. Seeking a stronghold to utilise as they fought to preserve the teachings of the Jensaarai, they were able to claim ownership of the Fang in exchange for slaying a monster that plagued its owner's life. Handed the deed to its territories, they were able to eventually find and purge its grounds of the beasts that called the place home.
Both Tarvitz and Rhan found success in their ventures, certain of the Fang's unusual nature but unaware of its origins. Seemingly benign in nature and with no text yielding answers on its creators, they accepted its quirks for the moment, instead focusing upon far more pressing problems.
Design
One of the most curious qualities of the Ruin of Kings is its changing nature. The blade's design alters to best suit its era or user, while also remaining clearly of an ancient design. This is the origin of its many names, which seems to transform and alter depending upon who views it. While the runes about the blade's edge never changes, each individual gazing upon it is granted a clear word in their head, ranging from the complex, such as the Sephi-translated That Which Unlocks the End in all Things to the more basic such as the Frostward. It has been thought that the name might stem from whatever provokes the most fear, but it has been believed it is instead whatever elicits the most useful emotional reaction from those viewing it. Whether this is useful to the sword or those that wield it has yet to be understood.