The Sword of Kas is a unique weapon, “unique in all the universes”, that teaches, tests and possibly drinks the souls of those who bear it. Handing it to Vecna at Tovag Baragu produces cosmic imbalance.
| Type | Artifact (sword) |
| Spanish entry | Espada de Kas |
Description
It appears wrapped in black cloaks and rags, held by unidentified tentacles. What identifies it is that “an eye opens”, called “the eye of God”; beside the eye “two pernas” are recorded, unexplained. A sword in the archive has a “robust hilt” and a “special sillo”, but this is not proven to be the Sword of Kas.
Properties
- It teaches. Knowledge is received from the object: “you got that knowledge from the sword itself… it gave you arcane knowledge”.
- It tests. It holds a trap aimed at its bearer: “this trap could have killed me”. It was neutralized by “a flash of justice” from its wielder; without it, the result would have been death.
- It drinks. Probably, not certainly, “his sword can drink them to take them elsewhere”: drinking souls and carrying them to another plane.
History
- It was in the hands of a companion of a gesta: “you have the sword of Kas”.
- It was stolen through a ritual and passed into the hands of “the one who most fears the sword of Caz”, whose identity is not fixed.
- It was handed to Vecna at Tovag Baragu. Placing it with “those who can perform a terrible ritual” is what enables that ritual.
The Bequilians actively seek it and know “at least one story” about it.
Similar weapons
- The Sun Sword (“sword of the sun”), received “by a light in hell”, to be recovered from the Valley of the Tempest with “the souls and answers”; its bearer said “my sword is emitting sunlight”. No record links it to the Sword of Kas.
- The Holy Sword, a weapon against Balantru obtained by destroying the enemy’s underground base.
- A sword kept “where Evita died”, and another seen inside a pustule surrounded by liquid, only its pommel showing; neither is confirmed as this weapon.
- A sword recovered as expedition treasure was appraised at three hundred gold coins; it is not established that it is this one.
Open questions
- Are the Sword of Kas and the Sun Sword one weapon or two?
- What are the “special sillo” and the “two pernas”?
- Who is “the one who most fears the sword of Caz”?
- What ritual was enabled, and what did the imbalance cause?
- Is the flash of justice a one-time grace or repeatable?