Runi Verin
Two pounds shy of a bomb.
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To create a blade for reasons.
Image Source: Lam Nguyen
Canon Link: N/A
Permissions: N/A
Primary Source: Force Imbued Blade, Sith Sword
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Manufacturer:
Runi Verin
Runi Verin
Market Status: Closed-Market
Model: VII
Modularity: Limited.
- Sheath and hilt may be replaced.
- Crystal may be replaced and re-attuned.
Production: Unique
Material: Cortosis (Sheath), Duraplast (Sheath), Alchemised Madog Steel (Blade), Thermoplast (Hilt), Upari Crystal (Focus), Misc components.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Classification: Alchemised Sword
Size: Average
Weight: Average
SPECIAL FEATURES
STRENGTHSGreater Cleave: The Upari crystal serving as the weapon’s focus has been imbued with a form of shatterpoint, allowing the wielder to perceive and exploit fault lines in the world around them while the weapon is being held.
Mental Prison: Force Sensitive individuals on the receiving end of the blade can potentially find themselves subjected to the effects of Force Suppression. This may cause them to temporarily believe that they have been severed from the Force itself, rendering them incapable of utilising any Force based abilities.
No Boku-toh: In addition to the aforementioned properties, the Force imbuement used in the weapon’s construction allows the blade to withstand lightsabers, reflect blaster bolts and serve to focus the wielder’s own Force powers. Similar to sith swords, it can also attract and store force lightning which can later be unleashed at the wielder’s discretion.
WEAKNESSESMental Breakthrough: Upari crystal can only be attuned by Force Sensitive individuals. While this blade retains the rest of its characteristics in the hands of a NFU, they unfortunately lack the ability to perceive shatterpoints and access its full potential.
Mental Breakthrough: Force Suppression only lasts for sixty seconds. As it is a mental based ability, individuals with noted resistances in that regard are more likely to recover in a shorter time frame. Those completely immune to such effects won’t even be phased.
That of the Force: The blade, the focus and their associated abilities and enhancements are rendered inert in the presence of force negating or dampening effects, e.g. ysalamiri bubbles, voidstone, etc. Additionally, While not strictly a darkside artefact, they can still be damaged by applications of Force Light much in the same way as all creations of Sith Alchemy.
DESCRIPTION
One of a dozen or so pieces fashioned in the latter period of Runi Verin’s life, VII is said to have been constructed as part of a stepping stone to a project much larger and grander in scale. Sealed away in a private vault on Kol Atorn not long after its creation, it languished for years before re-emerging on the black market in the wake of Warden’s death, having been spirited away by an enterprising former lieutenant in her own organisation.
Appearance wise, VII bears a striking resemblance to the force imbued blades described in ancient records rather than the sith war sword that its construction method was based upon. It is much plainer, however. Even the straight, sixty five centimeter blade has little in the way of decoration. Instead it exemplifies the functional and spartan aesthetic that the Kiffar preferred in her life, a fact further reinforced by the rather plain sheath and hilt design.
Despite having been created simply as a proof of concept, the weapon is nevertheless fantastically balanced and honed to an almost impossible degree. Further magnified by the presence of an upari crystal that allows the wielder of the blade to attune themselves to the art of shatterpoint.
The real feature that sets the weapon apart from alchemised swords, however, is its ability to temporarily seal away a Force User’s ability to access the force, with each blow carrying a chance to trick a Force Sensitive opponent into believing that they have been severed.
