Tehkyram
Character
Deathfang
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: A ceremonial/ritual/utility/torture knife for Tehkyram
- Image Source: DeviantArt
- Canon Link: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Tehkyram w/ Taeli Raaf
- Affiliation: Tehkyram
- Model: N/A
- Modularity: No
Production: Unique
- Material: Rancor bone, misc. alchemical substances
- Classification: Dagger
- Size: Small
- Weight: Average
- Reinforced elemental resistance
- Saberproof reinforcement
- Lightning conduit
- Dark Side Affinity
- Death Affinity
- THE RIGHT STUFF: Deathfang is forged in the traditional manner of sith alchemy, giving it supernatural toughness and resilience on par with the historical sith swords of old.
- SCREAM BLOODY MURDER: Deathfang is tainted through its origin and creation, meaning that whoever wields it will be tempted by a considerable lust for death. Those who haven't mastered their homicidal impulses will find it harder and harder to use the dagger for non-lethal purposes.
Tehkyram is naturally geared towards killing people. So to that end, the trial by which he would obtain his knighthood would only feature murder as an accessory of sorts. Thus, the goal of Tehkyram's task was in multiple parts: go to Felucia, slay a rancor, and use its carcass to forge both a set of armor and a blade. After slaying the Rancor, he would take the corpse to the planet Amaltanna, where, under the advice and mentorship of Darth Arcanix, the knight-to-be would craft the knife known as Deathfang.
Deathfang is a wicked-looking curved pale-white blade, with a rancor-skin leather grip. The knife is a bit larger than normal so as to suit it's larger-than-normal user. The bone part of it is notably cold to the touch, as if the blade is devoid of any heat or life. Said deathly stillness seams to emanate from the alchemic sealing, which gives the blade the cutting power roughly equivalent to a lightsaber.
For Tehkyram, the primary purpose of Deathfang is his post-battle ritual of scalping, taking trophies from his victims as a testament to his own slaughter. The knife has some utility otherwise, and can be used as a weapon, but its purpose is primarily for ritual and utility. Still, the weapon has an odd connection to death and murder, perhaps due to the general anti-life sentiments of its creator. Tehkyram, of course, hardly notices it, since it's nothing new for him. But anyone else who would grasp the knife would immediately find themselves compelled to shed sentient blood...
